What an appalling piece of work, this article at CBC News on Harper's vacation weekend in New York.
The headline is at best very very misleading and I consider it a simple lie. The article tries to lead one to outrage at the expense, and buries the lede deep in the article; at least the author of the article allows one to figure this story out.
Fact one, quoted from a thid party:
As the prime minister is prohibited from flying commercial for security reasons,
OK, so we the people have determined that if the PM wants a simple vacation he HAS to use the Challenger jet; we impose that on him.
Fact two:
he also compensates the government for the cost of an equivalent commercial flight. In this case, he compensated for the flight for himself, his daughter, and guests at the cost of a commercial fare for each.
So he refunded to the government what this would have cost him had he been allowed to have a normal vacation.
All the rest of that stupid article is innuendo and an attempt to make Harper look bad.
Nice job, CBC. It should have been way more than 20%. Certainly you can fire that headline writer tomorrow for cause, I think. And really, teh reporter did not need to bury the key facts. What a piece of sleaze.
