Top Conservatives are criticizing Prime Minister Stephen Harper for throwing his former chief of staff Nigel Wright “under the bus” by accusing him of “deception” and are warning that if Mr. Wright decided to return the fire, this strategy could backfire and prove to be disastrous.
“You don’t want to push somebody’s loyalty too far. Nigel is a man who values his reputation but, like any human, he will have a certain degree of tolerance. You don’t want to go beyond that point of tolerance,” said one top Conservative in an interview on not-for-attribution basis with The Hill Times last week.
In answering questions about the inappropriate $90,000 payment that Mr. Wright made to then-Conservative, and now Independent Senator Mike Duffy (Cavendish, P.E.I.) for his ineligible housing expenses without informing the Prime Minister, Mr. Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) accused Mr. Wright of “deception” during the Question Period on Oct. 30.
“On our side, there is one person responsible for this deception and that person is Mr. Wright, by his own admission. For that reason, Mr. Wright no longer works for us. Mr. Duffy should not either,” said Mr. Harper.
Another Conservative source said that the Conservative caucus is split on this issue and the way it’s being handled.
https://www.hilltimes.com/news/news/2013/11/04/top-tories-warn-pm-harper-against-throwing-%E2%80%98wright-under-the-bus%E2%80%99-some-tories/36518
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