Anti-Abortion Lobby Bringing Priest Who Gave Nazi Salute To Canada For Youth Conference
Calvin Robinson had his licence to provide ministry to the Anglican Catholic Church revoked after the incident.

Calvin Robinson is being brought to Canada by Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) as part of its annual March for Life in Ottawa, Ontario.

He is scheduled to speak at the Youth Summit during the one-day event taking place on May 9 at the Ottawa Conference and Events Centre. Organized by CLC’s youth wing and Niagara Region Right to Life, Robinson is scheduled appear as one of two keynote speakers.

CLC describes itself as "the political arm of the pro-life movement in Canada," though its aims are much broader. CLC has taken a position against abortion, birth control, in vitro fertilization, being transgender, queer and transgender rights, and feminism.

Categorizing his career as a staunch “pro-life advocate, campaigning for free speech and religious freedoms in Britain and the West,” he is known for debating “against three bishops from the Church of England who were arguing in favour of same-sex marriage in the Church.”

While Robinson has repeatedly positioned himself as a political figure, he is currently the lead spokesperson for the Eurosceptic, far-right United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), he made global headlines while attending the National Pro-Life Summit.

In a move meant to mimic the gesture made by Elon Musk—where the world’s richest man told a crowd he was giving “my heart” to them and proceeded to make an arm gesture similar to the salute used in Hitler’s Germany—Robinson told the summit “My heart goes out to you,” and then made the arm motion.

“It's not about whether we agree or disagree with everything a speaker has said or done. Fr. Calvin has made clear he is in no way a Nazi,” said Maeve Gainey, Campaign Life Coalition's Youth and Outreach Coordinator, when reached for comment. “We selected him as a speaker because of his expertise on freedom of expression and the censorship of the pro-life movement. We won't engage in cancel culture.”