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Intrigue and water filtration

by Aaron Wherry on Friday, March 18, 2011 10:42am - 23 Comments

The Ottawa Citizen reviews Bruce Carson’s past legal troubles and talks to Mr. Carson’s fiancée’s mother, who works for the water filtration company that Mr. Carson is alleged to have represented.

Her mother, Christine McPherson, is the director of programs and services for the water filtration firm, H20 Global Group. She defended Carson and her daughter in an interview Thursday.

“Mr. Bruce Carson has never worked with us as a lobbyist and never promised any form of access to any government official. He has simply assisted us in an advisory role to understand how we can work with the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and First Nations,” Christine McPherson said in a statement. “Mr. Carson has never lobbied for us nor has Mr. Carson ever offered to do (so) and no money has been paid or (has any been offered) to give us access to any government official,” the statement continued.

The Toronto Star details Bruce Carson’s differences with the Assembly of First Nations and the water filtration company’s dealings with one reserve.

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  • radha pather

    The thrust of this 'water' lobbying should now be the poor water quality for life amongst our Aboriginal population as APTN alluded last night. (And they did a comparison with water quality after Walkerton, ON. disaster)

  • Loraine Lamontagne

    The prime minister must have known that Carson had defrauded clients, forged signatures and had been disbarred.

    Accused of election fraud? Perfect Tory Senate candidate. Disbarred for fraud? We have a key job for you in the PMO.

    As long as you've always lived in Canada it doesn't matter what you've done while living in Canada.

  • W. Chaplin

    Let me get this straight. The Prime Minister of Canada – a man who positions himself as Mr. Morality – is willing to employ a convicted criminal who is dating a prostitute 1/3 his age in order to get re-elected…

    • Jan

      Wouldn't Carson have needed a security clearance to work in the PMO? Wouldn't a criminal record be a disqualifier?

      • John D

        There are certainly a lot of questions to be answered about this whole thing

      • Holly Stick

        He advised Mulroney and Clark as well. Apparently they all knew about his criminal record (forget where I read that now.) I wonder if he has pulled anything else, say at CSEE?

      • Anon 001

        Top-secret security clearance, too, because he was involved in classified cabinet documents.

        • Patchouli

          I'm also interested to read the the "think tank" he went to work for received $15 million from the Cons just before he went there…

        • auntie-em-m

          OMG!

  • Guest

    One has to ask what kind of "experience" a former prostitute brings to a water filtration company, and just what kind of "services" a call girl would be be providing to warrant 20%, or potentially millions of dollars on this sale.

    • DBM

      "… no money has been paid or (has any been offered) to give us access to any government official"

      Questions this raises:

      Was money offered to anyone else.

      Did Mr. Carson ever intend to take his payment in money.

  • Mike T.

    Anybody want to bed Mr. Carson maxes out his allowable political donations each year (at the very, very least)?

    • MostlyCivil

      "Anybody want to bed Mr. Carson"

      I hope that was a typo…

      • Halo_Override

        Freudian slips are the breast best.

        • john g

          Sigh. If it's not one thing it's amother.

  • Patchouli

    Also, I'm excited to learn that "johns" have an internet forum wherein they recommend their purchases.

    • Halo_Override

      My birthday's coming up. Do they have a gift registry?

    • John D

      There are forums for men who like to flash women. The internet is a dark place.

  • DBM

    If you check the monthly communications reports on the lobbyist registry, Bruce Carson's name comes up twice in September 2008 (while he's still senior adviser in the PMO) – both times, he's meeting with the University of Calgary.
    https://ocl-cal.gc.ca/app/secure/orl/lrrs/do/_ls6…

    • DBM

      For those keeping track, those meetings take place 2 weeks AFTER Carson is appointed head of CSEE.

      • http://creekside1.blogspot.com/ Alison

        Also, according to David Akin, Carson "returned to the PMO briefly for a month in January 2009 as an adviser and then returned to the Calgary-based school."

  • Dave-O

    The facts are:

    So called cabinet confidentiality Carson was given the make up of Harpers new cabinet Ministers before parliament and the general population were informed.

    Carson and Shawn Atleo were implementing a plan of action to get rid of the Indian Act (under who's direction)

    Carson and Shawn Atleo dined at one of the finest troughs in Ottawa, get this $600.00 for one meal. While children on reserves go wanting (puking my guts out on that one)

    After Carson got his ducks all in a row the 1st nations water funding budget started to increase, that's our tax dollars folks.

    Water filtration from a company that has a $50.00 dollar sign above a $800.00 a month office, can you say shell company, I thought you could.

    there is more but first:

    People who need to step down like yesterday not so Grand Chief Shawn Atleo, the not so Honourable John Duncan, Michael Wernick and Colleen Swords.

    People who need to be investigated like yesterday those mention above, the PMO, the Privy Council, Jim Prentice, Chuck Strahl and a bevy of others to come.

    Harper the buck stops here.

  • Sebastien Tabsva

    The truth about Christine Mcherson please see http://liarsfraudsandpimps.blogspot.com/

    What kind of mother pimps out their own daughter

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