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RedHot25 · 06-08-2009, 05:04 PM

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9012061.html

Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt called the medical isotopes crisis "sexy," said she wanted to take credit for fixing it, and expressed doubts about the skills of Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq on a recording obtained by The Chronicle Herald.

Ms. Raitt made the comments to her former aide, Jasmine MacDonnell, in a conversation that appears to have been inadvertently recorded by Ms. MacDonnell on Jan. 30, while the two were being driven to an event in Victoria, B.C.

There are links to listen to on the website.

burn_this_city · 06-08-2009, 05:07 PM

She's had quite a week.

Ford Prefect · 06-08-2009, 05:07 PM

Call me jaded, but a political crisis can only be called sexy if if involves a sex scandal and 8x10 glossies.

burn_this_city · 06-08-2009, 05:12 PM

The only thing sexy about this story is her aide.

HotHotHeat · 06-08-2009, 05:14 PM

Ms. Isotope Crisis herself:

Cliche · 06-08-2009, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Soon after the Victoria trip, Ms. MacDonnell misplaced the voice recorder containing the recording in the press gallery in Ottawa, and asked The Chronicle Herald to hold it for her until she could collect it. Five months later, she had not picked it up.
After Ms. MacDonnell resigned this week — taking the blame for leaving secret files at CTV’s Ottawa studio — the paper’s editors decided to listen to the device.

There's a word I'm looking for, and it relates to failure to respect privacy. Also incompetence on the aid's part as well.

However.....

Weasels.