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Next scandal: Some members of the Senate were reported to be charging expenses for things they shouldn't have been. One, Mike Duffy, paid back the money - but it later came out that the money came from someone in the Prime Minister's Office. Duffy ended up being charged with taking a bribe, while the PMO staffer walked away scot-free. Public outrage ensued; the popular view was that said staffer was a [[Karma Houdini]]. The government fell in the next election. Duffy was acquitted - the judge even said in his decision that many of the supposedly "fraudulent" expense claims were legitimate. [[Wikipedia:Canadian Senate expenses scandal]] |
Next scandal: Some members of the Senate were reported to be charging expenses for things they shouldn't have been. One, Mike Duffy, paid back the money - but it later came out that the money came from someone in the Prime Minister's Office. Duffy ended up being charged with taking a bribe, while the PMO staffer walked away scot-free. Public outrage ensued; the popular view was that said staffer was a [[Karma Houdini]]. The government fell in the next election. Duffy was acquitted - the judge even said in his decision that many of the supposedly "fraudulent" expense claims were legitimate. [[Wikipedia:Canadian Senate expenses scandal]] |
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"Scandal"-2017: Chrystia Freeland (Foreign Affairs Minister) and her [[Nazi Grandpa]] (in the most biting form, presented as "Canada's Femi-Nazi Problem"). Not because of grandpa's existence, but her repeated attempts to whitewash him (a high-ranked volunteer Nazi propagandist who among the other things urged all patriotic Ukrainian nationalists to enlist in the Galizia Division of Waffen SS - which is far more unpalatable than "[[I Did What I Had to Do]]" or "weaker evil is [[Lesser of Two Evils|lesser]]" of most collaborators, and links the issue with celebrating Waffen SS in Canada and Baltic countries) into "a victim too", and combination of this background with job that involves meddling with Ukraine... and Latvia (with its Waffen SS commemoration parades). As several journalists noted, her answers deny or deflect even well-documented parts of the issue, which isn't reassuring at all, thus the press split between "La La La, I can't hear you" and "Ouch, ''that'' only gets more disturbing". |
"Scandal"-2017: Chrystia Freeland (Foreign Affairs Minister) and her [[Nazi Grandpa]] (in the most biting form, presented as "Canada's Femi-Nazi Problem"). Not because of grandpa's existence, but her repeated attempts to whitewash him (a high-ranked volunteer Nazi propagandist who among the other things urged all patriotic Ukrainian nationalists to enlist in the Galizia Division of Waffen SS - which is far more unpalatable than "[[I Did What I Had to Do]]" or "weaker evil is [[Lesser of Two Evils|lesser]]" of most collaborators, and links the issue with celebrating Waffen SS in Canada and Baltic countries) into "a victim too", and combination of this background with job that involves meddling with Ukraine... and Latvia (with its Waffen SS commemoration parades). As several journalists noted, her answers deny or deflect even well-documented parts of the issue, which isn't reassuring at all, thus the press split between "La La La, I can't hear you" and "Ouch, ''that'' only gets more disturbing". While [http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/chrystia-freelands-granddad-was-indeed-a-nazi-collaborator-so-much-for-russian-disinformation the facts are not disputed], this quickly blew over; this has the status of being an attempt at a "manufactured scandal" which was quickly forgotten. Chrystia Freeland became Deputy Prime Minister after the next election. It appears Canadians think the [[Sins of Our Fathers]] trope should be averted in Canadian Politics. |
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== Important Phrases in Canadian Politics == |
== Important Phrases in Canadian Politics == |
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