$1,272,679 spent to help you to be an "ally" to 2SLGBTQI+

I did an ATIP to find out just how much of our tax dollars went to the the Unity Campaign courtesy of the Department for Women and Gender Equality (WAGE). 

What is the Unity campaign? I am so glad you asked:

The Unity campaign sets out to create a more inclusive future for everyone, including Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, and other sexually and gender diverse (2SLGBTQI+) people.

Help advance equality by recognizing stigma, debunking misinformation, and supporting 2SLGBTQI+ communities.

WAGE spent at least $1,272,679.28 on the campaign. I say at least, because of the other internal costs buried in the department's day to day operations, like salaries of employees, other professional services contracts, etc. :

The contracts identified were awarded specifically for activities related to the Unity campaign, including services such as marketing, communications, and video production. The department also made use of existing department-wide communications and professional services contracts that supported a range of departmental priorities and initiatives. Expenditures under these broader contractual vehicles were not tracked or coded exclusively to the Unity campaign, and consequently the department cannot accurately determine the proportion of those contract values that supported the campaign. Accordingly, the contract values disclosed represent only those contracts directly attributable to the Unity campaign and may not reflect all expenditures incurred in support of the initiative.

Salary expenditures are not specifically tracked for this initiative, as employees support multiple departmental programs, projects, priorities and operational activities as part of their regular responsibilities.

The contracts went to:

P2400057 Cossette Communication Inc. for $988,156.83

P2500116 Essencemediacom Canada ULC $96,570.97

P2600035 Essencemediacom Canada ULC $132,796.48

P2600037 M5 Marketing Communications Inc. $51,030

P2700019 Essencemediacom Canada ULC $4,125

 

• P2400057: https://search.open.canada.ca/contracts/record/wage%2CC-2023-2024-Q2-00004
• P2500116: https://search.open.canada.ca/contracts/record/wage%2CC-2024-2025-Q3-00014
• P2600035: https://search.open.canada.ca/contracts/record/wage%2CC-2025-2026-Q2-00005
• P2600037: https://search.open.canada.ca/contracts/record/wage%2CC-2025-2026-Q2-00007
• P2700019: https://search.open.canada.ca/contracts/record/wage%2CC-2026-2027-Q1-00010

Here are the videos that were produced with your tax dollars for this campaign. I count six of them.

https://www.canada.ca/en/women-gender-equality/campaigns/unity/stories.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/women-gender-equality/campaigns/unity/resources.html

Dying with Dignity: Advert aimed at dementia patients disguised as learning

Here we have Dying with Dignity presenting their death wares (MAID) to people with Dementia and their families in Nova Scotia on September 20th. Really? If people have dementia, is it really appropriate and or ethical to be talking to them about medical homicide? 

This is beyond disgusting.

People with limited imaginations: abortion and euthanasia

Catholic social teaching on abortion and euthanasia is pretty straightforward. 

Below are excerpts from a short 16 page booklet by Fr. Larry Lynn. 

The Church teaches that there are four pillars of Catholic Social teachings: Dignity of the Human Person, Solidarity, Subsidiarity and the Common Good. The Church's opposition to certain practices that our modern society deems normal or even good, is based on these fundamental pillars of Catholic teaching. The governments say people have a "right" to abortion or that our medical system should promote and, with our tax dollars, use doctors and nurses to kill innocent human life through euthanasia.

Dignity

People with limited imaginations believe that the child growing in the womb of its mother is not really human. They dismiss the dignity of that person in the womb because an embryo or a fetus, or a child, has no power. They believe dignity depends on some attribute or another, like size, viability, ability to communicate or have some other sign of usefulness. The entire euthanasia industry in Canada comes down to the usefulness of a person compared to the cost effectiveness of caring for someone deemed "not useful".

Solidarity

In dignity, all people are equal, no matter what attributes, abilities, assets or skills they may have, or circumstances they may be in, we are all called to respect the dignity.

Subsidiarity

Under the Principle of Subsidiarity, no higher level of organization has the right to take over the responsibilities that are due to the lower level of organization, i.e. the federal government cannot usurp the duties and responsibilities of the provincial government. The public school system has no right to interfere with the parenting of children.

The Common Good

In our world, there are governments, laws, policies and public institutions that promote abortion, euthanasia, contraception, torture, pornography, surrogate parenting, in vitro fertilization, body mutilation, capital punishment, restrictions on freedom of religion, and freedom of assembly and travel. "These things are detrimental to authentic human fulfillment and flourishing" and therefore, do not contribute to the common good but in fact destroy dignity, solidarity and subsidiarity which are necessary for the common good.

You can access the booklet here: Catholic Social Justice Teachings: A Primer Fr. Larry Lynn Priests for Life Canada (PFLC Board Member and Chaplain for Pro-life diocese in Vancouver)

All Catholic parishes and schools would greatly benefit from this booklet.

The euthanasia industry advertises killing people

Kelsi Sheren recently reported how Dying with Dignity is ADVERTISING death on META. Dying with Dignity spends a LOT of money on advertising: $1,013,240 in 2025 in only one year alone. A million dollars. To promote euthanasia. To the sick and vulnerable.

Here is another advertisement from the same pro-death cult -- an ad in Macleans magazine entitled End of Life: Have You Had the Talk? Because you know, you better have that talk. Yes siree. You don't want your old parents to die before you've had the talk. You know the one. Where you say to them:

What about euthanasia? Have you thought about that? Because then we can get our hands on your inheritance a bit early, before you kick off naturally. We won't have to watch you drool into your soup or change your diapers or any of those disgusting things. You'll just drift off into oblivion, maybe drown a bit first, but hey that's a small price to pay for leaving planet earth early, don't you think? Come on Dad you can do it, we will even help you do it. How's next weekend. Does that work for you?

I also came across an article in the Kanata Community Voice newspaper entitled A feeling of being more in control. Notice the words the pro-deathers use. Euthanasia sounds so positive, so comforting, so soothing and lovely. This presentation by the pro-deathers actually reads like an advert (though I'm pretty sure DWDC didn't pay anything to present it). And it was given to a bunch of old people. I emailed the author of this piece, Nevil Hunt, and asked three questions (see below). He never replied. Hunt paints a glowing picture of MAID, with nothing at all about the many horror stories we have heard to date about this horrific medical homicide.

Dear Nevil,

I read this article from your June 25th newsletter.

I have a couple of comments and questions for you.

1) You state that "a natural death must be foreseeable". However this is not the case with track 2 MAID. In this case a person whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable is also eligible.

2) Your write-up has an example of someone who seemingly had a positive experience with MAID. Did you know that there are numerous people who have had horrific experiences with MAID? See here for just some of these cases.

https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2026/06/euthanasia-complications-challenge-good.html?m=1

Can you tell me if any such negative experiences were identified to the audience in this presentation? Hopefully this was discussed with the seniors in the audience, many of whom may not be aware of the problems with MAID.

3) Dr Joel Zivot testified in Senate hearings on MAID. You might be interested to read his story here

https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/unchartedterritory/91214

He concludes his article with this: 

"Canadians who choose to die by MAiD must be informed of the real possibility that the death they experience may be very different from that which is described by MAiD advocates. It is time to perform autopsies on everyone that dies by MAiD, so we can determine if MAiD protocols produce frothy fluid in the lungs. It is time to cease the use of paralytics in MAiD, so we can be certain we are not covering the potential for a painful death akin to drowning. It is time to accept what the evidence available to date shows: MAiD may very likely provide a torturous death."

Dying with Dignity has attempted to refute Dr Zivot's testimony. Please read the doctor's information and testimony yourself and make up your own mind. DWDC is a very lucrative charity and MAID is their product. They have millions in long term assets ($8,160,832) and bring in millions in donations every year. $2,276,570 in 2025 alone. 

https://apps.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/hacc/srch/pub/dsplyRprtngPrd/118890086RR0001

They are not happy when people raise serious issues with the reality of MAID. It is not the wonderful peaceful experience Dying with Dignity would have you believe. At the very least, you owe it to the seniors who attended the presentation, and to your readers, to let them know about the very real and very dark side of MAID.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Patricia Maloney

Government of Canada buys into misinformation about Crisis Pregnancy Centres

According to a recent ATIP I did, the government of Canada says that Crisis Pregnancy Centres:

disseminate abortion myths to pregnant individuals in crisis...Research by XXXXXX (probably Joyce Arthur) and colleagues of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (2023) has consistently found that in presenting information, these groups fail to explicitly disclose their religious agenda and anti-abortion sentiments. CPCs spread false medical information...

For the record, I and others have consistently found that ARCC's reports are full of misinformation and disinformation. (see links below for these rebuttals)

My ATIP to Health Canada:

"What evidence does the Public Health Agency have to issue a warning that "Crisis pregnancy centres ... often look like clinics or support centres, but they are designed to discourage people from getting an abortion"? Also please provide me with your evidence that Crisis pregnancy centres "are designed to discourage people from getting an abortion" (emphasis added)

The government of Canada has also posted statements on their official websites based on these untruths.

From Health Canada's website:

Crisis pregnancy centres

Crisis pregnancy centres are usually run by anti-abortion organizations. They often look like clinics or support centres, but they are designed to discourage people from getting an abortion. (emphasis added)

From the department of Finance we have this statement:

concerns have been raised that some registered charities that offer reproductive health services to women, including pregnancy options counselling—and that are provided federal supports under the tax system—may be spreading misinformation by presenting themselves as a neutral, full-service pregnancy support service organization, when they are in fact anti-choice organizations that push women away from accessing the reproductive care of their choice. By concealing the true nature of their services, these organizations, known as crisis pregnancy centres, are restricting the rights of vulnerable pregnant women to choose the reproductive care appropriate to them and their circumstances...According to the Abortion Rights Coalition, there are about 157 anti-choice crisis pregnancy centres in Canada, of which 90.5 per cent are operated by registered charities. (emphasis added)

My ATIP identifies ARCC's reports that spread myths about Crisis Pregnancy Centres, and all of these reports are used as the government's "evidence" against CPCs. These myths have been refuted many times. Yet still the lies are spread and our Canadian government buys into them. The ATIP also references studies from the United States, based on the American experience of CPCs, which of course have nothing to do with the Canadian experience, so these references can be and should be ignored.

Did the government of Canada make any effort at all to read the reports that refute the mythical allegations of the pro-abortion idealogues? There is not one word in the ATIP that would confirm that they did.

Below are the links the government of Canada has chosen to ignore about Crisis Pregnancy Centres preferring to take the word of the pro-abortions.

Part 1 - Pro-abortion report - anti-Christian hate speech?

Part 2 - Pro-abortion report - uses US experience of PCCs

ABORTION RIGHTS COALITION OF CANADA DECEITFUL ON CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTRES A Critique to ARCC’s “Review of Crisis Pregnancy Centre Websites in Canada”

October 2022 Pregnancy Care Centres in Canada:  A Necessary Rebuttal 

Crisis Pregnancy Centres In British Columbia A Respectful Rebuttal to a Disrespectful Report 

CPCs a target for calumny -- they won't refer for abortion refutes this Crisis Pregnancy Centers in Canada and Reproductive Justice Organizations’ Responses (Li references the Abortion Rights Coalition numerous hit jobs on CPCs. Of course she does.)

Slides from ATIP repeating the misinformation and disinformation from the pro-abortion ARCC

The Cart Access Project from a slide show: Page 413 Beware of Fake clinics...Crisis pregnancy centres ... actively mislead patients (For the record CART received tax payer funding of $4,387,931).