OTTAWA - The push is on to find socially conservative Canadians to join federal political parties in hopes of putting candidates opposed to abortion on 2015 federal election ballots.
Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) says it's actively recruiting allies who are willing to be active in local riding associations or even contest a party's nomination.
"Yes, we'd like to see a lot of people involved in all the parties because that's when we have success, when you have two sides of the House that are both strong," CLC national organizer Mary Ellen Douglas said.
Douglas says the CLC is always trying to get people willing to protect life from the moment of conception involved in politics, but the creation of 30 new federal ridings across the country before the next election presents a chance to fight in open nomination contests.
"We're alerting our supporters that this situation exists now and that they have an opportunity," she said. (more..)
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