In fairness, Salman Farooq has been charged and not convicted of any crime.
All Parties have to work on the good faith of people seeking office and background checks only show convictions and not investigations.
I am no fan of the Conservative Party but I'm not sure they are necessarily at fault for allowing Mr. Farooq to run -- it's the kind of thing that could happen anywhere:
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/former-ontario-tory-candidate-charged-with-fraud/article1964232/?service=mobile
ANTHONY REINHART
Last updated Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 9:59PM EDT
On paper, Salman Farooq was the perfect Tory candidate: A Pakistani immigrant with a business built from scratch, an attractive young family and friends in high places.
But on Wednesday, just days after he quietly abandoned his provincial election bid, Mr. Farooq found himself in the back seat of a police cruiser and facing charges related to mortgage frauds dating back to 2007 – including the identity theft of a Pakistani diplomat.
The former candidate, whom The Globe and Mail had been attempting to contact for a story since late January, was arrested just before 6 p.m. at his home on an upscale cul-de-sac in Woodbridge, northwest of Toronto.
The loss of Mr. Farooq leaves the Ontario Progressive Conservative party without a candidate in Pickering-Scarborough East for the fall election and facing questions about how a man under police investigation wound up a host of dinner parties with party leader Tim Hudak and federal candidates Peter Kent and Chris Alexander.
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Another reason for a Canadian Housing Bubble
liberal MP Pablo Rodriguez is also charged, awaiting trial for suspected drinking and driving, failure to blow, etc, etc. .. and this was recent
In all fairness, shouldn't he take leave until matters are resolved?
Did you post when Raymond Lavigne was convicted? Seriously, if you're going to take your blog into complete partisan crappery I doubt I'll be reading much longer. You were a refreshing voice of non-left-wing-nuttery on Liblogs.
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