It shouldn't come as much surprise that the Cons are eager to distract from their open-door policy for Rahim Jaffer by trying to impose a full lobbying reporting regime for all MP contact even when the underlying concern is with influence on government decision-making.
But based on the Cons' eagerness to impose costs on the opposition in this and other cases, I'd think it's Harper - not any of the opposition leaders as argued by some - who's missed a significant opportunity to grandstand on the issue of auditing MP expenses. What better way to take advantage of the government's greater resources - and to deflect attention from what the government has done with far larger amounts of public money - than to saddle every opposition MP with nagging questions about meal expenses?
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