I fast today to honour the voice of Catholics and countless others, but also to pray. Every hunger pang will focus my attention to a thousand stories my fieldwork on the mining campaign brought me to encounter. Each one is a prayer for the passage of the Bill C-300. As I write now, I think of Pedro Landa from Caritas Honduras, whom I accompanied on a speaking tour of my region. Pedro and his wife melted their gold wedding rings, sold the gold and gave the money to the poor. Why? Because what Gold mining had done to his country meant that he could no longer see the ring as a symbol of the Sacramental marriage bond between him and his wife.
At home with my kids and Pedro Landa. |
Yesterday I contacted key liberal MPs and asked them to sponsor my fast by voting in favour of the Bill. Today I am going to e-mail them all. I am also asking any who have not already contacted their MP to sponsor me as well by calling your MP this morning at their constituency office on Parliament Hill. Step 1) Find Out who your MP is. Step 2) Find out how the voted on C-300 at the 2nd Reading Step 3) Contact your MP and ask them to vote in favour of Bill C-300 today!