Harper asks RCMP to investigate his former top adviser

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Harper asks RCMP to investigate his former top adviser
GLORIA GALLOWAY

OTTAWA— From Thursday's Globe and Mail
Published Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2011 8:56PM EDT
Last updated Thursday, Mar. 17, 2011 1:00PM EDT


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-asks-rcmp-to-investigate-his-former-top-adviser/article1944992/?cmpid=nl-news1



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The Prime Minister’s Office asked the Mounties to look into allegations of influence-peddling this week as the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) was preparing an investigative report about Mr. Carson.

Mr. Carson was the point man on aboriginal affairs when he worked for Mr. Harper, and co-chaired a task force for developing a new method for dealing with specific claims by first nations.

Mr. Harper has “never met with, been spoken to or been lobbied by Bruce Carson on any of these matters,” PMO spokesman Dimitri Soudas said in a statement to the media issued Wednesday evening.

“Upon being informed of the allegations by APTN we have turned them over to the RCMP Commissioner, the Ethics Commissioner and the Lobbying Commissioner,” he said

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