2221...Shut The F*ck Up

Is that anyway for a Senator to act in our country.

Apparently.

Adam Smith from Team Red just sent me this note:

Dan --

So this is how the Conservative government treats those who work with women and children in some of the world’s poorest nations?

“Shut the f—- up on this issue,” Conservative Senator Nancy Ruth told international aid workers who gathered on Parliament Hill earlier today to express their concerns about the government’s maternal health policy. She then warned them the organizations they represent risk losing their funding, or worse, if they continue to speak their mind.

“If you push it, there will be more backlash,” she said.

We cannot let the government treat Canadians this way. Their contempt for the public has reached a level you and I just can’t tolerate.

The men and women who were insulted and threatened today have every right to be deeply concerned about this government’s backwards approach to maternal health, which departs from over twenty years of established Canadian policy supporting women’s rights to access safe, legal abortion and the full range of family planning services.

And when they say they find it tougher to do their jobs effectively under Stephen Harper, we believe them.

Your $25 or $50 donation is a show of force against Stephen Harper’s Conservative culture of deceit and contempt, and a reminder of who’s working for who.

More importantly, it will move us closer to the time when a Liberal government can work with Canadians – as a partner, not a bully.

Yours,

Adam Smith
National Director, National Liberal Fund
Liberal Party of Canada

PS. Political donations under $200 annually are reported to Elections Canada anonymously. If Harper’s intimidation tactics make it difficult for you to publicly oppose him, you can still show your solidarity with those who don’t have that option.

It is too cold in this country to have a dictatorship.

WFDS