Via Brent Colbert whose suggestion it is to “Check out this old Larry Zolf article about Tony Mignacca, I can’t tell you why…just it’s a name that might soon be in the news again soon. I’m not suggesting that it has anything to do about Jean Brault..just check it out and get ready…”
The Friends of Alfonso Gagliano Inc.
In the Let’s Get Gagliano Affair, one of the public works minister’s closest associates is Tony Mignacca. This man, with 25 years experience in public real estate management, was recommended by Gagliano to Mr. Jon Grant, the former head of Canada Lands. Grant, a businessman-bureaucrat, with a bit of a Dudley Do-Right complex, waited for a considerable time before he told the media Mr. Mignacca was forced on him by Mr. Gagliano.
Tony Mignacca was forced to leave Canada Lands before the end of his $6,000 a month contract. These days Mignacca is an administrator -in a registered company called The Friends of Alfonso Gagliano Inc.- Once again, fact is stranger than fiction.
In this latest Chr�tien patronage uproar, Gagliano’s only friend seems to be the prime minister, as the press keeps bouncing and shuffling Gagliano out of the cabinet and right into the street. So far the media have not told us whether Jean Chr�tien is a charter member in the Friends of
Alfonso Gagliano Inc.
The article also provides background on why Gagliano was more than just another beaurocrat in the Chr�tien fold.
Gagliano’s mastery of Quebec resembles Mulroney’s mastery of la belle province. That mastery plus 101 francophone seats gave Mulroney victory. Gagliano and his Italian-Quebec alliance gave Chr�tien victory in Quebec in election 2000. […] Chr�tien and Gagliano now control the Liberal machine in Quebec. If Chr�tien is to steer the leadership succession away from his arch-rival Paul Martin, Chr�tien badly needs Gagliano in place.
A dumped Gagliano would enable Paul Martin to sweep the Quebec delegates and give him an almost sure first ballot victory in the Liberal leadership race.
Brent also features this information on a “few average Canadians” in the Gagliano orbit from a different 2002 article in the Globe and Mail. Give it a gander.
I’m gratified to see that I was right on the money with my Gagliano contributions to the previous comment thread. 🙂
At times this seems like a pointless exercise cause you know the liberal judges arn’t going to do anything in the end, but as long as it removes these criminals from power, it’s worth a go.
I say we set up a prison up in cambridge bay some were for political prisoners who breach the public trust. An open pit would be fine.
Canadians: Linking to CQ May Be Good For Your Freedom
Apr. 4 – Those looking for the link to Captain Ed’s item on Brault’s secret testimony before the Gomery Inquiry have been given a bit of a helping hand by the Canadian media. CTV carried the story but wimped out…