The behavior of all political parties has always been bad. Broken promises, juvenile displays in the house and outright lies are the historical norm. Over the past few years it has become so bad even some politicians are becoming embarrassed by their own actions.

Let us help them out. Let us create a petition to pass a motion in the house, forbidding the use of the phrase 'honorable member.' 

It is obvious that there is very little honor amongst politicians.  Equally obvious, is that we can't stop them from behaving like petulant children.  We can, however, save them from being embarrassed  by the hypocrisy of calling themselves honorable. 

Please sign this petition and forward it to any of your friends you think might be interested. Let us hope that one day we can have a political system that cares more about the good of the country, and less about the good of their own party.  (Fat chance.)

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Some of you may find this interesting. Please ignore the party mentioned (as they are all the same) and pay attention the the legal opinion.

PROMISES MEANINGLESS 
In January 2005 an Ontario Superior Court judge said people who believe political campaign promises are naive.
 
During the 2003 provincial election, Ontario Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty (below) had emphatically promised "I won't raise your taxes." Mr. McGuinty even signed a pledge with the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation not to raise taxes.
 
After assuming power in October 2003, Mr. McGuinty said his Liberal government had to raise taxes. He introduced a health premium, saying it was needed because the previous Progressive Conservative government had left behind an unexpected deficit of $5.2 billion.
 
The Canadian Taxpayers' Federation cried foul and tried to get the health tax overturned in court. The case came before Mr. Justice Paul Rouleau. The learned judge said that although everyone hopes politicians and their parties keep their election promises "few people would consider that all of the promises made and pledges given constitute legally binding documents between the candidate and the elector or electors to whom those promises or pledges were given." He also pointed out that Mr. McGuinty was not the first politician to break a promise, and said it is up to voters, not the courts, to punish governments who do not keep their word.


** lifted from the web.  I will supply a credit for it as soon as I can find to original author **

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