Switching parties is alright as long as it's done at the end of a term, so they get to be voted in otherwise if they want to pull the pin mid term they should be Independent. The likes of David Emerson just make my blood boil.
NDP MP Lise St-Denis jumps to Liberals
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Switching parties is alright as long as it's done at the end of a term, so they get to be voted in otherwise if they want to pull the pin mid term they should be Independent. The likes of David Emerson just make my blood boil.
In a parliamentary democracy crossing the floor is part of the tradition of government.
The NDP is probably celebrating, from what I hear she was a pain since day one.
I do agree though the NDP has taken far too long to conduct a leadership race to
replace Layton. They had better get the act together and get it right the first time.
You have to get it right but it has to be in a timely manner as well.
The NDP is probably celebrating, from what I hear she was a pain since day one.
I do agree though the NDP has taken far too long to conduct a leadership race to
replace Layton. They had better get the act together and get it right the first time.
You have to get it right but it has to be in a timely manner as well.
Maybe, maybe not- 70 isn't necessarily old anymore and Non Hodgkins Lymphona isn't particularly or necessarily life threatening or debillitating. But yeah, she should be gone just for pulling that bullsh*t.
I don't mind the desire to switch parties, but shouldn't there by a byelection in place so she can be democratically voted into office as a Liberal?
Then you'd have people complaining about the money for an unwanted election, even if only for one riding.
Perhaps there should be a recall mechanism of sorts for all MPs where changing parties is one possible reason among others for the constitutents to demand an election.
Then it should be that the candidate who wants to switch, needs to fund not only the campaign, but any other election-related expenses that would typically be passed on to the taxpayer. It should be the price of changing your rank.
I agree, this is a betrayal to the voters who put you there. Floor crossing should not be allowed while government sits. If you want to defect to the other side it should be done at election time.
Well, it's not necessarily a betrayal either.
If she's confident in her move and she believes her constituents would support it, then she should have no fear in running again as a Liberal (at her own expense).
Something these self centered egotistical nitwits seem to forget that the reason they have the job is because voters put them there and the platform they ran on. You can't have it both ways. Just because one member might have greater personal appeal than another should not mean they get a pass.
Floor crossing is a betrayal of the voting public.
If you want to take it that way virtually every government in our history has betrayed its people by not following through with what they ran on. We'd be in constant election cycle all over the place if we made politicians resign and re-run every time they go against what they were elected on.
Yup. A representative should be about principles, not party affiliation.
Personally, I'd be quite happy if parties were non-existent.
I'm not putting it anyway. If a politician wants to cross the floor they should:
- Do so before an election
- Wait until the next election
- Resign and give up the seat
- Sit as an independent
It doesn't matter if your a Con, a Lib, an NDPer, a Bloc, a Green or whatever..
You are betraying the voters who put you there.
Period.
Sure, it is. But my point was that this is just one way politicians can and do betray their voters.
We tend to forget that when the crosser is coming over to our side. The NDP's push to get rid of floor crossing was one issue I wholeheartedly supported and I'm a heartless conservative.
