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Comes across a little lame today in my estimation.
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Oh it does. So when you suggest this is 'the worst scandal in Canadian political history' or something to that effect, it's lame to to look back on history and compare this event to other scandals. You have quite interesting standards for what is lame.
Also, many suggest (and I'm not sure if you are one of them) that if the Conservatives gain power the scandals and waste will somehow diminish, but history shows that party is just as corrupt. Just my opinion, but the people who tend to want to get in power are, as a group, the least likely to treat that power respectfully. Political affiliation has nothing to do with this tendency.
Somewhat off topic, I would definitely agree the Liberals should get the heave ho for this event, exactly the same way the PC's did federally in '93 and in SK earlier than that. However, to blame the Liberals for the CPC's inability to cast itself as a viable alternative to a corrupt, tired government should fall directly at the feet of the CPC party, nowhere else. Until they let the opinions of the majority of Canadians dictate their policy they will remain a party that represents the right of centre minority. Like or hate the Liberals, they are masterful at representing the median Canadian's opinion, which is really the point of a democratic government, n'est pas?