Harper, wife on different pages

[tuvor]

Laureen joins literacy crusade
On Monday, Tories cut reading program

OTTAWA—Literacy -— it's all about reading, writing and getting your story straight.

Or so it seemed this week in Ottawa.

On Monday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government axed $17.7 million from the human resources department's Adult Learning and Literacy Skills Program as part of a wave of spending cuts.

Yesterday, Harper's wife Laureen was on the streets of Ottawa, promoting literacy.

Clad in a yellow T-shirt and handing out newspapers in the drizzle as part of a CanWest media company promotion of child literacy, it seemed that perhaps Laureen Harper hadn't seen the memo about the literacy cuts earlier in the week.

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[Hand]

1. Just what we need... Our very own Pickles.

Not. :puke:

[Mother Jones]

2. Their idols, Georgie & Laura did this exact same thing a few yrs ago. n/t

[daleo]

3. Quite an evocative headline, given today's Republican sex scandal

Harper, wife on different pages

[tuvor]

4. ...

:spray:

[Spazito]

5. ROFL! Good catch! n/t