Prime Minister Harper’s former aide charged with fraud

[Lucy Goosey]

Mr. Carson is accused of lobbying the office on Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan on behalf of his fiancée, a former escort who was trying to sell water-purification systems to first nations.

There are also allegations that he improperly lobbied the Natural Resources department on behalf of the Canada School of Energy and the Environment for $25-million in federal funding. The school had been created with a $15-million federal grant.

A spokeswoman for the RCMP refused to clarify which allegations the charges relate to. But the Prime Minister’s Office had referred the matter to the Mounties when confronted with the allegations regarding the water-purification system were made public.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/harpers-former-aide-charged-with-fraud/article4444231/

[Joe Shlabotnik]

1. I find it hard to believe much will come out of it.

Because I have sooo much faith in the Mounties, besides, also in the news today: Former Conservative Nova Scotia cabinet minister Richard Hurlburt gets house arrest in $25,000 fraud scandal.

[Lucy Goosey]

2. Yup. I'm right there with you.

None of this will stick to the Harpercons.