OTTAWA — The Prime Minister's Office was dragged into the Senate housing allowance scandal Wednesday with the stunning development Stephen Harper's right-hand man cut a $90,000 cheque to help Sen. Mike Duffy.
A spokesman for the prime minister confirmed that Nigel Wright, Harper's chief of staff, wrote a cheque from his personal account to help his friend repay inappropriately claimed housing benefits.
Harper's answer to the expense scandal......."no one is perfect"
He refused to take any questions.
Harper has always hated the media and there has been a lot of proof in the past that even when he gives comments the questions are scripted and pre-looked at by his people and in several occasions certain media people who have a reputation for asking the hard questions have been refused the right to be part of the question scrum.
Right now my guess is Harper is trying to find the right answers that will pacify as many voters as possible and at the same time not really answer any questions. I also believe that Harper (who is a control freak) knew full well about the 90 grand being given to Duffy and when that comes out (and it just may) he then has to find a way to make that sound reasonably acceptable.
When Harper is gone and has no control anymore, I think there might be a novel written about all the things the people of Canada did not know that happened behind Harper's curtain.
JMPO
"That includes answering the questions of reporters."
I certainly do not wish to appear to defend the actions or inactions of our Prime Minister but, really, what could he have said?
He cannot tell the ugly thruth and he wants to avoid telling a lie that would backfire eventually.
Just like Ford in Toronto.... say nothing and hope the storm passes 😞 .
"since he has publicly stated ... he knew nothing of this"
Be serious. Nobody really believes that. Nobody.
I spent a little over 1300 on tires about a month ago and my wife not only knew there were new tires, but she also knew the cost, because we discuss things and it is her business. Not only that, but if she wanted to she could put the tires on rims and balance them and install them. She can also take a Harley motor apart and put it back together again. She can drive any tractor, ride an unbroken horse, drive a transport and lock and load and hit anything dead centre from at least 50 yards. My point being, she knows all that is going on around her in her life and she can do all as a totally independent woman...... and that's............ the type of woman I like. Some men like women they can keep in the dark, tell them it's none of their business and control them, because it strokes their ego.
Harper is a control freak, a company man and that's been said and stated by many people even in his own faux-Conservative group. So did he know about he 90grand? My best guess is yes, absolutely!
Oh....and did Chretien and McGuinty know anything about the scandals the Liberals were involved in? Sure they did.
(one of these days someone is going to finally catch on that I am not a Liberal, Conservative or any '''''''''''''party''''''''''''' follower.)
The order to sanitize an audit of Sen. Mike Duffy’s expenses came from two key Conservatives on the Senate’s internal economy committee: chair David Tkachuk and Carolyn Stewart Olsen, CTV News has learned.
The original version of the audit report said Duffy broke the rules when he declared a Prince Edward Island cottage as his primary residence and noted that the senator refused to co-operate with independent auditors.
Last Friday, CTV’s Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife reported that those damning notes were removed from the public version of the report that was tabled in the Senate.
