Conservatives are not going to create anti-abortion legislation in Canada. I repeat: abortions are not going anywhere under a future Pierre Poilievre Conservative government.

You wouldn’t know it, though, based on the frantic pearl clutching of the prime minister and his Liberals lately.

Justin Trudeau and his MPs are lying. It has become a Liberal pastime to use the abortion “issue” (read: non-issue) to distract and divide Canadians when things aren’t going their way. With the Liberal caucus currently on the verge of revolt, it only made sense that the issue was rehashed. One can practically envision Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland taking their eleventh coffee break of the day to scheme about how to take the heat off his failing leadership. “I’ve got it!” shouts Trudeau, “Let’s fear monger about abortion again!” And Freeland, twitching with a latte in hand: “It’s perfect!”