Le blog de Polyscopique: What happened with the $1.14 million?

janvier 17, 2006

What happened with the $1.14 million?

The blog This Canada is asking a relevant question: where is the $1.14 million that the Liberal Party had promised to reimburse in the wake of Judge Gomery's first report? In response to Opposition questions on November 25 and November 28 demanding that the government table a copy of the cancelled cheque, both sides of it, in the House of Commons, the Liberals claimed that the $1.14 million had been paid but refused to table a copy of the cheque. So, other than the word of the Liberal Party, is there any independent evidence that the $1.14 million has been paid?

UPDATE 2006-01-19: This Canada points out that CTV's David Akin has obtained a copy of a letter from Public Works and Government Services Canada acknowledging the reception of a $1.14 million cheque from the Liberal Party of Canada.

Le blog This Canada pose une question pertinente: où est le 1,14 millions que le Parti Libéral avait promis de rembourser dans la foulée du premier rapport du juge Gomery? En réponse à des questions de l'Opposition le 25 novembre et le 28 novembre demandant que le gouvernement dépose à la Chambre des Communes une copie recto-verso du chèque oblitéré, les Libéraux ont affirmé que le 1,14 millions avait été payé mais ont refusé de présenter une copie du chèque. Donc, excepté la parole du Parti Libéral, existe-t-il une quelconque autre preuve que le 1,14 millions ait été payé?

MISE À JOUR 2006-01-19: This Canada signale que David Akin de CTV a obtenu une copie d'une lettre de Travaux Publics et Services Gouvernementaux Canada confirmant la réception d'un chèque de 1,14 millions du Parti Libéral du Canada.

Publié par Laurent à janvier 17, 2006 11:10 AM

Commentaires

Thanks, Laurent. David Akin of CTV News has been kind enough to track this down by nailing Steve MacKinnon of the LPC on the issue. The CURRENT answer is here:

http://www.thiscanada.com/2006/01/17/and-i-have-my-answer/

However, the CPC (and myself) and commenters to David Akin's blog entry on this subject are, shall we say, somewhat skeptical of this response, having heard it before, and are pressing for the Liberals to produce the cancelled cheque as absolute, indisputable prooof.

This is turning out to be good, clean fun ... on a subject that would have been so easy for the Liberals to have put to bed in November.

Écrit par: Erik Sorenson à janvier 17, 2006 01:25 PM