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Inky the former MP was a long-time maverick in the CP, but a much-loved and very

clever politician in the riding. He had oined the ginger group of !eformers who "uit theparty and oined the CPCs in protest of #tockwell $ay%s policies.

&he ginger group reoined the party after the reform alliance was formed. 'mong otherthings he supported the (heat )oard during Harper%s vicious attacks on it%s right to e*ist.

+ollowing that Inky was delegated to the back benches. Harper runs a tight ship. ne

could call it dictatorial. I believe Harper, as he had with many other MPs, put pressure onInky to "uit. &he alternative being the possibility of one of the bagfull of nasty ing

#teven%s dirty tricks.

Inky resigned, figuring he could return to his $auphin base as Mayor. He considered it asafe haven as he had been a very popular mayor. n leaving he gave a subtle dig at the

party. #ee parts of his ational Post interview here

http/00www.uglychinesecanadian.com01p2345and herehttp/00www.theglobeandmail.com0news0politics0e*-tory-mp-calls-nomination... 6 the

comments are also interesting7.

&he riding nominations were called for in the summer of this year. &here was not the

usual process of mailing out a nomination kit which one would imagine would give a

closing date for nominations. Inky%s preferred candidate (ayne Matheson stated thatearly on he was told by the national office to hold off putting himself forward until the

bye-election was called. ne would imagine that other potential candidates were also told

this.

&he riding nomination committee was not formed until the day before nominations closedin late summer, the busiest time of year for farmers. &he potential candidates were

supposedly informed by an automated telephone service. &here was only one acclaimed

candidate, !obert #opuck, altho others had e*pressed interest in running.

Inky protested to many former PC MPs about the the nomination process, without getting

any support. &he fi* was on and and none of them dared oppose Harper and the nationalcouncil. &he President of the riding )rian Chita launched an appeal of the process on

behalf of the local Conservative board.and sent a long letter to riding members stating 8a

process that failed to follow our party%s candidate nomination rules, thereby limiting your

opportunity to take part in the process.9 It was of course reected by the national council.http/00www.theglobeandmail.com0news0politics0e*-tory-mp-calls-nomination...

It%s interesting to note that )rian Chita, who admittedly ran for mayor of $auphin in the

previous election, ran as a mayoralty candidate against Inky. ne would imagine that theriding president of Inkys long-time held riding would have deferred to him in the

mayorality contest. ne must wonder whether the Harper ## e*erted pressure on him torun. Inky lost by 3: votes.

!obert #upock is0was a paid staffer of the +rontier Center for Public policy, a harder-right

subsiduary of the +ra;er Institute which is funded by many of the large corporations,especially the oil-patch industry.

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