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Bertuzzied · 03-03-2012, 01:57 PM

You would think Harper also would do some sort of investigation before blasting the opposition.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/busines...765/story.html

More than a dozen Conservative MPs hired a U.S.-based telemarketing firm in the last federal election campaign, contrary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s claim that it was only the Liberals who employed American calling firms.The revelation comes as a political embarrassment to the governing Tories, who are on the defensive in the growing robocall controversy and had tried in the House of Commons to embarrass their critics.
Among those who used the American-based firm, Front Porch Strategies, in his own re-election bid was Peterborough, Ont., MP Dean Del Mastro, who is Harper’s parliamentary secretary and has been the government’s designated frontman in warding off questions over the robocall affair.
There is nothing illegal with a Canadian political party hiring an American firm to conduct its political telemarketing, but the Tories have tried to weaken the credibility of their rivals, the Liberals, by claiming they turned to foreign companies to do the work.
Last week, Del Mastro’s attack on the Liberals backfired when, in the House of Commons, he accused the Liberals of employing a U.S. calling firm. In fact, the Liberals say they used a Canadian company with the same name and there is no connection between the two firms.

03-03-2012, 01:57 PM	#146
Bertuzzied Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Market Mall Food Court Exp:	You would think Harper also would do some sort of investigation before blasting the opposition. http://www.calgaryherald.com/busines...765/story.html More than a dozen Conservative MPs hired a U.S.-based telemarketing firm in the last federal election campaign, contrary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s claim that it was only the Liberals who employed American calling firms.The revelation comes as a political embarrassment to the governing Tories, who are on the defensive in the growing robocall controversy and had tried in the House of Commons to embarrass their critics. Among those who used the American-based firm, Front Porch Strategies, in his own re-election bid was Peterborough, Ont., MP Dean Del Mastro, who is Harper’s parliamentary secretary and has been the government’s designated frontman in warding off questions over the robocall affair. There is nothing illegal with a Canadian political party hiring an American firm to conduct its political telemarketing, but the Tories have tried to weaken the credibility of their rivals, the Liberals, by claiming they turned to foreign companies to do the work. Last week, Del Mastro’s attack on the Liberals backfired when, in the House of Commons, he accused the Liberals of employing a U.S. calling firm. In fact, the Liberals say they used a Canadian company with the same name and there is no connection between the two firms.