From Lorraine McNamara re September letter. (Letter to the Editor).A letter to the editor in the September 2002 issue of C.I., by Canadian Alliance Canadian Alliance, former Canadian political party that had its origins in the Reform party of Canada, which was founded in 1987 in Winnipeg, Man., as a W Canada–based conservative alternative to the Progressive Conservative party. Justice critic, Vic Toews Victor "Vic" Toews, PC, MP [teıvz] (born September 10, 1952) is a Canadian politician. He has represented Provencher in the Canadian House of Commons since 2000, and currently serves in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper as President of the Treasury Board. , requires comment. . . .He did not raise any objections to Bill C-415 based on the main purpose of the bill, which is to extend protection on the basis of sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. in the hate propaganda section of the Criminal Code. Mr. Toews' first objection to the bill was that it did not go far enough. He recommended that it be expanded to include groups protected on the basis of age, mental and physical disabilities. His other objection was that the bill should have included genocide, the defence as set out in the hate propaganda section. At the end of the speech, Mr. Toews and MP Larry Spencer Larry Spencer is a Baptist pastor in Canada, and former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Saskatchewan riding of Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre. He is currently serving as interim national president of the Christian Heritage Party of Canada. , Alliance family critic, left the chamber. There were only two Alliance members remaining in the Chamber when the vote on Bill C-415 was called. Members of REAL Women observed from the Gallery that neither of the two Alliance MPs remaining in the Chamber raised objections to the vote on the bill to pass second reading and its referral to the Justice Committee for review. Toews' letter further states: "She, (Landolt) failed to provide me with any arguments with which to oppose the bill. This was not so. During our discussion with Mr. Toews, REAL Women stated that the Alliance Party should stand on principle and not be intimidated in·tim·i·date tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates 1. To make timid; fill with fear. 2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats. from taking a public stand on the extension of further rights on the basis of sexual orientation... .We strongly encourage a loud public outcry to oppose expanding the list of identifiable groups in the area of hate propaganda in the Criminal Code. REAL Women of Canada REAL Women of Canada is a socially conservative lobby group in Canada. The organization was founded in 1983. REAL stands for "Realistic, Equal, Active, for Life". The group believes that the family is the most important unit in Canadian society, and that the fragmentation of believe that all Canadians are equal before and under the law. We do not need special protection for certain identifiable groups. We need protection that will apply to all Canadians. REAL Women Ottawa, ON |
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