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 Listen Up Program - Government In Error: Sponsorship Scandal (Articles - Apr 29/04)
For every one of the 1,900 sponsorship projects, he said, "There was a contract, there was an invoice, and there was an affidavit or a post-mortem on the file.
Judicial and parliamentary inquiries must be extended back to cover the early 1990s when the forerunner of the sponsorship program was doling out million-dollar advertising contracts under Liberal political direction, says the one-time public works department official.
Guité said that all of the paperwork was on file when he retired in 1999, and that it must have disappeared after that.
http://www.listenuptv.com/programs/040429gov2.htm   (8674 words)

  
 The Real Deal on the Sponsorship Scandal?? - Tranceaddict Forums
From 1995 to 2001 the federal government granted his firm $112-million in advertising contracts and $60-million in sponsorship contracts.
Brault would earn on that contract was to compensate for the donation.
Brault claims Corriveau asked him in the spring of 1998 to funnel to the party 10 per cent of the commission fees Brault charged on some sponsorship contracts.
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/showthread/t-256207.html   (7120 words)

  
 JURIST - Paper Chase: Canadian judge lifts publication ban on sponsorship scandal testimony
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Former Canadian PM wants court to oust sponsorship inquiry chair
JURIST - Paper Chase: Canadian judge lifts publication ban on sponsorship scandal testimony
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2005/04/canadian-judge-lifts-publication-ban.php   (350 words)

  
 CBC News Indepth: Federal sponsorship scandal
Guité has denied "breaking every rule in the book," but admits, "We've bent them a little bit based on the circumstances." He was referring specifically to the way contracts were awarded without the usual competitive bidding process.
What Justice Gomery said: Corbeil accepted cash donations and improper benefits for the Quebec wing of the Liberal Party of Canada and “contributed to the all too common perception that many of those participating in the democratic exercise of political activism are dishonest and disreputable.”
Brault, the former head of Groupaction, says Renaud's performance bonuses would depend on the value of federal sponsorship contracts secured by Groupaction.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groupaction/whoswho.html   (3997 words)

  
 TheStar.com - Special/Sponsorship_Scandal
Taxpayers forked over $440,000 for Chrétien’s legal fees during the sponsorship inquiry but lawyer Peter Doody says the ex-prime minister will challenge Gomery’s findings on his own dime.
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Until he heard the topic and unleashed a passionate stream of outrage over those "scandalous Liberals" in Ottawa.
http://www.thestar.com/scandal   (524 words)

  
 AdScam.CA
Secret sponsorship testimony kept under wraps for months may finally be made public on Friday.
When he refused to sign off on advertising contracts that he felt broke the rules of normal procurement, Cutler was told there would be a price to pay for his refusal.
The sponsorship scandal a "Liberal scandal, not a Quebec scandal."
http://www.adscam.ca   (3360 words)

  
 Cycling Linked To Sponsorship Scandal
The 63-year-old ad executive pleaded guilty yesterday to 15 counts of fraud, admitting to bilking taxpayers of more than $1,556,625 over a five-year period.
In many cases the middlemen couldn't say what they did to earn the fees.
The inquiry, chaired by Justice John Gomery, is examining irregular spending in the sponsorship program, which was supposed to promote Canadian unity but has been accused of funnelling millions in government contracts to Liberal-friendly ad firms.
http://www.cyclingforums.com/showthread.php?s=e7272afe14f1d59923fa3c76f8b9f3e6&t=247632&goto=nextnewest   (1184 words)

  
 Sponsorship scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jean Brault testified that the money exchanges were with Morselli.
Her report was a fuller account of the situation and was made public in early February 2004.
The departure of John Manley and many other Chrétien Cabinet Ministers from the party as they did not stand for re-election for the Liberals in the Canadian Federal Election of 2004 is pointed to as evidence of this assertion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada_sponsorship_scandal   (3524 words)

  
 The Blue Maple Leaf: 73% of Canadians Conclude Paul Martin is Responsible for the Sponsorship Scandal – CBC Poll
73% of Canadians Conclude Paul Martin is Responsible for the Sponsorship Scandal – CBC Poll
Separately, 48% put a small group of government officials in that category.
His deception involves the use of the word ‘very’ in assessing who was responsible for the sponsorship scandal.
http://canadiancoalition.org/bluemapleleaf01/73pctSayMartinResponsibleForAdscam.html   (810 words)

  
 - Opinion: Let’s Not Get Carried Away : The Sponsorship Scandal
The answer is no. None of the individuals being charged with criminal offences hold influential positions in the Liberal party that is presently facing its demise.
Liberals all over the country say that they will vote for the Conservative party if an election is held soon because they wish to punish those criminal individuals involved in the sponsorship scandal.
Financial scandal does not affect the social or economical policy of a political party.
http://fclass.vaniercollege.qc.ca/echo/May.%209,%202005/opinion/opinion_3.htm   (660 words)

  
 Buy THE LIBRANOS Poster Here - The Western Standard's Spoof of Canada's Sponsorship Scandal (Adscam) - Published May ...
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Buy THE LIBRANOS Poster Here - The Western Standard's Spoof of Canada's Sponsorship Scandal (Adscam) - Published May 2005
http://www.puresportsart.com/warehouse/libranos05ws.htm   (192 words)

  
 Liberals back off to avoid election The sponsorship scandal: A budget compromise serves to cool election talk, but the ...
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The sponsorship scandal: A budget compromise serves to cool election talk, but the Gomery fallout spreads as an insider says Groupaction's donations to Liberals were designed to win federal contracts
Liberals back off to avoid election The sponsorship scandal: A budget compromise serves to cool election talk, but the Gomery fallout spreads as an insider says Groupaction's donations to Liberals were designed to win federal contracts @ workopolis.com
http://www.workopolis.com/servlet/Content/qprinter/20050406/KYOTO06   (862 words)

  
 Mapleleafweb.com: Auditor General Report on Sponsorship Scandal - Findings of the Auditor General
Communication agencies received $440,000 in commissions without signing any contracts or providing any services.
Sponsorship funds were transferred to Crown corporations using unusual methods that appear designed to provide significant commissions to communications agencies, while hiding the source of funds and the true nature of the transactions.
From 1997 to 2001, the federal government ran the Sponsorship Program in a way that showed little regard for Parliament, the Financial Administration Act, contracting rules and regulations, transparency, and value for money.
http://www.mapleleafweb.com/education/spotlight/issue_49/findings.html   (551 words)

  
 [ The Sovereignty Movement and the Sponsorship Scandal - UFP - Union des forces progressistes ]
[ The Sovereignty Movement and the Sponsorship Scandal - UFP - Union des forces progressistes ]
For Quebeckers, this scandal epitomises the games played by Jean Chrétien.
In Quebec, the Gomery Commission is like a bomb that has thrown oil onto the flame of sovereignty.
http://www.ufp.qc.ca/article1536.html   (804 words)

  
 babble: BREAKING NEWS-Sponsorship scandal explodes
Belinda Stronach is impregnated with sperm taken from Trudean right before his death and she and Mackay retire from politics to raise the future ruler of the Liberal party.
2) After 10 years, another government in British Columbia is also rife with scandal and increasingly common evidence of incompetance and mismanagement.
You had the scandal plagued Liberals under Pearson who nonetheless on policy were more or less taking the country in the direction Canadians wanted - and you had the Creditistes under Real Caouette scoopinmg up a ton of Quebec seats (kind of like the BQ today).
http://www.rabble.ca/babble/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=007517   (7690 words)

  
 APTN FORUMS > New Gov't Because Of Sponsorship Scandal
Everytime there is a scandal involving misappropriated funds, Canadians are horrified.
Canadians are certain that if we had the right government in power the scandals would end.
That federal, provincial and municipal governments have been doing this for years, supporting contracts to friends, relatives and associations is common activity and expectation.
http://www.aptn.ca/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t353.html   (7424 words)

  
 Sponsorship-Scandal
But there was no evidence he took a direct hand in specific projects or knew of any wrongdoing.
But it couldn't agree on a list of 30 draft recommendations.
Documents tabled with the committee show Chretien personally authorized startup funding for the sponsorship program.
http://www.cp.org/english/online/full/National/040513/n0513137A.html   (667 words)

  
 CTV.ca Sponsorship scandal anger subsiding: poll
However, the Liberals may now be on the rebound.
Prime Minister Paul Martin has already promised to hold an election 30 days after Justice John Gomery submits his report on the sponsorship scandal.
At the peak of the sponsorship scandal, in April, Groupaction president Jean Brault alleged kickbacks in testimony that became public knowledge.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124116113791_119525313/?hub=Canada   (410 words)

  
 Macleans.ca Top Stories Leaders gang up on Prime Minister Paul Martin over sponsorship scandal
"The sponsorship scandal is an incontestable issue," Duceppe said.
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Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe said Martin's Liberal government has "lost the moral authority" to govern because of the scandal.
http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/news/shownews.jsp?content=n1215105A   (504 words)

  
 Canadian Federal Sponsorship Scandal
What party will benefit the most from this scandal?
He would prefer not to, but he has made a promise that sufficient information will be released before the election is called so that people can make an informed decision.
I would like to ask some of the Canadian members what are their opinions on the scandal.
http://www.unitednorthamerica.org/phpBB2/about365.html   (757 words)

  
 Worldandnation: Sponsorship scandal drew in hundreds, institute says
Inquiry Judge John Gomery, who is to report on the scandal later this year, was unable to delve into details involved in the ongoing police investigations or pending trials, Mullins said.
The study warned that other scams of similar proportion are possible unless there's an overhaul of government financial practices and contracting.
Prime Minister Paul Martin said it was the action of a small group of government workers and politicians, and that he - as finance minister at the time - had no knowledge of the impropriety.
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/10/Worldandnation/Sponsorship_scandal_d.shtml   (751 words)

  
 Liberals see past Gomery to majority in next vote'Not afraid' of inquiry's pending report on sponsorship scandal, ...
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And, as they wrapped up a three-day caucus meeting, several senior Liberal ministers argued that Canadians are fed up with the instability of minority government, and should hand them a majority to end it.
Insiders say Treasury Board President Reg Alcock and Human Resources Minister Belinda Stronach will provide a review of measures that address the problems that led to the scandal.
http://calgaryplus.workopolis.com/servlet/Content/fasttrack/20050826/LIBERALS26?gateway=calgaryplus   (862 words)

  
 Canadians Believe Martin New About Sponsorship Scandal
Canadians are evenly divided as to whether the Liberals under Paul Martin will get to the bottom of the scandal (42%), or merely cover-up for the scandal (42%).
Canadians are divided, however, over whether the Liberals will get to the bottom of the scandal.
Last week, the Auditor General reported that the Liberal government misused funds in the sponsorship and advertising grant program by allowing Liberal-friendly firms to collect at least $100 million dollars in fees for little or no work.
http://www.praxicus.com/Sponsorshipscandal.htm   (595 words)

  
 Sponsorship-Scandal, 1st Writethru
Another Liberal, Allan Tonks, said Guite had such total control and was "so mesmerized by his own sense of power" that he took offence when anyone challenged his contracting empire at Public Works.
It has also recalled Guite's civil service boss, Reynald Quail, who was sidelined from the sponsorship program's administration.
Chuck Guite waits to testify before the public accounts committee in Ottawa on Friday.
http://www.cp.org/english/online/full/National/040423/n042372A.html   (747 words)

  
 Welcome to the Gomery Commission website
Justice John H. Gomery was named Commissioner under Part I of the Inquiries Act.
On February 19, 2004, an Order in Council was issued defining the terms of reference for the Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities.
The second mandate calls upon the Commission to make recommendations to the Government of Canada, based upon its factual findings, to prevent mismanagement of sponsorship programs and advertising activities in the future.
http://www.gomery.ca/en   (168 words)

  
 Who is really to blame in the sponsorship scandal - the politicians or the senior public servants? - April 2004 - ...
In short, the sponsorship program was political from the very beginning, and politicians likely sent clear signals that this program was not going to be hamstrung by Treasury Board rules and procedures on grants and subventions.
Politicians are accountable for the key decisions made in government, and are supposed to be responsible for those decisions.
What the civil servants did was wrong, but they were simply doing the bidding of their political masters.
http://www.now.carleton.ca/2004-04/329.htm   (457 words)

  
 Dashan and the Liberal Sponsorship Scandal Watching China
The sponsorship fund in question was setup in response to the 1995 Quebec referendum on whether the province should separate from Canada, which failed only by a slim margin.
For uninitiated non-Canadians, the basic thrust of the latest row with the governing Liberal Party is that they have been accused ot funnelling money earmarked for an advertizing budget to Liberal-friendly companies.
The Angry Chinese Blogger has some details on how Dashan is involved in a Canadian political scandal.
http://www.watchingchina.com/node/71   (350 words)

  
 The Gazette - Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Part of the difficulty of dealing with such scandals is the creation, policing and enforcement of penalties, he explained, adding a public inquiry was set up and may involve some prominent former cabinet ministers, possibly even former prime minister Jean Chrétien.
The federal Liberal sponsorship scandal has started a potential political landslide, troubling Liberals across the country.
Martin has gone as far as putting his job on the line if a public investigation finds that he had prior knowledge of the misspending, as he was finance minister at the time under the Chrétien government.
http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/2004/February/18/news4.asp   (445 words)

  
 Members concerns about the sponsorship scandal
The Unions concerns about the sponsorship scandal is that Canada Post needs to be accountable to the public.
In answer to the sponsorship scandal the members say Make the Liberals pay back the money they stole.
the money the Liberal government stole for their sponsorship scandal.
http://www.cupwnewvision.org/members.htm   (416 words)

  
 Canadian Sponsorship Scandal (report and key findings) - Tranceaddict Forums
Even though there are scandals in this country, i still think liberal is the way to go as the middle of the road option since there are many socialists in the country, many conservatives in the country.
She found that $100 million was paid to a variety of communications agencies in the form of fees and commissions and said the program was basically designed to generate commissions for these companies rather than to produce any benefit for Canadians.
On Feb. 10, 2004, federal Auditor General Sheila Fraser released the hotly-anticipated results of her audit of the controversial government advertising and sponsorship program run by the federal Public Works Department.
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/showthread/t-177589.html   (367 words)

  
 Elect Susan Thompson - Sponsorship Scandal
It's hard to turn on the TV or read the paper without hearing about this scandal.
Prime Minister Paul Martin claims he didn't know what was happening, even though he was the finance minister, vice-chair of the Treasury Board, and a senior Quebec minister--basically, the one signing the cheques.
I just don't see how Liberal candidates like Lyle Carlstrom can prove that another Liberal government will be honest.
http://www.electsusanthompson.ca/issues/sponsorship   (299 words)

  
 BlogsCanada: E-Group - The Sponsorship Scandal
Offhand I can't think of anything he could have done which would have been more damaging to the Liberals.
I didn't vote for the Liberals last time around precisely because of the sponsorship scandal - a scandal that amounts to out-and-out corruption.
But the Conservative party in Canada is not an acceptable alternative to me because they want to move to two effective houses and release party discipline (which combine to be a radical change) while slashing taxes and increasing spending.
http://www.blogscanada.ca/egroup/PermaLink.aspx?guid=ca7d7036-393d-43e0-a261-74e96c857f41   (526 words)

  
 Paul Martin Time: Sponsorship scandal threatens community arts and culture festivals
After news of the program's money mishandling originally broke in 2002, the Public Works Department began re-evaluating all sponsorship recipients, but even groups who actively participated in the new review process were left hanging.
Fraser said the government funnelled $100 million from the program, which was created to raise Ottawa's profile in Quebec, to companies that supported the Liberal party.
Prime Minister Paul Martin then scrapped the sponsorship program in one of his first acts after taking office.
http://paulmartintime.ca/mediacoverage/000284.html   (475 words)

  
 CTV.ca Paper links sponsorship scandal to Chretien
LeFrancois's lawyer also denied his client has frequent contact with Tremblay.
Government sources told the Star it was highly unusual for a chief of staff in the Prime Minister's Office to call a mid-level bureaucrat in the public works department.
The woman said she would be willing to testify before the government inquiry.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1079214937992_73   (480 words)

  
 Chretien ducks sponsorship scandal (THE CANADIAN LIBERAL GOV'T ARE LIARS!!!!)
He has declared that heads will roll if the guilty parties are discovered and he has said he will testify before the inquiry if called upon.
Above all else, Chretien would never have backed himself into a corner by promising to resign if found to have been aware of the scandal, the veteran strategist said.
Several members of the old guard have privately heaped scorn on an approach they say has exacerbated the scandal and threatened the government in an upcoming federal election.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1079768/posts   (1752 words)

  
 SponsorshipSecrets.com - Sponsorship proposal plans on every sport, talent, event, and competition.
Sponsorship Secrets is offering you a pre-packaged sponsorship proposal kit that can get you cash and equipment.
I highly suggest anyone looking for sponsorships purchase this information.
Ken and Janice own a restaurant in my town and just signed a $2500 dollar sponsorship contract with me. Your restaurant methods for getting sponsorships are great.
http://www.SponsorshipSecrets.com   (334 words)

  
 News Announcements for Branch and Chapter Forums - Development and Alumni
Professor Nimijean will explore another element of the federal sponsorship scandal: how the Liberal Party used images of Canada to improve its political fortunes and crowd out political competition from the Left and the Right.
FOCUS on the Federal Sponsorship Scandal on Oct 28
FOCUS on the federal sponsorship scandal with Carleton Professor Richard Nimijean of the Department of Canadian Studies at an exclusive alumni event in the internationally renowned Provincial Museum of Alberta on Thursday, October 28.
http://carleton.magma.ca/alumni/index.cfm?fuseaction=news_forum&thread=14&article=19   (147 words)

  
 Paul Martin & Liberal Waste - The Sponsorship Scandal
Now that we've all heard the allegations from the Gomery enquiry - about tax money being paid out to Liberal-friendly organizations and then kicked-back to the party for campaign funds - we have to ask Paul Martin a simple question.
The Liberals will try to pin the blame of the sponsorship scandal on a few "rouge Liberals" and claim that the rest of them are clean, but with a scandal this huge...
Our current Prime Minister, Paul Martin of the Liberal Party, was Canada's finance minister during the heyday of the National Sponsorship Program.
http://www.loveiswonderful.com/articles/kevin_122.html   (651 words)

  
 Politics Watch - Canada's Political Portal
Guite brought Martin into the hearings during his appearance when he spoke about what he described as interference from Martin's office when he was minister of finance on contracts.
The Public Accounts committee had been investigating the sponsorship scandal last year and was at times a media circus when former cabinet ministers and the former head of the sponsorship program, Chuck Guite, appeared.
Public opinion research was mentioned in the Auditor General's report into the sponsorship program.
http://www.politicswatch.com/sponsorship-feb21-2005.htm   (567 words)

  
 Under Siege! A $250 million sponsorship scandal
"Former prime minister Jean Chretien is prepared to testify before a public inquiry into the $250-million sponsorship scandal to prove he was unaware of any criminal wrongdoing, say his closest advisers.
It will be interesting to see how Martin and the Liberal Party conive their way out of this one...
A $250 million sponsorship scandal tests Paul Martin's leadership.
http://www.atsnn.com/story/33590.html   (355 words)

  
 thetyee.ca Liberal Corruption, beyond the Sponsorship Scandal
In this context it is instructive to examine how the two opposition parties in English Canada have judged political corruption.
This is not to say that the sponsorship scandal should be ignored or is unimportant.
The polls also say that the sponsorship scandal is dropping down the list of concerns -- replaced by traditional issues such as health care, child poverty and the environment.
http://www.thetyee.ca/Views/2005/06/14/BeyondSponsorship   (3736 words)

  
 Editorial: PM must restore trust in politics( Canada sponsorship scandal)
Everyone from Prime Minister Paul Martin to the Opposition parties agree that Canadians deserve better than the scandals and arrogance revealed yesterday in Auditor-General Sheila Fraser's scathing report on how the Liberal government funnelled funds to friends through sponsorship and ad programs that gobbled up $250 million of taxpayers' money.
Ethics and integrity are at the core of public confidence in any government or political process, as Martin's democratic reform package last week rightly demonstrated.
Former prime minister Jean Chrétien awarded the patronage plum to the former public works minister after the scandal in his department came to light in 2002.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1076113/posts   (689 words)

  
 Jentario: Sponsorship Scandal
Is the point of it all that tax payers money was wasted?
Does it really seem like the serious issue it's being made out to be to you?
The Rae Report has called for $1.5 Billion for post-secondary education reform I published yesterday (Why not pay attention to often it gets mentioned in comparison to the scandal in the coming weeks....just for fun).
http://jentario.blogspot.com/2005/02/sponsorship-scandal.html   (404 words)

  
 Strategymag.com - Sponsorship scandal is about politics, not advertising
The Gomery Commission is actually shedding light on a political scandal, not an advertising industry issue.
We also objected to the request for in-camera testimony and the tabling of the publication ban.
from sponsorship money did so because of their political affiliations, not because of
http://www.strategymag.com/articles/magazine/20050501/controversy.html   (436 words)

  
 The SPONSORSHIP SCANDAL - Who's been playing with your money?
The SPONSORSHIP SCANDAL - Who's been playing with your money?
http://www.anticorruption.ca/yourmoney.html   (10 words)

  
 Anti-tobacco ads fall victim to sponsorship scandal
Federal ad campaigns in several areas were suspended as a result of the scandal over misspent federal money in a campaign against Quebec separatism.
But health activists are worried that the positive trend could be jeopardized by the suspension of Health Canada's anti-tobacco advertising this year in the wake of the sponsorship scandal.
She says aggressive Health Canada anti-smoking ads over the past years have been an important factor - and she's worried that trends could change if the media effort is abandoned.
http://www.tobacco.org/news/166729.html   (201 words)

  
 Vive le Canada - Sponsorship scandal
Compared to the scandalous way the government has misused the Bank of Canada —
which some have called the “Mother of All Scandals” - the Sponsorship scandal falls into the category of petty theft.
Feel free to pass it on to friends or groups who might be interested, or to your local media.
http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20050211194100797   (751 words)

  
 babble: The Sponsorship Scandal, The Subs, The Lost Uniforms...and whatever comes next.....
The Sponsorship Scandal, the Subs, the Lost Uniforms/ID cards at Canada's airports are all part of an evolution connected to contempt for the Government Service by politicians.
Throw in a truck load of understaffing for the multiplicity of federal programs, an attrition of personnel occurring day by day, month by month, year by year.
Topic: The Sponsorship Scandal, The Subs, The Lost Uniforms...and whatever comes next.....
http://www.rabble.ca/babble/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=007041   (267 words)

  
 Election called to cover up sponsorship scandal
According to Martin, no election would be called until after the investigation was completed, but it was called before it was started.
The Conservative Party launched its national election campaign on Sunday, with leader Stephen Harper on Parliament Hill, charging that Paul Martin dropped the writ for one reason: to cover up the sponsorship scandal.
Harper’s comments, local candidate for the Pickering-Scarborough East riding, Tim Dobson, added “the Liberals could have and should have answered the two big sponsorship questions prior to calling this election: who was giving “political direction”?
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/5/ahha128944.htm   (381 words)

  
 TheStar.com - Chrétien feels 'betrayed' by sponsorship scandal
In his morning address, Chr& steered clear of any references to the controversy and simply urged the graduates to honour their country and believe in themselves.
For the most part, graduates delighted in the former prime minister's attendance and said it's too early to know whether his legacy has been tainted by the scandal.
They betrayed the government, they betrayed me and they betrayed the nation, but they will pay the price," he said today in Hamilton after receiving an honorary degree from McMaster University.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1118268614242&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968350116467   (582 words)

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