Liberal Senate thwarting gun crime fight

[hiti]

TORONTO -- The federal minority Conservative government's efforts to clamp down on the gun violence plaguing some of Canada's big-city streets are being thwarted by the Liberal-dominated Senate, the country's justice minister complained Tuesday.

Liberal justice critic Marlene Jennings fired back at Nicholson, saying it was the government itself that previously delayed moving on its own legislation.

The result is now a backlog in the Senate, she said.

"Not only is he the hypocrite, he thinks he can get away with cheap shots on the basis that most people won't know what the facts are," Jennings said from Ottawa.

http://tinyurl.com/2cl698 -end quote

Rob Nicholson, has the gall of a republican politician. He’s adopted the international conservative signature method of lying to himself, his party, parliament and and the people to cover up for his own failings.

Rob, like good Conservatives everywhere, also likes to pretend Canadians are stupid. But, it is Rob’s party that sits as the only minority government in our history incapable of achieving even minor legislation, a task easily accomplished by simply meeting other parties half way. The Conservative, “crime Agenda” is one that Rob wants everyone to believe, failed in the “Liberal dominated Senate”, when in fact it was he that withdrew the ‘agenda’. Rob wants Canada to believe that his incompetence, the fumbling and bumbling of his leader and the total void of even basic qualification within his own party can be masked by the battle cry, “it’s the Liberals fault”.

When you take something off the table that everyone’s ready to vote for and then say someone else is to blame, that's not political strategy, that bald faced lying, Rob.

Not to mention that those bills that the "Liberal Senate" is not passing only got to their Chambers in JUNE. JUNE ... and no time for debate.

Edited July 25, 2007 by hiti

[Harry Nads]

I do not believe gun control can work. The fact of the matter is that criminals always find a way to obtain firearms and sadly, many of these weapons are coming from the U.S.A. We need to clamp down on illegal firearms by focusing more attention on this problem and pouring more resources into special units which can combat this epidemic. There's no need to point fingers at America but we must not tiptoe around the root of the problem.

[hiti]

The truth regarding what happened with the crime bills that the lyin' Harperites keep saying are blocked by Liberals............

http://tinyurl.com/2bkrnj

The Conservative government has introduced a total of 13 justice bills in the past year. Seven have received royal assent, two are still being debated in the House of Commons, and the Senate is working on the final four, all of which have been in the upper chamber for less than two months.

Five of the seven bills that have passed faced absolutely no amendments from the Senate, instead offering observations designed to guide both the House of Commons and Canadians in interpreting the new laws.

Truth be told, it is actually the prime minister who has shown a disingenuous concern for his legislative justice agenda by refusing to accept a deal from the Liberals to fast-track justice legislation, which has consequently left several bills flapping in the wind over the summer. Additionally, the possibility of proroguing when the House of Commons returns brings the prospect that all bills sitting before the Senate will be required to start over again at first reading -- if, that is, a senator reintroduces them.

Of the four justice bills in front of the Senate, there are several substantive concerns that must be addressed before they become law. For example, Bill C-22 makes no distinction between sexual predators and sexually immature teens when it comes to the potential of being classified as a registered sex offender, and Bill C-35 provides preferential treatment to criminals who commit violent offences that do not involve a gun.

Falsely accusing Liberal senators of stalling legislation, using the death of a child for political gain, or triggering people's fears based on misinformation, is governance of the worst kind.

These tactics only serve to reinforce the cynicism Canadians feel towards politicians and increase the public's concern that government officials are not representing their constituents and communities.

It's time to be truthful with Canadians, to accept that those who represent other parties are not always the enemy, and for Harper to grasp the concept of cooperation for the greater good.

Larry W. Campbell is a senator from British Columbia.

[Michael Bluth]

The truth regarding what happened with the crime bills that the lyin' Harperites keep saying are blocked by Liberals............

Larry W. Campbell is a senator from British Columbia.

Lyin' Harperites? Wow, I guess moderation only goes so far.

But of course the truth comes from Larry W. Campbell, a Liberal senator from British Columbia.

[geoffrey]

If the Liberals want it, they'll pass it. If they are against gun control laws, then they should come out and say it (I encourage them to do so, the CPC plan is even more riduclous than the failure that was the Liberal plan).