Democracy Has a Chance at Parliament in Ottawa

Every member of parliament in Ottawa has the desire to keep all Canadians safe from harm in these trying days. We find that we are under attack because of the actions of this prime minister and the conservative government. When we became an aggressive combat force instead of a peace keeping force we became enemies of Isis.

Parliament is now going to craft legislation to aid our law enforcement units to become better equipped to deal with the threat that could come from abroad or within our own country. Since all members of parliament have the same objective there should not be a party taking the political route and becoming the party who protects Canada. There should be an all party , joint committee drafting up the legislation and bringing it to the floor of the house with hopefully unanimous agreement.

The government plans to make this legislation a main plank for the upcoming election instead of providing leadership to draft a good, solid bill that will satisfy and represent 100% of Canadians instead of the thirty plus % of the Conservatives.This is important as there are some concerns that the free wheeling protection at all costs may indeed take away some vital personal freedoms that are dear to most Canadians.

We saw in the g20 fiasco in Toronto that without civilian oversight that the police cannot be trusted on their own to make decisions that take away our freedoms under the charter of rights. This legislation is indeed important and must be passed after serious study so there can be a balance between safety and rights.

Once rights are trampled by fearful people who see the enemy everywhere we bring ourselves to a situation that the USA found itself in back some time ago with the McCarthy witch hunt when he saw a communist under every American bed.

Lets get this legislation completed in a Canadian manner with peoples rights protected along with the protection of its citizens. AMEN