There's a stink in Vancouver--Kingsway
2006–11-02 (Mike Watkins, Common Ground)
Ten months of undemocratic misrepresentation
One of the interesting questions now is whether former Liberal, turned Conservative, David Emerson, will run for office in the next federal election. We wonât have long to wait for an answer â his new Conservative party will force him to make a declaration within the next few months. Almost no one expects Emerson to run (and be slaughtered) in Vancouver â Kingsway. And few expect him to run at all, in any riding.
David Emerson and Stephen Harper will come and go, but what they did brought the issue of our fragile democracy into sharp relief, and galvanized public opinion on the issue of floor crossing. Who will mark their X on future ballots, without first considering how meaningless some of our politicians consider our votes?
