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<strong>Title: </strong> <a href="/link.php?id=27808" target="_blank">Tory minister bills economic agency for jet travel to riding</a> (click to view)

<strong>Category:</strong> <a href="/news/topic/1-political" target="_blank">Political</a>
<strong>Posted By: </strong> <a href="/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&username=Canadaka" target="_blank">Canadaka</a>
<strong>Date: </strong> 2007-12-02 15:01:40
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[Streaker]

It's like the Mulroney era all over again.

[RUEZ]

Streaker Streaker:

It's like the Mulroney era all over again.

Bingo

[ryan29]

well not justifying this but could someone remind me of what if any commerical airports exist in riding of jonquiere-alma ?

i'm wonder if other options existed he never would of used private jet.

and in ontario our liberal premier has been accused of doing the same thing , used to fly from toronto to peterborogh and other cities which were like only a 1 hr drive .

[Streaker]

There are commercial flights to the area.

[Canadian_Mind]

Might I suggest driving? I'm sure that 6 figure paycheck could easily afford him a nice 80 000 dollar Mercedes, a driver, and the gas

[Hyack]

He should have learned from Flying Phil Gaglardi and have the government buy a Lear jet for his personal use.

[ridenrain]

I doubt he'll get away with it now, nor should he.


He should have recalled the previous government:

25. Purchase of new Challenger jets for the Prime Minister and cabinet
91. Martin using government jets to tour the country campaigning before election, spending up to $1 million for air travel alone.
123. Abuse of Challenger jets for political business instead of government business (Le Devoir, October 4, 2005)
124. Paul Martin taking Challenger jets to Liberal fundraisers
125. Challenger food bill of $508 per flight

[ryan29]

Streaker Streaker:

There are commercial flights to the area.

this kind of thing happened all the time in previous liberal government they took flights all over the place . well maybe he shouldn't of used plane but its really nothing new unfortuently . the liberals can't claim to have been any better at this.

[ridenrain]

Didn't all of them?

[Streaker]

ryan29 ryan29:

Streaker Streaker:

There are commercial flights to the area.

this kind of thing happened all the time in previous liberal government they took flights all over the place . well maybe he shouldn't of used plane but its really nothing new unfortuently . the liberals can't claim to have been any better at this.

Maybe, but you Cons are always especially self-righteous in protesting this kind of thing when it's the Libs, but when it's a Tory all we get is "the Liberals did it too".

Very, very feeble.

[DerbyX]

Streaker Streaker:

ryan29 ryan29:

Streaker Streaker:

There are commercial flights to the area.

this kind of thing happened all the time in previous liberal government they took flights all over the place . well maybe he shouldn't of used plane but its really nothing new unfortuently . the liberals can't claim to have been any better at this.

Maybe, but you Cons are always especially self-righteous in protesting this kind of thing when it's the Libs, but when it's a Tory all we get is "the Liberals did it too".

Very, very feeble.

A familiar pattern isn't it? Every single criticism is met with "ya but the Libs ......"

Seems to me that Harper ran specifically on a platform of accountability with an eye on not doing all these things that his gov't keeps doing.

The standard response is always to blame the Liberals despite the fact that neither Chretien or Martin are even running.

A lack of accountability and the inability to take responsibility for their own actions seems to be a CPC foundational trait.

[Streaker]

The cheek of these clowns never ceases to amaze, eh?

For over twenty years they preached in the most holier-than-thou terms about how they would be above this, but, suddenly, when they're in power, everything is different.

A party of hypocrites.

[damngrumpy]

To start with, driving for a cabinet minister doing government business in not an option. For specific events of national interest a private jet may be in order also. Making announcements for photo ops does not qualify however. The real problem I have with all of this is not necessarily the flights themselves, so much as it is the attempt to disquise the payment and billing. When these flights were put into another line item of budget, this minister was being less than honest in my opinion or there would be not attempt to hide them. If the intent for using a private jet was honest there would be no attempt to hide the billing either. These people in power once preached against these practices like some kind of a religion, thing will be different, ya right. Excuses that someone else did it are not good enought

[ridenrain]

Looks like a fresh shipment of "rightious indignation" brand Kool-Aid came in for you guys. That sort of crap comming from you're side is damned funny.

We all said it's wrong, which is far more than you, Derby, have ever done. I doubt we'd find anything more than party BS if we went to the examples I mentioned.

The end to the story will be what the CPC do about it. If he dosen't have to pay for some or all of it, I'd be suprised and disapointed. If he was my MP, I might send him a letter or not vote for him.. but he's not.