Stephen Harper's infrangible ethics

• After campaigning for an elected Senate and against Liberal-style patronage, Harper appoints Conservative organizer Michael Fortier to the Senate.
• Harper also appoints the unelected Michael Fortier as Minister of Public Works – the ministry once linked to the sponsorship scandal.
• Harper adds five loopholes to his ethics code amendments – prompting Democracy Watch, which endorsed his ethics plan, to call him a “liar.”
• After praising the NDP ethics plan, which includes legislation to ban floor crossing, Harper lures former Liberal Industry Minister David Emerson to defect and become his International Trade Minister.
• Harper appoints his campaign-cochair John Reynolds to the Privy Council, an honour normally reserved for senior Parliamentarians. (Reynolds now advises clients on how to “access” government.)

From the NDP site.