The tale of Eve Adams gets increasingly melodramatic, and increasingly reminiscent of Helena Guergis. That she will suffer Helena’s political fate is looking more likely with each passing day. Readers may recall that prior to her fall from grace, Helena Guergis, at the Charlottetown airport in February of 2010, allegedly
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Calgary Grit: The Best Intentions
Michael Chong is one the most respected people in the country when it comes to democratic reform. He quit his cabinet position on principle, and proposed a series of thoughtful Question Period reforms in 2010, which seem all the more overdue after the Paul Calandra show we saw last week.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Tim Harper discusses Stephen Harper’s current list of distractions – with Rob Ford and his Senate appointees naturally topping the list. But sadly, while John Ivison may be right in noting that actual citizens are having trouble getting the Cons to bother administering
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On tests of character
Dr. Dawg has rightly pointed out the Cons’ attempt to invent a story based on Tom Mulcair’s audiacity in driving to his own parking spot. (Though we can be assured that members of the limo-propelled Con cabinet will never face precisely that same scenario.) But if there is a story
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Why wait? Read 2013’s shocking political headlines right now on Alberta Diary!
The Dagny Taggarts, a synchronized skating team from Ottawa get ready to do their popular routine, “Where Is John Galt?” Defence Minister Joan Crockatt is in the front row, second from right. Below: Senator Tom Flanagan; U of C economics student Kim Jong-un, in full Calgary drag; Deputy Premier Thomas
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Canada’s Newest Law Student – Helena Guergis
If you are starting law school this fall at the University of Alberta, you’ll have a celebrity of sorts in your class. Helena Guergis, the former MP who unsuccessfully sued Prime Minister Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada, is starting law school this year according to the Toronto Star,
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Michael Harris continues to highlight some of the fundamental problems with the Cons’ view of politics, this time identifying Stephen Harper as being afflicted with “master of the universe syndrome”: When you control all the levers of power, when you have no scruples,
Continue readingAlberta Diary: The coda to Oda was writ bright with orange juice
Bev Oda, foreground, enjoys a celebratory dinner at the Savoy, her orange juice just visible under her right arm. Departing Canadian politicians may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Ms. Oda in happier times; Ms. Oda has a last cigarette before barking out the order to the firing squad. Bev
Continue readingLeftist Jab: Brent Rathgeber Denounces Cabinet Perks as Cover Against Allegation of Being "Asshole" Email Leaker
Rathgeber: attempting to avoid the wrath of Jason Kenney As backbenchers go, Brent Rathgeber certainly has political acumen. The current chatter in Canadian politics is that Brent Rathgeber is hurting his advancement chances by blogging about the opulence of cabinet ministers. Technically, that’s very true but he probably also saved
Continue readingImpolitical: Taxpayers subsidize more Harper litigation
There’s a story in Postmedia about Harper using a private lawyer and not a Department of Justice counsel to defend himself in the Guergis lawsuit against him and many others. The taxpayer will be put to extra expense as a result of the hiring of Robert Staley, who specializes in,
Continue readingHelena Guergis lesson to Michael Sona: you can’t fight ‘em once they’ve thrown you under the bus
"Holy shit Helena, what do I do now?" "Shut up and eat it." You have to feel for Michael Sona. We don’t know if he’s guilty or not, much in the same way we still don’t really know the facts about Helena Guergis’ fall from Conservative grace. Stephen Harper gave
Continue readingHelena Guergis lesson to Michael Sona: you can’t fight ’em once they’ve thrown you under the bus
“Holy shit Helena, what do I do now?” “Shut up and eat it.” You have to feel for Michael Sona. We don’t know if he’s guilty or not, much in the same way we still don’t really know the facts about Helena Guergis’ fall from Conservative grace. Stephen Harper gave
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Helena Guergis Sues Harper, CPC, and Cassels
When former Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) Member of Parliament, Helena Guergis, filed a claim yesterday against Prime Minister Harper and the CPC at the Ontario Superior Court, the story made headlines. What didn’t attract as much attention is that the claim also included as defendants Arthur Hamilton and his
Continue readingPrime Minister gets his ass sued
OTTAWA – Former federal cabinet minister Helena Guergis is suing Prime Minister Cowboy Steve, the Conservative party, and several of their lackeys for her 2010 ejection from caucus over allegations of improper conduct. The former cabinet minister publicly stated she had been mistreated and maligned by her former boss and
Continue readingSue Helena Sue!
I love this. Not that the suit will amount to anything. But the girl’s got moxie. Kady’s reaction is priceless.
Continue readingRight of Center Ice: Of what value is Bernier to Harper?
Maybe Harper really is the master tactician that Flanagan and Levant swoon about. Maybe. After all, I cannot for the life of me figure out the value Bernier has to Harper and the CPC caucus in Quebec. Well, that’s not true, I have a loose hypothesis but I’m not really
Continue readingRahim Jaffer implicated in Guergis pregnancy
OTTAWA – At a parliamentary committee hearing, Rahim Jaffer was revealed to be the mastermind behind his wife Helena Guergis’ pregnancy. Jaffer admitted to cooking up the entire scheme when it appeared that no one else would step forward to take responsibility.
A private investigator who was tailing the couple said Jaffer and Guergis were seen leaving local seafood restaurant Busty’s together in the former cabinet minister’s riding of Simcoe-Grey. The investigator found the receipt for the restaurant tryst, which was disclosed at the hearing. The meal consisted of two dozen Malpec oysters, a bucket of Coronas on ice and eight tequila shooters. The couple declined dessert, saying they had to go home and “feed the kitty“.
Committee members promised to have Jaffer back to answer more questions. “We’d like to know more about why they were in such a hurry to leave” added chairperson Guy L’érectile. “Everybody stays for karaoke on Thursdays, and I understand Rahim does a spot-on Marie Osmond.”
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Continue readingConfused about the Guergis/Jaffer Affair?
Here’s the bottom line: Nobody is taking responsibility for anything (which pretty much sums up everything you need to know about government as well). And if you’re really into making your head explode, you can watch Snowdy’s testimony here.
Continue readingMemo to Helena Guergis
Memo to Helena Guergis: If you want to be believed, try telling the truth. Don’t rely on crocodile tears about how Stephen Harper isn’t your BFF anymore; what a good Christian you supposedly are; tales about how you were working so hard that you had absolutely no idea what was
Continue readingThis week in Conservatives behaving badly…
– The Cons have stripped Helena Guergis of the chance to run in her riding without, she claims in a letter to the party, providing any reason for the decision. She is also scheduled to testify, along with her husband Rahim Jaffer, at the government operations committee on June 9th.
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