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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Voters gave the Conservatives only 19 per cent of the vote in the 2006 election, but the riding ended up with a Tory MP anyway after elected Liberal David Emerson crossed the floor to serve in the Conservative cabinet.
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Tyee - Home (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Harper's campaign chair shrugs off his Liberal past.
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Thompson Ahern E-News (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
(Globe & Mail) NDP Leader Jack Layton was roundly criticized Friday for proposing to tear up the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber agreement, with both B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell and former international trade minister David Emerson saying the idea is preposterous. The B.C. Premier waded into the federal election campaign for the first time Friday, denouncing Mr. Layton’s stance on softwood. The deal,...
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A Step To The Right (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
I believe I have found the earliest known indication from the Conservatives that David Emerson didn’t plan on running again in another election. The article ran in the Toronto Sun and other media on Thursday, August 13th. The Conservative source also dismissed reports that Foreign Affairs Minister David Emerson could run again in the next [...]
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
So says David Emerson, Conservative Party Campaign Co-chair. Apparently, the two parties agreed to refuse to debate Elizabeth May and it took desperation by Jack Layton for both leaders to give in. I hope canadians are getting the message. Stéphane Dion is the only leader of a major party who is being honest and up front with them. Stephen Harper's worst nightmare indeed. David Emerson said so himself...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Ok, so I've been seething about Sarah Palin since the moment she was named by John McCain as his running mate. Well, maybe not since that exact moment. As I recall, when I flipped to CNN that fateful Friday morning and heard the news, I believe my initial reaction was "who the fuck is she?" But I digress, although it is important to note that until John McCain plucked this woman from relative obscurity...
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New Democratic Party of Canada (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
VANCOUVER – New Democrat Leader Jack Layton took his appeal for change to British Columbia today in a campaign stop in Vancouver Kingsway, the riding of outgoing MP David Emerson. Mr. Emerson crossed the floor at Mr. Harper’s invitation to join the Conservative cabinet, despite the fact that he ran on a platform to oppose the Conservative agenda. “Unlike Stephen Harper, I’ll be a Prime Minister who’ll...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Its not confirmed on the party web site as yet but according to a 24 Hours report the Vancouver-Kingsway Conservative Electoral District Association has selected a candidate to fill David Emerson's shoes. When or if Stephen Harper signs the nomination papers, Salomon Rayek will officially represent the Conservatives in Vancouver-Kingsway. According to other sources the nomination was unanimous. That...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
So, a few days ago, we the people heard from David Emerson. Yes, that's right. David Emerson who ran in Vancouver-Kingsway as a Liberal, and then crossed the floor to Stephen "I don't romance MP's to cross the aisle" Harper, after being bribed with a Cabinet post. The very same David Emerson to whom I referred as an asshole at the time. David Emerson, as you will all remember, swore up and down that...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Excellent post on Andrew Coyne's blog on the reasons David Emerson has given for retiring from politics - for now. Some excellent quotes straight from the horse's ass mouth. Emerson: "I told Paul that if he stayed on as Leader that I would stay on [with the Liberals] and weâd have some fun in opposition.â To which Coyne appropriately responds, He would have spent his days, that is, loudly
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liberal catnip (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
"I was never a Liberal." - David Emerson A befuddled-looking Emerson then quickly walked away from the podium mumbling, "And I was never a man either", as he pointed down to his hot pink high heel pumps.
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Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Harare - The Harare government Saturday dismissed the decision by Canada to impose targeted sanctions as "misinformed and unfortunate", saying it will further hit ordinary Zimbabweans. On Friday Canadian Foreign Minister David Emerson announced that his country had imposed targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe saying it was a protest against "intimidation and state-sponsored violence" against opposition...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
I haven't had a caption contest in what seems like forever. But with the news that both David Emerson and Monte Solberg are leaving the Harper government, this picture is just dying for captions.And on Monte, I'm genuinely sad to see him go. Partisan disagreements aside, he seemed like a pretty good guy, a sincere guy, and a competent minister that did his job diligently. In opposition, he was a solid,...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Interesting news today that David Emerson, the turncoat Liberal turned Conservative cabinet minister that decided not to let the public pass judgment on his floor-crossing by seeking re-election, has been named one of the Conservative campaign co-chairs, along with one-time Conservative bright light Bernard Lord.The less than dynamic duo follow in the footsteps of an even less inspiring pair, John...
