Canwest: Tory candidate claims he was turfed for not following ad scheme

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Mr. Marler, said in his case it all began in December 2005 when he received a telephone call from Nelson Bouffard, a Conservative party organizer in Montreal responsible for his riding.

"He phoned me up and said, ‘I just want to let you know, that the party is going to deposit $30,000 in your campaign account in the next day or two and then withdraw it immediately. We just wanted to let you know that so you don't fuss about it. It's just an in and out."

"I said to him, Well what's that about? He said, ‘Don't you worry about it. It's just going to happen and it has nothing to do with you."

"I said it does have something to do with me because that is my campaign account and I've got to make sure that it is managed properly."

"He said ‘This is the party speaking, Mr. Marler. We do what we like."

"I said, I'm sorry, I'm not going to permit that to happen unless I understand exactly what it is."

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http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=464320

[Spazito]

1. Very interesting, the arrogance of the harper cabal even with their own

is coming back to bite their asses, love it.

[daleo]

2. Harper learned well from Mulroney

"Our position is always that we always follow the law as we understand it."

That covers every eventuality.

[Caradoc]

3. Laughable

Exactly! Harper treats even his own party members like drones. Reminds me of that song 'You're so vain' except it's Harper's dreams of winning a majority government that are 'just clouds in your coffee.'