The Globe and Mail is reporting that the Conservative Party riding associations are mostly on the same page when it comes to the gay ‘marriage’ debate.
OTTAWA—The prevention of same-sex marriages has been given the highest priority of all policies to be debated by federal Conservatives when they meet this month to establish the first agenda of their new party.
And, despite warnings that it will kill the party’s chances in Quebec, delegates to the Montreal meeting will also consider a resolution to ban third-trimester abortions.
[…] While resolutions around tax relief, the gun registry and daycare were each given a priority weighting of 3, the resolution stating that “a Conservative government will support legislation defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman” was given a weight of 26.5, the highest of any of the proposals in the draft.
Geoff Norquay, a spokesman for the party, said the weightings came from the riding associations, which were asked to assign priorities based on the perceived level of importance, and there was no attempt to stifle debate on the social issues that rankle some factions.
“People were arguing a couple of weeks ago that we were somehow going to hide all of these controversial things. It’s kind of hard for us to hide the fact that, say, 30 riding associations passed the same resolution,” Mr. Norquay said.
Though there is division in the Party on the issue, and on social issues in general. Some “pretend conservatives” who are actually liberals want to promote abortion in Canada since they feel 100,000 babies being killed each year isn’t enough yet. And besides, they feel, getting into power is the most important thing in the whole wide world—much more important than stupid babies, who, if they were actually allowed to live and be born, might not be in favour of abortion.
[…] The sensitive issue of abortion will also reach the convention floor despite a warning last month from a high-ranking Quebec Conservative who told The Globe and Mail that, if the discussion were reopened, the party might as well forget running candidates in his province.
But a resolution in favour of banning third-trimester abortions will have to compete against another resolution that says: “A Conservative government will not initiate any legislation to regulate abortion.”
And a Joel Johannesen will not support a party that has no jam.
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