INTRODUCTION TO THE OPEN LETTER AND REPORT TO VICE-PRESIDENT JD VANCE
By Georges Buscemi, President of Campagne Québec-Vie (Quebec Life Coalition)
As Canada and the United States approach the crucial July 21 deadline for concluding bilateral trade talks, Quebec Life Coalition -- a pro-life, pro-family group based in Quebec and partnered with national pro-life group Campaign Life Coalition -- is releasing an open letter and accompanying report (see below) addressed to U.S. Vice-President JD Vance, urging the Trump administration to condition future trade cooperation on Canada’s respect for freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to peaceful pro-life expression.
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In recent days, trade negotiations have stalled due to Washington’s concerns over Canada’s proposed digital services tax targeting large American tech firms. The recent decision by the Canadian government to rescind that tax appears to be an effort to reopen talks and improve its standing with the Trump White House. We believe this moment represents an opportunity—not just for economic recalibration, but for moral clarity.
Earlier this year, Vice-President Vance issued a strong warning to U.S. allies at the Munich Security Conference, stating unequivocally that the US is no longer willing to subsidize the prosperity of nations that do not share basic Western values. We at Quebec Life Coalition take him at his word—and urge him to apply that standard to Canada.
Our report lays out in detail the escalating persecution of Christians and pro-lifers in Quebec and across Canada:
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50-meter “bubble zones” that criminalize peaceful prayer and sidewalk counseling;
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Government threats to revoke charitable status from pro-life and faith-based organizations;
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State-funded media monopolies and censorship;
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Proposals for legal bans on public prayer;
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And widespread discrimination against religious groups seeking to access public facilities or express their beliefs in public life.
This is not just a domestic concern. It is a human rights issue. Canada presents itself abroad as a model liberal democracy, but it is increasingly intolerant of dissent when it comes from those who uphold traditional Christian moral and social teachings.
Our goal with this publication is simple: to ensure that the Trump White House has all the information it needs to make an enlightened and just decision about how to proceed with Canada. The American people should not be asked to extend the privileges of trade and cooperation to a government that represses the very freedoms the U.S. was founded to defend.
And the Carney administration—should it wish to secure a favorable trade arrangement with its most important partner to the South—must understand that it cannot have free trade while denying free speech.
For the good of both nations, and for the countless citizens in Canada who can no longer speak or pray freely in public, we ask: let freedom be a condition of partnership.
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Open Letter to Vice-President JD Vance
From: Georges Buscemi, President of Quebec Life Coalition (Campagne Québec-Vie)
Date: June 30, 2025
Dear Vice-President Vance,
Your remarks earlier this year at the Munich Security Conference made it clear that under the current administration, the United States will not ignore the erosion of fundamental freedoms, whether at home or among its allies.[1] Your stand for free speech, religious liberty, and the moral and spiritual foundations of democracy has inspired many of us who find ourselves increasingly marginalized in our own country.
On behalf of Quebec’s pro-life and pro-faith community, I write to draw your urgent attention to the escalating suppression of freedom of religion and pro-life speech in Quebec and across Canada. Once a nation that championed many fundamental truths, Canada is increasingly muzzling those who uphold the sanctity of life and our shared Christian heritage. In Quebec – a society transformed by the 1960s Quiet Revolution’s rejection of its Catholic roots – we now face a regime that openly treats public faith and pro-life advocacy as enemies to be purged rather than voices to be heard. The situation has become dire.
In recent years, Quebec’s government has enacted a 50-meter “bubble zone” around abortion facilities, making it illegal for us even to pray or offer help on public sidewalks near the facilities. Peaceful pro-life citizens have been threatened with heavy fines simply for holding signs reading “Pregnant and worried? We can help” inside these zones.[2] Meanwhile, militant pro-abortion demonstrators – including Antifa-style agitators armed with smoke bombs – are effectively given free rein to intimidate and attack pro-life gatherings.[3] This past May 31st in Quebec City, what should have been a peaceful March for Life turned into a street battle: Radicals ignited smoke bombs inside crowds of families and elderly believers, and even threatened a local hotel into cancelling our pro-life banquet through fear and intimidation. Disturbingly, Quebec authorities stood by in seeming complicit silence as this mob trampled our rights.[4]
This pattern extends beyond street activism into government policy. Under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, federal authorities have threatened to strip churches and pro-life charities of their charitable status merely for upholding biblical teachings on life and family. A parliamentary committee recently recommended removing “advancement of religion” as a recognized charitable purpose and specifically targeting pro-life organizations for denial of charity status.[5] If implemented, this would mean churches, faith-based food banks, pregnancy centers and countless charities losing tax-exempt status – a move that a Canadian cardinal warns would devastate the very fabric of our civil society.[6] Indeed, nearly 40% of Canada’s 70,000 charities are religious, and many vital social services would vanish if Ottawa carries out this purge.[7] This is, in truth, a direct attack on the freedom of religion that has characterized our nation. As one prolife leader observed, “it’s a direct assault on religious freedom and the values that have built this nation, founded, as our Charter states, on principles that recognize the supremacy of God.”[8]
Quebec’s own provincial leaders have become unapologetic in their hostility toward public faith. Premier François Legault has already banned religious symbols for many public servants under the guise of “secularism” (Bill 21) – a law that forces teachers and police to remove visible crosses, hijabs, or yarmulkes or else lose their jobs.[9] He even boasts that this aggressive secularism is “in continuity with the Quiet Revolution…a principle that unites us as a nation in Quebec.”[10] Now, Legault’s government is entertaining an outright ban on public prayer anywhere in Quebec – an almost unthinkable measure.[11] This proposal was floated after a few isolated incidents of Islamic street prayers in Montreal, but rather than address those reasonably, the province’s response was to consider prohibiting all public expressions of faith. Such a blanket ban is alarming and disproportionate. As I told Rebel News, banning public prayer for everyone in Quebec because of a single disturbance is “like killing a fly with a bazooka” – it reeks of a pretext to drive all religion from the public square.[12] Many of us suspect the true target of this policy is Christianity itself. The current progressive elite in Quebec – secularists who view the Church as their “true rival” – seem determined to eliminate any public influence of faith that challenges their ultra-liberal agenda.[13]
Mr. Vice-President, we appeal to you and the U.S. government to not remain indifferent. We know you have warned allies in Europe that America will not overlook the erosion of freedom.[14] We urge you to warn Canada as well. The Canadian government’s blatant violations of free speech and freedom of religion – from criminalizing silent prayer to punishing faith-based charities – must have consequences on the international stage. Specifically, we call on you to use all diplomatic and economic tools at your disposal to press for an immediate end to these abuses. Trade and partnership with the United States should no longer be a blank check for regimes that crush basic liberties.
Finally, we ask that you stand with the millions of Canadians of goodwill who are fighting to reclaim our country’s true spiritual and moral principles. In the long term, only political change will end this persecution. The current government in Quebec (and its allies in Ottawa) have made clear that pro-life Christians are not welcome as full participants in our own society. This must not stand. With support from leaders like you on the world stage, we are hopeful that we can peacefully usher in a new government – one that once again recognizes the sanctity of human life, respects freedom for religion to flourish, and upholds legitimate expression as rights. Until that day, we will continue to resist injustice through every legal and peaceful means. We ask for your prayers, your voice, and your action on our behalf.
Sincerely,
Georges Buscemi
President, Quebec Life Coalition (Campagne Québec-Vie)
Report: Suppression of Religious Freedom and Pro-Life Speech in Quebec and Canada
Prepared for: The Office of the Vice-President of the United States (Hon. JD Vance)
Prepared by: Quebec Life Coalition / Campagne Québec-Vie (Pro-Life, Pro-Family Advocacy Group) Date: June 2025
Introduction & Historical Context
Quiet Revolution Legacy – A Rejection of Traditional Values: Quebec’s current climate of religious suppression cannot be understood without recalling the province’s dramatic secular shift in the 1960s. The Quiet Revolution (Révolution tranquille) was a period of rapid social change (c. 1960–1970) during which Quebec’s once pervasive Catholic Church was systematically stripped of its influence in public life. Prior to this, the Church ran Quebec’s schools, hospitals and shaped social policy; afterwards, a secular elite took the helm. Many Quebecois came to see being a “modern” society as meaning being free from religious influence – specifically, free from the Catholic Church.[15] What began as a push to modernize and embrace state-run social programs also carried an intense backlash against the moral and cultural authority formerly held by clergy. Within a generation, church attendance plummeted and overt religiosity became culturally stigmatized in many circles. Today, Quebec’s progressive leaders proudly trace their secularism to the Quiet Revolution, treating it as a founding narrative that justifies excluding religion from the public sphere.[16] Premier François Legault himself invokes the Quiet Revolution as inspiration for Quebec’s stringent laïcité (secularism) policies.[17] This historical context – an elite consensus that traditional Christian influence must be expunged from governance and culture – underpins much of the hostility toward pro-life and Christian voices detailed in this report.
At the Canadian national level, a similar secular-progressive outlook has taken hold among the ruling class. Since the latter half of the 20th century, court rulings and legislation have steadily expanded certain ideologies (radical feminism, sexual revolution norms, etc.) as prevailing “Canadian values,” often at the direct expense of orthodox Christian or traditional viewpoints. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982) did enshrine freedom of religion and expression, and even acknowledges “the supremacy of God” in its preamble.[18] Yet in practice, Canada’s political elites have frequently treated biblical morality and open dissent on issues like abortion as obstacles to be overcome on the road to a more “progressive” society. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Quebec, where secularist policies and a one-party-like cultural consensus have made it increasingly difficult – and even dangerous – to voice pro-life or faith-based opinions. The following sections document the current state of suppression, with evidence and examples, from restrictive laws to public hostility, illustrating a trend that gravely concerns pro-life, pro-family advocates and anyone who cares about moral and spiritual principles.
Bubble Zones: Laws Criminalizing Pro-Life Expression
One of the clearest examples of institutional suppression is the establishment of so-called “bubble zones” (or “safe access zones”) around abortion facilities. In Quebec, Article 16.1 of the Health and Social Services Act (enacted 2016) creates a 50-meter radius exclusion zone around any location where abortions are committed.[19] Within this approximately half-football-field radius, all forms of demonstration or counseling against abortion are banned by law, with steep fines as punishment.[20] Peaceful pro-life activities – even silent prayer, holding a sign, or offering literature – are illegal in these zones. The intent, as lawmakers stated, was to prevent women seeking abortions from being “dissuaded” or “condemned” by protestors.[21] In practice, the law has effectively criminalized ordinary pro-life outreach on public sidewalks. For example, Quebec Life Coalition members who stood near a Montreal clinic with signs reading “Pregnant and worried? We can help you” or “Pray for an end to abortion” – messages of hope and prayer – would be subject to tickets and fines up to $2,500 for individuals or $5,000 for organizations under this law.[22]
The chilling effect on free expression is obvious. Public spaces, especially sidewalks, have traditionally been “essential venues for public expression, even if the messages shared may be uncomfortable or unpopular,” as the plaintiffs challenging this law argued in court.[23] Yet by law in Quebec, a lone individual simply praying quietly within 50 meters of an abortion center is treated as a provincial offense. This restriction serves the private interests of abortion providers at the expense of Canadians’ Charter freedoms of speech, assembly, and religion. There is no evidence that peaceful sidewalk counselors – who often simply offer support and alternatives – pose any threat to safety or well-being. Nevertheless, the province chose to “grossly limit” one side of a contentious public debate by cordoning off large zones of city streets where only the pro-abortion view may be expressed. The Quebec Life Coalition and allied individuals (Dr. Roseline L. Caron and Mr. Brian Jenkins) have mounted a legal challenge to this law, arguing that it fails the test of proportionality and violates both the Canadian and Quebec Charters. As of November 2024, that case was finally heard by the Quebec Superior Court after years of delay, with pro-life advocates urgently asking the judiciary to restore their right to peacefully witness for life in the public square.
It should be noted that such “bubble zone” statutes are part of a broader trend in Canada: other provinces (e.g. Ontario, British Columbia) have similar laws prohibiting pro-life presence near abortion facilities.[24] However, Quebec’s implementation has been among the most severe and unyielding. There is no exemption for silent prayer or non-obstructive counseling – any pro-life presence is categorically banned. This one-sided censorship starkly contrasts with how other causes are treated. Environmental protestors, union picketers, or other demonstrators often enjoy police accommodation and even public sympathy when occupying public space. By contrast, a grandmother praying the rosary outside an abortion facility is deemed worthy of legal penalty in Quebec. This double standard sends an unmistakable message: certain beliefs (pro-life, religious) are officially unwelcome in Quebec’s public forum. The bubble zone law thus stands as the first method of suppression, creating geographical areas of exception where Charter freedoms simply do not apply for one targeted group. It sets the stage for further marginalization detailed in the sections below.
Violent Disruption and Intimidation of Pro-Life Events
Beyond legal prohibitions, pro-life and Christian communities in Quebec have increasingly been subjected to mob intimidation and physical disruptions that go unchecked – and at times appear tacitly condoned – by authorities. A stark illustration occurred on May 31, 2025, during Quebec’s second annual large-scale March for Life in Quebec City. What should have been a peaceful rally of families, students, and clergy erupted into chaos due to orchestrated attacks by hundreds of pro-abortion counter-protestors, including members of the violent far-left network known as Antifa.[25]
According to eyewitnesses and media reports, militant counter-demonstrators infiltrated and surrounded the pro-life marchers, equipped with industrial noise-makers, air horns, and smoke bombs.[26] The protestors – many dressed in all-black with faces covered – waited for the moment the pro-life crowd began to pray and then unleashed their assault. They ignited smoke grenades that filled the air with acrid green-grey smoke, forcing peaceful marchers to physically hurl the smoking canisters away just to breathe. They blared sirens and banged metal objects to drown out any speeches or prayers, all while hurling obscene insults and even blocking the march route repeatedly. Georges Buscemi, President of Quebec Life Coalition (one of the march organizers), said it “wasn’t a march at all – it was a street battle.” Pro-life participants, who numbered around 500–600, found themselves confronted by an equally large or larger mob (estimates of 600–700 counter-protestors) bent on denying them the ability to walk peacefully through the city. The level of coordination suggested some activists had even posed as pro-lifers before the event to position themselves for the ambush.[27]
Perhaps most troubling, local authorities did not adequately intervene to protect the marchers. Although police were present, the demonstrators were able to halt the march’s progress multiple times and even pressure private venues into canceling pro-life events. In fact, on the eve of the march, the organizers’ planned banquet at the Delta Hotel in Quebec City was abruptly canceled after the hotel received both pressure and actual threats from abortion activists.[28] The hotel management, intimidated by potential violence, shut its doors to the pro-life dinner. This tactic of using threats to deprive pro-lifers of a venue was met with silence by city officials. Buscemi decried “the complicit silence of our authorities” in the face of such intimidation, calling it “disgraceful”.[29] In a free society, it is the duty of the police and government to ensure that citizens can exercise their rights to assemble and speak without fear of violence. Yet in Quebec, it appears that when the speech in question is pro-life or Christian, that duty is shamefully neglected. The result is mob veto: radical activists now know they can shut down pro-life events through sheer menace, and the government will neither firmly condemn them nor protect the victims.
This is not an isolated incident. Similar patterns of harassment and violence against pro-life advocates have been recorded elsewhere in Canada, often with minimal legal consequences for perpetrators. In one notorious case in 2018, for instance, a Toronto (male) feminist activist roundhouse-kicked a peaceful pro-life woman on camera; he was later charged, but such clear-cut cases are rare in reaching prosecution. More commonly, pro-life student clubs on university campuses face mob protests, and life-chain prayer demonstrations are heckled and threatened while police watch passively. The Quebec City “street battle” is simply the most egregious recent example. The imagery of smoke bombs deployed against people peacefully assembled – in the capital city of a province of this G7 nation – is iconic of a deeper social breakdown. Political leaders have not denounced the anti-life thuggery in any meaningful way. On the contrary, there are signs some officials politically sympathize with the attackers’ goals (if not their tactics), which may explain the tepid response. This abdication of responsibility creates a de facto climate of impunity for what can only be described as brownshirt tactics against people of faith.
In summary, while pro-life speech is increasingly restrained by law (as shown with bubble zones), even legally permitted assemblies are vulnerable to militant disruption. The failure of the government to ensure public order and protect targeted minorities (in this case, religious pro-life citizens) raises serious concerns under international human rights norms. Freedom of assembly and freedom of religion are hollow if the state will not safeguard peaceful gatherings from mob violence. The Quebec government’s inaction – or worse, quiet approval – in face of Antifa-style militias trampling on the rights of pro-life demonstrators is a troubling marker of how far Canada’s commitment to basic positive rights has eroded. It sends a clear signal to pro-life Christians: you may speak, but only at your own risk, and the authorities may turn a blind eye to any harm that befalls you.
Government Targeting of Pro-Life and Faith-Based Organizations
The hostility toward pro-life and Christian expression in Canada is not limited to street-level radicals. It extends into the halls of government policy – most notably, in efforts to wield financial and regulatory power to punish organizations that dissent from progressive orthodoxy. A primary example is the current threat to revoke the charitable status of religious and pro-life organizations. Charitable status in Canada allows donors to receive tax receipts and is essential for many churches, religious schools, and nonprofits to survive financially. Traditionally, advancing religion has been recognized as a charitable purpose (a principle inherited from centuries of common law). However, activists and Liberal politicians have in recent years considered this a loophole that benefits groups with “outdated” views.
In late 2021, Prime Minister Trudeau’s Liberal party explicitly campaigned on a promise to deny charitable status to pro-life organizations, including crisis pregnancy centres. By 2022–2023, this agenda gained momentum in Parliament. In early 2025, the House of Commons Finance Committee – a majority-Liberal body – issued Recommendations #429 and #430 in its pre-budget report, urging the government to: (1) “no longer provide charitable status to anti-abortion organizations,” and (2) amend the Income Tax Act to remove “the advancement of religion” as a charitable purpose.[30] In plainer terms, the Finance Committee called for the government to strip churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, and religious charities of their tax-exempt status, and to specifically single out any pro-life entity for exclusion. This extreme recommendation did not come from fringe activists but from a federal committee that ostensibly reflects the will of the governing party.
The implications of adopting these measures are staggering. There are roughly 32,000 religious charities in Canada – around 40% of all registered charities.[31] They run not only houses of worship but also soup kitchens, homeless shelters, hospitals, schools, and international aid missions. Revoking their charitable status would, as one analysis put it, “wipe out” these faith communities’ good works.[32] Churches could be forced to close or sell off property as the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) moved to tax or seize assets. Donations would plummet because congregants could no longer claim tax deductions, directly impacting food banks, addiction recovery programs, and youth outreach that rely on church support.[33] Pro-life pregnancy care centers – which provide vulnerable women counseling, diapers, and practical assistance – would be financially crippled or shut down. In short, an entire ecosystem of charitable service, much of it serving all Canadians regardless of faith, would be devastated. This is not hyperbole: even the Catholic bishops of Canada and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada have sounded the alarm, noting that the proposal would have a “devastating impact” on society and sends a “divisive message” that people of faith are second-class citizens.[34]
It is important to emphasize how unprecedented such a move would be in a Western democracy. To our knowledge, no other Western democracy has a policy explicitly withdrawing charitable status from churches or religious charities simply for being religious. The Canadian government would be effectively declaring that advancing religion – even with all the public benefit that entails – is not in the “public interest” of Canada. This betrays a profound bias of secularism: an assumption that secular humanism is neutral and preferable, and that faith is something inherently suspect. The British Columbia Humanist Association (BCHA), a militant atheist lobby, openly lobbied for Recommendation 430, arguing that recognizing the public benefit of religion “breaches the state’s duty of religious neutrality”.[35] In their view, and apparently that of the committee, the very existence of religious charities is an affront to secular “neutrality.” This twisted logic ignores the fact that Canada’s own Charter explicitly affirms the “supremacy of God” and freedom of religion.
At the same time, by singling out “anti-abortion” groups in Recommendation 429, the committee revealed the punitive intent: it is clearly aimed at pro-life organizations. This follows a pattern: under Trudeau’s leadership, pro-life views have been systematically pushed to the margins. (E.g., the attestation requirement in the 2018 Canada Summer Jobs program forced applicants to endorse pro-abortion ideology to receive grants, sparking national controversy.[36]) Now, with charitable status, the government is again drawing a target on those who refuse to bow to the culture of death.
As of this writing, the Liberal government (now under Prime Minister Mark Carney) has not formally implemented these Finance Committee recommendations. However, the mere fact they were issued as official advice is chilling. Churches across Canada are on notice that their core mission – proclaiming faith – is viewed with enough contempt that policymakers considered nullifying their charitable status. Pro-life charities know that at any moment a revenue-agency audit or minister’s decree could cut off their livelihood simply because of their beliefs. This sword of Damocles causes self-censorship and uncertainty: some religious groups may temper their teachings or avoid pro-life activities just to avoid political retribution. In this way, the threat of removing charitable status is already achieving what open debate could not – silencing moral advocacy through financial coercion.
In conclusion, the campaign to revoke charitable status for religious and pro-life organizations exemplifies how Canada’s progressivist regime is using bureaucratic and financial weapons to uproot its ideological opponents. It is an assault on civil society. As one commentator aptly summarized, “this isn’t just some banal proposal — it’s a direct assault on religious freedom and the values that have built this nation.”[37] If these measures proceed, the damage to Canada’s social fabric and international reputation will be incalculable. It would send a message that faith communities are not welcome in the public life of Canada – a message that should alarm all who cherish true freedom.
State-Subsidized Media Monopoly and Censorship of Dissent
A subtler, but no less significant, form of suppression is the control of mass media narratives through heavy government subsidies and ideological gatekeeping. In Canada, mainstream media outlets – newspapers, television networks, and online news – receive massive financial support from the federal government. Ostensibly introduced to bolster struggling journalism, these subsidies have had the effect of creating a media landscape beholden to the government’s agenda, which in turn marginalizes pro-life and pro-faith perspectives.
The Trudeau government’s media subsidy scheme began in earnest with a $595 million “media bailout” package announced in 2019.[38] This provided tax credits and funding to select news organizations deemed to be providing “trusted” journalism. Critics at the time warned that injecting government money into the press would compromise its independence – and indeed, since then, many major Canadian outlets have displayed an overt slant favoring Liberal and “progressive” viewpoints. On top of that bailout, the government has continually topped up media funding. Ahead of the 2025 election, the Liberals announced further increases to legacy media subsidies, projected to cost taxpayers an additional $129 million over five years.[39] Shockingly, it is estimated that with these mechanisms, roughly half of many journalists’ salaries are now effectively paid by the federal government. The state broadcaster, CBC/Radio-Canada, alone receives about $1.2 billion annually from the public purse. This level of subsidization is extraordinary in the free world and has led observers to dub Canadian media a “Propaganda Arm” of the ruling party.[40]
Even Canadian journalists themselves have begun to speak out about this problem. In testimony to a parliamentary committee in early 2024, veteran journalists acknowledged that the Trudeau government’s subsidies have badly damaged the credibility of Canadian media.[41] John Gormley, a former MP and media figure, noted that “lobbying for government money and accepting it does little to enhance confidence in [the media’s] independence or reliability”[42]. Another commentator, Tara Henley (a former CBC producer), argued that the subsidies create an “environment in which segments of the public believe media has been bought off.”[43] Unsurprisingly, trust in mainstream media has plummeted – polls show only about 18% of Canadians now have high trust in large media outlets.[44] Many Canadians have flocked to alternative media (like Rebel News, True North / Juno News, LifeSiteNews, etc.) for perspectives they consider more truthful. Yet, those outlets often lack the reach and resources of the heavily subsidized giants. Moreover, the government has pursued internet regulation (like the controversial Bill C-18 and C-11, and proposed “Online Harms” legislation) which could choke off alternative voices online under the guise of combating “misinformation.” In effect, state power is used to both amplify its narrative and undermine or block contrary narratives.
For pro-life and Christian groups, this media dynamic means it is exceedingly difficult to get fair coverage or to alert the general public to their plight. When, for instance, a Christian ministry’s event is banned by the Quebec government (an incident we detail in the next section), none of the major media networks devoted investigative resources to questioning the government’s decision. When churches are vandalized or burned (over 100 churches in Canada were vandalized or burned in 2021–2022 in a spate of crimes), the media response was muted or rationalizing. The asymmetry compounds the marginalization: not only are pro-life Christians targeted by laws and violence, but their side of the story struggles to be heard in the public arena. Instead, a chorus of well-funded media voices consistently echoes the government’s framing – that Quebec and Canada are bravely moving forward by suppressing “hate” and “misinformation,” and that those who object (i.e., us) are just relics of a less enlightened era, at best to be ignored, at worst to be condemned.
In summary, Canada’s media landscape – propped up by government funding – has become an echo chamber that amplifies secular progressive values and stifles the expression of pro-life, pro-faith viewpoints. This is not the free marketplace of ideas of modern democracies. It is a “progressive”-tilted playing field where one team also happens to own the referee. While not as blatantly coercive as a law or a police action, the effect of this media dominance is profound: public opinion is shaped to be less tolerant of religious and pro-life perspectives, creating a fertile ground for the punitive laws and policies described elsewhere in this report. Without equal access to disseminating our message, pro-life and Christian Canadians are fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. The U.S. and other defenders of free expression should take note that Canada’s vaunted commitment to Western values has been compromised by a state-media complex that brooks little opposition. The integrity of any future trade or cooperation should factor in this reality – If one wants access to American markets, one must respect the foundational freedoms that built those markets in the first place. [45]
Bans on Public Prayer and Anti-Faith Secularism
Perhaps nowhere is the animosity toward public faith in Quebec more evident than in the recent moves to ban prayer in public spaces. This shocking proposal goes beyond regulating specific protests and amounts to a blanket suppression of religious expression. In late 2024, Quebec Premier François Legault and members of his government began floating the idea of prohibiting “prayer” in any public space, after a minor controversy arose involving a group of Muslims who held prayers on a city street. Rather than dealing narrowly with any public disturbance, Legault seems to have seen an opportunity to push the secularist agenda to its extreme: a de facto ban on all faith groups praying outside of private settings.[46]
The proposal was met with alarm by a coalition of religious and civil liberties organizations. A petition spearheaded by Quebec Life Coalition (Campagne Québec-Vie) and supported by CitizenGO, among others, gathered over 13,000 signatures against the prayer ban and was delivered to the National Assembly in Quebec City.[47] At a press conference in May of 2025, Georges Buscemi of Quebec Life Coalition / Campagne Québec-Vie spoke alongside other Christian representatives to denounce the plan. He pointed out that banning public prayer is an outrageous assault on religious freedom, utterly disproportionate to the claimed issue at hand.[48] Legault had cited a couple of instances of Muslim prayers near Montreal’s Notre-Dame Basilica as justification. But as was noted, “this is a Montreal-centric issue … to solve this problem by banning public prayer for everyone everywhere in Quebec, I find it ridiculous”. It was, as Buscemi observed, “like killing a fly with a bazooka.” The only plausible explanation for such an overreach, in our view, is that elements within the Quebec government saw a convenient pretext to advance their long-held goal of erasing religion from the public square.
Our suspicions are supported by the rhetoric coming from Quebec officials. Legault’s CAQ (Coalition Avenir Québec) government ministers explicitly framed the issue not merely as dealing with disruptive behavior, but as ensuring absolute secularism in public. The Quebec premier was quoted “We don’t want to see prayers in the streets” .[49] The Premier of Quebec (equivalent to a Governor) even said that in private one can do what they want, but people today “are a bit fed up [to see that].”[50] Such blanket statements convey a startling contempt for any public manifestation of faith – whether Christian, Muslim or otherwise. It treats prayer itself as something obscene or dangerous that citizens must be “protected” from witnessing. This is a radical departure from contemporary Western norms, where freedom of religion includes the freedom to worship individually or collectively, privately or publicly. Indeed, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Canada is a party, guarantees the freedom to practice and manifest one’s religion, “in public or private.” Quebec’s proposal stands in clear violation of these commitments.
From a Christian perspective, the prayer ban threat is deeply chilling. In decades past, one could hardly imagine that reciting the Lord’s Prayer on a city sidewalk or saying grace in a public park might be outlawed. Yet this is the trajectory Quebec is on. The ban had not become law as of mid-2025 (it was floated in December 2024, pending possible legislative action), but already In April 2023, Quebec's Minister of Education issued a regulation banning all forms of prayer in public schools, ordering that “no place be used, in fact or appearance, for religious practices such as overt prayer or other similar practices”.[51] It cannot be stressed enough: this goes well beyond neutrality. This is not the state being neutral toward religion; this is the state actively suppressing and excluding religion. As Buscemi argued to the press (above), “the real target is … the public influence of religion in general, but Christianity in particular, that they’re trying to eliminate”.[52] The Quebec government’s overreaction to a couple of Islamic prayers suggests that devout communities are viewed as a political tool – or a threat – rather than as citizens. Legault’s government knew that a certain segment of the population was “fed up” seeing Islamic prayers, and so they seized on that sentiment to propose a broad-brush ban that would conveniently also eliminate, say, Christian processions, open-air masses, or prayer vigils. This is secularism weaponized – using an issue with one minority faith as cover to crack down on the majority faith that the elites truly resent.
The pushback from religious communities has been strong, and not only from Christians. If all goes well, this ill-conceived idea will die on the drawing board. But the mere fact it was seriously considered, and attracted populist support, is evidence of how normalized anti-religious sentiment has become in Quebec governance. It is also in line with the province’s other secularism measures, such as Bill 21, mentioned earlier. Bill 21 (enacted in 2019) is officially titled “An Act respecting the laicity of the State.” It bans numerous categories of public employees – teachers, police officers, judges, prosecutors, and even some healthcare workers – from wearing any religious symbol or garment while on duty.[53] This includes not just conspicuous symbols like the hijab or turban, but also, explicitly, small Christian crosses worn around the neck.[54] The law has led to situations like a Grade 3 teacher in Chelsea, QC, being removed from her classroom in 2021 because she wore a hijab – an incident that made international headlines and underscored the human cost of such policies.[55] Bill 21 was so sweeping that even secular observers noted it trampled individual liberties; yet Quebec insulated it from court challenges by invoking the notwithstanding clause (Section 33 of the Canadian Charter) to pre-empt religious freedom and equality claims.[56] In April 2021 a Superior Court judge acknowledged the law’s harms (even exempting English schools from it), but the Quebec Court of Appeal in 2024 overturned that exemption, fully enforcing the ban across the province.[57] Legault triumphantly declared the court had “confirmed Quebec’s right” to make such decisions, as “secularism (laïcité) is a collective choice … in continuity with the Quiet Revolution”.[58] In effect, Quebec’s leadership argued that because the majority (supposedly) wants no religion in public, the fundamental rights of minorities or devout individuals can be overridden.
This philosophy – that religion must be relegated entirely to the private sphere – is at direct odds with the American and indeed universal understanding of freedom of religion. It is more reminiscent of revolutionary France’s laïcité or even certain communist regimes’ approach than of a 21st-century North American society. The prayer ban idea is the latest logical step: first they banned religious symbols on public servants; now they’d ban religious acts in public spaces altogether. To people of faith, this feels like an existential threat – an attempt to scrub the very idea of God out of our shared public life, to render people of faith muzzled unless they stay hidden in their churches and homes. It is a profound form of discrimination, treating religious citizens as uniquely unwelcome in the agora. One can be overtly political, commercial, or even obscene in public in Quebec – but not prayerful.
In conclusion, Quebec’s flirtation with a public prayer ban and its enforcement of strict secularism laws (like Bill 21) serve as a wake-up call. They reveal that the Quebec government views religious liberty not as a freedom to uphold, but as an obstacle to be managed or eliminated. Such measures blatantly violate Canada’s international commitments and constitutional spirit, even if shielded by legal technicalities. They also set a precedent: if a Western government can ban prayer and religious symbols and get away with it, others might be emboldened to follow. For our part, we continue to fight these policies through petitions, legal challenges, and by raising international awareness. We implore allies like the United States to take notice and to treat these developments with the gravity they deserve – as red flags of a democracy drifting toward anti-religious despotism.
Exclusion of Faith Groups from Public Venues and Services
A further manifestation of anti-religious bias in Quebec (and Canada more broadly) has been the exclusion of churches and faith-based groups from public venues and equal participation in civic life. In recent years, there have been multiple cases of Christian organizations being barred from renting public spaces, stripped of partnerships, or otherwise discriminated against due to their pro-life or traditional beliefs. These incidents underscore that the suppression is not only coming via laws and mobs, but also via the withholding of standard civic cooperation that other groups take for granted. We document one particularly egregious case here, along with its broader implications.
In the summer of 2023, a British-Columbia-based Christian ministry named Harvest Ministries International planned a major event in Quebec City called the “Faith, Fire and Freedom Rally.” This 10-day gathering was to feature worship services, prayer, music, and messages of spiritual revival, aimed at uplifting believers across denominations. The content was broadly Christian; nothing in the program explicitly mentioned abortion or politics – it was not intended as a pro-life rally per se.[59] The organizers lawfully booked the Quebec City Convention Centre for June 23–July 2, 2023, and signed a rental contract. However, as the date approached, Quebec officials became aware that Harvest Ministries and some of its speakers were outspokenly pro-life in their personal convictions. What happened next is astonishing: on June 1, 2023, Quebec’s Tourism Minister, Caroline Proulx, summarily ordered the Convention Centre to cancel the Christian event’s contract.[60] By ministerial decree, the agreement was nullified without any violation by the organizers, purely because the government presumed the event might include pro-life messaging or viewpoints.
Minister Proulx justified this interference by declaring that the Christian rally was “against the fundamental principles of Quebec”.[61] In a public statement, she and the Minister for the Status of Women, Martine Biron, doubled down, saying: “We are a resolutely pro-choice government… I’m all for freedom of expression, but at the government, we have principles and we’ve decided to be consistent.”[62] In other words, because the Quebec government is officially pro-abortion (“pro-choice”), it would deny a religious group access to a public venue on the mere suspicion that pro-life values might be discussed. Premier Legault himself chimed in to support the ban, stating “we’re not going to allow anti-abortion groups to put on big shows in public places.”[63] This quote is worth re-reading: the head of Quebec’s government openly admitted that his policy is to forbid pro-life or faith-based assemblies in public facilities. There was no pretense here of “neutral application of rules” – it was a nakedly ideological litmus test.
As expected, Harvest Ministries was forced to cancel its event, incurring losses and disappointment for the 1,200 attendees who were expected daily.[64] With the help of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), they filed a lawsuit against the Quebec government and Convention Centre for breach of contract and violation of Charter rights (freedom of expression, freedom of religion, and freedom from discrimination). The case, ongoing as of this report, argues that the government’s actions were unconstitutional and discriminatory, essentially punishing the group for its religious identity and presumed beliefs. Notably, the JCCF complaint emphasizes that the rally “was not an ‘anti-abortion’ event; there were no items on the program related to that theme” .[65] This highlight how the government acted on prejudice and political animus rather than any concrete violation. The Convention Centre’s own CEO initially was willing to help the group find an alternate site, implicitly acknowledging their treatment was unfair, but Minister Proulx publicly rebuked him and ordered “there will be no support… let me be extremely clear about this”.[66] Such vindictiveness from a Minister towards a peaceful Christian gathering is unheard of in recent Canadian memory.
This case is illustrative of a broader trend: pro-life and Christian groups are increasingly personae non grata in the public venues of their own cities. Whether it’s a municipal facility refusing to rent to a church for worship services[67], or libraries being told by authorities to cancel faith-and-natural-law-compatible speakers[68], or hotels like the Delta (as mentioned earlier) buckling to threats, the message is the same – if you hold certain religious or moral views, you cannot expect equal treatment. In Quebec, that attitude is practically government policy, as seen with the Convention Centre case. A sitting Minister labeling Christianity infused with pro-life values as “against Quebec’s fundamental principles” implies that faithful Christians are effectively second-class citizens in Quebec. It is hard to imagine the government ever saying, for example, that a pro-choice feminist conference was “against Quebec’s principles” and banning it – quite the opposite, such events would likely receive grants! Only traditional religious perspectives get this treatment.
The consequences of this exclusion are severe. It deprives communities of their right to assemble and engage in cultural or religious events simply because those events don’t toe the government line. It also creates a chilling effect – Christian organizations might pre-emptively self-censor or avoid public events in fear of humiliation and cancellation.
In sum, the pattern of pushing churches and pro-life groups out of the public square – whether by cancelling their events, terminating partnerships, or denying access to facilities – is yet another front in the campaign to suppress legitimate, dissenting voices in Canada. The Quebec Convention Centre case demonstrates that this is not just social opprobrium but official government action at work. This should deeply concern our allies and trading partners. When basic civic rights depend on aligning with the government’s ideology, authentic freedom is under assault. Vice-President Vance, your advocacy for linking trade privileges to respect for fundamental freedoms is highly relevant here: Canadians who believe in life and faith are being treated unjustly, and the governments responsible must be held to account.
Conclusion and Recommendations: No Free Trade Without Free Speech
The evidence presented in this report paints a stark picture: Canada – and especially Quebec – is experiencing a wave of repression against religion and pro-life expression. From outlawing peaceful witness on public sidewalks, to tolerating political violence, to threatening churches’ charitable status, to banning prayer and purging religion from public view, to excluding faith groups from civic spaces – all these threads form a pattern of persecution that would have been unthinkable a generation ago. This campaign is largely driven by a secular-progressive ideology entrenched among Canada’s ruling elites since the Quiet Revolution, now reaching a more aggressive form. What we are witnessing is, in effect, the establishment of a state anti-religion of secularism, with zero tolerance for dissent. Pro-life, Christian, and other traditional viewpoints are being systematically driven underground. If unchallenged, this trend will fundamentally reshape Canada into a country hostile to many of its own founding principles and to the principles shared with its allies.
The United States, under your leadership as Vice-President, has both the opportunity and the moral duty to respond. Canada is not just any country – it is America’s closest neighbor and trading partner, bound by cultural, historical, and familial ties. Our nations have defended true freedom around the world. It is therefore all the more tragic and urgent that Canadians now find their own freedoms eroding at home. We appeal to you and all U.S. policymakers to put maximum diplomatic and economic pressure on the Canadian federal and Quebec provincial governments to reverse course. Specifically, we recommend:
- Link Trade and Aid to Free Speech Protections: A pithy way of saying it is, “No Free Trade Without Free Speech.” The U.S. should formally communicate that any future trade enhancements or agreements with Canada (or provinces like Quebec) will be contingent on respect for fundamental freedoms. Provisions ensuring the protection of freedom of religion and expression – including the repeal of oppressive measures like bubble zones and Bill 21, and dropping plans to penalize charities for beliefs – should be on the negotiating table. This follows the precedent of the U.S. raising human rights issues in trade talks with other nations. Canada must not be given a pass because of past reputation; current realities demand current responses.
- Public Diplomacy and Statements: Utilize high-profile platforms – such as the U.S. State Department’s human rights reports, the OSCE, G7 meetings, and the UN – to call out Canada’s slide into censorship. This has already begun in the UK context (with U.S. officials questioning Britain’s buffer zones)[69] [70]; a similar spotlight should be turned on Canada. When U.S. leaders speak, it reverberates. President Trump and you, Vice-President Vance, should not hesitate to name Canada alongside countries of concern if warranted. This is not to embarrass an ally, but to uphold the shared Western commitment to ordered liberty. Quiet diplomacy can complement this, but public pressure ensures the issue cannot be swept under the rug.
- Targeted Sanctions or Visa Bans: While drastic, the U.S. could consider Magnitsky-style sanctions against individual officials who are the architects of egregious rights violations. For instance, a case could be made regarding officials who enforced the punitive shutdown of the Harvest Ministries event, or those driving the charitable status revocations. Even the threat of such personal accountability might give pause to bureaucrats inclined to trample rights. At minimum, deny visas or entry to known extremist agitators (e.g., if certain Antifa organizers are identified) under grounds of involved in hate/violence – just as is done for other extremist groups.
- Support Canadian Civil Society: Increase funding and support for Canadian NGOs, legal defense funds, and independent media that are working to defend freedom. Groups like the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, Canadian Civil Liberties Association (when it defends religious freedom), Campaign Life Coalition / Quebec Life Coalition, LifeSiteNews and various church legal funds are in the trenches but face resource asymmetry. U.S. partnerships or grants can strengthen their hand. Additionally, American faith communities and pro-life organizations can twin with Canadian counterparts to provide moral and material support. A tangible suggestion is a joint Canada-U.S. freedom, faith, family and life task force of legislators and civil society reps to monitor developments and propose solutions.
- Advocate for Regime Change through Democratic Means: Ultimately, the long-term solution for Canada is for its own people to elect leaders who will restore respect for life and true freedom. The U.S. should not interfere in Canadian elections; however, there is a fine line between interference and principled stance. It is appropriate to make clear that the U.S. values its alliance with a free Canada, not an anti-Life, anti-Christian one. If the current Canadian leadership continues on the path of stifling basic rights, American leaders can rightly question whether that government represents the shared values that underpin our alliance. By raising such questions, the U.S. empowers Canadian voters to hold their leaders accountable. In the past, external pressure has emboldened domestic reformers in many countries. We believe Canada’s silent majority does not approve of churches being shuttered, burned or vandalized and prayers banned. With the right encouragement, a political realignment is possible – one that replaces the secular-progressive “elite” with those who will uphold the Charter’s promise of “the supremacy of God and the rule of law.”
In closing, we recall that Canada and the United States fought side by side in the great struggles of the 20th century to preserve ordered freedom against tyranny. It would be a grave mistake to allow our nations to drift apart on the question of fundamental liberties. Quebec’s experiment in secularism and Canada’s persecution of pro-life voices are aberrations that must be addressed. We urge you, Vice-President Vance, and the U.S. administration to stand with us at this critical time. Leverage your influence to insist that Canada’s trade privileges and international standing are tied to its adherence to core human rights. Let “No Free Trade Without Free Speech” be more than a slogan – let it be a policy with teeth.
History will remember whether free nations stood up for their principles or remained silent. By taking resolute action, the United States can help steer Canada back toward its better self – a nation where freedom of religion is respected, pro-life Canadians are free to speak and organize without fear, and our two countries can continue to be partners in promoting life and ordered liberty on the world stage. We thank you for your attention to these concerns and trust that, with God’s help, truth, justice and freedom will prevail in la belle province of Quebec and all of Canada once again.
Afterword: On Allies and Ends
By Georges Buscemi, President, Quebec Life Coalition / Campagne Québec-Vie
The report and letter presented above were addressed to the Vice-President of the United States, JD Vance, a man who — whatever his philosophical and theological views — has spoken clearly against the persecution of Christians and pro-life advocates in the Western world. I have no hesitation in appealing to him and others of similar disposition for diplomatic and economic solidarity. We are in a battle between a culture of life and a regime of progressive anti-Christian persecution.
But let it not be misunderstood: my appeal is not an embrace of classical liberalism as a permanent political solution. While I can cooperate with liberal defenders of speech and religion, I cannot in conscience affirm the liberal doctrines from which, it seems, their zeal ultimately derives. Liberty divorced from truth becomes license. Freedom without order becomes decay. In fact, I believe that the very liberal order we now seek refuge in was, not long ago, the midwife of the secularism that now seeks to destroy us.[71]
Like Leo XIII, I affirm that freedom — rightly ordered to the truth — is a great good.[72] But freedom defined as the unchecked assertion of private will, severed from the common good and from the authority of Christ the King, is no true freedom at all. I believe, with the Church, that the practise of false religion may be tolerated prudentially in civil life, but it is not a metaphysical right in the modern sense.[73] The social reign of Christ remains the goal, even if its realization may seem, to worldly eyes, distant indeed.
This is why I stand with traditional Christians, even as I stand beside our liberal allies — not in contradiction, but in ordered prudence. We are not called to die on every hill. To preserve the vestiges of Christendom we have left in today’s West, we must sometimes ally with those who, while animated by what we consider as erroneous opinions, can help defend civilization against its worst destroyers.
Should that initial defense succeed, we must then continue in other ways the work of restoring the rightful relationship between Church and State and truth and power, as builders of a future truly just and truly free.
Until then, let the record show: our alliance with classical liberals is tactical; our loyalty to Christ the King is eternal. So help us God.
[1] Munich Security Conference 2025 Speech by JD Vance :
[2] Campagne Québec-Vie to Challenge Quebec’s 50-Meter Buffer Zone
Law in Superior Court Next Week - Quebec Life Coalition
[3] Hundreds of pro-abortion activists attack, intimidate March
for Life in Quebec - LifeSite
[4] Ibid.
[5] Finance committee calls for stripping religious, pro-life groups of charitable status
[6] Ibid.
[7] Ibid.
[8] Faith under fire: The federal proposal that could wipe out 32,000 religious charities
[9] Quebec's highest court upholds law banning public servants from wearing religious
symbols - LifeSite
[10] Ibid.
[11] After religious symbols law, Quebec eyes ban on public prayer: Where the province is headed on secularism
[12] Police on site as Christians deliver petition against public prayer ban in Quebec City
https://www.rebelnews.com/police_on_site_as_christians_deliver_petition_against_public_prayer_ban
[13] Ibid. (See accompanying video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-GW9GyQ97g)
[14] Munich Security Conference 2025 Speech by JD Vance :
[15] Quebec’s Baby Boomers support secularism law, fearing 'religious control' - CANADIAN AFFAIRS
[16] Quebec's highest court upholds law banning public servants from wearing religious
symbols - LifeSite
[17] Ibid.
[18] Faith under fire: The federal proposal that could wipe out 32,000 religious charities
[19] Campagne Québec-Vie to Challenge Quebec’s 50-Meter Buffer Zone
Law in Superior Court Next Week - Quebec Life Coalition
[20] Ibid.
[21] Ibid.
[22] Ibid.
[23] Campagne Québec-Vie to Challenge Quebec’s 50-Meter Buffer Zone
Law in Superior Court Next Week - Quebec Life Coalition
[24] Quebec - Abortion Access Tracker
https://www.abortionaccesstracker.ca/jurisdictions/quebec
[25] Hundreds of pro-abortion activists attack, intimidate March
for Life in Quebec - LifeSite
[26] Ibid.
[27] Québec Antifasciste hijacked March for Life
https://www.catholicregister.org/item/2356-quebec-antifasciste-hijacked-march-for-life
[28] Hotel cancels Quebec March for Life booking
https://www.catholicregister.org/item/2323-hotel-cancels-quebec-march-for-life-booking
[29] Hundreds of pro-abortion activists attack, intimidate March
for Life in Quebec - LifeSite
[30] Finance committee calls for stripping religious, pro-life groups of charitable status
[31] Ibid.
[32] Ibid. See also article « Faith under Fire », above.
[33] See article « Faith under Fire », above.
[34] Finance committee calls for stripping religious, pro-life groups of charitable status
[35] Ibid.
[36] Canada Summer Jobs program will no longer fund anti-abortion, anti-gay groups
https://globalnews.ca/news/3914528/canada-summer-jobs-anti-abortion-anti-gay-groups/
[37] See article « Faith under Fire », above.
[38] Trudeau called ‘most dangerous man in Canadian political history’ for plan to regulate online news – LifeSite
[39] Canadian journalists say Trudeau gov't payouts are hurting mainstream media
credibility - LifeSite
[40] Ibid.
[41] Ibid.
[42] Ibid.
[43] Ibid.
[44] Ibid.
[45] Munich Security Conference 2025 Speech by JD Vance:
[46] Police on site as Christians deliver petition against public prayer ban in Quebec City
https://www.rebelnews.com/police_on_site_as_christians_deliver_petition_against_public_prayer_ban
[47] Ibid.
[48] Ibid.
[49] Quebec promises new legislation to strengthen secularism in schools, may ban prayer in public spaces
[50] As session wraps up, Legault says Quebec wants to ban praying in public
https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article553534.html
[51] Statement by the Minister of Education, Mr. Bernard Drainville
April 19, 2023
[52] Police on site as Christians deliver petition against public prayer ban in Quebec City
https://www.rebelnews.com/police_on_site_as_christians_deliver_petition_against_public_prayer_ban
[53] Quebec's highest court upholds law banning public servants from wearing religious
symbols - LifeSite
[54] New Quebec bill would prohibit teachers, school staff from wearing a crucifix
[55] Canadian teacher reassigned under a controversial Quebec law for wearing a hijab
[56] Quebec's highest court upholds law banning public servants from wearing religious
symbols - LifeSite
[57] Ibid.
[58] Ibid.
[59] Christian group sues Quebec gov’t for canceling event presumed
to promote pro-life stance - LifeSite
[60] Ibid.
[61] Ibid.
[62] Ibid.
[63] Ibid.
[64] Ibid.
[65] Ibid.
[66] Ibid.
[67] Baptist evangelical church forced to vacate municipal premises due to secularism law
[68] John Tory ‘disappointed’ Toronto library allowing event with writer accused of being anti-transgender
[69] UK-US free speech wrinkle has less to do with pro-life zealots than with zealous tech bros
[70] Former top judge condemns ‘unjustifiable interference’ by Trump over UK free speech | The
Independent
[71] See, for example: Liberalism is the root of our ‘pro-choice’ mentality and must be defeated
[72] Libertas Praestantissimum : On the Nature of Human Liberty:
https://www.papalencyclicals.net/leo13/l13liber.htm
[73] For a detailed analysis of this question, please read John RT Lamont’s essay : Catholic Teaching on Religion and the State : Catholic_teaching_on_religion_and_the_st.doc
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