2804...Joe Comartin Writes A Letter To The Editor

It was wrong to include my photo with 12 MPs
The Ottawa Citizen
Sat Aug 28 2010
Page: B5
Section: Letters
Byline: Joe Comartin
Source: The Ottawa Citizen

Re: Gun registry's fate is in their hands, Aug. 25.

It was incorrect to include my photograph as one of 12 New
Democrats still weighing their position on the Conservatives'
controversial Bill C-391 on the long-gun registry. This is a serious
misrepresentation.

As New Democrat justice critic, I have voted at each stage of the
process to maintain this critical investigative tool, and worked
tirelessly within my caucus and at committee to halt the advance of
this potentially disastrous and politically motivated legislation.

Jack Layton is the only national leader working to bridge the
genuine cultural divides between urban and rural Canada, even as
Michael Ignatieff and Stephen Harper continue to play cynical wedge
politics with the safety of our communities.

New Democrats remain focused on the pursuit of practical solutions
which will balance the rights of legitimate sportsmen and women with
a vigorous public safety regime capable of empowering our valiant
police services to effectively protect the Canadian public and
themselves.

Joe Comartin, Ottawa

MP for Windsor-Tecumseh
Edition: Final
Story Type: Letter
Length: 166 words
Idnumber: 201008280049

I gotta ask the honourable member for Detroit South a question: If Jack Layton, and before him Ed Broadbent and Tommy Douglas and the rest, are so in touch with Canuckistanian values and blah blah blah, how come you guys cannot get above 20 points in the polls and never even make it to Stornoway?

WFDS