Talk:Pierre Lemieux

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"Lemieux is viewed as a prominent social conservative; he is one of the most vocal opponents of abortion and same-sex marriage among the newly elected Conservatives."

I edited this line because while Lemieux could be described as a social conservative he is neither prominent nor vocal when it comes to social conservatism.

He didn't campaign on abortion and only mentioned his opposition to it when reporters brought it up.

Furthermore, revisiting same-sex marriage was a very minor aspect of his campaign which wouldn't have received as much attention had it not been a national policy of the party.

The two themes he campaigned on were support for farmers and accountability in government.

For these reasons I would not consider him a "vocal social conservative; if you view his website you'll see little or no evidence of social conservatism.

Secondly, he is not yet "prominent". He was a relative unknown before his nomination and although he is an MP, he is only one of 308 and as a first term MP is likely to remain a little-known backbencher for quite a while.

- Anon., Feb. 2, 2006

The reason he has little information on social conservatism on his website is because the party urged them to avoid such to make their more conservative candidates appear "moderate". His record, according to both conservative and liberal groups, is staunchly anti-abortion and anti-same sex marriage. EGALE Canada gave him an "F" grade with a (since deleted) note suggesting that he has a radical right wing social agenda. Campaign Life Coalition rates him as "pro-life and pro-marriage without exceptions". [1] CrazyC83 02:15, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

That may be true, however, that does not prove that he is a "vocal" or "prominent" social conservative. All it proves is that he's a social conservative. Anon - Feb 14, 2006