Disastrous policy? Who cares. Possible past-its-due-date scandal? Let's beat it to death!
Am I the only Canadian who really doesn't care much what Brian Mulroney might or might not have done with Karl-Heinz Schreiber? Am I the only person who thinks that most Canadians might not think this has much to do with the current Conservative-Alliance-Reform administration? Am I naive to think that the truth of the so-called "Cadman affair" will never be known, especially since he is no longer alive to tell his side of the story?
And even if the answer to those three questions is "yes", am I also wrong to think that perhaps the collective activity of the three opposition parties and the media would be better spent on engaging in a much more detailed critique of the policies that are being enacted by the current government as North America flirts with the onset of a recession, rather than hoping that one of the piddling events I referred to above might blow up into an election-worthy scandal?
(Clearly my frustration with the current state of Parliament has reached a tipping point this evening.)
Labels: Brian Mulroney, chuck cadman, Stephen Harper
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posted by Matt @ 9:06 pm
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Old and in the past or not....I want to know when/how Canadians are being/have been ripped off. When the public is aware there is less chance another politician will think they can get away with it again. If nothing was ever done then they/others would just keep doing it. Who's to say that people who might have been involved are not still in places of trust inside government? Call me an idealist..but I want to know and I don't care how long ago it was.
“Am I also wrong to think that perhaps the collective activity of the three opposition parties and the media would be better spent on engaging in a much more detailed critique of the policies.”
No, but you are naïve to believe to that there is any hope of that given the current state of affairs that things could be otherwise. The Liberal Party is a mess; the party lacks direction, funds, a charismatic leader and above all else policy. The Bloc raison d’et is, thankfully, in question. And the NDP refuses press Harper on what he meant by “financial considerations” for fear that a Conservative scandal could help the Liberals. It is no wonder that Conservatives maintain their lead in the polls. Canada’s opposition parties are a disgrace. Trudeau and Douglas must be turning over in their graves.
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