Here are a few of the scandals and controversies that Stephen Harper has weathered since his Conservative government took office in 2006.
1.Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro, once Harper’s parliamentary secretary, was convicted of breaking spending rules in the 2008 vote.
2.Veterans affairs offices. The Conservatives have repeatedly tinkered with programs,detainees taken captive by Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan and transferred to local authorities were almost certainly being tortured and abused. The issue escalated into a political crisis when the Conservatives refused to release documents on the issue and prorogued Parliament in December, 2009, shutting down the parliamentary committee that was probing the abuse allegations.
3.Harper’s frustration with the courts came to a head in 2014 when his appointment of Marc Nadon to the top bench was rejected because Nadon failed to meet eligibility requirements. Harper accused Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin of making “inadvisable and inappropriate” attempts to reach him on the issue, an episode.
4.Tony Clement personally directed a $50-million “legacy” fund, funneling millions in infrastructure to his Muskoka riding gazebo.
5.In 2011, Speaker Peter Milliken ruled the Conservative government was in contempt of Parliament.
6. Harper in 2008, he convinced Governor General Michaëlle Jean to dissolve Parliament — a move that saved his government.
7.In 2009, the Conservatives prorogued Parliament to shut down embarrassing revelations about the Afghan detainee scandal.
8.Then defence minister Peter MacKay was caught using a Cormorant search and rescue helicopter in 2010 to pick him up from a private salmon fishing lodge on the Gander River in Newfoundland at an estimated cost of $16,000.
9.Canadian Armed Forces’ top soldier, Walt Natynczyk, was under fire for using a military jet to get to a Caribbean family vacation.
2.Veterans affairs offices. The Conservatives have repeatedly tinkered with programs,detainees taken captive by Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan and transferred to local authorities were almost certainly being tortured and abused. The issue escalated into a political crisis when the Conservatives refused to release documents on the issue and prorogued Parliament in December, 2009, shutting down the parliamentary committee that was probing the abuse allegations.
3.Harper’s frustration with the courts came to a head in 2014 when his appointment of Marc Nadon to the top bench was rejected because Nadon failed to meet eligibility requirements. Harper accused Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin of making “inadvisable and inappropriate” attempts to reach him on the issue, an episode.
4.Tony Clement personally directed a $50-million “legacy” fund, funneling millions in infrastructure to his Muskoka riding gazebo.
5.In 2011, Speaker Peter Milliken ruled the Conservative government was in contempt of Parliament.
6. Harper in 2008, he convinced Governor General Michaëlle Jean to dissolve Parliament — a move that saved his government.
7.In 2009, the Conservatives prorogued Parliament to shut down embarrassing revelations about the Afghan detainee scandal.
8.Then defence minister Peter MacKay was caught using a Cormorant search and rescue helicopter in 2010 to pick him up from a private salmon fishing lodge on the Gander River in Newfoundland at an estimated cost of $16,000.
9.Canadian Armed Forces’ top soldier, Walt Natynczyk, was under fire for using a military jet to get to a Caribbean family vacation.
A Conservative collection of Harper government scandals
Some of the scandals and controversies that Stephen Harper has weathered since his Conservative government took office in 2006.
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