I read the recent news that our local MP made the news again with his usual rants that divides people. Larry Miller has been doing this since he's been in office and it seems to be a familiar style of him to make such disturbing statements to generalize a race and divide our community. Usually he tends to go after the rights of Aboriginal fishing industry. Now Larry has taken the phish bait from his Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper to go after women who wear scarves. And as it is with those with white privilege he thinks that these women in niqabs ought to get the hell out the country; the idea that if you can't conform, get your butts out of here. Well lets see where that got the Conservatives and this country since that time. Sure, Canada has had growth, but now billions of dollars later we are still dealing with the injustices of Aboriginals across this country because Conservatives thought they can remove a race and culture with the stroke of a pen. The Conservatives came in with Sir John and wrote laws to find ways to ensure non white people were oppressed cause god forbid that they rise up and start running in politics and have influence in this country. It kind of reminds me of Hollywood where somehow we have to hate on somebody to make a movie. We had feared each other because of the colour of skin, we've feared each other because of our religion, and weve feared each other because of our sexuality. So rather than Hollywood doing this, we've got Conservatives taking the play straight from Hollywood. Heres the problem with that, we are in real life and real people are being impacted. In the case of a Bruce Grey Owen Sound male resident, he was fed up with the focused rant of Larry Miller. Tenzin Therchan understands the racial divide that Larry Miller spits out when he hits the airwaves> This time, Tenzin was going to make it known that he recognizes Larrys remark as a targeted oppressive statement against Muslim women. Tenzin Tharchen is a lanky gentleman with a deep voice and a passion for social justice. Tenzin is the center of the action of what happened at our MP Larry Millers office, said Tenzin, I entered Larry millers office to speak with the MP about his racist bigoted comments. I was not irate as the media said. I was upset and angry that a elected official would spit islamophobic hate on live radio. I asked to see him and explained his comments stir up hate and are unacceptable. This type of discrimination needs to be addressed and stopped. We do not need to add fuel to a already blazing fire of hate islamophobia and xenophobia. We need mutual respect and understanding to bring together in the diverse fabric that makes Canada such a beautiful place to live. Had Bill C-51 been in play at the time of the incident, we might not have heard from Tenzin. He might have been picked up and detained without a lawyer and we wouldnt know where he was. Larry Miller tried to suggest that Tenzin could be radicalized, and in the case of Bill C-51, that may have been enough to make Tenzin disappear. In Bruce Grey Owen Sound, I was the organizer for the LeadNow #StopBillC51 This is prime example of how important it is that Canadians and Aboriginals stand up against this bill. Larry tried to suggest that there was fear in his office because Tenzin was in fatigues and had a flag. Our riding is not unfamiliar with people in fatigues. Aside from popularity of wearing camouflage designs, our hunters wear fatigues and we are in proximity to the army base. Its not uncommon to see hunters in town, or army people in fatigues or seeing army trucks rolling through the center of the city. What this is really about is the inability for elected members and their office staff to listen to the dissent or frustrations of constituents. Have we really gotten to the stage of believing the hype of terrorism lurking everywhere? If thats the case, weve gone from a fictional movie 1984 to potentially becoming it with fear of each other and the ominous loom of Big Brother. Its ironic that Stephen would say after the shooting in Ottawa, But let there be no misunderstanding: we will not be intimidated. Canada will never be intimidated. The reality seems that its not any terrorists that have scared some into their closets; its the fear mongering the Conservatives have created even in their own MP offices. The recent update is that once again Larry has had to do back flip apology for his inappropriate words, the same day the Prime Ministers Office released a statement on Tuesday. The PMO said, The Member in question made inappropriate comments that went beyond our clear position, and he has apologized for that. We believe most Canadians, including new Canadians, would find it offensive that someone would cover their face at the very moment they want to join the Canadian family.MP Larry Miller issued an apology Tuesday morning. "Yesterday I made comments on a radio show that I recognize were inappropriate. I stand by my view that anyone being sworn in as a new citizen of our country must uncover their face. However, I apologize for and retract my comments that went beyond this." The courts ruled in favor of a woman to represent the multicultural flair of our country which includes all faiths, even Muslim faith. The real question now is what does Stephen Harper and Conservatives think a Canadian family consists of? From city to city; over rural communities and Aboriginal lands and through our prairie fields, I see a multicultural soup of families whose rights are protected by our laws. Which goes back to this freedom -choking Bill C -51; this law must be stopped, if we dont we can be seeing ourselves replaying the days of McCarthyism. Maybe we are already there, caught in a web similar to the fictional movie 1984 and McCarthysim. Either way, being fearful of each other is not a good place to be. Being fearful of our government is not a good place to be. When state and police are in bed with each other as this Bill appears to be we are treading mud. Bruce Grey Owen Sound deserves better, Canada deserves better.