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Published on Thursday, 11 December 2014 12:44
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Party leaders muzzling politicians takes away their freedom to represent you! That’s undemocratic, dictatorial and un-Canadian!

The Reform Act is being reviewed right now by a key committee of MPs, so please join with people across Canada by clicking here to send a strong message to party leaders and politicians that you won’t...

accept the muzzling of politicians who are supposed to be representing you, and that you want changes to make your politicians more independent and empowered!

Surveys over the past 15 years have shown clearly that voters want changes to ensure their politician listens to them, including the first-ever survey conducted in May 2013 specifically about restricting the power of party leaders to control politicians in their party.

The Liberals and NDP have committed to some changes, and Conservative MP Michael Chong introduced a bill in December 2013 – the Reform Act -- that proposes making some of the same changes as Democracy Watch has proposed.

The Reform Act is a good start, but it can be strengthened by MPs on the committee -- the danger is that party leaders are threatening MPs on the committee to force them to weaken the bill in ways the party leaders want.

Please join the call for reasonable changes to ensure politicians across Canada are free to say what they want about any issue, and have some freedom to represent the will of voters who elected them and/or uphold the public interest, without their party leader being able to punish them. Please join in by clicking here to call for:

  • Riding associations, not party leaders, having the power to select candidates;
  • Election watchdogs overseeing nomination races to ensure they are run fairly;
  • Party leaders whipping votes only on issues where the party had a clear position stated in the previous election;
  • All politicians in each party choosing who sits on legislative committees, not party leaders;
  • The Speaker of the legislature, not party leaders, choosing who asks questions during Question Period;
  • Prohibiting party leaders from controlling what politicians say during member statements; and
  • The caucus of each party, by two-thirds vote, being empowered to initiate a review of the party leader’s leadership.

Please also help keep this campaign running until politicians across Canada have the power to properly represent their riding by contributing $10-$20 a month here. Democracy Watch is not funded by corporations or the government. We only accept money from people like you!

Thank you for your support,

Duff, Tyler, Brad, Josephine and David
and all the volunteers across Canada who help make Democracy Watch’s campaigns successful!

 

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