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It's also interesting that you would assume that the corrupt Liberals are no longer in politics. Pretty bold thing to assume, given that Paul Martin himself has been implicated.
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I'm not assuming anything, but unlike so many others here, I'm reserving judgment until the final Gomery report is released.
As for Paul Martin, he has only been implicated by Chuck Guite (not exactly the most reliable of sources), and even then Guite said he only heard of Martin's involvement second-hand and didn't deal with him directly.
I'll tell you what: if the final results of the Gomery Inquiry accuse any currently-elected Liberal MP of criminal wrong-doing, I'll donate $25 to the Conservative Party. If not, you donate $25 to the Liberals. Sound fair?
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Quite frankly, Jean Cretien was corrupt. His top aides were corrupt.
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Agreed.
And that's the extent of what I think the Gomery Inquiry is going to determine.
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Paul Martin, if he isnt equally corrupt is at least guilty of duplicity in the matters that went on.
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This is where I'm not so quick to agree with you. I'm assuming you're basing that remark on the fact that he was the Minister of Finance at the time?
To say that as Finance Minister he must have known what was going on shows a misunderstanding of that cabinet position. His job was to set the budget for each federal department and program (including the Sponsorship Program). How that money is spent after he's allocated it is not his responsability; that's up to the ministers and directors in charge of each department. Nor is it the Finance Minister's job to make sure allocated funds are spent effectively -- that's the task of the Auditor-General.
As I said, I'm reserving judgement until the Gomery Inquiry is finished, unlike so many posters here who are quick to call the whole party as a whole guilty.
If people are going to paint the entire Liberal Party as a pack of criminals because of a few of them are, then it's only fair to call the CPC a bunch of pro-life fundamentalist conservative nut-jobs because of a few bad apples too.