Scott's DiaTribes » ethics http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com My personal opinions on social and political issues from a progressive standpoint. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tony Clement & Conservatives still can’t get their stimulus stories straight. http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/2009/10/27/tony-clement-conservatives-still-cant-get-their-stimulus-stories-straight/ http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/2009/10/27/tony-clement-conservatives-still-cant-get-their-stimulus-stories-straight/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:23:12 +0000 Scott Tribe http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/?p=6586 It’s been said by some political observers that the Conservative Party and Harper are most effective when they can say and do stuff from scripted moments. When they get into unexpected crises and trouble that crops up unexpectedly however, they go off-message and make blunders. That appears to be the case here with the Conservative government trying to deflect criticism of themselves favoring Conservative held ridings over opposition party ridings when doling out stimulus funds. You see another example of that today, with cabinet minister Tony Clement getting his “facts” just plain wrong:

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