“Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his great work across this country on Bill C-9. Maybe there are some well-intentioned Liberals across the way, but we made these same arguments around medical assistance in dying. We said that there was going to be pressure on seniors to end their life and that MAID was going to be pushed on people who are affected by mental health issues, and that is exactly what has been happening. If Bill C-9 really becomes the law of the land, where does the member see this going? How could it actually affect pastors and preachers at Christian churches across Canada?”
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Mr. Speaker, Thanks · 23 wordsI thank my colleague very much for his support on this and for the work he has done in standing up for freedoms.ThanksProcedure · 7 wordsI will say two things on this.ProcedureReasoning · 18 wordsThe first is that where the problematic parts of the bill are coming from is itself a signal.Positioning · 20 wordsIt shows that the Liberal government does not fundamentally respect the role that faith plays in society, and religious freedom.PositioningReasoning · 29 wordsWhen that is the frame the Liberals have already established for their outlook, we have to be very concerned about how that is going to unfold in other ways.Claims · 36 wordsThe second is that all of us see, or should see, in our constituencies the work that faith groups and people from across the faith spectrum do, from food banks to homeless shelters, all of this.Reasoning · 36 wordsIf we take away the right for faith communities to live out their values and beliefs, we also have to be prepared to give up that philanthropic benefit that gives us so much in this country.
