Now and then I get lectured by Canadians about how Evil George is plunging the world into totalitarian darkness -- that our precious freedoms of speech and the press and the right of dissent are going by the wayside. I ask them about things like McCain-Feingold, but they're down with that, of course. I ask them about Canadian bans on receiving American television, but that's to support Canadian culture, you see. But how on Earth do they explain this?:
The possible collapse of the Liberal minority government is once again a hot topic on Parliament Hill, fuelled by reports of explosive new testimony at the sponsorship inquiry.Luckily Parliament is still a free speech zone. Wonder what they cover up when they all agree on it?
Although exact details of the testimony cannot be revealed due to a publication ban, there are reports its disclosure would prove so devastating that Paul Martin's Liberal minority could fall if it became public.
AN NDP MP slammed Justice John Gomery's decision yesterday to shield the testimony of major AdScam players with a publication ban. Gomery granted a partial ban on Groupaction Marketing boss Jean Brault, Coffin Communication head Paul Coffin and former sponsorship head Chuck Guite until the end of their fraud trials scheduled to begin in early May.Posted by Kevin Murphy at April 1, 2005 11:58 PM | TrackBack
Winnipeg MP Pat Martin said Gomery's ruling only serves to protect the Liberal Party from embarrassment by witnesses sure to shed light on whether the sponsorship program was used to funnel federal funds into Grit coffers.
"We need to know the extent of the political interference," Martin said yesterday.