I agree entirely with what Evilscientist wrote, but I wanted to add a few bits of my own thoughts - because I cued on a couple of other aspects of the article as significant:
Earlier this year, Turner took part in a TV debate with Charles McVety, an evangelical leader who has been a driving force in the fight against same-sex marriage.
The MP says there was a telling moment in that debate when McVety looked at him and said: "You know what? I can pick up the phone and call Harper and I can get him in two minutes. It's going to take you a month."
Turner paused.
"I think he's right."
Consider this - McVety is not elected, he's not a registered lobbyist (that I know of at any rate), but he has better access to the PMO than many MPs? (Even accounting for Garth Turner's status as a relative outcast, this is unacceptable)
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I also cued into that, it's just another sign of how totally unaccountable Harper and co. really are. They're running the federal government the way Ralph ran the Alberta provincial government: highly secretive and from the top down.
Harper's problem is that he has to win votes OUTSIDE of Alberta. He's doing his dangest to push the voters away.
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