What Chretien thought in the nineties doesn't matter but what Scheer thought 15 years ago does. Double standard don't you think. "The Law of the Land is an answer because it is. I don't expect a politician's personal beliefs to be exactly in sync with mine, if I did I couldn't vote for anyone. It's their public policy and actions that matter.
He does need to address this.
No, what he thinks now matters. I don’t want a bigot as the PM even if he doesn’t govern like a bigot. (As if that type of personal view wouldn’t influence your governing). It matters what a potential PM thinks of a human rights issue.
“Listen... coloured folk can vote... it’s the law of the land and we won’t change that”
Would you just think “well, his personal views don’t mesh with mine about the coloureds, but he won’t do anything to change the laws about whether they can vote, so he’s ok”?