Councillor Shawn Menard
Ottawa - ON
Electoral District: Ward 17 - Capital
Bio
CLC rating: Caution
Rating Comments: On September 9, 2020, Ottawa City Council passed a biased and unjust Motion, co-sponsored by pro-LGBT members Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Catherine McKenney, to "formally denounce" the practice of Conversion Therapy and to urge higher levels of government to ban this helpful therapeutic practice. Conversion Therapy -- better described as Reparative Therapy -- is a form of traditional talk therapy designed to help individuals who request assistance to overcome unwanted gender identity confusion and same-sex attraction. Ottawa City Council's condemnation of such beneficial therapy demonstrates a totalitarian attitude that seeks to impose the LGBT agenda on everyone, and especially on children who are vulnerable to indoctrination through LGBT-pushing sex education in schools. The condemnation also presents an implicit and ominous threat to those who defend and teach key Christian principles on human sexuality, including public prayer and evangelization to call LGBT practitioners out of a sinful lifestyle. Although the reckless Motion passed unanimously, and all members of Council were in attendance at the meeting, it is unknown if Councillor Menard was actually in the chamber for the specific vote on the Motion itself, though that is extremely likely.
First elected (yyyy.mm.dd): 2018.10.22
Previous Occupation: federal public servant
Percentage in last election: 78.8% (2022); 28.12% (2018)
Victory margin last election: 65.0% (2022); 2.97% (2018)
Religion / Faith: unknown
Contact
Parliamentary Office
Ottawa City Hall
110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P1J1
Tel: 613-580-2487
Fax: 613-580-2527
Constituency Offices
110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P1J1
Tel: 613-580-2487
Fax: 613-580-2527
Here is Shawn Menard's voting record relating to life and family issues:
| Votes, Surveys and Policy Decision | Vote | Score |
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| Conversion Therapy - Motion to denounce the practice and to urge higher levels of government to ban it outright. Council vote to denounce, in principle, the beneficial practice of “conversion therapy” - better described as Reparative Therapy - which is designed to help people experiencing UNWANTED gender identity confusion or homosexual attraction and who seek either clinical therapy or spiritual counselling to overcome their unwanted condition, or to live a chaste life that is more in harmony with their faith. The motion also calls upon higher levels of government to ban this helpful therapy altogether. |
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Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Shawn Menard on 2022.
| Question | Response |
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| Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)? | survey not sent |
| Do you consider yourself pro-life or pro-choice? | survey not sent |
| Organizations like Planned Parenthood (PP) routinely counsel women to have abortions, and increasingly, are involved in dispensing the chemical abortion pill. Given that abortion is a controversial practice that many taxpayers in your municipality find abhorrent, do you agree that PP and similar “sexual health agencies" should not receive taxpayer funds through the municipality? | survey not sent |
| There has been a move in some municipal jurisdictions to pass bylaws which establish censorship zones, also called “bubble zones”, around abortion facilities. These unconstitutional censorship zones make it illegal to express peaceful pro-life speech, including silent prayer, on taxpayer-owned public sidewalks within the vicinity of abortion facilities and pharmacies which dispense abortion pills. If elected, would you vote to oppose such a censorship bylaw? | survey not sent |
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