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First Canadian Black Senator - Anne Cools - Leaves Liberals to Join Conservatives

OTTAWA, June 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Senator Anne Cools, appointed by former Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau as Canada's first black Senator, announced yesterday that she will no longer be sitting as a Liberal senator and will be joining the Conservative caucus in the Senate. Jim Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition noted Cools' efforts in defending the traditional definition of marriage and freedom of speech threatened by homosexual hate crime bill C-250.

Speaking about Cools, Hughes told LifeSiteNews.com "An outspoken and tireless defender of the family has finally crossed the floor to sit with the Tories after years of putting up with the constant harassment from the pro-abortion, anti-family feminists among her former Liberal colleagues. Although the Liberals don't know it yet she will be sadly missed." Cools stands out in Canadian politics for an attribute sorely lacking in most politicians - back-bone. "Every time her own tried to intimidate her and silence her she rose above the occasion."

Senator Cools described her decision as being driven by her inability to defend repeated Liberal spending scandals, particularly the billions wasted on the sponsorship scandal and the billions on the gun registry.

"I can no longer defend the Liberal record. Like so many Canadians, I had been hopeful that Mr. Martin would initiate a new era, a genesis and renewal in the Liberal government. I had hoped for an affirmation of responsible government, diligent stewardship of public moneys and renewed leadership, accountable to elected members and the public, not its paid advisors," said Senator Cools. "But we have seen the opposite. We now know that Mr. Martin's promised review of the gun registry was posturing and optics."

Senator Cools came to her decision after months of contemplation and introspection. Her decision to become a Conservative Senator, rather than an independent, was prompted by her personal respect for Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper.

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