MPP Catherine McKenney
New Democrat Party, Ottawa Centre, ON
Bio

CLC rating: Pro-abortion, Pro-transgender ideology
Rating Comments: Rating Comments: In April 2019, Councillor McKenney, a self-professed "lesbian" who uses the Trangender-styled plural pronoun "they" in refusal of her true God-given identity, revealed her pro-abortion bias when she complained against a pro-life advertisement in the Ottawa transit system, insisting that the pro-life ad "leads you to ... advocacy groups that are anti-choice and very much misleading and have no place on our public transit system," and that it threatens to “reverse decades of pro-choice gains.”
On September 9, 2020, Ottawa City Council passed a biased and unjust Motion - co-sponsored by Councillor 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 high-handed condemnation of, and Councillor McKenney's militant opposition to, this beneficial therapy clearly 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. This reckless Motion passed unanimously.
In 2022, McKenney was a candidate for Mayor of Ottawa.
On September 9, 2020, Ottawa City Council passed a biased and unjust Motion - co-sponsored by Councillor 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 high-handed condemnation of, and Councillor McKenney's militant opposition to, this beneficial therapy clearly 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. This reckless Motion passed unanimously.
In 2022, McKenney was a candidate for Mayor of Ottawa.
Percentage in last election: 55.7% (2025)
Victory margin last election: 32.4% (2025)
Religion / Faith: unknown
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Parliamentary Office
Ontario
Constituency Offices
Ottawa, Ontario
Here is Catherine McKenney's voting record relating to life and family issues:
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Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Catherine McKenney on Nov. 2024.
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Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)? | -- |
Are there any circumstances under which you believe a woman should have access to abortion? If yes, please explain. *A surgical or medical intervention, designed to prevent the death of the mother (e.g. In the case of tubal pregnancy or cervical cancer) but which results in the unintended and undesired death of the pre-born child, is not an abortion. |
Yes, all circumstances (based on pro-abortion statement as City Councillor) |
Would you support measures to delist medically unnecessary, elective abortions from the list of insured services covered by OHIP? | No (based on pro-abortion stance) |
Do you agree women have the right to be thoroughly informed about the serious health consequences of abortion, the development of the child in the womb and the alternatives to abortion? | -- |
Would you vote in favor of repealing the Ontario "bubble zone" censorship law? This unconstitutional law criminalizes peaceful pro-life expression, including silent prayer, on taxpayer-owned public sidewalks within 50 metres (or more) of any abortion facility. | No (based on pro-abortion stance) |
Will you protect parental rights in education by working to ensure that traditionally principled parents are given advance notice of, and the ability to withdraw their children from, classroom lessons and presentations dealing with abortion, contraception, homosexuality, and transgenderism? | No (based on pro-LGBT militancy) |
Would you support efforts to repeal the age-inappropriate, graphic, sex-ed curriculum which is currently being taught throughout Ontario schools? | No (based on pro-LGBT militancy) |
If elected, will you vote to reject laws that would expand euthanasia and assisted-suicide and instead, promote palliative care, the purpose of which is to alleviate pain, and enhance the quality of life until natural death for terminally ill patients, and for those with disabilities? *Euthanasia is the direct and intentional killing of a person by action or omission, with or without the consent of that person, for what people mistakenly believe are compassionate reasons. |
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Will you support legislation to protect the right of health care workers who refuse to participate in procedures which are in violation of their religious or conscientious beliefs? | -- |
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