The real reason the Liberal Party...
...had to go to another country to find a new fearless leader...
The case against him was the work of Operation Carnegie, the special RCMP unit set up to investigate one of the great scandals of Canadian history: the squandering of $100-million in federal sponsorship money.The Liberal Party of Canada... "your money... their friends."
This sordid affair proved to be a death sentence for the “natural governing party;” it eradicated the Liberals’ power base in Quebec, tarnished their image nationally and, just over four years ago, ushered in the Conservatives led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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‘No, no, no. I gave a suitcase full of cash in Benoît Corbeil’s office, in Montreal.’
(as a contribution to the Liberal party in exchange for getting a land deal!)
Mr. Binette, a lawyer and former ministerial aide to Stéphane Dion says:
“He told me , ‘Listen, during the 1997 election, I approached the Liberal Party because there was this land that I wanted to buy, and … Benoît Corbeil asked me to contribute to the party, and he said that, if I contributed to the party, the favour could likely be returned.’
Mr. Binette said he asked his friend how big the donation was and whether it had been done by cheque. “He said, ‘No, no, no. I gave a suitcase full of cash in Benoît Corbeil’s office, in Montreal.’“ “
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"wilson says... I gave a suitcase full of cash in Benoît Corbeil’s office"
yup... all the liberal bigwigs (like john manley) went to ground after this thing blew up.
the fiberals had to bring in a new leader from outside the country because all the possibles in canada was splattered with the sponsorship scandal stink.
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