Nov 2007
Uh! Yeah, OK Mr. Dion, we'll have an Inquiry.
16/11/07 09:24 AM
Of all the dumb
things that Stephane Dion has come up with since his
elevation to the role of chief sacrificial lamb of
the Liberal Party of Canada, this latest push for a
full Judicial Inquiry into the tired old dregs of
what was known as The Airbus Scandal at the time, is
the dumbest by far.
While taking bows for "forcing" the Stephen Harper led government of the day to call the enquiry, Mr. Dion is only seeing about one foot in front of his wing tips, politically speaking. He and his cronies are crowing about hitting a home run in the game of partisanship that passes for governance these days and wanting bonus points for making the government extend the terms of the inquiry to include a look into the 2.1 million dollar settlement Mr. Mulroney negotiated from a previous government to settle a defamation suit that he launched. At the time, a major victory for Mr. Mulroney and an embarrassing defeat for the Chretien led Liberals of the day.
Here is where it all sticks to your shoe if you are Stephane Dion. Imagine the two possible outcomes of such an inquiry:
1: Mr. Mulroney is completely vindicated. Mr. Harper stands up and beats on the opposition parties for once again spending taxpayers money on a bogus, partisan witch hunt. Tying it all up in a bow by resurrecting and pointing out the difference between the enquiry into the Tory government vs. the outcome of the Gomery inquiry into corruption in the Liberal government of which Mr. Dion was a prominent member.
Harper 1... Dion 0
2: Mr. Mulroney is found to have done something wrong and perhaps did not deserve the 2.1 Million dollar settlement. Mr. Harper stands up in the House, and says: " An independent Judicial inquiry has today handed down it's report which confirms that the previous Liberal Government of Jean Chretien and Stephane Dion were absolutely stupid, cowardly and incompetent when they gave taxpayers money to Mr. Mulroney when anyone with half a brain should have known that he did not deserve it." Our Government will take steps to correct that error, just as we have taken steps to correct all of the 37 other corrupt and/or illegal things that the Gomery inquiry found that the previous Liberal Government of Mssrs. Chretien and Dion did while in office.
Harper 2 .... Dion 0
Dion is a putz and the sooner his party throws him under the bus so they can elect someone new and wait out the coming Conservative majority government's life span the better.
IMHO Anyway.
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While taking bows for "forcing" the Stephen Harper led government of the day to call the enquiry, Mr. Dion is only seeing about one foot in front of his wing tips, politically speaking. He and his cronies are crowing about hitting a home run in the game of partisanship that passes for governance these days and wanting bonus points for making the government extend the terms of the inquiry to include a look into the 2.1 million dollar settlement Mr. Mulroney negotiated from a previous government to settle a defamation suit that he launched. At the time, a major victory for Mr. Mulroney and an embarrassing defeat for the Chretien led Liberals of the day.
Here is where it all sticks to your shoe if you are Stephane Dion. Imagine the two possible outcomes of such an inquiry:
1: Mr. Mulroney is completely vindicated. Mr. Harper stands up and beats on the opposition parties for once again spending taxpayers money on a bogus, partisan witch hunt. Tying it all up in a bow by resurrecting and pointing out the difference between the enquiry into the Tory government vs. the outcome of the Gomery inquiry into corruption in the Liberal government of which Mr. Dion was a prominent member.
Harper 1... Dion 0
2: Mr. Mulroney is found to have done something wrong and perhaps did not deserve the 2.1 Million dollar settlement. Mr. Harper stands up in the House, and says: " An independent Judicial inquiry has today handed down it's report which confirms that the previous Liberal Government of Jean Chretien and Stephane Dion were absolutely stupid, cowardly and incompetent when they gave taxpayers money to Mr. Mulroney when anyone with half a brain should have known that he did not deserve it." Our Government will take steps to correct that error, just as we have taken steps to correct all of the 37 other corrupt and/or illegal things that the Gomery inquiry found that the previous Liberal Government of Mssrs. Chretien and Dion did while in office.
Harper 2 .... Dion 0
Dion is a putz and the sooner his party throws him under the bus so they can elect someone new and wait out the coming Conservative majority government's life span the better.
IMHO Anyway.
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