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Waterloo Catholic District School Board
Cambridge & North Dumfries
Number to Elect: 3

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Very solid in his Catholic faith, and pro-life convictions. On April 28, 2025, he voted in favour of a motion to ban all political symbols from Catholic schools, including the controversial LGBT Pride flag.

Winston was previously the incumbent trustee for the Kitchener & Wilmot ward, but in the 2026 elections he decided to run in the Cambridge & North Dumfries ward instead.

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Marisa was deemed to be a faithful Catholic and an excellent candidate for trustee. On April 28, 2025, she voted in favour of a motion to ban all political symbols from Catholic schools, including the divisive and controversial LGBT Pride flag.

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Gave perfect answers to CLC's 2026 Catholic school trustee candidate survey. She would make an outstanding trustee.

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Andrew is known to be solidly pro-life and a supporter of parental rights in education.
incumbent incumbent
Winston Francis Marisa Phillips Jennifer Allore Andrew Smutniak
CLC Rating Pro-life, pro-familyPro-life, pro-familyPro-life, pro-familyPro-life, pro-family
RATING COMMENTS: Very solid in his Catholic faith, and pro-life conviction...

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Marisa was deemed to be a faithful Catholic and an excell...

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Gave perfect answers to CLC's 2026 Catholic school truste...

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Andrew is known to be solidly pro-life and a supporter of...

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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) yes (based on voting record)yes (based on voting record)yes--
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? ----yes--
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? yes (based on voting record)yes (based on voting record)yes--
4. Will you oppose sex-ed programs which are contrary to Church teaching? ----yes--
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”? yes (based on voting record)yes (based on voting record)yes--
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? ----yes--
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) ----no--

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Sikora betrayed Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church by voting on April 28, 2025, to continue flying the LGBTQ Pride flag at every Catholic school, throughout the month of June.
On April 14th, he also voted to elect a woke, pro-LGBTQ trustee as the new Chair of the Board when there was a clear option to vote for someone else who is much more faithful to Catholic moral teaching.

incumbent
Bob Sikora
CLC Rating Pro-LGBT ideology, Anti-parental rights
RATING COMMENTS: Sikora betrayed Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church by v...

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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) No (based on voting record)
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? No (based on voting record)
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? No (based on voting record)
4. Will you oppose sex-ed programs which are contrary to Church teaching? No (based on voting record)
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”? No (based on voting record)
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? No (based on voting record)
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) --
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