Ruby Dhalla Crossing The Floor?

[Tokyo Heights]

Just heard the rumours that the Federal MP from Brampton is seriously thinking of crossing the floor from Liberals, which made her an MP, to
Conservatives lead by present Prime Minister Stephen Harper!
Its nothing new with her Asian background, its pretty common in countries like India, Pakistan, Bangla Desh, Sri-Lanka where politicians do change their loyalties and cross the floor for their own financial benifits or for gaining more power by having cabinet posts, but its sad and unfortunate for that constiuents who trusted that Floor Crossing MP and trusted him/her that the person elected would serve the purpose he/she was elected to the parliament on a party's ticket, there should be a law even in Canada that if a person is elected on a party's ticket, he/she if by any chance crosses the floor, should seek bye elections and cannot continue serving in Parliament. Same practice was observed by the former MP Mr. Wajid Khan from Streetvilles and he was defeated by Bonnie Crombie in the next elections, if Ms. Dhalla makes this mistake she is going to definitely loose the next federal elections due to floor crossing.

 

[Rockslinger]

Payback for Brenda Stronach crossing the floor. Guys, don't trust Stephen Harper with a majority. He will make all forms of sex illegal.

 

[BoringBob]

I wouldn't buy a used car from Steven Harper - why the fuck is he running the country?

 

[Brill]

She was an Iggy supporter from back in 2006, I wouldn't trust a person who would screw over her leader and her constituents for her own lame bill.
Turncoats rarely get re-elected, they'd have to be exceptional representatives and she isn't.

 

[blackrock13]

HaHaHa!!

The more things change ..........

I hope your analysis was right? She deserves it. she must have been getting the cold shoulder from the crew and knew the writing was on the wall. (I'm starting to sound like a sportscaster).

If memory serves me correctly, Msr. Bouchard was a dirty double crosser in both senses, as he was a member of 3 of the 4 major parties at some time in his career.

 

[oldjones]

Considering all the unpleasant stuff that the Cons said about Ruby when it was discovered she'd been mistreating her help, I think it unlikely she'd see them as attractive new seatmates.

But the possibility not only recalls the nasty things Harpo and his clowns said about Belinda Stronach, but also their crowing when they persuaded Emmerson to leave the Liberals—within days of being elected—so they could make him a Minister. Both sides of their mouths working equally well, neither to be trusted.

For that you have to go all the way back to Preston Manning who said, as you do Tokyo, that a member crossing the floor should trigger a by-election. For all his faults, Preston was a man of principle, unlike theose who have followed him and perverted his party under its various names since.

 

[Rockslinger]

For all his faults, Preston was a man of principle,

Joe Clark never compromised his principles and never regained power. To be in power in a democracy, means you have to put a bit of "water in your wine". Even Stephen Harper had to back off on banning all forms of sex to preserve his minority government.

 

[Aardvark154]

Tokyo Heights, MPs and MLA's, Senators and Representatives have been crossing the floor since there have been political parties. Among the most famous Sir Winston Spencer-Churchill, who twice crossed the floor during his political career.

 

[Never Compromised]

Ruby can cross the floor. Then she will have to face a nomination meeting where I suspect Parm Gill will wipe the floor with her. Ruby has pissed off a lot of Liberals and has alienated 2/3rds of a certain community.

Her days as a sitting member are over with the next election. The Conservatives are very sure that her riding will go to Parm Gill next time out.

 

[Aardvark154]

Ruby can cross the floor. Then she will have to face a nomination meeting where I suspect Parm Gill will wipe the floor with her. Ruby has pissed off a lot of Liberals and has alienated 2/3rds of a certain community.

Her days as a sitting member are over with the next election. The Conservatives are very sure that her riding will go to Parm Gill next time out.

This will make her less likely to cross the floor for what reason?

 

[Never Compromised]

This will make her less likely to cross the floor for what reason?

Oh, she can cross the floor if she likes, the Conservatives will be more than happy to stick it to the Liberals.

My point is that she may be trying to save her skin, but it is too late. Her crossing the floor is a clear indication that the Brampton ridings are ripe for a change from Liberal to Conservative, and more importantly that the East Indian community is less likely to dogmatically follow the Liberal Party.

But her floor crossing is not going to save her career. She will not be returning to Parliament after the next writ period.

 

[train]

One would have to think she is more of a liability than an asset to the Conservatives if she crossed the floor. They would be better off refusing her. She has a bad rep and the private member bill she wants to introduce giving certain pension and other priveliges after only 3 years residence is ridiculous.

This is her reaction to Iffy having Judy Sgro annonce that the Liberals were not going to support Ruby's bill even after Rae said he would.

 

[landscaper]

the reporter who "broke" the story has sort of scaled back the intrigue. The floor crossing was an informed notion of an unnamed source.

If you want the truth I don't think the tories would accept her into caucus. A single seat will not change the power balance and the optics not to mention the person are terrible.

Just a note. She tabled a private members bill that would require OAS to pay landed immigrants a pension in the name of fairness, regardless of whether or not they had contyributed anything to the plan.....

 

[fmahovalich]

Ruby has spoken

SHE WILL NOT BE CROSSING ANY FLOOR!!

Shes A LOSER ANYWAY!!!

 

[Tokyo Heights]

Join Acting Or Some Modelling or Return Back To Her Clinic's

She can always go back to acting

or maybe some modelling business , she would be really very successful, or attend her Chiropractor's Clinics on full time basis, but politics would not forgive her if she crosses the floor from Liberals to
Conservatives, today the immigrants are here in Canada due to Liberals only, one should never forget that aspect also. Look at the fate of Mr. Wajid Khan? he is no where in Politics, & to save his skin he has recently announced his full support to Sue MacFaden, ward 10 Councillor in the next Federal MP Elections, but the Riding of Streetvilles belongs to "The Liberals", & shall remain "RED" in the next elections also, and same goes for Ms. Ruby Dhalla's Riding.

 

[K Douglas]

If the Conservatives agreed to take her I would have quit the party and never voted again. She has been a vocal critic of the Conservative Party ever since her election. This would have been pure hypocrisy on both sides.

 

[stang]

I'd rather she went out the door.

 

[Aardvark154]

Oh, she can cross the floor if she likes, the Conservatives will be more than happy to stick it to the Liberals.

My point is that she may be trying to save her skin, but it is too late. Her crossing the floor is a clear indication that the Brampton ridings are ripe for a change from Liberal to Conservative, and more importantly that the East Indian community is less likely to dogmatically follow the Liberal Party.

But her floor crossing is not going to save her career. She will not be returning to Parliament after the next writ period.

I hadn't known some of this. Thanks Compromised.

 

[Anynym]

The Toronto Star article which "broke" this story about Dhalla specifically said that there was no reason to believe she was looking at crossing the floor. It's still amazing to me how people believe every little crazy rumour they read on the internet. And then over-react accordingly.

Dhalla's friends in the Liberal Party rewarded her by requiring her to pledge her loyalty to the Liberal Party before a caucus meeting earlier this week.

And, if I recall correctly, Ignatieff has come out against a Private Members Bill which she introduced. It's almost unheard of in Parliament for any Party to deep-six their own Private Members Bills.

I doubt the Conservative Party would accept her, but I can't see her being very happy with the Liberal Party right now. No wonder their poll numbers are even lower than when Dion was the Leader.

 

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