Side-by-Side Survey Responses in the Riding of Renfrew Catholic District School Board - Killaloe, Hagarty & Richards Township, Brudenell, Lyndoch & Raglan Township, Madawaska Valley Township [2022 Ontario Election]
Number to elect: 1
(change level of government | change province | change riding)
| incumbent | |||
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| Mervin Merkowsky | Susan Artymko | Rose Noonan |
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| Pro-life, pro-family | Unknown | Unknown | |
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| SURVEY QUESTION | ANSWER | ANSWER | ANSWER |
| 1. 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) | Yes | survey not sent | survey not sent |
| 2. 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? | Yes | survey not sent | survey not sent |
| 3. 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? | Yes | survey not sent | survey not sent |
| 4. Will you oppose sex-ed programs which are contrary to Church teaching? | Yes | survey not sent | survey not sent |
| 5. 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”? | Yes | survey not sent | survey not sent |
| 6. 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? | Yes | survey not sent | survey not sent |
| 7. 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) | No | survey not sent | survey not sent |
| CLC RATING COMMENTS: | Mervin gave perfect answers to CLC's 2022 Catho... <More> | Survey not sent <More> | Survey not sent <More> |