That would be the same Liberal party that blames the Tories for making deals with the separatist devils.Looks good on them.Let's see how they handle having the separatist devils taking a bite out of their respective asses.

Allan - welcome to public eye.

I have to take issue with you implying that Khan's depature was not predictable - he has been advising the government from the opposition benches. He tried to keep his feet in both puddles and in politics that is just not acceptable.

I say good on Dion for giving him the ultimatium. It shows he is a strong leader! I am sure his loyal Liberal caucus members thank him for getting rid of the mole.

BTW - where is Khan's report??

Add in the fact that Khan's Liberal credentials were wafer-thin, having supported Tony Clement's leadership aspirations and been a provincial Tory for quite a while, I can't see that he could have been anything but a ticking timebomb. According to the latest blat in Stock Day's column, it was Khan who delayed this move for quite some time, waiting for the best timing possible. Naturally, Harper has turned his latest coup into a prop in a series of photo ops. Still no sign of the special non-partisan report that Khan was working on, either...

We should definitely have a PR system like in Japan where it favors stability. The floor crossing is driving me crazy. Khan should be safe in his riding in the up-coming election, but we all know why Mr. Harper picked Khan as his advisor and I certainly dont mind him crossing over. But why do we have to go over to the liberals to appoint a special advisor. We should have a proportional representation system with the government consisting of ridng MPs, party list MPs, and unelected members approved by the parliament. That way the government will be better operated and then we wont see people continuing to cross over from one side to another for some cabinet seats. While I applaud Khan for seeing the light, I believe we should start thinking about how we can reform our system.

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Although Mr. Warnke's analysis is bang-on, it is strange that you are introducing a column from him on this website. We count on this website to provide us with gossip aboiut British Columbia provinicial, federal and municipal politics. If I wanted to read a column by Allan Warnke, I would rather read it in another publication. Please remember what your product is here. You are disappointing us by doing this.

I suspect Khan's delay in leaping over into his new government backbench happened simply because a few of Harper's dreams didn't quite materialize.

The first, of course, being the much anticipated mid-east report by the turn-coat. Given that the document appears doomed to the big round file, Harper tried to make the best of the pathetic situation last week in staging the press conference with defector Khan.
The secondary factor was the hope that everyone would be dazzled by Harpo's prize catch and forget all about the report, which is more than likely a dud, filled with Khan's own confused ramblings.
But it does sound like he got to stay at some nice hotels and eat some pretty good chow on that $13,000 fact-forging tour of duty.

One good think about this latest turncoat though is he hasn't given away a $billion to American lumber thugs yet.

"Add in the fact that Khan's Liberal credentials were wafer-thin, having supported Tony Clement's leadership aspirations and been a provincial Tory for quite a while, ... "

When did all the Liberals discover that one of their MPs was unfit to serve with the natural governing party? After Khan bolted.

Dion and the Liberals are showing just how silly people can be when they are used to be in power, but are no longer. If Harper had asked Olivia Chow to be his advisor on child care, I am sure the NDP would have seen that as a plus, an opportunity for useful negotiations and an exchange of views, as well as an chance to highlight the expertise in one's own party. That the Liberals couldn't see things this way shouldn't be too surprising since their main issue is getting back into office.