Disunited NDP turns its back on northern and rural Canadians

When northern Ontario NDP MPs John Rafferty and Bruce Hyer voted to end the ineffective and wasteful long-gun registry, NDP leader Nycole Turmel took harsh disciplinary measures to silence their voice.

The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, which has over 100,000 members, wrote to Turmel to say that the silenced northern Ontario MPs “represent rural ridings where the vast majority of residents hunt and fish, and where sentiment against the long gun registry runs deep.”

They even called Turmel’s disgraceful actions “an affront to the parliamentary system.”

The NDP punishes MPs that speaks for their northern and rural constituents while rewarding MPs who broke their words such as Charlie Angus and leadership candidate Niki Ashton.