So the report is out.
Justice Gomery puts the blame on Chretien and his cronies. Gee, I coulda told you that!
He also exonerated Prime Minister Paul Martin, yet blames the entire Liberal gov't cabinet at the time of the scandal 10 years ago, when Paul Martin was the Finance Minister.
I'm guessing that Paul Martin knew full well what was going on, but took active steps in making sure it looked liked he didn't know and made sure information was given to him at arm's length. Smart move on his part.
What's interesting is just under two years ago in December 2003 when Paul took the reigns of the PMO, he ordered a full sweeping audit of gov't finances, but this was not done by the Auditor General. To me, that indicates he knew something was up before the AG did her bidding on the gov't who eventually exposed the whole scandal.
Well, with the second part of the report due in February, and Paul promising to call an election 30 days after that, we're now looking at an April election. Isn't it nice for all those post-secondary students to get closed out of participating in the election while they study and write final exams? Isn't that ... oh, I don't know, a bit convenient?
About as convenient as not blaming Paul for gov't finances.
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