I have no complaints here.
Stephen Harper is waiting to see how the case resolves (the accused is just accused -- he may be acquitted) and the MP has left caucus briefly.
My only question, and it's just a question, is why he doesn't sit as an independent? Perhaps he suspects he won't come back to caucus and wants a longer term affiliation?
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper has lost a caucus member but he doesn't seem overly concerned.
Peter Goldring, the Conservative who was first elected as a Reform MP in 1997 in the riding of Edmonton East, changed his House of Commons affiliation this week to Civil Libertarian as a result of being charged in December with refusing to provide a roadside breath sample to police looking for drunk drivers.
The Prime Minister's Office said at that time that Mr. Goldring had voluntarily withdrawn from the Conservative caucus because the party takes the issue of drunk driving seriously.
"Mr. Goldring left the caucus around the particular incident that's been in the newspapers," Mr. Harper told reporters Friday in Edmonton. "That will continue to be the case until this issue is resolved."
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