Outgoing Prime Minister Paul Martin is scheduled to respond to the final report of the Gomery Commission Today - the process that many claim defeated the Liberals in the recent federal election. While I think the defeat is much more complicated than that, I wonder what purpose it will servce to respond to the report that clearly now has little to do with the current environment.
What happened with sponsorship was wrong and those responsible have paid a price. While you and I would have gone to jail for this kind of action, the real story, i believe, is much more complicated and less cloak and dagger than Gomery and the Media have made it out to be. This all transpired during the potential breakup of our country. What would you do to prevent the country from breaking up? Cutting corners is wrong, but I can clearly see how it might evolve to that.
So now, many months later, the process has come to its logical conclusion and Prime Minister Harper will pay lip service to a report (which cost as much as the scandal itself) that does not reflect the current conditions in Ottawa. So why comment? Does Martin have anything to say that will not damage the party's standing with Canadians even further. If so, then all the power to you. If not, it wreaks of sour milk and sandbox shinanegans that the Liberal Party and Canadians in general don't need to see.
Think before you speak and remember where your loyalties should lie.
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