adam

The opposition is not soft on terror or crime. They promote rehabilitation along with punishment. If we are going to lock people up and throw away the key we may as well just start up the death penalty. And if we are going to hold people based on accusations, based on the anti-terror acts, we may as well throw out the whole court systems as well. Why don’t we just adopt all of Hitler’s policies.

Isn't that the idea of politics? To represent your ridings and set policies that reflects their beliefs? Seems to me that’s the whole idea of democracy.

This obvious sidestep and smear seems to be the standard for a Tory response. But this time Harper over stepped his bounds. I have watched many Q&A periods since the Tories took power, and not once have I seen them answer a question. They have side stepped every question pointing back at the Liberals from a decade ago blaming them for Canada’s problems. Now Harper makes unjustified accusations that a single Liberal MP’s father-in-law has terrorist ties, and therefore influences the whole party’s political stance. These accusations themselves are wrong on so many levels; saying that a father-in-laws action’s corrupt is like saying the son-in-law of a murderer is guilty as well. The stance that the Liberals have taken on the anti-terrorism laws is for civil liberties, the same civil liberties Harpers accusations are ignoring. I have met a vandal, I have met a thief, but that doesn’t make me one. When Harper saw a MP with a turban he got scared he is a terrorist spy and found ambiguous evidence to taint the liberal party and force the accused MP to abstain from voting on the proposed legislation. If Baines must abstain from voting on laws against civil liberties, shouldn’t everyone with civil liberties abstain? Harper himself has produced legislation that has conflict of interest as well. So have all members of parliament. Isn’t that the point? Legislation is put forth to promote the interests of Canadians, MP’s being Canadian. And as a Canadian I am glad the Liberals are fighting for civil liberties of my self and the new citizens of this country. I am ashamed of Harpers actions. I am ashamed of Canadians that allowed some one with such malicious intent to reach power in a country, I like to think, tries to be fare to all of its citizens. I hope the mistake of Canadians to be fooled by the Tory smoke screen and finger pointing is only temporary. Finger pointing that is already taking place, with out an election on the horizon. Ads that should not be allowed even during an election campaign. A political parties campaign should promote their goals and viewpoints, not tearing apart of the opposition. Every step of this Prime Minister since he took office has been to the side. This racist blunder of our “Prime Minister” was to side step a question about an important issue. I want to see the Tories finally answer a one.