Mon Dec 20, 2021 – 3:37 pm EST
OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — Canada’s pro-abortion Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ordered his finance minister Chrystia Freeland to strip pro-life groups, including churches and crisis pregnancy centers, of their charitable tax status by amending the nation’s income tax laws.
Trudeau wrote to Freeland in his “Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Mandate Letter” dated December 16 that she must “[i]ntroduce amendments to the Income Tax Act to make anti-abortion organizations that provide dishonest counselling to pregnant women about their rights and options ineligible for charitable status.”
Trudeau added that Freeland must also “expand the Medical Expense Tax Credit to include costs reimbursed to surrogate mothers for IVF expenses.”
“You will be supported in this work by the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth,” added Trudeau.
Trudeau’s extreme attack on pro-life organizations that provide counseling to expecting mothers by going after the group’s tax charity status was part of the Liberal Party 2021 election platform, released in August.
The “Forward for Everyone” platform claimed that “anti-choice organizations are actively working to spread misinformation about abortion, putting the health and safety of young people and vulnerable women at risk.”
It promised, “A re-elected Liberal government will: No longer provide charity status to anti-abortion organizations (for example, Crisis Pregnancy Centres) that provide dishonest counseling to women about their rights
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