While Liberals attend their convention this weekend and discuss their latest desires and plans to expand the mind-altering drug market so as to get our good Canadian kids high on pot and hooked on drugs more easily; the rest of us, as a nation, are still trying to come to grips with the latest example of the depravity of the drug world that the liberals love so much, and those involved in it.
The National Post covers it all very well. First, we find that the officers—though they may seem bigger than life and in many ways are—were actually four Canadians a lot like you and me:
The four slain officers were fathers, musicians and friends.
One of the dead was valedictorian of his RCMP graduating class just a month ago.
Another was a young father looking forward to the birth of his second child.
One had a twin brother who was also a member of the force.
The fourth and youngest was the son of a Lutheran minister and a school teacher.
But I thought these words, spoken by Colleen Myrol, mother of slain RCMP member Brock Myrol yesterday, were really much more important than anything I had to say about it, so I didn’t say anything.
Mother pleads for a ‘stand on evil’
National Post
March 5, 2005The following is a transcript of a statement made yesterday by Colleen Myrol, mother of slain RCMP member Brock Myrol.
The family of Brock Myrol are deeply saddened by the sudden and tragic loss of Brock.
However, it is time that our government take a stand on evil.
The man who murdered our son and brother was a person who was deeply disturbed and ill. It is our duty as Canadians to stop and rethink how we are raising our children.
It is time to teach honour of our country. Brock knew that.
It is time to care for our fellow man. Brock knew that.
It is time to end the violence and stop the bullying on the play yard so our children won’t commit suicide. Brock knew that.
It is time as parents, whether a single- or two-parent family, to raise our children with honour for country, where a man’s word is his bond.
Brock knew that.
It is time to take our liberal-minded attitude to task.
Prime Minister Paul Martin, we depend on you and expect you to change the laws and give the courts real power. Give the police real power. Take the power away from the Supreme Court and give it back to the House of Commons.
We are a good country. Brock knew that.
He loved the RCMP and all it stood for.
Our country is hurting. We have lost four dedicated citizens who were willing to do something about it.
Children who are raised with hopes, dreams and goals, and not in houses filled with drugs and violence, will be better people. Brock knew that.
Canadians are wonderful, loving, caring people. Brock knew that and dedicated his life to preserving that tradition.
From the Myrol family to the families of the other constables that are dealing with extreme and eternal loss, we are sorry.
We share and feel your pain. God bless you all.
Respectfully, Keith, Colleen, Patricia, Kalhanie, Robert, Anjila, Blake, Rachel, Loren, and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and very good friends.
Rest in peace, all of you: Constables Peter Christopher Schiemann, Anthony Fitzgerald Orion Gordon, Lionide Nicholas Johnston and Brock Warren Myrol.
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