Ottawa

Michael Chong Maverick Watch

“We misread the situation.”

The enigmatic Conservative MP manages to make what is, to my knowledge, the only public, on-the-record admission of fault from a member of Stephen Harper’s government to date.

Then he dismisses the coalition, pledges his allegiance to the Conservatives and follows up with a written statement to reinforce his agreement with the party line.

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