The following letter was sent to MP John Weston and copied to Coast Reporter.
In your town hall meeting in Sechelt a few weeks back, you referred to yourself as the conscience of the Conservative party. Here is your opportunity to prove yourself. Please stand up for your constituents and insist that Bill C-38 be broken up and debated in a manner worthy of a democracy.
This bill contains an over abundance of important items that affect disparate and critical areas. There is no way they can be thought about, debated and acted upon in an informed and intelligent manner in their present form as one omnibus bill. You know that what is being done is wrong.
Even Stephen Harper knows this is wrong: In 1994, as a new Reform party MP, Harper asked: "How can members represent their constituents on these various areas when they are forced to vote on a block of such legislation?" (www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/06/a-rough-guide-to-bill-c-38/).
Please prove that you do have a conscience and that you are not just Mr. Harper's yes man. Be brave, Mr. Weston, and do what is right!
Suzy Naylor
Roberts Creek
Editor's note: Coast Reporter received four more similar letters to this that were sent to MP Weston, but due to space constraints, only this letter will be published.
