Angry in the Great White North (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Former Liberal MP Garth Turner has abandoned his quest for a seat in the next election. And in classic Garth Turner fashion, he blames everyone around him. In doing so, he cements his legacy, not as a politician who merely lost, but as one who failed. On CTV's Power Play , Tom Clark confronts Garth Turner on the question of why there was no nomination meeting....
Dr Roy's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Finally Canadian politics should be rid of this pathetic attention seeking man. Maybe he will try and run for the greens, but it seems unlikely he will ever be in parliament again. He seems unable to admit the truth even at the end of this latest run for the grits. Steve Janke has the inside story. So there you have it. According to Janet Rosenstock, Garth Turner failed to sign up sufficient...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Not to be overly fussy, but how do you resign as a "possible" candidate? Don't you have to be something before you can quit? Since Garth aspired to be the Liberal nominee, but there hasn't been a nomination meeting yet, he was just a candidate to be the candidate. So he's resigning as ... nothing? TORONTO - Political maverick Garth Turner said Monday he was resigning...
Runesmith's Canadian Content (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
There appears to be a difference of opinion between Garth Turner and Janet Rosenstock, the Membership Chair of the Dufferin-Caledon FLA, regarding the number of members required to hold a candidate nomination meeting. As a lawyer's daughter, I personally despise this kind of discrepancy on such an easily resolved issue. And since nobody else seems keen to sort out fact from fiction in...
Climbing Out Of The Dark (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
This is serious, and it has been bothering me for awhile. Do bloggers help or hurt their MP's? If I have an opinion, and I express it on my blog, does that potentially reflect on my MP? Should my MP care? Do your MP's even know if you have a blog and comment on their performance? I know one Liberal MP, Paul Szabo, is aware of blogs, because he kindly corrected me on an issue. Garth Turner...
Runesmith's Canadian Content (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Yes, I'm still blogging about the ignoble end of Garth Turner's candidacy in Dufferin-Caledon. Why? Because people aren't playing by the rules, and it's pissing me off . So. Today, I asked one of the board members of the Dufferin-Caledon Liberal Association for their take on the situation. Although they have identified themselves as one of the 'pro-Garth' camp, this person had...
