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Toronto Catholic District School Board
Ward 01
Number to Elect: 1

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Robert is a devout Catholic and solidly pro-life and pro-family. He would be a wondeful Catholic school trustee.

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Di Francesco is an adherent to LGBT ideology, which promotes multiple types of sexual immorality. In 2022, criticized CLC on Twitter for our pro-family, pro-Catholic petition.

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Dias has no contact information publicly available, so CLC was not able to send her our 2026 Catholic school trustee questionnaire. Therefore, here position on life, family & faith issues is still unknown.
Robert Pella Jennifer Di Francesco Maria Dias
CLC Rating Pro-life, pro-familyPro-LGBT ideologyPosition unknown
RATING COMMENTS: Robert is a devout Catholic and solidly pro-life and pro-...

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1. Will you work to ensure that your Board publicly promotes total fidelity to the faith and moral teachings of the Catholic Church? (Current examples include the illicitness of abortion, contraception and homosexual practice) YesNo (per public statement)survey not sent
2. Will you work to ensure that Catholic schools do not invite guest speakers who have publicly expressed positions that contradict the morality and teaching of the Church, no matter how great their achievements in politics, business, sports, science or the arts? YesNo (per public statement)survey not sent
3. Will you work to ensure that educational materials that enter the premises of Catholic schools (e.g., library resources, curriculum texts, awareness campaigns, flyers) and all approved school activities are consistent with and do not undermine the morality and teachings of the Church? YesNo (per public statement)survey not sent
4. Will you oppose sex-ed programs which are contrary to Church teaching? YesNo (per public statement)survey not sent
5. Given that the Gay Pride flag is a controversial political symbol which contradicts Church teaching on marriage & human sexuality, will you oppose any and all proposals to fly the Gay Pride flag at Catholic schools, at the board office, or to acknowledge and celebrate June as “Pride month”? YesNo (per public statement)survey not sent
6. Will you work to ensure that your Catholic school board enacts a policy requiring all agents and employees of the board to uphold the rights of custodial parents to direct and control the education of, and any medical treatment provided to, their dependent children attending its schools? YesNo (per public statement)survey not sent
7. Are there any circumstances under which you believe a woman should have access to abortion*? (*Note: a surgical or medical intervention designed to prevent the death of the mother but which results in the unintended and undesired death of the pre-born child, is not an abortion) Nosurvey not yet sentsurvey not sent
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