Everyone has a voice

I love the fact that everyone has a voice in a democracy, right from the grass roots party member, to the voter and finally all the people through their representative (MLA in BC).

That is why the report I read from the Times Colonist

http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=e5dd4c9d-c97c-4af1-9910-3208f7ebbb4b

about the member for Kamloops - South Thompson, Kevin Krueger is so disturbing to me. He was heckling and shouting down two other members as they tried to respond to the budget. It was so bad they had to stop talking several times each and Mr. Krueger continued until the last moment before he would have been ejected from the chamber.

If we try to block out the voice of any of our people, whether or not we agree, we cease to be a democracy and degenerate into schoolyard bullies. We need to listen to each other and work together. I hope that the member will reform his behaviour in the future and join the rest of us in a democratic society.