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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-deputy-leader-apologizes-for-comparing-pride-parades-to-st-patrick-s-day-events-after-criticism-1.5379773
Conservative deputy leader apologizes for comparing Pride parades to St. Patrick's Day events after criticism
Leona Alleslev made the comment during an interview with CBC Radio's The House
CBC News · Posted: Nov 30, 2019 1:57 PM ET
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer gestures to MP Leona Alleslev after
she announced she is leaving the Liberal party to join the Conservative
party last fall. She became deputy party leader this week and already is
apologizing for an embarrassing on-air gaffe. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Newly appointed deputy Conservative party leader Leona Alleslev
is taking heat and has apologized for equating marching in Pride
parades with St. Patrick's Day parades.
In an interview with CBC Radio's The House, Alleslev was asked about Conservative Leader Andrew's Scheer's struggle to quell questions about his personal beliefs on same-sex marriage during the election campaign.
The Liberals had resurfaced a video from 2005, when Scheer spoke in the House of Commons against it. Scheer is also the only federal party leader who has not marched in a Pride parade.
"I think that that's obviously his choice and we live in a country where that's his choice," Alleslev told host Chris Hall. "Have we asked anybody if they marched in a St. Patrick's Day parade?"
The backlash on social media was fierce after the interview aired, with many criticizing her choice of comparison.
Conservative insiders expressed their distaste for the comment.
Jamie Ellerton, who ran Scheer's road campaign, and Melissa Lantsman, who helped the party during the election, recently wrote a scathing opinion article in the Globe and Mail, warning the Conservatives would be eternally relegated to second place if they couldn't move past their current stance on social issues.
The two retweeted Alleslev's comments. Lantsman wrote "Hope it's all worth it, Leona Alleslev," while Ellerton posted a dozen examples of Scheer attending festivals with various ethnic and religious groups.
In an interview with CBC Radio's The House, Alleslev was asked about Conservative Leader Andrew's Scheer's struggle to quell questions about his personal beliefs on same-sex marriage during the election campaign.
The Liberals had resurfaced a video from 2005, when Scheer spoke in the House of Commons against it. Scheer is also the only federal party leader who has not marched in a Pride parade.
"I think that that's obviously his choice and we live in a country where that's his choice," Alleslev told host Chris Hall. "Have we asked anybody if they marched in a St. Patrick's Day parade?"
Conservative insiders expressed their distaste for the comment.
Jamie Ellerton, who ran Scheer's road campaign, and Melissa Lantsman, who helped the party during the election, recently wrote a scathing opinion article in the Globe and Mail, warning the Conservatives would be eternally relegated to second place if they couldn't move past their current stance on social issues.
The two retweeted Alleslev's comments. Lantsman wrote "Hope it's all worth it, Leona Alleslev," while Ellerton posted a dozen examples of Scheer attending festivals with various ethnic and religious groups.
This is what basic respect for a community looks like:
“while other cultural groups – be they religious, national or ethnic – command that respect without question.”
“while other cultural groups – be they religious, national or ethnic – command that respect without question.”
The Conservatives can’t be stuck in the past on LGBTQ rights
Cheers to having a great day spending time with friends and family. If you’re going out to celebrate today make sure you have a safe ride home. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Rachel Curran, who served as former prime minister Stephen
Harper's director of policy, said it was "one of the ugliest and most
offensive things I've heard in a long time."
It wasn't just Conservatives weighing in. Liberals and New Democrats poked fun at Alleslev.
"Even if you choose to ignore the baffling analogical reasoning, Trudeau has actually marched in St. Patrick's Day parades..." read a tweet from Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith.
NDP MP Charlie Angus added some historical context, saying "150 years ago, it would be fitting to ask a Conservative leader why he refused to march in a St. Patrick's Day parade."
Writer Jesse Hawken added to that point "This comparison would work if there was still widespread and institutional discrimination against the Irish in Canada."
It wasn't just Conservatives weighing in. Liberals and New Democrats poked fun at Alleslev.
"Even if you choose to ignore the baffling analogical reasoning, Trudeau has actually marched in St. Patrick's Day parades..." read a tweet from Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith.
NDP MP Charlie Angus added some historical context, saying "150 years ago, it would be fitting to ask a Conservative leader why he refused to march in a St. Patrick's Day parade."
Writer Jesse Hawken added to that point "This comparison would work if there was still widespread and institutional discrimination against the Irish in Canada."
150 years ago, it would be fitting to ask a Conservative leader why he refused to march in a St. Patrick's Day parade.
in 2019 Andrew Scheer needs to say why he refuses to celebrate Pride. @LeonaAlleslev better hope her party doesn't take 150 years to figure this no-brainer out.
in 2019 Andrew Scheer needs to say why he refuses to celebrate Pride. @LeonaAlleslev better hope her party doesn't take 150 years to figure this no-brainer out.
Alex Boutilier
✔
@alexboutilier
On @CBCTheHouse this morning re: @AndrewScheer‘s refusal to march in a pride parade, Conservative deputy leader @LeonaAlleslev asks: “Have we asked anybody if they’ve marched in a Saint Patrick’s Day parade?”
And the new minister of Indigenous Services cracked a joke.
Top of the morning to you! #cdnpoli
Alleslev tweeted out an apology on Saturday afternoon.
"I would like to sincerely apologize for a comment I made on CBC's The House. Pride parades represent a wonderful celebration of the LGBTQ community and are an important symbol in the fight for LGBTQ rights," she said.
"I have always stood unequivocally in support of LGBTQ rights and will continue to do so in my role as Deputy Leader and as a parliamentarian. I did not intend to make erroneous and hurtful comparisons — I apologize unreservedly."
Alleslev was appointed deputy leader earlier this week. She was elected in 2015 as a Liberal MP, but crossed the floor to the Conservative side last fall citing issues with the Trudeau government's handling of key files.
Click below to listen to the full interview
"I would like to sincerely apologize for a comment I made on CBC's The House. Pride parades represent a wonderful celebration of the LGBTQ community and are an important symbol in the fight for LGBTQ rights," she said.
"I have always stood unequivocally in support of LGBTQ rights and will continue to do so in my role as Deputy Leader and as a parliamentarian. I did not intend to make erroneous and hurtful comparisons — I apologize unreservedly."
Alleslev was appointed deputy leader earlier this week. She was elected in 2015 as a Liberal MP, but crossed the floor to the Conservative side last fall citing issues with the Trudeau government's handling of key files.
Click below to listen to the full interview
CBC News: The House
Interview - Conservative deputy leader Leona Alleslev
7:48
Conservative
deputy leader and Toronto-area MP Leona Alleslev defends Andrew
Scheer's right to his own personal beliefs on same-sex marriage and
tells host Chris Hall why she is a good choice for deputy leader. 7:48
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David Amos
Methinks nobody will be surprised by the fact that Leona Alleslev or any of her cohorts returned my calls but at least a couple of their computers were ethical enough to acknowledge receipt of my email N'esy Pas?
Chris Bowdler
Still “headline news” on this media today....much more significant for Canada as a country than the Premiers meeting which is glossed over in short order....but this silly remark...well its remarkable?
David Amos
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David Amos
Methinks nobody will be surprised by the fact that Leona Alleslev or any of her cohorts returned my calls but at least a couple of their computers were ethical enough to acknowledge receipt of my email N'esy Pas?
Chris Bowdler
Still “headline news” on this media today....much more significant for Canada as a country than the Premiers meeting which is glossed over in short order....but this silly remark...well its remarkable?
David Amos
Reply to @chris bowdler: Go figure
Drake
Ramore
Why
is St Patrick's day even a thing? First off, almost no one in Canada
is Irish or Catholic. The Catholic Irish, it seems to me, are an even
smaller minority. This holiday is little more than an excuse to miss
work with a hangover. St Patrick's day is political correctness run
amok when we cater to tiny minorities like this. Let's just have one
holiday called Everyone Day so we can all get wasted on equal footing!
James Risdon
Reply to @Drake
Ramore: According to Pew Research, just under a third of Canadians
profess to be Roman Catholic and another 18 per cent of the population
are some form of other Christian.
In all, about 55 per cent of Canadians claim to be Christians of some kind.
An article on Wikipedia puts Canadians of Irish descent at 19 per cent, or roughly one in five Canadians.
In all, about 55 per cent of Canadians claim to be Christians of some kind.
An article on Wikipedia puts Canadians of Irish descent at 19 per cent, or roughly one in five Canadians.
David Amos
Reply to @James Risdon: Big deal
Oliver Lawsum-Tossum
It’s the “who got offended today” article brought to you by the Criminally Biased Corporation. Yay!
David Amos
Reply to @Oliver Lawsum-Tossum: Methinks many truths are told in jest N'esy Pas?
David
Price
All
Canadians from all sectors and all cultural and religious frameworks
must work to dismantle racism and prejudicial attitudes that divide us.
We are facing great cultural shifts and pressures due to climate change.
We must learn to stand and work together to survive as a nation and
planet. We have 10 years. The old attitudes of division must die or we
will all die! This is far bigger than world war two. We managed to work
together then and we must do it now.
The problem is, Climate Change causes is an invisible enemy and we enjoy the comfort of using hydrocarbons.
The problem is, Climate Change causes is an invisible enemy and we enjoy the comfort of using hydrocarbons.
James Risdon
Reply to @David
Price: What racism - and what prejudice - are you talking about? Andrew
Scheer is a Roman Catholic and he doesn't want to walk in a Pride
parade. What's the issue?
David Amos
Reply to @James Risdon: Public corruption
David Amos
Reply to @James Risdon: Methinks if you wish to recall I sued the Queen when Scheer was her Speaker N'esy Pas?
George Cherian
Again
Scheer showed his lack of leadership by selecting a concuss member who
has been a conservative only for 14 months. She also demonstrated that
she is inexperienced, and not able to answer most of the questions as
Scheer did during the election. There were much better-experienced PC
MPs than her.
David Amos
Reply to @George Cherian: Ask yourself why he did that
Marc Hooper
Andrew
needs to understand that appearing at the pride parade is a symbolic
gesture that acknowledges the struggle of a marginalized group. That's
all it is. He doesn't have to go to the after party.
Rob
Clayton
Reply to @Marc Hooper:
He is also allowed to have his own beliefs Or has that been disallowed?
He is also allowed to have his own beliefs Or has that been disallowed?
David Mccaig
Reply to @Marc Hooper:
1000 to 1 return on their money. Wealthy cons spent a billion dollars hoisting Trump into the presidency and for that billion dollars , Trump legislatively returned that favour buy giving the richest people in America 1.5 thousand billion dollars in tax cuts, charged to Americas already insurmountable debt for children not even borne today to inherit.
1000 to 1 return on their money. Wealthy cons spent a billion dollars hoisting Trump into the presidency and for that billion dollars , Trump legislatively returned that favour buy giving the richest people in America 1.5 thousand billion dollars in tax cuts, charged to Americas already insurmountable debt for children not even borne today to inherit.
Evola
Green
Reply to @Marc Hooper:
So you don't think the Irish have ever been marginalized and oppressed, eh? Your victimology is pretty exclusive.
So you don't think the Irish have ever been marginalized and oppressed, eh? Your victimology is pretty exclusive.
Janet McNaughton
Reply to @Rob
Clayton: If he wants to be Prime Minister, he has to represent and
respect every group in the country. I noticed in the radio clip where he
said his party respected everyone, he left out Indigenous people.
Janet McNaughton
Reply to @Evola Green: When was the last time a teenager committed suicide because he was Irish?
Evola
Green
Reply to @Janet McNaughton:
when was the last time a mass grave was dug for gay workers who built a bridge across Canada's main waterway?
when was the last time a mass grave was dug for gay workers who built a bridge across Canada's main waterway?
Janet McNaughton
Reply to @Evola
Green: You're talking about something that happened in the mid-19th
century, appropriate because that's about where the Conservative Party
is. Thanks for the confirmation.
Bort Smith
Reply to @Marc Hooper:
It's just a silly parade.
It's just a silly parade.
David Amos
Reply to @Bort Smith: I concur
John Young
Reply
to @Marc Hooper: I stubbed my toe many years ago.I feel so marginalized
in today’s world. I suggest that we have Limping Parades in honour for
those who can’t keep up with others.
David Amos
Reply
to @John Young: Methinks a lot of foks would agree that politicians
should have a parade in honour of lame ducks N'esy Pas?
Mike
Hamilton
Reply to @David Amos:
We don't need a parade in honour of Don Trump until he is removed from
office, either by election, impeachment, ill health, or by force.
David Amos
Reply to @Mike Hamilton: Who is Trump to us?
Mike
Hamilton
Reply to @David Amos: The lame duck to the south of us. Have you been paying attention?
David Amos
Reply to @Mike
Hamilton: The Yankee named Trump south of the 49th ain't a lame duck and
we can't vote for or against him anyway. Methinks you should pay
attention because this article is about the lame duck called Andy Scheer
N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Marc
Hooper: Trust everybody knows that I am no fan of Harper 2.0 or his ex
liberal deputy Methinks my runs against their political parties so many
times easily proves that fact N'esy Pas? However I know for a fact that
most men and women in Fundy Royal agree with Scheer and I bet that you
could not pay most them to prance in a gay parade. Nor would I.
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Surprise Surprise Surprise
Methinks Harper 2.0 will enjoy his email N'esy Pas?
Methinks Harper 2.0 will enjoy his email N'esy Pas?
Mike
Hamilton
Reply to @David Amos:
Andy will never be PM so will never earn that lame duck status. Trump
was a lame duck during his first 2 years when, despite Repubs
controlling both houses, he failed to get any significant legislation
passed. He was the very first POTUS to achieve this status.
David Amos
Reply
to @Mike Hamilton: Harper 2.0 has already earned the lame duck status
within his own party. Although Trump is not a lame duck yet there have
been many Yankee lame ducks That said why are you still putting a Yankee
spin on this article? Methinks it must be because desperate left
wingnuts post desperate things N'esy Pas?
Mike Fraser
Reply to @david mccaig: UHHH we're not in the US
Mike Fraser
Reply to @Janet
McNaughton: Hey, wasn't there another group in the mid-19th century that
was treated poorly and oppressed in Canada? Uhhh, who were they again?
Mike Fraser
Reply to @John Young: I am below average height. In fact I am quite short. Where's my parade?
Gerry
Madigan
Reply to @Mike Fraser: "No Irish Need Apply"
David Amos
Reply to @Gerry
Madigan: I wonder if anyone recalls the arguments over who gets to
prance in the St. Patrick’s Day Parades south of the 49th not all that
long ago?
David Amos
Reply to @Marc
Hooper: Trust that everybody knows that I am no fan of Harper 2.0 or his
ex liberal deputy. Methinks my runs against their political parties so
many times easily proves that fact N'esy Pas? However I do agree with
their position in this matter and have no understanding as to why his
deputy apologized for her opinion.
David Amos
Reply
to @Marc Hooper: Methinks after emailing, calling, tweeting and
blogging Leona Alleslev its time to contact her boss and his cohorts
again N'esy Pas?
Guy Czaika
It looks like the Liberals were well rid of her.
David Amos
Reply to @Guy Czaika: Methinks she is happy to be rid of the liberals as well N'esy Pas?
Judy Berg
Reply to @Dave
Comeau: Yeah, kind of like Clinton got the popular vote, but there he is
President Trump. How does that make YOU feel?
Judy Berg
Reply
to @lorraine karuse: OK, fair enough. But did everyone else dress up
and make up in blackface too? I never heard anything about that
happening!
Brian
Cohen
Reply to @Judy Berg:
Seriously??
Trump became POTUS because of the electoral college.
The popular vote is relevant in the US as they vote directly for POTUS as well as their local candidates.
In Canada we do not vote for PM directly
Seriously??
Trump became POTUS because of the electoral college.
The popular vote is relevant in the US as they vote directly for POTUS as well as their local candidates.
In Canada we do not vote for PM directly
David Amos
Reply to @Brian
Cohen: Methinks after she played games within her party Clinton ran
under the same rules Trump did and she lost N'esy Pas?
Tony Hill
Reply to @lorraine karuse: "68% people DIDN"T vote for a Right wing Party"
Given that 34.4% of people voted Conservative and the People's Party received 1.6% of the vote, I think your numbers are off by a bit at least a few percentage points.
In total if you were to add up vote share of the Liberals, NDP, Bloc and Green Party they received 63.2% of the popular vote.
Independents (mostly Jody Wilson-Reybould and Jane Philpott, though there were several others throughout the country) received 0.4%. The Christian Heritage Party received 0.1% of the vote and the final 0.3% of the vote was split between 10+ other parties.
Given that 34.4% of people voted Conservative and the People's Party received 1.6% of the vote, I think your numbers are off by a bit at least a few percentage points.
In total if you were to add up vote share of the Liberals, NDP, Bloc and Green Party they received 63.2% of the popular vote.
Independents (mostly Jody Wilson-Reybould and Jane Philpott, though there were several others throughout the country) received 0.4%. The Christian Heritage Party received 0.1% of the vote and the final 0.3% of the vote was split between 10+ other parties.
David Amos
Reply to @Tony Hill:
Methinks there are lots of Independents not just two ex liberals and
"several others" who contributed to your tally of votes N'esy Pas?
Trish Stevens
I
want to apologize to anyone offended by any action I have taken
throughout the course of my life. And I apologize to those who weren't
offended in case my apology offended those who weren't offended.
David Amos
Reply to @trish stevens: You are off the hook in my book
Mike Fraser
Reply to @trish stevens: I am offended by your apology of your apology. So sorry, but I won't apologize...
David Amos
Reply to @Mike Fraser: Methinks you just did N'esy Pas?
Dave Macmurchie
Perhaps,
eventually, the Conservatives will be dragged kicking and screaming
into the 20th century - the 21st is too much to hope for.
Johan S Bach
Reply to @Dave Macmurchie: yawn
Tom Jones
Reply to @Dave Macmurchie:
Now we know why Trudeau is keeping a fairly low profile right now. The opposition is doing a slow-motion implosion all on their own...
Now we know why Trudeau is keeping a fairly low profile right now. The opposition is doing a slow-motion implosion all on their own...
Denny
O'Brien
Reply to @Johan S Bach: hard to argue eh? You only came up with yawn...lol
David Amos
Reply to @Denny
O'Brien: Methinks many folks would agree that Mr Bach's response was
appropriate for a tempest in a teapot N'esy Pas?
Carl Clark
Heard the women's interview.It was painful
Alan Bardsley
Reply to @carl clark: Alleslev lost me when she said that Scheer had a strong Climate Change plan.
David Amos
Reply to @carl clark: True
Reply to @Alan Bardsley: I enjoyed that part of the circus
Sydney Mines
Can't imagine why the Conservatives didn't get elected.
Could it be that living in the 50's might have something to do with it?
Could it be that living in the 50's might have something to do with it?
Larry Beggs
Reply to @Sydney Mines: 58, & still undecided.
David Amos
Reply to @larry beggs: Good for you At least thats an honest point of view
Walter Adams
The Conservatives deserve her.
Donald Fraser
Reply to @Walter Adams: I can see why she crossed the floor
she does not know if she is coming or going
she does not know if she is coming or going
Rick Woodcock
Reply to @donald
fraser: She's just one, of at least 4 female Liberal MP's, who could no
longer stomach being in the same party as Justin Trudeau.
David Amos
Reply to @Walter Adams: How do you explain her winning her seat as a Conservative this time?
David Amos
Reply to @donald
fraser: Methinks it is rather apparent that the lady has support within
her riding no matter what colour of coat she wears N'esy Pas?
Walter
Adams
Keep shovelling. There appears to be no bottom for the right.
David Amos
Reply to @Walter
Adams: Methinks nobody is that dumb not even Harper 2.0 Hence there must
be a pretty good reason that the ex liberal lady has suddenly burst
upon the scene in this circus as his deputy N'esy Pas?
Dave Gilmore
Getting sick of these reformer gaffes everyday, so much like the orange dingus down south.
David Amos
Reply to @Dave Gilmore: Sing me "Another Brick in the Wall" will ya?
Ric Smith
Some activities should be kept in the bars and in private, among adults, on Saturday nights, and that goes for both leprechauns and the other L's. I don't think these things should be done on Main Street in front of children. No politician should encourage these bahaviours in front of children. Ms. Alleslev has nothing to apologize for.
David Allan
Reply to @Ric Smith:
Why shouldn't free people be allowed to be free?
David Amos
Reply to @David Allan: So why did my political opponents lock me up without charges???
Sammy Sergeant
If you believe in imaginary sky dad, you'll believe anything the con leaders feed you. Eeezy pickins
James Risdon
Reply to @Sammy
Sergeant: If you're referring to God with the term "imaginary sky dad"
then I have only one thing to say to you right now and it's this: God is
very real.
Julian
Hoyak
Reply to @James
Risdon: Much as I'd like to believe otherwise...there appears to be no
proof whatsoever. But whatever turns ones crank.
James Risdon
Reply to @Julian
Hoyak: There is also no proof you have a back to your head but I'm
willing to bet you still comb your hair there because the overwhelming
evidence suggests that the back of your head does indeed exist.
In much the same way, there is no proof of God's existence but the overwhelming evidence suggests He does and so I believe.
In much the same way, there is no proof of God's existence but the overwhelming evidence suggests He does and so I believe.
Pauline Tremblay
Reply to @James Risdon:
God is real to you but to millions God is not real.
God is real to you but to millions God is not real.
Pauline Tremblay
Reply to @James Risdon:
That's ridiculous, we can actually SEE the backs of our heads with a mirror.
That's ridiculous, we can actually SEE the backs of our heads with a mirror.
James Risdon
Reply to @Pauline
Tremblay: A non-believer in backs of heads could easily dismiss your
subjective experience of seeing the back of your head as a
hallucination.
Pauline Tremblay
Reply to @James Risdon:
I think that no one who is sane would believe that my view of being able to see the back of one's head with a mirror is a "subjective experience. But you seem to be very argumentative and love to play games.
Pauline Tremblay
Reply to @James Risdon:
Where did you get the archaic idea that God is a "He"???
Where did you get the archaic idea that God is a "He"???
David Amos
Reply to @Pauline Tremblay: Which god are you referring to?
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Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2019 11:29:16 -0400
Subject: A lttle Deja Vu for Kevin Vickers, Dominic Cardy, Leona Alleslev and
their buddies in the RCMP
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> Subject: ATTN Leona Alleslev MP I just called and Tweeted you as well
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> To: Leona.Alleslev@parl.gc.ca, "hon.ralph.goodale"
> <hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, "andrew.scheer"
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> <maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "brian.gallant"
> <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, "Liliana.Longo"
> <Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> <David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, "darrow.macintyre"
> <darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre
> <andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "steve.murphy"
> <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> therien.mike@brunswicknews.com
> <news@kingscorecord.com>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>
>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Liliana (Legal Services) Longo" <Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:28:36 -0400
>> Subject: Re: Attn Suzelle Bazinet.(613-995-5117) I just earlier
>> Whereas I was not allowed to speak to you today its best that we
>> confer in writng anyway (Away from the office/absente du bureau)
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> I will be away from the office June 26 to 28, 2017. In my absence,
>> Barbara Massey will be acting and she can be reached at (613) 843-6394.
>>
>> Je serai absente du bureau du 26 au 28 juin 2017. En mon absence,
>> Barbara Massey sera interimaire et peut être rejointe au (613) 843-6394.
>>
>> Thank you / Merci
>> Liliana
>>
>>
>> Liliana Longo, Q.C., c.r.
>> Senior General Counsel / Avocate générale principale
>> RCMP Legal Services / Services juridiques GRC
>> 73 Leikin Drive / 73 Promenade Leikin
>> M8, 2nd Floor / M8, 2ième étage
>> Mailstop #69 / Arrêt Postal #69
>> Ottawa, Ontario
>> K1A 0R2
>> Tel: (613) 843-4451
>> Fax: (613) 825-7489
>> liliana.longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>
>> Sandra Lofaro
>> Executive Assistant /
>> Adjointe exécutive
>> (613)843-3540
>> sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com>
>> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:29:03 -0700
>> Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: So says the Mean Mindless New Neo Con
>> Dominic Cardy so say you all?
>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>
>> (Français à suivre)
>>
>> If your email is pertaining to the Government of New Brunswick, please
>> email me at brian.gallant@gnb.ca
>>
>> If your matter is urgent, please email Greg Byrne at greg.byrne@gnb.ca
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Si votre courriel s'addresse au Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick,
>> svp m'envoyez un courriel à brian.gallant@gnb.ca
>>
>> Pour les urgences, veuillez contacter Greg Byrne à greg.byrne@gnb.ca
>>
>> Merci.
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:28:58 -0400
>> Subject: So says the Mean Mindless New Neo Con Dominic Cardy so say you
>> all?
>> To: ATIP-AIPRP@clo-ocol.gc.ca, Ghislaine.Saikaley@clo-ocol.
>> mylene.theriault@ocol-clo.gc.
>> "hon.melanie.joly" <hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>, "Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc"
>> <Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca
>> "Katherine.dEntremont" <Katherine.dEntremont@gnb.ca>,
>> andre@jafaust.com, justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca, briangallant10
>> <briangallant10@gmail.com>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, pm@pm.gc.ca,
>> "Jack.Keir" <Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>, "jody.carr" <jody.carr@gnb.ca>,
>> "Dominic.Cardy" <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, kelly <kelly@lamrockslaw.com>,
>> "Gerald.Butts" <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
>> anglophonerights@mail.com, info@thejohnrobson.com, ronbarr@rogers.com,
>> kimlian@bellnet.ca, iloveblue.beth@gmail.com, "randy.mckeen"
>> <randy.mckeen@gnb.ca>, BrianThomasMacdonald
>> <BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.
>> "carl.urquhart" <carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>, "Davidc.Coon"
>> <Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>, MulcaT
>> <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, "andrew.scheer" <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>,
>> "heather.bradley" <heather.bradley@parl.gc.ca>, Geoff Regan
>> <geoff@geoffregan.ca>
>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>> <kirk.macdonald@gnb.ca>, Hamish.Wright@gnb.ca, jbosnitch
>> <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
>> "Rachel.Blaney" <Rachel.Blaney@parl.gc.ca>, david <david@lutz.nb.ca>,
>> "elizabeth.thompson" <elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca>, "David.Coon"
>> <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "dan. bussieres <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>,
>> Tim.RICHARDSON <Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca>, info ," <info@gg.ca>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Cardy, Dominic (LEG)" <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>
>> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 17:02:30 +0000
>> Subject: RE: RE A legal state known as "functus" For the Public Record
>> I talked to Mylene Theriault in Moncton again and she told me that
>> same thing she did last year
>> To: "Wright, Hamish (LEG)" <Hamish.Wright@gnb.ca>
>> Cc: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> Hamish,
>>
>> Did you contact Mr. Amos about the elk? How many elk were there? Were
>> the police involved and if so did they wear the antlers you bought
>> them?
>>
>> DC
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Patrick Bouchard <patrick.bouchard@rcmp-grc.gc.
>> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:44:18 -0400
>> Subject: Re: Fwd: RE A legal state known as "functus" Perhaps you,
>> Governor General Johnston and Commissioner Paulson and many members of
>> the RCMP should review pages 1 and 4 one document ASAP EH Minister
>> Goodale? (AOL)
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> I will be AOL until July 6th 2017.
>>
>> I will not have access to Groupwise.
>>
>> I may be reached at my personal e-mail thebouchards15@gmail.com
>> depending on data coverage.
>>
>> ******************************
>>
>> Je vais être en vacances jusqu'au 6 Juillet 2017.
>>
>> Je n'aurais pas accès a mon GroupWise.
>>
>> Il est possible que je vérifies mon courriel personnel
>> thebouchards15@gmail.com de temps à autre.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cpl.Patrick Bouchard
>> RSC 5 RCMP-GRC
>> Sunny-Corner Detachment
>> English/Français
>> Off: 506-836-6015
>> Cell : 506-424-0071
>>
>>>>> David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> 06/22/17 16:43 >>>
>>
>>
>>> http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/en/
>>>
>>> Atlantic Region
>>> Commissioner’s Representative:Mylène Thériault
>>> Heritage Court
>>> 95 Foundry Street, Suite 410
>>> Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 5H7
>>> Telephone: 506-851-7047
>>>
>>> BTW I called this dude too and left a voicemail telling him to dig
>>> into his records and find what he should to give to his temporary boss
>>> ASAP
>>>
>>> Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator
>>> Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
>>> 30 Victoria Street, 6th Floor
>>> Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0T8
>>> Telephone: 819-420-4718
>>> E-mail: ATIP-AIPRP@clo-ocol.gc.ca
>>>
>>> Clearly I have very good reasons to make these calls N'esy Pas Mr
>>> Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger and Mr Speaker Geof Regan???
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
>>> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>> To: coi@gnb.ca
>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> Good Day Sir
>>>
>>> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
>>> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>>>
>>> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
>>> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
>>> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
>>> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>>>
>>> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
>>> suggested that you study closely.
>>>
>>> This is the docket in Federal Court
>>>
>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>>>
>>> These are digital recordings of the last three hearings
>>>
>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/
>>>
>>> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/
>>>
>>> April 3rd, 2017
>>>
>>> https://archive.org/details/
>>>
>>>
>>> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
>>>
>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>>>
>>>
>>> The only hearing thus far
>>>
>>> May 24th, 2017
>>>
>>> https://archive.org/details/
>>>
>>>
>>> This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity
>>>
>>> Date: 20151223
>>>
>>> Docket: T-1557-15
>>>
>>> Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015
>>>
>>> PRESENT: The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell
>>>
>>> BETWEEN:
>>>
>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>>
>>> Plaintiff
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>
>>> Defendant
>>>
>>> ORDER
>>>
>>> (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
>>> December 14, 2015)
>>>
>>> The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
>>> the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
>>> 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
>>> in its entirety.
>>>
>>> At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
>>> letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
>>> capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
>>> Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
>>> (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal). In that letter
>>> he stated:
>>>
>>> As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
>>> work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
>>> You are your brother’s keeper.
>>>
>>> Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
>>> colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
>>> expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
>>> people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
>>> or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
>>> me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
>>> Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
>>> Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
>>> Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
>>> former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
>>> Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
>>> Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
>>> of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
>>> Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
>>> Police.
>>>
>>> In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
>>> personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
>>> potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
>>> of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
>>> hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
>>> Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
>>> [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
>>> allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
>>> requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.
>>>
>>>
>>> AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
>>> the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion. There
>>> is no order as to costs.
>>>
>>> “B. Richard Bell”
>>> Judge
>>>
>>>
>>> Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
>>> already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
>>> to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.
>>>
>>> I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the the Court
>>> Martial Appeal Court of Canada Perhaps you should scroll to the
>>> bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83 of my
>>> lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?
>>>
>>> "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the
>>> most
>>>
>>> http://davidraymondamos3.
>>>
>>> 83 The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
>>> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
>>> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
>>> five years after he began his bragging:
>>>
>>> January 13, 2015
>>> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>>>
>>> December 8, 2014
>>> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>>>
>>> Friday, October 3, 2014
>>> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
>>> Stupid Justin Trudeau?
>>>
>>>
>>> Vertias Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>> 902 800 0369
>>>
>>> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
>>> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
>>> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
>>> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
>>>
>>> Subject:
>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
>>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>
>>> January 30, 2007
>>>
>>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>>>
>>> Mr. David Amos
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>>
>>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
>>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>>>
>>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
>>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
>>> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
>>> Minister of Health
>>>
>>> CM/cb
>>>
>>>
>>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>>
>>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
>>> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
>>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
>>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.
>>> Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
>>> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Amos,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
>>> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
>>> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>>>
>>> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
>>> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
>>> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
>>> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
>>> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
>>> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>>>
>>> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
>>> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
>>> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
>>> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
>>> and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
>>>
>>> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
>>> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
>>> GRC Caledonia RCMP
>>> Traffic Services NCO
>>> Ph: (506) 387-2222
>>> Fax: (506) 387-4622
>>> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>> Office of the Integrity Commissioner
>>> Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
>>> Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
>>> tel.: 506-457-7890
>>> fax: 506-444-5224
>>> e-mail:coi@gnb.ca
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
https://twitter.com/LeonaAlleslev/status/1200840536309018625
Nov 30
I
would like to sincerely apologize for a comment I made on CBC’s the
House. Pride parades represent a wonderful celebration of the LGBTQ
community and are an important symbol in the fight for LGBTQ rights.
I
have always stood unequivocally in support of LGBTQ rights and will
continue to do so in my role as Deputy Leader and as a parliamentarian. I
did not intend to make erroneous and hurtful comparisons - I apologize
unreservedly.
I
am committed to being a strong progressive voice focussed on breaking
down barriers to equal opportunity and ensuring that people from all
communities can find a home in the Conservative Party like I did.
Now
is the time to stay focussed on holding this ruinous Liberal Government
to account. We can’t afford to let Justin Trudeau continue to tear our
country apart, undermine our economy and destroy our international
relationships.
2:14 PM · Nov 30, 2019
I
listened to you on CBC this weekend then read their spin about you and
made my own comments in CBC forums Today I resent you an email and
called both of your offices again Yet everybody continues to play dumb.
The obvious question is WHY?
A parade of critics: How Andrew Scheer's views on same-sex marriage still divide his own party
Alleslev addresses Scheer's stance on Pride, questions why people aren't asked about St. Patrick's Day parades
CBC Radio · Posted: Nov 30, 2019 4:00 AM ET
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer named Toronto-area MP Leona Alleslev deputy leader this week. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Listen to the full episode 50:02
By Chris Hall, national affairs editor and host of The House
The Conservative Party's new deputy leader said Friday that Andrew Scheer has the right to not march in pride parades, and the party must make room for people like the Conservative leader who hold strong religious beliefs.
"I think that that's obviously his choice and we live in a country where that's his choice," Leona Alleslev said in an interview airing this morning on CBC Radio's The House. "Have we asked anybody if they marched in a St. Patrick's Day parade?"
Scheer's stance on social issues such as same-sex marriage is helping to drive a growing campaign inside the party to force him out as leader.
A
number of prominent Conservatives have written opinion columns and
appeared on CBC and other networks arguing that the party is woefully
out of step with Canadians on an issue of basic human rights.
"This is a real deal-breaker for me, it's a deal-breaker for a lot of Conservatives," said Rachel Curran, who served as former prime minister Stephen Harper's policy director and now works at his consulting firm, Harper and Associates.
"There should be no equivocation around this," Curran told The House. "There is no room in the Conservative Party for anti-gay bigotry or for a view that same-sex marriage is somehow illegitimate or inferior to other unions, and that goes for childless marriage as well."
Scheer's most prominent detractors say they believe his clear discomfort with questions about his personal views on social issues during the campaign kept the issue alive, costing the party seats in Ontario and Quebec and, ultimately, the election.
The Conservative Party's new deputy leader said Friday that Andrew Scheer has the right to not march in pride parades, and the party must make room for people like the Conservative leader who hold strong religious beliefs.
"I think that that's obviously his choice and we live in a country where that's his choice," Leona Alleslev said in an interview airing this morning on CBC Radio's The House. "Have we asked anybody if they marched in a St. Patrick's Day parade?"
Scheer's stance on social issues such as same-sex marriage is helping to drive a growing campaign inside the party to force him out as leader.
"This is a real deal-breaker for me, it's a deal-breaker for a lot of Conservatives," said Rachel Curran, who served as former prime minister Stephen Harper's policy director and now works at his consulting firm, Harper and Associates.
"There should be no equivocation around this," Curran told The House. "There is no room in the Conservative Party for anti-gay bigotry or for a view that same-sex marriage is somehow illegitimate or inferior to other unions, and that goes for childless marriage as well."
Scheer's most prominent detractors say they believe his clear discomfort with questions about his personal views on social issues during the campaign kept the issue alive, costing the party seats in Ontario and Quebec and, ultimately, the election.
CBC News: The House
Interview - Conservative deputy leader Leona Alleslev
Conservative
deputy leader and Toronto-area MP Leona Alleslev defends Andrew
Scheer's right to his own personal beliefs on same-sex marriage and
tells host Chris Hall why she is a good choice for deputy leader. 7:48
Many say they've seen no change since then.
"The Conservative Party appears incapable of even offering table-stakes pleasantries to LGBTQ Canadians, while other cultural groups, be they religious, national or ethnic, command that respect without question," wrote key campaign organizers Melissa Lantsman and Jamie Ellerton in the Globe and Mail.
This week, two other prominent Conservatives, Kory Teneycke and Jeff Ballingall, launched an online campaign called Conservative Victory to push Scheer to step aside.
The campaign posted an anti-Scheer ad on Facebook on Wednesday. Ballingall told CBC News they're also planning to hire organizers and launch a social media campaign to put pressure on Scheer.
Scheer's opponents insist the Conservatives can't win the next election with him as leader. Alleslev disagrees.
"So the question is, do we not have room then for someone of a different faith or a different set of beliefs as prime minister?" she said. "Are we really sending a signal that there's no room for inclusion and tolerance at the most senior leve
"The Conservative Party appears incapable of even offering table-stakes pleasantries to LGBTQ Canadians, while other cultural groups, be they religious, national or ethnic, command that respect without question," wrote key campaign organizers Melissa Lantsman and Jamie Ellerton in the Globe and Mail.
This week, two other prominent Conservatives, Kory Teneycke and Jeff Ballingall, launched an online campaign called Conservative Victory to push Scheer to step aside.
The campaign posted an anti-Scheer ad on Facebook on Wednesday. Ballingall told CBC News they're also planning to hire organizers and launch a social media campaign to put pressure on Scheer.
Scheer's opponents insist the Conservatives can't win the next election with him as leader. Alleslev disagrees.
"So the question is, do we not have room then for someone of a different faith or a different set of beliefs as prime minister?" she said. "Are we really sending a signal that there's no room for inclusion and tolerance at the most senior leve
CBC News: The House
Interview - Rachel Curran
Rachel
Curran, a key advisor to former prime minister Stephen Harper, calls
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's position on same-sex marriage a
"dealbreaker" for her and other party supporters. 8:17
"I'm proud to be in a party that values and includes all
perspectives. I think maybe he was uncomfortable. I can't speak for him,
simply because his beliefs do have a place in Canada, just as much as
everyone else's do."
Former conservative cabinet minister John Baird is putting the final touches on his review of the Conservative campaign. He was tasked with telling the party where it failed and what it can do to avoid another loss.
Conservatives went into the fall election insisting Justin Trudeau and the Liberals were vulnerable and that the prime minister's own missteps during the campaign — including his inability to recall just how many times he'd appeared in blackface when he was younger — offered a clearer path to victory for Scheer.
The sting of October's defeat is still being felt in Conservative circles.
Curran said she doesn't believe Scheer can change. She said his statements since the election on LGBTQ issues show he doesn't understand that many Canadians don't share his views, or that he recognizes his own views need to evolve.
"I think that's a real problem for a lot of Conservatives … and I think we need to make it clear that these are not views that the Conservative Party of Canada is going to accept going forward."
So the questions over Scheer's leadership will continue, as will the push to get him to leave before the party's April convention — where he will face a mandatory leadership review he could still win. And that outcome, his critics say, would ensure the party loses the next election, whenever it happens.
Former conservative cabinet minister John Baird is putting the final touches on his review of the Conservative campaign. He was tasked with telling the party where it failed and what it can do to avoid another loss.
Conservatives went into the fall election insisting Justin Trudeau and the Liberals were vulnerable and that the prime minister's own missteps during the campaign — including his inability to recall just how many times he'd appeared in blackface when he was younger — offered a clearer path to victory for Scheer.
The sting of October's defeat is still being felt in Conservative circles.
Curran said she doesn't believe Scheer can change. She said his statements since the election on LGBTQ issues show he doesn't understand that many Canadians don't share his views, or that he recognizes his own views need to evolve.
"I think that's a real problem for a lot of Conservatives … and I think we need to make it clear that these are not views that the Conservative Party of Canada is going to accept going forward."
So the questions over Scheer's leadership will continue, as will the push to get him to leave before the party's April convention — where he will face a mandatory leadership review he could still win. And that outcome, his critics say, would ensure the party loses the next election, whenever it happens.
803 Comments
David Amos
Methinks
the lawyer Rob Moore and his old boss Harper know why the Yankees could
not pay me to prance in a St Paddy's Day Parade in Beantown long before
I ran against all the political parties in Fundy Royal in 2004. Many
years later trust that Rob Moore and legions of lawyers on both sides of
the 49th and overseas as well know why exactly the same reasoning holds
true for my not wanting to participate in Gay Pride Parades as well
N'esy Pas?
David Hayes
Scheer absolutely has the right to not march in pride parades. Clearly there is a place in the Conservative party for someone with his beliefs since the Conservatives keep putting up leaders with those beliefs. I have no problem with anyone holding those beliefs, providing they do not try to impose them on me.
Unfortunately for Scheer and the Conservatives, Canadians have the right to vote for who they choose for whatever reason they choose.
Scheer absolutely has the right to not march in pride parades. Clearly there is a place in the Conservative party for someone with his beliefs since the Conservatives keep putting up leaders with those beliefs. I have no problem with anyone holding those beliefs, providing they do not try to impose them on me.
Unfortunately for Scheer and the Conservatives, Canadians have the right to vote for who they choose for whatever reason they choose.
David Amos
Reply to @David Hayes: I agree
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