Comments on: Cons: Human Rights Hypocrites

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Woman At Mile 0 — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:47:32 +0000

I think such a statement should come from the office of the auditor general of Canada.

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Woman At Mile 0 — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:43:18 +0000

I disagree. Abortion is a very contentious topic. I could easily see us going down the path of the US to lessen women’s rights. As for your article…it doesnt say the Globe and Mail says…its says,

“Jim Hughes, head of Campaign Life Coalition, said the annual protest against abortion has never received federal funding and that the government was in no way involved in this year’s event”.

There is a difference.

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Canuck Politics — Thu, 17 May 2007 19:12:07 +0000

I’m just pointing out factual inaccuracies in your arguments. I’m interested in the truth of the situation, not spin. It is an undisputed fact that the government has NEVER funded pro-life groups. Believe what you want, but you’re simply wrong, even according to the Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070516.ABORTION16/TPStory/TPNational/Politics/

It is also a fact that there is not enough support for making abortion illegal in the House of Commons, even when you take pro-life supporters from the Liberal party into account. This “issue” has been constructed by certain people and political parties who are twisting the truth in order attack the Conservative Party. They open up old divisions in society on an issue that has long been put to rest, and then people like you call women who disagree “fruitcakes”. I happen to agree with your position on abortion, but I try to respect those who disagree, and I don’t think it is appropriate for political parties to play games with abortion. What ever happened to tollerance? I guess you’re no more interested in tollerance than the truth.

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Woman At Mile 0 — Thu, 17 May 2007 14:30:40 +0000

Maybe they should stop sponsoring pro life marches/banners then if its such a stretch. Your arguments are hilarious. Hard to defend something right in front of the public’s face…but by all means…keep trying.

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Canuck Politics — Thu, 17 May 2007 06:27:59 +0000

There are scarcely 12 Conservative MP’s that identify themselves as pro-life, and that’s a long stretch from voting to make abortion illegal. The party would ever allow it. They did NOT sponsor the pro-rights group, that is a matter of public record. The only ones trying to open the abortion debate are the opposition. Disgusting.

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Woman At Mile 0 — Thu, 17 May 2007 02:12:44 +0000

Ok I am certainly not going to take “Suzanne’s” or your word for it. And I certainly have not seen any evidence except that the logo is on the sign. If the neo cons got a majority you can bet abortion would be illegal as fast as they could make it so. The sponsorship of this banner/event backs that up.

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Canuck Politics — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:46:40 +0000

Murray Dobbin’s article is full of factual inaccuracies, such as the claim that harper called the allegations of abuse “baseless accusations”. In fact, Harper said the Opposition made baseless accusations when they claimed that the government didn’t have access to deatinees and were knowingly handing detainees over for torture. The Opposition twisted this around. See the whole debate and links to other primary source material here: http://canuckpolitics.com/2007/05/07/afghan-detainee-abuse-allegations/

The goernment didn’t fund the pro-life group, as Suzanne already mentioned. The banner has had the Canada wordmark for 5 years, so if it ended up on the banner due to any funding, then that happened under the Liberals. Anyway, the Tories well-documented policy is to go nowhere near the abortion issue.

There is no real reason to question the Conservative’s commitment to human rights. Fundemental freedoms and individual rights are the bedrock of conservative ideology after all.

It seems to me this is just more wedge politics and spin on the part of the Liberals. Expect more of this. The only way the Conservatives will gain more support is by being more inclusive, the only way the Liberals can stop them is by driving wedges to divide people, communities and special interests. They’ll focus on issues that will win crucial seats in Quebec – so that means Kyoto, Afghanistan, official languages, and yes, abortion.

I think we all have to look closer to the source and try to ignore the spin coming from all sides. That’s the only way our politicians will ever abandon the spin and allow a more meaningful debate.

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Woman At Mile 0 — Wed, 16 May 2007 06:07:47 +0000

Funny that the logos are on the banners though. Who are you expecting to convince here?

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SUZANNE — Wed, 16 May 2007 05:28:09 +0000

The government did not sponsor any pro-life banners or marches.