year because his speech certainly made it respectable to be anti-Catholic." The Progressive Conservatives actually won the election by a narrow margin and formed a minority government afterwards, but lost power two months later after being defeated on a confidence vote in the legislature. The new government of Liberal premier David Peterson continued Davis and Miller's support for full Catholic school funding, and Garnsworthy continued his battle against the legislation. In 1986, Garnsworthy argued that teachers applying for positions in the Catholic system should not be required to have a letter of recommendation from a priest; his position was that this requirement prevented non-Catholics from seeking a publicly funded office. Despite his efforts, full funding was extended to Catholic schools by the Peterson government. Other views Garnsworthy defended Ontario's Sunday shopping laws in 1986 and argued that store owners who violated the laws were exploiting their non-unionized employees. In 1987, he spoke against a proposal to re-institute the death penalty in Canada. Garnsworthy spoke in support of AIDS victims in 1987, saying that they have a right to pastoral care within the church community and expressing concern at "fear and ignorance abroad about AIDS." Final years Garnsworthy did not seek re-election to his provincial office in 1985. He retired as Bishop of Toronto in 1989; in his last address, he called on the various churches of Toronto to work together and take a greater role in combatting social ills. Garnsworthy underwent surgery to remove a cancerous lung in July 1983. He died in January 1990. The Lewis Garnsworthy Residence on Toronto's Dufferin Street is named in his honour. References 1922 births 1990 deaths 20th-century Anglican archbishops 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Anglican bishops of Toronto Metropolitans of Ontario People from Edmonton University of Alberta alumni