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   Another 'ugly Christian' raises his head and runs for the party we know as the   
   Harper Cons.  He wants more 'religion' in our government - when it seems more   
   of his party want less of the muslim religion.   'Ours' - not 'yours'.     
      
   Keep this man out of any government position.   
      
   Candidates for Winnipeg South:   
      
   Conservatives:  Gordon Giesbrecht   
   Liberal Party:  Terry Duguid   
   New Democrats:   Brianne Goertzen   
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   By The Canadian Press -- Sep 22 2015   
      
   Winnipeg Conservative candidate compares abortion numbers in Canada to   
   Holocaust   
      
   WINNIPEG - A Conservative candidate in Winnipeg has compared the number of   
   abortions in Canada to the death tolls of the Holocaust and the 9-11 attack in   
   the United States.   
      
   Gordon Giesbrecht, who is running in Winnipeg-South, made the comments in a   
   video posted online in 2009 when he was president of Horizon College and   
   Seminary, a Christian academy in Saskatoon.   
      
   In the video, Giesbrecht says the number of abortions in recent decades equals   
   "a 9-11 every day" and surpasses the number of people killed in the Holocaust   
   in the Second World War.   
      
   "That's a very serious problem that confronts our youth in the world and in   
   our churches," he says in the video.   
      
   "Unfortunately, this issue is seldom, if ever, addressed in our churches   
   today."   
      
   He then quotes a Bible passage that refers to God knowing someone before they   
   were shaped in the womb.   
      
   Giesbrecht was not available for comment Tuesday evening.  His campaign   
   manager, Olivia Baldwin-Valainis, said Giesbrecht was out door-knocking and   
   would not be made available.  Baldwin-Valainis said the Conservative party   
   position has been, and remains,    
   that the abortion issue will not be reopened.   
      
   Giesbrecht's feelings were also expressed more recently to the anti-abortion   
   group Campaign Life Coalition, according to the group's website.  The group   
   has awarded Giesbrecht a "green light," saying he opposed women having access   
   to abortion under any    
   circumstance in response to questions in May.   
      
   Giesbrecht, a former university faculty member known as "Professor Popsicle"   
   for his research into cold water survival, is running for the Conservatives in   
   a riding they have held under Rod Bruinooge, who recently retired from   
   politics, since 2006.   
      
   Bruinooge's vocal opposition to abortion did not appear to hurt his electoral   
   wins in the suburban riding.  He was the chair of a parliamentary caucus which   
   sought to rekindle the abortion debate and bring what he called "more value"   
   to the lives of    
   unborn children.   He also spoke out shortly after abortion provider Henry   
   Morgentaler was awarded the Order of Canada in 2008, calling it    
   reprehensible."   
      
   Giesbrecht made his personal opposition to abortion known to a Parliamentary   
   committee in 2001.   He also told the committee, which was studying proposed   
   guidelines for assisted reproduction and the involvement of fetuses for   
   research, that a regulatory    
   agency governing the area should include religious representation as well.   
      
   "I would encourage the committee to ensure that representation on this body   
   include not only politicians and scientists but faith-based and ethics groups   
   as well," he said, according to the committee transcript.   
      
   Giesbrecht's main opponents are Liberal Terry Duguid and New Democrat Brianne   
   Goertzen, who are both running for parties with pro-choice platforms.   
      
   "References to 9-11 and the holocaust are really most unfortunate and I don't   
   think they're worthy of any further comment," Duguid said.   
      
   "We believe in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and we will safeguard a   
   woman's right to choose."   
      
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