Evil Prevails When Good People Do Nothing: Why a Pro-Life Group Is Petitioning for Representative Democracy

Published on May 12, 2024

Commentary Earlier this year a Canadian pro-life organization launched an online  petition calling for the resignation of eight school trustees in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Campaign Life Coalition contends that trustees of the Louis Riel School Division (LRSD) “undid the results of a democratic election and circumvented democracy.” The petition further contends that the eight trustees “robbed parents and voters of the right to “hire, fire or re-hire” an elected representative of their choice every four years in a free election. The Manitoba education controversy goes back to the summer of 2023 when the LRSD censured Francine Champagne, a newly-elected trustee, for sharing Facebook posts which expressed opposition to the hyper-sexualization of children....

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