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Today in Quebec is Saint John the Baptist Day. Over a century ago, in 1908, Pope Pius X had declared the saint Patron of all Franco-Canadians. Several decades later, the Quebec government would declare June 24 a holiday for all Quebecers.

Saint John the Baptist Day

We read in Luke 1:39–45 that John was sanctified in the womb when his mother, Elisabeth, was visited by the Blessed Virgin Mary, a relative, who carried in her womb Jesus Christ, God incarnate, as an unborn child.

John was known to live in complete poverty in the desert, to wear clothes made of camel hair and eat locusts and wild honey, enjoining his followers to “Make straight the way of the Lord”, that is, to prepare their hearts to the coming of a humble and meek Saviour. As the embodiment of the prophets of old and precursor to the Messiah, John had a special mission: he was to complete the preparation of Israel for the coming of its Christ (its “anointed”), the Son of God.

As it was for the people of Israel, in every soul today that accepts truth, there must be a “precursor” event, a “making straight”—a repentance—which allows that soul to accept the truth when it comes knocking.

At Quebec Life Coalition, we endeavour to carry out the work of Saint John the Baptist in Quebec today, enjoining Quebecers to repent of their sins against Life and Family and make room in their hardened hearts for God. Compared to our opponents, we too are extremely poor. Like John the Baptist, we preach with hoarse voices in a modern spiritual desert.

The Fall of Roe

June 24, 2023, is also the first-year anniversary of the fall of Roe v. Wade, a 1973 U.S. supreme court decision that had opened the gates to abortion in the world’s most influential country, costing over 60 million lives since, in the U.S. alone. With last year’s June 24^th Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe, abortion would no longer be imposed on all 50 U.S. states: each state may henceforth legislate on abortion as it pleases. Many have nearly banned the deadly practice.

Though a great cry of victory and celebration could be heard on the pro-life side on the day of the fall of Roe, a media-amplified cry of rage was also heard. In Quebec, decision makers and cultural elites were already plotting on how to prevent the pro-life victory from spilling over into the resolutely “pro-choice” province. Recently, Martine Biron, minister in charge of women’s affairs, has pledged to do all in her power to “enshrine” “abortion rights” in Quebec.

The Fall of Rome

Each soul is made for God. Like a tree that would withdraw its roots from the moist soil, a soul that withdraws from the grace of God and curls up on itself, content with its own thoughts and fancies, will soon dry up. A society of such individuals cannot but become a spiritual and moral desert. As deep calls to deep (Psalm 42:7), emptiness calls forth more emptiness (Matthew 25:29), and our modern societies, by spurning repentance and denying room for God are only shutting themselves into an ironclad globalist system that will serve as a stepping stool for the anti-Christ. Denying Christ, they will have anti-Christ.

On this Saint John the Baptist Day, whatever the course our society takes, let us choose Life. Let us repent of our sins, make way for Christ, and enjoin others to do the same. For our true home is not the earthly Rome, but the Heavenly Jerusalem.

God bless,

Georges Buscemi, President
Quebec Life Coalition / Campagne Québec-Vie

Finally, we are nearing the end of our summer fundraiser. Our last emails were successful, and we warmly thank all donors who helped us raise 7155 $ so far. But we still have $4 845 to raise in only 4 days. If you haven’t yet had the chance, please donate today.

We must continue growing to form a loyal opposition to our often disloyal, bullying institutions and government. They need to be resisted. But this cannot happen without your help. To help us develop a pro-life opposition to stand up to the pro-abortion establishment, please give what you can today.

Our movement, Quebec Life Coalition, was founded in 1989 by Gilles Grondin, a former Canadian diplomat. He had been hired by Campaign Life Coalition, a pan-Canadian pro-life group, to attend United Nations international conferences. It was well known, even at that time, that certain players among the international elite had put in place a programme to reduce the world’s population, and that these plans had to be thwarted by uniting pro-life countries on an international scale. In addition, Mr. Grondin had widely circulated document NSSM 200, produced by the US National Security Council in 1974 (declassified in the late 1980s), which advocated reducing the population of developing countries to guarantee easy access to their natural resources and thus maintain US hegemony.

Quebec Life Coalition has always understood that abortion and other attacks on human life are part of hidden agendas set up on a global scale and financed to the tune of billions. We also understand that, ultimately, these attacks on life are the manifestation of evil spiritual powers, and their ultimate defeat can only be achieved by spiritual means.

Our work is therefore one of patient restoration of souls and societies to foster a culture of faith, family and life, from conception to natural death. We accomplish this work in various ways:

1. "Pregnant and Worried” help line (1-855-871-4442);
2. Regular broadcasts on Théovox
3. News site (cqv.qc.ca/blog) and presence on social networks (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube);
4. Monthly publication of our paper newsletter;
5. QLC conferences;
6. Events and prayer vigils, including:
   • The 40 Days for Life;
   • Vigils for Life
   • the Life Chain
   • the Pro-Life Pilgrimage in Montreal;
   • the National March for Life in Ottawa;
7. Participation in politics at the federal, provincial, municipal and school board levels;
8. Lobbying at the United Nations and other international bodies;
9. Legal action, e.g. legal action against the 50-metre no-go zone around abortion centres in Quebec;
10. Regular meetings and calls with other members of the pro-life movement in Canada and elsewhere in the world;

We have our work cut out for us in Quebec. As you can see, we’re working hard on many fronts. We’re doing what we can, but our material resources come from you. Please help us develop a pro-life opposition to stand up to the pro-abortion establishment in this province. Help us today.

If you’ve already donated to our summer fundraising campaign—and many have—thank you from the bottom of my heart. To date, we have raised $5584. But we only have 6 days to raise the difference, i.e. $6,416. Please give generously to help us reach our goal.

God bless you,

 
Georges Buscemi
President, Quebec Life Coalition

Christian group Harvest Ministries, which was kicked out of the Quebec City Convention Centre by Tourism Minister Caroline Proulx for being too pro-life for her, has finally found a new location in Old Quebec for its prayer event to be held this week.

However, the organisers have decided not to make the new location public, so as not to aggravate a situation that is already bordering on madness. We are, after all, in a soft, anti-life, anti-Christian dictatorship. Anyone interested in joining this event can contact the organizers directly at [email protected] or by telephone 236-420-1716.

Fortunately, not everyone agrees with the Legault government's censorship of pro-life views. Our petition against this censorship of pro-lifers in Quebec has passed the 8,000-signature mark.

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I was on Nomos-TV today for an over 2-hour discussion on the pro-life struggle in Quebec. Among other things, we discussed Minister Martine Biron's plan to make the so-called "right" to abortion (which is not a right) "immutable" in Quebec. It's in French only, unfortunately. But you can click here if you understand French.

Georges Buscemi on Nomos-TV: "Interview with Georges Buscemi -- The Pro-Life Battle in Quebec"

You can also watch my latest interview on Théovox last Thursday, the last programme before the summer break. In this French-language interview, we talked about the admirable resistance of parents against LGBT ideology (QI2S+...) in Canadian schools.

Georges Buscemi on the set of Theovox studios near Montreal, QC.

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A big thank you to everyone who contributed to our summer fundraiser. We've raised a total of $3,728 but still have an uphill battle to raise $8,272 in 8 days. If you haven't had a chance yet, please donate today.

Through our interviews, videos, writings and actions, we must continue to develop a space in Quebec society for pro-life, pro-family and pro-God discourse. For too long, the revolution against God and nature has controlled almost the entire field. With your help, we can resist. To help us develop a pro-life opposition that will stand up to the pro-abortion establishment in Quebec, please give what you can today.

God bless,

Georges Buscemi, President
Quebec Life Coalition / Campagne Québec-Vie

The pro-lifers who organized an event in Quebec City need our help!

As you probably have heard, B.C.-based Harvest ministry’s plans to put on a 10-day event at Quebec City’s Convention Centre was shot down by an unprecedented intervention by Quebec Minister of Tourism Caroline Proulx, who decided by fiat that the group renting the government-owned facility was too pro-life for her.

Her colleague, Minister of Women’s affairs Martine Biron, concurred. She’s busy trying to find ways to “enshrine” the right to abortion in Quebec. You can understand why Proulx found it difficult to tolerate pro-life Christians using her facilities while her colleague was labouring to keep killing babies in the womb legal and perfectly acceptable in the minds of Quebecers.

As a representative of Quebec’s pro-life community, I was interviewed by Radio Canada (French CBC) on what I thought about this state censorship of pro-lifers. My interviewer was trying to downplay the impact this censorship would have on Haverst ministry and pro-lifers in general, saying that there were many other places we could gather for pro-life events. My answer was immediate: this move by the government would have a profound chilling effect, warning anyone who would accept to host pro-lifers that they would pay a heavy price for doing so. 

QLC President Georges Buscemi being interviewed by French CBC about the censorship of pro-lifers in Quebec. (Click here for video—French only)

Let’s be clear: Even though the government only literally owns three (albeit very important) conference centres and large venues—the Quebec Convention Centre, the Montreal Convention Centre, and the Olympic Stadium complex—the Quebec government has its tentacles everywhere. They basically have a stake in every business, in the form of subsidies or other advantages it grants to these. Take media, for example: without government advertising, many media outlets would not survive in their current form. Is it a surprise that they fall over each other to dutifully parrot government talking points? They know who butters their bread.

In other words, and this I made clear to the suspiciously naive CBC reporter, that not only will Harvest be kicked out of government facilities, but they will find it very, very difficult to find a substitute home for their event, given that all the other venue owners will be afraid to make a stand for Life or even for free expression, over and against the wishes of the Quebec government.

Lo and behold, this is exactly what is happening. Harvest Ministries has yet to find a substitute location for even a paired-down version of their event. Whereas they had originally hoped to welcome about 1000 people a day for 10 days starting June 22, they now are looking to host about 200–300 people a day. But no venue will have them as of this writing.

Therefore, if you or anyone you know may have contacts in Quebec City, who know of a location to house such an event for 200–300 people, please let us know by answering this email! We fellow pro-lifers have to band together in the face of government persecution!

Finally, we are in the midst of our summer fundraiser. We are looking to raise $12,000 in 2 weeks. Our last email was successful, and we warmly thank all donors. But we still have $10,568 to raise in 10 days. If you haven’t yet had the chance, please donate today.

We must continue growing to form a loyal opposition to this disloyal, bullying government. They have had full control of the playing field for too long. They need to be resisted. But this cannot happen without your help. To help us develop a pro-life opposition to stand up to the pro-abortion establishment in this province, please give what you can today.

God bless,

Georges Buscemi, President
Quebec Life Coalition / Campagne Québec-Vie

Has the pro-abortion government currently running the province of Quebec overplayed its hand?

You may have heard the news: about two weeks ago, the French CBC announced that the tourism minister of Quebec, Caroline Proulx, had cancelled an event planned to take place in a gov’t owned convention centre in Quebec City, on account of it allegedly being a pro-life event.

The Minister affirmed that the event was against Quebec’s “fundamental principles”, as if letting people kill babies in the womb was suddenly a “principle”, let alone a fundamental one…

The irony is that the organisers of the event denied that the event was pro-life. It was supposed to be a Christian prayer event, aimed at reconciling all Canadians. But the Quebec government would have none of it. They’ve doubled down. You can read more about this unbelievably ham-fisted censorship, here.

The 10-day event was to take place between June 23 and July 2. There’s still time for the government, however hard-hearted, to reconsider its untenable stance. Will you help us get our petition signed by enough people to get it into our Quebec leaders heads that pro-lifers are people too?

We need people from not only Quebec but from all of Canada, to show that we are united across the country against the censoring of pro-life voices. So far, over 3000 people have signed.

This incident shows us once again how much work we pro-lifers have on our plate in Quebec. We are working hard right now on many fronts, and in the days to come I will be telling you about our projects. But these can’t be realized without your help. If you can help us develop a pro-life opposition to stand up to the pro-abortion establishment in this province, please give what you can today.

God bless,

Georges Buscemi, President
Quebec Life Coalition / Campagne Québec-Vie

This fall will mark the beginning of my 15th year as President of Campagne Québec-Vie. Our Christian-inspired pro-life movement was founded in 1989 to reverse the trend in Quebec to deny, in the name of liberalism, the laws of God affecting human life and the family.

Liberalism is an ideology that disfigures and ultimately destroys true freedom. This false belief that the freedom to choose takes precedence over all other considerations has deep roots in our contemporary societies and the fight against this erroneous belief will be difficult and probably long term. The fight for freedom and against the disfigurement of it is above all a fight against sin because whoever “does what he wants” without regard to the laws of God, commits sin and becomes a slave to sin, and therefore a prisoner. True freedom is obtained by holiness, that is, the knowledge of God, the love of Him, and the loving obedience to His will, expressed by His laws.

Too many of our contemporaries think otherwise: they believe that freedom consists in choosing for themselves what is good or bad. They thus call themselves “authentic” and “sincere.” But sincerity, although necessary (because one who does good deeds while not believing in them would be a hypocrite), is not sufficient. Yes, you must do everything to understand why this or that thing is bad or good. But then you must do good, true good, to be good. And here lies the difficulty. It often happens that a person makes a mistake. That she “sincerely” chooses evil. This is a great mystery. In these cases, rightful authority, which is responsible for the common good and the lives of the innocent, must protect the weakest. This why it is not up to the woman to decide to have an abortion, because even if she sincerely believes that she has “a right” to abortion, by exercising this so-called “right,” she endangers the life of another – the unborn child – who has a real right to life. Authority must protect the little ones. It must prohibit abortion and other attacks on life and the family.

As I said, this fight against abortion and the other excesses of our era will probably be a long one, because the evil is not only rooted in the souls of individuals, but in the very structures of our “liberal” society, which reinforces the error of liberalism and “choice” at all costs by multiple means: legislation (gay marriage, euthanasia, abortion), media (biased news, trans propaganda, racy magazines, subversive shows, etc.), and education (via courses in ethics and religious culture impregnated with liberalism and religious indifferentism, and others in corrupted sex education, to name two.)

In the light of the above, it may come as no surprise to you that we at Campagne Québec-Vie feel powerless in the face of the magnitude of the task to be accomplished! It is the Church that has the mandate to raise man from sin and to structure societies so that they conform to the will of God, Campagne Québec-Vie constituting at most only a tiny organ within the Mystical Body of Christ. Also, we have recently been looking to increase our strike force in Quebec and in French Canada. This is why we have approached a Canadian pro-life group for logistical and financial assistance necessary for the continuation of our work over the long term.

Following talks that spanned several months, I am pleased to announce that Campagne Québec-Vie is now fully part of the great family of Campaign Life Coalition, the largest Canadian pro-life organization and the principal organizer of the National March for Life in Ottawa. (See the enclosed bulletin for a synopsis the March.) This partnership has already allowed us to add two new people to our team: a director of political operations in Quebec and a graphic designer / news reporter.

Over the coming months, we will continue to integrate our various activities and processes to work ever more effectively, in Quebec and in the rest of Canada, for a Culture of Life. Finally, this partnership will also allow us to extend our influence beyond Quebec to touch the hearts and consciences of Francophones outside Quebec - in Northern Ontario, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Alberta, and elsewhere.

On behalf of the entire Campagne Québec-Vie team, I would like to thank you for your support in this work, which will certainly not be lacking any time soon. We have nothing less to do than to show our contemporaries the way to true freedom, one that cares for both God and one’s neighbour, even when the latter lives in this or her mother’s womb.

Yours for Life,

Georges Buscemi
President
Campagne Québec-Vie

(Mr. Buscemi’s text was translated via Google translator and edited thereafter by Brian Jenkins.)

P.S. The activities that contributed to the great success of the National March for Life in Ottawa (see the newsletter for a short report) have almost dried up our monetary reserves. Your monetary help this month would be a big plus for us get through the summer which is normally a quieter time when it comes to giving; click here to make a gift. We thank you wholeheartedly!

Quebec Life Coalition

Brian --

The National March for Life - Ottawa, is set for next week.

On Thursday, May 11, 2023, two chartered buses, coach style, will make the single day trip to our nation's capital permitting participants to be the voice for the voiceless, the vulnerable of our society.

Click on the picture below to learn how you can be participant.

I hope to see you in Ottawa!

Brian Jenkins
(438) 930-8643

By Georges Buscemi, president of Quebec Life Coalition
Translated by Quebec Life Coalition staff.

On April 26, a column by Elsie Lefebvre (former Parti Québécois MP and Montreal city councillor) appeared on the Journal de Montréal website, discussing an announcement by Martine Biron, Minister responsible for the Status of Women, that she would soon be launching a "consultation" to ensure that the "right to abortion" becomes enshrined in Quebec law. The title of the article: Abortion rights threatened, even here in Quebec.

Lefebvre reviews the more or less well-founded reasons for believing that the "right" to abortion is threatened in Quebec and Canada: "Trumpist" Pierre Poilièvre and pro-life MPs "emanating from the conservative religious right", as well as "pro-life volunteers who are slowly but surely weaving their web" and other boogeyman who “give her goosebumps”, are, according to Lefebvre, working together to weaken access to abortion.

We won't dwell on the hysterical aspect of the analysis (Trump! Pro-lifers weave their web! etc.). What is most annoying is the underhanded manipulation of the reader's mind by claiming, through a headline such as "Abortion Rights Threatened," that the assertion that abortion is a "right" is so obvious that it does not even need to be defended. But the opposite is true: it is obvious that abortion is not a right, that such a "right" cannot exist, and that if there exists today in Western societies permission to abort, or tolerance of the crime of abortion, it is because we have no respect for the right to life of the unborn class of humans. Moreover, if the current state of affairs is now threatened, that is very good news, because not only is abortion not a right, it is a blatant example of a human rights violation. But to understand this, we must first know what a "right" is.

Definition of "human rights"

Human rights are, according to Wikipedia (I'm quoting a source that is certainly not to the advantage of pro-lifers), "a philosophical, legal, and political concept, according to which every human being possesses universal, inalienable rights, regardless of positive law (existing law) or other local factors such as ethnicity, nationality, or religion." Basically, certain things are due to the innocent human person, such as life, speech, the right to associate, and this, regardless of one’s origin, size, beliefs. These rights can only be taken away or limited for serious reasons, such as in the case of a murderer who must be incarcerated for the protection of other citizens. This concept of human rights is incompatible, again according to Wikipedia, "with the idea that building a better society justifies the elimination or oppression of those who are supposed to stand in the way of the realization of that better society."

And this is the simple reason why abortion is a violation of human rights: in order to build a better world for one class of people — women — pro-abortionists claim that it is legitimate to sacrifice the lives of members of another class of people, the unborn. This goes against the very concept of an innate human right, a right that is possessed by virtue of man's humanity and has not been conferred upon him by a state or other human power. We do not have the right to kill the unborn, period, even if that killing might —in the view of the perpetrator, of course, and not the victim — seem to make our society "progress".

Now, here a pro-abortionist might try to take refuge in the nonsensical argument that the embryo is not "human" or "a person". I say "nonsensical" because there are only a few months and a little water and food between the embryo and the newborn baby it will become. Do we dare to claim that adding a little water to an embryo would have changed its nature, transformed it from the simple animal that it was, into a human being? Or worse: would an unborn child become human only after it has completely left the womb, as our delusional Canadian Criminal Code claims, as if the birth canal were endowed with magical powers that could transform a "cluster of cells" into a baby with human rights? The unborn child is therefore obviously a human being, from the moment of conception, regardless of the pro-abortionists who look for a pretext to eliminate it when it is advantageous to them.

Finally, and this is the sad reality, I believe that many pro-abortionists, if they claim to promote "human rights", do not really believe in them. Many of them have a purely material view of existence: all humans, not just babies, are just "clumps of cells" or piles of matter. Rights have no hold on heaps of matter, but only on human beings, endowed with immortal souls created directly by God. Basically, without a conception of the divine and the spiritual, everything becomes matter to be owned or thrown away, and human rights evaporate. All that remains is the will of the strongest at the expense of the weakest, which we see today manifested in many ways. It is up to us, believers in a God who created us and conferred rights and duties on us, to preserve this idea of human rights, even if many of our fellow citizens betray this ideal while praising it.

The National March for Life - Ottawa, is upon us.

Thursday, May 11, 2023, is less than two weeks away.

Yes, the march is set for that day. Yet there is much more going on, six days of activities; consult the official web site for details - www.marchforlife.ca .

QLC Micro-Conference (in French)

Something New at the National March for Life - In addition to those activities, the Quebec Life Coalition is hosting a novel event - a micro-conference. Four speakers will give allocutions: QLC President Mr. Georges Buscemi, Mr. Jeff Gunnerson, president of Campaign Life Coalition, Ms.Tanya Patry, mother of Lily-Rose, and Ms. Lise Dufour. The latter two ladies will give personal testimonies.

When: Thursday, May 11, 2023, from 16h00 à 18h00

Where: Basement of Saint-Theresa church (95 Somerset St W, Ottawa, ON K2P 0H3).

Re Tanya Patry -- the mother of Lily-Rose, will share her testimony of how she came close to abort her child and what changed her mind. For a preview of her talk, go to the twentieth minute mark of the following video - Théovox.

Re Ms. Lise Dufour, she has recently published a book chronicling her abortion experience and the faith journey permitting her to mourn her loss. Her book, entitled J'ai avorté...par peur. Avec Lui, espérer encore. will be available for purchase.

The fifteen to twenty minute talks will be followed by a question period.

The gathering is free of charge, yet donations are always welcome.

After the event, a chartered bus will return day travelers to Montreal at 6:00 pm. 

CHARTERED BUSES from Montreal

Two buses are chartered to bring Montrealers to the National March.

Departures (7:00 am)

• Downtown-Bonaventure (Tim Hortons, 895 de La Gauchetière Street West)
• Pointe-Claire (Reno Depot, 400 Brunswick Blvd., Pointe-Claire H9R 5X4)

Returns

• Bus no. 1: 4:00 p.m., Saint Theresa Church, 95 Somerset Street West
• Bus no. 2: 6:00 p.m., Saint Theresa Church, 95 Somerset Street West

To reserve a seat, call (438) 930-8643.
Cost: 60$ per person, 120$ per couple or family (couple + children under 18), 40$ students and seniors.

See you Thursday, May 11, 2023!

Brian Jenkins
Quebec Life Coalition
(438) 930-8643

Martine Biron, Minister of International Relations and Francophonie and Minister responsible for the Status of Women.

Blog by Augustin Hamilton (Quebec Life Coalition) - Photo: La Presse

To what do we owe this unanimous motion recently voted in the Salon Bleu in defense of the so-called "drag queens"? This message full of emotion (but little reason...), launched at the initiative of Québec solidaire, proclaims: "the National Assembly stresses that drag queens should not, under any circumstances, face violent insults, intolerance and hatred for their participation in the reading of children's stories".

What appalling threats were the poor drag queens subjected to? According to La Presse, which reported the facts (or at least part of them...), a demonstration took place in front of the building where a reading by a "drag queen" known as Barbada was to be held for children, leading the City of Saint-Catherine in Montérégie to move the event. A sign held up by one of the protesters read: "drag queens do not belong in our schools" and "they belong in 18+ places".

It takes a little (or even a lot...) of imagination, with a good pinch of emotion (in the right direction, if you can), to see hatred for "Barbada" — if that's the worst "intolerance", "violent insult" or "hatred" the man has faced.

On the other hand, it is certainly intolerable that a man disguised as a caricature of a woman comes to read dubious stories to children with the aim of deconstructing the "social norm" in them. It is already strange, to say the least, that an individual wants to perform in an immoderate assortment, it is certainly not healthy that he transmits this fad to the younger generations.

Nevertheless, concurrently with the parliamentary unanimity, Éric Duhaime, leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec (but not deputy), has launched a petition that goes somewhat against the performances of "drag queens" among children.

In passing, the article in La Presse points out that "Quebec differs from Tennessee's policies in its relationship with drag queens" because that state now bans their display in places where minors may be present. Ugly, isn't it?