Conservatives Suspend Riding Leaders
Another fine example of the Conservatives putting the love of party over the needs of Canadians.
The federal Conservative party has suspended the riding executive that backed ousted Nova Scotia MP Bill Casey.
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Casey, the longtime MP for the region, was kicked out of the Conservative caucus in June for voting against his party's budget, which he said broke the promises laid out under a 2005 offshore oil and gas accord.
Foolish Mr. Casey for thinking the needs of constituents should trump his loyalty to The Party, or that The Party would honour its promise not to fire anyone who voted with their conscience rather than with The Party. That sort of foolishness is for people who believe in representative democracy. Granted that none of federal parties are very good with this concept, but the Conservatives always seem determined to go several steps beyond everyone else on these issues.
What comes out of their mouths sometimes is just creepy:
"It is unworkable when you have a board that is not committed to one thing and one thing only, and that is to electing a member of Parliament in the Conservative Party of Canada," he said.
I mean, could you at least pretend to give a shit about what the constituents might like?
