New documents released this week show former MP Rahim Jaffer might have had some influence with some people in the federal government after he was no longer in politics.
More than 50 pages of documents obtained by The Canadian Press show Jaffer sometimes used the parliamentary email address assigned to the office of his wife, Simcoe Grey Helena Guergis, the former minister of state for the status of women.
The show that Jaffer contacted at least six ministerial offices over the past year.
In some cases, government bureaucrats were pushed to respond quickly to Jaffer’s requests for meetings or reviews of his project descriptions.
One Conservative staffer demanded to know what the hold up was on organizing a meeting with Jaffer and his business partner.