Grope and Flail: "Senior Tory resigns in wake of Couillard affair"--and it ain't Bernier!

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OTTAWA — The damage inflicted by the Couillard affair spread further into the Harper government Wednesday, after a second senior Conservative official resigned because of his relationship with a woman with past ties to members of the Hell's Angels.

Bernard Côté, a senior staffer in the office of Public Works Minister Michael Fortier, was forced to quit after it emerged that he dated Julie Couillard last year, at which time he discussed a federal real estate project in Quebec City with her.

Mr. Côté did not recuse himself from the file at the time, and he agreed to leave after the matter came to the attention of his minister yesterday.

Speaking to reporters, Mr. Fortier said the rules are clear at Public Works and that people in his office must not have an undisclosed relationship with a potential bidder on a contract. Mr. Fortier said the process was not changed in favour of any contractor, but that he had a responsibility to accept Mr. Côté's resignation.

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1. This gets more interesting all the time

This seems to be going well past the jilted lover story. For politicians, the only thing more dangeroust than a sex scandal is a real estate scandal. There were a lot of federal buildings being sold not long ago.

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2. What is she doing, trying to fuck the entire tory party?

Peter MckAy must be thinking, "Shit, how'd I miss out on THIS one?"