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Encyclopedia > Liberals for Life

Liberals for Life was an anti-abortion pressure group that worked within the Liberal Party of Canada during the 1980s and early 1990s. Some of its members were also affiliated with Campaign Life, and it was often accused of entrism. The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada) is Canadas current governing political party. ... Campaign Life is a Canadian anti-abortion group, largely centred in the province of Ontario. ... Entryism (or entrism or enterism) is a political tactic by which a smaller organisation joins a (usually hostile) larger organisation in an attempt to either gain recruits, influence or both. ...


According to members, the Liberals for Life organization was started after the national victory of Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative Party in the 1984 federal election. It attracted little attention until the early 1990s, when it endorsed Tom Wappel's bid for the party leadership and won control of several riding associations. The Right Honourable Martin Brian Mulroney, PC , CC , GOQ , LL.D (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) was a Canadian centre-right conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ... The Canadian federal election of 1984 was called on July 4, 1984, and held on September 4 of that year. ... Thomas William Wappel, MP (born February 9, 1950) is a Canadian Member of Parliament. ...


In 1992, the Liberal Party's constitution was amended to allow the leader to appoint candidates in certain ridings. Many believe this measure was approved to prevent Liberals for Life from further co-opting the party's nomination process. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...


The movement effectively dissolved in 1993, after the Liberal Party formed government. 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...


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Liberals for Life was an anti-abortion pressure group that worked within the Liberal Party of Canada during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Some of its members were also affiliated with Campaign Life, and the group was often accused of entrism.
It was generally understood that Liberals for Life was the primary target of this remark.
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