It’s a stupid and unnecessary embarrassment the Conservatives at Queen’s Park should have been able to avoid. Finance critic Peter Shurman has been using an expense provision that is legal but in a way that is totally outside the spirit of what was intended. He billed the public more than $20,000 for a future retirement home in Nigara Falls. The arrangement is supposed to help MPPs pay for living expenses while they are at the Legislature in Toronto. This matter follows the Bulldog’s iron-clad rule of human nature: People never — never — treat other people’s money with the same care as their own. Maybe Mr Shurman should retire now for the good of the party. Comment