Former MP’s Criminal Charges Dropped

Criminal charges against former Tory MP Rahim Jaffer were dropped when he pleaded guilty to a non criminal driving offence, leading to accusations of special treatment.

In the early morning hours of September 11, 2009, former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer, was stopped for speeding in the small town of Palgrave, about 60 kilometers north of Toronto. He was on his way home to Angus where he lives with his wife, Helena Guergis, the federal Minister of State for the Status of Women. The OPP officer that stopped Jaffer, found that he was going 93 km. an hour in a 50 km. zone. The officer detected an odour of alcohol on the former parliamentarian’s breath and demanded that he provide breath samples. Jaffer told the officer that he had only had two beers. A search of the vehicle turned up a white powder and Jaffer was charged with speeding, driving while the amount of alcohol in his blood exceeded legal limits and possession of cocaine. More...

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Arthur Weinreb is an author, columnist and Associate Editor of Canada Free Press. Arthur’s latest book, Ford Nation: Why hundreds of thousands of Torontonians supported their conservative crack-smoking mayor is available at Amazon. Racism and the Death of Trayvon Martin is also available at Smashwords. His work has appeared on Newsmax.com,  Drudge Report, Foxnews.com.

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