Mary Dawson, the conflict of interest and ethics commissioner, has ruled that those big ceremonial government cheques Conservatives were handing out covered in their party logos and personal signatures were over the line. Really?
Ethics watchdog scolds Tories for 'partisan identifiers' on ceremonial cheques
Of course, aside from making the ruling, there are no consequences to this ethical breech.
I'm sure the Conservatives, being THE law 'n order party, will be jumping up and down demanding the commissioner be given powers with teeth...
An interrogation of "It doesn’t have to be true. It just has to be plausible..." —Tom Flanagan, former Harper adviser.
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