The Tories take their anti-gun-registry crusade to Thompson Manitoba and find that the local population does not share their zealotry. Or possibly the chicken sucked.
Meanwhile Joe Comartin frets and worries but over the registry but misses the obvious solution: C-391 is really a government bill--PM Harper has admitted as much--so have Jack Layton whip the vote.
Or pay the price: you think people don't see through this silly charade?
In other words, Layton has to make a "real" decision that will affect the country - is he up to the job?
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that Layton is the only leader who is allowing his members to represent their constituants by allowing a free vote. If the other leaders did the same we'd have democracy. It is 'usual' to have free votes on private members' bills.
ReplyDeleteIts not a private member's bill. It has been made to look like one just so Jack (and Iggy, whose shown a little more guyts on the issue) could make the argument you are making.
ReplyDeleteThe real purpose was hidden in the original article when the Cons get the shot in about how Ashton's done 'nothing' for the riding and how Mr. Honest Toewes stated MP Ashton *has* never come to *him* for anything on behalf of the riding, which somehow implies she's just lazing around eating bonbons while her riding burns.
ReplyDeleteSo this is more yarping on for Con candidates in ridings where the elected members aren't Cons. Wonder if they're going to start pushing for ignoring the MP and encouraging riding members to contact the Con condidate if they want Ottawa to hear them.
Aside from that, the paper of record seemed to oblige the Cons. For an article that marked abysmal turnout and that the foreign invaders all left early after annoying regular patrons of the restaurant, there was also paragraphs of stenography for CONcern trolling.
Who would expect anything different? Conservatives holding a political meeting in an NDP stronghold? Oh, please...
ReplyDelete(oh, and just because you don't like a private members bill doesn't mean that it is a government bill in disguise. You could make that accusation about *any* private members bill. The same rules still apply, and it will stand (or fall) accordingly...)
And in other breaking news, a 22-year veteran of the Edmonton Police department has just conducted a cross-Canada survey of 2600 police officers. 2410 of them said they thought the long-gun registry was useless. Sorry...