Terrorism

Monday September 17, 2001

 

Mr. Bill Blaikie (Winnipeg--Transcona, NDP): Mr. Speaker, as we seek to comprehend the enormity of what has happened in recent days and what the Canadian response should be, I urge all of us with political responsibilities to pray for the gift of discernment, for the power to discern the difference:

between righteousness and self-righteousness,

between humility and hubris,

between vengeance and justice,

between fundamental values and ideological preferences,

between long term effective solutions and short term feel good solutions,

between actions that make the world a safer place and actions that pour fuel on an already blazing fire and, finally,

between the faith of the false prophets who criticize only others and the truly prophetic who call on us to reflect on our own sins as well as those of others.

May God grant us all the power to make these distinctions.