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Conservative MPs say they’ve been muzzled by their own party
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Mar 26, 2013 10:13pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
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Some Conservative backbenchers stirred up controversy in the House of Commons Tuesday when they accused their own party of preventing them from speaking out in Parliament.
Mark Warawa, a Langley, B.C. MP, complained that he was set to make a statement in the House last Thursday, but was told at the last minute that his name had been removed from the speakers’ list.
"The reason I was given was that the topic was not approved of," he said.
Warawa did not specify the topic, but it’s widely believed that he wanted to bring up his motion calling on parliamentarians to condemn sex-selective abortion. The motion was deemed out of order last week.
Two other Conservative backbenchers, Alberta MP Leon Benoit and Manitoba MP Rod Bruinooge, backed Warawa’s concerns. Sources tell CTV News that nearly two dozen Conservative MPs met secretly on Monday to discuss the issue of PMO’s control. |
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