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… when Jason Kenney stands in front of a hostile audience and says, “I think it’s very important for those of us engaged in anti-racism efforts to ensure the tactics we use, the approaches that we take, are consistent with respect for the liberal values of the Charter of Rights, of the Canadian constitutional framework, of our democratic parliamentary institutions.”

Does anyone think he scratched the following sentiment on the back of an envelope on the flight west, and that it came as a surprise and shock to the Prime Minister’s Office? “I would also hope that we think long and hard about the central role, the foundational role, of such values as freedom of expression in our constitutional framework, and that we do not lightly undermine those constitutional values in our efforts to combat racism or hatred.”

That is not a maverick MP breaking ranks, that is the Conservative party reaching out to its supporters. It is time to have a little faith and patience, and continue working for a majority government.