Ontario Liberals refuse to accept responsibility in slush fund scandal.
I thinks it's also worthy to note that the public was not made aware that there was money available, nor were organizations given notice or allowed to apply. And there was now review process, they weren't investigated as to how they were going to use the money either. How it was done is that the Premier asked members of his party to put forth names. They also directly lied to certain organizations that asked if there was grant money available like a Hindu temple in Toronto that was burned down post 9/11.
And so far the liberal party has ducked the issue, refused to call for the auditor general to over look their books or for any investigation.
This is twice within the last 3 years the liberal party has been involved in financial scandal. I hope they don't win the next election.
Let's just wait and see. If it's true then the people responsible should definitely be fired. At this moment in time however they are still investigating and I think that should be allowed to finish before any final decisions are made.
At least we aren't hated like the US, I have cousins in the US who have taken trips to other countries and they are told if asked to say they are Canadians so they will be received better.
one of the very few things I dislike about being Canadian is how apathetic our nation seems to be when it comes to trying to lead the world in something.
Military, economy, science, progressiveness, ect. We are sort of middle of the pack (or at the bottom in terms of military) for all of them...
Let's be honest here, how much could Canada do? It's better to be average on all fronts then to rule in one and suck in another, yeah I know it's not really nice to hear that but an overall high score is still better then any smaller high score.
I think all major political parties see taxes and funds as their own little piggy bank of ways to consolidate power.
The idea that someone is receiving a government kickback is hardly surprising and not at all a Liberal issue to me.
The problem is that this will just be another meme that is thrown around at election time, each party has their past indiscretions, and the slander tends to just cancel out in the minds of Canadian voters (attack adds haven't been to successful up here until recently, but not nearly on the scale as they are in the states).
There is complete ambivalence to the idea of accountability to the people of a country by governments. Nobody wants to enact the laws, or enforce them, since it destroys the ability of that party to use such effective tools in holding power. So ya I don't like it, but corruption is a built in problem with any system run by people.
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I know there's nothing new about scandals, but the fact that they outright lied to charities and organizations meanwhile supporting ones connected to them makes me even more upset about this incident. The liberal party has fallen far from what it used to be.
Seriously though, whether the scandal be true or not, I have to ask:
Is anyone actually surprised that they'd be unwilling to accept responsibility?
I mean, its such a widely used tactic, especially in Canadian politics, that I barely notice any more.
This reaction didn't surprise me. Canada is seen as the U.S.'s b!tch worldwide, and, unless we can do something to change this perception, we'll always be viewed thus.
Just take comfort in the fact that we know the truth....or a version of it....
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