Immigration Minister Judy Sgro, criticized at the end of 2004 for granting a work permit to a stripper who worked on her campaign, is to resign over pizza. Really. I'm not making it up.

Affidavit says she promised aid in return for pizza

Minister accused of ordering arrest to save her job

These are the headlines in today's Toronto Star.

Federal Immigration Minister Judy Sgro will step down today following allegations she promised a Brampton man asylum in Canada in exchange for assisting in her election campaign.

Sgro's decision to step aside came only hours after the Toronto Star obtained a copy of an affidavit in which pizza shop owner Harjit Singh claims Sgro pressed him to supply food and workers for her campaign last spring.

Singh, a father of three facing deportation from Canada, alleges in the sworn affidavit filed in the Federal Court of Canada in Toronto yesterday that when word of his arrangement with Sgro started to leak out, Sgro suddenly reneged on the deal and last month ordered his arrest and removal from Canada "to save her job."

Last night, federal sources confirmed that Sgro, 60, already at the centre of an ethics investigation over her conduct as immigration minister, would be leaving cabinet until she can clear her name.

My only regret is that I didn't contact this woman myself to speed up Mr. Right's resident application. I'm sure he could have mowed her lawn or something in return. But other than that, I am happy to see one less corrupt Liberal in office.