bradm Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 According tohttp://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/01/05/khan-defect-070105.htmlOntario MP Wajid Khan is leaving the Liberals to join the Tories, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on Friday.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 There really needs to be more control on party jumping. If the MP I voted for switched parties I'd be livid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmelbatoast Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside to see the principles of democracy flushed down the toilet every few months.There should be automatic bi-elections everytime this happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Dumb move by him, he will lose his riding. Hope he enjoys his last few months as an MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside to see the principles of democracy flushed down the toilet every few months. when did the political party system become a principle of democracy? i'd argue the contrary, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 I know of a few Leadership candidates who are looking for Toronto area Liberal seats to run in. [color:purple]Didn't you hear? Dion won! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 If this defection bothers you and you are considering buying a Mazda in the Toronto area, boycott Dufferin Mazda. Wajid is the owner and is a local media celebrity due to his radio commericals and subsequent guest appearances on The Fan 590 sports radio programs. Morning drive host Don Landry does a perfect immitation of Wajid. Fucking hilarious.I'm shocked Wajid jumped ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 Why boycott his business? Are we that 'hardcore' where we only shop according to political preference? If you boycott his business, I hope you know how every store owner of businesses you frequent vote. It would only make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 (edited) There should be automatic bi-elections everytime this happens.Wasn't that very idea another of Harper's propositions that he espoused while in Opposition and has completely forgotten now that he's in power? Edited January 7, 2007 by Guest I'm I'm redundant redundant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 I'm not sure where he stands on all of that. He took in Emerson without flinching, and he made a comment once (on CBC?) that mandatory bi-elections would have meant that when the PCs and The Alliance Party merged, there would have had to have been somewhere close to a hundred bi-elections.I know that Broadbent (NDP) was vocal, pre-election, about floor-crossing as part of his ethics package, but not sure if Harper ever was. Certainly there are many conservatives, especially from the west, who were. Stephen might have been more neutral though. Would be interesting to dig up some quotes from the aftermath of Stronach's floor crossing and see what he had to say about that in general terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 After some research, it would seem that it was not Harper himself who opposed it, but many members of the Conservative Party. When the NDP proposed legislation during Martin's government banning floor-crossing without a byelection, 40 Conservatives voted in favour of the bill, which was unfortunately defeated.Nevertheless, it's pretty hypocritical to rail against an unelected Senate while at the same time accepting MPs into your caucus who, although they *were* elected, may very well have been elected because of their party affiliation rather than their personal character. The only way to determine the true will of the voters is to hold a byelection. It should have happened with Stronach, Emerson, and anyone else - hell, it should even have happened when Garth Turner left the Conservatives to sit as an Independent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmelbatoast Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 Leaving a party the way Turner did, basically getting kicked out, I see differently from someone switching teams mid game. People these days are more likely to vote against a party than for a party. All of these Conservatives and Liberals who have been crossing the floor the past few years, I think, have deliberately hoodwinked and bamboozled the electorate. Emerson is the ultimate example, promising to be a thorn in the side of Harper, then two weeks later turning around to be his bossom biddy.It's all bullshit.It's hard to keep pretending that we live in a democracy when this shit flies in our faces every couple of months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 True. My bad - I forgot that Turner got the boot, rather than leaving voluntarily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Why boycott his business? Are we that 'hardcore' where we only shop according to political preference? If you boycott his business, I hope you know how every store owner of businesses you frequent vote. It would only make sense. True, but Wajid is an elected Liberal official that defected to the Conservatives. I believe this makes it a bit of a special case. If I voted for Wajid in his riding I'd be pissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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