It appears that Conservative candidate and former Jim Gouk Staffer Derek Zeisman is headed to court as on smuggling charges according to CTV stemming from an incident in 2004 involving "112 containers of alcohol."
Mr. Zeisman did not agree to a CTV on-camera interview request, but did speak to a reporter from his hospital bed, where he is currently in hospital recovering from injuries sustained in a traffic accident. Public Eye Online provides the details of the recent accident, a seperate incident.
Mr. Zeisman is certainly innocent until proven guilty of both the accusations of smuggling, and of the reckless driving.
That's not the issue.
Stephen Harper is the issue.
"There is a screening process," Harper said. "My understanding is that it is supposed to look into criminal backgrounds, and obviously we rely on candidates to be forthcoming with information as well."
And so, Harper declined to pull his candidate.
Nor did he explain what exactly he meant by "we rely on candidates to be forthcoming with information as well."
He could have said asked Zeisman to run as an independant, and welcomed him into caucus after he was cleared by the courts.
He didn't.
That's not being tough on crime.
That's not being consistent.
That's not leadership.
I guess there is one set of rules for the Conservatives, and another set of rules for the rest of us.
And just in case you're wondering. No, Jason Kenney was not outraged by this either.
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