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Heavens, how did that get there?

by Aaron Wherry on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 11:32pm - 144 Comments

Conservative MP Gerald Keddy claims not to have noticed that a large novelty cheque he presented on behalf of the government of Canada bore the logo of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Keddy, MP for South Shore-St. Margaret’s, said he never noticed the logo when he presented the cheque, which bore his stamped signature. “You’re asking me about something that happened a couple of weeks ago,” he said. “Staff would have looked after it.”

In fairness, the display of the blue ‘C’ logo was quite subtle in this case.

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  • martin from toronto

    AH … conservative ethics. Isn't that a nihilogism? (part impossibility, part sad joke)

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

    Busted, I am fan of large oversized cheques!

    I think Canadian voters are not sophisticated enought to understand the difference of a PR stunt and how tax dollars are being spent.

    I also think the Liberal Party should try to bring back Elvis during his velvet and rhinestone phase.

    Iffy would look good in a white jumpsuit singing

    http://www.fiftiesweb.com/elvis-song-70s.htm

    [youtube 6vx183adJm4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vx183adJm4 youtube]

  • knick

    Maybe this could all be settled by having Liberal MPs sign and hand out giant stimulus cheques with a big red 'L' on it in their ridings, and the same for NDP and Bloc MPs, with the appropriate logo for each. This would naturally be determined by which ridings get stimulus money. That way voters in all ridings would be reassured that their tax dollars are hard at work in their community.

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

    NOW can we all agree that throwing government money around is a dumb idea?

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