Pamela Wallin to pay back $140k..WTF !!!
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Duffy fighting? Sure he is. He's sitting on the bench at his seaside cottage making a bitch list to hit the Harperite with, little more.
This story reminds me very much of someone who does his or her tax return and forgets that there are hundreds of rules that are used by those Revenue Canada officers who check your return. It's either you're eligible or not for certain expenses claimed, etc. Deloitte here is like a surrogate Revenue Canada officer.
The other thing is that she can't claim ignorance of the rules. They're clearly spelt out and if she wasn't sure, she should have checked with those in the administration offices. Can't doubt she's a busy bee, but she has executive assistants she could have delegated the task to.
I don't think so. Like if you look down south in the states you'll see the effect of elections, non-stop circus.
Also, people don't pay attention. Duffy in particular was partially responsible for Harper's first success as he never let Stephane Dion get the customary 'do-over' of an interview and instead broadcast raw video. This video became iconic, sealing the perception that Stephane was a stuttering goofball. Any time someone from the press crosses over to politics, there ought to be a question.
Remarkably none of Trudeau's or Turners patronage appointments stink as much as these, unless you can provide me with some examples. Besides, it's a stupid excuse. Conservatives always seem to point fingers at the Liberals when it comes time to be accountable. Pointing fingers and saying 'he did it too' is not being accountable.
Also fmahovalich, tripping over your own ass in your haste to bring up Harb just makes you look like a flaming turd.
What's particularly galling is that some of my fellow lefties are exactly stupid enough to help turn this whole clusterfuck around from being about Harper's hypocrisy (appointing partisan hacks like it was going out of style after years of campaigning on senate reform) corruption (trying to buy off Duffy's debt in an attempt to sweep the problem under a rug), and lies (telling Canada with a straight face that he knew nothing about Nigel Wright paying off Duffy's debt "out of the goodness of his heart"), into a straight-up debate on senate reform. Shut the hell up, you dopy dumbfucks! This is not the time. You want to agitate for triple E or even abolish the senate, knock yourself out. But not right now. Save it, for fecks sakes! Right now is about what Harper and his cronies have done and lied about. Hold the motherfucker's feet to the fire and stop doing him the favour of getting sidetracked. Ack!
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Dunno if "appreciate" is the right word here. I mean, sure, Harper's opponents are going to savour it like some delicious schadenfreude pie. But his supporters are more likely to shudder a bit, maybe mutter, feel a tad uncomfortable for a moment, and then hope that we all will soon get distracted by some other shiny bauble. (like, say, senate reform) "Appreciate" ain't exactly capturing the essence if it, ya know?
Odd that no one talks about the biggest Senate crook of all, Marc Harb. Lot's of noise about $90 k but not so much about $230 k ?
Oh yes, I see now, he was a Liberal appointment. Funny how that works.
Oh yes, I see now, he was a Liberal appointment. Funny how that works.
People have talked about Harb. Of course he was in the senate longer, and if Wallin had gone unchecked she would have easily shot past his total.
And using fmahovalich math, the undeniable conclusion is that compared to Liberal appointed senators, Conservative appointed senators are 3 times more likely to be corrupt.
Senate sends expenses audit to RCMP is the headline. This once again shows how useless the Senate is - Lib, Con and Indy. They don't know how to make a decision about their own membership, and therefore should not have any responsibility in making decisions that affect every Canadian who is not lucky enough to be appointed to that endless trough.
He has been spoken about often, even on TERB, most recently comparing him to Wallins as she's paying the money back, even when she is claiming innocence, where he is fighting the charges. Not funny at all.
That's your idea of ethics? If you don't get caught it's okay?
She shouldn't have been expensing things that she KNEW were not valid expenses (e.g., for a flight to a speech she gave BEFORE becoming a senator).
It's called personal accountability. Get some.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/0...s-him-on-hot-seat-after-damning-audit-report/
Stephen Harper Sez
"“In terms of Sen. Wallin, I have looked at the numbers,” Harper said in the House of Commons in February. “Her travel costs are comparable to any parliamentarian travelling from that particular area of the country over that period of time.”
So he has looked at the numbers
Stephen Harper Sez
"“In terms of Sen. Wallin, I have looked at the numbers,” Harper said in the House of Commons in February. “Her travel costs are comparable to any parliamentarian travelling from that particular area of the country over that period of time.”
So he has looked at the numbers
This tactic has been typical, and obvious, getting rather old, and maybe only speaks to their fanatical base. Cf. Sponsorship.
but Nobody..this is not a left and right deal you are correct. Max Harb, a long time Liberal is also on the hot seat to a tune of $230,000..... However most papers are not willing to report on that tidbit.
its not good enough Blackrock to say he is 'fighting it' .....DUFFY IS DOING THE SAME THING.
Rob Ford is denying the crack video....fighting it per se.....Do you give him the same latitude?
Duffy's not fighting it. He's sitting at home, wherever that is, saying let the investigation take their course and making his bitch list of where all the skeletons are buried
Not attacking...balance and inclusiveness
DUFFY, WALLIN AND HARB SHOULD ALL GO TO JAIL.
