Catholics assess Canada's snap election, hope for more turnout | Crux Now

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : The pro-life organization Right Now is gearing up to make the election an opportunity for conversation about abortion in Canada.
46% : She's also asking faith leaders to encourage "only immunized people" to attend services, although she has not yet said the government has enforcement in mind.
45% : Conservative leader Erin O'Toole also visited New Brunswick and said he would allow the province to decide how abortion is funded in the province.
44% : For Catholics, issues of importance are expected to include Indigenous relations, COVID-19 response and expansion of assisted suicide.
42% : The recent expansion of assisted suicide through Bill C-7 has left Canada without any "clear line in the sand" when it comes to euthanasia, said Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.
39% : He told The B.C. Catholic that the recent case of a Quebec mother who wants her 4-year-old son to die by euthanasia shows the need to vote for a party "that (minimally) will not continue to expand the killing."
35% : "Politicians know that abortion is an election issue, and they are ready to engage."

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