Bishop Douglas Crosby, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, has called the Canadian government's new overseas abortion policy "a reprehensible example of Western cultural imperialism."
Cardinal Thomas Collins of Toronto expressed "deep concern and disappointment" and called it "arrogant for powerful, wealthy nations to dictate what priorities developing countries should embrace."
Cardinal Collins and Bishop Douglas Crosby wrote separately to the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in response to a March 8 announcement that the government would spend US$483m over three years to provide abortion and other services in the developing world.
