As I mentioned
here, I am embarking on a series of endorsements for individual candidates from all parties. I do this not under any misapprehension that anyone cares who I endorse. Rather, I think it is a useful exercise (1) to try to find worthy people in all parties.
I begin with a trio of Conservatives:
- Jim Prentice (Calgary Center)
- James Moore (Port Moody, BC)
- Gerald Keddy (South Shore, NS)
These are three of the four Conservatives who voted in favour of same-sex marriage last spring, despite very strong lobbying efforts against them from within their own parties. (The other, Stronach, defected to the Liberals.)
Although support for same-sex marriage is not an absolute litmus test for me, I would find it very difficult to vote for any candidate that was eager to drag the nation back through the same-sex marriage debate. It was unpleasant and divisive enough to go through the first time. We don't need to do it again.
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