Mr. Speaker, the NDP is disunited on fairness of the shipbuilding process, merit-based selection of Supreme Court judges and marketing freedom for western Canadian farmers. A leadership candidate proposes mergers with the Liberals. Another leadership candidate disagrees with the NDP's constitutional position and the placeholder leader changed the NDP's long-standing position on democratic representation.
When two Thunder Bay NDP MPs voted to end the ineffective and wasteful long gun registry, their placeholder leader took harsh disciplinary measures to silence them.
The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters called these disgraceful actions “an affront to the parliamentary system”.
The NDP punishes MPs who speak for their constituents while it rewards MPs who break their word.
This is yet another worrying example that the ineffective, disunited NDP is not fit to govern.