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Harper & Nicholls take half-baked Scott Brison apology to task; ask lawyers to look into statements

See my previous blog entries about this matter here and here

Both Conservative leader Stephen Harper and the National Citizens Coalition VP Gerry Nicholls are unsatisfied with Scott Brison’s bogus apology as too little, too late. 

And I suspect the smug, malacious Liberal Scott Brison has done precisely what he had intended.

Stephen Harper asks lawyer to look at Scott Brison comments on lobbying

OTTAWA (CP) – Opposition Leader Stephen Harper has asked his lawyer to look at comments by Public Works Minister Scott Brison.

A spokesman says Harper does not consider a letter Brison sent last week to be a full apology and is asking for legal advice on what to do next.

At issue is Brison’s response to Conservative party anti-corruption proposals in which he said Harper engaged in illegal lobbying as president of the National Citizens’ Coalition and that the coalition had been convicted under the Elections Act.

Brison later withdrew the accusations in an e-mail to coalition vice-president Gerry Nicholls and in a letter to Harper.

But Nicholls says Brison has offered a half-baked apology and he wants him to withdraw his accusations in the Commons.

He says the coalition is not a lobby group nor has it been convicted of any crime and he’ll consider a lawsuit unless Brison makes a full and public apology.

Gerry Nicholls writes on his blog today:

The National Citizens Coalition has decided to reject Public Works Minister Scott Brison’s apology concerning the slanderous comments he made on Friday:

See below the text of a letter I emailed him today:

Dear Mr. Brison:

We cannot accept your apology for the following reasons:

Your comment that the National Citizens Coalition engaged in illegal lobbying was not “premature” it was dead wrong. As I stated in my first email to you, the NCC is not a lobby group. We are a non-profit corporation that promotes economic and political freedom through media ad campaigns. We provide a voice for thousands of Canadians who believe in free enterprise, individual freedom and honest, accountable government.

You failed to apologize for stating that the NCC was “convicted” of violating the Canada Elections Act. The NCC has never been convicted of any crime.

We requested a public apology. By that we mean an apology that generates at least as much media attention as your slanderous comments did.

Please understand that thanks to the election gag law your government enacted, the NCC is unable to defend its good name or to rebut defamatory comments that might arise during elections.

Indeed, your comments were clearly partisan and seemed designed to smear our organization.

That’s why it’s so important for us that you set the record straight loudly and clearly.

If an appropriate and public apology is not forthcoming soon, we will turn this matter over to our attorneys.

Yours truly,

Gerry Nicholls

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