Madam Speaker, two days ago the NDP MPs from Thunder Bay stood up to their downtown, big union executive bosses' marching orders and voted against the ineffective long gun registry. One of them even said:
I am counting the days, hours, minutes and seconds until we get a new leader...Hopefully a good one.
Given the NDP's track record, we all understand why this MP feels that a new leader may not change anything at all.
However, the NDP MP for Western Arctic, and even the former leadership candidate from northern Quebec, chose not to show up for the vote on Wednesday, perhaps in order to avoid retaliation. It proves that the NDP punishes the MPs who speak up for their northern and rural constituents.
This is yet another worrying example that the disunited NDP's reckless and irresponsible policies are a danger to rural and northern Canadians.