House Of Commons: Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth

Divisive Debates Dept: OTTAWA - The right for MPs to say and discuss almost anything they want is one of the central privileges of Parliament, but a couple of divisive debates over the past week tested the thresholds of dialogue in the House of Commons, according to Winnipeg Free Press. In the other, the NDP criticized Prime Minister Stephen Harper for allowing Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth to put forward Motion 312, a controversial proposal that sought to re-examine how Canadian law defines a human being and conservative MP Stephen Woodworth stands to vote on his Motion 312 in the House of Commons in Ottawa on September 26, 2012. The right for MPs to say and discuss almost anything they want is one of the central privileges of Parliament, but a couple of divisive debates over the past week tested the thresholds of dialogue in the House of Commons. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand In one case, two spokespeople from the Canadian Immigration Forum were barred from speaking at the Commons immigration committee Wednesday because content on their website was deemed offensive including an interview with Canadian white supremacist Paul Fromm. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.