If you use a word often enough and long enough in a
context for which it was not intended, the meaning of that word changes.
The Conservative Party of Canada likes to be known as the
law and order party, the fiscally responsible party, the family values party.
Considering the mess the party has made with the deficit
and how it fails to project economic trends with freakish regularity,
considering the latest scandals related to Senators abusing public funds, and
considering that there have been several scandals on the family values front as
well with Dechert,
Toews,
and Brazeau, linking “conservative” with respect for law, family, and
prudent use of public funds can scarcely be done with a straight face.
And now, we have another Harper appointee to the Senate
to add to the growing list of unaccountable conservatives who preach law and
order, prudent use of public funds, and family values to Canadians while
feeling and acting as though those principles do not apply to themselves.
According to La Presse, harper appointed Senator Pierre-Hugues
Boisvenu – Nicholson’s sidekick on law and order announcements – has claimed
thousands of dollars on housing allowance for a home where he has not lived
since his separation with his wife in February 2012. She still resides at that location.
Boisvenu states that since his divorce has not gone
through, the home where his soon to be ex-wife lives is still his primary
residence.
However, it is difficult to believe that when, according
to what La Presse said it discovered, Boisvenu is in an amorous relationship
with his Hill assistant. So much for
family values, so much for claiming primary residency with his current wife,
and oh yeah – so much for law and order.
Senators are not allowed to have intimate relationships with their
staff. Or take publicly funded trips
with them.
Boisvenu stated that his private life should be respected
as it concerns only him.
No. Not when it
involves the abuse of public funds and when it violates senatorial rules.
1 comment:
'tain't none of these self-proclaimed "conservatives" the real thing. They're mostly full-blown Reactionaries.
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