RCMP Investigates Options-Canada

[betsy]

Mike Duffy just revealed the latest scoop to hit the headlines tomorrow!

Deputy Ministers who guested on the show were equally surprised to hear the latest from Mike. Nobody had a comment for they had no clue what this is all about.

[tml12]

Mike Duffy just revealed the latest scoop to hit the headlines tomorrow!

Deputy Ministers who guested on the show were equally surprised to hear the latest from Mike.  Nobody had a comment for they had no clue what this is all about.

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Another Liberal scandal???

The Liberals hate us so much. They steal our money and think we are stupid enough to vote for them.

Can anyone defend the Liberal Party anymore? It should be disbanded...

[Cameron]

I hope this is good...I can't wait. It's like a movie..only better.

[Canuck E Stan]

Thread started earlier.

Here's the story

Globe and Mail

[Riverwind]

Globe and Mail

Normand Lester is a mouthpiece for separatist propaganda. Although there may be some irregularities it is clear that the author is deliberately trying to manipulate the election campaign by releasing this information at this time. I find this extremely hypocritical for someone who is criticizing the federalists of underhanded campaign tricks.

I think that all federalist politicians should be careful about jumping on this band wagon even though it does seem to provide some short term gain.

[Canuck E Stan]

Another Liberal Party scandal?!

This is from a conservative blog.

But the blogger does have some questions being asked in question period back then.

    Mrs. Suzanne Tremblay (Rimouski—Mitis, BQ): Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Canadian Heritage wrote Claude Dauphin, the senior advisor to the Minister of Finance and former president of Option Canada, who, two and a half years after the fact, still cannot tell the people of Quebec and Canada how, in the midst of the referendum period, he spent $4.8 million in 33 days.

    Could the minister tell the House whether she has received a reply from him?

    Hon. Sheila Copps (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I am still waiting for clarification from the member, who totally misinformed the House last week. I am still waiting.

Why should we care? For one, Claude Dauphin was also Paul Martin's right-hand man in Quebec, an issue that continues to plague Paul Martin to this day, literally just before the election call.

From Hansard for November 24, 2005:

    Mr. Gilles Duceppe (Laurier—Sainte-Marie, BQ): He [Paul Martin] also refused to allow the House to inquire into Option Canada, even though that organization contravened the Quebec Referendum Act and clearly broke federal Treasury Board rules; that is concealment.

    Here we have an organization created at the last minute getting $4.8 million two or three weeks before the 1995 referendum, one week after it was created. Never before did the federal bureaucracy move so fast. What a strange coincidence.

    We can see why the Prime Minister is afraid to bring things into the light. Option Canada was run by Claude Dauphin, a man the Prime Minister later hired as a special adviser on Quebec. What a great message for the Prime Minister, defender of rights and the law, to send us in making that appointment.

But these are questions that should be answered.

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Another Liberal Party scandal?!

This is from a conservative blog.

But the blogger does have some questions being asked  in question period back then.

    Mrs. Suzanne Tremblay (Rimouski—Mitis, BQ): Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Canadian Heritage wrote Claude Dauphin, the senior advisor to the Minister of Finance and former president of Option Canada, who, two and a half years after the fact, still cannot tell the people of Quebec and Canada how, in the midst of the referendum period, he spent $4.8 million in 33 days.

    Could the minister tell the House whether she has received a reply from him?

    Hon. Sheila Copps (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I am still waiting for clarification from the member, who totally misinformed the House last week. I am still waiting.

Why should we care? For one, Claude Dauphin was also Paul Martin's right-hand man in Quebec, an issue that continues to plague Paul Martin to this day, literally just before the election call.

From Hansard for November 24, 2005:

    Mr. Gilles Duceppe (Laurier—Sainte-Marie, BQ): He [Paul Martin] also refused to allow the House to inquire into Option Canada, even though that organization contravened the Quebec Referendum Act and clearly broke federal Treasury Board rules; that is concealment.

    Here we have an organization created at the last minute getting $4.8 million two or three weeks before the 1995 referendum, one week after it was created. Never before did the federal bureaucracy move so fast. What a strange coincidence.

    We can see why the Prime Minister is afraid to bring things into the light. Option Canada was run by Claude Dauphin, a man the Prime Minister later hired as a special adviser on Quebec. What a great message for the Prime Minister, defender of rights and the law, to send us in making that appointment.

But these are questions that should be answered.

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You must not be a Liberal voter...

Sounds like you are a Conservative voter and, as such, a threat to Canadian unity...

How dare you ask questions you absolutely have a right to know the answers to???

Oh my...

[willy]

CBC had a very short mention on the National. It will be interesting to see if it has enough legs to make it to the front pages in the morning.

I wonder what will be next?

[geoffrey]

It's a sad reality when RCMP funding will have to be increased to pay for investigations into the government.

[Kiraly]

It's a sad reality when RCMP funding will have to be increased to pay for investigations into the government.

Think of it this way....

....this will assist in keeping unemployment down.