It is with sadness that we announce the passing, on May 18th, of Jim Hughes, founder and first president of Campaign Life Coalition.

Jim Hughes (1943-2026).

Jim Hughes, who was involved in the creation of The Interim, LifeSiteNews, Real Women of Canada, the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, and many others, played a key role in the founding and existence of Quebec Life Coalition. It was he who recruited former diplomat Gilles Grondin — the future founder and first president of QLC — to join CLC to work in Ottawa as a lobbyist with politicians.

In 1988, after the Supreme Court of Canada issued the Morgentaler decision decriminalizing abortion, Jim Hughes, seeing the substantial lack of pro-life organizations in Quebec, asked Gilles Grondin if he could establish such an organization in Quebec.

In 1989, it was done: QLC was officially founded. Subsequently, particularly in the early years, Jim Hughes helped CQV through difficult times, enabling QLC to remain present today. It should be noted that Gilles Grondin occasionally sought Jim Hughes’s advice on the management of his organization; this assistance was mutual. Mr. Grondin also played an important role in the CLC delegation to the UN in the 1990s.

This friendship between these two great men is the foundation of a fruitful collaboration between their organizations, which continues to this day.

Following in their footsteps, we are taking up the torch for the cause of the unborn and the vulnerable. As you can see, this fight to restore a culture of life is a long-term struggle. We strive to continue this monumental work through our presence on the ground — such as the National March for Life in Ottawa or the Life Chain — through gatherings like the Génération Vie congress, and through advocacy on social media.

This work cannot be done without your support, which is why I am appealing to your generosity to make a donation to our cause, which is also yours.

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For Life
Augustin Hamilton

This year's National March for Life in Ottawa was a resounding success, with thousands of Canadians marching to protect unborn children and vulnerable people.

Several speakers addressed the crowd during the march, including Aleš Primc from Slovenia, a member of the Movement for Children & Families, who has campaigned in his country against the legalization of euthanasia.

Rebecca Kiessling, who was conceived as a result of rape and is an abortion survivor, encouraged the marchers to be 100% pro-life and to also defend unborn children conceived as a result of rape, because these children are not guilty of their genitor’s crime and therefore do not deserve the death penalty.

Let me pause for a moment here and ask you: would you like us to organize a March for Life as beautiful as the one in Ottawa? Unfortunately, we had to cancel the Quebec City March for Life, which was scheduled for May 30th, due to a lack of resources for our small team — a team that, among other things, was heavily involved in the Ottawa march. To hold such a march next year, we need your financial support and your participation.

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The fight to restore a culture of life in Quebec is a long-term endeavor that often requires certain adjustments. Unfortunately, we will not be able to hold the Quebec City March for Life on May 30th.

The many events we organize or participate in require a great deal of effort and resources, which this year have exceeded our team’s capacity, particularly with the launch of our new event, Génération Vie.

Génération Vie, which was conceived as one of our major events — closely followed by the Ottawa March for Life, in which we are heavily invested — was too close to the date we had planned for the Quebec City March for Life.

Does this mean we are abandoning Quebec City? No, but simply that there will be no conventional march in the city this year. In the future, to be able to organize all of these large-scale events, we need your participation and financial support.

Yes, Quebec Life Coalition has been operating for decades thanks to donations and the participation of people of good will.

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Hundreds of Canadians and Quebecers demonstrated outside 44 constituency offices of Liberal MPs to protest Bill C-9, which will soon go to the Senate for its final reading.

In Nepean, Ottawa.

In Quebec.

Bill C-9 threatens freedom of expression, particularly by criminalizing “hate” — a term it defines rather vaguely — and by removing the “good faith” religious defense from the Criminal Code regarding hate speech. The Liberals make no secret of it: for Minister Marc Miller, the Bible contains “hateful” passages regarding homosexuality, and quoting them would, in his view, be grounds for prosecution.

On May 12th, Georges Buscemi, president of Quebec Life Coalition, will participate in a press conference with our counterparts from English Canada to address issues surrounding the culture of life in Quebec and Canada.

At the Rose Dinner following the National March for Life in Ottawa on May 14th, Mr. Buscemi will serve as master of ceremonies for this year’s banquet.

QLC will have an exhibit table at the Pro-Life Expo on May 14th from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM and from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM, and on May 15th from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, at the Ottawa Conference & Events Centre, 200 Coventry Road.

QLC is also organizing a bus departing from Montreal for the National March for Life in Ottawa (see the announcement below the text)

QLC's voice is being heard like never before

In eight months, the monthly reach of our Facebook page has been multiplied by 24: from 55,000 people reached per month in summer 2025 to 1.31 million per month in March-April 2026. In total, since September 1, 2025, our posts have reached 10.7 million people and generated 17.4 million views, with 45,000 shares and twenty-six posts individually surpassing the 100,000-reach threshold. Since our content is entirely in French, the overwhelming majority of this audience is in Quebec, a province whose Facebook population stands at roughly 2.4 million users.

Statistics for the QLC (CQV) Facebook page from September 1st, 2025, to May 6th, 2026.

The topics that resonate most strongly are precisely those that mainstream media sidestep: detransition testimonies, the drift of euthanasia, demographic collapse, defense of Christian heritage, freedom of conscience. While public commentators are finally beginning to speak about natality and family, the voice of Quebec Life Coalition is reaching hundreds of thousands of ordinary Quebecers every week. We have written a full analysis of this progression and of what it means for public debate, just months from the provincial election.

Read the full article here.

We will, of course, continue more than ever to promote a culture of life on social media, and we invite you to follow us on our Facebook page to help us spread our message.

For Life,
Augustin Hamilton

We held our very first Génération Vie congress last Saturday in Montreal, an event we hope will be the first in a long series.

The room where the conference took place.

Our conference featured a dozen speakers who addressed a variety of topics, including abortion, contraception, birth rates, the family, raising children in the face of state indoctrination, euthanasia, and the place of Christianity in society. In particular, the role of the father in the family was discussed.

Exposition tables in the lobby.

The event went smoothly; we had taken all necessary security measures to ensure that everything would proceed without incident, including hiring security guards for this purpose. We must also acknowledge the work of the Montreal Police, who kept the pro-abortion demonstrators protesting against the conference at a safe distance.

A big thanks to the organizations and speakers who participated in Génération Vie, and thanks to Théovox, Muraille de feu, Campaign Life Coalition, the APCQ, EPPNE, CCBR, UVVC, the Conservative Union, and the People’s Party of Canada. Many thanks to the Ministerios Restauración church for hosting us. Thanks to Attorney Jean-Yves Côté, Dr. Paul Saba, and Nathanael Séneron for their speeches.

More content on Génération Vie is coming soon, including the video from Théovox, which filmed the entire conference.

We hope to see many of you there next time.

Protests Against Bill C-9

The next action being organized by CQV, in collaboration with Campaign Life Coalition, is a series of protests on May 1st against Bill C-9, which will soon be moving to the Senate for its third reading. We must come together to protest this bill, which amounts to censorship.

More information on the protests against Bill C-9.

Ottawa March for Life

On May 14th, the must-attend National March for Life will take place in Ottawa, bringing together thousands of pro-life Canadians from across the country. We have a chartered bus leaving from Montreal for the march:

Chartered bus departing from Montreal
Downtown (departure at 6:45 a.m.)
Pointe-Claire, Fairview Shopping Centre (7:30 a.m.)
Cost: $60
Reduced cost for families, seniors, and students.
For more details:
(514) 344-2686 or (438) 930-8643

Quebec City March for Life

And finally, the much-needed Quebec City March for Life on Saturday, May 30th. More details to come.

For Life,
Augustin Hamilton

Bill C-9 on “hatred” is now nearing its final stage in the Senate, and we have one last chance to voice our opposition to this censorship bill before the third-reading vote.

We invite you to join us – in a spirit of peace and prayer – to protest against the freedom-destroying Bill C-9.

On Friday, May 1st, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, Quebec Life Coalition, in partnership with Campaign Life Coalition, is organizing demonstrations across Canada in front of the constituency offices of Liberal and Bloc Québécois MPs.

For more details and to register for the protests against C-9, click here.

The reason we are addressing MPs, particularly Liberals, is that 81 of the 98 sitting senators owe their positions to Justin Trudeau, and, although labeled “independent,” they owe their advantageous positions to the Liberal Party. A change of course among the Liberals on certain elements of C-9 would inevitably be reflected among the senators. The Bloc Québécois, for their part, are complicit in the passage of C-9 in the House of Commons, in exchange for an amendment removing the good faith religious defense regarding “hate speech.”

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A big thank you to everyone who contacted Quebec’s senators. Thanks to your efforts, more than 6,000 emails – or 300 to each senator – were sent to them. If you haven’t done so yet, we urge you to take action now.

Send an email to Quebec’s senators here.

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As you know, Quebec’s Bill 9, which bans street prayers, was passed in the middle of the Holy Week (it goes into effect in September). In response to this anti-religious move, the bishops of Quebec are inviting citizens to sign an official petition – which now has over 13,000 signatures – on the National Assembly’s website, calling for the repeal of Bill 9. The deadline to sign is April 23rd.

View the petition for the repeal of Bill 9 here.

What is interesting about Bill 9 is that the president of the Assembly of Quebec Catholic Bishops, Bishop Martin Laliberté, has raised the idea of a kind of mass civil disobedience, in which thousands of believers would take to the streets to participate in a procession like the Feast of Corpus Christi.

We are living in strange times, where the federal and provincial governments (Pontius Pilate and Herod) have chosen the same moment to attack our freedom of religion and expression.

For Life,
Augustin Hamilton

The controversial Bill C-9 is now before the House of Commons for a final vote before being sent to the Senate.

Today at 3 p.m., the House of Commons began the process (presentations of various bills, speeches, etc.) leading up to a vote on this bill, which, if adopted without amendment, will significantly broaden the definition of “hate” while increasing the associated penalties.

The Liberals, supported by the Bloc Québécois (one wonders what purpose they serve...), have Christians in their crosshairs, with Minister Marc Miller having designated certain passages in the Bible regarding homosexuality as “hateful” and their citation as grounds for prosecution.

Meanwhile, Bill 21 on secularism has been brought before the Supreme Court of Canada; its opponents claim it infringes on the rights of religious minorities, while its supporters argue that it is part of Quebecers’ choice to free themselves from Canada’s “religious yoke.”

This case goes far beyond the scope of Quebec’s secularism law; beyond Bill 21, it is the notwithstanding clause — which allows legislatures to exempt a law from the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and from judicial review — that is at issue.

However, whether Canadian multiculturalism or Quebec secularism prevails, the same moral and religious indifference remains. Both stem from the same concept of state neutrality towards religion. In doing so, these two visions reject our heritage as a guide for society, with all the woes that follow: abortion, euthanasia, transgenderism, declining birth rates, etc.

Quebec Life Coalition, however, proposes a third way that is neither multiculturalism nor secularism: that of a Christian society whose culture truly connects with our roots and our history. A society that will protect life from conception to natural death. Why Christianity? Because it is true and because it is the only remedy that will truly heal Quebec society of its ills. As we see, the same causes produce the same effects; not only Quebec, but Canada and the rest of the West are suffering from this loss of meaning that has followed the rejection of Christianity. Moreover, “When a society is perishing, the wholesome advice to give to those who would restore it is to call it to the principles from which it sprang,” wrote Leo XIII in Rerum novarum.

I invite you to join us at Génération Vie on April 25; this event aims to strengthen ties among the various pro-life and pro-family groups in Quebec.

Our fundraising campaign has reached $15,115 of our $20,000 goal; we still need to raise $4,885 to reach our target. A huge thank you to all the donors who have contributed — thanks to your generosity, we have collected three-quarters of our goal. If you haven’t donated yet, or if your heart is moved to give again, we invite you to help us reach the remaining $4,885.

To donate to our fundraising campaign, click here.

For Life,
Augustin Hamilton

Late-term abortion is “rare” in Canada, we are told. What is the reality?

The Canadian Medical Association Journal recently published an article calling for a change in the recording of stillbirths, due to the fact that Canada's figures are abnormally high compared to other countries because abortions after 20 weeks are counted as stillbirths... The article mentions a stillbirth rate more than double that of other countries with similar economies!

This obviously leads us to wonder whether babies are being left to die after being expelled from the womb. A study conducted in Quebec and published in 2024 revealed that 11.2% of babies aborted in the second trimester were still alive at birth.

On the same subject, the media reported that in South Korea, a woman and two doctors were sentenced to prison for the murder of a baby, receiving respectively sentences of three years with probation, four years, and six years. The woman, who was 36 weeks pregnant, obtained an abortion from these doctors, which consisted of extracting the baby by caesarean section and killing it in a freezer, according to court documents. As the baby was alive outside its mother's womb, the case fell under the country's infanticide laws.

On a lighter note, good news comes from south of the border. In its March 2 ruling Mirabelli v. Bonta, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized the right of parents to educate their children without state interference, condemning California for “transitioning” children in school without their parents' knowledge.

On this day, March 4, 2026, the 40 Days for Life campaign are underway, beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending on Palm Sunday. Fifteen days have already passed, with 25 remaining. Under the leadership of our colleague Brian Jenkins, the 40 Days in Montreal are an event of prayer, witness, and offering help of great importance. They ensure a constant pro-life presence in the very vicinity of these abortion clinics where unborn children are killed. If you live nearby, will you give even one hour of your time in a week to participate in this life-saving work?

For more information, contact Brian Jenkins at (438) 930-8643.

Brian with participants in the 40 Days.

Don't forget our petition against the C-9 censorship bill. Censorship is already strong enough in Canada that we shouldn't let it get any worse. The case of British Columbia school board trustee Barry Neufeld, who was fined $750,000 for his bold criticism of teaching LGBT ideology to children, should serve as a warning to us all.

Finally, I wholeheartedly invite you to register for our Génération Vie event, which will take place on April 25 in Montreal.

Click here to register for the Génération Vie event.

For Life,
Augustin Hamilton

The Government of Quebec is currently defending itself before the Superior Court for having banned in June 2023 a Christian event under the pretext that its organizers were "anti-abortion" (i.e.: pro-life).

This ban was originally the initiative of Caroline Proulx, then Minister of Tourism, who was reported by a journalist (don’t be mistaken, their role is not so much to report news as to provoke events and influence) the upcoming holding of the event "Rallye Foi, Feu, Liberté" organized by Harvest Ministries International at the Quebec City Convention Centre.

Upon reading sentences like "the most dangerous place for a child in Canada is its mother’s womb" on the "Harvest Ministries website" (or at least a site that was owned by HMI at the time), Proulx felt "shocked" and forbade the event from taking place. At the time, François Legault fully supported his minister’s gesture: "We will not allow anti-abortion groups to be able to perform large shows in public organims."

Now, in court, defending herself against HMI’s lawsuit for discrimination, Proulx is giving a rather strange speech if it doesn’t reveal her mentality. According to Proulx, whose indignation La Presse reports:

"It’s completely false to claim that the most dangerous place for a child in Canada is his mother’s womb, she said. What this just says, [...] is that women are dangerous."

Let’s stop for a moment. According to the article in La Presse, Ms. Proulx is indignant at the conclusion that one can draw from the premises, but has not bothered to refute the relevance of these premises. If the unborn child is a child in the same way as the child already born, then yes the uterus is a statistically dangerous place for the child since one pregnancy out of five* ends in abortion, a practice that reaps its sinister harvest of about 100,000 babies in Canada per year. Are women then «dangerous»? A number of them are, and for their unborn child since they have it killed. When a practice is not prohibited by law, whatever its immorality, unfortunately a larger or smaller portion of the population will resort to it.

Proulx to outbid: "It’s against the values of the State. The State is resolutely pro-choice and we must ensure as a government that this message is very clear to the population.” We will have understood it...

Proulx also read on the site that several leaders were under "diabolical" influence. The site in question states, according to Proulx: "We pray for a reform that leads to the rewriting of the laws of the country and declare that God will have dominion from coast to coast".

Proulx had some amazing words about this last passage:

“God will not rewrite, Your Honour, the laws in Quebec, and God will not dictate to women in Quebec how and when they can dispose of their bodies.”

Are these the words of an atheist? But she would then have said that God did not exist, that invoking him was therefore not relevant to the drafting of laws. His statement implies that God exists, but that He does not have a say in public and private conduct. This discourse is more that of revolt against God than that of unbelief. When we understand this, we understand the virulence of secularism in Quebec, and we also understand that what drives the government today is not so much atheism, as it defends itself for that matter, but antitheism.

But if God does not "rewrite" the laws of the nation, what will happen to it?

We published about what had outraged Caroline Proulx and about her reaction two posts on Facebook. Don’t hesitate to express your opinion below!

I also kindly ask you, if it has not already been done, to sign our petition against the censorship law C-9.

Finally, I invite you to register for our new Génération Vie event which will take place on April 25th, come in large numbers!

Click here to register for the Génération Vie event.

For Life,
Augustin Hamilton

*Taking miscarriages into account, otherwise the proportion of abortions in relation to live births is about 1/4.

Today, Ash Wednesday, marks the beginning of Lent, a period of penance in preparation for Christ's resurrection at Easter, a period when we are especially called upon to turn away from sin.

“Sin”! Some find it “hateful” to label certain practices as such, rejecting the distinction Christians make between sin and sinner.

However, with Bill C-9 aimed at combating “hatred", Mark Carney's Liberals are precisely endangering our ability to denounce the malice of sinful practices, a necessary step in calling for conversion.

Regarding C-9, Quebec Life Coalition, represented by its president Georges Buscemi, submitted petitions against this bill in Ottawa along with several pro-life organizations. We held a press conference on the same day to explain the purpose of our action. See the video here.

From left to right, David Cooke, Brandan Tan, and Pete Baklinski from the Campaign Life Coalition, Gregory Tomchyshyn from CitizenGo, and Georges Buscemi from Quebec Life Coalition.

Our own petition against C-9 has reached 1,025 signatures, our goal is 2,000, a big thank you to everyone who signed. If you haven't signed yet, we invite you to do so. We must send a message to the Canadian government that citizens do not want to be censored under the pretext of “hatred.”

Our work to spread information on social media continues. We recently published a post on Facebook about the emerging phenomenon of young men in their early twenties undergoing vasectomies in Quebec. Our post has been viewed more than 500,000 times, attracting a large number of people who oppose our view on the issue. Nevertheless, this particular issue is troubling to a number of people.

Commentator Mathieu Bock-Côté wrote a column in the Journal de Montréal in response to an article published in the same newspaper reporting on a young man who had undergone sterilization. In his article, MBC laments that such a young man would have given up the ability to give life, a decision he may regret later, summarizing this phenomenon as an exhaustion of the vital instinct in society.

Finally, I would like to mention several of our events that are currently underway or will be taking place in the coming months:

• 40 Days for Life, a continuous pro-life witnessing effort lasting 40 days, from February 18th to March 29th, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (contact: Brian Jenkins at (438) 930-8643).
• Génération Vie: a conference to be held on April 25th to bring together pro-life advocates to establish a culture of life in Quebec.
• The Ottawa March for Life, May 14th from noon to 4 p.m. on Parliament Hill, the largest pro-life gathering in Canada.
• The Quebec City March for Life, May 30, an essential event for spreading the pro-life message in the public sphere.

Sincerely,
For Life,
Augustin Hamilton