G8 legacy fund used to buy Clement’s re-election, NDP claims

[CHIMO]

OTTAWA—The NDP is accusing federal Conservative cabinet minister Tony Clement of using a controversial, $50-million G8 legacy fund to buy re-election.

Municipal documents obtained by the New Democrats show Clement met with local mayors and councillors in the midst of the 2008 election campaign. They discussed how to identify projects that could be eligible for the legacy funding.

Twelve days after that meeting, a local news outlet reported that Clement had posted video endorsements from “local townspeople, mayors and council members” on his campaign website.

“It gave him a major advantage over the other candidates,” New Democrat MP Charlie Angus said in an interview Thursday.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1041629--g8-legacy-fund-used-to-buy-clement-s-re-election-ndp-claims

Perhaps the NDP should watch the CBC. Ian Capstick, the anointed NDP spokesperson on Power & Politics, says this is just our regular pork in politics!

The NDP should get their act together, if they have one!