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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-26-10 11:14 AM
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Get those Jaffer skeletons out of the closet, MPs told
1. The perils of shyness. Stephen Harper’s office is encouraging (demanding?) cabinet ministers and MPs come forward with any information of any meetings they may have had with former Tory MP Rahim Jaffer, according to sources.

This plea to caucus is an attempt by the Prime Minister’s Office to avoid being blind-sided in the Jaffer/Helena Guergis affair. “People were encouraged to share information so no one would be surprised,” a Conservative insider told The Globe. “Being shy is not what would want.”

It was embarrassing last week for the government last week when the Environment Minister stood in the Commons and said Mr. Jaffer had made representations to a senior aide on behalf of someone else’s company. Jim Prentice, who made the revelation Friday, said he learned of the discussion on Tuesday.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/
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Softening us up for more.

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