May 31, 2005

Why didn't he just say no?

May 31 - Editorial in yesterday's Toronto Sun on MP Gurmant Grewel's allegations that the Liberals tried to induce him to abstain on the budget vote - Liberals protest too much - brings up the impropriety of their leaking to the media that Immigration Minister Joe Volpe had asked the RCMP to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by Grewal:

Grewal has denied this allegation and what's more, it was sleazy of the Liberals to smear him this way. This wasn't a case of revealing that Grewal had been charged with anything, merely that the government had requested the Mounties look into it.

Indeed, this incident has become yet another subject of controversy in this affair, with Grewal denying Liberal claims that he wanted the investigation dropped in return for abstaining on the non-confidence vote.

The tapes reveal Grewal and Murphy discussing Volpe's actions, although the Liberals insist this was only about the possibility of having Volpe say something positive about Grewal, to lessen the sting of the immigration controversy for him.

and asks the two most important questions
Even if that's true, if the Grits really believed Grewal had committed immigration improprieties, why did they talk to him at all in the first place? Why didn't they just say "no"?

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1 I believe that the tapes show that they did say no, or at least they didn't think they could offer him anything concrete. Why would they want him? They have enough scandals to deal with, without saddling themselves with his alleged conflict of interest and breach of trust investigations. So, after having been turned down, he goes on a rant, hoping to gain some favour with his boss, who might try to broker a deal for him, but instead ends up shooting himself in the foot. His actions (in covertly taping his conversations), have completely demolished his credibility, which will come back to haunt him in his own enquiry. I wonder if Harper will have mandatory wiretap sweeps before all caucus meetings from now on??? Ironic, isn't it.

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