Isn’t This Where We’re Supposed to Scream "FIX"?

It’s my fault. I haven’t read the script. But somehow I remember from so many Conservative rants when they were in opposition (most of my considerable lifetime) that this is the moment when I’m supposed to decry “the system” as corrupt.

Plain as day, you see. Here’s the background from The Star:

“The federal ethics commissioner has cleared Dimitri Soudas – Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s senior adviser on Quebec – of allegations he interfered on behalf of a real-estate developer in a dispute with the federal government.

Mary Dawson says Soudas’s actions may have appeared to be overzealous but there is no evidence he put inappropriate pressure on Public Works.”

Well, I think that pretty much speaks for itself. Why the fix was in. Federal ethics commissioner Mary Dawson must be a Harper stooge. The whole thing stinks. I want an election to put an end to this legacy of corruption!

 

Peeking Into Mulroney’s Bags of Cash

The Brian Mulroney soap opera resumes today when former aide Norman Spector testifies before the Commons ethics committee. Spector supposedly has information pertaining to piles of cash that were delivered to 24 Sussex Drive while Mulroney was prime minister.

So many questions. Why cash? Did Mulroney hit the stores for bouts of shopping? I guess Mila did. Whose cash was it? Who delivered it and why? How did Mulroney treat the money for tax purposes? How was it recorded and where are those records today? What, if anything, did Mulroney do to get this money? Did Mulroney keep a safe in the basement to handle this cashflow? Where did all this cash go?

After Spector, former justice minister Allan Rock is expected to testify, presumably in regard to Mulroney’s defamation lawsuit against the government of Canada. Again, so many questions.