[quote][B]Former MP Helena Guergis is suing Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Conservative MPs Shelly Glover and Lisa Raitt, the Conservative Party of Canada and a number of other individuals for defamation and other claims.[/B]
The former member of Harper's cabinet, who had to leave the Conservative caucus in April 2010 following allegations against her and her husband, former MP Rahim Jaffer, launched the court action in Ontario's Superior Court of Justice. The statement of claim was obtained by CBC.
The unproven allegations related to drug use, fraud, extortion and association with prostitutes.
Guergis is not only suing her former boss and colleagues, but also Ray Novak, Harper's principal secretary, Arthur Hamilton and the law firm he works for, Cassels Brock & Blackwell, Guy Giorno, Harper's former chief of staff, Axelle Pellerin, a former aide to Guergis, and Derrick Snowdy. Snowdy is the private investigator from Toronto whose allegations helped spark the controversy around Guergis and her husband.
Snowdy spoke to Hamilton about Guergis and Hamilton then spoke to Novak, Harper and others, according to the statement of claim. Hamilton gave the impression that Guergis had used cocaine and engaged in other unlawful activities and that there was video evidence of it, the document suggests.
[B]Guergis seeking $1.3M[/B]
Guergis is suing Harper and most of the others named in the lawsuit for defamation, conspiracy, intentional infliction of mental suffering and negligence.
G[B]uergis is suing for general damages of $800,000 plus punitive damages of $250,000 and aggravated damages of $250,000.[/B]
A spokesman for the [B]Prime Minister's Office, Carl Vallee, said "the allegations are groundless and they will be refuted vigorously."[/B]
In the statement of claim, Guergis alleges that in 2010, the defendants entered into a conspiracy with each other or with some of the other co-defendants, to "engage in unlawful acts in order to remove" or justify her removal from the Conservative caucus. She says they came up with the conspiracy to serve their political, personal or financial goals and not for a legitimate purpose.
[B]She alleges the defendants "recklessly and callously" disregarded her interests and that they engaged in "unlawful" acts.[/B] She says while each defendant may not have engaged in an unlawful act, they had knowledge of the acts and supported them.
Guergis, who ran as an independent candidate in the May election and lost, says the conduct of Harper and the other defendants resulted in damage to her reputation and her career in politics, and damaged her ability to earn income. She said it also affected her health and well-being.
Guergis argues in her statement of claim that Harper's explanation to her that he had become aware of criminal allegations against her was either false or that he "accepted the veracity of those allegations without conducting an investigation or waiting for the result of a third-party investigation" and used them to justify her removal from caucus.
As a result, the court document claims, Guergis "was pressured to resign from her position as the Minister of State for the Status of Women," and did so "under duress."
[B]The RCMP cleared Guergis and no charges were ever laid against her.[/B]
[B]The statement of claim says Harper's public statement made in the foyer of the House of Commons on April 9, 2010, was "made in bad faith in an attempt to discredit" her and legitimize her resignation.
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[B]The statement of claim also alleges that the Conservative Party of Canada's removal of Guergis as a candidate in Simcoe-Grey was "effected unlawfully" and was not in accord with the "duty of good faith and duty of care owed by the CPC to the plaintiff."[/B]
It goes on to say that the CPC's decision to remove Guergis as a candidate was "effected at the direction of Harper, and was effected in furtherance of the conspiracy pleaded herein."
The 31-page statement of claim makes numerous allegations against individuals and organizations. It includes detailed descriptions of alleged defamatory comments Guergis says were made by some of the defendants.
Among the allegations is a claim that Raitt [B]"spoke defamatory words" in saying that she saw Guergis using cocaine in the bathroom of an Ottawa restaurant with two other people[/B]
None of the allegations in her statement of claim have been proven in court.
[B]Allegations 'groundless'[/B]
Raitt echoed the comments from the prime minister's office, saying the allegations are "groundless" and will be "refuted vigorously."
A spokesperson for Glover, MP for Saint Boniface, said the issue was a legal matter and Glover had no comment.
Giorno said in an email that the claim is "an incoherent mix of fantasy, fabrication and fiction."
[B]"I am embarrassed for her lawyer and sorry that Helena remains detached from reality."[/B][/quote]
I don't support her, but if she wants to sue our PM I'm okay with this.
[url]http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/12/22/pol-guergis-lawsuit.html[/url]
Good, he is slowly turning this country into filth.
[QUOTE=iwirthless;33869423]Good, he is slowly turning this country into filth.[/QUOTE]
That isn't the basis for this claim, but I agree punish the bastard while we can get that satisfaction of having our prime minister sued.
Better then the Liberal idiots who would ban everything christian so the immigrants feel more welcome and the Communi- Oh I mean NDP. At a federal level we need the Conservatives, at the provincial the Liberals do decently but need a few pointers. NDP overall are shite.
[QUOTE=Gundevil;33871474]Better then the Liberal idiots who would ban everything christian so the Muslims feel more welcome and the Communi- Oh I mean NDP. At a federal level we need the Conservatives, at the provincial the Liberals do decently but need a few pointers. NDP overall are shite.[/QUOTE]
Your political views are so fucking extreme.
We do not need Conservative party ruling any part of our system, we don't need the liberals provincial either. Look what the liberals did to BC, imposed HST which was put down a year later by referendum vote, causing several MP's to get recalled or potentially get recalled leading to Campbell to resign.
NDP is the only safe option to secure Canada's future, which is why they are now the official opposition against the conservatives, hopefully come 2015 they will win it all.
[QUOTE=Gundevil;33871474]Better then the Liberal idiots who would ban everything christian so the immigrants feel more welcome and the Communi- Oh I mean NDP. At a federal level we need the Conservatives, at the provincial the Liberals do decently but need a few pointers. NDP overall are shite.[/QUOTE]
You're an idiot, I don't think I need to explain myself.
[QUOTE=Gundevil;33871474]Better then the Liberal idiots who would ban everything christian so the immigrants feel more welcome and the Communi- Oh I mean NDP. At a federal level we need the Conservatives, at the provincial the Liberals do decently but need a few pointers. NDP overall are shite.[/QUOTE]
So, how is Alberta this time of year? Weather nice?
Politicians shit talk each other all the time.
Whatever
[QUOTE=Aman VII;33871866]Politicians shit talk each other all the time.
Whatever[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=ripple3000;33871528]Your political views are so fucking extreme.
We do not need Conservative party ruling any part of our system, we don't need the liberals provincial either. Look what the liberals did to BC, imposed HST which was put down a year later by referendum vote, causing several MP's to get recalled or potentially get recalled leading to Campbell to resign.
NDP is the only safe option to secure Canada's future, which is why they are now the official opposition against the conservatives, hopefully come 2015 they will win it all.[/QUOTE]
Safe? Look at the mess they did in Ontario, the Liberals cleaned it up. They attacked the education system HARD, they gave the unions too much power. CUPE went on a 6 month strike which caused garbage collection to halt, parks to be overgrown. Kids couldn't play on swingsets and if you tried to mow the grass they would come out and throw things at you and hit and attack property, all the while Joe Comartin was supporting their efforts at a better economy.
I'm not saying the Conservatives are the greatest, but they aren't as bad as the others, each party has some flaws and some strengths, then there is the NDP, who just want to hand everything out. The NDP will not gain power, lord help us if they do, then you will see a country truly run into the ground. I can tolerate Liberals, hell even the Green Party would do a better job hot boxing the parliament building, but I'm not going to sit around while people want Ottawa to turn into Moscow.
Also Zeke I'm from Windsor, I've seen so many union disputes with laborers involved and NDP backing it that it's become just a background in the news.
[QUOTE=Gundevil;33871940]Safe? Look at the mess they did in Ontario, the Liberals cleaned it up. They attacked the education system HARD, they gave the unions too much power. CUPE went on a 6 month strike which caused garbage collection to halt, parks to be overgrown. Kids couldn't play on swingsets and if you tried to mow the grass they would come out and throw things at you and hit and attack property, all the while Joe Comartin was supporting their efforts at a better economy.
I'm not saying the Conservatives are the greatest, but they aren't as bad as the others, each party has some flaws and some strengths, then there is the NDP, who just want to hand everything out. The NDP will not gain power, lord help us if they do, then you will see a country truly run into the ground. I can tolerate Liberals, hell even the Green Party would do a better job hot boxing the parliament building, but I'm not going to sit around while people want Ottawa to turn into Moscow.
Also Zeke I'm from Windsor, I've seen so many union disputes with laborers involved and NDP backing it that it's become just a background in the news.[/QUOTE]
Since you don't seem to know the difference between federal parties and provincial parties you should probably stop pretending to be politically smart
I'm not even Canadian and I thought that was fucking dumb
[QUOTE=Gundevil;33871940]Safe? Look at the mess they did in Ontario, the Liberals cleaned it up. They attacked the education system HARD, they gave the unions too much power. CUPE went on a 6 month strike which caused garbage collection to halt, parks to be overgrown. Kids couldn't play on swingsets and if you tried to mow the grass they would come out and throw things at you and hit and attack property, all the while Joe Comartin was supporting their efforts at a better economy.
I'm not saying the Conservatives are the greatest, but they aren't as bad as the others, each party has some flaws and some strengths, then there is the NDP, who just want to hand everything out. The NDP will not gain power, lord help us if they do, then you will see a country truly run into the ground. I can tolerate Liberals, hell even the Green Party [B]would do a better job hot boxing the parliament building, but I'm not going to sit around while people want Ottawa to turn into Moscow.[/B]
Also Zeke I'm from Windsor, I've seen so many union disputes with laborers involved and NDP backing it that it's become just a background in the news.[/QUOTE]
You're retarded beyond belief.
[QUOTE=doommarine23;33872185]I'm not even Canadian and I thought that was fucking dumb[/QUOTE]
why is it dumb?
she was defamed by the conservative party, a party notorious for using underhanded tactics to get/stay in power
like the fake phone calls they sent out saying that a liberal opponent was retiring when they weren't
[QUOTE=Zeke129;33872225]why is it dumb?
she was defamed by the conservative party, a party notorious for using underhanded tactics to get/stay in power
like the fake phone calls they sent out saying that a liberal opponent was retiring when they weren't[/QUOTE]
You misunderstood me, I meant that dude's crazy political argument (as in Gundevil)
[QUOTE=iwirthless;33869423]Good, he is slowly turning this country into filth.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=doommarine23;33872320]You misunderstood me, I meant that dude's crazy political argument (as in Gundevil)[/QUOTE]
Have a heart rating for my mistake
[QUOTE=Gundevil;33871940]Safe? Look at the mess they did in Ontario, the Liberals cleaned it up. They attacked the education system HARD, they gave the unions too much power. CUPE went on a 6 month strike which caused garbage collection to halt, parks to be overgrown. Kids couldn't play on swingsets and if you tried to mow the grass they would come out and throw things at you and hit and attack property, all the while Joe Comartin was supporting their efforts at a better economy.
I'm not saying the Conservatives are the greatest, but they aren't as bad as the others, each party has some flaws and some strengths, then there is the NDP, who just want to hand everything out. The NDP will not gain power, lord help us if they do, then you will see a country truly run into the ground. I can tolerate Liberals, hell even the Green Party would do a better job hot boxing the parliament building, but I'm not going to sit around while people want Ottawa to turn into Moscow.
Also Zeke I'm from Windsor, I've seen so many union disputes with laborers involved and NDP backing it that it's become just a background in the news.[/QUOTE]
That post is hilarious for all the wrong reasons.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;33872478]Have a heart rating for my mistake[/QUOTE]
Have a heart rating for admitting to your mistake.
[QUOTE=Gundevil;33871940]Safe? Look at the mess they did in Ontario, the Liberals cleaned it up. They attacked the education system HARD, they gave the unions too much power. CUPE went on a 6 month strike which caused garbage collection to halt, parks to be overgrown. Kids couldn't play on swingsets and if you tried to mow the grass they would come out and throw things at you and hit and attack property, all the while Joe Comartin was supporting their efforts at a better economy.
I'm not saying the Conservatives are the greatest, but they aren't as bad as the others, each party has some flaws and some strengths, then there is the NDP, who just want to hand everything out. The NDP will not gain power, lord help us if they do, then you will see a country truly run into the ground. I can tolerate Liberals, hell even the Green Party would do a better job hot boxing the parliament building, but I'm not going to sit around while people want Ottawa to turn into Moscow.
Also Zeke I'm from Windsor, I've seen so many union disputes with laborers involved and NDP backing it that it's become just a background in the news.[/QUOTE]
You've managed to imply that not only was the Soviet Union legitimately Communist, but that the NDP is [I]just as Communist[/I] as the Soviet Union. Can't even begin to tell you how incorrect both are.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;33871849]So, how is Alberta this time of year? Weather nice?[/QUOTE]
No it's actually quite shit and slushy at times.
EDIT: Also too many idiots. Give me a plane ticket please.
[QUOTE=Megafanx13;33872570]You've managed to imply that not only was the Soviet Union legitimately Communist, but that the NDP is [I]just as Communist[/I] as the Soviet Union. Can't even begin to tell you how incorrect both are.[/QUOTE]
[b]J[/b]ack Layto[b]n[/b]: Moustache, now deceased
[b]J[/b]oseph Stali[b]n[/b]: Moustache, now deceased
Coincidence??
[QUOTE=Zeke129;33872166]Since you don't seem to know the difference between federal parties and provincial parties you should probably stop pretending to be politically smart[/QUOTE]
They are the same party and same organization. The are just divided into different wings for each province. They are all still the same organization. Maybe I'm not the one here pretending.
[QUOTE=Gundevil;33872823]They are the same party and same organization. The are just divided into different wings for each province. They are all still the same organization. Maybe I'm not the one here pretending.[/QUOTE]
Yeah definitely same organization, what with their separate leaders and candidates.
Best example of how they're the same is the Newfoundland Conservative party. Their leader ran a campaign urging voters to vote against the federal Conservatives. This is perfect party unity.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;33872813][b]J[/b]ack Layto[b]n[/b]: Moustache, now deceased
[b]J[/b]oseph Stali[b]n[/b]: Moustache, now deceased
Coincidence??[/QUOTE]
Stalin's moustache was darker, that's how you can tell.
[editline]23rd December 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Gundevil;33872823]Maybe I'm not the one here pretending.[/QUOTE]
Well now you're just being ridiculous.
[QUOTE=Gundevil;33872823]They are the same party and same organization. The are just divided into different wings for each province. They are all still the same organization. Maybe I'm not the one here pretending.[/QUOTE]
You really don't know anything about Canadian politics, do you? Go read a polisci textbook.
Have I walked into Canadian discussion?
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I think this lawsuit is likely baseless, and probably only intended to be scandalous, but if the Tories actually did wrongfully can/slander her, and if the courts deem it so, then she has every right to fight for compensation, and the Tories have every right to have their reputation sent a further 6 feet under.
So... icehockey eh?
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