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Garth Turner resigns as Liberal candidate

Political maverick Garth Turner said Monday he was resigning as a possible Liberal candidate in the next election while taking shots at both Michael Ignatieff and Stephen Harper.

TORONTO — Political maverick Garth Turner said Monday he was resigning as a possible Liberal candidate in the next election while taking shots at both Michael Ignatieff and Stephen Harper.

The former Conservative, turned Independent turned Liberal said he had been recruited to run in the riding Dufferin-Caledon, northwest of Toronto.

Turner called for an open debate on mapping out the country’s economic future.