Oct 12, 2011

Free our Children from "Free the Children"

The Ottawa Catholic School Board has recently entered into a partnership with a charity called “Free the Children”. A recent article outlining some of the problems with this partnership can be found here.

The founders of “Free the Children” are Marc and Craig Kielburger, each currently enjoy the title of ”Ambassadors for Free the Children (Volunteer)”.

The information memorandum regarding the partnership was presented to the Board of Trustees on September 27th. . This memorandum included a slide (p. 57) titled “Catholicity” where Marc Kielburger states
“…both my brother, Craig, and I are proud members of the Catholic faith”
and a little later says,
“We choose to live our faith through our service work as volunteers with Free the Children”
Based on these slides, it appears that these young men will be presented as Catholic role models for our children as the charity is rolled out in our schools.

The problem with this is that Marc and Craig are both pro-Planned Parenthood. This can be attested to by a Toronto Star article which they authored where they protested funding cuts to the largest abortion provider in the world and lamented the fact that women in Africa aren't given the right to kill their unborn children like women in Canada are.

Another issue is that Craig is pro-sodomy (we don't know here Marc stands on the issue). Craig publicly attended a charity event where money was being raised for Egale, the largest homosexual activist organization in Canada. It should also be noted that Free the Children was a sponsor for this event. That's right, when your son or daughter is raising money for Free the Children, some of it might be going to charities that Free the Children sponsor, like Egale.

Presenting the Kielburger's as Catholic role models for our students, which is how they will be presented, is scandalous. It is the equivalent of teaching our kids that the killing of unborn children and sodomy are not really sins, much less serious ones. For this reason alone another charity, one without the mixed messages for our kids, should have been chosen.

Imagine if the Kielburger's wrote articles saying they denied the holocaust or defended the slave trade. You can be sure that Free the Children would have been shown the door pretty quickly. Advocating for the slicing up of babies in their mother's wombs on the other hand........doesn't seem to be a problem.

Please contact the following people to express your objections to the Ottawa Catholic School Board's partnership with Free the Children:

Contact Information:
Gordon Butler
Chairman, Ottawa Catholic School Board of Trustees
Phone: 613-828-3573
Fax: 613-828-4472
Email: Gordon.Butler@ottawacatholicschools.ca

Julian Hanlon
Director of Education and Secretary Treasurer, Ottawa Catholic School Board
Phone: 613-224-4455 ext 2272
Fax: 613-228-4158
Email: Director@ottawacatholicschools.ca

Thomas D’Amico
Superintendent of Student Success Department (Learning Technologies)
Phone: 613-224-4455 ext 2303
Fax: 613-224-0793
Email: Thomas.D’Amico@ottawacatholicschools.ca

Archbishop Terrence Prendergast
1247 Kilborn Place
Ottawa, Ontario K1H 6K9
Phone: 613-738-5025
Fax: 613-738-0130
E-mail: archbishop@archottawa.ca

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