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Weekly Archive: May 31, 2005



May 31, 2005

Paul Martin: "I didn't listen to the recording"
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Never ever speak in absolutes. This absolute from Paul Martin - "Let me repeat once again: No offer was made." -- is likely to haunt him.


Time throw a snit fit
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From Politcs Watch, MP and blogger Monte Solberg lists his favourite blogs: Blogging Tories Small Dead Animals The Shotgun Colbert's Comments Political Staples The Meatriarchy Andrew Coyne Inkless WellsAhem! AHEM! I guess I'm just so much chopped liver. Right then,...


First Adscam domino falls?
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Is this the first domino of many to fall in the Adscam inquiry? If so, who will be the last domino? The Prime Minister?


How are these two things not alike?
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First, from the Gomery Inquiry Terms of Reference:(k) the Commissioner be directed to perform his duties without expressing any conclusion or recommendation regarding the civil or criminal liability of any person or organization and to ensure that the conduct of...


The surreal world of Jacques Corriveau
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From the National Post:[Jacques Corriveau, a longtime party organizer and friend of Jean Chrétien,] denied at the sponsorship inquiry Monday that paying the salaries of three Liberal party staffers was a scheme to divert sponsorship profits to the federal party.His...


Jean Chrétien should have listened to his psychic
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From the Globe and Mail:Former prime minister Jean Chrétien was warned in the late 1990s to stay away from one of his old friends, who made millions of dollars in sponsorship funds allegedly with the use of fake or inflated...


Paul Martin through clenched teeth: "This is great news!"
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From the Globe and Mail:Former prime minister Jean Chrétien unexpectedly dropped his attempt to oust Mr. Justice John Gomery as the head of the sponsorship inquiry yesterday, just a week before his lawyers were to argue their case in Federal...


Canadian Blog Rankings updated
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The rankings of Canadian blogs and of the Blogging Tories have been updated for today (Tuesday, May 31, 2005). If you are a Canadian-based blog, and you want to appear on the list, first register with the Truth Laid Bear...


Interesting in making some money from blogging?
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A group of über-bloggers, lead by Roger Simon, are working on a affiliates program tailor-made for bloggers. It is called Pajamas Media, and they are still looking for members. Currently there are 400 blogs signed up, including myself, so clearly...


Taped bribes and NDP shaky support
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CTV is saying that the the Martin Liberals were offering a deal to a Conservative MP willing to vote for the budget, and that Prime Minister Paul Martin knew about it:CTV News' Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife reports that the...


Too democratic in casting suspicions?
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Stephen Taylor has an excellent post about a good idea from Democracy Watch executed poorly. The issue DW was checking on was the rules for disclosing political campaign donations, and the limits on their size. Go read the entire piece...


Gomery, Krever and the Somalia Inquiries -- Finger-pointing allowed?
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The question of the limitations of the Gomery Inquiry made me check into previous inquiries: From the Krever Inquiry investigating Canada's tainted blood supply:(h) is directed to submit an interim report in both official languages to the Governor in Council...