What gives? Gomery is annoyed that the Martin government had a secret exchange of letters with Chretien's lawyers acknowledging that even as the former prime minister dropped his court case alleging Gomery's bias against him, he could make the same accusations later after the release of the judge's findings.
Gomery didn't know about the letter. He read about it in the papers. And he's furious. The Martin government professes to support him, but it looks as if it was undermining him.
The May 30 letter was signed by federal government lawyer Brian Saunders, but as far as the Gomery Commission is concerned, it was approved by the Clerk of the Privy Council, Alex Himelfarb. Mere government lawyers, acting on their own, don't make deals on behalf of one prime minister with another.
By coincidence, or not, May 30 was the same day Chretien's lawyers withdrew his case, removing a very inconvenient obstacle from the Martin government's path to political recovery.
Gomery was having none of it. The next day the judge said he would take the Martin government to the Federal Court to clear the air about his alleged bias, before he sits down to write his findings and recommendations. His lawyer, Lorne Morphy, complained in a letter to the government that the exchange of letters with Chretien puts "Justice Gomery and the commission in an extremely delicate position" and that to have the allegations of bias hanging out there "is, simply put, unacceptable."
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I predict that we're going to see more and more of this between now and next spring. The Liberals may very well rue the decision to not have an election in May/June, when they could have been seen as 'doing the right thing' after they lost the non-confidence votes in the House. Martin could also have claimed to be defending the principles of the House and showing due respect. Now he can do neither and these things will only continue to get worse for him.
Don't believe the polls. Canadians are sick and tired of Martin.
I also predict that these slap lawsuits against anyone who dares to criticize the Liberals will also backfire BIGTIME.
Posted by: John Crittenden at June 16, 2005 02:38 PM (cONYb)
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The Judge (Gomery) is angry; Stephen Harper is angry; who is the next angry man?
Is this a trend?
Name it Canadian Angry.
Ya heard it here first.
Posted by: maz2 at June 16, 2005 10:01 PM (d3jak)
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Yes Maz2 I am angry 2 and John, I hope you are correct. I know you are right though.
We all agree Regime change is long overdue.
What steps do you suggest?
Demonstrations have taken place to save the stickle back minnow.
What does it take to demonstrate in order to save our Canada?
Life is unreal at times.
Does it strike you as odd that no marching or even standing group demonstrations are taking place?
What groups do you think are most likely to march in protest of Hundreds of Millions of our money being siphoned off?
Or, what group seems most fitting to demonstrate against Vote buying fraud proven by four hours of negotiation on Grewal recordings?
We analyze and outline the situation in detail very well. What action, media coverage do we generate?
Seems there should be CPC people with leadership ability to get some informed people or even bloggers, to walk up and down in front of Governor General Clarkson's mansion and on the hill.
They should all have a few well worded hand bills or news releases to hand to the media.
The mansion has just been put up for sale, so time is running out.
73s TG at BendGovernment.blogspot.com
Posted by: TonyGuitar at June 18, 2005 02:59 AM (rmMzv)
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I love that article. I sincerely hope the Libs last long enough for Gomery to complete his report and then...
run as a CPC candidate in Quebec!!!!!
Would that not be PERFECT????
sorry for the yelling, but really, what a f*ing fantasy that is ;-)
(note to self: get a life)
Posted by: Candace at June 18, 2005 05:27 AM (R7nd+)
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I guess Canadians are just too different for us to understand down here but I'm amazed the way the population doesn't seem to care, the way they're just shrugging it off.
Posted by: Jay at June 19, 2005 01:14 AM (PuNh2)
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Amazing, poor communications skills and all. While everyone slings mud, no one seems to notice Belinda has done the impossible.
Her loyalty is the building of wealth and power. Thus she is loyal to Magna and all the varied manufacturing plants that supply the variety of products that is Magna. She has won!
Belinda now heads the ministry that has the most potential to benefit her corporate interests. Namely the laws and conditions that apply to part time workers.
Part time workers require almost no pension and benefits overhead. They are the quickest growing segment of manufacturing labour.
So let's wait until Belinda loses one before we fling dirt at her.
We think she has clawed her way onto the Titanic, but if the Martinites have bought off the Judges just as they have the MSM, then Belinda may be correct again. May not be the Titanic after all.
Ooh my aching headache.
They are getting away with murdering our rights to honest government and we are quibbling about SSM.
SSM only applies to a tiny part of our population.
We are the mainstream. Government is supposed to reflect mainstream priorities first.
The mainstream priority is to settle hundreds of millions worth of fraud and scams. We can deal with SSM when the fabric of government is repaired and ready to deal with lesser items.
While Belinda ruthlessly achieves her goals, we do not have so much as one picketer on the hill or in front of Governor General Clarkson's mansion.
We should have pickets marching in both places with placcards reading *Dissolve Govt Now*, *Stop this Fraud*,
*NDP not Elected*, * $4.6 Billion not Debated*. and more.
Respect your enemy. Could be a shark in disguise.
BendGovernment.blogspot.com 73s TonyGuitar
Posted by: TonyGuitar at June 19, 2005 01:55 PM (rmMzv)
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