Harper & Ablonczy Vindicated -- Scott Brison has to admit it was not an audit

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Harper & Ablonczy Vindicated -- Scott Brison has to admit it was not an audit

This came from an acquaintance. Thanks, R.

Office of the Leader of the Opposition

April 11, 2005

The Ultimate Red Herring

“Audit” Defence Misses the Point of Adscam

OTTAWA – The Liberals pulled out their latest red herring yesterday, with Public Works Minister Scott Brison announcing that audits of his party’s books didn’t reveal any shady Sponsorship money.

We remind Mr. Brison and all the Liberal spin doctors of some important facts:

* An essential component of money laundering is the “laundering” part. By definition, money laundering means erasing paper trails so that crooked money doesn’t appear in the official books or, well, audits.

* Crooks don't write cheques. Gomery Inquiry testimony has revealed off-book cash transactions specifically designed to be untraceable. Bags of cash left in restaurants don't have file numbers attached to them… [. . . . ]

Comment: The next item was posted on this site previously, but it fits in here.

Aside from that, it was not a real audit that was done.
MK Braaten

[. . . . ] Deloitte was in charge of the Quebec wing and PWC conducted the engagement on the federal Liberal party's finances. In fact, these engagements are not audits but simply an analysis of parts of the Liberals finances that they asked the firm to analyze. [. . . . ]

Scott Brison has to admit it was not an audit.

Liberals carried out review, not audit -- 'Misleading Canadians' Anne Dawson, CanWest, Apr. 13, 05

OTTAWA - [. . . . ] Public Works Minister Scott Brison conceded yesterday a "forensic accounting review," not an audit, was carried out . . . .

[. . . . ] Alberta Conservative MP Diane Ablonczy hammered Prime Minister Paul Martin repeatedly during Question Period, accusing him of attempting to "mislead Canadians."

"Both audit firms complained about lack of proper documentation. Deloitte emphasized that only four bank accounts were reviewed. Nothing that went to Liberal ridings or candidates was reviewed, yet the Prime Minister, a former finance minister, had the nerve to pretend that this was a real audit," Ms. Ablonczy said. [. . . . ]

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