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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
I'm telling you they are the best qualified. I think it is silly to think Harper would chose outside of his party, as well.
They weren't rejected. The other guy got more votes and won the job. In most cases the conservative got a close second in votes. People in an election vote for a candidate and a party. They aren't usually voting against the other guy. If they are voting against the other guy because of something that came out in the election process it will be known to the PM.
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Bottom line is that these folks ran in an election for a seat in parliament and lost. Some of them a week and a half before being appointed and now some of them 7 months later. It seems lost on you that this is the point of an election. Second olace in this system doesn't mean anything. It means you go back to your day job, not another position in government! He (Harper) did the same thing with Fortier and even gave him a cabinet position! How people can look at this and hold him out today as someone who cares about democracy more than any other PM is stunning.
I'm guessing you've never been a member of a political party before? Seriously you should go buy a membership sometime, see the kinds of people who are putting in years of service. Now go downtown to any major corporation and see the kinds of people putting in years of service there. Come back here after this experiment and tell me with a straight-face that these folks are better qualified.
Harper can appoint whoever he wants, from whatever party he wants. Thats one of his perks as PM. It is not unheard of to have other parties or independents appointed though. Stan Waters is one example, but so were other NDP appointees. I'm not under a delusion that the PMO is going to appoint Liberals at this point; its fairly obvious that he won't under any circumstance. But to suggest for a split second that there are no better qualified people than failed candidates who were rejected to serve by the electorate this past year is just ridiculous.