Mr. Speaker, when someone tells us who they are, it is wise to believe them. When the Leader of the Opposition demonstrates an authoritarian personality, we had better pay close attention. Dr. Jennifer Gunter, The New York Times' women's health columnist, warns that Conservatives have “proposed”, and voted for, “forced birth” legislation “nine” times. All have been defeated, but if those come back, and I think he would let them, we would have a Conservative leader who tells us he would use the notwithstanding clause to override our charter protections.
We have a Conservative leader who disregards voices from corporate Canada, but he will take their money. He says he will bully cities to ignore voices from our neighbourhoods on property development. He spies on and muzzles his own MPs, whom Canadians thought were their voices in Parliament. He, like his mentor Stephen Harper, is a party of one. He treats his own caucus with an iron fist. Would he do the same with the rest of the Canadians? Who knows, but it is best not to give him the chance.