By Stephen Gray
“The Commons won't vote on a Conservative MP's private
bill to define marriage as a union between a man and a
woman. A Commons committee decided Thursday that …
Moore's bill will not qualify for a vote after it is
introduced next week. The committee decides which
private bills will be votable.”
(Canoe C-News November 26, 2004.)
Who still believes that Canada is a democracy? The
latest example of our political dictatorship was on
Thursday, 25th November, 2004. A small political gang
of MPs voted down, M.P. Rob Moore’s private members
Bill C-268, which stated that marriage in Canada was
between a man and a woman. How can a minority of MPs
be allowed to subvert the democratic process? How can
these MPs be allowed to impose their beliefs on the
so-called democratic system? This Bill C- 268 should
have been allowed to be voted on by all members of
parliament so that the people of the country could see
who are those opposed to or in support of traditional
marriage. “Moore said Liberal, NDP and Bloc members
on the committee should have allowed the vote. ‘By
shutting down debate, a majority of the members of the
committee have denied millions of Canadians a choice
on this important issue,’" (Canoe C-News Nov. 26,
2004.)
This subversion by this small political faction should
not be allowed to stand. If Svend Robinson, a self
confessed and convicted ring thief, could have his
private members Bill passed when he was an MP, why is
it a decent law abiding MPs bill is refused? Does a
powerful special interest group have control over our
parliamentary system?
Lifesite News of Nov. 25, 2004 had this to say on
private members Bills: “Since a parliamentary
procedural amendment two years ago which was to make
almost all private members' bills votable, only three
bills have been deemed non-votable. All three were
private members bills supporting the traditional
definition of marriage put forward by Conservative
MPs. (Grant Hill, Jim Pankiw and now Rob Moore)”
Something is rotten in the House on the Hill when
there seems to be certain bills singled out to be
“non-votable.” Is this a form of discrimination under
the Charter. Oh, I forgot the Charter only applies if
you are a politically correct special interest group.
The hypocrisy of some who inhabit this House of
“democracy” was seen recently in the news headlines.
Some MPs were front and center - these people love
attention when it suits them - criticizing the result
of the undemocratic election in the Ukraine. We have
our own little Ukraine here in Canada with the refusal
of a vote on Bill C- 268. It is a wonder these so
called “democracy defending politicians” don’t choke
on their own hypocrisy. That old saying: “people who
live in glass houses should not throw stones” surely
applies here. Of course this is another example of the
“democratic deficit” that flourishes in Canada.
Lifesite News also stated: “LifeSiteNews.com has
learned that Moore has one possibility to appeal still
open to him…. He may appeal to the full House of
Commons to deem his bill votable. If Moore chooses to
proceed with the final appeal, a secret ballot vote by
all members will determine the votability of his
private members' bill.”
Hopefully this appeal will go to parliament, then we
will be able to see if we really do still live in a
democracy and all MPs will have a chance to show the
people what they are made of.
One wonders how much more the decent and law abiding
people of this country are prepared to take from some
of these political imposters who are turning the
country into a political dictatorship. There is no
doubt that sooner or later something has to give. I
believe the abuse of our political system cannot be
allowed to continue when a small gang of MPs can
subvert democracy.
Stephen Gray
Nov. 27, 2004.
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