NDP and Income Trust Letter

[scribblet]

he NDP have formally called the OSC and US SEC to investigate the Income Trust Liberal scam.

http://www.ndp.ca/ndp-drupal/files/E-39-Ju...letter_SEC4.pdf

I wonder how much has to be uncovered to change liberal voterers' minds.

[Riverwind]

I wonder how much has to be uncovered to change liberal voterers' minds.

It is pretty pathetic to try an bring the OSC into what in nothing more than political muckraking on the part of the opposition parties (particularily from the NDP who is supposed to hate US intrusion into Canadian affairs).

The information that has come out so far suggests that the Goodales's office did inform people of their intention to make an announcement but it is not clear whether the timing and/or procedures followed regarding announcements of annoucements was appropriate. But not following procedures is a lot different from insider trading. The fact that the opposition parties seem to be determined to confuse and manipulate the public on this point shows how few ethics the opposition parties have in their pursuit of power at all costs.

[FTA Lawyer]

I wonder how much has to be uncovered to change liberal voterers' minds.

It is pretty pathetic to try an bring the OSC into what in nothing more than political muckraking on the part of the opposition parties (particularily from the NDP who is supposed to hate US intrusion into Canadian affairs).

The information that has come out so far suggests that the Goodales's office did inform people of their intention to make an announcement but it is not clear whether the timing and/or procedures followed regarding announcements of annoucements was appropriate. But not following procedures is a lot different from insider trading. The fact that the opposition parties seem to be determined to confuse and manipulate the public on this point shows how few ethics the opposition parties have in their pursuit of power at all costs.

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Well, hold on now...the one thing I wonder is if we accept that Paul Martin and other high-rank Liberals knew nothing of the sponsorship scandal (which I am prepared to accept), then how can we possibly take the word of Goodale or anyone else who categorically denies there was a leak that lead to insider trading?

I'm not trying to be partisan at all here, but really, if you asked Martin before Fraser's report about whether money was being improperly sent to ad firms in Quebec, presumably he would have categorically denied that at the time (since he didn't know about it).

I certainly don't want Gomery #2 on this thing, but I can't see the harm in getting a report from the regulatory bodies whose mandate it is to police these kinds of incidents. I'd rather hear from them that there was no leak than to take Goodale's word for it.

FTA

[Riverwind]

I certainly don't want Gomery #2 on this thing, but I can't see the harm in getting a report from the regulatory bodies whose mandate it is to police these kinds of incidents.  I'd rather hear from them that there was no leak than to take Goodale's word for it.

I agree it needs investigation by the OSC - bringing the SEC into it was pretty lame.

My pet peeve with this issue is not whether there was a leak but the fact that everyone assumed that just because there was some unusual trading volume that:

1) a leak must have occurred

2) the leak must have come from Goodale himself

3) the leak was intended to line the pockets of Liberal supporters.

[Slim MacSquinty]

There were too many instances of unusual trading to be coincidental, The SEC was probably called because they seem to be more willing to investigate these things of late.

Good for the NDP