BC will be a losing battle for the Conservatives in the next election and their MPs know it - they’ve lost significantly in the polls in this province over the last year.
“This is a bad piece of legislation both in form and substance. The details in this bill needed work,” [Cullen] said, adding the government is already amending its own bill. While there’s no evidence of this, the government would only amend its own bill from pressure within its caucus and party. Keep the pressure up on your MPs and your CPC friends to remind them they don’t have to follow their government’s path.
There are more - available to see on his profile at https://twitter.com/#!/WoodworthMP. Most Conservatives do not agree with these rants that deny the rights of women to choose. Tell your Conservative MP you do not support a party that supports this kind of rhetoric.
CPC ad 2006: “How is it that hundreds of millions of dollars go missing & no one’s in jail?”
Now it’s billions of dollars, and still no one is in jail.
Christian Paradis, a corporate lawyer, caught breaking the law. Retains his seat as Minister of Industry and Minister of State (Agriculture).
Opposition to Bill C-30 grows
This evening in Vancouver, NDP MP Libby Davies hosted a forum on Bill C-30. A few key points for the It Only Takes 12 campaign came out of this:
- The bill was put on the back burner recently - after it was sent to committee, no plans have been made as of yet for actually bring it up in committee. This doesn’t mean the bill is dead, but it will certainly be slowed down, allowing for more time to build opposition.
- There are now almost half a dozen Conservative MPs who have mused about their own opposition to this bill - while no names were presented (beyond the one we already reported on, and David Tilson and Rob Anders), this is a sign that there are cracks that can be taken advantage of.
- OpenMedia.ca received a letter a few weeks ago (we missed this, sorry!) from a group calling themselves “Principled Conservatives,” expressing their discontent with this bill.
- Libby Davies stressed that she believes this is the issue that is “winnable” against the Conservatives and their agenda. Of all the bills and issues the Conservatives are putting forward, she believes that C-30 will be the first one the Conservatives are forced to back down on.
If you know of any Conservative MPs that might be opposed to this bill, or have in the past opposed measures like this, contact them now, and let us know (using the Submit link) who they are so we can share this with everyone!
A blog by Greens leader Elizabeth May.
One more seat to hold the parliamentary math against the Conservatives.
