Is Conservative Leader Stephen Harpers opposition to same-sex marriage going to be his Achilles heel?
Bill Siksay NDP MP for Burnaby-Douglas “I think Mr. Harper and the Conservatives have always had a problem with gay and lesbian rights. They’ve always put up a fight every time the issue of gay and lesbian rights is on the agenda of Parliament, and they’re following in that sad tradition….I think that very few Canadians are going to base their decision on who to vote for in this election on the issue of marriage.” Silvaine Zimmerman Green party candidate for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country “He [Stephen Harper] sounds like he’s now backtracking by saying he won’t invoke the notwithstanding clause. He realized Canada has now evolved beyond where the politicians are at. He doesn’t want to sound like he is backtracking, because it’s not advantageous for his political campaign.” Ujjal Dosanjh Liberal MP for Vancouver South “My belief is Stephen Harper is trying to perpetrate a fraud on the people of Canada….If he is going to reopen this very difficult and divisive issue tha
