Multiple Scandals in Ottawa? Scott Brison slips up

Did Scott Brison, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, let the scandal cat out of the bag?

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Martin: Ix-nay on the andal-scay.
Brison: Huh?
Martin: Shut up!

From Hansard:

Mr. Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast, CPC): Mr. Speaker, is that not interesting? The minister will not deny that he claimed yesterday that an invoice was seized when in fact, by all appearances, over 100 boxes of evidence were taken from the offices of his department.

Hon. Scott Brison (Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Lib.)
: Mr. Speaker, the fact is that there are several ongoing RCMP investigations and Public Works has cooperated fully with the RCMP.

Beyond that-

Some hon. members: Oh, oh.

Scott Brison needs to explain himself. He announced "several" ongoing RCMP investigations on the floor of the House. That was captured in the official transcript. He should be required to enumerate each and every investigation, when it was started, who is running it, and the nature of the allegations being investigated.

Let’s see what happens on the floor of the House next week.

[Cross-posted from the Western Standard. Extended entry at Angry in the Great White North]

13 Replies to “Multiple Scandals in Ottawa? Scott Brison slips up”

  1. Sorry, dont have much faith in the corrupt, liberal controlled RCMP.
    1.Junior mounties complain that when they investigate Mob control of our ports some end up in witness protection
    2.Chretian orders the mounties to stop investigating them re:Shewanigate. Nice when the suspect runs the investigation.
    3.Sheila says they were involved in money laundering and they investigate themselves. See point 2 .
    4.CSIS says Chinese intelligence has infiltrated out highest political levels. No arrests.
    5.How many senior Mob, politicians, police etc… are serving any time ?
    6.They dont automatically investigate possible fraud even when the PM publically says “so a few million may have been stolen it was worth it ”
    I once e-mailed the conservatives asking how specifically they planed to clean up institutions like the RCMP. They never responded.

  2. Can the questioner appeal to the speaker to compel Brison and his liberal friends to answer a straight question? Isn’t a non-answer comtempt of Parliament?

  3. its called Question Period, not Answer period.
    Let’s them lie, weave, dodge.
    They can run, but can they hide forever ??

  4. This turkey is well and truely at the trough but when you e-mail him this is what you get
    Your message
    To: Brison, Scott – M.P.
    Cc: Martin, Paul – P.M.
    Subject: Fw: recovery
    Sent: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:12:26 -0400
    was deleted without being read on Sun, 25 Sep 2005 17:31:49 -0400
    Is this earning your money or what?

  5. The best way for the RCMP to ‘investigate’ corruption in Ottawa, is to issue their report before they even check it out- saves a lot of legwork. (That’s why PMPM kept the same Commissioner that was appointed by Cruton.)

  6. They can run and they can they hide, Fred, the question is: forever?
    History would suggest not. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to not get crushed by the falling rubble when the edifice eventually collapses.
    The Liberals are erecting an ediface that is doomed to collapse under the weight of its inconsistencies. And as Russel’s father says, somebody’s gonna’ get a hurt.

  7. Perkunas:
    “4.CSIS says Chinese intelligence has infiltrated out highest political levels. No arrests.”
    See point 2, also. If that was investigated poor PMPM and cronies might get no return on their investments.

  8. “There are 11 more David Dingwalls out there.”
    Librano$$$$$$$$$$ Corruption Inc.
    Technology Partnerships Canada
    Mr. Michael Chong (Wellington�Halton Hills, CPC): Mr. Speaker, the technology partnerships audit of 33 companies has been completed and 11 were found to be in breach of contract. The industry minister was informed of this on September 16. That was two weeks ago and yet the minister refuses to reveal the details of those audits.
    For two weeks the results of those audits have been kept hidden from this Parliament. Who are the 11 involved? Was Mr. Dingwall one of the 11 or was he not? How much money was kicked back? In the interest of transparency, when will the minister tell the House?
    Hon. Jerry Pickard (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, the minister has acted totally responsibly. He will not start naming companies here in the House of Commons. However, he has said there will be zero tolerance in any breakage of any rules that are there. Every penny will be recouped by the government if any violations occurred.
    Mr. Michael Chong (Wellington�Halton Hills, CPC): Mr. Speaker, the minister could save himself a lot of headache and a lot of heartache by simply coming clean on who the 11 are and how much money was kicked back. We will continue to ask the question until it is answered. There are 11 more David Dingwalls out there. The public deserves to know who they are, what these breaches were, and how much money was kicked back.
    When will the government come clean on these illegal activities? Who received these kickbacks? How much did they get?
    Hon. Jerry Pickard (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, it is really unfortunate that the party opposite is trying to criticize the government. The fact is that this government put audits in place. It worked with the Auditor General. It worked with public sector audits to ensure any public misuse of money was recovered and identified. We will ensure there is zero tolerance with it. It is very important for all Canadians to understand the strong responsibility this government shows for public funds…..
    >>>>> Hansard
    newsbeat1.com

  9. ” zero tolerance in any breakage of any rules that are there”
    Librano$$$$$$ tieing themselves in knots finding yet more ways to not say “Yes we are stealing taxpayer money”

  10. Mafia.—–
    they used to buy tables at the Sheila Copps fundraisers. This was standard practice until the Liberals figured how to tap into Revenue Canada directly.

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