Public no longer paying for Stephen Harper's stylist

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Wed, 2010-05-19 08:17

Doug

Thank goodness for that! It was obviously not money well-spent.

A senior government source told The Canadian Press that the personable stylist is not paid from Mr. Harper's MP budget or by the Prime Minister's Office, but rather by the Conservative Party of Canada. “We just don't talk about personnel matters, but off the record, she's paid by the party,” the source said.

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Wed, 2010-05-19 09:44

Polly B

Ha hahahahahaha! That made my morning :)

I think Harper and Stelmach share the same stylist, it's a "look".

Wed, 2010-05-19 10:23

Snert

*shrug*

If Toronto taxpayers can pony up nearly five grand for voice lessons -- in the United States, no less -- so some municipal Councillor can be taught to not sound like a strangled cat, I don't mind if the Prime Minister spends $20 to get his hair cut.

Though I agree, it's a horrible haircut. Try a different bowl or something.

Wed, 2010-05-19 11:35

N.Beltov

The addition of a toothbrush moustache would be very becoming in the PM. Maybe an arm band as well.

Wed, 2010-05-19 11:57

Michelle

Heh. I guess the source has learned that there's no such thing as "off the record".

Wed, 2010-05-19 12:03

N.Beltov

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Then, as now, no one in the Prime Minister's Office would go on the record about Ms. Muntean's salary - meaning no one can be held accountable for statements made to the media that turn out to be false or misleading.

Canadians still don't know how much Ms. Muntean was paid by taxpayers, or what mechanism was used. Access to Information Act requests revealed no contracts, and official inquiries by the NDP in the House of Commons came up empty.

In other words, the "source" could be lying.

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Having a full-time personal groomer who travels the globe with the Prime Minister is a new development in federal politics. Mr. Harper is the first leader to employ such a primper on staff, an odd juxtaposition given the guy-next-door, hockey-dad persona the prime minister likes to cultivate.

Wed, 2010-05-19 12:33

Sean in Ottawa

Yeah the hockey dad. I can see that. The local bully, yelling and threatening kids, throwing tantrums, assaulting fans of the other team, yeah. I can see Harper as a hockey dad.

Wed, 2010-05-19 12:36

N.Beltov

There's an attack ad that might be interesting. Picture the hockey dad that Harper's image makers try to cultivate gradually turning into a swearing, foaming, violent thug.

Do you want this man to have a majority government?! etc

Wed, 2010-05-19 13:25

Sean in Ottawa

I like it

Thu, 2010-05-20 01:02

#10

Frmrsldr

N.Beltov wrote:

The addition of a toothbrush moustache would be very becoming in the PM. Maybe an arm band as well.

The only difference is Hitler was not bald.