Well I knew it wouldn't be long before she was back in the news, and sure enough Pamela Wallin is back.
And not in a good way.
New court documents filed by the RCMP allege suspended senator Pamela Wallin fraudulently billed the Senate for more than $25,000 in expenses she incurred on trips to Toronto and Guelph “to pursue her personal and business interests.”
And of course the timing couldn't be worse.
The Con Meat Scandal has produced a lot of disturbing images.
The sight of Gerry Ritz being hustled away by his handlers, after being unable to answer even a couple of questions from the media.
All that ghastly shiny hamburger meat, staring out at us from every newspaper and TV set, and almost daring us to eat it. The look on people's faces when I tell them Stephen Harper is planning to fire even more food inspectors.
But the image I find most deeply disturbing is this picture of the monstrous XL Foods slaughterhouse, and those black cows munching peacefully away, oblivious to their fate.
Four years ago, during a Listeriosis epidemic that killed 22 Canadians, somebody created a video game called the Cold Cuts Cannon.
Where you could fire cold cuts at little Gerry Ritz heads floating gently over Parliament Hill.
Pop his balloon so to speak, for having had the crassness to joke about the deadly crisis during a meeting with his subordinates:
