Phil Silent on Scandal

Do you hear that?

...

... that's the sound of silence.

Phil McColeman's silence, to be precise.

Canada is in the midst of a political scandal that goes to the highest levels of government.  Specifically, to the Prime Minister's Office, you know the guys who whip Phil and other MPs into behaving like trained seals with the promise of some obscure committee chair appointment.

Yet Phil McColeman is silent.

You have to wonder: Does Phil represent the people of Brant, or does Phil represent the PMO?  The PMO tried to cover up the fact that Senator Mike Duffy claimed ineligible expenses from the Canadian taxpayers.  Stephen Harper's right-hand man paid $90,000, and the Conservative Party of Canada paid another $13,500 in taxpayer-subsidized funds.  These payments allowed Duffy to "repay" his ineligible expenses, and a Senate committee led by Conservatives whitewashed an investigative report on Duffy's expenses.  This coverup was all done to protect the Conservative brand and Mike Duffy, who was a leading Conservative fundraiser.

Yet Phil McColeman is silent.

Phil must know that there are two possibilities with respect to the Senate scandal:

1. Stephen Harper is lying.  This is substantiated by the fact that Harper's story keeps changing.
2. Stephen Harper deliberately ignored the truth.  But willful blindness or recklessness is no defence to a crime.  Harper created the PMO, and he must take responsibility for its wrong and possibly criminal acts.

Yet Phil McColeman is silent.

Phil McColeman, Seal of Approval

Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber recently quit the Conservative caucus because he was tired of behaving like a "trained seal".

Rathgeber said that he was tired of reading statements in the House of Commons that were prepared by PMO staffers half his age. He quit the Conservative caucus so that he could properly represent his constituents in the riding of Edmonton-St. Albert, instead of being a backbencher representing 22-year-old staffers in the Prime Minister's Office.

Some Conservative MPs immediately made statements that they are NOT "trained seals" (which, I'm sure, totally reassured their constituents).

So how does Phil McColeman shape up?

Phil McColeman is the most obedient seal in the entire Conservative caucus!

Let's summarize some of his recent statements in the House of Commons:

• A partisan attack on the NDP;
• Another partisan attack on the NDP;
• A brief statement about how awesome the Economic Action Plan is (you know, the same program for which the Conservatives spend tens of millions of taxpayer dollars on ads featuring a distinctly Conservative blue hue); and
• A defence of the temporary foreign worker program, for which the Conservatives have come under fire lately.

And he's just as obedient on Twitter:

@mary_ogrady @randysroberts you are absolutely correct Mary. The CBC`s misled Canadians with this story. There is no secret fund.
— Phil McColeman (@Phil4Brant) June 7, 2013

That means that over one million more Canadians are working today than during the bottom of the global recession!
— Phil McColeman (@Phil4Brant) June 7, 2013

Excellent speech delivered by @pmharper at this morning's caucus meeting facebook.com/phil.mccoleman…
— Phil McColeman (@Phil4Brant) May 21, 2013

And the usual retweets (click on the images to enlarge):

Here are some recent headlines from Phil's website:

• Economic Action Plan 2013 continues focus on jobs, growth and long-term prosperity
• PM announces judicial appointments for British Columbia, Ontario and Saskatchewan
• PM to participate in G-8 Lough Erne Summit and visit the United Kingdom, France and Ireland

Phil McColeman is nothing but a TRAINED SEAL OF APPROVAL for everything Prime Minister Stephen Harper does. The PMO has trained him well.