It's All Just Window Dressing

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Whether it's a Liberal or a Conservative, election-time promises are all the same; they're geared to appeal to even the most apathetic of voters. They are desigend to get us out to the polls and vote for a party that can best appeal to the masses. They repeat the same old promises, but add an exciting twist to make it new and fresh for the masses, which sit in front of the glass teat, gawking and bitching because all politcians in general are scumbags and it is just different packaging for the same load of bullshit when it gets the leader side of the house.

One of the big election promises that got Stephan Harper (bloody conservative hypocrit!) elected as Prime Minister of Canada (though via a minority government with only 36% of the total vote) was to reform the hosue rules so if an MP (Member of Parliament) crossed the floor, they'd have to answer to their constituents. This was left over from the defection of Belinda Stronach from the Conservatives, as a backbencher to the Liberal Cabinet without so mcuh has having to stand a byelection for changing parties.

Martin decries Emerson's switchto the Conservatives

Emerson, industry minister under Martin's government, was re-elected as a Liberal in the riding of Vancouver Kingsway. He switched parties shortly after last month's election. He's now a minister in Stephen Harper's new Conservative government.

Opposition Cabinet

Opposition Leader Bill Graham says he's concerned by a number of Conservative cabinet appointments, including unelected minister Michael Fortier and former Liberal David Emerson.
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Layton, whose party holds 29 seats, said Emerson should resign and run in a byelection as a Conservative. He accused the former Liberal of turning his back on the people who voted for him.

Layton said the NDP had put forward legislation in the House that would have prevented MPs from crossing the floor by requiring them to sit as Independents and face re-election before they could join another party.

"If someone wanted to switch parties, they would have to go back to their voters – otherwise there's a feeling of deception."

Cabinet includes defector and senator-to-be

In changing parties, he followed the example of former Conservative MP Belinda Stronach, who crossed the floor last year to become a Liberal cabinet minister.

At that time, Harper said:

"We don't go out of our way to romance MPs to get them to cross the floor. Liberals will do anything to win.

"We are trying to create a principled party where people act in a principled way, and obviously we're fairly cautious about encouraging party jumping, because that's the kind of thing that generates cynicism.

"And frankly, when someone jumps, once you're not sure you can trust them the next time, so I would always handle that with an extraordinary degree of caution."

Well, at least we know where the Conservatives truly stand, and I would like someone to try and say that they don't have a hidden agenda, but, this proves otherwise. They came right out and without any hint of discretion, shit right in the face of the 36% of Canadians who voted for these assholes.

Well, at least the remainder of us saw through this and will be waiting in queue for the next election in order to punish this party, who has the hypocritical and corruption capabilities, previously only known to that of the Liberals.