Posted on 12/05/08
A misplaced scruple
In March, at the height of the Chuck Cadman affair, Stephen Harper threatened to personally sue Stéphane Dion for libel over allegations of attempted bribery. Few would suggest that, had the Prime Minister followed through, the Liberal Leader would have had to recuse himself from parliamentary debate on the controversy. But based on a ruling last week by the federal Ethics Commissioner, Mary Dawson, Mr. Dion would have had little choice.
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