HARPER USES TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO HIRE STYLIST, AND IT’S ABOUT TIME
Critics are lashing out because Stephen Harper is apparently the first Prime Minister in Canadian history to have a tax-funded stylist. The Liberals think this is a wast of money, and many have called him hypocritical to boot on account of how he criticized Preston Manning for using party funds to pay for his wardrobe (Harper apparently pays for his clothes, just not the stylist).
The flip side of the the coin here is obvious. Anyone who has been watching knows that Harper has shown up to international events a few times (once comes to mind where he showed met with Bush and Vincent Fox in Mexico in what looked like a fly fishing vest) looking completely out of place. The man is the leader of our country, and it reflects on Canada when he shows up to G8 summits in JC Penny suits. Not every Prime Minister that we elect is going to the fashion sense of Pierre Trudeau, and I don’t think a stylist is too much to ask. After all, he’s there representing all of us.