34 — Sunday, October 8, 1995 — North Shore News Death penalty move dies NORTH VANCOUVER Reform MP Ted White said he’ is not surprised by the Sept. 20 rejection of his private mem- ber’s: motion calling for: “an open and detailed public dis- cussion of the pros and cons of capital punishment.” ’ By Titus Green Contributing Writer White originally tabled motion 431, calling for a referendum on the death penalty, on March 24 of this’ year. The motion was defeated by * the’ Liberals. who unanimously opposed its : introduction, “The . debate went exactly as expected. The Liberals refused to allow us to vote-on the issue,” said White, “Myself, Paul Forseth who is the MP for Burnaby-Kingsway and also Val Meredith from South Surrey (both Reform . Party) asked three - times for the consent of the house to ~. havea vote.’ Each time the Liberals “7, yelled out no.” : oo The motion is the first of its kind * put before Parliament. The last time the issue of capital punishment was raised in the House was-in a free vote ‘on whether.to reintroduce the « death penalty in 1987, 11 years after the abolition of capital punishment: in Canada, The vote was close with 148 § voting no, 127 saying yes. © Inthe wake of the. killings’ of Melanie Carpenter’ and Melissa Deley, White described the. timing gence of opinion,” said White. White also stated that representa- tives of the Canadian Police Association have told Justice Minister Alan Rock that 95% of police surveyed want the return of . capital punishment and added that Canadians are sick of “politicians and pointy headed professors telling them what to think about crime.” A recent telephone survey con- ‘of the motion’ s reading as appropri "In his speech, White appealed tc. the. government to hold.a referen- lum, citing public opinion polls that - “have supported a return of the death’ penalty. »“Mr. . 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