It comes as no surprise to me that the sponsorship scandle has less to do with party alegance as it does with greedy people.
Today Coffin's testomony at the Gomery inquirey was released almost in its entirety... and guess what - Coffin a long time conservative supporter was in on the action too - faking invoices - taking public money - being a greedy person.
From today's Globe and Mail:
While the beneficiaries of the sponsorship program tend to be labelled as Liberal-friendly firms, Mr. Coffin is proof that ad executives were ecumenical when it came to making money.He said he became a staunch Conservative because he opposed Pierre Trudeau's national energy program.
But after a decade of supporting the Tories, once they were out of power, he only gave them $400. Instead, between 1999 and 2002, he donated $29,300 at Liberal fundraisers.
”Why the conversion? Did you have an epiphany like St. Paul on the road to Damascus?” Judge Gomery asked.
”It would appear that you were getting substantial business from the government . . . so you thought it was good business to show up at (Liberal) functions and it wasn't going to get you any business to show up at poorly-attended Conservative functions.”
”That's true,” Mr. Coffin conceded.
This isn't exclusively a Liberal Party of Canada problem - its a problem with people and corrupt ethics.
andre
Posted by andre at April 27, 2005 10:13 PM