“Canadians have a right to disagree with the law, recognizing they will respect it and will honour the law,” he said. “You have the right to say anything you want about a law, and that attestation took that right away. It was defeated 207 to 93, thanks to nearly every Liberal and NDP MP in attendance voting against it — except for Christopherson and Liberal MP Scott Simms. But many faith-based groups still had a problem with the attestation’s wording, and Christopherson felt the same way. During debate on March 2, most NDP MPs said they would support the motion even though the Liberals botched the implementation.

Source: National Post March 20, 2018 23:03 UTC