We are two months away from the federal election and today Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer faced some tough questions
He says his party won't revisit debates around abortion or gay marriage if his party forms government this fall.
Scheer has been out of the spotlight for days after the Liberals released a video of him laying out his opposition to same-sex marriage.
Today, Scheer says that every single person has the same right to self-worth and dignity and that he will always stand up for the equality rights of L-G-B-T-Q Canadians.
But he says individual MPs would be free to express themselves on those issues leaving open the possibility that private members' bills could be used to try to restrict LGBT people's rights or the right to abort a pregnancy.
Scheer says those issues are settled and, as prime minister, he would oppose any measure to re-open them.
Both have been bedevilling Scheer for the past week, since the Liberals circulated a 14-year-old video of him explaining to the House of Commons why he was opposed to same-sex marriage.
His Quebec lieutenant, meanwhile, has sown confusion over the abortion issue, telling Conservative candidates in the province that backbench MPs would not be allowed to propose private member's bills to restrict abortion access.