Canadian PM Cleared of Charges

AG124 · 11-01-05, 02:42 PM

The Liberal Prime Minister of Canada, Paul Martin, has just been cleared of the charges related to the sponsorship scandal - non-Canadian members may not have heard of this but in Canada it was big news. Here is a link:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aBJVhjtViNBY

Apparently, Stephen Harper (Conservative) still thinks he can get to be Prime Minister because of the implications of general Liberal party involvement; only time will tell I guess. The NDP doesn't know which option it will take yet. The Bloq appears not to have changed its Liberal-condemning stance.

AG124 · 11-01-05, 03:46 PM

Here's another one - quite biased I believe :hmm:. Try to guess which side it's biased towards...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051101/...andal_can_dc_5

August · 11-01-05, 03:55 PM

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Gomery spared Martin on the grounds that he had not known what was going on.

"Mr. Martin ... is entitled, like other ministers in the Quebec caucus, to be exonerated from any blame for carelessness or misconduct," Gomery concluded.

Incompetance on the other hand...

AG124 · 11-01-05, 06:17 PM

That is true, Gomery appears to believe that he should have had a better knowledge of what was going on and should have put a stop to it.

August · 11-02-05, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by AG124

That is true, Gomery appears to believe that he should have had a better knowledge of what was going on and should have put a stop to it.

In states they call it "plausible deniability".

11-02-05, 05:23 PM

Once again here in Canada we are being bombarded by politics and the news media. Bottom line, we still aren't tackling the real problems this country is facing.......and the rules, regulations, laws and bylaws are geting crazy here.

Torpedo Fodder · 11-02-05, 07:58 PM

And now Chretien is appareltly going to cahallenge the report's findings in court, because it holds him ultimately responsible, as he created the very environemnt in which such corruption would flourish, even though the report clears him of actual involvement in the money laundering. Haha, that's what you get for that stupid golf ball stunt, Mssr. Cretin

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11-01-05, 02:42 PM	#1
AG124 Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,878 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Canadian PM Cleared of Charges The Liberal Prime Minister of Canada, Paul Martin, has just been cleared of the charges related to the sponsorship scandal - non-Canadian members may not have heard of this but in Canada it was big news. Here is a link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aBJVhjtViNBY Apparently, Stephen Harper (Conservative) still thinks he can get to be Prime Minister because of the implications of general Liberal party involvement; only time will tell I guess. The NDP doesn't know which option it will take yet. The Bloq appears not to have changed its Liberal-condemning stance.

11-02-05, 07:58 PM	#7
Torpedo Fodder Ensign Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Whitby, Ontario Posts: 234 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	And now Chretien is appareltly going to cahallenge the report's findings in court, because it holds him ultimately responsible, as he created the very environemnt in which such corruption would flourish, even though the report clears him of actual involvement in the money laundering. Haha, that's what you get for that stupid golf ball stunt, Mssr. Cretin . __________________ Si vis pacem, para bellum - If you want peace, prepare for war. "Those who turn their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't"

11-01-05, 03:46 PM	#2
AG124 Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,878 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Here's another one - quite biased I believe :hmm:. Try to guess which side it's biased towards... http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051101/...andal_can_dc_5

11-01-05, 06:17 PM	#4
AG124 Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,878 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	That is true, Gomery appears to believe that he should have had a better knowledge of what was going on and should have put a stop to it.

11-02-05, 05:23 PM	#6
U-552Erich-Topp Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Once again here in Canada we are being bombarded by politics and the news media. Bottom line, we still aren't tackling the real problems this country is facing.......and the rules, regulations, laws and bylaws are geting crazy here.