一位西人朋友评论马荣铮从保守党跳槽到自由党的事

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我一位白人朋友有话要评论马麦克（马荣铮）从保守党跳槽到自由党的事。受他委托，我下面把他的短评原文和中文译文发给您，希望

让大家了解华人圈外的人对此的看法。谢谢！

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Dear Editor,

It was a disheartening moment today when we learned that Markham-Unionville’s Conservative MP Michael Ma, was the latest recently-elected Member of Parliament to announce he was crossing the floor – quitting the party he ran under and was elected under, and joining another party on Thursday, December 11th.

In his case, Ma is joining his main opponent – The Liberals, a party he ran against because he did not agree with their policies or leadership. He could have ran initially as a Liberal but chose not to.  He even had a photo taken with Conservative Leader Poilievre the night before.

His moves on Thursday were highly unethical.  Chinese culture values Honour greatly. What Ma has done is highly dishonourable.  Let’s hope voters remember.

Do his actions reflect instructions from the majority of voters in his riding?  Unlikely, as the election just happened half a year ago. Like the Nova Scotia MP who did likewise a few weeks ago, Ma was targeted and courted by Prime Minister Carney – and no doubt offered benefits – for quitting the Conservatives and joining the Liberals.

Given that Ma defeated his Liberal opponent this past April in the election by less than 2,000 votes, why doesn’t Ma quit and allow his Liberal opponent Mr. Yuen to take his spot?  Our federal system does not allow for that.  Municipal election rules do allow for such things.

What happens if Ma is defeated at election time under the Liberal banner?  No doubt Carney has offered him a comfortable, well-paid government or party or private sector job in that case.

Canada’s democracy works by electing representatives – MPs.  They are first and foremost supposed to represent the interests of the riding, not the individual person elected.

“All floor-crossing MPs should be required to do only one ethical thing – sit out the remainder of their term as MP as an Independent. They can switch parties during the following election, and

take their chances with voters” says Dominion Party of Canada Leader Brad Harness. The new party is pushing for significant improvements to Canada’s electoral laws.

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Brad Harness

Leader

Dominion Party of Canada

尊敬的编辑：

今天得知万锦于人村选区的保守党议员马迈克在周四12月11号宣布退出他参选并且当选的政党，去加入另一个政党，这很令人沮丧。

马在加入他的主要竞争对手 — 自由党。他当初竞选时反对自由党，是因为他不认同该党的政策和领导层。他原本也可以以自由党候选人的身份参选，但他最终没有这样做。就在跳槽前的周三晚上，他还与保守党领袖博励志合影留念。

他周四的举动极其不道德。中国文化非常重视荣誉， 而马的行为却极其不光彩。希望选民们能记住这一点。

他的行为反映了选区大多数选民的意愿吗？不大可能。因为选举才过去半年，就像几周前采取同样行动的来自新斯科舍省的国会议员一样，马也受到了卡尼总理的拉拢和争取 — 毫无疑问，卡尼还向他提供了好处以换取他退出保守党去加入自由党。

鉴于马在今年四月的选举中仅以不到2000票的微弱优势击败了自由党对手，他为何不退出竞选，让自由党对手源先生接替他的位置呢？我们的联邦制度不允许这样做，但是，市政选举规则允许这种情况发生。

如果马在未来自由党阵营的选举中落败会怎样？毫无疑问，卡尼已经为他提供了一份待遇优渥又舒适的政府、或者党内或者私营部门的工作。

加拿大的民主制度是通过选举代表 （国会议员）来运作的。他们的首要职责是代表选区的利益，而不是代表当选者的个人利益。

加拿大自治领党领袖布拉德·哈内斯(Brad Harness)表示：“所有倒戈的议员都应该被要求做一件合乎道德的事情 — 以独立议员身份完成剩余的议员任期。他们可以在下次选举中更换政党，并接受选民的支持。” 加拿大自治领党正在推动对加拿大选举法进行重大改革。

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