Honourable Senators, I stand here today as but one voice in this Chamber. <\/p>\n
My voice is not as loud or as strong as others in this House. <\/p>\n
Yet behind me stand many, by the thousands, who wish their voices could be heard. <\/p>\n
I am honoured to be speaking on their behalf. <\/p>\n
And today, I hope you do not just hear my voice, but the sound of their voices as well. <\/p>\n
These are the many people who weep that Canadas moral fabric is being destroyed: Who beg us not to underestimate the harm that will follow when our hitherto and dearly held values are being shredded. <\/p>\n
These are the elderly and the vulnerable: Who have now been burdened with new fears about visiting their doctor or being admitted to the hospital. <\/p>\n
I propose to you that if this legislation was for a clear moral good there would be no need for debate. <\/p>\n
It would be resoundingly supported not only in these halls, but in the halls of our nation. <\/p>\n
Yet we do not hear such a sound, fellow Senators. <\/p>\n
We hear the sound of division, of anger, of disagreement, and of fear. <\/p>\n
I do not know which is more alarming: <\/p>\n
The fact that we are on the wrong road, or the fact that we do not recognize it and that so many are cheering. <\/p>\n
A fundamental tenant is, Do not kill the innocent. Life is sacred. <\/p>\n
Yet in considering this legislation we have dismissed so many safeguards that the innocent are certain to be killed. <\/p>\n
Why we cannot see it, I do not know. <\/p>\n
Ignoring the lessons of history we elevate the right of the individual over the good of society. <\/p>\n
Canada has had its democratic values uprooted: While in theory, Parliament is Supreme, this has become blatantly false. <\/p>\n
The Supreme Court has supplanted our elected Parliamentarians by foisting Judge-made law on Canadians. <\/p>\n
And although Parliaments across the nation could invoke the notwithstanding clause to ensure that this decision receives its proper deliberation, they seem unprepared to do so. <\/p>\n
Where did we go so wrong, and when will we admit that the Supreme Court has gone too far? <\/p>\n
What will it take? On what will they rule next? <\/p>\n
Is there no situation under which the parliaments of Canada would be prepared to exercise their right under the Charter and invoke the notwithstanding clause? <\/p>\n
I, for one, am not holding my breath, and I believe we are wrong, my friends. This story does not end well. <\/p>\n
My only hope is that more and more Canadians are beginning to realize that something is terribly wrong and are rejecting the benign-sounding Medical Assistance in Dying Bill C-14. <\/p>\n
Regrettably, far too few parliamentarians are amongst them. <\/p>\n
I cannot support this legislation. <\/p>\n
I dont think this has been our finest hour: politics were ever-present. But may the gracious God who gave us life have mercy on us when He takes it in the end. <\/p>\n
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