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Candidate, Tom Shypitka

Independent Party, Kootenay-Rockies, BC

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Tom Shypitka
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CLC rating: Evaluation pending
Rating Comments: This former BC United candidate chose to run as an Independent after BC United leader Kevin Falcon announced the party's complete withdrawal from the 2024 provincial election campaign. According to a constituent who phoned the Shypitka campaign office just days before the 2020 BC provincial election, a campaign worker stated that incumbent Liberal MLA Tom Shypitka is pro-abortion and supports euthanasia. The worker did not know if MLA Shypitka is in favour of conscience rights protection. No response to CLC's 2024 BC provincial election questionnaire.

First elected (yyyy.mm.dd): 2017
Previous Occupation: financial advisor / Cranbrook city councillor
Percentage in last election: 30.4% (2024) ; 59.71% (2020) ; 56.57% (2017)
Victory margin last election: -12.3% (2024) ; 29.60% (2020) ; 26.90% (2017)
Religion / Faith: unknown

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Tom Shypitka
Parliamentary Office
British Columbia
Constituency Offices , British Columbia
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Tom Shypitka

Here is Tom Shypitka's voting record relating to life and family issues:

Votes, Surveys and Policy Decision Vote Score
Bill M 214, "The Fairness In Women & Girls' Sports Act"
BC Conservative Party leader John Rustad introduced a private member's bill that rightly sought to keep biological males out of women's and girls' sports teams, and to rein in pro-transgender sporting associations that punish whistleblowers for trying to prevent this invasion of female sports. [Defeated at 1st Reading on April 30, 2024 by a vote of 51 to 27.]
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Tom Shypitka

Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Tom Shypitka on Sep. 18, 2024.

Question Response
Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)? no response
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) no response
Will you support measures to stop funding abortions with taxpayers' money in British Columbia? no response
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? no response
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 response
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? no response
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. no response
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