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Canadian Immigration Minister Judy Sgro, already embroiled in a scandal over favors given to a Romanian stripper, resigned on Friday after a pizza shop owner said she had reneged on a promise to help him avoid deportation in exchange for free pizza.
The affair is yet another political embarrassment for Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin, who lost his parliamentary majority in a June 2004 election amid anger over a government sponsorship scandal.
“It’s obviously with great regret that I accepted Judy Sgro’s resignation but I understand why she wanted to do it. She wants to have a completely free hand to defend herself against these allegations,” Martin told reporters.
Sgro left after pizza shop owner Harjit Singh filed an affidavit in Federal Court accusing her of offering to help him stay in Canada in return for pizza deliveries and assistance with her election campaign.
metronews.ca/reuters_national.asp?id=50742
Canadian Immigration Minister Judy Sgro, already embroiled in a scandal over favors given to a Romanian stripper, resigned on Friday after a pizza shop owner said she had reneged on a promise to help him avoid deportation in exchange for free pizza.
The affair is yet another political embarrassment for Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin, who lost his parliamentary majority in a June 2004 election amid anger over a government sponsorship scandal.
“It’s obviously with great regret that I accepted Judy Sgro’s resignation but I understand why she wanted to do it. She wants to have a completely free hand to defend herself against these allegations,” Martin told reporters.
Sgro left after pizza shop owner Harjit Singh filed an affidavit in Federal Court accusing her of offering to help him stay in Canada in return for pizza deliveries and assistance with her election campaign.
metronews.ca/reuters_national.asp?id=50742