When keeping it partisan goes wrong

A pair of missives from Julian Fantino have apparently been pulled off the CIDA website on account of the partisan sentiments expressed therein.

<p>Associate Minister of National Defence Julian Fantino stands in the House of Commons during Question Period, Friday March 16, 2012 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand</p>

Associate Minister of National Defence Julian Fantino stands in the House of Commons during Question Period, Friday March 16, 2012 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

A pair of missives from Julian Fantino have apparently been pulled off the CIDA website on account of the partisan sentiments expressed therein.

The note directed at the NDP appears to have been the op-ed Mr. Fantino wrote for the Huffington Post in December. The other appears to be this op-ed from the National Post.

This is not the first time this issue of using official channels to attack partisan opponents has come up: there was this in 2010 and these in 2009 and this in 2007.