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Originally posted by Hakan+May 17 2005, 09:09 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Hakan @ May 17 2005, 09:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-KevanGuy@May 17 2005, 08:02 AM
This is unreal. I cannot believe she would pull BS like this so close to a confidence vote. What an absolute slap to the face of democracy. Selfishly selling out her constituents for power and, presumably, money. Just sickening.
Where is that article from last week about Conservative MPs being offered cabinet positions by the Liberals? I guess the proof is in the pudding.
What a disgusting individual.
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Did you read the article?
She said her concerns were exactly FOR her constituents, the definition of democratic representation. If she voted against the government then all the budget lines for city funding would be cancelled. Coming from Toronto she didn't want to see that. Also, she was increasingly unsupportive of the party's policies. That's democratic representation as well.
I for one am very glad. Not to see the conservatives screwed but to see the actual really good work of Parliament over the past 6 months not go to waste. When was the last time parliament was so progressive and deliberative? It would have been a shame to see all that work flushed down the toilet. [/b][/quote]
Allright, I'll give you that.
But if she is doing this for her constituents then why did she completely switch parties and take a cabinet position.
Seems to me she can best help her constituents in this case by becomming an independant. She doesn't screw over all the people in here riding who voted for a conservative, and she can still vote for the budget. She was bought.