As an interesting aside, when I.M. says "shouted down" I think he means literally. In our congressional hearings there is no "shouting". In Canada they shout at one another almost, or certainly raise their voice. Also, In Canada, apparently heckling from non-MP's is allowed, but the Speaker of the Parliament (is he or she called something different there?) acted almost like a referee and when the heckling got to loud they put a stop to it. I found watching Parliament interesting recently.
You're not wrong in that heckling is a fairly common occurrence in Westminster style parliamentary democracies, but in this case I was using it figuratively. Abortion is a third rail of Canadian politics, at least for the right. Any attempt to touch it leads to howls of outrage from our elites, our media, etc. that the right to an abortion is sacrosanct and how dare any Conservative propose a measure that might just be a stalking horse to taking away or even putting the slightest of limits upon that right.
Every Conservative leader has to go through the performance of vowing that he will not allow any legislation concerning abortion to be introduced were he to become prime minister. The language he uses must be unambiguously clear else he is accused of harboring a hidden agenda. Such is the Canadian left and Canadian culture, which is predominantly left. We almost make California look sane.
As an interesting aside, when I.M. says "shouted down" I think he means literally. In our congressional hearings there is no "shouting". In Canada they shout at one another almost, or certainly raise their voice. Also, In Canada, apparently heckling from non-MP's is allowed, but the Speaker of the Parliament (is he or she called something different there?) acted almost like a referee and when the heckling got to loud they put a stop to it. I found watching Parliament interesting recently.
I.M. : did I describe it accurately?
You're not wrong in that heckling is a fairly common occurrence in Westminster style parliamentary democracies, but in this case I was using it figuratively. Abortion is a third rail of Canadian politics, at least for the right. Any attempt to touch it leads to howls of outrage from our elites, our media, etc. that the right to an abortion is sacrosanct and how dare any Conservative propose a measure that might just be a stalking horse to taking away or even putting the slightest of limits upon that right.
Every Conservative leader has to go through the performance of vowing that he will not allow any legislation concerning abortion to be introduced were he to become prime minister. The language he uses must be unambiguously clear else he is accused of harboring a hidden agenda. Such is the Canadian left and Canadian culture, which is predominantly left. We almost make California look sane.
Wow. Learned a lot aboot Canada this year. ( that of course was in good humor eh? 😀)
Feel free to rib this Native Tex for her “y’alls”.
On a serious note: I weep for Canada and Israel and a couple other countries and their people.