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OB次元官网网址橳oole said he supports a womanB次元官网网址檚 right to choose and will personally vote against the private memberB次元官网网址檚 bill from Saskatchewan MP Cathay Wagantall.

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Wagantall said the bill, which is up for debate on Wednesday, is about gender equality and believes many Canadians think pregnancies should not be terminated on the basis of sex.

Abortion is among the delicate issues OB次元官网网址橳oole must navigate as he hopes to grow the Conservative party ahead of the next general election.

OB次元官网网址橳oole also won the leadership of the party with the help of social conservatives in the raceB次元官网网址檚 ranked ballot system.

He had asked to be the number 2 and number 3 choice for supporters of Derek Sloan, who was booted from caucus earlier this year, and Leslyn Lewis, a Toronto lawyer who plans to run for the party in the next general election.

Their down-ballot support pushed OB次元官网网址橳oole to victory over Peter MacKay, who previously said issues around same-sex marriage and abortion were hung around former leader Andrew ScheerB次元官网网址檚 neck like a B次元官网网址渟tinking albatrossB次元官网网址� during the 2019 election, when the Liberals were re-elected.

OB次元官网网址橳oole did not answer a question Monday about whether he would instruct his opposition critics to vote against the bill.

Wagantall said when it comes to her bill, she believes Conservative MPs will have a free vote on matters of conscience.

OB次元官网网址橳oole is entitled to his stance and she feels at home in the Conservative party, Wagantall said at her own news conference.

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Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press

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