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Originally Posted by ernie
Has nothing to do with her being female or her family ties. It has to do with her character and motivations in politics which with this move are pretty darn clear.
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This guy must have the same character then?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Emerson
Emerson has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Vancouver Kingsway in British Columbia since 2004. He was first elected as a LiberalMinister of Industry under Prime Minister Paul Martin. He was re-elected in the 2006 federal election as a Liberal. On February 6, 2006, Emerson accepted an offer to join the Conservative Government as Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics. He was the first Canadian MP to cross the floor after being officially elected, but before being officially sworn in.
Emerson is rumoured to be considering running for the Conservatives in the neighbouring riding of Vancouver Quadra, where he lives and where the incumbent Liberal Member of Parliament Stephen Owen is retiring, in the next federal election. He had been considered unlikely to be able to win reelection in his current riding due to lingering public anger over his change of party affiliation.