Khan's a liar, and Stock just outed him

Remember Wajid Khan saying it was the big meanie Stephane Dion telling him to choose a party already that forced him to cross the floor to the Conservatives? Remember Harper saying the same thing? Turns out, unsurprisingly, that was baloney. And, surprisingly, it was Stockwell Day that exposed them.

You know, Stock's constituency columns are just the gifts that keep on giving. Whether it's imaginary unrest in Mexico, questionable racial comments or global warming denials, Stockwell's columns have become must-reading for Canadian from coast to coast to coast.

In this week's column, after telling some hockey anecdotes, fawning over Harper's skill as a hockey analyst and commenting on the cabinet shuffle, Stock weighs in on the Wajid Khan crossing:

Somewhat in the shadows of all the Cabinet announcements there was another important change which took place that didn't get too much attention. A Liberal crossed the floor and joined the Conservatives. I also happen to know this individual fairly well. He's a very influential person in the Muslim community and well known in that capacity across the country. As a matter of fact I had the opportunity to hear him speak in a Toronto area mosque on one of the occasions when I was also invited to speak to a Muslim congregation.

Mr. Khan is a common sense guy who has been frustrated by a number of Liberal policies even when they were still the government. He knew a cabinet shuffle was coming but wanted to wait till after the announcement was made before he crossed the floor to join us. He didn't want any suggestion that he was doing this in hope of getting some kind of appointment.

I've bolded the important line. What Stock has done here is confirm that Wajid had already made his decision to cross the floor BEFORE Dion told him to make a choice. Unlike the Harper/Khan spin, the Dion "ultimatum" had absolutely no effect on Khan because he had already made up his mind to cross the floor; it was just the timing that was to be worked out.

Put this revelation into context now with Harper's refusal to release Khan's supposedly non-partisan report because he doesn't want the Liberals getting a whiff of his super-secret foreign election platform and the patronage appointment for Khan's former Conservative opponent.

It is increasingly clear that, despite the Conservative spin, the Khan crossing has been in the works for a long time.

Why don't they stop misleading Canadians and just say so?

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