A weekend report in The Ottawa Citizen prompted questions about whether federal MP and Status of Women Minister Helena Guergis was given special privileges on her mortgage.
A weekend report in The Ottawa Citizen prompted questions about whether federal MP and Status of Women Minister Helena Guergis was given special privileges on her mortgage.
The newspaper said property records show Guergis bought a 2,800-square-foot, two-storey home in late November and took out a mortgage through the Bank of Nova Scotia for the full amount of $880,000.
The Citizen added it was unclear if Guergis bought the house with no money down - which would be a special privilege since mortgage insurers no longer allow this practice - or whether the bank rolled a line of credit into the mortgage to bring it up to the full purchase price.
Guergis has been under fire since earlier this year, when she allegedly went on a verbal attack to staff in a Charlottetown airport and, more recently, due to letters of praise in newspapers that were reportedly written by staff members.
