of doing or saying anything to remain in power. CTV's Robert Fife has been alluding to this for days now and bloggers have been on the case as well. Now it is public knowledge that MP Inky Mark has been offered an Ambassadorship or Senate appointment to buy off his non-vote.
As Andrew Coyne points out this is criminal activity.
Nothing like trying to bury criminal activity with more criminal activity. Vote buying with vote buying. It sounds like the Liberals need a new playbook.
OHMYGOD! MP Inky Mark says he has the phone records to prove it. (hat-tip Andrew Coyne, by the way uh-ohdate is classic)
..."Neither the prime minister nor I has authorized any discussion with Mr. Mark to offer him anything -- period," Alcock said. "I don't know what fantasies exist in Mr. Mark's mind. I know that he's been desperately unhappy in the Conservative caucus and he has been sending messages that he'd like out."Making the afternoon even more surreal was that while Alcock called into question Mark's credibility, Mark himself was standing a few feet away from Alcock listening intently. Within seconds of Alcock leaving the scrum, Mark stepped in front of the cameras and stuck to a story he had told the CBC earlier in the day. Although he would not reveal the name of the minister who called him, he said he had proof that a call was made to him."The fact remains that I do have a telephone record that Mr. Alcock may not understand."Mark, who offered to swear on "two bibles" that his story is the truth, said the minister who called him on Friday afternoon made suggestions.
