Today’s the Day — March for Life in Quebec City!
As you read this message, I’m already on-site in front of Quebec’s National Assembly, setting up for what promises to be a powerful and unforgettable March for Life.
Here’s what the day looks like:
11:00 a.m. – Music and warm-up
12:00 p.m. – Guest speeches
1:00 p.m. – The March around the National Assembly
3:00 p.m. – Testimonies from post-abortive women and an abortion survivor
4:00 p.m. – Closing of the event
🌧 Worried about rain? Don’t be!
In fact, our presence in the rain will speak even louder. Our perseverance despite bad weather will show Quebec just how serious and determined we are. It’s easy to stand up for something when the sun is shining — but it’s under grey skies that conviction truly shines.
🙏 If you can’t attend in person today, I humbly ask:
- Please pray for the success of the March and for hearts to be touched;
- Spread the word — it’s not too late to invite someone to come out and take a stand for life.
Thank you to all our supporters!
We're currently in the midst of our March for Life fundraising campaign, and I want to sincerely thank everyone who’s given so far: over $11,000 has been raised in just one week! We have about $4,000 left to reach our $15,000 goal — and honestly, surpassing it would be a blessing.
Why? Because the last-minute cancellation of our pro-life banquet — due to pressure and threats from radical pro-abortion groups — has created unexpected expenses. Add to that the ongoing delays and disruptions at Canada Post, which threaten the arrival of many of the mailed donations we rely on.
👉 To donate online right now: https://en.cqv.qc.ca/donate
On behalf of the entire team at QLC, thank you for your ongoing support, courage, and generosity. May God bless you abundantly.
For Life,
Georges Buscemi
President
Quebec Life Coalition
For Life,
Georges Buscemi
President, Quebec Life Coalition
Press Release – March for Life in Quebec City – A Vital Mobilization in Troubled Times
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
March for Life in Quebec City – A Vital Mobilization in Troubled Times
Quebec City, May 30, 2025 – On the eve of the second annual March for Life in Quebec City, taking place this Saturday, May 31 at 11:00 a.m. in front of the National Assembly, Georges Buscemi, President of Quebec Life Coalition (QLC), is issuing a heartfelt call for Quebecers to stand up in defence of the right to life of every human being, from conception to natural death.
This march, organized in the very heart of Quebec’s capital, comes amid censorship of pro-life voices. The recent last-minute cancellation by the Delta Hotel of a peaceful, lawful pro-life dinner event — following anonymous threats and pressure from pro-abortion groups — is a troubling sign of the times. The hotel also abruptly cancelled more than 30 room bookings associated with the event.
“When the killing of unborn children is normalized and treated as a right, it comes as no surprise that intimidation and threats are used to silence those who defend life,” said Georges Buscemi. “What happened at the Delta is disgraceful — and the complicit silence of our authorities is alarming.”
A Matter of Fundamental Rights
As Quebec marks the 50th anniversary of its Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, QLC reminds the public that the very first article of that Charter states: “Every human being has a right to life.” “Why is virtually no one talking about this anniversary?” asks Buscemi. “Could it be that this principle makes us uncomfortable, now that society refuses to recognize the humanity of the smallest among us?”
Saturday’s gathering aims to give voice to unborn children, to women hurt by abortion, and to all those who defend justice for the most vulnerable. The event will feature music, speeches, a peaceful march around Parliament, and testimonies from post-abortive women — including a woman who survived a failed abortion attempt.
A Climate of Tolerated Violence
The dinner cancellation followed a campaign of intimidation carried out by self-identified “antifascist” groups who publicly posted their threats on social media. According to QLC, these groups operate with disturbing leniency from authorities. “One has to wonder whether these groups have effectively become state-tolerated ideological militias, doing the dirty work the government can’t legally do,” Buscemi said.
A Call to Action
Despite this pressure, Georges Buscemi invites all citizens of good will to join the March for Life, rain or shine:
🗓 Saturday, May 31, 2025
🕚 Starting at 11:00 a.m., in front of the National Assembly, Quebec City
“Rain must not stop us. Our moral outrage at abortion and the threats against pro-lifers should move us to action. We must rise up now, because in Quebec, human life is being abandoned — and the elites remain shamefully silent.”
QLC also calls on authorities to show consistency and courage by upholding the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, even when it runs counter to the dominant media narrative.
Media Contact:
Georges Buscemi
President, Quebec Life Coalition
📧 [email protected]
📞 514-928-4819
Urgent: Our March Faces 2 New Challenges
First, some excellent news: thanks to your generous response to our appeal last Saturday, we have already raised $9,476, nearly two-thirds of our $15,000 goal to support our Quebec March for Life. A huge thank you to everyone who has responded so generously and quickly! If you haven't yet contributed, you can do so here.
However, new challenges have arisen just three days before the event.
We have just learned that the hotel where our first annual pro-life banquet was scheduled has abruptly cancelled our reservation, citing threats from pro-abortion activists. Sadly, it's not surprising that pro-abortion militants would stoop to such tactics. This aligns completely with the abortion mentality: a disregard for the lives of the most innocent—the unborn—inevitably leads to disrespecting the lives of those already born.
Furthermore, Quebec City police have informed us at the last minute that we cannot install a stage for the March, stating that it might complicate event management. This attitude is deeply regrettable because it indirectly encourages pro-abortion groups to continue intimidating their political opponents. Does the government not realize that this leniency could be interpreted as implicitly condoning reprehensible actions serving its own pro-abortion interests under the pretext of ignoring simple "youthful indiscretions"?
Despite these unexpected circumstances, we remain determined, convinced that this March will have an even greater impact thanks to your support and prayers.
Now more than ever, we invite you to pray and fast for the success of this March. Let's implore divine mercy together to overcome these challenges and continue to proudly uphold the pro-life banner with hope and joy.
Also, if you can, please make a donation today to help us reach or even surpass our $15,000 goal. Every additional dollar counts significantly in this situation, where unexpected expenses will be necessary to ensure our March proceeds successfully.
Make a generous donation today >>
Let's remain united and determined in facing these current challenges: where evil abounds, grace abounds even more!
For Life,
Georges Buscemi
President, Quebec Life Coalition
P.S. Thank you for any donation you can make today to support us.
P.P.S. Finally, if possible, please join us this Saturday, May 31, in Quebec City. Let’s gather in great numbers to defend unborn children!
📍 Quebec City March for Life
🗓 Saturday, May 31, 11:00 AM – In front of the National Assembly
🚍 Buses from Montreal and other regions – Contact: Brian Jenkins, (438) 930-8643
Click here for the Facebook event page>>
🚍 Bus from Downtown Montreal and Drummondville
Departure at 7:30 a.m., 430 Sainte-Catherine Street East (Berri-UQAM metro)
Arrival at 9 a.m., Drummondville (Bulk Barn, 1045 René-Lévesque Blvd, Drummondville, Quebec J2C 7V4)
Departure at 9:15 a.m., Drummondville
Arrival at 10:45 a.m., Quebec City (Hilton Hotel – 1100 René Lévesque Blvd East, G1R 5V2)
Contact: Brian Jenkins (438) 930-8643
🚍 Bus from West Island
Departure at 8 a.m., Pierrefonds (St. Thomas à Becket Church, 4320 Sainte-Anne Street)
Arrival at 11 a.m., Quebec City (Hilton Hotel – 1100 René Lévesque Blvd East, G1R 5V2)
Contact: Bernie Ratneiya (438) 518-8795
🚍 Bus from Granby
Contact: Isabelle Frédéric
(450) 775-0731 (cell)
[email protected]
One Week Left and this happens...
At the moment this email is being sent, one week remains before our next March for Life in Quebec City. Hundreds are expected to convene in Quebec's capital to shine a light in a province that is currently and tragically in the dark about the right to life of the unborn child.
We've been working on this March for nearly 6 months, planning the events for the day outside the Quebec National Assembly, coordinating with police and parliament security, coordinating as well with sound people, stage people, other organisers responsible for volunteers, designating march marshals to guide the march, and taking care of the design and printing of signs. Beyond that, we have also been preparing our first annual Pro-Life Dinner planned for the evening of the march, at the nearby Delta Hotel.
So we are one week away, finalizing our yearly, flagship event, signing big cheques for meals, hotel dining room rentals, and equipment rentals, only to find out that Canada Post is once again in turmoil! This kind of thing, though it irritates Canadians, completely floors pro-life organisations like ours. However strange it might sound in 2025, we still get over 70% of our annual donations from the mail: many people are just more comfortable with that method.
It's not that we have not done much to transition to non-paper communication—we have, as this email proves. However, paper remains a big part of how we survive and thrive. I'll leave the discussion about how our organization will move beyond Canada Post, which is now becoming very unreliable, for this is not the point today.
What I want to ask you today, as a pro-lifer, is to encourage our team, our volunteers, and all March for Life participants with a generous donation online. We are starting a 3-week fundraiser today to offset the effects of the Canada Post service disruption and to give a much-needed boost to our rapidly draining coffers. Our goal is $15,000.
Donate today to Quebec Life Coalition >>
We have been working all year and now, at the peak of our work, we are faced with a shortfall that is sapping our morale at a crucial moment in time. That's why I turn to you, and hope you can come through for us.
We at QLC live for the mission, and we need donations to stay alive. Without donations, we don't have the means of saving babies and their mothers from abortion, we can't organize events like the March that remind Quebecers that every human being has the right to life, that we pro-lifers are in their midst, and that we won't be going anywhere soon!
Again, we have started today our 3-week campaign, with a target of $15,000, to weather this financial storm and to carry us through this intense March for Life period. Please give generously—we can do this, together!
God bless,
Georges Buscemi
President, Quebec Life Coalition
📍 Quebec City March for Life
🗓 Saturday, May 31, 11:00 AM – In front of the National Assembly
🚍 Buses from Montreal and other regions – Contact: Brian Jenkins, (438) 930-8643
Click here for the Facebook event page>>
Help us spread the word about the Quebec March!
Share in your church, community groups, with friends and family.
➡️ Download the 8.5x11 flyer here
Want printed flyers by mail or to pick some up at our Montreal office?
📩 Contact us: [email protected] / 1-855-996-2686
Media once again unleash their malice against pro-life legislations
You may have read some strange headlines recently, such as the one TVA Nouvelles recently produced: "Even dead, a pregnant woman must stay plugged in because of Georgia's abortion laws". The headline refers to a pregnant woman who has been declared ‘brain dead’ and whose bodily functions are being maintained, if the headline is to be believed, so that the baby her body is carrying can be born, under an abortion law. I'll come back to this absurd idea of the "living corpse" a little later.
Why am I talking about this case? Because it shows several facets of the anti-culture of death in which we live.
The first is the malice of the media reporting on this case. If the woman in question, Adriana Smith, is really dead, how is it wrong to keep her body until a new life is born? It is true that the media approach the case mainly from the point of view of the grandmother, who expresses her discomfort at the fact that the decision regarding her daughter's body is not in the family's hands, but who nevertheless states, as reported elsewhere, that she wants the baby to be born. This incomprehensible media attitude can only be explained by the desire of the mainstream media to strike on pro-life laws on the slightest pretext.
But their impertinence doesn't stop there, because it turns out that it's not because of the "heartbeat" law that bans most abortions from 6 weeks in Georgia that Mrs Smith remains on life support, but because of the Advance Health Care Directives Act, passed in 2007 when Roe v. Wade was still in place, a law which prescribes that a pregnant woman in such a case must remain on life support unless the baby she is carrying is not yet considered "viable" and she has written an advance directive – which is not the case.
The problem with the concept of "brain death" is that it means that a person whose brain functions have ceased, but whose body is otherwise very much alive, is considered to be "dead". Which is absurd, because as we can see here, a woman can carry her unborn child – which is impossible with a corpse... As you no doubt know, organs are removed from people who are ‘brain dead’ if they have previously agreed to be "donors" – in some countries, people are automatically considered to be "donors" unless they have expressly indicated that they do not wish to be... The other problem is that the latest American Academy of Neurology guideline on "brain death" allows it to be declared, even if brain waves can still be detected in the person or the part of his brain called the hypothalamus is still functional – effectively violating the Uniform Determination of Death Act!
The irony is that the fact that Mrs Smith is being kept on life support because of her pregnancy may save her life – there are several cases of people declared "brain dead" who have woken up.
If only medias would admit that Mrs Smith is not dead, they would have one more (admittedly spurious) argument in their arsenal. Keeping a pregnant woman in a coma plugged in against her previously expressed wishes would be tantamount to restricting her "choice". This is not about to happen, however, because to do so they would have to reject the notion of "brain death", which holds that a person is no longer a person when they lose their rational functions, an idea that is a corollary of the one that holds that a person only begins to exist when they begin to have functional rational capacities. As you will have realised, to reject the one would be to abjure the other; to recognise the humanity of people in a state of "brain death" would be tantamount to admitting the humanity of unborn children in their earliest stages.
Both ends of life are threatened by the anti-culture of death. That's why I invite you to join us on Saturday May 31th, for those of you who live close enough, in front of the Quebec National Assembly for the 2nd Quebec City March for Life. Join us in defending the lives of the unborn and the vulnerable!
For Life,
Augustin Hamilton
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📍 Quebec City March for Life
🗓 Saturday, May 31, 11:00 AM – In front of the National Assembly
🚍 Bus from downtown and Drummondville
Leaves at 7h30, 430 rue Sainte-Catherine est (métro Berri-UQAM)
Arrives 9h00, Drummondville (at the Bulk Barn, 1045 René-Lévesque Blvd, Drummondville, Quebec J2C 7V4)
Leaves 9h15, Drummondville
Arrives 10h45, Quebec City (Hilton Hotel - 1100 Rene Levesque East, G1R 5V2)
Contact: Brian Jenkins, (438) 930-8643
🚍 Bus from West Island
Leaves 8h00, Pierrefonds (St. Thomas-à-Becket Church, 4320 rue Sainte-Anne)
Arrives 11h00, Quebec City (Hilton Hotel - 1100 Rene Levesque East, G1R 5V2)
Contact: Bernie Ratneiya (438 518-8795)
🚍 Bus from Granby
Contact: Isabelle Frédéric
(450) 775-0731 (m)
[email protected]
Help us spread the word about the Quebec March!
Share in your church, community groups, with friends and family.
➡️ Download the 8.5x11 flyer here
Want printed flyers by mail or to pick some up at our Montreal office?
📩 Contact us: [email protected] / 1-855-996-2686
Quebec needs us
Quebec needs us. Now more than ever, la Belle province is sinking into a culture of death — normalized, technical, and silent.
In just three years, the use of the abortion pill in Quebec has doubled. Every year, around 20,000 unborn children are lost to abortion — and now, the goal is to make the process as easy as picking up a prescription. Soon, pharmacists will be authorized to prescribe the abortion pill without any examination or ultrasound. Medicine is reduced to a protocol. Human life, to a “product to eliminate.”
And as if that weren’t enough, left-wing party Québec solidaire is pushing to make contraception free, with potential support from the "centrist" CAQ. This wasteful public spending is being justified in the name of “women’s health,” even though hormonal contraception can cause serious side effects — including cancer and mental health issues. Worse still, some contraceptives have abortifacient effects.
Faced with this downward spiral, will we remain silent?
It’s up to us to act. It’s no longer enough to simply denounce. We must rebuild a culture of life — starting with concrete action, like standing together at the March for Life in Quebec City, Saturday, May 31, in front of the National Assembly.
Let’s gather in great numbers to boldly proclaim that every human life, from conception to natural death, deserves protection.
📸 Missed our recap of the Ottawa March for Life on May 8?
Here’s a snapshot of that powerful day of action:
➡️ Event recap
➡️ Photos & videos on our Facebook page
Let me close with this question:
What kind of society do we want to leave our children?
If we want Quebec to once again be a place that cherishes life, we must live that out — starting now.
Looking forward to seeing you on May 31 in Quebec City:
📍 Quebec City March for Life
🗓 Saturday, May 31, 11:00 AM – In front of the National Assembly
🚍 Bus from downtown and Drummondville
Leaves at 7h30, 430 rue Sainte-Catherine est (métro Berri-UQAM)
Arrives 9h00, Drummondville (at the Bulk Barn, 1045 René-Lévesque Blvd, Drummondville, Quebec J2C 7V4)
Leaves 9h15, Drummondville
Arrives 10h45, Quebec City (Hilton Hotel - 1100 Rene Levesque East, G1R 5V2)
Contact: Brian Jenkins, (438) 930-8643
🚍 Bus from West Island
Leaves 8h00, Pierrefonds (St. Thomas-à-Becket Church, 4320 rue Sainte-Anne)
Arrives 11h00, Quebec City (Hilton Hotel - 1100 Rene Levesque East, G1R 5V2)
Contact: Bernie Ratneiya (438 518-8795)
🚍 Bus from Granby
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Help us spread the word about the Quebec March!
Share in your church, community groups, with friends and family.
➡️ Download the 8.5x11 flyer here
Want printed flyers by mail or to pick some up at our Montreal office?
📩 Contact us: [email protected] / 1-855-996-2686
For Life,
Georges Buscemi
President, Quebec Life Coalition
en.cqv.qc.ca
Protection at conception
Thousands of Canadians marched for life through the streets of Ottawa on Thursday May 8th during the National March for Life, organised by Campaign Life Coalition with the theme "Protection at Conception".
A joyful and lively crowd on Parliament Hill greeted talented speakers such as Reverend Calvin Robinson, Angelina Ireland, President of the Delta Hospice Society, and writer Emily Stimpson Chapman.
Emily Stimpson Chapman.
It was with interest that the pro-lifers gathered welcomed the moving testimony of a woman from the Silent No More movement, who recounted having had 9 abortions before converting, or the warning from Alex Schadenberg from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition about the fate awaiting the elderly, the sick and vulnerable if the current government continues with its deadly agenda, or the call from Rod Taylor of the Christian Heritage Party to fight the media “giant” that imposes its perverted view of the world, or the announcement of the election of Pope Leo XIV!
After the march, Quebec Life Coalition held a reception at St. Theresa's Church with a group of march participants in a convivial atmosphere.
At the end of the day, the annual Rose Dinner brought together many pro-life activists and personalities, with writer Emily Stimpson Chapman as guest speaker, who spoke about her fight against infertility and the temptation to resort to in vitro fertilisation, a practice in which unborn children are created in an inhumane way, before being, for many of them, frozen and thrown away. This, she points out, is an issue inseparable from abortion which pro-lifers must equally fight. Miscellaneous: during the dinner, a malicious individual set off the alarm bell to disrupt the event... before being chased by a cook! Fortunately, the incident did not cause any major disruption to the dinner.
The Rose Dinner; the Supreme Director of the Knights of Columbus, Daniel Duchesne, sponsor of the march, addresseing the guests.
We hope to see you at the next National March for Life and at the Quebec City March,
For Life,
Augustin Hamilton
P.S. Your donations are appreciated!
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Don't forget the Quebec March for Life !:
📍 March for Life in Quebec City
🗓 Saturday May 31th, starting at 11am, in Quebec City in front of the National Assembly
🚍 Buses will depart from Montreal and other regions - Contact: Brian Jenkins, (438) 930-8643
Help us spread the word about the March for Life in Quebec City! We're counting on you to help spread the word about the March in your communities: churches, community groups, friends and family. Here's an 8.5 x 11 poster you can print:
➡️Dowload the poster.
If you would like to receive printed flyers by post or pick them up at our offices in Montreal, please contact us: [email protected] / 1-855-996-2686.
A great March for life
Judges are often the driving force behind changes in the law, as witness the Morgentaler ruling that created a legal vacuum around abortion in Canada, or the Carter ruling that decriminalised euthanasia. More recently, the Quebec Superior Court ruled that a child could have more than two parents (and what parents!), or rather, let's re-establish perspective, that more than two people could be "parents" of the same child, because it is adults who are claiming this right, not children.
Did you know that in 3 years the use of the abortion pill has doubled in Quebec, making it easier to kill unborn children? This ease of use may have a greater cost than some people think. A recent study shows that more than 10% of women taking the pill suffer serious side-effects within 45 days.
In the face of the anti-culture of death, join us tomorrow, Thursday May 8th, at the National March for Life in Ottawa!
Organised by Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) and promoted by Quebec Life Coalition (QLC), this event is a commemoration of the sad day when abortion was first legalised in Canada (before the current legal vacuum), and a demonstration of respect for life from conception to natural death. It's also an opportunity to meet and network with fervent pro-lifers from across Canada. You can watch the march live on EWTN.
The National March for Life is accompanied by many events. Today was the CLC's press conference, which was attended by a number of media, including the Coop de l'information (Quebec medias), CTV, The Hills and a French-language media outlet. See the photos below.
🗓️ NATIONAL MARCH FOR LIFE SCHEDULE
May 7 to 9, 2025
🚌 Bus to the March
Thursday, May 8
A bus will leave early in the morning from downtown Montreal, with a stop at Fairview Shopping Centre.
📞 Contact: Brian Jenkins – (438) 930-8643
🤝 Friendly Gathering
Thursday, May 8 – 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
After the march, join the Quebec Life Coalition team for a friendly meet-up at St. Theresa’s Parish Hall (95 Somerset St W, Ottawa), until the bus departs at 5:00 p.m.
🥐 Snacks and drinks will be provided!
🎵 "Songs for Life" Café Night
Tuesday, May 6 – 7:00 p.m.
St. Francis of Assisi Church, 20 Fairmont Ave, Ottawa
Hosted by the National March for Life
Free admission – Baby items and donations welcome!
📢 Pro-Life Press Conference in Front of Parliament
Wednesday, May 7 – 10:00 a.m.
Parliament Hill (Wellington St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A9)
Come and show your support!
🕯️ Candlelight Vigil
Wednesday, May 7 – 9:00 p.m.
Human Rights Monument, Ottawa
7:30 p.m. – Mass at St. Theresa’s Church (95 Somerset St W)
Followed by a candlelight procession to the Human Rights Monument
10:00–11:00 p.m. – Holy Hour back at St. Theresa’s
✝️ Masses and Prayer Services
Thursday, May 8 – 10:00 a.m.
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National Pro-Life Mass (Bilingual) – Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica (385 Sussex Dr)
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Latin Mass – St. Clement Parish (528 Old St. Patrick St)
🚶♀️ National March for Life – Main Events
Thursday, May 8
Parliament Hill, Ottawa
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🕧 12:30 p.m. – Gathering on Parliament Hill
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🕜 1:30 p.m. – March through downtown Ottawa
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🕝 2:30 p.m. – Silent No More testimonies
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🕒 3:00 p.m. – Closing prayer (Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute)
🏛️ Pro-Life Expo
Ottawa Conference and Event Centre (200 Coventry Rd)
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Thursday, May 8: 5:00–6:30 p.m. & 9:00–11:00 p.m.
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Friday, May 9: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Free entry – Meet with pro-life organizations and initiatives from across the country!
🧠 "Save the Babies" Strategy Summit
Friday, May 9 – 9:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Ottawa Conference and Event Centre (200 Coventry Rd)
Tickets: $20
This summit gathers pro-life leaders and advocates from across Canada to develop a plan for cultural, legal, and political transformation to protect life.
⚠️ Note: Adults only. Attendance capped at 100 participants.
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Don't forget the Quebec March for Life !:
📍 March for Life in Quebec City
🗓 Saturday May 31th, starting at 11am, in Quebec City in front of the National Assembly
🚍 Buses will depart from Montreal and other regions - Contact: Brian Jenkins, (438) 930-8643
Help us spread the word about the March for Life in Quebec City! We're counting on you to help spread the word about the March in your communities: churches, community groups, friends and family. Here's an 8.5 x 11 poster you can print:
➡️Dowload the poster.
If you would like to receive printed flyers by post or pick them up at our offices in Montreal, please contact us: [email protected] / 1-855-996-2686.
For Life,
Augustin Hamilton
Quebec Life Coalition
P.S. Your donations are appreciated!
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A Message to Canadians After the Federal Election
The federal election has just taken place, and naturally, the results stir up a mix of emotions. Today, however, I invite you to take a step back.
Even if you’re not from Quebec, I strongly encourage you to read my message titled:
➡️ A Call to Quebecers the Day After the Federal Election
Its message resonates far beyond provincial borders—with all Canadians and, in many ways, with people across the Western world.
Let us remember: an election does not define everything.
💡 Culture is not changed by ballot boxes alone—it shifts slowly, over time. Often, we must wait until the consequences of poor decisions accumulate so visibly that society, in humility, finally turns back and seeks a better path.
Let us be patient in the way we accompany our society—yet not passive. Serenity is not passivity. It is hopeful, purposeful action, trusting in God’s timing.
And indeed, sometimes God acts suddenly and miraculously.
Think of San Juan Diego and the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe—how that one event brought about the conversion of countless Indigenous peoples and ended human sacrifice.
Why not pray and fast together, asking God to send such a sign of hope and change right here in Quebec—and across Canada?
✅ In the meantime, let’s act.
There is so much we can do today—concrete, transformative actions that go beyond voting once every four years. I've compiled a list of true levers of cultural renewal:
➡️ More Than Just Voting: Real Paths to Change
🗓 Two Big Opportunities Coming Up!
Let’s meet in person to act, witness, and build the culture of life together:
📍 National March for Life – Ottawa
🗓 Thursday, May 8, 12:00 PM – Parliament Hill
🚍 Bus from Montreal: Contact Brian Jenkins – (438) 930-8643
🍪 After the March: Friendly gathering in the parish hall of St. Theresa’s (95 Somerset St W, Ottawa) until 5 PM. Snacks and beverages provided!
📍 Quebec City March for Life
🗓 Saturday, May 31, 11:00 AM – In front of the National Assembly
🚍 Buses from Montreal and other regions – Contact: Brian Jenkins, (438) 930-8643
Help us spread the word about the Quebec March!
Share in your church, community groups, with friends and family.
➡️ Download the 8.5x11 flyer here
Want printed flyers by mail or to pick some up at our Montreal office?
📩 Contact us: [email protected] / 1-855-996-2686
Let us continue our journey together with peace, resolve, and a quiet fire of determination. 🔥
For Life,
Georges Buscemi
President, Quebec Life Coalition
The key to building a true Culture of Life
As you’ve likely heard, Pope Francis has recently passed away. His pontificate leaves behind a complex legacy: some of his words and decisions sadly sowed confusion and concern among many believers committed to defending faith, family, and life. Today, the Church is preparing to elect a new successor to Saint Peter, and I warmly invite you to pray that the next pope will be a true defender of these foundational values—able to guide Christians around the world with courage and clarity in the face of today’s challenges.
Here in Canada, we too are facing important decisions with the upcoming federal election. At Quebec Life Coalition, we’ve prepared clear and accessible resources to help you vote pro-life:
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Our friends at CLC's “Vote Pro-Life” website.
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Our practical guide: “How to Vote from a Pro-Life Perspective”
These valuable tools will help you discern which candidates are committed to protecting human dignity—from conception to natural death.
Still, we must remember that building a true culture of life goes far beyond elections or legislation. In our heavily secularized Western society, real and lasting change can only come through divine grace. Remember: David only defeated Goliath after he was anointed by God, and Moses parted the sea after he was called by Him. In other words, major cultural and political transformations begin with personal conversion—a sincere return to God.
Our role, humble yet essential, is to keep the faith alive in our homes, to boldly witness to the truth about life and family, and to patiently await the day when God Himself will act powerfully to crown our efforts in this country.
Let us continue to pray together, to act with faithfulness and humility, and to wait with joy and hope for the decisive intervention of God in our history.
🚶♂️ Quebec City March for Life – May 31, 2025
Join us on Saturday, May 31st, in front of the National Assembly in Quebec City for this year's March for Life! That evening, we’ll host our “Banquet for Life” — a time for encouragement, friendship, and celebration.
Travelling from outside the city? Discounted hotel packages are available at the Delta Hotel, steps from the March. Please note: hotel discount ends April 30th!
👉 Click here to book your room online
📣 Take Action
- Pray for us — your spiritual support is vital.
- Invite your friends to sign up for our newsletter and attend the March for Life in Quebec City.
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Spread the word about the Quebec March for Life!
Here’s an 8.5 x 11 poster you can print and share
➡️ Download Poster
To request printed flyers by mail or to pick some up at our Montreal office, contact us at:
📧 [email protected] | ☎️ 1-855-996-2686
Don’t forget: the National March for Life in Ottawa is happening Thursday, May 8, 2025. Full details available here.
Happy Easter!
Georges Buscemi
President, Quebec Life Coalition