"A practising Catholic, Ms. Raitt said as leader she would not reopen the abortion debate, but would let private members have their say. “I’m being clear right from the beginning, I will not introduce legislation even through the back door,” she said."

The abortion issue was resolved a long time ago in Canada.  Absolutely nothing has changed to justify re-opening the issue and yet here we have two faced Ms. Raitt trying to use the issue to appeal for support by encouraging discussion about it while at the same time pretending to be satisfied with the status quo.  Mr. Harper had the courage at least to take a firm stand with his MPs on this matter. Of course, he was already leader, not running for the position like Ms Raitt.