In yesterday’s election, quadriplegic Steven Fletcher beat off homosexualist Glen Murray in Winnipeg. Setting parties, policies, and platforms aside for a moment, just who the hell was I supposed to root for there?
When Gary Malkowski was elected MPP in Ontario, the first law passed made it legal for his interpreters to stand on the floor of the Legislature. Apparently something equivalent will be necessary now.
- “First quadriplegic MP ready for practical challenges of political life” (memo to Canoe – Gary Malkowski frigging well is not “mute”)
- “Winnipeg MP is first quadriplegic in Parliament”
- “What a fabulous country!”: “ ‘They have to put me in a front bench because the back benches are not wheelchair-accessible’ ”