Conservative MP wants more independence in Parliament

Finally, a politician that really understands why he was elected, to represent the people that voted for him. Our Canadian system has been so corrupted by the big business leaders and their little puppets like Harper and the tired old tories in Alberta that it has totally lost any meaning as to the representation of the voters. It's no bloody wonder that the turnouts on election day are so dismal we all know that no matter how we, the general public votes, we will never get the MP representation that was intended with the inception of parliamentary democracy. We now live in a parliamentary dictatorship with every majority government we elect. When we gave Harper his desire to have a majority we unleashed a monster and when I say we I don't mean me!

We need to support this MP by calling or emailing all the Conservative MP's and telling them this is what we demand from them for our vote. If we don't support him, then he will be gone and we will continue to get what we have been getting, ignored and abused.

Mr Trost better be careful or he might end up in Guantanamo or labeled a communist. Gawd forbid MP's be allowed to be the voice of their constituents.

all the power in a political party is in the hands of the people behind the scenes that never get elected or even run; the ones that pull the puppet strings

the best way to see this change is to adopt a different form of govenrment independeant of the party politics system

there is a system that actually works called Consensus government which is operating in the Northwest territory and i think Nunuvat as well

no political parties so come time to vote on a bill the elected member has 3 considerations what would be best for his constituents
what his constituents prefer
and his own moral reaction to the bill

in a party politics situation of course trumping all 3 of those is what the Party says to do
and as such we get legislation to satisfy the Political party not what may be best for the Country or Province

Of course the elected Political Parties always know what is best for the Province or Nation
in spite of anything those idiots who vote might think to the contrary

consensus government does not fall if a bill is defeated that just means it was not good enough to please the Majority of MLAs
thereis no squabling over who will have a say in a bill it does not matter where the idea comes from since it is not related to a party; if an idea has merit it can be adopted into a bill
if it lacks merit it won't be used
when a bill is put forward everybody has a say in what may be good or bad about it and thus legislation can be improved using the best ideas of all available resulting in better legislation

of course Political Parties are never going to relinquish the power they have over a silly idea like improving government

A useful confirmation of the fact that Harper has more of the characteristics of a dictator than a democratic leader. We are living under a quasi dictatorship. Better get out of the malls, miss a few hockey games and start thinking about what is happening to your country.

As for Trost - good for him but there have been at least two books about Harper one by Garth Turner that made the same claim about Harper and his control issues. Too bad people didn't think before the last election. Maybe we would not have elected the Harper dictatorship.

Now there is a surprise. Imagine being able to vote on a policy/platform using your mind; representing the area/members that you are supposed to be representing; and doing it after careful reading of a document/knowledge of the issue and voting your conscience. Just imagine! But reality - here is how our party is voting and so are you or else... Something has and always will be wrong with this mentality.

I'll be very interested and watching very carefully how Mr. Trost will vote in the new parliament. Let's see whether he puts his money where his mouth is!

Themcool88, think about it! What he's saying is that there's no independant thinking going on. Harper is telling them what they are allowed to think, so they are cannot express their own thoughts on any subject. Not really an idiot.

debates? do they even do that sort of thing anymore?.. isn't it just "term dictatorship" no matter which party spends our money?

Yes, Freedom of Speech.

Well Harper will either "get him in line" or kick him out of his caucus before he knows it.

""ironclad", stifles debate and prevents independent thinking." That sums up the Harper regime right there.

I'm glad Brad Trost and Elizabeth May are pointing this out. I hope the Tories don't punish him for speaking out on it. Every election I have to vote for the party not the candidate, because MPs are basically robots for their party in Canada's political system.

sounds like he is looking for democracy, but he won't find it anywhere near Harper.

I agree with Brad Trost, but Harper will cut him off at the knees for his comments.

Good for them. We need more Conservatives like Trost. We need debate.

Finally a politician with a brain, too bad Harper will get rid of him for his comments. I hope the people from hid riding raise such a stink that Harper can't fire him. Mr Trost, convince your fellow MP's to join you and get rid of Harper.

Finally somebody with balls enough to speak up..The Conservative Leader Hitl, oops Harper is actually trying to out do Hitler as a grandious leader..Harper thinks he is Little Hitler. He should be in control of his party, yes..But, he should not be able to rule as a communist dictator would..Each member of parliament was elected by the people of his/her riding and should convey their wishes to any debate..Harper is running himself in to a quick defeat, maybe before the next election

I have to admire Trost for speaking out against Harpers insane control over his party. Going public with his criticisms may be a terrible career move for Trost, but it's nice to see that not all in the Conservative party are sheep.

LOL!! Brad Trost
Harper is on his way out over the pensions!!!