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OTTAWA - The growing concentration of power in the Prime Minister's Office must be challenged because it is threatening the very democracy that Canadians enjoy, retired Justice John Gomery says. (Toronto Star) MORE: Cut number of political aides in PMO: Gomery Canada on road to 'one-man government' Harper pledges accountability act won't dilute government The Whistleblowers Bill and FAIR
Court overturns former dismissal MONTREAL - The Federal Court has overturned a Liberal cabinet decree firing former Business Development Bank of Canada president Michel Vennat, according to a statement released Wednesday afternoon. (CanWest)
OTTAWA - The Paul Martin government, bracing last fall for Justice John Gomery's scathing sponsorship scandal report and a possible snap election, played down opposition questions suggesting the emergence of another potentially explosive federal ethics controversy. (CanWest) MORE: Federal agency's contracts suspicious Audit hints Grits dodged bidding “Mr Dithers” and his distracting “fiscal cafeteria” |
Witnesses changed their story at sponsorship inquiry OTTAWA - MPs went behind closed doors to decide whether to pursue perjury charges against half a dozen politicians and bureaucrats who said one thing at the Gomery inquiry and another when they testified before the Commons public accounts committee. (CanWest) Key sponsorship figures tell MPs they didn't lie
No place for politics, top justice tells Harper OTTAWA - With Stephen Harper's Conservatives set to name a new Supreme Court judge, Canada's chief justice is warning against tainting the process with politics because the court is not a "mirror" of Parliament. (The Gazette) MORE: Is the Chief Justice afraid of change? McLachlin should stop playing politics
Former Liberal minister sues Ottawa OTTAWA - Claiming he was fired by former Prime Minister Paul Martin's administration and asked to make it look like a resignation, former Canada Post president Andre Ouellet is suing the federal government for $3.2M. (CanWest) |
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OTTAWA - The e-mails, obtained by CanWest News Service, were recently filed in Mr. Chrétien's ongoing effort to have Judge Gomery's report quashed by the Federal Court of Canada on grounds of alleged bias. (CanWest) Gomery fights release of e-mails Gomery report fingers Chrétien Gomery focused on facts, lawyer argues |
Gomery mulled misconduct letter Chretien's legal team files more documents |
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OTTAWA - The federal government will spend about $665,000 in lawyers fees alone - plus court costs - in order to recoup the $63 million it says was lost in improperly awarded contracts related to the federal sponsorship scandal. (CanWest) Brault asks for forgiveness 'from society' Gomery slams Chrétien in new book Canada may face a $1B legal penalty Scandal-plagued program fuels sovereignist fire Sponsorship scandal is referendum's legacy Sovereignty not an if, but a when? |
Ad exec Brault gets parole after 5 months He was simply following orders Gomery gives tips on political interference Contracts rubber-stamped, Guite trial hears Guite jurors admit bureaucratic overload Groupaction went off half-cocked, court told Guité found guilty, sent directly to jail Should we ever trust the Liberals again Ad man pleads guilty to pilfering from taxpayers 'Mr. Fix-it' gets plum diplomatic posting Gomery to single out top bureaucrats
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OTTAWA - A public inquiry into controversial business dealings between Brian Mulroney and Karlheinz Schreiber will cost taxpayers more than $14M. (CP) |
Schreiber loses last bid to avoid deportation |
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OTTAWA - Federal policing and security agencies are ethically challenged from top to bottom, while the government continues to come up short when awarding contracts and managing its expenditures, according to the government spending watchdog. (CanWest) |
RCMP asked to investigate over bilked funds Relocation contract competition stacked: AG |
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The Liberal Party of Canada is the largest white-collar crime organization in the country. Yves Lavigne, a Toronto-area journalist and the leading civilian authority on the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, agrees. (Calgary Sun) |
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A certified general accountant, Alfonso Gagliano married Ersilia Gidaro in 1965 and the couple had three children. Gagliano got his start in politics in 1977 as a school board trustee in Montreal, becoming chairman of the Jerome-LeRoyer School Board six years later. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1984, serving as Opposition critic for small business, industry and immigration before becoming the Liberal whip in 1991. When Chrétien swept to power in 1993, Gagliano was named chief government whip and later became minister of labour, then minister of public works after getting re-elected for a fourth time in June 1997 |
Gagliano's criminal background check Here for the first time, by way of Access to Information, is the RCMP's first background check (.pdf) done before Jean Chrétien first appointed him to Cabinet. (Western Standard) |
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Bookkeeping is a Dangerous Business |
Gagliano loses bid to overturn Gomery findings Gomery findings involving Chrétien struck down The former minister who knew too little
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