[van-announce] Recall David Emerson

[RusL Adams Buker]

Dear Sirs,

I find the editorial supporting David Emerson's defection to the 
Conservative Party offensive. This is not something that "makes sense for 
BC" or is just a case of crying in your beer. David Emerson has flagrantly 
disregarded the system of democracy in this country and should not be in 
Parliament! He should be recalled, even if there is no existing process in 
place to do that; what he did was without precedence. There were only 8,600 
out of 46,000 votes for the Conservative Party in the Vancouver Kingsway 
riding. The Conservatives came in 3rd place. A whopping 82% of voters voted 
against the Conservatives. This is not insignificant. There is a 
fundamental difference between quitting the party as the political scene 
morphs, months or years after an election, and doing it immediately 
following an election. To do so right after an election is deceit. He 
obviously had hidden sympathies for his opponents during the election but 
chose to hide that from his constituents. This should be illegal.

Emerson's policy of supporting the BC highway Gateway project by changing 
parties is reckless. This project does not have support in Vancouver. It is 
irresponsible to pave more and increase car dependency and traffic 
congestion in our era of Global Climate Change. It shows the desperation of 
this policy that it is reliant on such anti-democratic maneuvers.

Please campaign to remove this power-hungry liar from office. If he 
remains, there is no point in voting as accountability is a joke.

There is an Online petition just started at 
http://www.petitiononline.com/RDE/petition.html

Sincerely,
Russell Adams
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