Posted AT 4:24 AM EDT on 07/02/06
Reynolds brokered Emerson's right turn
OTTAWA — David Emerson sealed his fate with Stephen Harper late last week through a simple handshake in a downtown Ottawa hotel suite, just west of Parliament Hill.It had all happened so quickly.
The deal was done over several days, from when the 60-year-old, senior British Columbia minister in Paul Martin's government was approached, and then accepted, a stunning, and very secret proposal: Cross the floor and sit in Mr. Harper's cabinet.
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