Pro-life men and women from one end of the country to the other have been appearing to what Ms. Campagnolo must regard as alarming regularity, at meetings in which she, in her capacity as president of the Liberal Party of Canada, is the main speaker.
Ms. Campagnolo, a board member of Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL), and a hard line pro-abortionist, who has marched in pro-abortion demonstrations on the west coast, has learned that her pro-abortion has been very unhelpful both to herself and to the furtherance of her political career.
Concord, Ontario
On January 28, 1984, a cold winter’s night in Concord, Ontario, which is situated
in the riding of North York, Ms. Campagnolo met yet another band of determined pro-life
men and women. When her car drew up to the hotel where the meeting was held, Ms. Campagnolo jumped out of the car and aggressively demanded, “Who’s in charge here?” One of the groups of picketers stepped up and faced her headlong and thus commenced a “dialogue.” Ms. Campagnolo was told that she did not represent women and that she was indeed a disaster for the Liberal Party. The Liberal candidate in the riding, who had accompanied her, grabbed her arm and tried to get her away before she “let loose.” Ms. Campagnolo then entered to address her meeting.
In view of pro-life efforts during the past year or so, we understand that it is now very unlikely that Ms. Campagnolo will be running for the Liberal party leadership when Mr. Trudeau steps down. Ms. Campagnolo now knows, beyond a shadow of doubt, that any leadership attempt on her part would be a disaster, as she would be a focal point of divisiveness and controversy – something that does not need. Unfortunately, however, the taxpayers will not have seen the end of Ms. Campagnolo when her term of office as national Liberal president is completed. Rather, the beleaguered taxpayers will be having a great deal to do with her over the next 25 years, as they will be paying her a very generous salary when she is appointed to the Senate, before the year is out.
