199 Liberal scandals

[justcrowing]

http://canadaselection.com/ - for complete list.

199 Liberal scandals .... .

Here is a list of almost 200 scandals under Martin's watch.

1. Cancelling the Sea King replacement

2. Sponsorship scandal

3. Gun Registry

4. HRDC boondoggle

5. Problems with Transition Job Funds program

6. Tainted blood

7. Radwanski Spending Affair

8. Pearson Airport

9. GST Flip Flop

10. Airbus Investigation

11. Voting against Red Book promise of independent Ethics Commissioner

12. Irving fishing lodge stays/travel on Irving jets for cabinet ministers

13. Martin traveling on private corporate jets as Finance Minister

14. Don Boudria’s stay at Boulay owned chalet

15. Denis Coderre staying with Boulay

16. Alfonso Gagliano being appointed Ambassador to Denmark

17. Shawinigate

18. Claude Gauthier (PM’s friend)’s Transelec getting CIDA grant that was questioned by the Auditor General and even CIDA.

19. Liberal fundraiser Pierre Corbeil charged with fraud by RCMP after he approached several Quebec companies seeking federal job training grants and asking for payments to Liberal Party, having gotten the names from senior Quebec Liberal Minister, Marcel Massé.

20. Michel Dupuy, Heritage Minister, lobbying the CRTC.

21. Tom Wappel refusing to help blind veteran

22. Gagliano’s son benefiting from contracts from his father’s department

23. Gagliano’s former speechwriter, Michèle Tremblay was on a $5,000 a month retainer with the Canada Lands Company to provide speeches for the Minister. Former President John Grant let her go saying “we got nothing in return.” Grant claimed that all Crown Corporations reporting to Mr. Gagliano were told to put Ms. Tremblay on a monthly retainer.

24. Iltis replacement

25. Purchase of new Challenger jets for the Prime Minister and cabinet

26. NATO Flying Training program contract

27. Liberal friends appointed as IRB judges being investigated by RCMP

28. Hedy Fry’s imaginary burning crosses

29. Maria Minna’s improper municipal vote

30. Minna giving contracts to two former campaign staffers for public relations work for a conference that had already been held

31. Lawrence MacAulay and contracts directed to Holland College

32. Lawrence MacAulay and Tim Banks

33. Lawrence MacAulay hired his official agent, Everett Roche, for $70K, but Roche never did any work for it. (Oct 2002)

34. Art Eggleton and contracts to his ex-girlfriend

35. Copps’ aide Boyer’s spending habits

36. Collenette resigns for breach of ethical guidelines involving a letter he wrote to the Immigration and Refugee Board

37. APEC Inquiry 3

8. Andy Scott's 1998 resignation that came eight weeks too late, after a media circus wore him down for indiscreetly shooting his mouth off on an airplane.

39. Anti-American comments by Liberal MPs, officials, and the former Minister of Natural Resources.

40. Rock and the Apotex/Cipro affair

41. Rock giving Health Canada contract to car cleaning company.

42. Manley lobbying CIBC on behalf of Rod Bryden

43. Manley’s fundraiser suggesting donors to his leadership write it off as a business expense. 44. Manley using his pre-budget consultations as Minister of Finance to solicit support for his leadership bid.

45. Coderre’s relationship with Group Everest

46. Martin’s fundraiser/employee of Finance Jim Palmer

47. Martin’s “blind trust” and his relationship with CSL.

48. Gerry Byrne requesting fundraising money be sent to his home address, with no records kept. 4

9. Gerry Byrne pouring bulk of ACOA money into his own riding.

50. Virginia Fontaine Addictions Foundation

51. Prime Minister’s former assistant, Denise Tremblay’s huge travel expenses on Veterans Review and Appeal Board as Minister pleaded poverty to veterans’ widows.

52. Chrétien appointing Hon. Roger Simmons (former Trudeau minister convicted of income tax evasion) as Consul-General in Seattle

53. Chrétien trying to bring hit-and-run driver Carignan back into caucus.

54. The RCMP is investigating possible fraud and bribery within Industry Canada, involving possible "overpayments" to recipients of federal business grants. The probe centres on the National Research Council, which hands out federal grants to small- and medium-sized businesses.

55. More than half a dozen bureaucrats have been "removed" from their jobs at a Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) in Toronto following a police investigation into projects funded under one of the department's grants and contributions programs

56. Revenue Minister Elinor Caplan called in the RCMP and ordered a sweeping security review after four tax department computers were stolen containing confidential personal information on more than 120,000 Canadians.

57. More than $7 billion stashed in Foundations by Finance Minister Paul Martin with little or no accountability

58. Dhaliwal overseing Richmond-airport-Vancouver transit line while being owner of the airport limousine service

59. Tom Rosser, former Dhaliwal advisor lobbying Natural Resources department and minister on environmental issues only months after leaving government.

60. $5.3 million GG northern travel

61. GG budget doubles in 5 years

62. Robert Thibault giving a grant as ACOA minister to a wharf and boatyard where his brother-in-law has a monopoly.

63. Royal LePage contract, which the government was forced to cancel in the wake of serious concerns being raised.

[The Honest Politician]

Good thing we've got those squeaky clean Tories.

[justcrowing]

Good thing we've got those squeaky clean Tories.

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Nawh - they have a long way to go to make 199 scandals.

[hiti]

Speaking of the Tories..... their godfather is still alive and they have a hot-line to him.

http://steviecameronblog.blogspot.com/2005...ies-and-me.html

[justcrowing]

If Stevie Cameron truly wants to keep an eye on corrupt politicians - she only has to look at the former & current administration and work on the 199 scandals. That would keep her blog going for a long time and maybe worthwhile reading.

[Coach Cal]

On 12/13/2005 at 2:59 PM, justcrowing said:

http://canadaselection.com/ - for complete list.

199 Liberal scandals .... .

 

 

 

This link doesn't work: 

Post the rest of the list pls.

 

[scribblet]

This was started in 2005, not likely any links will work now.