The whole thing stinks from both perspectives....
No question that the Liberal riding association got bent over worse than anything I've ever seen before. I hope they successfully sue him for the campaign costs...maybe there was some fine print in his nomination papers that he overlooked?
Also no question that this is precisely the kind of thing that should have been avoided by a new, "accountable" government. It's still not as bad as having stolen my money, but it's a sign that we're a long way from real change.
On the other hand...
This isn't nearly as bad as Belinduh's opportunism: she had a gun to the Libs' heads, and used it to get a higher-paying job with more power. The only thing she had to offer the Libs was a single vote to keep them from being euthanized. Emerson had *slightly* more to offer the Cons, and he didn't have a gun to their heads.
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