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David Dingwall dings us for 3/4 of a million --- MORE LIBERAL THEFT
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| Jayx1 |
How anybody can still vote for these clowns when more and more theft is coming to light is beyond me. Not to mention this guy was also involved in some shady deals that are being investigated. And all Paul Martin had to say about the whole thing was praise about how well dingwell had served the country. Yeah he served us alright...
keep in mind that this is a seperate scandal unrelated to adscam. So who knows how much more theft is waiting to be uncovered?
Time for an election.
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Ottawa — David Dingwall resigned Wednesday as president of the Royal Canadian Mint amid controversy over his failure to register as a lobbyist and expenses he filed while heading up the Crown corporation.
Prime Minister Paul Martin said he had accepted Mr. Dingwall's resignation but stepped up to defend the former Liberal cabinet minister.
He said Mr. Dingwall resigned to prevent the controversy from affecting the work of the Mint.
"He doesn't want any distraction at the Mint while he replies to that kind of an accusation," Mr. Martin told the House of Commons during Question Period, about an hour after Mr. Dingwall officially stepped down.
In a statement, Mr. Dingwall said he believed that he conducted himself properly during the work he did for two technology companies seeking investment from Technology Partnership Canada and during his time as head of the Mint.
"I will simply say that I worked very hard on each and every one of the contracts and did, to the best of my knowledge and ability, comply with all the aspects of the Act governing the government relations business."
The former Liberal cabinet minister had become embroiled in controversy after it was recently revealed he failed to register as a lobbyist for a Toronto pharmaceutical company.
His lobbying activities on behalf of Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. are under scrutiny by Industry Canada.
In May, 2000, Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. agreed to pay Mr. Dingwall $350,000 if the company were successful in getting at least $15-million under the department's Technology Partnerships Canada program, The Globe and Mail reported.
TPC rules forbid payment of contingency fees to lobbyists. This week, the company agreed to pay back more than $400,000 to Ottawa. His officials said this week that the failure to register, as required by federal law, was an honest mistake, calling it a "clerical error."
As well, Access to Information documents released this week showed that as head of the Mint, in 2004 alone, Mr. Dingwall and his top aides billed for total expenses of more than $740,000 last year.
The documents were requested by Conservative MP Brian Pallister.
An official at the Mint said Tuesday that the expenses were all approved by the corporation's chief financial officer and board of directors.
In his statement, Mr. Dingwall defended his spending during his time at the Crown corporation.
"All of the expenses were related to my responsibilities and each of them were disclosed to the board and will stand up to scrutiny as completely appropriate to my role as president of the mint."
He said he would ask the Mint's board of directors to strike an independent committee to review the expenses.
Revenue Minister John McCallum, the federal minister responsible for the mint, said he reluctantly accepts Mr. Dingwall's decision but respects his request to respond to the allegations fully without taking away from his position at the Mint.
Mr. McCallum praised Mr. Dingwall's work. "During Mr. Dingwall's tenure at the Mint, the Crown Corporation rebounded to profitable status. 2004 marked one of the largest single financial swings in Mint history, resulting in a net surplus of $11.3-million."
During Question Period, the opposition parties urged the Liberals to tighten rules governing lobbyists. They also said the Prime Minister has failed to reduce out-of-control spsnding of his ministers.
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper said Wednesday after a caucus meeting that he was pleased that action was being taken following the controversy.
"If Mr. Dingwall resigned it would put an end to this particular problem," he said.
But he added that it means the government must work harder to investigate and reduce waste.
"What this indicates is that the old practices go on anyway until we find out about them. What really needs to happen is this kind of culture of waste, mismanagement, corruption that the Liberal party practices needs to end. As I have said before, I don't think it will end with a few firings, I think it will end when we fire the government."
Mr. Dingwall served as a cabinet minister under former prime minister Jean Chrétien. Mr. Chrétien named him president of the Mint in 2003. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| It all comes down to what is said at election time. The liberals will continue to be in power until Harper is taken out of the way and a new leader is allowed to emerge. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
It all comes down to what is said at election time. The liberals will continue to be in power until Harper is taken out of the way and a new leader is allowed to emerge. |
i dont care if barney rubble is the leader of the opposition at this point. The Liberals need to go sit in the corner for awhile and think about what they have done. |
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| Stingray |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
i dont care if barney rubble is the leader of the opposition at this point. The Liberals need to go sit in the corner for awhile and think about what they have done. |
Yeah they'll do that while patting eachother on the back and saying what a fine job they've done... |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Stingray
Yeah they'll do that while patting eachother on the back and saying what a fine job they've done... |
they can think that all they want as long as they arent in power and stealing my money. |
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| ShadoWolf |
Here's yet another controversy!
http://torontosun.com/News/Canada/2...242256-sun.html
Feds paid dead people, covered bills for hundreds of thefts
OTTAWA -- The feds cut $433,433 in cheques to dead people and compensated two inmates a total of $10,000 for messing up their prison transfers, according to newly released government spending reports.
Public accounts documents also show Foreign Affairs handed $1,000 to Abdurahman Khadr for the "reimbursement of passport fees" after federal officials admitted they made a mistake in denying the son of an al-Qaida operative a passport last year.
Conservative MP John Williams, who chairs the Commons public accounts committee, criticized the Liberals for wasting hard-earned tax dollars.
"Every year we see some of the expenditures that just make Canadians shake their heads in dismay," Williams said. "I am outraged that we reimbursed $1,000 to someone who associated with al-Qaida for passport fees, especially when that family became notorious for losing their passports."
The Canadian Forces suffered by far the steepest loss of any department, declaring the theft of 4,691 combat uniforms at a cost of $197,350. The military also declared they lost or damaged another 10,164 outfits worth $504,473.
Other departments also faced thefts of security-related items, with Citizenship and Immigration declaring five cases of immigration officer badges worth $227 stolen while Public Safety reported the theft of 10 uniform pieces worth $467.
Taxpayers footed the bill for hundreds of thefts and losses public servants declared on the job, ranging from $110 boots lost in the alkali mudflats in Quill Lake, Saskatchewan to a $10 pencil sharpener at Indian Affairs.
Inmates also successfully had taxpayers cover the cost of their lost or damaged items to the tune of $12,506, and thanks to "errors and/or omissions" made by Corrections Canada, six prisoners got $57,000 in payments. |
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