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11 years of Liberal government corruption in a nutshell
Government Corruption
The Liberals made honesty and integrity the pillars of their 1993 campaign. Nonetheless, in recent years the Chr�tien government has been hit with wave after wave of scandals:
In 1997, Liberal fundraiser Pierre Corbeil was convicted of influence peddling for pressuring businesses to pay kickbacks to the Liberal party in order to receive federal job grants.
In 2000, the Human Resources Department came under scrutiny in what journalists dubbed the �Billion Dollar Boondoggle,� when it turned out that over $1 billion in job training funds had disappeared when Alfonse Gagliano was Minister of the department.
Later in 2000, Gagliano came under fire again in his position as Minister of Public Works. It was revealed that the department awarded millions in advertising contracts to Groupaction, a Montreal advertising firm that employed Gagliano�s son. In January 2002, Chr�tien removed Gagliano from Public Works and appointed him ambassador to Denmark.
In May 2002, Auditor General Sheila Fraser released a report condemning the federal governments� dealings with Groupaction. The RCMP subsequently launched an investigation into $1.6 million in advertising contracts awarded to the firm.
Within weeks of the Auditor Generals� report, Chr�tien was forced to shuffle his cabinet after two more ministers faced conflict of interest allegations. Don Boudria, Gagliano�s replacement as Minister of Public Works, was demoted for spending a ski weekend with his family at a chalet owned by Groupe Everest, another Quebec advertising firm that received millions in contracts from the Public Works department. Defence Minister Art Eggleton was removed from Cabinet altogether for paying an ex-girlfriend over $35,000 to write a report on post-traumatic stress disorder. Not only had the department already paid for a similar report, but the final result was barely fourteen pages long.
In late May, Solicitor General Lawrence MacAulay faced conflict of interest allegations after it was revealed he consulted with the RCMP about providing a PEI college with a grant for law training courses. The President of the college was MacAulay�s brother.
In June 2003, Canada�s Privacy Commissioner, George Radwanski, was forced to resign amid allegations he had altered documents and filed false expense claims. During the Auditor General�s investigation into Radwanski�s affairs it was discovered that, the day before his appointment as Privacy Commissioner, Revenue Canada forgave $540,000 Radwanski owed in back taxes. The Prime Minister�s Office (PMO) has consistently claimed it knew nothing about Radwanski�s tax situation and did not play a role in Revenue Canada�s decision to forgive the debt.
Finally, there is the ongoing controversy over job grants and other economic funds distributed to Chr�tien's home riding of Shawinigan. For example, Liberal organizer Paul Lemire was convicted of defrauding businesses of $200,000 in HRDC grants.
While some scandals were more serious than others, together they form a picture of a government that Chr�tien biographer Lawrence Martin calls �an ethical disaster.� Furthermore, the problem shows no signs of abating. Currently, five Cabinet Ministers are under fire for accepting hospitality from the Irvings, New Brunswick�s most powerful family. In a recent speech, Canadian Alliance leader Stephen Harper blamed the scandals for lowering Canada�s ranking on a global competitiveness scale (Canada dropped from ninth place to sixteenth in one year). �The ethical deficit is harming our country,� he said.
Source: http://www.mapleleafweb.com/feature...low-points.html
Remember that during this time Paul Martin was the finance minister who is in effect the second most powerful person in politics in Canada.
Must you pollute this board with new threads for every single political topic you read about online, then proceed to copy/paste the contents here? Pick a thread and use that for all your political discussions.
Must you pollute the boards with your whining?
There is an election going on. This is a fresh topic thread clearly marked with a title that indicates that it is as such. If you dont like it... DONT CLICK ON IT!!
Grow up!
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| Originally posted by Jayx1 Must you pollute the boards with your whining? There is an election going on. This is a fresh topic thread clearly marked with a title that indicates that it is as such. If you dont like it... DONT CLICK ON IT!! Grow up! |
Yet not only do my threads get many responses, other people are motivated to make their own... As for this thread, again no matter the content, if you dont like it dont click and dont come back to it.
This site even has a window that pops up with the first few sentances of a thread so that you can preview it without even clicking on it! It doesnt get much easier to ignore a thread than that...
Dont worry i created a thread especially for you and your type... Enjoy it
Holy shit, i'm starting an advertising agency and going after government contracts 
As Gary Dunford wrote last weekend. Something like: How do you become a "liberal friendly business" and how do i sign up? Im missing out!!
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lol
11 years of Harper and the Conservatives in office would yield even worse results.
it doesnt get much worse than a missing billion dollars among all the other things.
Im willing to give the conservative four years to prove themselves rather than reward the liberals for their scandelous conduct.
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL click HERE |
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| Originally posted by Matt 11 years of Harper and the Conservatives in office would yield even worse results. |
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| Originally posted by d!abolic Man what the fuck, now i have to go through all the menus to remove him? |
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| Originally posted by tw1tch Must you pollute this board with new threads for every single political topic you read about online, then proceed to copy/paste the contents here? Pick a thread and use that for all your political discussions. |
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| Originally posted by Fir3start3r You know what? I already tried that... Jayx1; It's one thing to have some political 'information' but the personal political biasing is starting to leave a bitter taste. Do us all a favour and tone it down a notch? You've made your views regarding the Liberals quite clear thanks. (and don't give me that, "then don't click on it bull#@$") *yawn* |
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| Originally posted by Matt listen to this man, HE PLAYED QUAKE 2 JAILBREAK |
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| Originally posted by Fir3start3r OMG! is that YOU??? |
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| Originally posted by Matt <<< Cyprus back in the day... heh... va juji. |
nice one emery. if only jayx1 would post positive items about the pcs, maybe he would have some credibility. bashing liberals is not the way to go and garnish votes. i wonder if he/she is a card carrying member. the only value in rehashing history is if you believe that history is doomed to repeat itself. tell me where the country is going, not where it has been. it may be that politics have a five year shelf life but show me where stephen harper will take us. are we gonna kiss ass to the usa and apologize for not standing with our closest allies? i was speaking to a server admin down in the states. he thought it was canada day on monday. believe me, americans don't make much decisions where canada is weighed with such significance. we have a tenth of their population. let's celebrate our uniqueness and be happy with that. yes, the liberals have spawned scandals, but show me your ideal allocation of money. the population base in canada is aging, fast. health care will remain the focus for the next 50 years. of course the money is needed, but tell me where you are gonna take it from? how are tax cuts gonna save my parents from long hospital waits? the answer is not as simple as voting for someone else other than liberal. i believe in voting, but i'll weigh the pros and cons before i cast that ballot. i believe everyone should vote; it's our right. please stop spamming us and hiding behind a veil that you're informing us. you are the one acting like a child. are you swaying us to vote pcs? no, cause the only impression you're giving us is negative which will imbue us to vote for liberal.
how does this ignore function work, emery?
whatever
if you read what i said before its that im against the liberals due to their corrupt ways. That all politcal parties suck but my choice is the Conservatives. Ive never said that the conservatives are ideal. I have also highlighted many good points about the conservatives. I cannot say the same for the NDP because IMO that party is a joke.
I have also stated on many occasions that if the Liberal party were not so corrupt and actually acted according to their supposed ideals, that they would actually be more in tune to how i feel than aby other party. However, in practice they have been a disaster and deserve to be thrown out.
If you dont like my postings you have the option not to click on it or the option to ignore me. Either way, please use these options and maybe we can all get a little more peace around here.
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| Originally posted by Matt 11 years of Harper and the Conservatives in office would yield even worse results. |
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