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Guergis Affair Bigger Than Her

4/18/2010

Posted by Patti under Canadian Politics

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I’ve been reading extensively about the dismissal of Helena Guergis from the Conservative cabinet and caucus. I blogged about the really big break her husband, former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer, received after being charged not only with impaired driving but also possession of cocaine, and the red flags it raised.

Now that didn’t directly mean his wife, then a Conservative cabinet minister, was involved. It did however provide truly bad optics. Justice not only has to be done, it has to be seen to be done. Jaffer’s case doesn’t show justice being done, it shows someone with money and connections walking away from some very serious charges.

As the result of some investigative reporting by Kevin Donovan at the Toronto Star, we’ve since learned that being nailed with impaired and drug possession that night was just the end of what could well be seen as a rather questionable evening. He spent the evening partying with Nazim Gillani, a rather shady business person with criminal charges hanging over his head and apparently being investigated in regards to some serious fraud. (more…)