However, Bill C-38 is a different beast altogether. It's an attempt by the Conservative government, to ram over 70 individual pieces of legislative changes down the throats of unsuspecting Canadians disguised as a budget bill. In over 430 pages, 30% of which deal with major changes to environmental protection and regulation, we find an agenda that we can only imagine was expected to be lost in the morass of paper. But people noticed. Changes to EI, old age security, fisheries and protected marine habitats, indigenous healthcare, environmental watchdogs, streamlining the process for pipeline construction - it's all sneaky, underhanded, and severely anti-democratic.
A number of websites have sprung up encouraging you to speak out and stop Bill C-38 from passing. People are encouraging you to contact your local MP. But we here at the IO think this issue is big enough to warrant something a little different.
If only 12 Conservative MPs decide to vote against the bill, it will not pass. In an effort to make this happen, we here at the IO have compiled a handy list of all Conservative backbenchers that are little more than whipped votes for their party. We feel that by appealing to their humanity, morality, and sense of fairness that the Canadian public may just sway 12 of them to temporarily defect. In that interest, here is the list of Conservative backbencher's email addresses. Please put the time in to write them - blind CC the list, ask them to defend Canada, defend our environment, stand up in the face of an assault on our democracy in the form of these Frankenstein omnibus bills.
Here's the list, just copy/paste into your email;
Eve.Adams@parl.gc.ca, Mark.Adler@parl.gc.ca, leona.aglukkaq@parl.gc.ca, Dan.Albas@parl.gc.ca, harold.albrecht@parl.gc.ca, Chris.Alexander@parl.gc.ca, mike.allen@parl.gc.ca, dean.allison@parl.gc.ca, Stella.Ambler@parl.gc.ca, rob.anders@parl.gc.ca, david.anderson@parl.gc.ca, scott.armstrong@parl.gc.ca, keith.ashfield@parl.gc.ca, Jay.Aspin@parl.gc.ca, Joyce.Bateman@parl.gc.ca, leon.benoit@parl.gc.ca, james.bezan@parl.gc.ca, steven.blaney@parl.gc.ca, kelly.block@parl.gc.ca, ray.boughen@parl.gc.ca, peter.braid@parl.gc.ca, garry.breitkreuz@parl.gc.ca, gord.brown@parl.gc.ca, lois.brown@parl.gc.ca, patrick.brown@parl.gc.ca, rod.bruinooge@parl.gc.ca, Brad.Butt@parl.gc.ca, paul.calandra@parl.gc.ca, blaine.calkins@parl.gc.ca, ron.cannan@parl.gc.ca, John.Carmichael@parl.gc.ca, colin.carrie@parl.gc.ca, Corneliu.Chisu@parl.gc.ca, michael.chong@parl.gc.ca, rob.clarke@parl.gc.ca, Joe.Daniel@parl.gc.ca, pat.davidson@parl.gc.ca, bob.dechert@parl.gc.ca, barry.devolin@parl.gc.ca, earl.dreeshen@parl.gc.ca, rick.dykstra@parl.gc.ca, ed.fast@parl.gc.ca, Kerry-Lynne.Findlay@parl.gc.ca, royal.galipeau@parl.gc.ca, cheryl.gallant@parl.gc.ca, Parm.Gill@parl.gc.ca, shelly.glover@parl.gc.ca, Robert.Goguen@parl.gc.ca, jacques.gourde@parl.gc.ca, nina.grewal@parl.gc.ca, richard.harris@parl.gc.ca, Bryan.Hayes@parl.gc.ca, russ.hiebert@parl.gc.ca, Jim.Hillyer@parl.gc.ca, randy.hoback@parl.gc.ca, candice.hoeppner@parl.gc.ca, ed.holder@parl.gc.ca, Roxanne.James@parl.gc.ca, brian.jean@parl.gc.ca, randy.kamp@parl.gc.ca, gerald.keddy@parl.gc.ca, greg.kerr@parl.gc.ca, ed.komarnicki@parl.gc.ca, daryl.kramp@parl.gc.ca, mike.lake@parl.gc.ca, guy.lauzon@parl.gc.ca, Ryan.Leef@parl.gc.ca, Kellie.Leitch@parl.gc.ca, pierre.lemieux@parl.gc.ca, Chungsen.Leung@parl.gc.ca, Wladyslaw.Lizon@parl.gc.ca, ben.lobb@parl.gc.ca, james.lunney@parl.gc.ca, colin.mayes@parl.gc.ca, phil.mccoleman@parl.gc.ca, cathy.mcleod@parl.gc.ca, Costas.Menegakis@parl.gc.ca, larry.miller@parl.gc.ca, rick.norlock@parl.gc.ca, tilly.oneillgordon@parl.gc.ca, Ted.Opitz@parl.gc.ca, lavar.payne@parl.gc.ca, pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca, joe.preston@parl.gc.ca, james.rajotte@parl.gc.ca, brent.rathgeber@parl.gc.ca, Michelle.Rempel@parl.gc.ca, blake.richards@parl.gc.ca, greg.rickford@parl.gc.ca, andrew.saxton@parl.gc.ca, gary.schellenberger@parl.gc.ca, Kyle.Seeback@parl.gc.ca, bev.shipley@parl.gc.ca, devinder.shory@parl.gc.ca, joy.smith@parl.gc.ca, robert.sopuck@parl.gc.ca, kevin.sorenson@parl.gc.ca, bruce.stanton@parl.gc.ca, brian.storseth@parl.gc.ca, Mark.Strahl@parl.gc.ca, david.sweet@parl.gc.ca, david.tilson@parl.gc.ca, Lawrence.Toet@parl.gc.ca, brad.trost@parl.gc.ca, Bernard.Trottier@parl.gc.ca, Susan.Truppe@parl.gc.ca, merv.tweed@parl.gc.ca, Bernard.Valcourt@parl.gc.ca, dave.vankesteren@parl.gc.ca, maurice.vellacott@parl.gc.ca, mike.wallace@parl.gc.ca, mark.warawa@parl.gc.ca, chris.warkentin@parl.gc.ca, jeff.watson@parl.gc.ca, john.weston@parl.gc.ca, rodney.weston@parl.gc.ca, David.Wilks@parl.gc.ca, John.Williamson@parl.gc.ca, stephen.woodworth@parl.gc.ca, terence.young@parl.gc.ca, Wai.Young@parl.gc.ca, Bob.Zimmer@parl.gc.ca
Do your part - spread the word, ask these people for their help. There's plenty of information out there about this 'budget' bill and what you can do to make a difference. Here's a couple of websites to check out;
http://www.facebook.com/groups/429355157084052/?ref=ts
http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/06/a-rough-guide-to-bill-c-38/
Woo Hoo Nice work Mr. Moore!
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