Breaking News: FBI Investigate Possible Fraud

Ha....remind me never to get on your bad side Kate, you be one wicked women.... ;-)

...with a scratchy beard.

no honour among thieves here

Exactly. The Liberals want to close down the Gomery Inquiry. They are using a number of tactics.

First - was their Soap Opera scenario during their own testimony. No Boy Scout using Castile Soap could have come across with more squeaky clean innocence than our Liberal Liar Leaders.

Then, trying to get rid of or discredit Justice Gomery.

Then- charging three of their Stooges, the guys who merely carried out the Liberal agenda, and claiming that this posse of three did all the bad stuff by themselves..

Then, the publication ban.

And now, calling in the RCMP, to shut down the whole inquiry or divert its focus, claiming that the Liberal party was 'frauded against', rather than 'frauding against' the Canadian taxpayer.

Corruption is corruption...

Mitchell defended the party Monday, pointing out it was still in major debt when Prime Minister Paul Martin took over in 2003.

"In particular, the Quebec wing of the party was some $3 million in debt," said Mitchell.

"This is hardly in keeping with assertions that the party was receiving substantial financial benefit through inappropriate means."

So, the proof that they didn't steal any money is that they ended up in debt. Call me cynical. Da proof is da proof and when ya godda proof she's da proof.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't being badly in debt be somewhat of a motivating factor in desperately trying to get hold of funds by any means necessary? Just more of my crazy, un-Liberal and therefore un-Canadian logic.

A $3 million debt vs. $6 million in potential debt? :-)

Hey Kate,
I have a gut feeling Canadian bloggers have hit the jackpot with the Gomery ban issue.
Hopefully Canadian mainstream media will get the coverage of shame they deserve in the U.S. press for allowing ten years of Liberal government corruption to thrive under MSM's averted eyes.

There's a classic tactic. Turn yourself into the victim. I know of people that will actually fall for it too.
Congrats on your soaring stats Kate!

Say, where're all the Lefties like Joe Green et al? I haven't seen them around for days now. Maybe they're testifying at an inquiry in Ottawa...

Meanwhile, on noon-hour call-in shows on populist Quebec TV (TQS), the prevailing sentiment is disgust at the venality and injustice of the rich & powerful swanning around at public expense while M. et Mme. Tout-le-Monde are eating at McDo ... One lady caller suggested we all withhold payment of federal taxes, sending the notice of assessment to Brault et al instead.

Needless to say, the Quebec electorate has tried and convicted the whole lot of them. Done, done and done.

The publication ban reinforces this sentiment - a healthy suspicion that if something has to unfold behind closed doors, well there must be crooked business going on...

So let it be said: None - absolutely NONE - of the Liberal manoeuvering and damage control is targeted at Quebec. It's way too late. It's all about how it plays in Toronto.

I'm sure nobody here is missing that point.

Hon. Stephen Harper, Leader of the Opposition: Mr Speaker, today Liberal spin doctors and Liberal lawyers are trying -- actually, they have the gall to depict the Liberal Party as the victim of the sponsorship scandal. Caught as it is, will the government at least have the decency to admit that the only victim is the Canadian taxpayer whose money was stolen?

Speaker: The Right Honourable Prime Minister.

Paul Martin: Mr Speaker

Some Member: Guilty!

Speaker: Order, order. The Right Honorable Prime Minister has the floor.

Rt. Hon. Paul Martin, Prime Minister: Mr Speaker, the Liberal Party consists of thousands of men and women, in Quebec and right across this country, who are dedicated to the Liberal Party and to their country. They work day in and day out, Mr Speaker, for the benefit of Canadians, and Mr Speaker, those members of the Liberal party should not have to bear the rumours, Mr Speaker, or the burden of the activities of a very small few who may have colluded against the Party and against, Mr Speaker, the well being of Canadians, and we will defend, Mr Speaker, those Liberals. These are Canadians, Mr Speaker, who have given their all for this country.

Some Member: Hear, hear.

Speaker: [inaudible] the Opposition.

Stephen Harper: Mr Speaker, the judge, police, and Canadians will be the judge of how involved the Liberal party is.

On another subject, last week Canadians finally learned the details of the brutal torture and murder of Canadian journalist Zahra Kazemi. Now it turns out, for months the Prime Minister knew the true extent of the brutality inflicted upon Ms Kazemi. Instead of taking a firm stand against Iran, he sent our ambassador back to that oppressive regime. What kind of callous, spineless government reestablishes normal diplomatic relations with this kind of regime?

Speaker: Hon. Prime Minister.

Paul Martin: [inaudible] ... respond first to the preamble. The fact is, Mr Speaker, that Candians do de-- [aside] are Americans -- that Canadians should have the facts, Mr Speaker, and that is why I called for the Gomery commission, that is why this government, Mr Speaker, put that commission in place, Mr Speaker, it is precisely to have those facts, and that's why there should not be an election until Justice Gomery has reported, because Canadians deserve to know the facts.

Now, Mr Speaker, if I may respond to the Honourable Member's question, if the baying on the other side... the member has asked a question, ....

Speaker: I'm afraid the Right Honourable Prime Minister has used up the time responding to the preamble, but I suspect there might be a supplementary question, may be a supplementary question from the Honourable Leader of the Opposition.

Stephen Harper: Mr Speaker, may I just say that that is a perfect example of what is wrong with this government. They should have used this opportunity to defend a Canadian citizen, not the Liberal party.

[translated] Mr Speaker, a Canadian citizen was tortured and killed by the government of Iran. While the family was looking for answers, the government hid the facts and the Prime Minister said nothing. How can we describe a government that allows its citizens to be killed?

Thanks for posting that. It always give me a warm glow to be reminded that we live in a country where the leader of the government has to face hostile criticism every day when he walks into the legislature. What a system. It would be going too far to say it keeps them honest, but at least it keeps them careful.

Our neighbours (both of 'em) should try it.

we live in a country where the leader of the government has to face hostile criticism every day when he walks into the legislature

The corrupt and discusting moonbat libranos only get what they deserve. You cannot be in a position of public trust and abuse and take advantage of that trust and expect no consequences.

The big question to emerge from the Gomery inquiry is will Canadians finally steer this country away from the creeping corruption and infantalism in our polity, or will we continue to slide indifferently into an even bigger mess.

Personally, considering the blind eye that Canadians have turned to so much of the government's venality over the last decade, I'm not sure.

Asking questions nice, but the bottom line is that asking questions doesn't do much that couldn't be done otherwise. Without the power to impeach the government, elections are blank checks. Without a prime minister elected apart from the deputies, the legislative power is a cynical joke, at best. With judges in high court elected by the prime minister, the judiciary system is a ripoff.

What happened to the splitting of judiciary, legislative and executive powers?

It's alive and well and living a bit south of you.

Okay, so there is thought in the blogosphere. Real intelligent analysis of these corrupt Liberal dealings, and enough dirt to bring down the government in any civilized country....except Canada.

Bottom Line : What is going to change? If we have an election, the Liberals will win again. Their numbers have been improving despite the bad press from the Gomery inquiry. If we don't have an election, it blows over again well before the next opportunity. I don't think Stephen Harper has what it takes to grab power. He's not enough of a fighter, and he seems unable to light the fire under Canadians, though there's plenty of fuel. He's a little too nice, and soft spoken. What will it take for the people of this country to wake up and throw the government out?