The idea is that the legislature is meant to be where laws are debated, and it would be an abuse of that platform to use it to make an unrelated political statement. Same reason we wouldn’t want our politicians to be able to wear a “vote for Trudeau” shirt in the legislature. It’s just inappropriate for the setting. Parliamentary decorum is important because we want things to stay on topic and not devolve into side debates.
On the other hand, the only reason this is being debated is because someone chose to make it debatable. People wear the poppy or not, the various ribbons or not, all without comment or concern. All they had to do to keep it from being distracting was to ignore it. Hell, they could have even acknowledged it and moved on without distracting from any other business.
The idea is that the legislature is meant to be where laws are debated, and it would be an abuse of that platform to use it to make an unrelated political statement. Same reason we wouldn’t want our politicians to be able to wear a “vote for Trudeau” shirt in the legislature. It’s just inappropriate for the setting. Parliamentary decorum is important because we want things to stay on topic and not devolve into side debates.
On the other hand, the only reason this is being debated is because someone chose to make it debatable. People wear the poppy or not, the various ribbons or not, all without comment or concern. All they had to do to keep it from being distracting was to ignore it. Hell, they could have even acknowledged it and moved on without distracting from any other business.