Monday, April 4, 2011

Harper on ex-PMO adviser’s rap sheet: ‘I wouldn’t have hired him’

Well -- this is problematic.

If Harper decided to hire someone who has a record but has been rehabilitated that's fine -- maybe it didn't work out but that sort of things happen.

But now it seems a senior advisor to the Prime Minister, after disclosing a criminal history, was hired and the Prime Minister says he knew nothing about it.

That suggests a failure of oversight or at least avoiding "the buck stops here":

Stephen Harper says he wouldn't have installed former adviser Bruce Carson in his Prime Minister's Office if he had been aware of his past.

The Conservative Leader says he was never told of Mr. Carson's full criminal record.

"Had I known these things, obviously I wouldn't have hired him," the Conservative Leader said after a campaign stop in Ontario's Niagara region.

9 comments:

Frankie Wood said...

Wouldn't a criminal record check be automatic with a hire of that nature? One would have thought so.... For a man with such a tight control over his caucus, a man who insists that media refer to the "Harper Government" rather than the "Government of Canada" he certainly seems to be blissfully unaware of an awful lot of incriminating facts,... and willing to hide behind that ignorance ....

CuriosityCat said...

If you listen to the tape, Harper actually said: "I wouldn't have fired him" then corrected himself to say "hired him".

Sigmund Freud's chuckle was heard all the way from Vienna.

Michael Harkov said...

So Harper is supposed to have known everything about Bruce Carson, but when it comes to the Sponsorship Scandal, Chretien, Martin, and every other former Liberal Cabinet Minister that is active today knew NOTHING.

Rigggghhhhght.

Frankly Canadian said...

Isn't it funny how even the simple tasks elude this Harper Government.

Michael B said...

No Mr. Harkov. Mr. Harper is supposed to ensure that people actually pass a security check before giving them unfettered access to secret documents.

Saskboy said...

The video.

Saskboy said...

"Michael Harkov" is a Small Dead Animals troll leaving the same comment everywhere.

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