A Toronto Sun editorial asks the obvious in the wake of Paul Coffins curfew for pleading guilty to 15 counts of fraud – “Is anyone ever going to be seriously punished for AdScam?”
Here in Saskatchewan, of course, we experienced our own highly publicized poltiical scandal in the 1980’s. In view of the severity of Paul Coffin’s sentence for defrauding the Canadian taxpayers (you can’t call it defrauding “the government” when the government is an accomplice) of $3 million, I thought it might be interesting to review those convicted and jailed over a total of $838,000 in misspent funds in our own province during the 1980’s;
– Lorne McLaren, former MLA: 3� years.
– John Scraba, former communications director: two years, $12,000 in restitution.
– John Gerich, former cabinet minister: two years, $12,264 in restitution.
– Michael Hopfner, former MLA: 18 months, $56,000 in restitution.
– Eric Berntson, former Saskatchewan deputy premier: one year; resigned Senate seat.
– Ralph Katzman, former MLA: one year, $100,000 in restitution
Source CBC archives.
Of course, unlike most of those listed above, Paul Coffin isn’t a politician. In fact, no politicians at all have been charged in the Adscam debacle, nor has there been any investigation into broader questions of inappropriate political acquisition of public funds outside of Gomery’s narrow mandate – despite the fact that the triggering event for the Governor General’s audit was a whistleblower complaint by Public Works employee Alan Cutler – who in 1995�questioned a $15,000 a month retainer that Paul Martin’s Finance Department was attempting to push through on behalf of his personal leadership campaign team the firm Earnscliffe.
Of course, the same provincial NDP premier whose party has flogged the “Devine” corruption horse in every election race since, had no problem at all endorsing the faltering minority government this spring. Apparently, Calvert suffers no twangs of ethical hypocrisy in standing shoulder to elbow with corrupt federal Liberals – so long as the cheques keep coming.
Reminscent of an old W.C. Fields joke, Lorne Calvert has established what he is. You can’t blame Saskatchewan taxpayers for wondering if there’s a secret price list.
At a ritzy party one night for the political elite, connected, those looking for patronage and pork and various organized crime memebers (Libranos) a man was asked by by a fellow guest what he did for a living. “I am a judge” he replied. “You may have heard of one of my rulings recently, I just handed down the sentence to Coffin of Adscam”. He then quickly added ” but please don’t tell my mother it was me, she thinks I’m a piano player in a whorehouse”
Tony,
It may be harsh, but so is life.
If we, as a nation, reward criminality, then we, as a nation, have NO potential.
As Edmund Burke is quoted: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” It would seem that all we need to do to reflect the unique Canadian view is add the words ” but vote Liberal.” to the end of that sentence.
Peter Loewen:
Lets not get stuck on stupid. I believe you are stuck on stupid
EBT:
Please look at the first post. Colin asserts there that Sinc went to prison. My first points out that he did not. It was merely a factual correction. Indeed, Sinc did not deserve prison – in fact he wasn’t even charged criminally.
EBD: Thanks for your comments re: Free.
Must suck not to live in a Democracy that at least strives for Justice. If they weren’t complicit in arming our enemies, I would feel sorry for Canadians.
In 1985 whem my wife and I were in Ottawa I told her ,as there was a protester there in front of the paliament buildings, that I should go and buy some lumber and build a guilloteen minus the blade and install it in front of the parliament buildings to remind politicians and their appologists what happens when the people get really pissed off.
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