Inside Politics

UPDATED: Guergis: what fresh hell(hole) is this?

by Janyce McGregor Posted: March 30, 2010 3:43 PM Last Updated: March 31, 2010 2:42 PM

Another day, another embarassment... for Minister of State for the Status of Women Helena Guergis.

This time it's her executive assistant who's under fire -- but not fired, apparently -- for writing letters to the editors at local newspapers praising her boss' work, but signing them with her married name, to give the impression the letters came from an average voter in Simcoe-Grey.

Here's how it played out today in Question Period:


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UPDATE: But wait, there's more...

First Maclean's discovers they too have been sent a letter, from a different staffer.

Canwest's blog also has more quotes from Jessica Craven's letters.

And now the Liberal Party has released a whole list of letters, which they're now calling a "campaign" on Guergis' behalf.

After Liberal caucus today, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said these letters amount to "lying." He also quipped, "being Helena Guergis means continually saying you're sorry."