Cadman - Again
I haven't really thought of anything to do with Canadian politics since this past Thursday when the budget vote took place, and I wasn't planning to write about anything to do with Canadian politics for a while, but today I came across something which really provides some insight into Chuck Cadman's character.
I think it's safe to assume that the Conservative Party's unwillingness to intervene in his nomination battle last year had something to do with how he voted. It's also starting to become general knowledge that Cadman himself challenged and defeated an incumbent Reform MP in 1997.
I did a quick search today to find out who that Reform MP was and her name was Margaret Bridgman. I plugged her name along with Cadman's into Google and I came across one of her Member Statements in the House of Commons on October 28, 1994 (third statement down):
YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT
Ms. Margaret Bridgman (Surrey North, Ref.): Mr. Speaker, in 1992 in my riding of Surrey North a 16-year old boy named Jesse Cadman was murdered by Isaac Deas who at the time was a juvenile and on a court imposed curfew.
Since that tragedy Jesse's father Chuck has become very active in trying to change the Young Offender's Act. I have received over 1,000 letters from my riding expressing support for Chuck and his group CRY, or Crime, Responsibility and Youth.
Chuck's latest initiative is a lawsuit against the father of Isaac Deas and the crown for failing to enforce the court imposed curfew. Had that curfew been enforced, Jesse would be alive today.
I support Chuck Cadman in assigning responsibility to parents who seemingly have not made reasonable effort to exercise parental control. I support his effort to hold the crown accountable to those who are under its supervision in the community. I ask the Minister of Justice to make himself accountable to the Canadian public and heed the concerns of citizens like Chuck Cadman.
There she was, representing the needs and wishes of her constituents, paying special attention to the Cadman family and what did Cadman do to repay her? He challenged her for the nomination. Between 1997 and 2004 he did alright, and then in 2005, when the party which had Youth Crime policies most inline with his own beliefs was on the brink of assuming power by defeating the current soft-on-crime government in a confidence vote, he prolonged their stay in power, for a few months and maybe even for a few years.
I think it's safe to assume that the Conservative Party's unwillingness to intervene in his nomination battle last year had something to do with how he voted. It's also starting to become general knowledge that Cadman himself challenged and defeated an incumbent Reform MP in 1997.
I did a quick search today to find out who that Reform MP was and her name was Margaret Bridgman. I plugged her name along with Cadman's into Google and I came across one of her Member Statements in the House of Commons on October 28, 1994 (third statement down):
YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT
Ms. Margaret Bridgman (Surrey North, Ref.): Mr. Speaker, in 1992 in my riding of Surrey North a 16-year old boy named Jesse Cadman was murdered by Isaac Deas who at the time was a juvenile and on a court imposed curfew.
Since that tragedy Jesse's father Chuck has become very active in trying to change the Young Offender's Act. I have received over 1,000 letters from my riding expressing support for Chuck and his group CRY, or Crime, Responsibility and Youth.
Chuck's latest initiative is a lawsuit against the father of Isaac Deas and the crown for failing to enforce the court imposed curfew. Had that curfew been enforced, Jesse would be alive today.
I support Chuck Cadman in assigning responsibility to parents who seemingly have not made reasonable effort to exercise parental control. I support his effort to hold the crown accountable to those who are under its supervision in the community. I ask the Minister of Justice to make himself accountable to the Canadian public and heed the concerns of citizens like Chuck Cadman.
There she was, representing the needs and wishes of her constituents, paying special attention to the Cadman family and what did Cadman do to repay her? He challenged her for the nomination. Between 1997 and 2004 he did alright, and then in 2005, when the party which had Youth Crime policies most inline with his own beliefs was on the brink of assuming power by defeating the current soft-on-crime government in a confidence vote, he prolonged their stay in power, for a few months and maybe even for a few years.
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