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arikara

(5,562 posts) Fri Sep 6, 2013, 11:59 PM Sep 2013

Senator's relationship with staffer to be investigated

Senate ethics officer Lyse Ricard has agreed to a request to investigate the relationship between Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu and Isabelle Lapointe, a woman who worked in his office.

Lapointe was hired in 2010 after Boisvenu was named to the Senate by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/09/06/pol-senate-boisvenu-ethics.html

Quelle surprise, another pervy Harper appointee.

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Senator's relationship with staffer to be investigated (Original Post) arikara Sep 2013 OP

The entire problem is that these jagoffs were appointed for life, not elected. delrem Sep 2013 #1

delrem

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1. The entire problem is that these jagoffs were appointed for life, not elected.

Reply to arikara (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2013, 12:27 AM

Sep 2013

Modeled on the House of Lords in England, the Canadian Senate is the ultimate in patronage and political depravity (vis-a-vis democratic accountability)

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