A senior civil servant has been charged following a 14-month probe into the income trust investigation that helped turn the tide of the last federal election campaign.Despite irrefutable evidence of trading activity in income trusts and related stocks -- prior to the actual announcement -- as well as Scott Brison's not so cryptic email to a stockbroker buddy, the Libranos kept insisting everything here was above board.
The RCMP began their investigation in December, 2005 following a preliminary review of allegations of Liberal-inspired insider trading in income trusts.
On Nov. 23, 2005, trading of income trusts and related stocks spiked hours before an anticipated announcement by then finance minister Ralph Goodale.
Finally we're getting some action... let's not stop here.
WHAT THEY SAID: That famous Librano misdirection...
Former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin refused to say during the campaign which staff members in his office or in the Privy Council Office knew in advance about the announcement.
During the campaign, Mr. Martin said members of his staff and the PCO take oaths to keep such information secret.
"I am satisfied that every single person in my office honoured those oaths," Mr. Martin said in January.
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