David Emerson was convinced to switch parties to ensure that the City of Vancouver had a seat in Cabinet. Michael Fortier was appointed to the Senate to become an unelected Cabinet Minister so the City of Montreal could have a seat in Cabinet. Are we to assume that Ken Dryden said no to switching parties or that Oshawa has now been annexed into an even bigger Mega-Toronto?
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Give Ken time.
Posted by Toronto Tory | February 6, 2006 5:12 PM
Posted on February 6, 2006 17:12
Actually, given the MPs that Harper pointed to, Fergus-Elora has been annexed by Toronto as well. :-)
Posted by James Bow | February 6, 2006 6:07 PM
Posted on February 6, 2006 18:07
I live in Georgetown, Chong’s riding and it is part of the GTA. The last time I looked all of Halton Region is in the GTA.
Posted by Reg | February 6, 2006 6:23 PM
Posted on February 6, 2006 18:23
True Reg, but thats not the City of Toronto proper. Harper won seats in the Greater Vancouver area as well (ie James Moore). But I guess that wasn’t good enough…
Posted by bza_thoughts | February 6, 2006 6:47 PM
Posted on February 6, 2006 18:47
Watching Politics with Don Newman, the Tory spokesman claimed Flaherty “has worked in Toronto for 20 years”. I bet that warmed the heart of a lot of Torontonians. We all remember how much Flaherty loved Toronto.
Posted by Greg | February 6, 2006 7:11 PM
Posted on February 6, 2006 19:11
Bottom-line: Harper has constructed a cabinet that provides effective representation for all areas of the country, while balancing this against the many other demands involved in putting a Cabinet together.
This required the steps of including Emerson and Fortier in order to effectively represent Vancouver and Montreal. While it would have been preferable to have elected Tories from these areas in the last election, with this not being the case, he went out and addressed this deficiency.
This is clearly a solid cabinet that should provide solid governance until the next election.
Posted by Larry | February 6, 2006 7:34 PM
Posted on February 6, 2006 19:34
Harper has disappointed. He appointed a senator(what the hell happened to electing them?)HE appointed a crony , non-elected guy to cabinet (unheard of!) and Emerson.
Brutal start.
Posted by a | February 6, 2006 10:09 PM
Posted on February 6, 2006 22:09
I am not happy with the Emerson appointment. I have no problem with MP’s crossing the floor - that has happened for years. Crossing the floor to become an instant cabinet minister does not sit will with me, however.
I am amazed at all the criticism over the senate appointment. Some people seem to think Harper should have an elected senate in place by today, even though he was just sworn in !
Of course, Harper believes in Senate reform, but keep in mind it was not even among his five priorities. Senate reform will require years of effort to lay the foundation before any meaningful change will occur. The Liberals accomplished very little in 12 years, how can we expect Harper to change the world in just one day ?
Posted by Concerned Torontonian | February 6, 2006 11:03 PM
Posted on February 6, 2006 23:03
Elected Senate - well I guess 12 years of the Reform, Alliance, Conservative and Harper talking about elected senate then within a few minuate in office you go back on what you have said is not a big deal.
By the way, Liberals out number the Conservative in the Senate 3 to 1 - one extra Conservative in the Senate is meaningless. There was 7 positions open but he appointed one - why and why on the first day?
Posted by Gary McHale | February 7, 2006 1:33 AM
Posted on February 7, 2006 01:33
Because he didn’t need 7 cabinet members from outside the elected members of Parliament and intends to honour his commitment to Senate reform and is using the single appointment as a temporary expedient until it too can be filled in some more “democratic” manner?
Posted by lrC | February 7, 2006 8:21 PM
Posted on February 7, 2006 20:21