http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=8c66f0f3-82c8-4d29-aa29-e57eb0843a25
Former ad executive weeps during Gomery testimony
MONTREAL - Former advertising executive Jean Brault broke down in tears on the witness stand at the Gomery Commission yesterday. It occurred in mid-afternoon as Mr. Brault was being grilled by the inquiry's chief counsel, Bernard Roy.
The line of questioning cannot be reported because Mr. Brault's testimony is subject to a publication ban imposed by inquiry Judge John Gomery on testimony by Mr. Brault and two other scheduled witnesses, who face criminal charges in connection with the sponsorship affair and whose trials are scheduled to begin early next month. Mr. Brault owned Groupaction, named in the affair that saw $100-million of the $250-million sponsorship program funding paid to Quebec advertising and communications firms with close ties to the Liberal party.
Mr. Brault appeared to tire under the relentless questioning as the day wore on, and at one point buried his head in his hands and began weeping. He is scheduled to resume testifying today. The incident came just before the commission's regular mid-afternoon break, which the judge then called.
After a 20-minute respite, a composed Brault returned to the stand and resumed his testimony. The publication ban was imposed because media coverage of the inquiry could make it impossible to find an unbiased jury for Brault's trial if his testimony is publicized in advance.
Someone help out this stupid 'ol Texan. I've never comprende'd this Parliamentary Crapola as a form of government and have yet to have it explained to me just how it actually HELPS the citizens of said country.
It looks to me like all it does is allow those in the minority to rule those in the majority without their consent. For example . . . let's say the Conservatives get 49.9% of the vote, or seats, or MP's, or however in the hell these things are measured . . . and the rest of the pervert parties total 50.1%. Can't the PP's band together and form a government and leave the Conservatives out in the cold?
Then when they do something unpopular or wrong or, hell, even illegal . . . can they really just issue a "publication ban" and the info is kept from the people? Hell's fire . . . that sounds like what our Democrats do with the help of the MSM . . . see the Democrat's computer notes on stopping certain judges from being voted on for example. Instead of the Democrats being pilloried for their unconstitutional actions, it was the Republicans who were pilloried by the MSM because . . . gasp . . . they actually read the memos that were on an unprotected server.
But I'm getting off the subject . . .
Another aspect of this Parliamentary crap is it provides insulation for the weasels where, in actuality, they're accountable to no one. Our Canadian Conservative Brethren complain all the time about how difficult it is for them to make wholesale changes. Here . . . we work our asses off and every two years we can start to whittle our enemies down to size.
Why in the hell would ANY citizen or country want to be part of a Parliamentary system? I'm older'n dirt . . . and I've been asking this question my whole, stupid life. Forgive me, I just don't comprende.
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.
Those arrogant ninnies need some serious exposure to the real world.
A break fro Captain Ed Morrisey:
Canada's Corruption Scandal Breaks Wide Open (Captain Ed prints Gomery Commission Leak)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1376471/posts
Not a very impressive democracy up north. VERY weak civil liberties