Another bright, shining moment...

...in the annals of Canadian justice...

National Parole Board spokeswoman Arti Jolly says the parole was authorized on Dec. 23 but she is not sure whether he has actually been released from his Montreal-area prison.

Mr. Guite has served about one-sixth of his 42-month prison term.

Mr. Guite was in charge of the federal sponsorship program where friends of the federal Liberals were paid for little or no work. A jury convicted him in 2006 on all five charges he faced.

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