Who is Pierre Poilievre? (blog/commentary)

[Natasha]

Who is Pierre Poilievre. . .

http://jessicalive.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/who-is-pierre-poilievre/
5/20/2008

"and why is he saying these things about transsexual people?

And does it really matter?

In reaction to last week's announcement of George Smitherman, the
Ontario Minister of Health, that Ontario would again fund transsexual
surgery, Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative Member of Parliament for
Nepean-Carleton, declared:

"People are waiting too long for basic cancer treatment and MRIs
and the Liberal government found money for the (Dalton) McGuinty
sex-change program instead."

[Keira]

People wait to long for foot surgery also, or hip surgery, or etc...

Its not just a question of money or all those issues would already be resolved.

Somebody should not be denied treatment for this,
just like somebody is not denied treatment for hip surgery,
comparing this to terminal cancer is a straw argument.

Cancer treatment is not something that's deficient in Canada,
its mostly elective surgeries which have delays.