I am not be a big fan of Ms. Helena Guergis (Wikipedia) but how her reputation was smeared and damaged by Prime Minister Stephen Harper is pure and simply wrong! I am shocked and ashamed of Harper and PMO’s total disregard of due process and justice, and covering things up by smearing of Ms. Guergis’ name.
Have a watch of Helena Guergis’s statement (via CBC News). Have a listen to CBC Power & Politics April 15th podcast after Helena Guergis’ press conference.
See CBC News “Harper ‘tossed me under a bus’: Guergis”
“During the news conference, Guergis accused staff in Harper’s communications office of running a “destructive campaign” against her and perpetrating “false allegations” that damaged her reputation.
“Not only was it made to seem I was guilty of conduct that has never been disclosed to me — going against the very core of what our principles of justice are built on — the Prime Minister’s Office still made it seem as though I was guilty of something even after I had been proven innocent,” Guergis said.
“This of course is the worst kind of politics, the kind that Canadians abhor,” she said.”
Toronto Star, “Guergis slams PMO for ‘concerted effort to perpetrate lies’”
To me, the following nine words said by Andy Beaudoin, Ms. Guergis’ campaign manager, summarize what made me angry most.
“Guilty until proven innocent. Guilty after being proven innocent!”
As proud Canadians, we have to keep our elected political leaders honest, regardless of which party we support.
I will try to add more to this entry later.
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Yep! ““Guilty until proven innocent. Guilty after being proven innocent!” is the way our Canadian “justice” system works. Period!! For those who have never been in the system, you have no idea. I feel for her. She got screwed by one “man’s” accusations (not a “man” by my definition). Shame it had to be the PM of Canada. Talk about getting screwed. Wow.
Unfortunately, this seems to be how our PM and the PMO operate. Very sad for Canadians who love our country.