{"id":10828,"date":"2021-08-20T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T17:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10828"},"modified":"2021-08-29T15:17:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T22:17:12","slug":"a-refreshing-change-on-the-campaign-trail-crystal-clear-answers-from-a-politician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10828","title":{"rendered":"A refreshing change on the campaign trail \u2014 crystal clear answers from a politician"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Erin O&#8217;Toole is selling a plan he seems to understand back to front. And that is distressingly rare in Canadian politics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National Post<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chris Selley<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Conservative leader Erin O\u2019Toole used an interesting word this week, at least twice, while answering questions from reporters. The word was \u201cyes.\u201d It\u2019s a simple word, but Canadian politicians will often turn rhetorical cartwheels to avoid using it (or its cousin, \u201cno\u201d). When a reporter concludes a question with \u201cyes or no?\u201d it\u2019s a near-guarantee the response won\u2019t contain either, let alone begin with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Toole has been asked repeatedly this week whether his support for a woman\u2019s right to choose an abortion conflicts with his platform pledge to \u201cprotect the conscience rights of healthcare professionals.\u201d His reasonable response: a \u201cbalanced approach\u201d can accommodate both at the same time. Canadian society balances all kinds of competing rights every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday in a very wet Winnipeg, though, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/background\/society\/society021.aspx\">he was asked directly<\/a> whether a doctor with a conscientious objection to abortion would have to refer a woman to someone else willing to consult or perform it. \u201cYes,\u201d O\u2019Toole said, \u201cthey will have to refer, because the right to those services exists across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crystal clear.  . . . <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/politics\/election-2021\/chris-selley-a-refreshing-change-on-the-campaign-trail-crystal-clear-answers-from-a-politician\">continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erin O&#8217;Toole is selling a plan he seems to understand back to front. And that is distressingly rare in Canadian politics National Post Chris Selley Conservative leader Erin O\u2019Toole used an interesting word this week, at least twice, while answering questions from reporters. The word was \u201cyes.\u201d It\u2019s a simple word, but Canadian politicians will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10828\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A refreshing change on the campaign trail \u2014 crystal clear answers from a politician&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,32,511],"tags":[4059,293],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-canada","category-society-politics","tag-erin-otoole","tag-referral"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>A refreshing change on the campaign trail \u2014 crystal clear answers from a politician - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Conservative leader Erin O&#039;Toole: doctors who object to abortion for reasons of conscience must refer women to abortion provider\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10828\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A refreshing change on the campaign trail \u2014 crystal clear answers from a politician - 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