is getting over $400,000 plus pension benefits, as the arbitrator has determined his resignation was involuntary.
Via Peter Warren who notes that the same government officials who “don’t work weekends” managed to issue a press release at 1 pm on a Saturday afternoon.
Such is the cost of silence. Dingwall was the Public Works minister who directed Chuck Guite be put in charge of advertising spending, and that rules separating the awarding of contracts and subsequent payment be set aside – creating an environment in which the fraudulent invoices submitted by Adscam players could escape normal checks and balances.
$400k + pension.
So who is this “Honorable” George Adams ?? What kind of LPC fartcatcher is he ??
This is disgusting. The Liberal Party in Action.
The RCMP should be unleashed on teh Mint & Dingwall & investigate his “deal” with Tom Hortons
David Dingwall may have our money, but he can be used for ever and a day to remind Canadians of what kind of pondscum he and the rest of the Liberal Party of Canada really are.
Actually calling him pondscum is insulting to something that serves a useful purpose.
Maybe Rev Canada should randomly pick his file for intensive review, like every year for the next 30 years.
Martin and Himmelfarb shouldn’t be allowed this last gasp of cynicism just prior to the swearing-in.
If it proves to be inefficient to reverse this decision, then the Arbitrator’s notes and justifications should be published, at least. The public claim was that he resigned voluntarily. Who lied? All of them?
The new government can’t legitimately claim a new pursuit of accountability by allowing this to be swept away.
wow… shocking… completely unpredictable… a bunch of liberal lawyers and cops politicizing the law for the highest bidder for their backroom masters. In Canada you say? yes, asolutely… what are you going to do about it? The RCMP reports to the PMO… figure it out! You can’t even rely on an investigation.
Does he have to split the “hush money” with a 15 year old boy?
Wouldn’t seem so bad a deal then….
Un-f’ing-believable…
Hmmmm…so apparently Dingwall IS “entitled to his entitlements”…….
What a bloody disgrace..
Here is my take on how David Letterman would handle the Dingwall affair:
TOP TEN THINGS NEVER, EVER HEARD
AT A DINNER OR LUNCH WITH DAVID DINGWALL
Number Ten: �We must always be diligent�.stewardship of taxpayer dollars is a sacred trust.�
Number Nine: (to server) �What are your house specials?�
Number Eight: “I have an idea�.let�s go dutch on the bill.�
Number Seven: Ever since they appointed me as Master of the Mint I�ve been Master of My Own Domain�if you know what I mean�.
Number Six: (to server) �Forget the wine list, we�ll have a carafe of your reasonably-priced house wine.
Number Five: �I�m a little reluctant to charge this meal as a busines expense.�
Number Four: (to server) �What time do the buses stop operating in this part of town?�
Number Three: (to server) �Don�t you have anything less expensive?�
Number Two: (from server) �Do you want fries with your McHappy Meal?�
And�.
Number One: �It�s a no-brainer…….obviously a person who voluntarily resigns is never entitled to a severance package.�
The worst of it is that smug ***king grin that this piece of crap always seems to have on his face. I guess a thief who gets away with robbing Canadian taxpayers of a million dollars is going to be smug.
This is the last straw–how can this happen in a ‘democracy’??? A man who has fed at the public trough right down to his chewing gum now gets not just a golden handshake but a golden pension too. This by the same government that has made corruption their byword should be no surprise, but this is just too much to accept. We have to wait 10 years for healthcare funding, military funding, and anything else that benefits honest taxpaying Canadians but this is done on a week-end by a government that is outgoing. And through binding arbitration yet. Nothing can be done to rescind this abomination. Done by a government that has dithered over everything that doesn’t pertain to their own fat cat well-being. Disgusting–and cannot be accepted by honest Canadians. A tax revolt anyone?
I am so confused….what was the government saying originally, was it that he resigned or was it that he was fired….i cant remeber, and i cant remeber why…all i can tell is that there was a horrendous amount of expenses….
Its all lost in the mess now
Follow The File
Does anyone seriously harbour any doubts that Dingwall has an incriminating file on Martin and threatened to use it? Is there any other explanation for why Martin would smear his own reputation with this “last act” of his term as Prime Minister?
Wonder what would have happened Jan 23 if all the rumors of this payout had been made public. However, it will affect the next election. Maybe he will use the money to fund a leadership run. I bet hundreds of liberals would vote for him. Good riddance. Harper will be looking for a way to stop this. What other massive payouts has martin done in the past few days. After getting a good look at the books, I hope the Govt does its best to make all those loans to companies repayable with interest within 90 days. I see another manufacturer is closing in Ont with many job losses. When will unions learn they have to quit putting their employers out of business. Wonder if their last raise and increase in benefits are worth losing their jobs. At least these jobs are going to the US instead of China or India.
The Taxpayer has just been “dinged” and “hit the wall”.
Overspending at the Mint?
Oh that is too precious.
The precious, my precious, my precious! (Shades of Lord of the Rings)
David Dingwall the new “Gollum” of Liberal Canadian politics.
What!?! You can’t claim a package of chewing gum as an expense, ( for tax purposes)?Get with the ‘program’…..Stupid!
Libs sneaking this one under the radar before the change in Government next week.
when do we get to see the RCMP file criminals changes on all those ADSCAM libs??
Lorne Gunter’s Blog
SUBJECT: The definitive word on Dingwall’s severance entitlement
Oct 6, 2005
…If Dingwall had been demoted or transferred in hopes he would get disgusted and resign, or if he was told to resign or be fired and he and the government chose, euphamistically, to call it a resignation to enable him to save face, then, Levitt says, Dingwall might be entitled to compensation. But since none of these seem to pertain in Dingwall’s case, Levitt explained that none of the ordinary triggers for severance apply.
Did his signed employment contract contain a provision for severance? No. So Levitt reiterated that there is no case law nor any statutory law that obliges Ottawa to pay the former Mint CEO even one of the nickels his organization produces.
Is there any circumstance in Dingwall’s case that might compel the feds to pay him severance, Madely asked? Yes, said Levitt. If the government agreed to pay him severance to get him to leave, then he would have a case….
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/comment/blog/gunter.html?pn=20&start=10/1/2005&end=10/31/2005
When Is a Resignation a Resignation?
…The implications of a resignation are significant. The employee will not, in such circumstances, be entitled to any severance package.
The law regards a true resignation as a voluntary act on the part of an employee. If the decision to resign is essentially involuntary, or procured under duress or pressure from the employer it will not, as a legal matter, be regarded as a true resignation…
http://www.workopolis.com/servlet/Content/legspeak/20010524/ls20010524
I cant wait for the House to come back into session.How the heck can a severance package that large be authorized its more then his annual pay. Hell I work for the federal govt and we get one week pay per year served and that is if we retire not resign. Totally disgusting
Makes you wonder how many of the apparent 3000 patronage placements apparently still available will be filled this weekend doesn’t it?
Hope all those who voted Liberal in Toronto are hanging their heads in shame.
But, chances are they are not, their heads are afixed to the sides of their intestines.
😉
TIZ
These characters are like the paddles on a waterwheel- they keep going around and around for yet another dip in the trough.
Ken,
Pretty standard to get more than 1 week per year if you are fired….but to get almost 2 years is amazing given he had been there for what 2 years? They must have basically bought out his contract. That would only happen if the mediator thought the government had no case OR the government agreed to the offer Mr D made.
Essentially the government paid him to go away and deemed their case to be without merit. Why the case had no merit we may never know, false firing or backroom deal?
should i withheld my taxes and hire my privite rcmp? like in kelowna crimestopers?
Mary T. Afraid not, because the MSM is going to let this one die a quiet death, and will not be brought up again. Just adds to the list of why not to vote Liberal, yet they will still win seats. PMSH has a very short time to extinguish that scarry reputation.
There are 6 vacant seats in the Senate.
Whom will Martin appoint to those seats?
Dingwall,McLellan, PP, ???? Hargrove? Chief —–? Svend ???
There. 6. Done.
If I were Harper I would make sure he was paid in pennies.
George Adams looks like a pretty reputable guy:
George Adams
The Honourable George W. Adams, Q.C., B.A. (McMaster) 1967, LL.B. (Osgoode) 1971, LL.M. (Harvard) 1971, is a mediator. He is a former superior court judge, law professor, counsel and agency head. He is the author of Canadian Labour Law (Looseleaf, Canada Law Book) and Mediating Justice: Legal Dispute Negotiations (Toronto, ON: CCH Canadian, 2003)
He can only look at the facts and precedents. His decision will now be a precedent if any of us is in a similar situation. Look on the bright side!
pretty disgusting.i just “retired” after 20 years and got my entitlement to my entitlements and rcvd $15,609 severance package….after 20 yrs….i get a pension of 704$ pr mth, after 20 years…..why so little…I retired prior to my 35th year and am punished at 5% pr yr or 45% of my normal pension but I did not care, I could not stand all the BS that was going on so I took my lumps and left…..I feel great…why do these “crooks” get this kind of money is beyond me……all those Liberals are crooks
WISH WE COULD ALL WORK 6 YRS AND GET A BIG PENSION LIKE THOSE LIBERANOS
MSN.ca has a great shot of this guy, sneer and all.
You know, as Canadians become more comfortable with Stephen Harper & Co., they’ll wonder why they ever voted this money-grubbing Liberal party into power four straight times. Here’s to the Liberals heading into oblivion.
= Gotthardbahn =
I think it is time to have a tax revolt. Purely on religious grounds of course. My religon forbids the payment of taxes – the money is tithed to the Church of Everlasting Pleasure. Of course I am the Chief Accountant. Do it, they cant touch you -it’s in the fucking charter. You can look it up.
Errr, does the Charter only protect muslims, gays, and lesbians?
gawd i hate Liberals . . . every thieving, lying, cheating, scumbag one of the.
They have no honour, no morals, just entitlements.
so this arbitrator rules that Dingwall was fired
can we do something about this?
Right Hon. Paul Martin (Prime Minister, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, Mr. Dingwall has dedicated most of his life to public service. He has been a member of Parliament. He has been a cabinet minister in the Government of Canada and he has been the head of the Mint. May I just simply say that under his tutelage at the Mint, the Mint has now been returned to profit.
The fact is that I have accepted his resignation, but let me just say that he gave the reasons for his resignation. Among them was that he does not want any distraction at the Mint while he replies to that kind of an allegation.
Or maybe something can be done about this
Mr. Brian Pallister (Portage�Lisgar, CPC): Thank you, Mr. Chairman, colleagues.
I’ll leave the myth of your self-proclaimed management capabilities for another day, sir. My questions concern simply facts that I’d like you to give me yes or no answers to today, if you would do me that honour.
On September 27, we released information regarding your expenses while you were president and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint. On September 28, the Prime Minister announced in the House of Commons that he had spoken to you and you were resigning. Is that correct?
Hon. David Dingwall: Yes.
It’s one thing to sit here and exchange outrage among ourselves.
Second step would be to make a few placards and march up and down in a high visability place on Elgin or near the hill.
I’m on Vancouver Island, therefore I volunteer Mark or others who live in Ottawa. I would just love to see fifteen or twenty marchers moving up and down the block at a busy intersection on CTV.
Placards reading *Dingwall DINGS US!* or *$400.ooo just for Quitting!* or *Can we afford $400.000 Bonus?*.
We Canadians are such saps when the bullies take our candy. Liberal motto: *Like taking candy from a baby*. TG
These guys are smart and we are stupid.
Keep paying your taxes and just shut up.
or …
There is a Canada the Liberals have lost forever. Amen.
The Star headline writer is in shock/denial.
My Canada includes Quebec.
God Bless Stephen Harper.
God Bless Canada. >
Tory wins in Quebec hard to fathom
Party goes from no seats to 10
Takes four in Quebec City alone
Feb. 4, 2006. 10:53 AM
GRAHAM FRASER
NATIONAL AFFAIRS WRITER
The Quebec vote that stunned the pundits (and a lot of others)………
“You could have knocked me over with a feather,” Sears says. “They were expressing not just respect for Stephen Harper, but affection. There was a grandmother who said, `My dreams died with Ren� L�vesque. Voting for Mr. Harper is the first time I have felt good about politics since then………..'”
Astonishingly, almost as many Quebecers voted Conservative � 906,741, to be precise � as did Albertans: 930,817…………….
“I’ll tell you what the enigma is: It’s that there are still people who voted Liberal in Montreal! It’s that (Liberal cabinet minister) Jean Lapierre is still there! That’s the mystery,” he says………….” >>> via newsbeat1.com
http://www.rapp.org/url/?KRJ0OL3torstar
When I first read your November 2005 column predicting that Stephen Harper would beat the Liberals, I muttered “from your pen to God’s ear”.
God has blessed Canada.
http://andrewcoyne.com/20 …
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http://andrewcoyne.com/2006/02/column-inches-column-yards.php#4eb5b3c70931e230010937cc230100a9
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 | 0 comments
Our next PM: Stephen Harper
I wonder if anyone fully realizes what happened last weekend. The political ground has just shifted beneath our feet, even if the tremors are not felt until after election day. Which is to say: Sunday�s agreement among the three opposition leaders has not just put an end to this government. It has also chosen the next. Jack Layton has just made Stephen Harper the next Prime Minister. >>>
http://andrewcoyne.com/2005/11/our-next-pm-stephen-harper.php
This is the last straw. Paul Martin and Mr Dingwall have lied to Canadians. From the comments above did Mr. Dingwall lie to a parlimentary committee?
I call on Mr Harper, Mr Layton, Mr Duceppe to ask for a complete forensic investigation of the activities of the Liberal Government. There is something rotten here!
Hi Kate — Some of your commenters wonder if us MSM types will let this die. I hope not. Tonight (and here comes the self-promotion, if you’ll forgive me) on our newscast, we answer the question: When was the government advised of the arbitrator’s decision? Hint … it wasn’t today …
Cheers —
David – Hallelulah!!!! We knew we could count on you – keep it out there for all those Canadians who don’t read these great blogs.
It is just wrong how the Liberal government and cronies keep getting away with things with absolutely no consequences – and with our money.
David–good report–thank-you. so refreshing to see some in the MSM speaking up for Canadians. What a slimy bunch the Liberals are–knowing this on Jan. 20 and cutting the cheque–our money used and abused and we are not told about it–none of our business–pay taxes and shut up.
Was Mr. Dingwall under oath when he was being questioned by the Public Accounts Committee when he said he Resigned? If so, is that not perjury? Are there no consequences here for public provable dishonesty and manipulation?
Particularly handy that this announcement was made AFTER the election. Could the Dingwall ‘pension’ pushed the Conservatives to a majority?
So let’s see.
If Dingwall did not resign, as the arbitrator ruled, and if CTV is saying that the information was known on January 20, then that means ….
Martin and McCallum misled Parliament for weeks.
Dingwall misled a committee
Someone in the government misled the Liberal caucus
Someone misled the Liberal cabinet
And the arbitrator’s ruling appears to be kept quiet until after the election
There’s a lot there.
If there is any justice DD, has to live with the somewhat unfortunate handle of “Dingwall” Every Canadian will remember thus guy. It is not an easy name to forget. Nobody will go near him – He will be a toxic waste dump politically and in business.
It will be a lot harder for DD to make his next 400 K
David…why grow a set now? Y’all rolled over for years on Bill Graham’s affair with the 15 year old boy-toy and now he’s their interim leader…give me a break.
There ya go.. those “honorable” lawyers playing high priest again.
The Bar; officers of the court: pigs them all!!
Sad , truely sad.
When our paper currency in circulation becomes ‘worn out’ or damaged, it is returned to the mint where it is shredded and recycled, and new currency is then printed to replace it. Out of idle curiosity: How many millions, (or tens of millions), has been returned to the mint, in-say- the past ten years? (And did Alphonso Gagliano or one of his appointees to the mint, deal with this little issue?)
Paul Martin lies in the House, his dad would be so proud…..
http://plattytalk.blogspot.com
I wonder if all the rage vented on this subject and others concerning the libs will actually be transformed into something worthwhile? It feels good to rage but can and will this rage accomplish something useful, now that the election is over and with a minority Government? Blogs such as this one have undoubtedly helped but what is the next step in the elevation of useful pressure?
Western Canadian: Good question! (And didn’t the Supreme Court just tell Stephen Harper to stay off their turf-something to the effect that the supreme court must remain separate from politics, (while continuing to defend those who appointed it?)David Dingdong was just paid 418 thousand clams,(plus pension & benefits), to keep his mouth shut……….so I guess we don’t get to hear why he appointed Guite to run the adscam. Duh!