The Captain confuses the goose and gander
I guess it's nice that there are some American bloggers in the Canadian loop, but it would be nice if they made a bit more of an effort to get their geese in order. Perhaps it's just access to information or something, so let's update help out by updating Captain Ed.
In his post, he notes the hand-wringing in the Liberal and NDP camps over the floor-crossing of Unprincipled Bastard, however he suggests that there was much less furor over the same dance by Belinda Stronach last year. This is certainly true for the Liberals, for whom Stronach provided about six or seven more months of executive seating, however Peter Stoffer of the NDP proposed a private member's bill that would force MP's to either sit as an independent, and thereby be unable to accept a Cabinet nomination, or to offer for byelection in their new party clothes. The bill was ultimately rejected, but not before 40 Conservatives and all NDP members voted in favour. It would be interesting to see just how the Conservatives would vote if this were offered again. Oh wait - it likely will be!
For the record, all but one member of the the Liberal caucus joined Unprincipled Bastard in voting the bill down. This oughta be fun!
In his post, he notes the hand-wringing in the Liberal and NDP camps over the floor-crossing of Unprincipled Bastard, however he suggests that there was much less furor over the same dance by Belinda Stronach last year. This is certainly true for the Liberals, for whom Stronach provided about six or seven more months of executive seating, however Peter Stoffer of the NDP proposed a private member's bill that would force MP's to either sit as an independent, and thereby be unable to accept a Cabinet nomination, or to offer for byelection in their new party clothes. The bill was ultimately rejected, but not before 40 Conservatives and all NDP members voted in favour. It would be interesting to see just how the Conservatives would vote if this were offered again. Oh wait - it likely will be!
For the record, all but one member of the the Liberal caucus joined Unprincipled Bastard in voting the bill down. This oughta be fun!
