While that is about to break for a recess, the trial of Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, Bruce Carson is about to start September 8th. Mr. Carson was convicted of two counts of fraud, one during the 1980s and again in 1990. His 1980 conviction resulted in prison time and his disbarment as a lawyer by the Law Society for two counts of defrauding clients.
Carson worked for the Prime Minister in the PMO from February 2006 to 2008, and then again in 2009, after which he landed softly in a government funded "Canada School of Energy and Environment" in Alberta. Harper - whose security detail and PMO vet the most casual contact with the PM - claims to have not known about Carson's criminal convictions and disbarment. Ahem.
Carson has since been charged with three counts of prohibited lobbying and a single count of influence peddling. His trial finally gets underway in two weeks.
