Alberta Tory MP Brent Rathgeber quits caucus
Posted Jun 5, 2013 9:28 pm.
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OTTAWA – Alberta MP Brent Rathgeber says he has resigned from the Conservative caucus because of what he says is the government’s “lack of commitment to transparency.”
Rathgeber, who represents the Alberta riding of Edmonton-St. Albert, announced his resignation on Twitter late Wednesday.
He had complained last week about disappointment in the party base about scandals in the federal government.
Rathgeber said federal power had slowly been transferred from the House of Commons to the cabinet and ultimately to the Prime Minister’s Office.
Rathgeber, who has a reputation for being blunt and straightforward, said the Conservatives were elected in part on a promise to change that.
Rathgeber, a native of Melville, Sask., is a two-time MP first elected in 2008.
