I Don't want him, You can have him, He's no good for me!

The saga of Gurmant Grewal continues on it's bizarre little path as the BC MP for Surrey-North Delta finds himself unwanted by his supposed suitors and under suspicion by his current hosts.

On Monday's Bill Good program on CKNW (listen here by clicking on Monday at 8:30 am) the Prime Minister put the final nail in any ambitions Grewal and his wife Nina may have to ever be a Liberal. PM the PM said that while the Grewal's are free to apply for membership in the Liberal Party of Canada, the chances of him signing their nomination papers would be slim and none. Martin of course got caught up in the Grewal's taped negotiations for a spot at the Liberal trough should they forsake their Conservative brothers and sisters during the great budget debates of early June.

Gurmant and Nina, Team Grewal if you will, apparently at the time were either lobbying for or solicited to jump ranks in return for a Senate seat, ambassadorship or some other bounty of largesse from a grateful Liberal party.

As things deteriorated and Ujjal Dosanjh and Gurmant accused each other of unethical behavior a tape or two appeared on the political scene. The Grewal tapes showed politics at its lowest point the sheer bargaining of a vote for possible gain. Not quite what Canadians would like to think happens in Ottawa, but sadly probably is the norm of late.

Caught up in the mess was Stephen Harper who like a political Tammy Wynette stood by his man, despite the fact that many in the Conservatives suggested cutting the Grewal's loose might be a better option. With visions of still taking down the Liberal mammoth, Harper the hunter said he was sticking with Gurmant. While all this was going on Gerwal was caught up in a Transport Canada investigation into improper behaviour at the Vancouver airport, a situation that sent Grewal onto stress leave as that mess broke out, leaving Harper to explain the conflicting tapes provided. Eventually cleared by Transport Canada, Grewal has remained in absentia as the storm winds whip around his current leader.

Gurmant has had a rather colourful tenure in politics since he launched on the national sceme, with a curious CV that includes time as an advisor to a dictator and a loopy plan of taking money as a bond from constituents to facilitate immigration to canda, controversy and Gurmant have not been strangers.

All in all the Grewal saga has once again given our political class a rather black eye and makes Canadians wonder just what it is we're paying these people for. For Gurmant and the missus though, one wonders where they'll land come the inevitable election. Unwanted by Liberals and increasingly under a cloud with the Tories their fifteen minutes of fame may soon be at an end.