MrIMStoned

Im aware that some people here have a vague sense of the sponsership scandle but when I start talking to people about this they get liberal bashy(i don't blame them). The thing is though that the main players involved are now out of the scene. People tell me Martin is a thief and such but according to the judge he wasn't linked at all to the program, it was all Chretien and Pelletier and Gagliano and Guite. Maybe this will explain...

"Since Mr. Chrétien chose to run the Program from his own office, and to have his own exempt staff take charge of its direction, he is accountable for the defective manner in which the Sponsorship Program and initiatives were implemented. Mr. Pelletier failed to take the most elementary precautions against mismanagement – and Mr. Chrétien was responsible for him. They
should have done in 1996 what Mr. Goodale did in 2002."

Which is to freeze the program until proper guidelines and rules could be implemented. Mr Goodale became finance minister under Paul Martin's government and I honestly like the budget but that's another story

"Mr. Gagliano, like Mr. Pelletier, failed to give sufficient attention to the adoption of guidelines and criteria, and failed to provide oversight to what Mr. Guité and his successor, Pierre Tremblay, were doing, all the while systematically bypassing the Deputy Minister, from whom oversight would normally be forthcoming."

And he lied about it...

"Contrary to his testimony to the effect that his participation was
limited to providing political input and making recommendations
about events and projects to be sponsored, Mr. Gagliano became
directly involved in decisions to provide funding to events and projects
for partisan purposes, having little to do with considerations of national
unity."

Then ol Guitee-boy is called on it and as a result given more power to wield.

"the report of the Ernst & Young audit included an unambiguous
reference to significant non-compliance with Treasury Board policies.
The follow-up was slow and resulted in no changes whatsoever except
to confer additional responsibilities to Mr. Guité as Director of the
newly formed CCSB."

And the part that exonerates Paul Martin

"Mr. Martin,whose role as Finance Minister did not involve him in the supervision of spending by the PMO or PWGSC, is entitled, like other Ministers
in the Quebec caucus, to be exonerated from any blame for carelessness
or misconduct."

Anywho I'm stoned and bored right now so I thought I'd do something constructive with my time.
Gomery
Vote NDP!

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