Provincial Voting Records

Candidate, Hon. Dalton McGuinty

Liberal Party, Ottawa South, ON

Bio

Hon. Dalton McGuinty
Not Supportable
CLC rating: Pro-abortion, anti-traditional marriage
Rating Comments: A strong advocate of abortion-choice and homosexuality. He has taken actions that are anti-Christian (trying to ban the Lord's Prayer) and anti-Catholic (attacked the Durham Catholic school board for upholding church teaching on homosexuality). In January 2010 his party quietly introduced a shocking sex education plan that would have forced Catholic and public elementary schools to teach children about masturbation, vaginal lubrication, homosexuality & anal intercourse. Thanks to parental and religious outcry, McGuinty was forced to 'postpone' the plan, but on September 7, 2011 one of his Ministers admitted that the radical Sex Ed program would return after the next election. With Bill 13, he also forced the Catholic Church to violate its religious beliefs by ordering openly homosexual student clubs in separate schools, as well as a radical LGBT curriculum. In 2012 his government secretly passed a law to hide abortion statistics from the public, even under an access to information request.
Position: Premiere; Leader, Liberal Party of Ontario
First elected (yyyy.mm.dd): 06-Sep-90
Previous Occupation: Lawyer
Birthdate (yyyy.mm.dd): 1955.07.19
Percentage in last election: 48.9% in 2011; 50.1% in 2007
Victory margin last election: 15.4% in 2011; 20.5% in 2007
Religion / Faith: dissenting Catholic

Contact

Hon. Dalton McGuinty
Parliamentary Office
Legislative Building
Queen's Park, Room 281
Toronto, Ontario
M7A 1A1
Tel: 416-325-1941
Fax: 416-325-3745
Constituency Offices
1795 Kilborn Ave
Ottawa, Ontario
K1H 6N1
Tel: 613-736-9573
Fax: 613-736-7374

Here is Hon. Dalton McGuinty's voting record relating to life and family issues:

Votes, Surveys and Policy Decision Vote Score
Not Supportable
Explicit 2010/2015 sex education curriculum
The Ontario Liberal government of Kathleen Wynne & Dalton McGuinty introduced a sex ed curriculum for the 2010 school year that would have forced public & Catholic elementary schools to encourage masturbation, celebrate homosexuality and gender identity confusion, and teach about anal and oral intercourse. The curriculum sought to give gay-positive teaching on homosexual relationships by Grade 3. In Grade 5 children would be taught that homosexuality is inborn and cannot be changed, a claim that has no scientific backing whatsoever. In Grade 6 it would give instructions on the pleasures of masturbation and discussed vaginal lubrication. In grade 7 children would be taught about "oral" and "anal sex". Thanks to public outcry from parents and religious leaders, this dangerous curriculum was "postponed" by the government. However, once Kathleen Wynne received a strong Liberal majority and the threat of an election was past, she announced that the controversial curriculum would be implemented in September 2015. Since the original preview of the curriculum in 2010, it has come to light that it was written under the direction of a man, Benjamin Levin, who has confessed to child pornography related charges. That makes sense given the explicit, age-inappropriate nature of the curriculum. It is feared by many parents and education observers that the curriculum may have been designed to 'groom' children so as to make them available for sex. Other parties with whom the Liberal government consulted to formulate this program included radical gay activists groups like Gay Ontario (now Queer Ontario) and Egale Canada. [Jan. 2010-present]
Supported bad
Position on abolishing the repressive Ontario Human Rights Commission
While the OHRC does some good things, it has been mis-used as a weapon, primarily against Christians who object to homosexuality, to take away their freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Militant gay-activists file frivolous complaints in order to punish Christians who have expressed a biblical or moral position in regards to the gay agenda. The government pays for the complainant's legal fees, but Christian defendants must pay out of pocket. Christians are routinely harassed, brought to the point of personal bankruptcy and publicly humiliated. Even if they are eventually found innocent, the process is the punishment.
Opposes bad
Bill 13, 3rd reading, which radically sexualized the school curriculum and forced all Catholic & Public schools to accept homosexual-activist clubs
Officially called The Accepting Schools Act, this bill which became law, forced Catholic schools to accepts student gay pride clubs known as GSAs, even over the objection and constitutional rights of Ontario's Catholic bishops. The law also injected radical sexual theories into the curriculum to be taught at the earliest grades. These sexual theories include "gender identity", the disputed notion that a child’s gender is not necessarily connected to their physical anatomy and that it’s perfectly normal for little boys to think they’re little girls; and the 6-gender theory which teaches children that there are 6 diffeerent genders (LGBTTIQ theory), not just male & female. All this was done under the deceptive ruse that these changes were necessary to reduce bullying and punish bullies. The bill also embeds a biased, anti-Christian slur into the curriculum designed to label all people of faith who adhere to traditional biblical norms of human sexuality as if they were "hateful" or "bigoted". Unfortunately, this bill was passed on June 4, 2013 by a vote of 65 to 36, despite parental protests that took place in the streets, at Queens Park and outside MPP consituency offices.
Yes bad
Bill 13, 2nd reading, the so-called "Accepting Schools Act" which sexualized the school curriculum and forced homosexual-activist clubs on Catholic and Public schools
This bill which ultimately became law, forced Catholic schools to accepts student gay pride clubs known as GSAs, even over the objection and constitutional rights of Ontario's Catholic bishops. The law also injected radical sexual theories into the curriculum to be taught at the earliest grades. These sexual theories include "gender identity", the disputed notion that a child’s gender is not necessarily connected to their physical anatomy and that it’s perfectly normal for little boys to think they’re little girls; and the 6-gender LGBTTIQ theory which teaches children that there are 6 different genders, not just male & female. All this was done under the deceptive ruse that these changes were necessary to reduce bullying and punish bullies. The bill also embeds a biased, anti-Christian slur into the curriculum designed to label all people of faith who adhere to traditional moral norms of human sexuality as if they were "hateful" or "bigoted". Unfortunately, this bill was passed on June 4, 2013 by a vote of 65 to 36, despite parental protests that took place in the streets at Queens Park and outside MPP consituency offices. [2nd reading passed 66 to 33 on May 3, 2013]
Yes bad
Motion to ban the Lord`s Prayer from being read at the start of daily proceedings in the Legislature
[June 2008]
Supported bad
Position on using taxpayer dollars to pay for IVF
A process which kills embryonic human beings and does not currently receive public funding.
Supports bad
Safe Schools Action Team recommendation, a proposed gay-activist policy that will expose children to homosexuality by no later than Grade 6
This is presented in curriculum under the guise of "fighting homophobia', but is really about getting kids to accept homosexuality as normal, natural and healthy [Dec 11, 2008]
Supported bad
Awarded $30M to stem cell research which destroys embryonic human beings
[May 30, 2007]
Supported bad
Bill 171 which abolished the true definition of marriage & family in Ontario law
[Feb 28, 2005]
Yes bad
Position on de-funding of abortion services
Opposes bad
Bill 91, An act to restore the right of parents to at least be notified of medical treatment planned for their children
[Nov 28/96] Note: this right was taken away from parents by the NDP government in 1992.
Absent --
Government announcement that it would force taxpayers to fund so-called 'sex-change' surgeries
These have an average cost of $25,000 and divert funds from services that are actually medically-necessary like cancer treatment, palliative care and treatment of child autism. [May 2008]
Supported bad
Bill 5, which laid the framework for the true, opposite-sex definition of marriage to be overthrown a few years later by judicial-activists
It allowed homosexual adoption and changed 67 Ontario laws to set up homosexual couplings as equivalent to heterosexual marriage. This bill was drafted in response to an unconstitutional Supreme Court of Canada ruling that struck down section 29 of the Ontario Family Law Act, but the government should have responded to this judicial usurpation of legislative authority by invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to uphold marriage and the traditional family. [October 1999]
Supported bad
Equity & Inclusive Education Strategy, a Ministry directive with a gay agenda to indoctrinate children
This radical Dalton McGuinty directive, written under the direction of a self-described lesbian, and then-Minister of Education, Kathleen Wynne, disguises itself as seeking to eliminate bullying and racisim, but is truly about promoting the gay lifestyle. It uses the classroom as a vehicle for child indoctrination. It recommends that all schools celebrate the gay pride parade as "equity related work", that all schools set up openly homosexual student clubs, that schools use texts written by gay & lesbian authors and instructs teachers to "modify their personal beliefs". [Ministry of Education, PPM 119, 2008 - 2012]
Supports bad
Bill 109, Consent to Treatment Act
This bill took away parental rights over the medical treatment of their minor children by lowering the age of medical consent from 16 to 14. This vote occurred during the time this person served as an MPP in the provincial government, prior to entering federal politics. [Dec 7, 1992]
No ok

Here are quotes from Hon. Dalton McGuinty on various life and family issues:

A disturbing speech to students at St. Augustine's Catholic High School, in reference to his pro-abortion and anti-traditional marriage policy:  "My Catholicism, my private faith, does not determine my position." [Catholic Insight Magazine, Nov.2007]

On the alleged 'right' to kill babies in the womb:  "I believe in and support a woman's right to choose." [CTV.ca, 'McGuinty tries to pressure Hudak over abortion', July 19, 2011]

McGuinty states his desire to ban The Lord's Prayer:  "It is time to move beyond the daily recitation of the Lord's Prayer in the Ontario legislature..." [The Ottawa Citizen, June 13, 2008]

Rebuking the Pope for saying that Catholic politicians should be excommunicated for voting to legalize abortion and should not approach the Eucharist:  "I have a different constituency than does the Pope. I am responsible for representing all kinds of people from all kinds of different backgrounds... I think it is pretty clear that there are very few political leaders who would allow themselves and their actions to be formed exclusivly by the dictates of the church." [Canwest News Service, May 16, 2007]

On his commitment to keep abortion legal:  "I believe it's important for a woman to have the right to make that choice, and I will suppport their right to make that choice." [The Globe & Mail, Oct. 16, 1998]

Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Hon. Dalton McGuinty on 2011.

Question Response
Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)? Refused to respond
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 but which results in the unintended and undesired death of the pre-born child, is not an abortion. e.g. in cases of tubal pregnancy or cervical cancer) Yes (based on public statements)
Will you support measures to stop funding abortions with taxpayers' money in Ontario? No (based on public statements)
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? refused to respond
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? refused to respond
Will you protect the rights of parents to educate their children according to their faith in matters of moral principles and beliefs concerning abortion, contraception and homosexuality? No (based on voting record)
Will you oppose euthanasia and instead support measures to promote “palliative care”, the purpose of which is to alleviate pain, and enhance the quality of life for terminally ill patients and those with disabilities? *Euthanasia is the direct and intentional killing of a person by action or omission, with or without that person’s consent, for what people mistakenly believe are compassionate reasons. refused to respond
Will you oppose euthanasia and instead support measures to promote "palliative care", the purpose of which is to alleviate pain, and enhance the quality of life for terminally ill patients and those with disabilities? *Euthanasia is the direct and intentional killing of a person by action or omission, with or without that person's consent, for what people mistakenly believe are compassionate reasons. refused to respond
Will you oppose euthanasia and instead support measures to promote ?palliative care?, the purpose of which is to alleviate pain, and enhance the quality of life for terminally ill patients and those with disabilities? *Euthanasia is the direct and intentional killing of a person by action or omission, with or without that person?s consent, for what people mistakenly believe are compassionate reasons. refused to respond

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