Should we just not bother with democracy and political parties and let multimillionare CEO’s with no shame or principal other than the lust for power make all our decisions for us?

Do we believe democracy or in corporatism? What kind of Canada do you want?

What kind a stature does a man have when he spends an entire campaign trashing and demonizing his political opponents and then joins them less than 2 weeks after being elected, not out of any great principle other than greed for power?

“Demand better” but don’t expect you’ll get it.

One reason why Emerson’s treachery is hitting a nerve across ALL political stripes is that if harper and he get away with it, it show’s that we as voters are irrelevant, and so is democracy. It’s one thing to switch parties several months or years into a term over principal but it’s totally different to do it BEFORE YOU EVEN SPENT ONE DAY IN PARLIAMENT!!!!!

If you are a voter in Vancouver Kingsway – would you rather be represented by an opposition member or a government member? If you were David Emerson, with so much to offer, would you rather be pounding a desk in the commons railing against policies you might well support, or would you want to actually do something for your city, your province and your country?

The losers here are the Liberals – which is why they’re in a tizzy. More specifically, the losers are the partisans in both the Liberal and Conservative Parties. In the case of the Liberals, they lose a key player in their turnaround strategy. For Conservative partisans, Emerson’s presence means they need to share the spoils with someone they see as an outsider. If they really believe politics is about the best people serving their country in the best manner possible, they will be grateful to see someone with the stature of David Emerson joining the fold. Tories who don’t support him are just petty and small.

The winners are the City of Vancouver, the Province of BC and the country and the federal government. Whether the Conservatives are winners on this one remains to be seen. But, having received David Emerson in trade for Belinda Stronach, I’d say they traded up.

Here is a petition for Mr. Harper’s unelected friend, Michal Fortier, to resign his senior cabinet post until he runs and wins in a by-election for a seat in the House.

http://www.petitiononline.com/RMF/

Please forward this link to as many Canadians as you can.

Many did “demand better” but we sure didn’t get better. Maybe the slogan should have read “demand better, but accept less”

Pete

D. Allen