Caroline Proulx.

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Do you remember when Tourism Minister Caroline Proulx canceled an event organized by Harvest Ministries International at the Quebec City Convention Center in 2023?

After being informed by Sébastien Bovet, head of Radio-Canada’s parliamentary bureau, that the Protestant and pro-life group was going to hold an event at the convention center, Mrs. Proulx checked the websites linked in the event’s advertisements. (Yet another example of journalists seeking to influence politics and create a news story.)

To her horror! She read on HMI’s website that the group opposes abortion, stating that its decriminalization "has led to the abortion of some 4 million babies to date" and "has made the mother’s womb the most dangerous place for a child in Canada." Outraged by what she considered false information contrary to Quebec’s fundamental values (strange values that are causing French Canadians to gradually disappear...), she rushed to cancel the contract between HMI and the Convention Center. However, no regulation or law allowed her to cancel an event based on the contractors’ beliefs just a few days before the event was scheduled to take place.

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In his documentary Trans Generation, independent producer Jean-Pierre Roy interviews Gabriel Cudia*, a young woman who began her transition at age 15 and eventually came to regret it.

In her testimony, Gabriel recounts struggling to adjust to puberty as a child. She was also diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome (autism).

She explains that she was bullied in school because of her autism and because she wore baggy clothes to hide her developing feminine figure. Amid this rejection, one girl stood up for her and became her friend. However, that girl was abusive, and Gabriel fell into a toxic, codependent relationship with her. This relationship pushed Gabriel to become a "man." She was 14 years old at the time.

The doctors were informed that she had Asperger’s, and they simply noted it in her medical record.

Three or four months later, in December 2016, she had a second appointment at Mérakis. They asked her how she had been doing since her first visit. She left with a prescription for testosterone.

Two days later, Mérakis sent a letter to the surgery center (GRS) for the mastectomy. The letter was signed by three doctors: the one who had seen her, the doctor who had been present at the first appointment, and a third doctor she had never met. The letter stated that, after numerous in-depth discussions and follow-up evaluations, they approved the procedure.

She was eager to go through the transition process because she was under a lot of pressure from her "girlfriend" at the time.

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"Mental health: offering medical assistance in dying to prevent suicide" is the title of an opinion piece published in Le Soleil. The paradox it presents would be laughable were it not for the fact that this is an extremely serious matter.

Just think about it: proposing death to prevent people from killing themselves! Offering suicide to prevent suicide...

This is the proposal of Dr Chantal Descoteaux and Dr Claude Gagnon, who are thankfully currently retired. Their piece is riddled with contradictions from start to finish.

It is said that people who take their own lives are either experiencing a temporary crisis or have been receiving long-term healthcare and have tried all the suggested solutions. Driven by despair, they chose to end their lives. The doctors then go on to say, "Turning a blind eye to this reality does not save any lives." A strange line of thinking, since how exactly does killing suicidal people save lives?

While it is true that this would reduce suicide rates, since assisted suicide is not counted as a suicide, this is a fundamental error since in both cases the person wishes to end their own life.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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In this wonderful month, let's fly the beautiful Carillon Sacré-Cœur flag, a symbol of Quebec's rich heritage.

The flag originated from the Carillon banner, said to have been present at the Battle of Fort Carillon in 1758, where the French defeated the British. The Carillon banner was revived in the mid-19th century as a symbol of French Canadians' struggle against assimilation within the British Empire. Later, in 1902, Father Elphège Filiatrault, the parish priest of Saint Jude, drew inspiration from the famous banner to create the Carillon Sacré-Cœur flag, which features a silver cross on an azure background adorned with four tilted fleurs-de-lis pointing towards a Sacred Heart. This flag quickly became popular among French Canadians. The flag of the Quebec province, adopted in 1948, was based on the Carillon Sacré-Cœur.

That is fitting, as June is the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart, not “pride.” The Sacred Heart and "pride" are opposites. As Christ said, "I am meek, and humble of heart" (Matthew 11:29). What is humility? It is the submission of one’s will to God’s will. "Pride" (translated from the English "pride," which also means "arrogance") is, on the contrary, the preference of one's own will over God's. The term "pride" has essentially been chosen to celebrate all these disordered passions gathered under the acronym LGBT(∞).

We are told that LGBT propaganda is imposed on us in the name of "inclusion" and "love" in the media, leisure activities, and even schools. However, inclusion is not a virtue in itself. You cannot include everything, especially when it comes to teaching children practices that are rather far from natural, and of which they would otherwise have no idea. True love seeks only the genuine good of others.

So, what is the Sacred Heart, really? It is the burning love of Christ, who sacrificed his life for us. Our ancestors lived in accordance with this love and humility, raising large, happy families. Humility achieves great things, while pride leads to ruin.

So, instead of flying the flag of pride in June, let us fly the flag of the Sacred Heart.

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In an open letter published in Le Quotidien, Georgia Vrakas, a psychologist and associate professor in the Department of Psychoeducation and Social Work at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, explains why the extension of euthanasia to people suffering solely from mental illness, which is due to come into force on March 17th, 2027, is a bad idea.

Having suffered from bipolar disorder herself, she describes the difficulties that people with mental illness face in accessing housing, employment and adequate care. She is surprised by the push to extend euthanasia to these people under the pretext of “equality”, given that so much work still needs to be done to reduce the discrimination they face in daily life. According to Le Quotidien:

"They are among the most stigmatised, discriminated against, and marginalised groups in society. This leads me to wonder: we go to great lengths to ensure that people living with mental illness are not discriminated against when facing death, but who goes to such lengths when we are discriminated against on a daily basis while still alive? Do we really want medical assistance in dying to become our default option?"

Praising the work of suicide prevention organisations, from which she has previously benefited, she expresses concern about the impact this extension will have on suicide prevention. She rightly points out that there is no real difference between ‘assisted suicide’ (or euthanasia) and suicide. She also questions whether there is a real difference in suffering between someone who takes their own life and someone who undergoes euthanasia:

"Let’s use the right words. In both cases, it involves intentionally ending suffering through death."

"The difference lies in who is taking the action. Is the suffering the same or different in each case? We do not know because, to date, there has been no validated tool to distinguish between the suffering of a person with a mental illness who wishes to die by suicide and that of a person with a mental illness who wishes to die with medical assistance."

"In my view, providing medical assistance in dying for people with mental illness issues runs directly counter to suicide prevention efforts. What will happen if the law changes? Will people who are suicidal turn to MAID instead of suicide prevention centres? I don’t know. Given our current knowledge and collective responsibility, we should not make medical assistance in dying the default option for people living with mental illness. In reality, it is not a choice."

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Rose, now 21, has had a difficult journey. During her childhood, she suffered several traumatic experiences and was bullied at school. She says that these struggles led her to want to dissociate herself from the person she was, to leave behind the Rose who was suffering so much. She even attempted suicide twice.

At one point, she discovered people online who identified as transgender and had undergone or were undergoing the transition process. After seeing numerous posts by these people and contacting them, she became convinced that transitioning was the solution to her problems. When she told her mother that she believed she was a boy, her mother didn’t think she was serious. Throughout her daughter’s transition, she feared that she was mistaken and would come to regret it.

Faced with her daughter’s determination to transition, Danielle, her mother, sought advice from the Meraki Clinic (which specialises in gender transition) to understand what her daughter was going through, fearing that her distress might lead her to attempt suicide again. After two visits, the clinic prescribed puberty blockers, convincing Danielle that this would give her daughter a ‘break’ to reflect — without mentioning any potential side effects.

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A young woman who underwent a transition process between the ages of 13 and 17 laments that the healthcare system which supported her during the transition is now abandoning her as she seeks to detransition, according to Le Journal de Montréal:

“I was supported during my transition to become a boy when I was aged 13 to 17,” says Rose Guérin. “But now, suddenly, there are no more services for me.”

The young woman, now 21, underwent a double mastectomy at 16, but at 17, just before what the Le Journal de Montréal article refers to “the big operation” (presumably a hysterectomy), she changed her mind:

“I burst into tears and called my mum to tell her that I wasn’t a boy; I’d just always been a girl who felt very uncomfortable in her own skin.”

Fortunately, she, who dreams of having children, was able to regain her fertility after stopping her transition treatments. However, she will not be able to breastfeed:

“I have a flat chest with two large scars and I will never be able to breastfeed. However, by stopping the hormones, I have become fertile again.”

From left to right: Georges Buscemi of Quebec Life Coalition, Jack Fonseca, Josie Luetke, Pete Baklinski, and Brandan Tran of Campaign Life Coalition, and Aleš Primc of the Movement for Children & Families.

Georges Buscemi, President of Campagne Québec‑Vie — English reference version

Ladies and gentlemen, good day.

My name is Georges Buscemi. I am the president of Campagne Québec‑Vie.

In 2025, Quebec officially became the world champion of euthanasia. 6,268 Quebecers died by "medical assistance in dying" last year — 7.9% of all our deaths. Thirty‑six percent of all MAiD deaths in Canada take place in our province, even though we make up only twenty‑two percent of the Canadian population. And in March 2027, this "assistance" will be extended to people suffering solely from mental illness.

How did we get here?

Let me first recall two Quebec voices — voices that are not my own. Denise Bombardier, shortly before her death, was struck by the fact that the only political consensus that ever forms in Quebec forms around a law about death, and she put the question bluntly: "Is the weight of a culture of death pressing down on us?" Patrick Lagacé, writing in La Presse this past April, stated in black and white that Quebec is the "world champion" of MAiD, and he called this "a blind spot" that must be confronted.

Why us, and not the others?

In 2010, I submitted to the Quebec government's Special Commission on the Question of Dying with Dignity a brief titled A False Freedom: 50 Years of Euthanasia in Quebec. In it, I predicted a scenario: institutionalized despair, a vicious cycle, a society that would end up eliminating poverty by eliminating the poor, and illness by eliminating the sick. I was called an alarmist. Fifteen years later, I'll let you judge for yourselves.