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Press Releases: Liberals use or ignore Charter to suit their political endsPosted on Thursday, July 14 @ 16:24:28 CDT by capebretoner
14 July 2005
OTTAWA – Official Opposition Health Critic Steven Fletcher, M.P. for Charleswood – St. James – Assiniboia, expressed his displeasure that the federal government has endorsed the Quebec Government’s request for an 18-month stay on the Supreme Court of Canada judgment striking down a ban on private health insurance in the province.
“The Liberals are phony defenders of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. They say they never fail to endorse judge-made law but when a ruling goes against their political plans, they suddenly lose all respect for the judicial process,” said Fletcher. “The Supreme Court has ruled that waiting lists constitute a threat to Quebecers’ lives. The government is mistaken if it thinks it can delay fixing this significant threat for eighteen months.”
On June 9, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of a claim made by Quebecers Jacques Chaoulli and George Zeliotis that long waiting lists violated their guarantees to life and security under the Quebec Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Quebec Government recently asked for an 18-month stay, claiming it needed time to assess the implications of the ruling.
“In eighteen months, how many people will suffer needlessly while they wait for medical treatment? How many people will die?” asked Fletcher. “The Court ruling has revealed once and for all how the health care system has deteriorated under Liberal Party rule. The government has a responsibility to fix the problem it created and to do it now.”
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Re: Liberals use or ignore Charter to suit their political ends (Score: 1)
by capebretoner on Thursday, July 14 @ 16:27:57 CDT
(User Info | Send a Message) http://www.thepartylive.com | Bad Liberals, Bad
Yep, you should never use your powers given to you by the people.
Sure the Liberals for the majority of the time try to live by the Courts ruling, but there is no reason why they shouldn't stay the ruling until the government can check it out.
Also all this Release does is accuse the Liberals of being bad, but does nothing to state what the CPC would do instead.
All the CPC does is claim the Liberals are bad, but never tell Canadians what they would do if they were in power. This is the same reason why they are not in power and the campaign that Martin lead in the last election stating that you can't trust Harper worked so well. |
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