Do you hear that?
...
... that's the sound of silence.
Phil McColeman's silence, to be precise.
Canada is in the midst of
a political scandal that goes to the highest levels of government. Specifically, to the Prime Minister's Office, you know the guys who whip Phil and other MPs into
behaving like trained seals with the promise of
some obscure committee chair appointment.
Yet Phil McColeman is silent.
You have to wonder: Does Phil represent the people of Brant, or does Phil represent the PMO? The PMO tried to
cover up the fact that Senator Mike Duffy claimed ineligible expenses from the Canadian taxpayers.
Stephen Harper's right-hand man paid $90,000, and
the Conservative Party of Canada paid another $13,500 in taxpayer-subsidized funds. These payments allowed Duffy to "repay" his ineligible expenses, and a Senate committee led by Conservatives
whitewashed an investigative report on Duffy's expenses. This coverup was all done to protect the Conservative brand and Mike Duffy, who was a
leading Conservative fundraiser.
Yet Phil McColeman is silent.
Phil must know that there are two possibilities with respect to the Senate scandal:
- Stephen Harper is lying. This is substantiated by the fact that Harper's story keeps changing.
- Stephen Harper deliberately ignored the truth. But willful blindness or recklessness is no defence to a crime. Harper created the PMO, and he must take responsibility for its wrong and possibly criminal acts.
Yet Phil McColeman is silent.
