Canada protects trees.
Now protect preborn children.

On June 9, 2026, the council of Terrasse-Vaudreuil, a town of roughly 2,000 people west of Montreal, voted unanimously to recognize that trees have the right to live, to grow and to regenerate. It is the first municipality in Canada, and by the organizers' own account the first in the world, to sign the Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Tree.

The mayor, Michel Bourdeau, explained the decision in words worth reading twice. A tree, he said, is like a human being. It breathes. It lives. It needs water. It protects us.

Every one of those sentences is true of a child in the womb.

The tree now has rights in Terrasse-Vaudreuil. The child has none. Not there, not anywhere in Canada, at any stage of pregnancy, and not since 1988.

Takes about thirty seconds. Goal: 1,000 signatures.

With three months to go before the provincial elections in Quebec, the political parties will be talking to us about access to daycare, says Étienne-Alexandre Beauregard, a researcher at the Cardus Institute.

Indeed, the birth rate is an issue that politicians are finally deigning to address (or at least, pretending to). The CAQ, for example, has already promised to add 37,000 daycare places.

However, Beauregard, an essayist often described as a disciple of Mathieu Bock-Côté, explains that Quebec’s subsidized daycare system is “neither universal nor equitable.”

In his study, conducted for the Cardus Institute, Mr. Beauregard notes that the system has never managed to fulfill its promise of providing a daycare spot for every child. Even today, more than 30,000 children are on a waiting list for a spot (though, to be fair, these children would likely prefer to stay with their parents).

The system is unable to meet demand due to a shortage of trained staff, who, as of 2023, accounted for only 46% of childcare providers, Beauregard reports.

Furthermore, Beauregard points out that government funding varies depending on the child care option chosen by parents. In CPEs, the government subsidizes each child’s place at a rate of $70 per day. In a non-subsidized daycare center, the place is subsidized at $33 per day, while there is no assistance for parents who arrange childcare elsewhere or who care for their children themselves.

Beauregard rightly points out that the government subsidizes work by reducing the cost of childcare spots, but does not encourage time spent with family. Yet, he writes, polls show that parents in Quebec would prefer to work less so they could spend more time with their families. He also notes that 50% of Quebecers would prefer a system where funding went directly to parents.

Finally, Étienne-Alexandre Beauregard proposes adopting a program similar to Finland’s, where the government — in addition to subsidizing daycare centers — provides assistance to parents who want to care for their children themselves, or offers a subsidy to parents who would like to work three or four days a week so they can care for their children under the age of three.

Let’s hope that his message is heard in the corridors of power and put into practice. In fact, it’s astonishing that we’ve persisted in maintaining a system with so many flaws, the most obvious of which is that it leaves out parents who care themselves for their children, as if they didn’t exist or shouldn’t exist.

The family is at the heart of our concerns, because without the family, no society can survive.

For Life,
Augustin Hamilton

Today is Canada Day, and this date is a good opportunity to ask ourselves what kind of country it has become.

Let us introduce you to Joey.

Joey St-Jean is 24 years old. He’s perfectly sane, with plans and dreams. Living with spinal muscular atrophy, he needs assistance with daily activities and has been living in residential care for four years — currently in a long-term care facility in Montreal. There, in his own words, he feels “like a number.” For a year, he searched for a supervised apartment where he could live with dignity. He even raised $22,000 through crowdfunding. To no avail: such housing is virtually nonexistent.

Discouraged, he has just filed a request for euthanasia, because the system has left him on his own.

And Joey is not an isolated case. This should be a cause for concern for us today.

Since euthanasia was legalized in the country in 2016 — and then expanded in 2021 to include people who are not at the end of life — we have seen a proliferation of shameful stories. Poor people asking to die because they lack housing. Sick people asking to die because they lack access to the care they need. And, as we recall, even veterans to whom a Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) official offered euthanasia while they were asking for help. Paralympian Christine Gauthier, who had been waiting five years for a simple ramp for her wheelchair, told members of Parliament: she was being offered death, but not the tools she needed to live.

This is the truth that this day should remind us of. When a country condemns to death those it should be caring for, housing, and supporting, that is not progress. It is a failure. A stain on its honor. And a stain can and must be erased.

So here’s what we’re asking of you today.

First, let’s not look away. Share Joey’s story with those around you. Let’s not let it be forgotten.

Next, if you can help in a practical way: if you, or someone you know, have a concrete lead (suitable housing, a contact, a resource), write to us at [email protected]. We’ll try to put you in touch.

Finally, let’s stay engaged and make our voices heard by our elected officials: we must help Joey live, not die. The fight for a society that chooses to care for people rather than eliminate them is our fight, every day. Your support for QLC makes this possible.

Joey, if he’s reading this, needs to know one thing: he’s not just a number, he’s not alone, and there are people ready to fight so that he can live.

With you for life,
The Quebec Life Coalition team

Blog post by Augustin Hamilton (Quebec Life Coalition) — Photo: Serhii/Adobe Stock

Joey St-Jean has been in a long-term care facility for four years. He suffers from spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disorder that causes progressive muscle weakness and loss of control. He is severely disabled and needs assistance with daily tasks.

Before moving into the facility, he lived with his grandparents. "Before moving into the facility, I was happy, motivated, and determined. I had plans for my life, my education, and my career. I had dreams", he told La Presse.

However, placed in an "intermediate care facility", he does not feel happy there. The staff does not have time to tailor care to patients’ preferences. "We have to constantly adapt to the staff because they don't take the time to talk with us about our situation, preferences, and needs."

In this situation, he feels dehumanised and alone. "I feel like a number. I don’t feel loved, and I don’t feel alive".

In an attempt to escape this situation, Joey launched a fundraising campaign on GoFundMe, managing to raise $22,000. Despite this, his efforts to pay for an apartment outside the government system and hire someone to care for him have been unsuccessful.

Blog Post by Augustin Hamilton (Quebec Life Coalition) — Photo: Pixel-Shot/Adobe Stock

All Quebec politicians, from the CAQ to the QS (yes, even the QS!) and including the Liberals, are expressing a willingness to tackle the current falling birth rate. Quebec’s total fertility rate was 1.36 children per woman in 2025, which is well below the replacement rate of 2.1.

Their approach is similar to one promoted by University of Sherbrooke academics, such as Sophie Mathieu, a lecturer at the School of Applied Politics. She aims to help families have as many children as they want. Currently, there is a gap between the number of children families want and the number they actually have.

Mrs. Mathieu lists several obstacles to fulfilling this desire, including difficulty balancing work and family life, "eco-anxiety", the housing crisis, and the shortage of subsidized childcare.

The solution to "eco-anxiety" is simple: the media just need to stop bombarding the public with apocalyptic climate messages.
Work-life balance and the shortage of daycare spots are related issues that the government could easily address in some cases. For example, they could provide support to mothers who want to raise their young children themselves.

But what did I just mention? Mrs. Mathieu says that the issue of birth rates "strikes a sensitive chord, that of gender equality." She says that people in Quebec (or rather, feminists) would prefer to talk about "work-life balance" than "birth rate policy." This reluctance to use such a harmless term is astonishing!

On the occasion of Quebec's National Holiday, the Saint‑Jean‑Baptiste, we want first of all to wish you and your loved ones a beautiful and happy day.

This feast bears the name of a man of courage. John the Baptist was not afraid to tell the truth to the powerful of his time. He openly rebuked King Herod for his adultery, and he paid for it with his life. His example reminds us of a truth the world often prefers to forget: no ruler is above the law of God, and true courage consists in recalling it, even when it comes at a high cost.

It was precisely in this spirit that our event “60 for Quebec” was held this past Saturday, June 20, in the heart of Quebec City.

See the commemorative presentation of our 60 for Quebec event of June 20, 2026 >>

Photo: the procession on the Plains, behind the banner “60 abortions a day in Quebec”

From noon to 2 p.m., sixty people dressed in black walked in silence, from the Jeanne‑d'Arc garden to the National Assembly. Sixty people for the 60 abortions committed every day in Quebec. Each one carried the portrait of a child who could have been born, those faces drawn by Michelle Diann, a woman who herself experienced abortion and who learned to mourn her child by drawing him.

The procession unfolded in calm and dignity. There were no counter‑protesters. And we wish to commend the work of the Quebec City police, who closed the streets and escorted the procession on motorcycles, with a professionalism for which we are very grateful to them. At the end of the walk, the participants shared a fraternal meal in a Quebec City hotel hall, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Photo: the gathering in front of the Parliament Building

At the foot of the statue of Joan of Arc, we recalled a very simple idea. This young woman had the mission of having the king of France crowned, but above all of reminding him that the true king was Christ. The true leader is the one who knows whom he must follow.

This is what unites Saint‑Jean‑Baptiste, Joan of Arc, and our march of June 20. Like John the Baptist, we publicly call out the powerful. Like Joan of Arc, we remind those who govern us that true authority is exercised on one's knees before someone greater than oneself. A government that takes the Gospel as its guide governs better.

Some may ask: why expose ourselves in this way? Because those who agree to stand up, publicly, for the truth do good, both to themselves and to society as a whole. John the Baptist gave his life, and his witness still enlightens the world. Joan of Arc sacrificed everything, and France emerged free from it, for a time. In our own much more modest measure, this is what we do at Quebec Life Coalition, with you and with all those who march at our side: we step forward, we expose ourselves, for faith, family, and life, from conception to natural death. And we believe that this is, in the end, what is best for all.

Photo: the procession through the streets of Quebec City

Our march had a very concrete purpose. In front of the National Assembly, we symbolically presented a petition asking the Government of Quebec to finally recognize post‑abortion trauma. Thousands of women suffer in silence after an abortion: depression, anguish, guilt, grief. Many never truly chose, and almost none today find any real support. Our petition calls for two simple and just steps: an awareness campaign, and a real care program for these women, throughout Quebec.

If you have not yet done so, add your name. It's quick, and every signature counts:
https://www.cqv.qc.ca/petition_citoyenne_traumatisme_post_avortement

You will find more photos from the day, as well as the short video of the event, on our Facebook page. Please feel free to share it with those around you:
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19RjpLUtM2/

On this Saint‑Jean‑Baptiste, let us follow the example of the saint who gives it its name: let us speak the truth with courage and with charity, and remind our age that God remains the true Head of State.

Happy Saint‑Jean‑Baptiste to you all.

For Life,

Georges Buscemi
President, Quebec Life Coalition

P.S. Don't forget to go see our commemorative presentation of the 60 for Quebec event of June 20, 2026 >>

The Senate’s amendment to Bill C-9 was just passed today by the House of Commons by a vote of 189 to 128; the bill now only needs royal assent to become law.

We have already discussed Bill C-9 at length; I will simply reiterate here that this “hatred” law will likely be used by activists to persecute their political opponents, particularly Christians. The definition of “hatred” in Bill C-9 is rather vague; it is defined there as an “emotion.” Why, then, condemn an emotion if “hatred” — understood as the will to cause harm — is already condemned in practice by existing laws? After all, when one person has caused harm to another, the courts will determine whether the harm was caused intentionally.

This email marks the end of our early-summer fundraising campaign, which has a goal of $20,000. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we have raised $19,006. A big thank you! We’re only $994 short of reaching our goal. Donate today. >>

Reducing “hatred” to a mere emotion opens the door to many questionable interpretations; just look at how the Liberals see “hatred” everywhere. Let’s not forget that Marc Miller, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, considers certain passages of the Bible to be “hateful.”

It’s also worth noting that Liberal MP John-Paul Danko cited “anti-abortion hate” during parliamentary debates as an example of the kind of speech that Bill C-9 should target... It was this same Danko who recently accused Conservative Representative Vincent Ho of “deliberately generating hatred” because Ho had asked during a committee hearing what “the definition of a woman” was. Looking at Mr. Danko’s remarks, one wonders whether he himself does not harbor a certain emotion characterized by the very intensity and extremity described in Bill C-9.

With laws like these, we must be more vigilant than ever. We’re still $994 short of our goal — thank you for supporting our work.>>

Simon Jolin-Barrette’s draft Quebec constitution ended up in the basket as this parliamentary session drew to a close, as Christine Fréchette’s government chose not to close debates to override the blockade by the Quebec Liberal Party and Québec Solidaire and proceed to a vote.

At least the secular nature of the state will not be engraved in the marble of a constitution, and the “right” to euthanasia will not find its way into the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. It was in this same abandoned draft constitution that the “right” to abortion was initially included, before being rejected following a far-fetched debate among abortion advocates.

Let’s not give up; we must do everything in our power to establish a culture of life in Quebec.

For Life,
Augustin Hamilton

P.S. Thank you for helping us reach our goal of $20,000; we still need $994. Donate to the Summer 2026 campaign >>

Ten years ago tomorrow — June 17, 2016 — the Canadian euthanasia law received royal assent, and the country wrote assisted death into the law of the land. But the death-clock started earlier in Canada. Months before Ottawa, back in December 2015, Quebec had already opened the door — the first place in Canada to write euthanasia into law and to call it "care.” Quebec beat Canada to it. Quebec led; the country followed. And a decade on, Quebec does not merely lead Canada. It leads the world.

Perhaps you saw the New York Times this week. The world's most influential newspaper held Quebec up as the global capital of medically assisted death: 8 percent of all deaths in the province, and in one region, Lanaudière, more than 13 of every 100 people now dying this way. The reporter toured the rooms built for it — paneled like boutique hotels, paid for by local donors who raised the millions without difficulty.

How did the cradle of Catholicism in Canada become the world leader in putting its sick and its old to death?

We are currently nearing the end of our summer fundraising campaign. Our goal is $20,000 and, as I write, we have reached 77 percent of it, $15,400. That leaves $4,600, and just two days, today and tomorrow, to raise it. Please give today >>

There is a telephone number that many people would like to see shut down.

For more than a decade now, it rings between eighty and a hundred times a year. On the other end of the line, almost always a woman. Often alone. Sometimes without a roof over her head. Always facing a choice that society would like to make obvious to her: to kill the child she carries.

That number belongs to Enceinte et inquiète (Pregnant and Worried), the pregnancy-support service that Quebec Life Coalition founded more than ten years ago and has kept alive ever since.

Let me tell you about the past few weeks, without names, for discretion is part of our work.

We are five days from the end of our three-week early-summer fundraising campaign. Thank you for generously supporting our Enceinte et inquiète listening service. Give generously today.

Spreading the Culture of Life in Quebec is a necessary task, given that so few voices are raised in Quebec to defend the unborn child or to denounce the evil of euthanasia. If we don’t do it, who will?

While abortion is a subject that people in Quebec hardly dare to discuss negatively, we are, however, seeing increasing openness among the general public and certain influencers regarding the issue of LGBT ideology. Indeed, many are questioning the imposition of this ideology on the entire population, particularly in schools.

One of our recent articles post on the suspension of the Alexanders, both teachers at an Ontario school, for failing to “celebrate and affirm LGBTQ issues.”

This post, the most popular one over the past 28 days, has been widely appreciated by many readers who left comments in support of the Alexander couple. Note that our primary “audience” is in Quebec.

We are in the midst of a fundraising campaign; we need your help to spread the Culture of Life in Quebec. We have reached $6,570 out of $20,000; we still need $13,430, and there are only 8 days left in our campaign. Please give generously. >>

It is said these days that the mainstream medias are losing more and more influence with the public, to the benefit of alternative media and influencers who largely carry out their work through social media. The media had (and still has) tremendous power to influence public opinion; if public trust is shifting toward alternative media and their networks, we must therefore give this area our special attention.

The issue of transgenderism resonates strongly with the people of Quebec; many find it appalling that children are being mutilated to “transition” them.

Admittedly, transgender activists abound on social media and have not hesitated to come and disparage our views, but they have found many protagonists to debate with under this post.

Unfortunately, the debate isn’t always very healthy, as our opponents often display a near-total lack of respect. In fact, we occasionally have to ban trolls. Keeping our page clean is no easy task given the heavy flow of comments.

We need your help to keep our pro-life and pro-family advocacy going on social media. Please support our fundraising campaign by making a donation. >>

Finally, it is worth noting that the demographic issue strikes a chord with Quebecers. For a long time now, Quebec has not been having enough children. Now, the number of deaths exceeds the number of births, and the fear of disappearing as a people is palpable.

Under this type of post, we see numerous testimonials from fathers and mothers who have had several children, with some noting that they face hostility because they have more than two...

Finally, despite everything, we manage to reach a significant number of internet users with our posts on sensitive topics such as euthanasia. Even if the number of “likes” is low, the number of “views” indicates that our message regarding the shocking news of a doctor evaluating a patient for euthanasia in front of a Tim Hortons was received by a significant number of people.

For this work to bear visible fruit, it must continue over the long term; it requires a great deal of patience and hope, and your support in this effort is invaluable!

For Life,
Augustin Hamilton

P.S. Will you help us raise the remaining $13,430? Thank you for giving generously. >>