RCMP must finally investigate born-alive abortions

Campaign Life Coalition is asking for the RCMP to open up an investigation into the tragedy of abortions that result in the live birth of a child. These children are born alive and left to die.

'Data from Statistics Canada and from the Canadian Institute for Health Information, a government-controlled reporting body, show that abortion attempts were made against the lives of these babies in regulated Canadian medical facilities. The data shows that these babies survived these assaults, that they were born alive, and then they died'

In 2021-2022 alone there were 149 of these tragic live born deaths from abortion.

MP Maurice Vellacott also asked the RCMP look into this in 2013. At the time Commissioner Bob Paulson refused to investigate these deaths; it seems he allowed his pro-abortion ideaology to get in the way of impartiality:

"Your assertion that some, any or all of these occurrences constitute a crime requires an untenable contortion of the Criminal Code far removed from the legal consequences of the Morgentaler decision and the reality of a quarter century of deliberate Parliamentary inaction.'

Hopefully Commissioner Mike Duheme will do the right thing and finally investigate these horrific deaths.

Canada continues to allow born alive aborted babies to die because too many people just don't care

Speaking of Canada's shameful practice of allowing aborted babies to die after being born, I did an ATIP to the RCMP regarding this story, that you may remember:

"On January 23, 2013, three Conservative MPs (Maurice Vellacott – Saskatoon-Wanuskewin, Wladyslaw Lizon – Mississauga-Cooksville, and Leon Benoit – Vegreville-Wainwright) wrote a letter to RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson calling for a criminal investigation into the deaths of 491 babies born alive after abortions but left to die. The deaths occurred between 2000 and 2009. Vellacott wrote a letter of clarification after the initial erroneous media coverage, saying “contrary to what some of the media have been reporting, my colleagues, Leon Benoit and Wladyslaw Lizon, and I did not ask the RCMP to investigate any/all abortions after 19 weeks as possible homicides.?? He explained, “our request to the RCMP was not about the deaths of preborn children, but rather the deaths of children who had already been born alive and who are, therefore, recognized as ‘human beings’ in Canadian law.??"

This is what I asked for:

"I would like to see all documentation (emails, letters, briefing notes, etc.) related to this request to the RCMP; that is, to and from the MPs and the RCMP. Also all documentation to and from the RCMP and any other government organization including the PMO, regarding this MP request for an investigation of possible homicides to the RCMP."

This is what I received back. Other than Maurice Vellacott's own letters, there are only two letters from Commissioner Bob Paulson to Mr. Vellacott. No other documentation of any kind to show that the commissioner did anything with the complaint.

A couple of points to note:

First, the Commissioner never acknowledged Mr. Vellacott's letter because he thought the "RCMP's public acknowledgement...was sufficient to confirm reception". Perhaps an actual response letter to Mr. Vellacott would have been in order? It's called common courtesy.

Second, the Commissioner summarily dismissed Mr. Vellacott's complaint of possible criminal behaviour regarding these born alive abortions. Without any reason, and without any investigation on the very serious allegations. Even when Mr. Vellacott details the pertinent criminal code section, which at the very least should give someone pause:

223 (1) A child becomes a human being within the meaning of this Act when it has completely proceeded, in a living state, from the body of its mother, whether or not

• (a) it has breathed;

• (b) it has an independent circulation; or

• (c) the navel string is severed.

Marginal note:Killing child

(2) A person commits homicide when he causes injury to a child before or during its birth as a result of which the child dies after becoming a human being.

Third, the second letter from the Commissioner. In this one, his disdain for these allegations is clear:

"The Statistics Canada figures you reference in your correspondence purportedly represent occurrences recorded in regulated medical facilities involving medical practitioners, who must abide by their professional obligations..."

Fourth, the commissioner's using the word purportedly shows that he didn't even bother to reach out to Stats Canada. Otherwise he would have learned that yes indeed, these are late term abortions where a child dies after it is born. It is not purportedly at all. Does he not trust Stats Canada?

Fifth, just because these abortions happen in regulated facilities, does that mean that we don't investigate possible occurrences of criminal behaviours? Think of Kermit Gosnell, the master of botched abortions.

Sixth, "Your assertion that some, any or all of these occurrences constitute a crime requires an untenable contortion of the Criminal Code..." How could it be an untenable contortion if you didn't investigate? The Commissioner's pro-abortion bias just oozes out from his choice of language.

Seventh, it is bizarre that Mr. Paulson was provided with both the data of the possible crimes and the Criminal Code citation, and then evasively indicates that the public is supposed to do his investigation for him.

Of course, we all know there is one set of rules for pro-life people, and one set of rules for pro-abortion people. Commissioner Paulson, on his own, without any investigation whatsoever into these very serious allegations, decided they had no merit.

Some might think this is all water under the bridge now because this happened ten years ago. But it isn't. These helpless little infants continue to be born alive after an abortion, and continue to die. And because of Canada's unrelenting pro-abortion ideology, we will continue to do nothing to stop it.

March for life 2015 - RCMP ATIP

After last year's March for Life (which took place on May 14, 2015), I did an ATIP to the RCMP to find out how they calculated the number of marchers at the event. According to the Ottawa Citizen, the RCMP said there were about 8,000 people.

So how did the RCMP come up with that number?

The RCMP march numbers are always a lot less than what pro-lifers estimate. So I wanted to find out how they did their calculations and after the march I did my own calculation for the march and concluded that our estimates of 25,000 marchers were reasonable.

The response I received from my RCMP ATIP started like this:

 "all the information reviewed qualifies for exemption pursuant to sub paragraphs 16(1)(a)(i) and 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Act*. We have however, exercised the discretionary powers provided by the Act and have released some of the information."

I did receive a couple of pages, but clearly a lot of information was missing (the pages I received were pages 1, 2, 19, 89, 127, 128, 132, 163, and 181; so there were at least 181 pages total).

As you can see below from what I did receive, the RCMP's "calculations" appear to be only estimates. There was no indication that the RCMP had done any actual crowd counts. In fact any crowd numbers indicated, vary hugely from 8,000 to 25,000+.

Regarding the previous year's crowd participation (i.e for 2014), page 2 (8,000) contradicts page 19, (12,000). Also on page 19 "past trends...were approximately 12,000 to 15,000", and on page 128, "are typically 20,000 or so participants". So even counts from past marches are contradictory.

On page 1, the RCMP states that 2015 crowds were about 10,000 people with no indication as to how they came up with that number.

Predicted crowds were 25,000. (Probably this number came from the organizers.)

Here are the references.

On Page 1 of the "Occurrence Details" report dated March 6, 2015:
The RCMP says "It is anticipated that crowds of up to and maybe in excess of 25,000 will be in attendance." Then on May 14, 2015 [the day of the event] they say: "The event took place today. Approximately 10,000 pro-life supporters attended the event."

On Page 2 of  the "Occurrence Details" report dated March 6, 2015:
The RCMP says "Expected number of participants listed at 25,000. Last year's participation was approximately 8,000 people."

On Page 19 of the "Operations Plan" (date unknown):
The RCMP says "Last year's participants were approximately 12,000 persons. This year predicted in excess of 25,000 participants. Past trends indicate the number more likely to be approximately 12,000 to 15,000 persons." 

On Page 128 in an email exchange between Daniel Bernier, Nikolas Zouroudis and Richard Gladu:
"As you know there are typically 20,000 or so participants.

On Page 132 in a "General Report" Dated May 9, 2014:
"The annual walk for life attract[sic] around 10,000 to 20,000 people every years [sic]."

On Page 181 of the "Occurrence summary":
"...it is expected that crowds of up to and maybe in excess of 25,000 will attend."

It looks like all of these crowd counts are estimates, and that no effort was made to accurately estimate the number of people attending.

Another question I have is this: why would the RCMP claim exemptions to giving me information? i.e. based on:

"the detection, prevention or suppression of crime or the enforcement of any law of Canada or a province". *

What crimes were committed? Certainly none by pro-lifers. So what else was in the remainder of the 170+ pages I didn't receive? Interestingly there were five female pro-choicers arrested for jumping over barricades. But no violence at all from 25,000 pro-lifers.

Until I can see some hard evidence that the RCMP is calculating march numbers based on reality, I think I will stick with the pro-life number calculations.

Next march is coming up on May 12, 2016. It will be interesting to see what the RCMP comes up with this time.
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*  http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/A-1/page-3.html#h-10

16 (1) The head of a government institution may refuse to disclose any record requested under this Act that contains

• (a) information obtained or prepared by any government institution, or part of any government institution, that is an investigative body specified in the regulations in the course of lawful investigations pertaining to
  

  • (i) the detection, prevention or suppression of crime,
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March for life 2015 - the numbers

Our anonymous pro-abortion blogger thinks we make up numbers about how many people attend the March for Life every year. Fake Person likes to call the March, "March for lies", and say that we are "lying liars".

I attended the march this year. As I have for the last number of years. I also videotaped the march as it progressed down Elgin Street.

In the video clip below, I caught the beginning of the march as it passes the War Memorial. The video also includes snippets of it as it progressed down Elgin St. At at the end of the video you will see the end of the line of people, which is followed by two police vehicles and an ambulance.

I was taping at the Human Right Monument on Elgin St. which is .7 km from the War Memorial. The people continued down Elgin St. between these two points for at least 30 minutes.

Up near the War Memorial, the road is at least three lanes wide where the marchers can be seen (there are also additional turning lanes and bicycle lanes in many places, so the road is even wider but I'll ignore that fact for my calculations below).

Down where I was at the Human Rights Monument, the road is two lanes wide. The density of people you see in the video remained fairly constant until the end. I would guess at least 1 person per square metre, and often more. (In some areas it was more congested than others, like when it narrows to 2 lanes. So there would have been times when there were more than 1 person per square metre)

A one lane road in Ottawa is at least 3.5 metres wide but can be as wide as 4.25 metres. I will use the 3.5 metre width.

Where Elgin St. is three lanes wide, that's at least 10.5 metres wide. It is this wide from the War Memorial to Laurier St., or about 480 metres. That's about 5,040 square metres. (10.5 X 480). From Laurier to the Human Rights monument, it's about 220 meters long. That's about 1,540 square meters (7 X 220). At about one person per square metre, that's at least 6,580 people (5,040+1,540) in one screen shot.

According to google maps, it takes about 8 minutes to get from the war memorial to the Human Rights monument. That means the 6,580 people we see in one screen shot, and then changes about every 8 minutes for a total of 3.75 times. (Again this is only an estimate. People would probably walk slower when the road went from three lanes to two lanes.)

That would mean approximately 24,675 people walked in the march (6,580 X 3.75). Could be more could be less. The RCMP said there were 8,000 to 10,000 people there. How did they calculate this? I don't know.

Whether there were 8,000 people or 25,000 people Marching Thursday, it doesn't really matter. Because we were out there in defence of human rights for all human beings. A lot of us were there. That is what is important.

Instead of being an arm-chair ridiculer, maybe our anonymous pro-abortion blogger could organize her own march in defense of abortion. It would be very informative to see how many people would show up in support of a woman's right to kill her pre-born child.

Watch the video for yourself, and make your own conclusions about the numbers of people walking in the March for Life this year.

More videos of the march here. Thanks to Maureen for putting all the videos together.