TORONTO, February 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Enshrine Marriage Canada (EMC) released the results of new public opinion poll in Calgary North Centre that found Conservative MP Jim Prentice is at odds with his own voters on the issue of marriage. Over 76 per cent of current Conservative supporters oppose redefining marriage.
“Jim Prentice’s own voters in Calgary North Centre want their MP to back the traditional definition of marriage,” said William Gairdner, a member of EMC’s steering committee. “Jim Prentice may have said he intends to vote for the Government’s bill, but his own voters oppose the idea.”
EMC is a national, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to enshrining the traditional definition of marriage in the Constitution of Canada as the union of one woman and one man.
“Taken as a whole, the people of this riding are divided,” said Gairdner. While the opinion in the riding is split evenly, 82 per cent of all voters want to be consulted. “Clearly, at a minimum, Jim Prentice needs to talk to his voters. Frankly, he needs to really listen to his own Conservative voters who oppose the change.”
“So, if Jim Prentice is listening to anyone, it’s people who didn’t vote for him like Liberals and New Democrats because three quarters of Conservatives oppose him on this. He’s certainly not listening to people in his own party or people who actually voted for him in June 2004,” concluded Gairdner. The professional study was commissioned by EMC and performed by the Logit Group of Toronto from 7-8 February 2005. In it a random sampling of 400 eligible voters (with a margin of error of +/-4.9 per cent) in Calgary North Centre were asked for their views.
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