Same old story

While the Cons' new revolving-door lobbying system is definitely deserving of criticism, Pat Martin points out the absurdity of the Libs trying to criticize a continuation of their own behaviour:

Martin...questioned the credibility of Liberal MPs who criticized the Conservative PMO this week: "The hypocrisy is overwhelming. The Liberals built the revolving door linking up the PMO and the lobbyists, and under the Liberals it never stopped spinning.”...

"I call on the Conservative government to stop acting like a bunch of Liberals. We must adopt serious measures, as Ed Broadbent proposed last year, to close loopholes, ban performance fees and end political cronyism and unregulated lobbying.”

It's great to see Martin pointing out the mirror images of the Lib/Con belief that accountability is something that happens to someone else. Hopefully Martin's message will reach through to enough members of both the Libs and the Cons to shame them into pushing for real reform rather than the habitual finger-pointing.