[Peter Libra]

Re: Tie between Liberals and Conservatives and bogus poll.

Oh oh, This just in. Conservative MP Garth Turner suspended from the Conservative Party. Seems he may have used the internet to the discomfort of others. I hardly knew of the man, but he is conceded to be a bit of a maverick.

Susan and Nancy, CBC commentators, were just absolutely twittering about it. He will hold a news conference later. The woman almost gleefully opined as to his possible broadsides.

I knew before they did themselves, the inference to come. Will this hurt the minority government of Conservatives? This rhetorical question was finally posed by one of these women.

Go easy on the liquor,Liberals, says I, you do not get back into power that easy. LOL

[GMMAC]

"Conservative MP Garth Turner suspended from the Conservative Party"

I know Garth Turner fairly well as he was once my MP & I worked on one of his Mulroney-era campaigns.

Bottom line: no loss as he's a self-important blowhard & loose cannon who felt entitled to a Cabinet portfolio because he was once a very junior Minister under Mulroney and who's been in a very public snit ever since Stephen Harper quite rightly passed him over for one this time around.

He managed to get elected in 2006 in what's roughly his old Riding apparently in the main based upon name recognition & a pro CPC swing.

As was the case before he entered public life, Turner made his living over the 13 years he was out of Office as a journalist & self-styled financial guru.
He was involved in several 'questionable' deals for which, as far as I know, he was never charged criminally but remains embroiled in civil litigation.