Pro-life Catholic elected speaker of Canada’s Parliament

June 08, 2011

Andrew Scheer, a 32-year-old Catholic and father of four from Saskatchewan, has been elected the youngest speaker in the history of Canada’s Parliament.

Described by a Canadian pro-life newspaper as a “passionate social conservative” who is “unabashedly pro-life,” Scheer has spoken out against same-sex marriage. Scheer faced criticism from some of his colleagues in 2010 when he invited Opus Dei’s vicar for Canada to the Parliament’s restaurant.

 

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Further information:

• Andrew Scheer, 32, takes Speaker's chair (Winnipeg Free Press)
• Saskatchewan Tory MP Andrew Scheer values family (The Interim)
• Catholicism prominent in public life of Canada's new House speaker (CNS)
• Jewish Ezra Levant Slams Anti-Christian Bigotry in Canadian Parliament (LifeSiteNews)