Chuck Cadman died today.
Non-Rev @ Sat Jul 09, 2005 6:17 pm
Canada has lost one of it's most treasured (and rare) anomolies - a truly decent, caring, hard-working, honest and principled Politician.
I am very bummed....
ziggy @ Sat Jul 09, 2005 6:20 pm
RIP
Chuck Cadmin
ShepherdsDog @ Sat Jul 09, 2005 6:57 pm
How long will they wait before a by election is called
jadeofthenorth @ Sat Jul 09, 2005 7:01 pm
May he rest in peace.
I think they will at least give a reasonable period of griving before calling a bi-election. It would take an individual lacking serious class to call one without at least a few weeks time.
xerxes @ Sat Jul 09, 2005 7:20 pm
And besides, there's no rush. Parliament is in summer recess.
But yeah. This was very out of the blue.
bootlegga @ Sat Jul 09, 2005 7:59 pm
Talk about a believer in democracy. Instead of voting the way he wanted to on the budget he voted the way his constituents wanted him to. Totally incredible and unbelieveable in this day and age. If only we had 300 more like him in Ottawa.
An honest man who will be sorely missed. RIP
RoyalHighlander @ Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:10 pm
we need many more like him in Ottawa... to many crooks there now
twister @ Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:14 pm
Chuck may you be two hours in heaven before the devil knows your there... He was a good man, what a loss for Canada. A man with a conscience both socially and politically he will be missed.
Scarecrow @ Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:31 pm
Rest in Peace Mr. Cadman. You will be missed.
exroofer @ Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:17 pm
Have to agree, a most honorable man. Too bad he didn't have a chance to rub off on more MP's. Hope he didn't suffer too much. Rest now,we'll keep slugging away.
But as far as a respectful gap befare the by-electon call.....who gets to make that decision? Because if it's a Liberal respect is not going to enter the equation. Shame,that.
Scape @ Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:25 pm
OMG 
polemarch1 @ Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:54 pm
"Farewell sweet prince. May Flgihts of Angels speed thee to thy rest." Shakespeare
canucker @ Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:09 pm
$1:
Cadman, first elected in 1997, came to prominence as a crusader for victims' rights after his 16-year-old son, Jesse, was stabbed to death in a random street attack by a group of young people.
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Responding to Jesse's death, Cadman created the group CRY - Crime Responsibility and Youth - and counselled teens likely to become violent.
Cadman campaigned for the toughening of the Young Offenders' Act and also succeeded in getting his son's killer raised to adult court.
His activism propelled him reluctantly into politics, first to carry on his fight against youth violence and for victims' rights, then as a much-courted linchpin vote in the minority Parliament.
Cadman campaigned for the toughening of the Young Offenders' Act and also succeeded in getting his son's killer raised to adult court.
His activism propelled him reluctantly into politics, first to carry on his fight against youth violence and for victims' rights, then as a much-courted linchpin vote in the minority Parliament.
I remember when that happened to his son. He was a great man. RIP
Non-Rev @ Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:50 pm
I wrote this in another forum, to his memory:
This guy, though appearances might deceive you, was quite socially conservative in a lot of ways - in particular "VICTIMS Rights" over those of the violent criminal. But he also did it in a lot of positive ways, much support and personal commitment in trying to turn young troubled kids away from the path they were on. This guy got involved.
HOWEVER, he also was responsible for SUBSTANTIALLY toughening up Canada's lax "Young Offenders Act". He managed to get the 17-year-old who killed his son, and got a lousy 3-year sentence for it, raised to Adult Court and re-tried.... the SOB is still in prison today, 13 years later.
But he made the biggest name for himself by NOT caving in to "Party pressure"... he made it a constant and public point that HIS job was to represent the views of his constituents, not a Party or himself.
(My Lord - WHAT A CONCEPT!)
He would even buck the Party trend in Parliamentary votes, if his local office had received enough sentiments otherwise. A good example is his late decision to prevent the evenly-split Non-Confidence vote from succeeding, which would have forced another election.
He was no friend of the ruling Liberal Party, but he heard enough Canadians in his riding and across the country (including me), who said "We don't WANT another danged election! We just had one last year, and not much has changed. We will just have ANOTHER minority Government, and be doing this crappola again a year or so down the road! Better you buggers all got to WORK and DID something for a change! This ain't Italy!!!"
When he lost the Re-Nomination of his local "Reform/Conservative Party" (due to highly questionable new-member-sign-up activities by his opponent, in which many people were told they were members, and swore they had never even signed a card!) he ran and handily WON as an Independant - no small feat up here, let me tell you!
One of the Vancouver TV stations did a "man-on-the-streets" tonight with at least ten or twelve people - and there was not ONE person who wasn't hurt that he had passed.... many glowing remarks about him.
A man of his word, with honour, is a rare gift in politics.
And only 57..... *sigh*
ziggy @ Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:51 am
I remember when his vote was needed and the chemo treatments took a back stage and he polled his constituents before making any decision's on how to vote and potentially bring down the lib's.
Maybe some other MP's will get something out of this but I dought it.
Just keep the liberals in power at all costs.