OTTAWA – Leaders Ledger – Thunder Bay Superior North MP Bruce Hyer was up in Parliament for a Member’s Statement on Tuesday.
Here is the text of Mr. Hyer’s remarks:
In 1994 the member of Parliament for Calgary West spoke in the House regarding a Liberal omnibus budget implementation bill, one that was a lot smaller than the 452-page bill before the House today. He said, “In the interest of democracy, I ask: How can members represent their constituents on these various areas when they are forced to vote in a block on such legislation and on such concerns?”
He went on to say, “How do we express our views and the views of our constituents when the matters are so diverse? Dividing the bill into several components would allow members to represent views of their constituents on each of the different components in the bill.”
He further went on to say, “I would also ask the government members, particularly those who have spoken on precisely this question in the previous Parliament with precisely the same concerns, to give serious consideration to this issue of democracy and the functionality of this Parliament now.”
The member is now the Prime Minister, and it is time he heeded his own words and split this undemocratic omnibus budget bill.