Mr. Harper Takes the Highroad.....

TheDerangement
Part XIX

.....Not!

OTTAWA (CP) - 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.

Sure thing Mr. Harper, sure thing.

After all, you may have a point that Mr. Shapiro is, indeed, a partisan hack.

Then again, in the words of that infamous straight-shooter, Baretta:

"Don't do the crime if you can't do the time."

Or should that be something about keeping your eye on all those sparrows swooping down on 24 Sussex Drive?

Sheesh.

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