1 The Mint's board... exactly. During Mansbridge , Chantal and Gunter exchange, Gunter brings up the real question, who are the dipsticks that approve this ivory tower arrogant largess with taxpayer's money? Dingwall's, Trudeau-like arrogance with, * entitlrments, my entitlements!* No mention of the overblown amounts involved. The dollar amount arrived at by his board member buddies. These prima-donnas write in gigantic pay-out amounts for each other, and we, the potato farmers, say, * uh... it's written, guess it must be right eh?* What total hogwash. 73s TG

2 I am afraid Dingwall's powerful ability to concentrate and think on his feet under gunfire is going to cost the taxpayers more money. He reminds me so much of Trudeau and the steel trap mind honed by a jesuite education. I see this going the way of the Mulrooney trial. Emotional and correct accusations but without ironclad framing, leading to awards paid out to Dingwall, in this case. I watched the questioning on CPAC and saw Dingwall leathally tear apart his accusers arguments. Too bad, but there are many worthy opponents in the Librano army. That explains their increasing iron grip on the controls of the good ship Canada. Just glancing over the first 10 to 20 entries will amaze you when you enter Whistle Blower in the search window at http://www.technorati.com You will get a return of 3,922 entries, but you only need to look at the first 10 - 20 to get an idea of the scope of Whistle Blower Protection. I thought I knew a lot about it, but this surprised me. This stuff is like reading a wide ranging expose. Fascination! Technorati is a fun site anyway, where you can lay claim to your blogsite and get lots of feedback. Later, look at URLTrends.com, also, ‘way above average. 73s