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The house of Commons Chamber is not the place to check emails or doing crossword puzzles. Its a place to ask the government questions regarding their constituency. The New Democrat apologized for making this an issue and admitted she was wrong for looking at someone's emails. I have yet to see MP Moore apologize to his consituents for wasting valuable time and doing personal business on government time. Time for these conservatives to start governing like professionals instead of like high school children looking at the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.

Honestly if I was a member of the NDP in the churchill riding. I would not have supported Bev at the nomination meeting. I liked her and she was a good critic but the same sex marriage issue would have turned me off

Whats wrong with smoking a joint and killing a bag of doritos

I am a member of the CAW and have disengaged my activism with the union over principles. I prefer to be active in other social movements that adhere to the same principles I have.

Yep..you're right. Its a matter of principles.

Thats true but convention rules and all incumbents must support all policy from convention. If she was a tory or a liberal she would have been thrown out of caucus but that didn't happen. She resigned from caucus after her defeat by riding members.

How would you feel being a member of the liberals in David Emerson's riding after nominating the guy and a week after the election he crosses the floor. would you as a member support this guy in another nomination meeting

She should have won the nomination hands down

Her critics portfolio was stripped form her because she didn't adhere to the direction given to the party by the members of convention but her defeat was at the hands of the riding association which is the grassroots of the party.

Lets face it, Dion is a joke as a leader and everyone sees it..Maybe the liberals should get a leader that isn't from quebec

The only reason some of the liberal caucus sat on the fence and didn't vote is because they are disorganized and their party mimicks the conservatives.

On October 17, 2005, Desjarlais lost the Churchill NDP nomination to Niki Ashton, daughter of Manitoba cabinet minister Steve Ashton, in a vote of the membership of the Churchill NDP riding association.[16] She resigned from the NDP caucus on the same day, and announced she would run as an Independent in the next federal election[17] She acknowledged that her position on same-sex marriage was a prominent factor in her defeat. Can't get any more grassroots than that

Where do you get your info from the national post. Bev lost the nomination in the riding.

Bev Desjarlais was tossed by the grassroots of her riding in Manitoba. It wasn't the party that tossed her. In our riding if an incumbent that we elected to represent us as members of the party turn around and don't support the same things as the memebers I will not be voting for that person and thats exactly what happened to Bev.

The green party are hypocrites..They elct ex-liberals and ex-tories to be their leaders and say they support decriminalizing marijuana. They have an environmental policy that mimickes the tories plan eg. carbon taxes and the sale of pollution credits. Give me a break the greens are full of hypocracy. Let them on the national debate and we can expose them for what they are they gray party

While they are throwing Mulroney behind bars, they can then proceed and throw Chretien and Martin behind Bars..Liberals and Tories..no difference

Corruption = conservatives and liberals... No more corruption..Vote NDP

Are you kidding LOL As part of the NDP’s national campaign to stop Stephen Harper’s sellout of Canadian sovereignty, NDP International Trade Critic Peter Julian announced this week the formation of the NDP’s working group to stop the so-called Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP). “Canadians have already felt the devastation that came from the softwood sellout and the ongoing privatization of our public services,” said the MP from Burnaby-New Westminster. “They don’t want to see Harper take us any further down this road.” “The people whose families are dealing with the consequences of these misguided policies are the same people who are being shut out of the decision-making process,” stated NDP Leader Jack Layton. “Harper is telling people that there’s no room for them at the table – and that’s not right.” In 2005, the Martin Liberals committed Canada to a trilateral political and economic framework aiming to harmonize Canada’s social, economic and security policies and institutions with those of Mexico and the United-States. The talks have all gone on behind closed doors and even elected MPs have been kept out of the discussions. Though the SPP agenda has largely been kept secret, it is known to involve over 300 policy areas, including pesticide use, food safety and air safety, civil liberties, human rights, and environmental protection, as well as oversight from Washington over security decisions and energy policy. NDP activities to stop the SPP involve: a national tour (launched on August 20, 2007) of public forums to speak out on the SPP and to ensure everyday Canadians get informed and have their say; and keeping the pressure on the House of Commons to expose the SPP agenda through its Standing Committees. The NDP is working alongside civil society groups and labour unions to hold the Conservative government to account and to increase pressure on the Harper government to stop SPP implementation until there is a meaningful public consultation and a full debate and vote in Parliament. Peter Julian and other NDP MPs have been traveling across the country to speak out on the issue. Events held thus far have included Moose Jaw, Regina, Sault Ste. Marie, Ottawa, Fredericton, and Halifax. Upcoming events will be held in Winnipeg, Victoria, Hamilton, and Kamloops. Many other cities are in the process of planning similar public stop the SPP town hall meetings to help inform Canadians about the realities of the SPP agenda. “Each and every member of our caucus is going to do their part to make sure that the voices of ordinary Canadians get heard,” said Layton. “That’s what the Stop the SPP working group is about. We have a mandate from Canadians to stand up to Harper and to protect Canadians’ rights to make sovereign decisions about the direction this country is taking on the issues that matter to them.”