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A 50/50 chance she walks the plank

by Aaron Wherry on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 1:23pm - 13 Comments

Robert Fife recaps the situation, complete with moving pictures of the dramatic handover.

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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Crit_Reasoning Crit_Reasoning

    Bold prediction: she won't walk the plank.

    • peggy merritt

      The minister was working at the time and her executive assistant should be responsible for any documents and briefing notes. My question is why did CTV hold on to this stuff for a whole week. This Minister is doing a superlative job of cleaning up another left over mess the Conservtives inherited from the Liberals

  • catherine

    It's being reported that one of her aides was just fired over this.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/Crit_Reasoning Crit_Reasoning

      I`m psychic!

      • http://bcinto.blogpot.com BCer in Toronto

        And following that report, Bob Fife reports sources just told him this was actually Raitt's personal binder, not the staffer's, making the attempt to blame staffer (a 26 year old press secretary) a transparently obvious attempt to dodge responsibility by the minister. Fife just blew a massive hole in the PMO's defence, and Raitt's credibility.

        • Critical Reasoning

          The staffer was responsible for leaving the binder behind, no? Also, Fife's anonymous "source" must be psychic if he/she is somehow able to divine the ownership of the binder.

          • Anon

            Taxpayers aren't paying you, are they, to do this nonstop spinning?

          • Critical Reasoning

            Nope. I do this because I enjoy it. It's fun applying sober common sense to folks who have worked themselves into a lather about the latest "only in Ottawa" scandal. "The Minister… must… resign!".

          • http://intensedebate.com/people/Geiseric Geiseric

            That, or they know the numbering system or the catalogue or both. Either way Raitt should have received notice when they weren't returned in time.

    • Dave

      Got quit.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Sir_Francis Sir_Francis

    Bah. A CPC minister made to "walk the plank" for incompetence? I'm with CR on this: it won't happen.

    How can a prime minister ethically hold his cabinet to a standard higher than that to which he holds himself? This fiasco will demonstrate to all of the naysayers out there that Stephen Harper is absolutely incapable of hypocrisy.

  • Catherine

    Seriously?

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Geiseric Geiseric

    There's only one way both Raitt and the document tracking system wouldn't have noticed the binder was missing.

    They weren't originals.

    Which means if the opposition is at all worth its salt there's an auditor to query and at least one more empty plate that needs a head on it.

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