“Mr. Speaker, when I was around my riding and hearing concerns from people, a lot of people defended the Liberals, saying, “Clearly it is not their intent to ban religious texts. We are just trying to prevent hate here.” However, what is interesting is that a Liberal cabinet minister has said that there are passages in religious texts that are clearly hateful. This came from a Liberal cabinet minister, so obviously that is the intent of the government. I am wondering if the member could explain this: Should we make a list, as governments, to give to pastors and people of religious faiths so they have examples of verses that they know they are not allowed to say in churches and synagogues without getting handcuffed?”
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Mr. Speaker, Thanks · 10 wordsI thank my colleague for his important work on this.ThanksClaims · 115 wordsI actually had the opportunity to meet with people in his riding in Newfoundland, including faith leaders, back in January who were very concerned about what the Liberals are doing.3One of the questions that at least one person asked me was very much in line with what he just said there and was from a place of fear: “If we have Liberal government ministers saying that certain verses of scripture are not allowed, what am I allowed to preach?1What am I allowed to do?”That was, interestingly enough, before he was a minister.5He was just the chair of the justice committee at the time, 2and he was promoted after making those comments.4Positioning · 23 wordsI go back to how it is clear that the Prime Minister welcomes that very divisive and anti-free expression thinking on his team.Motive imputedUnearned certainty
