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Grits under fire
Canadian Press via Sun Media ^

Posted on 10/17/2005 2:55:51 PM PDT by Clive

OTTAWA (CP) - A spending scandal in the federal Fisheries Department has claimed two casualties.

Two civil servants have been fired, and others face disciplinary action for inappropriate activities, a spokesman for Fisheries Minister Geoff Regan said Tuesday. The minister declined to provide more details, citing privacy laws. "You should know that over the past year and a half there have been disciplinary actions taken, and in fact there have been cases where people have been fired for inappropriate expenses," he said.

A new audit at the department, first reported by The Canadian Press, found a litany of problems in hospitality and travel expenses, including exorbitant prices for airfare and travel claims with no evidence of any work having been done.

One staffer charged $6,000 in hotel bills and meals so he could be with his spouse for a birth.

Regan said the findings result from audits that were part of Prime Minister Paul Martin's overhaul of spending, and that improvements have been made.

"We are examining in detail the report that's been done and have tasked my officials to come back within a week," he said.

"Where appropriate, monies will be recovered and disciplinary will be taken but in fact this audit did not in fact indicate that any actions were fraudulently taken."

All expenses over $1,000 now are being examined, and there are spot checks of claims under $1,000, he said.

The problems at the Fisheries Department were the subject of fresh attacks in the Commons over spending and contracting irregularities.

Tory Leader Stephen Harper cited problems at Indian Affairs, where a contract this year stipulated that a consultant was to leave no paper trail.

"Why, nearly two years after the auditor general condemned this practice in the sponsorship scandal, does the government still award contracts with no proper audit paper trail?" he asked


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1 posted on 10/17/2005 2:55:55 PM PDT by Clive
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To: Great Dane; Alberta's Child; headsonpikes; coteblanche; Ryle; albertabound; mitchbert; ...

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2 posted on 10/17/2005 2:56:29 PM PDT by Clive
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To: Constitution Day; MississippiDeltaDawg
Made y'all look.

;-)

3 posted on 10/17/2005 3:00:28 PM PDT by dighton
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To: Clive
Admin Moderator is going to give you such a hit.
4 posted on 10/17/2005 3:04:10 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is merely Nazism without the snappy fashion sense.)
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To: Lazamataz

Why can't these people live in peace and hominy?


5 posted on 10/17/2005 3:05:36 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
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To: Clive

It really doesn't matter. Canadians live in Cuba north. The socialist mindset of Canadians will continue to ignore the corruption of their masters, because in the mindset of socialists, governments are good, and big governments are even better.


6 posted on 10/17/2005 3:17:03 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: Clive
Stephen Harper:

Why, nearly two years after the auditor general condemned this practice in the sponsorship scandal, does the government still award contracts with no proper audit paper trail?" he asked

Now that's what I call a rhetorical question! Why, indeed? LOL!

As if every single Canadian doesn't know already.

The Liberal Party is distinguishable from a criminal conspiracy, and the Liberal Government from a Third World kleptocracy, only by the patina of legitimacy provided by the Official Lies of the Canadian Establishment Media.

Once one strips away the self-regarding Canadian moral superiority narrative, there is nothing left but the squalid wrangling of rats over cheese.

You know my solution - horse-whippings through the streets, and Heads On Pikes!

7 posted on 10/17/2005 3:20:05 PM PDT by headsonpikes (The Liberal Party of Canada are not b*stards - b*stards have mothers!)
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To: fanfan; GMMAC

Lookee here, minor Libranos are taking the heat for the big bosses. Such loyalty to the omerta!


8 posted on 10/17/2005 3:44:41 PM PDT by Alexander Rubin (Octavius - You make my heart glad building thus, as if Rome is to be eternal.)
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To: dighton
No, no ... grits over fire, make them with milk, not water, that is my preference and stir constantly to avoid lumps.
9 posted on 10/17/2005 3:53:02 PM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: MississippiDeltaDawg

I like grits with butter. People who put sugar on their grits are weenies.


10 posted on 10/17/2005 3:57:53 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter

Salt butter and red eye gravy.


11 posted on 10/17/2005 3:58:40 PM PDT by Rebelbase (""As far as I can tell, she (Miers) is every bit as conservative as George Bush." --NCsteve (FR))
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To: headsonpikes

Socialists are always criminals. They believe in the confiscation of property that is not theirs, ergo, they're thieves at least, if not deviants like Clinton.

Regards, Ivan


12 posted on 10/17/2005 4:00:31 PM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: Clive
"Why, nearly two years after the auditor general condemned this practice in the sponsorship scandal, does the government still award contracts with no proper audit paper trail?" he asked

No. Why, after nearly two years, haven't the Conservatives been able to convince the voters to put them into power when even the voters know the Grits are crooks? There is a fair amount of political incompetence on the Right.

13 posted on 10/17/2005 4:02:54 PM PDT by Grut
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To: Clive

GRITS = Girls Raised in the South. We Grits know what we are. And, we're definately not Canadian.


14 posted on 10/17/2005 4:04:25 PM PDT by SuzyQue (Remember to think.)
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To: MississippiDeltaDawg

Grits with shredded cheddar cheese. Mmmmmmmm


15 posted on 10/17/2005 4:09:49 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
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To: Clive

Grits?

Girls Raised in the South?


16 posted on 10/17/2005 4:11:43 PM PDT by Redbob
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To: Clive

What does this have to do with grits?


17 posted on 10/17/2005 4:13:16 PM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: Grut
Why, after nearly two years, haven't the Conservatives been able to convince the voters to put them into power when even the voters know the Grits are crooks? There is a fair amount of political incompetence on the Right.

The Conservative Party lacks a 'killer instinct', except for its internal politics - there, the Tories put the Borgias to shame.

18 posted on 10/17/2005 4:14:58 PM PDT by headsonpikes (The Liberal Party of Canada are not b*stards - b*stards have mothers!)
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To: headsonpikes

Once one strips away the self-regarding Canadian moral superiority narrative, there is nothing left but the squalid wrangling of rats over cheese.......


That's true, very quotable!


19 posted on 10/17/2005 4:17:25 PM PDT by dennisw (You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
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To: bk1000
"What does this have to do with grits?"

The Liberals in Canada have been nicknamed "Grits" from the 1800s - not exactly sure WHY, though.
20 posted on 10/17/2005 4:17:53 PM PDT by decal (Mother Nature and Real Life are conservatives; the Progs have never figured this out.)
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