Either would I.
PMO says it won’t co-operate as ethics czar looks into Emerson defection
There’s a possibility Stephen Harper’s first act as prime minister may have breached the parliamentary ethical code for MPs, the federal ethics commissioner indicated Friday.
But Bernard Shapiro’s decision to launch a “preliminary inquiry” into Harper’s controversial appointment of former Liberal David Emerson to the Conservative cabinet met with a furious rebuttal from the Prime Minister’s Office.
“The prime minister is loath to co-operate with an individual whose decision-making ability has been questioned and who has been found in contempt of the House,” Harper’s communications director, Sandra Buckler, said late Friday.
In a release, the PMO added, “this Liberal appointee’s actions have strengthened the prime minister’s resolve to create a truly non-partisan ethics commissioner, who is accountable to Parliament.”
A major parliamentary donnybrook appears in the works.
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Bernard Shapiro, Liberal-appointed “ethics” “czar”.
Reader Mister Kim said to me, re the Mike Duffy show this afternoon (which I missed):
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Tim Powers is sharp. When Duffster questions him about ‘rewards for Emerson’ for crossing the floor (reason for ethics investigation ), Powers retorted that moving from a cabinet position in one party to a cabinet position in another is a wash; Belinda benefited i.e. caucus member ===> cabinet position = reward. Other Shapiro ‘rulings’ (not to mention appointment by a PM) were mentioned too …. he [also] countered the investigation into Harper/Emerson by stating that Shapiro ruled that he would not investigate Valeri’s little side deals because “the incident happened between the end of one Parliament, and before the sitting of the next…” i.e. between Parliaments. Lame. Powers suggested he’d have a hard time explaining this latest charge by the Libs.
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Right on.
And to quote conservativegal, “go Stephen!”
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