Tell me, everyone, where are the people in the streets protesting the Canadian government's slip into conflict in Iraq? Remember the massive protests in 2003, including 200,000 in Montreal on a February day of -25 C.
An "emergency debate" in the House of Commons just isn't the same. Particularly when neither Stephen Harper nor Justin Trudeau were there. For whatever his faults, Jean Chrétien was front and centre in 2003.
The Ottaw Citizen reports that opposition leader Thomas Mulcair was in the game, as was Liberal MP Marc Garneau:
“The government is not being transparent with Canadians,” said Mulcair. “This is a slippery slope.”
"He also touched on the absence of Trudeau and Harper. “They should have been here and they should have been speaking,” he said.
"Earlier in the day, in Question Period, Mulcair said Harper is breaking a pledge to allow MPs to vote on military deployments.
“This is the same person who, in 2003, wanted Canada to be involved
in Iraq,” said Mulcair in that earlier exchange. “He is finally getting
his wish.”
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