Scary Conservative Kitten-Eaters

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From the CBC:

In what is becoming a repeated pattern, a senior Conservative official was forced to distance the party from a candidate's controversial remarks – this time about Canada's amended hate law.

Conservative House leader John Reynolds downplayed comments Sunday by his Tory colleague calling for the repeal of Canada's new law.

In an interview with CTV News, Ottawa-area MP Cheryl Gallant said she opposed the new law, that was recently amended to include sexual orientation as one of the protected groups.

"The danger in having sexual orientation just listed, that encompasses, for example, pedophiles," Gallant said.

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Last week, Conservative health critic Rob Merrifield said women should seek independent counselling before having an abortion.

Also last week, Hamilton Mountain Conservative candidate Tom Jackson spoke out in favour of the death penalty. Harper said his party would not introduce legislation on either issue but that they could be put to a free vote in the House of Commons.

Last month, Scott Reid resigned as the Conservative party's official languages critic after saying bilingual services would be reduced if the Conservatives form the next government.


I may have to reconsider my vote this time around. I hate politics, and yet I love it. Who's holding the Halifax election party this year? I would, but my husband's head would explode. :-)

UPDATE: Of course, a dozen or so Liberal MPs hold similar views on many topics. Tom Wappel would burn me at the stake if he got the chance. I wonder how one draws the line between "crazies who don't actually hold the part reins" and "crazies who actually *are* the party."

Comments

[fiver00.livejournal.com]

Thanks to my new-found interest in political affairs, and Mike's constant nagging that I should be more involved with government issues, I'm proud to say that I actually know what you're writing about... and am forming an opinion about it! Go me. I'm ignorant no longer.

And on a side note, there was Conservative bashing in Amherst last night. Kellie's parents had a sign on their front lawn promoting a Conservative member and the sign was ripped from the ground and thrown against the house... also, the attennas were ripped off both of their cars. What's odd is that this isn't the first time for things like this to happen despite the fact that Amherst seems to be mostly Conservative...

okay, I'm rambling about things I don't know enough about.

[skaughty.livejournal.com]

Reconsidering your vote, eh? Have the Conservatives finally won you over with all their feel-good policy positions? I never would have pegged you as a supporter of scary kitten-eaters. :-P