Pod People II: In Their Own Words

Lest it get lost in the Twittersphere, Kady has pointed out a myriad of examples of Ryan Hastman, the Cons' unelected non-representative for Edmonton-Strathcona, appearing at government funding announcements - all while elected NDP MP Linda Duncan has been frozen out. So is there any discernable difference between this and the original Pod People scheme other than that the Cons' "shadow MPs" aren't being formally named?