Canada's Biggest Political Scandal You Never Heard Of

It's probably the biggest political scandal you've never heard of. The tale involves Big Oil, millions of taxpayer dollars, call girls and someone the RCMP describes as "one of the prime minister's longest serving advisors": Bruce Carson.

And it largely took place at Stephen Harper's alma mater: the University of Calgary between 2009 and 2011 with a cast of industry CEOs as well as several Harper ministers and aides, including Nigel Wright.

The basic plan was to use $15 million in taxpayers' money for a university think-tank, chaired by Carson, to foster with industry and the federal government a plan to rebrand the oilsands mega-project as "responsible" and "sustainable" and "clean." The name of that think-tank Carson would run: the Canada School of Energy and Environment (CSEE).

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http://thetyee.ca/News/2015/10/05/Canada-Biggest-Unheard-Political-Scandal/?utm_source=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=051015

The crooked old dude who was running around with a 22 yr old, and trying to defraud native communities out of money for water filters is back. Not that he ever left by the looks of things.