Emerson: synonym for hypocrisy

Dear David Emerson, Stephen Harper, Marjory LeBreton, Rob Nicholson, Michael Chong, and CP MPs who voted pro C-251,

”I shake my head at the hypocrisy of the hon. member.” – David Emerson in Parliament this week

hypocrisy n:
insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have

hypocrite n:
a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold

Give your head a shake, Mr. Emerson, for your very name has become so synonymous with hypocrisy that there is little doubt that a Canadian thesaurus will one day list “emerson” alongside charlatanism, chicanery, deceitfulness, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, falseheartedness, guile, put-on, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, sham, surreptitiousness, treacherousness, two-facedness, and underhandedness.

As a Conservative party member I deplore our party’s silent acceptance of Stephen Harper’s undemocratic decision to appoint the duplicitous Emerson to cabinet.

75% of British Columbians even in staunchly Conservative areas of the province want to see a by-election for Vancouver-Kingsway. 79% of my fellow citizens in urban areas want the same.

These numbers are not going to change – our party will suffer in the next election thanks to Harper’s mistake. Politicians that do not speak out for justice and democracy will be held to account in the next election.

Don’t pull an ‘emerson’. Speak out.

Who believes that Canadians will look at their ballots in quite the same way in the next election, following the Emerson-Harper affront to our supposedly democratic system? Let no one believe the Canadians won’t be reminded. Except for the undemocratically appointed, the rest of you had better think about that when voting day next approaches.

If we don’t start walking our talk, the people of Canada will ensure that we are out of power again soon enough.

Michael Watkins
Vancouver-Kingsway

Above is an excerpt from a letter sent this morning.