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[jacee]

The Conservative government’s Russian doll budget legislation is starting to generate opposition from within its own ranks.

David Wilks, the rookie MP for Kootney- Columbia, may be so back-bench he’s in danger of falling off, yet he already knows long careers in politics are not founded on further aggravating angry local voters. At a meeting in Revelstoke, he reportedly told people protesting against the omnibus budget bill that he would vote against C-38, if 12 other Conservatives voted alongside him

Unfortunately, before you could say“career-limiting move” he was compelled to “clarify” his comments by saying he now supports the bill.

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/full-comment/blog.html?b=fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/05/23/john-ivison-criticism-by-conservative-mp-shows-depth-of-unease-over-omnibus-budget-bill




Of course ... but obviously the idea is out there ...

13 Tories could turn this ship around!

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/full-comment/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/23/candid-tory-mp-comments-caught-on-camera-suggest-internal-backbench-dissent-over-conservative-omnibus-budget

[cybercoma]

Never going to happen.

[cybercoma]

Sorry. I should clarify. By "never going to happen," I mean there isn't a chance in hell this will happen.

[jacee]

Sorry. I should clarify. By "never going to happen," I mean there isn't a chance in hell this will happen.

It will if enough constituents convince their MP's !

I think there's a large number of people, especially in Ontario, who held their nose and voted for Harper as the only conservative option, who would support MP's in withdrawing from the party. Obviously, they don't vote against Harper's wishes and expect to stay in the party, but they can withdraw and sit as Independents or form their own (eg) Progressive Conservative party.

[mentalfloss]

It's more of an omniburp.

[madmax]

David Wilks mispoke

Edited by madmax, 24 May 2012 - 05:29 AM.

[Fletch 27]

Looks like the Idea was never "really out there"..

The Conservative government’s Russian doll budget legislation is starting to generate opposition from within its own ranks.

David Wilks, the rookie MP for Kootney- Columbia, may be so back-bench he’s in danger of falling off, yet he already knows long careers in politics are not founded on further aggravating angry local voters. At a meeting in Revelstoke, he reportedly told people protesting against the omnibus budget bill that he would vote against C-38, if 12 other Conservatives voted alongside him

Unfortunately, before you could say“career-limiting move” he was compelled to “clarify” his comments by saying he now supports the bill.

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/full-comment/blog.html?b=fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/05/23/john-ivison-criticism-by-conservative-mp-shows-depth-of-unease-over-omnibus-budget-bill




Of course ... but obviously the idea is out there ...

13 Tories could turn this ship around!

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/full-comment/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/23/candid-tory-mp-comments-caught-on-camera-suggest-internal-backbench-dissent-over-conservative-omnibus-budget

[Rick]

The idea was out there Fletch, but Wilks was silenced by Dear Leader...

[Fletch 27]

The only thing out there today seems tb be the conspiracy theorists..

The idea was out there Fletch, but Wilks was silenced by Dear Leader...

[Rick]

The only thing out there today seems tb be the conspiracy theorists..

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/ID=2238486044

Try again...

Or shall we just consider him a flip flopper...

[Fletch 27]

Sure looks like Rasemary Barton and the Sulomon guy are adding alot of thier own bias or context.. I wouldnt even call that a "flip flop"! Both Soloman and Barton have had a hate-on for Steve Harper and his democratically aopointed Majority since they cut funding to the CBC and axed the show with thier pal Mark Kelly.. But back to your point.. I cant even call this a "flip flop"...

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/ID=2238486044

Try again...

Or shall we just consider him a flip flopper...

[fellowtraveller]

Wilks came close to having a Bev Desjarlais type future

[cybercoma]

Wilks came close to having a Bev Desjarlais type future

I was thinking Helena Guergis.

[jacee]

The idea was out there Fletch, but Wilks was silenced by Dear Leader...

I bet the guy still has whiplash.

The idea's still out there though ...

[eyeball]

I bet the guy still has whiplash.

The idea's still out there though ...

I wonder how Wilks' constituents feel after having put their faces out there too?

True blue Harper Conservatives notwithstanding, it should be a little humiliating to Canadians everywhere to have our elected dictatorship rubbed in our noses as flagrantly as it's been with this omnibus budget.