Sunday, December 13, 2009

National Citizens Coalition Caves To Tories

The NCC published a booklet entitled "Tales From The Tax Trough" in which they claimed that

MP Tony Clement and two political staffers spent $30 000 to fly to Kenya to deliver a $150,000 cheque.

In response, Tony Clement wrote the NCC a letter demanding that--even though the claim was factually accurate--all reference to his trip be dropped from NCC publications.

AND...THEY...DID!

Gerry Nichols, who once worked at the NCC, is right pissed-off at them.

And, by the way, even if Clement, as claimed, flew economy-class both ways, that's still only about $3,000 return per each of his two staffers and himself. Where did the other $20,000 go?

3 comments:

David V. said...

I guess I'm not surprised, seeing as that's Steve-o's old stomping grounds. Not sure whether I'm more disappointed in the Cons or in the NCC on this one. Or whether there's any meaningful difference any longer.

Ti-Guy said...

Why is this surprising at all? This is exactly what the NCC has always been about: protecting the monied class.

Anonymous said...

"This is exactly what the NCC has always been about: protecting the monied class."

*snort.