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  "description": "The Bible stunt was proof that the CPC has lost the plot.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-27T16:02:09.000Z",
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  "textContent": "By the time a piece of legislation reaches a vote in the House of Commons, the theatrics have usually exhausted themselves. We are left with the mechanical reality of governance: a simple tally, a recorded decision, and the quiet dignity of a functioning democracy.\n\n**Or at least, that is how it is supposed to work.**\n\nWhat we witnessed two days ago with Conservative MP Jamil Jivani was something else entirely. In a staged moment of performative defiance, Jivani voted against Bill C-9 while clutching a Bible, a prop in what has become a tiresome routine of victimhood.\n\nThe subsequent post and social media celebration of this act confirmed what the photograph already suggested: this was not a spontaneous expression of faith. It was a production.\n\n## Subscribe for issues and perspectives that mainstream outlets often ignore\n\nWe bring insights, analysis, and news that challenge the status quo.\n\nSubscribe\n\nEmail sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup.\n\nLet us be honest about what Bill C-9 actually does.\n\nThe legislation removes a _“good faith”_ religious defence from certain hate speech provisions. That is it. The principle is unobjectionable to anyone who believes that the law should apply equally to all Canadians, regardless of the belief system they happen to subscribe to.\n\nThe notion that a sacred text could be used as a get-out-of-jail-free card for speech that would otherwise be deemed harmful was always a dubious carve-out, and the Liberals and Bloc rightfully removed it. That is not persecution. That is legislative housekeeping.\n\nJivani, however, would have you believe that Christians are under siege. His Bible stunt—which, by the way, violated the House of Commons' rules on parliamentary decorum—was designed to send a message of defiance against a government supposedly hostile to faith.\n\nBut consider, for a moment, the inverse.\n\nImagine, if you will, a Liberal MP who happened to be Muslim. Imagine that MP standing in the House, holding a Quran aloft, violating the same procedural rules, and casting a vote with the explicit suggestion that their religion was being targeted by the opposition.\n\nWhat do you suppose the reaction would be from the same conservative voters and the same commentator now celebrating Jivani?\n\nWe all know the answer. It would be a spectacle. It would be dragged out for years. The MP in question would be hounded in public, their loyalty to Canada questioned, and the incident would become a permanent talking point in the next federal election. The right-wing establishment media that applauded Jivani would be demanding an RCMP investigation into \"foreign interference\" or \"creeping Sharia law.\"\n\nWhich brings us to the uncomfortable truth that the Conservative Party of Canada seems unwilling to confront. Jivani did not prove that Christians are persecuted in this country. He proved the opposite. He proved that a Christian MP can flagrantly disregard parliamentary rules, weaponize religious symbolism, and be celebrated for it by his party and its allied media outlets.\n\nThat is not the behaviour of a marginalized group. That is the behaviour of a faction that knows it can act with impunity.\n\nThe Conservative Party owes Canadians an apology for indulging this divisive nonsense. For pretending that the removal of a legal loophole constitutes an attack on faith. For encouraging a politics of grievance that treats the House of Commons as a soundstage for culture war content.\n\nConservatives used to understand that true religious freedom does not require special exemptions. It requires a neutral public square where all are equal before the law. And it requires good taste to leave the Bible on the pew, where it belongs, rather than brandishing it like a weapon in the chamber.\n\nJivani is free to believe what he wants. But accountability applies to everyone. It is time his party remembered that.\n\n## Tired of seeing important stories swept under the rug by the right-wing establishment media?\n\nSubscribe and get the full picture. Stay updated, stay informed, and join a community that values truth and transparency. Subscribe to The Provincial Times for free to receive new stories and support our work!\n\nSubscribe\n\nEmail sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup.\n\nDid you like this article? Consider a small donation.\n\n* * *\n\n_This piece was written by an individual contributor and reflects the editorial position of The Provincial Times and Left Lane Media Group._ Read our Content Policy here.",
  "title": "ADAMS: Jivani’s Bible stunt was a gift to the Liberals and a disservice to Religious Conservatives",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-27T19:35:41.024Z"
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