Quebec is a Nation?
Im sorry, but Que'est-ca Fuck?
I would just like to say at the outset, all this motion does is set a dangerous precedent. Though a friend of mine pointed out the other day that all the words 'dangerous precedent' really are are the justification of a slipper slope.
Its not exactly the end of the world, but its scary. Its an advancement in the direction of sovereignty, and in the words of Shatner, I just cant get behind that.
Coyne is incenced, Kinsella started a petition, Wells rationally pointed out flaws while sniping with wry commentary, in other words, they all acted exactly like themselves.
In yet another pop culture reference, im going to give out a series of tips of the hats.
The first goes to those brave 16 souls who voted against this motion. And now I will list them:
All of these Members stood their ground and did what was right, and deserve our thanks, if my member of parliament were on that list, I would be writing her right this moment. In fact, even they ARENT your Member, feel free to congratulate them.
If your interested in emailing your MP, go here, the site will have their email in the profile.
I would also like to congratulate Ken Dryden, Elizabeth May.
Dryden took a stand as a candidate for Liberal leadership, and he called upon his caucus members and parliament as a whole to vote down the motion.
Elizabeth May pronounced that the Greens would never vote for a motion like this. Thankfully there is a federal party out there that likes the idea of having a country.
Others have gone into detail as to the many reasons this motion is wrong, if you want to read a litany of them, go to Coyne or Wells, both have gone into great detail.
I mostly wanted to take this time out and congratulate a few people for their actions on this divisive issue that resulted in a painfuly lopsided vote.
Im sorry, but Que'est-ca Fuck?
I would just like to say at the outset, all this motion does is set a dangerous precedent. Though a friend of mine pointed out the other day that all the words 'dangerous precedent' really are are the justification of a slipper slope.
Its not exactly the end of the world, but its scary. Its an advancement in the direction of sovereignty, and in the words of Shatner, I just cant get behind that.
Coyne is incenced, Kinsella started a petition, Wells rationally pointed out flaws while sniping with wry commentary, in other words, they all acted exactly like themselves.
In yet another pop culture reference, im going to give out a series of tips of the hats.
The first goes to those brave 16 souls who voted against this motion. And now I will list them:
- Navdeep Bains (Liberal, Ontario)
Bains.N@parl.gc.ca - Don Bell (Liberal, British Columbia)
Bell.D@parl.gc.ca - Raymond Chan (Liberal, British Columbia)
Chan.R@parl.gc.ca - Joe Comuzzi (Liberal, Ontario)
Comuzzi.J@parl.gc.ca - Ken Dryden (Liberal, Ontario)
Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca - Hedy Fry (Liberal, British Columbia)
Fry.H@parl.gc.ca - Jim Karygiannis (Liberal, Ontario)
Karygiannis.J@parl.gc.ca - Diane Marleau (Liberal, Ontario)
Marleau.D@parl.gc.ca - Bill Matthews (Liberal, Newfoundland and Labrador)
Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca - Dan McTeague (Liberal, Ontario)
McTeague.D@parl.gc.ca - Maria Minna (Liberal, Ontario)
Minna.M@parl.gc.ca - Scott Simms (Liberal, Newfoundland and Labrador)
Simms.S@parl.gc.ca - Paul Steckle (Liberal, Ontario)
Steckle.P@parl.gc.ca - Andrew Telegdi (Liberal, Ontario)
Telegdi.A@parl.gc.ca - Garth Turner (Independent, Ontario)
Turner.G@parl.gc.ca - Joe Volpe (Liberal, Ontario)
Volpe.J@parl.gc.ca - Keith Martin* (Liberal, British Columbia)
Martin.K@parl.gc.ca
All of these Members stood their ground and did what was right, and deserve our thanks, if my member of parliament were on that list, I would be writing her right this moment. In fact, even they ARENT your Member, feel free to congratulate them.
If your interested in emailing your MP, go here, the site will have their email in the profile.
I would also like to congratulate Ken Dryden, Elizabeth May.
Dryden took a stand as a candidate for Liberal leadership, and he called upon his caucus members and parliament as a whole to vote down the motion.
Elizabeth May pronounced that the Greens would never vote for a motion like this. Thankfully there is a federal party out there that likes the idea of having a country.
Others have gone into detail as to the many reasons this motion is wrong, if you want to read a litany of them, go to Coyne or Wells, both have gone into great detail.
I mostly wanted to take this time out and congratulate a few people for their actions on this divisive issue that resulted in a painfuly lopsided vote.
posted by Patrick Meehan at 1:38 AM
1 Comments:
Wow. What .. thought provoking comments.
I'd like to say that I have something interesting to add, but really, I just think "Que'est-ca Fuck" is amazing and it's making me giggle.
That, and Quebec is not a nation unto itself in my mind.
Not that I know anything about politics.
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