John Caputo
Huron-Superior Catholic School Board - ON
Electoral District: Sault Ste. Marie
Bio
CLC rating: evaluation pending
Rating Comments: Re-elected in the 2018 Ontario municipal elections. In defiance of Catholic moral teaching, Trustee John Caputo spoke in opposition to a motion requesting that OECTA withdraw its participation in the homosexual World Pride Parade. His actual vote on the motion was not made public, however, due to a "secret ballot" protocol. The motion was defeated. Refused to answer CLC questionnaire.
Percentage in last election: 12.9% (2022) ; Re-elected (2018) ; 12.17% (2014) ; 7.37% (2010)12.9% (2022) ; Re-elected (2018) ; 12
Victory margin last election: 2.3% (2022) ; Re-elected (2018) ; 4.23% (2014)2.3% (2022) ; Re-elected (2018) ; 4.23% (2014)2.3% (20
Religion / Faith: Catholic
Contact
Parliamentary Office
90 Ontario Avenue
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
P6B 6G7
Tel: 705-942-0178
Fax: 705-945-5575
Constituency Offices
162 Bitonti Cres
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
P6C 6A9
Tel: 705-206-1103
Here is John Caputo's voting record relating to life and family issues:
| Votes, Surveys and Policy Decision | Vote | Score |
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| Motion to condemn and/or retract OECTA's decision to participate in the 2014, World Gay Pride Parade [2014] The homosexual pride parade totally contradicts the beliefs of the Catholic Church about marriage & human sexualty. It celebrates gay sex and promotes the homosexual lifestyle as normal, natural, healthy and perfectly moral. The parade includes mock sex acts, sexual bondage and sadomasochism. It is a scandal for any Catholic to be seen supporting it, much less Catholic teachers who work as agents of the Church. |
unknown (secret ballot) | -- |
| Vaccinating girls against the sexually-transmitted HPV infection, a policy which gives license to premarital sex and undermines Church teaching on abstinence [2007] This fool-hardy policy would signal to young girls that it's ok to engage in premarital sex, and in fact, that it's expected of them. Besides the moral problems posed, the vaccine itself may be life-threatening. At the time this issue came up in schools across Ontario, the HPV vaccine known as Gardasil had already been linked to 11 deaths of young women and hundreds of hospitalizations in the United States in the first year of its availability. Therefore, an HPV vaccination policy in a Catholic school, serves not only to give licence to sexual promiscuity, but also endangers the lives of female children. It gives them a potentially deadly chemical substance, and a false sense of security that "it's 'safe' to have sex, because I'm 'protected' ". The HPV vaccine is not even close to a guaranteed prevention and actually "protects" against just a small percentage of HPV strains. The only policy that can result in 100% protection against HPV, is abstinence before marriage and fidelity within marriage. That's what Catholic schools should be teaching, rather than promoting false security blankets that encourage risky behaviour. [Oct 2007] |
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Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by John Caputo on 2022.
| Question | Response |
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| Will you work to ensure that your Catholic school board enacts a policy requiring all agents and employees of the board to uphold the rights of custodial parents to direct and control the education of, and any medical treatment provided to, their dependent children attending its schools? | refused to answer |
| Are there any circumstances under which you believe a woman should have access to abortion*? (*Note: a surgical or medical intervention designed to prevent the death of the mother but which results in the unintended and undesired death of the pre-born child, is not an abortion) | refused to answer |
| Will you work to ensure that Catholic schools do not invite guest speakers who have publicly expressed positions that contradict the morality and teaching of the Church, no matter how great their achievements in politics, business, sports, science or the arts? | refused to answer |
| Will you work to ensure that educational materials that enter the premises of Catholic schools (e.g., library resources, curriculum texts, awareness campaigns, flyers) and all approved school activities are consistent with and do not undermine the morality and teachings of the Church? | refused to answer |
| Will you work to ensure that your Board publicly promotes total fidelity to the faith and moral teachings of the Catholic Church? (Current examples include the illicitness of abortion, contraception and homosexual practice) | refused to answer |
| Will you oppose sex-ed programs which are contrary to Church teaching? | refused to answer |
| Given that the Gay Pride flag is a controversial political symbol which contradicts Church teaching on marriage & human sexuality, will you oppose any and all proposals to fly the Gay Pride flag at Catholic schools, at the board office, or to acknowledge and celebrate June as Pride month? | -- |
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