Newsbeat1: Gomery, Whistleblowers, Insecurity & More

Gomery Report, Phase 1 Nov. 1, 05


Newsbeat1 has so many good links and excerpts that I can only tell readers to link and read . . . carefully. Hard-hitting information that is must read material. Note what is in red.

Excerpts meant to entice you to read the whole thing:

Greg Weston

Stephen Harper probably echoed the frustration of many Canadians yesterday when he said: "This is the biggest theft in Canadian history -- millions of Canadians' tax dollars were stolen years ago -- and no one has gone to jail.

"I mean, one Liberal giving courses on ethics is the punishment for this? I don't know how you can take that seriously."

And scroll down for the words of Ed Broadbent, Stephen Harper, Peter McKay.


Hansard excerpts-Question Period -- Nov. 1, 05

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Hon. Stephen Harper (Leader of the Opposition, CPC): Mr. Speaker, today Justice Gomery confirmed that the Liberal Party of Canada master-minded the worst scandal in this country's history for its own benefit. It was not so long ago that the Prime Minister said here, and I quote, “I am very proud of what the last government did and I am very proud that I was part of it”.

In light of the findings of the Gomery inquiry, is the Prime Minister still just as proud?

Commentary:

The Prime Minister may have a problem with recognizing ethically wrong. Remember his special deal on the Barbados, a tax haven -- which just happened to benefit his CSL"?

Scroll down for Proposed Amendment: Income Tax -- Note, CSL/strong> October 10, 2005

It may be legal, but is it ethical? Let Canadians who do not have access to this perquisite decide. Let all those whose taxes have gone to support the chicanery decide -- on the corruption evident in the Liberal Party and the Liberal governments' gerrymandering -- all designed to benefit the party, members of government and their friends and business acquaintances.

If you want more examples, read the rest of the FHTR posts for this month. There is plenty to question. NJC/FHTR



Back to what is on Newsbeat1:

Mr. Peter MacKay (Central Nova, CPC): Mr. Speaker, what is missing from Justice Gomery's report is true political accountability for the theft and corruption that was identified and verified.

The Prime Minister said he gave the broadest possible mandate to Justice Gomery. As usual, that is not true. Absent was an examination of chapter 5 of the Auditor General's report which dealt with polling contracts between his office and of course the Earnscliffe firm. There was no accountability or no ability to look at civil or criminal liability. Yet David Dingwall may get severance. Francis Fox gets appointed. We know that Art Eggleton gets appointed.

How can Canadians trust the government to clean up its own mess in the Liberal Party when the Prime Minister continues the culture of corruption and entitlement every day?

Note too, the words of Bruce Thornton

Scroll down for:

* Your money ............ Their friends/ after all the bluster and sturm and drang, the only thing they really regret is getting caught

* Border Insecurity-click on the Oct 31 CEUDA brief and read it all-
Note: "1.22 There is a huge border security crisis in Canada. "

Whistleblower items: Remember the legislation proposed by the present government is inadequate and therefore, flawed. It is intended to protect government, not whistleblowers.

* How Canadian whistleblowers have been treated-effective whistleblower protection still hasn't been passed although it's still collecting dust on the shelf.

* THE BS continues to flow-Cutler claims the proposed legislation wouldn't have helped him

* Whistleblowers trying to protect Canadians were hung out to dry. After 12 years there still isn't any effective legislation passed to protect them

* The whistleblowers who tried to protect Canadians ...............all the huffing and puffing about new auditors mean nothing when the problem is at at the top.

Link on Newsbeat1 to Captain Ed, who has advice for Stephen Harper

Gomery Report, Or Liberals Run Wild! November 02, 2005, Captain's Quarters --

[. . . . ] What do the Tories need to do? They need to learn a lesson from their springtime debacle and strike as soon as possible. Delay only encourages the Liberals to write the entire issue off as a dead letter applicable to an expired government. While the electorate still recalls the shock and anger over the betrayal of their government for petty cash, Harper needs to give Martin one hard push to knock him out of the PMO. Waiting until next spring, when voting seems a bit more convenient, delivers the message that Canadians can live with a corrupt government running their nation for a few months. If so, then why not for a couple of years? [. . . . ]

And where will Jack Layton be? Is his own need for media attention stronger than his duty to do what is right for Canada?

There is much more on that site. I also recommend Jack's Newswatch. See the following item.

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