"I see the role of a backbench MP to hold the government to account," he said. "It doesn't mean that

Conservative los angeles car rental MP Brent Rathgeber stands during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Rathgeber is sounding off against the expensive perks given to cabinet ministers.THE los angeles car rental CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Sean Kilpatrick
An Edmonton Conservative MP went public Tuesday to blast the "egregious" los angeles car rental waste of tax dollars by Harper government cabinet ministers, saying ministers were showing an attraction to "opulence" and "extravagance" that is alien to the values of ordinary Canadians.
"There is a certain amount los angeles car rental of common sense amongst Prairie folk, an instinctive wisdom and moral compass that is frequently absent in the hustling city of Edmonton and in the Ottawa Bubble," Rathgeber wrote.
Those he met at a Saskatchewan funeral "have never ridden in a limo and none of them have ever drunk $16 orange los angeles car rental juice. Surely, they would appreciate if government took more care in spending their money."
"I see the role of a backbench MP to hold the government to account," he said. "It doesn't mean that I'm disloyal or that I'm a maverick or that I'm going to vote against the government or cross the floor. It just means that from time to time I feel an obligation to point out to the government that they need to respect the taxpayers' los angeles car rental dollars."
Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber stands during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Rathgeber is sounding off against the expensive los angeles car rental perks given to cabinet ministers.THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Sean Kilpatrick       E-mail this Gallery Print this Gallery Share this Gallery