Posted on 04/01/2005 10:51:55 PM PST by Pikamax
OK Judy, but you'll have to buy me a beer when we form the next Government by November at the latest.
I'll buy you one if The corrupt Mr. Dithers is still in power by then. Deal?
I wonder if an American broke this story on an American website like Free Republic, if that American would have to deal with legal implications in Canada. Or if he would care if he did.
Hey fanfan...
Deal.
If the liberals are ousted, I will buy you a CASE of beer, a bag of nachos, some dip, and a noise-maker.
It would be such a glorious day. There is nothing quite so satisfying as seeing a smug, arrogant, elitist, pompous, jack-ass receiving his just desserts.
Let the games begin.
How would such an American get the details of this inquiry? I would assume a publication ban would keep the facts from getting to anyone who might want to expose our mighty rulers.
NYTIMES had this, dunno how old it is.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/03/international/americas/03quebec.html?pagewanted=print&position=
An investigative commission led by Justice John Gomery, which started its work a year ago, has been holding televised hearings in Montreal over the last several weeks, drawing out a litany of private greed and government waste. The province has paid rapt attention; French-language news channels reported a tripling of ratings and added new programming to cover the inquiry into the money flow.
According to recent testimony, an advertising agency owner who is a large donor to the Liberal Party received federal contracts, from which he paid himself, his wife and two children salaries of millions of dollars.
While his firm double-billed Ottawa for work on a stamp promotion campaign, the owner, Jean Lafleur, tried to claim a $1,000 fishing rod, bought as a gift, as a business expense incurred on the government's behalf.
In his testimony in Montreal, Mr. Lafleur said he could not remember who his fishing companion was. But in previous testimony, he disclosed that he had gone on fishing trips with a former federal justice minister as well as a senior government bureaucrat who was in charge of the controversial sponsorship program.
"Gomery is just the tip of the iceberg," said Michel C. Auger, a columnist for Le Journal de Montréal, a local daily. "The iceberg is, politics are not working anymore."
My friend's brother-in-law's third cousin is willing to let Americans in on this information. Of course the guy wouldn't let Canadians know how corrupt their government is, that would be against Canadian law. But it's a gray area whether or not it is against Canadian law to inform Americans about how corrupt the Canadian government is.
Bump
We Canadians call it "freedom of speech and of the press".
It's the Canadian way.
The cat is out of the bag:
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/004220.php
Not true. The Gun Registry scandal is much worse.
The Liberals only stole a couple hundred million in Adscam
but got more than a billion in the Gun Registry heist.
The HRDC boondoggle was also in excess of $1 billion...and the gun registry is probably closer to $2 billion now
Those arrogant ninnies need some serious exposure to the real world.
Jean Brault, the weeping weenie, cannot stand up in a strong light....
Not true. Judy is correct. Read post #20.
Canadians (other than Quebecois, and especially in Ontario) will vote for Liberals no matter what happens.
Liberals truly represent the average Canadian.
They represent the best in Canadian society.
I am wondering if provinces like alberta will now seriously speak of joining the USA?
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