Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer some advice on the Conservatives' new gag law, their policy of vetting same sex marriage speeches through their leader's office.
So here, Mr. Speaker, are the top five lines—actual quotes from his recent interview with ethnic media—that should be deleted from the member for Calgary Southeast's forthcoming speech on same sex marriage.
Number 5: “Look, equality does not mean treating everybody exactly the same”.
Number 4: “We are against unjust discrimination. But there are forms of just discrimination”.
Number 3: “Marriage is open to everybody as long as they are a man and a woman”.
Number 2: “Personally, I am not against a referendum... Most democracies in the world, when they seek to amend their constitution, do so through a referendum process”.
And the Number 1 line to eliminate from a member's same sex speech: “I am a bachelor, so I do not know anything about marriage anyway either way”.
Well, at least that last quote by the member for Calgary Southeast is something that everyone in this House can agree on!