From LifeSiteNews

By Anthony Murdoch

The second ‘Million Person March for Children,’ in which pro-family citizens will gather across the country in protest of gender ideology being pushed on kids in schools, is set to take place this Friday following the success of last year’s inaugural event.

After a successful and well-attended event last year, the second annual Million Person March for Children is set to take place coast to coast this Friday, with organizer’s hoping to see thousands of Canadians join to “safeguard children” from “sexual indoctrination” and stand in favor of parental rights.

“We refuse to stand by while the Government and School system allow sexually explicit content and gender ideology to be distributed in our classrooms,” says Hands Off Our Kids, the group organizing the nationwide event.  

“This movement embraces principles of human dignity, freedom of thought, and religious freedoms. Our mission includes safeguarding children’s rights, nurturing their growth in a safe environment, and promoting critical thinking through quality education.” 

On September 20, most cities in Canada will see march participants take to the streets in peaceful solidarity starting at 8:00 a.m. local time.  

The event’s main organizer is Muslim pro-family activist Kamel El-Cheikh, whose organization Hands Off Our Kids, is putting on the event. A full list of locations is available on the organization’s website.  

While the movement was founded by El-Cheikh, last year’s event included a large number of Christians as well.  

Michael Clark, who serves as the Executive Director for the David and Goliath Program of the Christian Impact Network, told LifeSiteNews that it “identified the Million Man March as a good cause to amplify and support.”   

Clark told LifeSiteNews that his organization “is a group of Christian professionals that help behind the scenes and give horsepower to good causes.” 

As for Hands Off Our Kids, it says the goal of the march is to raise awareness for the “well-being of children and reinforcing a just, inclusive, and rights-respecting society.”

“This collective effort holds current governments worldwide accountable and underscores their responsibilities towards the most vulnerable members of our society,” says the group. 

“We are fighting for our children to be able to learn in a healthy school system that is free from biases and indoctrination.” 

Hands Off Our Kids works together with other pro-family groups, including Campaign Life Coalition, the Mama Bears, Veterans for Freedom, and, just recently, Canadians for Truth. 

The group’s main message, as per its website, is that “parents are responsible for their children’s moral and upbringing, not politicians and that is why it is our duty to speak up and have our voices heard when we say, ‘HANDS OFF OUR KIDS.’”  

“In essence, the #1MILLIONMARCH4CHILDREN is the protest that celebrates our differences while serving as a powerful expression of collective concern, fostering dialogue, positive change, and the preservation of core human values.” 

Friday’s Million Person March will be the group’s second major protest of the year. As reported by LifeSiteNews, this past June saw teachers and staff at an elementary school in Ottawa, Ontario, baffled when 591 out of 738 students were missing from the school’s LGBT “pride” flag raising ceremony. 

As reported by LifeSiteNews, LGBT indoctrination targeting kids has been on the rise in Canada and worldwide.  

For example, LifeSiteNews recently reported on how a school board located in a predominantly conservative Christian part of Manitoba will now have a governmental “adviser” oversee its activities after a pro-“diversity” parents group complained it was not being “inclusive” enough because some of its trustees participated in last year’s 1 Million March 4 Children rally. 

From LifeSiteNews

By Anthony Murdoch

Trudeau’s Liberals lost yet another by-election in a ‘safe’ riding, garnering just 27.2 percent of the vote. The seat, which has been held by the Liberals since its creation in 2015, was won by the Liberals with 42.9 percent of the vote in 2021.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed Canadians need to understand what is “at stake” after his Liberal Party lost yet another byelection in a supposedly “safe” Liberal area.

After the last votes were counted early Tuesday morning, results from the Montreal-area LaSalle–Émard–Verdun riding byelection held on Monday had Bloc Québécois candidate Louis-Philippe Sauvé beat out Liberal candidate Laura Palestini by a slim margin.

The Bloc’s Sauvé garnered 28 percent of the vote, while the Liberal’s Palestini rang in with 27.2 percent of the vote. While the margin of loss was slim for the Liberals, the drop-off is significant considering the Liberals handily won the riding with 42.9 percent of the vote in 2021.

In third place was New Democratic Party with 26.1 percent of the vote, while the Conservatives came in an expected fourth place with 11.6 percent.

Speaking with reporters Tuesday morning, Trudeau, instead of taking blame for his Liberal Party’s increasing unpopularity and recent byelection upset losses, claimed that Canadian voters just need to be more “engaged.”  

“We need people to be more engaged. We need people to understand what’s at stake in this upcoming election,” he said,  referring to the looming 2025 election, which at this point could feasibly be called early. 

“Obviously, it would have been nicer to be able to… win… but there’s more work to do and we’re going to stay.”  

Last Friday, Trudeau boasted to reporters that he could not “wait for the conversations we’re having in LaSalle-Émard-Verdun.”

“I can’t wait to welcome Laura Palestini to Ottawa,” he added at the time.  

The LaSalle–Émard riding, until Monday, had been under Liberal hands since it was created in 2015. Trudeau’s former minister of justice, David Lametti, was its MP until he resigned earlier this year. 

Monday’s Liberal byelection loss is the second shock defeat for Trudeau’s party in just over two months. In June, the Conservative Party won a by-election in a longstanding Liberal stronghold riding in downtown Toronto. 

The most recent loss suggests that Trudeau’s Liberal government is indeed hanging on by a thread, as suggested by all recent polls which have shown that Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party is set to win big when the next federal election takes place.

The souring of voters to the Liberal Party under Trudeau comes at the same time that even some of his MPs are turning on him. Last week, LifeSiteNews reported on how Liberal MP Alexandra Mendès, who serves as the assistant deputy speaker of the House of Commons, became the first in the party to publicly call for Trudeau to resign, saying directly that he is not the “right leader” for the party. 

The Trudeau resignation call comes amid Trudeau losing support from the socialist NDP to keep him in power. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh pulled his official support for Trudeau’s Liberals two weeks ago. 

Poilievre has promised that at “earliest possible opportunity” he will bring forth a non-confidence motion against Trudeau’s Liberal government which, if successful, would force an immediate election.