It's a good thing Stephen Harper has decided to crack down on criminals because apparently there is one in his own cabinet. It seems that in 2000 Mr. Day had just become leader of the Alliance party but was without a seat. It was decided that Mr. Day should be given a safe seat in the southern BC bible belt. MP Jim Hart was willing to take one for the team and give up his seat in Okanagon-Coquihalla. He was hailed as a hero for sacrificing his seat. But was it a sacrifice? It turns out Mr. Hart may have been paid to step aside. The Tories tried to say this was old news and that the RCMP had concluded in 2001 that no wrongdoing had taken place. The RCMP however almost certainly did not have in its possession then, documents which have surfaced recently showing correspondence between Mr. Day's office and Jim Hart which discuss his compensation for giving up his seat. See today's Toronto Star for details. Scott's Diatribes also has an excellent article on the subject. When Harper was first elected I crossed my fingers and said "please put Stockwell Day in the cabinet". Everything that tool does eventually ends up hurting Conservatives. This scandal is gonna be huge. It should be the only thing any Liberal talks about in Question Period and on the news until it brings down these backward trolls who currently run our gov't. My only concern is that the RCMP will try to bury it or exonerate Mr. Day, (I think we know what side those guys are on). Liberal MP Mark Holland is all over this scandal and I don't thing he's gonna let it go. Stephane Dion should stop talking about supporting Harper's super-fascist crime bills and start talking about this scandal. My favorite part of this whole story is how it was the Conservatives' own documents left behind in the opposition offices that are gonna be their undoing. Right wingers just have to write everything down. Maybe it's all the self help books they read? I don't know but I'm sure glad of it. Harper is going down over this or at the very least Day will be the scapegoat and get turfed. Either way, go get 'em Mr Holland.
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This is not a good storyline for the Harper Conservatives.
All rhethoric aside for a moment, Stockwell Day needs to step away from his post as Minister overseeing the RCMP while the RCMP is deliberating whether to pursue an investigation into his potentially criminal misuse of public money. That is the only honourable option available. It is important that the government manage the perception that Stockwell Day is not influencing an investigation into criminal activity when previously he was the leader of the Conservative party. Stephen Harper can take the weekend to think about it, but come Monday Stockwell Day needs to honourably step aside.
ya you are so right!! Stephen Harper should get tough on crime and put Stock Well day in jail. StockWell Day says its a drive-by smear. If we talk about all the drive by smear done by the conservatives.. like c'mon the PM suggested that Stephane Dion is more sympathetic to talibans rather than our troops.It shows that The conservative party doesnt support geneva convention. I cant wait for a Liberal gov't to come back in power
Who cares? They're going to fix the next election just like Bush did in the states and Chow did in Trinity-Spadina last election (bussed in 5000 "new" voters on election night to win by a hair). Nothing is true anymore, and Canadians don't seem to care enough to stop it from happening.
I've got an update back at BCLSB. Basically, Jim Hart "refused to confirm or deny" recieving a payout in an email he sent to a Penticton radio station.
Thanks for writing this.
Thanks for writing this.
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