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Dear Prime Minister: (pm@pm.gc.ca, Martin.P@parl.gc.ca)

I find it totally unacceptable that you plan to ratify same-sex marriage by a quick vote in the House of Commons.

Any change as fundamental as this one, and so significant to the nation’s future, cannot be legitimately instituted on the say-so of a few lawyers appointed as judges.

Nor can it be left to Parliamentarians who do not even accept the constitutional principle of responsible, democratic government enshrined in section 33 of the Charter of Rights.

The Supreme Court has recently acknowledged that this is a significant constitutional change that affects Canadian governments, social institutions and individuals.

The precedent was established in 1992 that significant constitutional changes are put to a national referendum. The manner in which this issue is resolved will prove far more important to our future as a constitutional democracy than anything that was in the Charlottetown Accord.

I insist that you put this question to a direct vote by the people of Canada at the earliest opportunity, and that you accept their judgement.

The Constitution does not belong to Parliament and or to the Supreme Court. It belongs to Canadians.

Sincerely,

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cc:
Hon. Anne McLellan, Deputy Prime Minister (McLellan.A@parl.gc.ca)
Hon. Irwin Cotler, Minister of Justice (Cotler.I@parl.gc.ca)
Hon. Stephen Harper, Leader of the Official Opposition (Harper.S@parl.gc.ca)
Gilles Duceppe, Leader of the Bloc Quebecois (Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca)
Jack Layton, Leader of the New Democratic Party (Layton.J@parl.gc.ca)
Hon. Jack Austin, Leader of the Government in the Senate (jaustin@pco-bcp.gc.ca)
Hon. Noel Kinsella, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (kinsen@sen.parl.gc.ca)
Vic Toews, Justice Critic for the Official Opposition (Toews.V@parl.gc.ca)
Supreme Court of Canada (media@scc-csc.gc.ca, eacj-aejc@scc-csc.gc.ca, reception@scc-csc.gc.ca)