Choosing one's sources

A particularly interesting tidbit from the Globe and Mail's followup story on the Cons' stillborn (for now) Defence of Religions Act, as one e-mail which kicked off the drafting process gives us a strong indication as to what the Cons consider to be a credible source of information:

Lisa Hitch, the Justice Department's senior counsel, held a meeting last September to discuss the existing protections for religious freedoms contained in the Civil Marriage Act passed in 2005 under the Liberals.

She also sent e-mails to her colleagues titled "Possible amendment to the Criminal Code."

Ms. Hitch's reference materials included a private member's bill on religious freedom, since defeated in the Alberta legislature, from Conservative MPP Ted Morton, with links to socially conservative websites such as campaignlifecoalition.com; lifesite.net; evangelicalfellowship.com and a website that does not currently work called "http://www.thescaryliberals.com/blog."

Given what amounts to an endorsement of these sites from a senior government official, it should make for an interesting project to show just what can be found among the Cons' "reference materials". And a thorough examination of what the Cons consider to be a reliable source should work wonders to ensure that a party better grounded in reality replaces Harper's band of merry so-cons before too long.