There is no shortage of outrage over David Emerson's defection to the Tories. Aaron is one of a few who hold out the possibility that there's more to this move than meets the eye. Perhaps the fact that the current round of WTO negotiations will likely end with the expiration of President Bush's Trade Promotion Authority in 2007 motivated Harper to recruit an intelligent, knowledgeable Minister of International Trade? Harper tapped Chuck Strahl for Agriculture & Agri-Food. He needs just as good or better for International Trade, and he found it.
I don't like how Emerson became a Tory cabinet minister, but there are plenty of reasons to justify it.
