Shades of Mulroney dance before my eyes and it makes me clutch my purse tighter and tighter
If there is one thing which reminds me more than anything else about the Mulroney years, it is this; the overwhelming sense of having to pay and pay, over and over again, for all its sins.
Apparently, deja vu is contagious. The Harperite government is now refusing to pay diplomat Richard Colvin’s legal bills for answering a Parliamentary Commission’s subpeona and testifying under oath. Meanwhile the Harper government still refuses to release the unredacted emails. The article can be found here.
I have a confession to make. I only gave the article a fast once over. I meant to re-read it in depth to understand all the ins and outs of the pettiness which has come to be the hallmark Harperite governance.
I would have – if visions of Brian Mulroney’’s face didn’t start dancing before my eyes every single time I started to re-read the article. Now all I can think of is the potential lawsuit the Harperites have put the Canadian taxpayers on the hook for.
For the love of gawd, someone remind me of what Brian Mulrooney’s total legal fees cost the Canadian taxpayers. If you know the number – for gawd’s sake just whisper it very softly…I’m middle-aged.
