Conservative Candidates Wanted: Free Thinkers Need Not Apply

In the world of Stephen Harper you are allowed to express obscene gestures to the opposition in the house, use four letter words in committee, but if you dare critize the current government or show any form of independent thoughtl, you are thrown out into the cold. Now I am not condoning Mr. Turner's actions, but unlike Carolyn Parrish, his dismissal from the Conservative Caucas was not based on single issue, but several different issues which for the most part critized the leadership of Stephen Harper. Caucas renegades are nothing new in Canadian politics. Did Bob Rae kick Peter Kormos out of the Ontario NDP caucas when he fillibustered his own party's legislation? That was okay, but posing as a Toronto Sunshine Boy wasn't. He got kicked out of cabinet for that. Oh Bob, if you become Liberal Leader I hope you change your ways and allow the male members of your caucas to show off their pecks.
Alright, off topic, the citizens of Halton elected Mr. Turner as a Conservative Member, and they deserve to be represented by him in that fashion. Simply because he expressed his concern for some of the governments actions does not constitue his removal from the caucas. I do not know if Mr. Turner has left willingly, but it clearly shows the type of leadership Mr. Harper wants to bring to this country.