But what just about everybody in Alberta knows is that Clark's role in the Gay Pride parade is pure political payoff to the interest group that helped win his Calgary seat for him. The reason was purely strategic, of course. If Clark got a seat in the House of Commons, he would do everything in his power to cripple the Alliance. As things turned out, they didn't need this. The Alliance has proven altogether capable of crippling itself.
Strategic voting is fair enough.
It's the way the system works. What makes you want to throw up, however, is Clark's perception of Day as the servant of interest groups. What he has done is rivet the Tory party, which includes people like New Brunswick's Elsie Wayne, to the cause of homosexual marriage. Nobody has asked her what she thinks of her leader pulling off this stunt. The NDP wouldn't go for it.