I agree, nobody has the right to discriminate, which is what this bill is about, and I agree with that. However, there is that slippery slope.
For the member who has pointed that out to me, if groups like EGALE use this in a legal argument, that member might have some red in her face. She will realize our job is to look ahead to see if there are negative impacts of any bill. That is what some of these members are doing. They have the right to do it. Let us stop calling them prejudiced if they vote against this bill.
Getting back to my survey, currently in Calgary Centre 60 per cent are in favour of amending the human rights act by adding these two words.
I will be voting according to the sampling in the two polls I have conducted. I have a clear consensus in my constituency that this is what the people wish me to do. They also know my personal point of view. This is that extra step. To me this is how we can do politics differently and still be true to our policies.
Not everybody in the country agrees with every Liberal policy. Not everybody in the country agrees with every Reform policy although they are card carrying members of each party. It is about time we recognized that and it is about time we tried to work on a participatory democracy. It is harder to do this, but in the long run it is worthwhile.