Posted on 06/24/2005 10:30:37 AM PDT by Alexander Rubin
Montreal-- Francis Fox is denying a dead man's allegation that the Prime Minister's Office was briefed on the progress of Montreal 2005, the committee organizing the World Championships of Aquatics, to be held next month at Parc Jean Drapeau.
"The PMO was never briefed on that stuff," Fox said. "He [Prime Minister Paul Martin] never micromanages."
Fox, now with the law firm of Fasken, Martineau, refuted a claim in a letter by Montreal 2005's late director general Yvon Desrochers that the PMO was informed that an internal audit in Feb. 2004 did not go well.
In a letter to Heritage Canada prior to his death, Desrochers accused the federal government of meddling in the committee's affairs, noting that the PMO was informed about the audit even before it had taken place.
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How did he die -- Ontario Arkancide?
He committed suicide, I believe. I think the article mentions that briefly.
Was it one of those suicides they used to have in Arkansas while Clinton was AG and Governor -- the ones with three bullets in the back of the head? BTW, welcome to FR.
Thanks. And no idea. ;) I'll ask Art when I see him next.
Art?
Oh, I had been under the impressio Art Weinreb wrote this article. I beg your pardon. I don't know Jason myself, but I will try to find out for you the circumstances of the suicide.
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