Via a reader tip, Greg Weston has a tantalizing preview in today's Toronto article that may help explain why Chretien went to such lengths - at obvious risk - to discredit Gomery. With the official prime ministerial "mea no culpa's" on the record, the real testimony is yet to come.
SOMETIME OVER the next month, the Gomery commission of inquiry will hear the testimony of an extraordinary witness -- a Montreal ad man whose key role in the sponsorship scandal arguably deserves a national standing ovation. He is the whistleblower of AdScam, one of the honest few on the inside of the sponsorship fiasco who saw wrongdoing and did something to stop it.Over a period of almost five years, he has secretly steered select journalists, forensic auditors and now police investigators to many of the key needles in the AdScam haystack -- the fraudulent deals, the money trails, the missing documents from hundreds of advertising and sponsorship contracts.
As he said to me with sincerity over lunch once: "At one point I looked at what was happening and decided I did not want my kids to grow up visiting me in Bordeaux prison.
"At the same time, I have no desire to become silt in the St. Lawrence, either. I have some real fears for my safety."
Don't be surprised if the Libranos turn up the heat to have the Inquiry terminated.
I had forgotten about the flashback below; good to read it again. Finally got around to linking you, sorry for the delay.
I'm sure a lot of people thought the 'juicy' stuff would come out when Chretien and Martin testified. We can now see that they said nothing, illuminated nothing and revealed nothing.
Although we'd all like to see the 'juicy' (read: truth) stuff come out, I'd be very surprised if any of these ad agencies rat out on their liberal friends. They have far too much money tied up in this.
As an aside, I honestly don't think Canadians care about it anymore. I'm being semi-sarcastic when I say they should get Bradd Pitt involved somehow. It would be a sure fire way to get the average Canuck to pay attention. Spice it up with some s-e-x, otherwise the average Canuck chooses to ignore it.