Eugene Forsey Liberal

Thursday, October 29, 2009

C-311: Stop Hypocrisy & Green Betrayal

Oct 22: "On motion of Justin Trudeau, it was agreed, — That the meetings in relation to Bill C-311, be televised, when possible, except for the clause-by-clause consideration meetings." Today: "1:06 And -- we're out. We being the non-members of the committee who aren't allowed to stick around for an in camera meeting, which is what this has turned out to be. Despite an attempt by Duncan to keep it open, the Liberals abstained, thus allowing the Conservatives to kick us out and lock the door behind us. Metaphorically speaking. 1:08 Alright, that's all for this liveblog -- I mean, it's pretty clear that the Liberals aren't going to lift a finger to help the NDP on this one, which means that Duncan's motion to go to clause by clause is almost certain to fail." I urge you to read O'Malley's full account and the minutes when they appear - it is so sad. Now we're not just, on OLO's orders, blocking legislation that we unanimously approved just months ago, ONE WEEK after calling for meetings to remain public other than actual clause by clause consideration, we're colluding with Cons to hide from public scrutiny! For heavens' sakes! What next, we ask Stockwell Day to make policy and strategy for us? Is there any real Liberal out there feeling good about this?

3 Comments:

  • At 7:50 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    This is a political game playing ploy by Layton - don't you see it? Sigh.

    Doesn't matter - Harper doesn't honour motions anyway. It doesn't\won't do a thing.

    Political posturing - why should anyone be sucked into it.

     
  • At 6:35 PM, Blogger Eugene Forsey Liberal said…

    Maybe you haven't heard about TD-Jaccard study, but this does definitely mean something, to the point 14 Lib MPs voted for it, with all the risks that implied for them.

     
  • At 11:12 PM, Anonymous LMA said…

    There is little chance that this bill will be passed before Copenhagen, despite the courage of SOME Liberals. The TD-Jaccard study at least gives us hope that we can set targets to reduce GHG and meet them provided we are willing to sacrifice, e.g., driving/flying less, becoming a lot more energy efficient, restructuring our economy, etc. How can we expect the developing nations to fight climate change if we are not willing to act?

     

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