Jacque Demers: Liberal or Conservative Senator?

Quick question: Is it possible for a senator to cross the floor?

According to one report, Jacque Demers would have preferred being on the Liberal side of the Senate. But the Liberals never asked him; Stephen Harper did.

So are there any Senate rules preventing him from moving to a friendlier, more humanitarian clime?

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Bill Runciman Meets Kettle

Couldn't have said this better myself. Let me repeat Bill Runciman's words, with appropriate edits:

"Canadians are fed up with unelected [Conservative] senators doing [Harper]'s dirty work"

Well said, sir! You've your lines well-rehearsed I see.

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Scott Feschuk on Senator Mike Duffy

What a hoot! Apparently, Mike Duffy's been doin' some learnin':

"Once you get in there, you realize that every piece of legislation passed by Parliament has to go through the Senate prior to adoption.... And the Senate rules are different than the House of Commons. Senate committees can’t sit while the Senate is in session, so that puts you in the situation of having some pretty long days."

Where's that roll-eyes icon when you need it? (Read the whole thing. It gets better - or worse - depending on your point of view.)

I said it once and I'll say it again. Mike Duffy is an embarrassment to the Senate, an embarrassment to journalism and an embarrassment to Canada. Might we send him off as an export somewhere?

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CTV, Ethics and the Harper-Duffy Show

Thomas Mulcair, NDP MP: "Why did they make the announcement hundreds of kilometres away from Parliament and not in Parliament as they were supposed to do with a cream-puff interview with Mike Duffy, the former TV guy from CTV who's now a Conservative senator?"

Like Harper, Mike Duffy is an embarrassment. He's an embarrassment to journalism. He's an embarrassment to the Senate. He's an embarrassment to Canada.

So is CTV. Word is that some spokesperson for the network declared CTV would NOT air the Harper-Duffy Show. Then it did. Now if that's true - I've not a TV and refuse to access CTV newcasts online; hence I cannot verify this -, then such behaviour sounds awfully familiar. Recall the Steve Murphy-Mike Duffy Live treatment of Stephane Dion's interview outtakes, subsequently found to be in breach of journalistic ethical standards.

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