Certainly his deviousness must be as evidenced by the Tories calling for a broad audit of Senate Expenses.
(This Blog will be short and to the point)
From my perspective, there can be only two reasons why the Tories have called in the Auditor General to review Senate expenses.
Either it is an indication that they have folded in the face of public criticism and just want to buy time and by so doing get the issue of the front pages for now.
Or, they want to run on this issue in the next election and hope to use the AG’s Report to support their platform to either reform or deep six the Senate.
If they have done so for the former reason – they are sorely mistaken since it may accomplish taking the issue off the front page for now but it will be back stronger than ever when the report is released.
And, there will be many more examples of misused government funds albeit both Liberals and Conservative Senators will be implicated.
Not a great strategy given that the Report’s release will occur closer to the time of the next Election. One could even call it dangerous.
Or, two, if they are indeed counting on a very negative AG Report which they can use to muster support for an election plank dealing with the Senate, it may in fact work to their benefit and hence most Machiavellian.
I do not know which reason is a work here but I fear if one were to peel back the onion, number one would prove to have been the motivating factor.
As I see it …
‘K.D. Galagher’
