Democracy gives us the right to say "no." No to the forced burka, no to the drug trade, no to warring rulers who use religion and culture as a method to foment division.
How ironic is it then, that, in support of democracy, a young hockey player who says "no" is ejected from his team?
In the aftermath of Saint John Sea Dog winger Dave Bouchard being cut for not signing a flag sent to Canadian troops in Afghanistan, the coach has been suspended for two games and the team fined $1,000.
For Sheila, no only means no if it's a no that fits her agenda. Do you think that she supports the idea that a man can say no to joining a union or paying union dues? How about saying no to state funded health care and purchasing private health care? How about no to funding the Status of Women Council? How about no to smoking bans on covered decks or in privately owned clubs?
Copps concludes:
In a democracy, we have the right to say "no."
I expect that for Ms. Copps, democracy means saying no to things she doesn't believe in and not to things that the statists have determined to be for the greater good. A private hockey team can make its own rules and risk losing games as a result. Ms. Copps is not out there screaming to stop state violations of the freedom of expression. Ask her about hate speech laws and election spending restrictions and see how defines the democratic right to say "no".
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