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	Politics Watch - Canada's Political Portal
		Opposition parties argue Chretien's move to have Gomery recuse himself is an effort to derail or stall the inquiry looking into the spending of $250 million in sponsorships promoting the Canada word mark in the years after the Quebec referendum.
		Gomery, who has already defended his decision to speak with the media and his comments, is not likely to recuse himself.
		But Martin denied he had any interest in derailing Gomery and emphasized that it was he who created the judicial inquiry to get to the bottom of the scandal in the first place.
	www.politicswatch.com /gomery-jan26-2005.htm (809 words)

	TorontoSun.com - Commentary - EDITORIAL: The real value of Gomery
		Gomery noted that Liberal government officials had exaggerated and distorted the costs of his inquiry by falsely suggesting its budget could reach $72 million, an erroneous figure that was then widely reported by the media.
		Gomery said these officials had lumped in "God knows what expenses that were out of the control of the inquiry" to arrive at the $72 million.
		Gomery's annoyance over this incident is instructive because it speaks to the ambivalent attitude Prime Minister Paul Martin and the Liberals have had to his inquiry from the start.
	www.torontosun.com /Comment/Commentary/2005/05/24/1053381.html (569 words)

	Gomery Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gomery Commission, formally the Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities, was a federal Canadian commission headed by the retired Justice John Gomery for the purpose of investigating the sponsorship scandal, which involved allegations of corruption within the Canadian government.
		Gomery specifically said that Martin "is entitled, like other ministers from the Quebec caucus, to be exonerated from any blame for carelessness or misconduct", as the Department of Finance's role was not oversight, but setting the "fiscal framework".
		They claim that Gomery has made many comments which indicate he had a bias going into the investigation such as comments Gomery made calling Chrétien "small town cheap", referring to the management of the sponsorship program as "catastrophically bad," and calling Chuck Guité, a "charming scamp".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gomery_Commission (1385 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Federal sponsorship scandal
		Justice Gomery dismisses a motion by Chrétien's lawyer, Peter Doody, that inquiry lawyers should not be allowed to give advice to Gomery because it may influence the final report.
		The former head of Montreal ad company, Groupaction, told the Gomery inquiry that he was repeatedly asked to give cash donations to the Liberal party and put election workers on his payroll in exchange for federal sponsorship contracts.
		Gomery acknowledges he made "ill-advised and inappropriate" comments to the media, but adds there's a difference between "committing errors and being biased." He refuses to step down as head of the inquiry.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/groupaction/publicinquiry.html (7064 words)

	Gomery inquiry set to return to front pages. - Political Forums
		Justice John Gomery is concerned that federal officials may have corrupted the “non-partisan and professional character of the civil service” and tilted the sponsorship program in favour of “advertising agencies that donated to the Liberal Party of Canada,” inquiry documents show.
		Apparently, people like Gomery seem to believe that trials and inquiries ought to be conducted, at least in part, by public opinion polls.
		Judge Gomery's comments are contained in his letter to Jean-Marc Bard, who was the chief of staff to former public works minister Alfonso Gagliano from 1999 to 2002.
	www.mapleleafweb.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=3888 (2030 words)

	Gomery inquiry update - Political Forums
		Yesterday, officials at the commission of inquiry said Gomery was receiving expressions of support from across Canada in response to an accusation by a lawyer for former prime minister Jean Chrétien that the judge had lost his impartiality.
		The fact that Gomery appears to have made up his mind before hearing all of the evidence makes it very difficult to see how justice could be done by this inquiry anyway.
		Gomery should have known better than to: i) speak to the press about an inquiry he is currently presiding over, and ii) reach decisions without hearing all of the evidence.
	www.mapleleafweb.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=2789 (2375 words)

	Gomery inquiry lawyer says more criminal charges likely in sponsorship affair - October 24, 2006 - Canadaeast.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gomery issued his first report on the scandal a year ago.
		Roy pointed out that the evidence collected by the Gomery inquiry can't be used as evidence in a criminal trial.
		The Gomery commission heard a mass of evidence that scores of sponsorship contracts were handed out at inflated prices in the $250-million program, often for little or no work.
	www.canadaeast.com /cp/national/article2.php?articleID=58561 (292 words)

	Gomery blames Chrétien for sponsorship flaws
		Gomery also assigned blame to a handful of other people involved in the $332 million scheme to raise the federal government's visibility, primarily in post-sovereignty-referendum Quebec.
		However, Gomery said there was no evidence that either man was directly involved in Corriveau's "wrongdoing," entitling them "to be exonerated from blame for Mr.
		Gomery, normally a justice of the Quebec Superior Court, held 136 hearings and listened to 172 witnesses between September 2004 and June 2005 before presenting his report on what went wrong with the program.
	www.cbc.ca /canada/story/2005/11/01/gomery-report051101.html (1863 words)

	Gomery Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Justice Gomery released his first phase report on the scandal on November 1, 2005.
		On November 1, 2005, Gomery released the first part of his report.
		Gomery also exonerated prime minister Paul Martin, the former minister of finance during most of the sponsorship programme.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gomery_inquiry (1385 words)

	The Gomery Inquiry on Sponsorship Scandals
		The purpose of this thread is to discuss the different effects the Gomery inquiry has over Quebecers and the rest of the Canada, mostly the negative impact.
		It is really clear that this inquiry has an effect on the intention of vote toward a Liberal party, either provincial or federal because it is mainly the same.
		Quebecers can't see this inquiry end without anyone paying for what happened, and we are talking about politicians, not business sharks because we already know who they are and they already being charge criminaly.
	forums.canadiancontent.net /canadian-politics/36763-gomery-inquiry-sponsorship-scandals.html#post541340 (2780 words)

	Quebec fallout on the Gomery Inquiry
		But according to one of our sources, a Liberal fundraiser named in recent testimony, told us the Gomery commission’s lawyers are upset at the narrowness of their mandate.
		He’s under the impression that Gomery’s legalists now propose to stretch their investigation far beyond the mandate that Paul Martin and Justice Minister Irwin Cotler had originally envisioned.
		This is the closest Gomery has come to recognizing that those tagged by Brault’s free-form flow of unsubstantiated testimony deserve the right to defend themselves.
	www.canadafreepress.com /2005/duff043005.htm (1049 words)

	Gomery Receives Five Million Dollar Advance for Phase Two of Report - Canadian Satire, Humour and Hard-Hitting News - ...
		Gomery's skill as an author, both in terms of style or prolificacy, but for a writer with only one book under his belt to get that kind of advance is unheard of.
		Justice Gomery himself refused comment, as he is reportedly very busily working on Phase II, due to the released February 1st next year.
		Gomery's publicist and literary agent also refused to confirm whether or not her boss is getting such a lucrative book advance, but insisted that Mr.
	www.thehammer.ca /content/view.php?news=2005-11-4-gomery-phase-2 (691 words)

	Gomery, Krever and the Somalia Inquiries -- Finger-pointing allowed?
		The Inquiry was not intended to be a trial, or a retrial of any trial previously held, although our hearings did include an examination of the institutional causes of and responses to incidents that previously resulted in the charge and trial of individuals.
		Hence, the Inquiry's primary focus was the organization and management of the Canadian Forces and the Department of National Defence, as well as institutional and systemic issues, rather than the individuals who constitute them.
		I have to say that on the balance the evidence suggests that the Gomery Inquiry is not "normal" when it comes to the infamous paragraph (k).
	www.stevejanke.com /archives/084753.php (1051 words)

	The Gomery Inquiry should only be the beginning
		Some of the witnesses appearing before the Gomery Inquiry have already been charged with criminal offenses, but their trials have not yet begun.
		Judge Gomery put a temporary publications ban on their evidence, so that in answering the Inquiry's questions their statements will not prevent them receiving a fair trial when their criminal case comes to court.
		Such an inquiry is urgently needed, because many Canadians now suspect that a culture of corruption has become Standard Operating Procedure within the Liberal Party, and have consequently lost faith in the government.
	www.chp.ca /arc-CHP-Communique/communique_12_16.htm (562 words)

	Ottawa's legal fees exceed $10-million @ workopolis.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Gomery inquiry itself has hired 14 lawyers at a total cost of $4-million, out of a total budget of $32-million for the inquiry's lifespan.
		Lawyers at the inquiry are representing Crown corporations such as Canada Post, Via Rail and the Business Development Bank, and independent agencies such as the Office of the Auditor-General.
		The Gomery inquiry was designed to investigate $100-million in lucrative contracts to advertising firms between 1996 and 2002, but it is proving to be a gold mine for law firms.
	www.workopolis.com /servlet/Content/qprinter/20050413/GOMERYFEES13 (536 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Federal sponsorship scandal (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gomery would order a ban on the publication of their testimony because their appearances before the inquiry were initially scheduled for a few weeks before the beginning of their trials.
		But Gomery said in October that he was disappointed that the government hasn't resolved some problems, pointing for example how deputy ministers are appointed.
		On Feb. 1, 2006, Gomery released the final report from his inquiry, which cost taxpayers more than $14 million, according to a report later released by the Canadian Press.
	www.cbc.ca.cob-web.org:8888 /news/background/groupaction (1735 words)

	Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities (Gomery Commission)
		The Gomery Commission Phase II Report was delivered to the Governor in Council on Wednesday, February 1, 2006.
		The Inquiry arose as a result of the significant concerns raised in the Report of the Auditor General to the House of Commons with respect to the sponsorship program and advertising activities of the Government of Canada.
		John Gomery, a Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec for more than 21 years, was appointed to head the Commission.
	www.fedpubs.com /subject/govern/gomery.htm (563 words)

	Sympatico / MSN : News : CTV.ca: Opposition unimpressed by Liberal call for probe (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It was the second major piece of news to come out of the sponsorship inquiry Monday.
		Gomery agreed to the ban for Brault and two others -- Paul Coffin of Coffin Communications and former civil servant Chuck Guite -- because the three are facing criminal charges.
		Their lawyers successfully argued that testimony at the sponsorship inquiry could bias potential jurors in the criminal trial.
	sympaticomsn.ctv.ca.cob-web.org:8888 /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1112614081885_4?hub=TopStories (646 words)

	American Blog Gomery Inquiry (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Anyway, it appears that the Gomery inquiry is still is living in 1993...
		The U.S. blogger riled the Gomery commission during the weekend by posting extracts of testimony given in secret Thursday by Jean Brault.
		A warning from the Gomery Inquiry -- Don't link or even mention Captain's Quarters A warning from Captain's Quarters : However, despite the publication of the material in an American blog and...
	www.bloggsite.com.cob-web.org:8888 /american-blog-gomery-inquiry.html (326 words)

	Ex-minister profited, inquiry told Gomery hears Dingwall hired to lobby for more federal government funding @ ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Hayter told the inquiry that in the fall of 1998, at Mr.
		Justice John Gomery asked whether that was to reward Mr.
		Hayter told the inquiry that he didn't realize the sponsorship program was the source of the money.
	globecareers.workopolis.com /servlet/Content/qprinter/20050519/GOMERY19 (567 words)

	Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada
		The work of Judge Gomery has been determined by the Terms of Reference of the Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities (the Gomery Commission) which was established on February 19, 2004 by the Martin-led Liberal Cabinet.
		The Inquiry is an investigation into the issues and events referred to in the terms of reference.
		Justice Gomery went on to state that he will establish the facts and will be able to assess the evidence provided and make findings on matters such as the credibility of witnesses.
	www.mlpc.ca /Articles/gomery2.html (1430 words)

	Welcome to the Gomery Commission Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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.
		Justice John H. Gomery was named Commissioner under Part I of the Inquiries Act.
		According to the terms of reference, which are contained in the Order in Council, the Commission has been given a double mandate.
	www.gomery.ca /en/index.asp (168 words)

	What I Told the Gomery Commission :: thetyee.ca
		Gomery was nothing more than the PM trying to screw the former PM.
		Here's one example: Gomery's Report did not, as the media rushed to declare, "exonerate Paul Martin" and IMO Paul Martin cannot be exonerated until the role of Basi and Virk is fully revealed.
		The worst outcome of Gomery would be a Conservative government, which by the way is where the media is going with this, instead of addressing issues with why this took place we will elect a more corrupt bunch to clean it up.
	thetyee.ca /Views/2005/11/07/ToldGomeryCommission (9352 words)

	andrewcoyne.com: Meanwhile, back at Gomery... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Côté, told the inquiry that the cash he handed out came from $120,000 in cash given to him by party executive Michel Béliveau, who was Mr.
		Côté is the third top Liberal executive to confirm at the inquiry that the party used secret, unlawful sources of funding to finance its campaign activities.
		Corbeil said he saw a similar setup in Chretien's riding, but he was cut off when Gomery said the Liberal staffing practices were outside the commission's mandate to probe the sponsorship program...
	andrewcoyne.com /2005/05/meanwhile-back-at-gomery.php (716 words)

	Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada
		In reality, the outcome of the Gomery Inquiry, at best, will be the determination of the facts in the case within an extremely circumscribed framework.
		Even if Justice Gomery's mandate had been enlarged to make criminal liability recommendations, the issue would still remain one of "some bad individuals." Like every other problem in the society, the issue is going to be reduced to the "attitude" of some individuals.
		If Justice Gomery really examines the facts at hand and objectively looks at what is needed to change the situation, the only conclusion would be the need for a full review of the entire party-dominated system and electoral laws designed to elect a party government and keep Canadians disempowered.
	www.mlpc.ca /Articles/gomery1.html (710 words)

	Paul Martin, Stephen Harper, and the Gomery Report
		You might wonder why, since the Gomery Inquiry was a critical element in the defeat of the Paul Martin Liberals, putting Stephen Harper and the Conservatives in power.
		Didn't Gomery have to cut off a witness who was going to testify to corruption in judicial appointments for instance...
		Gomery is sounding more and more like a Liberal puppet if you ask me...him and that 'Inside Gomery' book and all that...he fits right in with the nest feathering socialist pukes not knowing or caring about 'right from wrong'.
	www.stevejanke.com /archives/155289.php (5494 words)

	Let's Talk Taxes - Old Habits Diehard: Chrétien Tries to Bigfoot Gomery Inquiry
		Chrétien is desperate to stop the Gomery Commission from assigning blame because it might point to him.
		They did not want a public inquiry and do not believe anything good can come from it for their man, his reputation or the Liberal party.
		His government shut down the Somalia inquiry when the evidence was taking investigators to the top brass at the Department of Defence.
	www.taxpayer.com /main/news.php?news_id=1902 (694 words)

	Gin and Tonic - What "waiting for Gomery" really means
		And it would seem to me that far from "determining the truth", Justice Gomery must be pretty careful in his report to a) not affect any ongoing or future criminal or civil litigation, and b) not stray into personal opinion.
		So even if Justice Gomery has an opinion about the veracity of one witness's claims vs. those of another, he must be very careful not to interfere with the criminal proceedings underway.
		Hopefully he is saving a public reference to Gomery's tied hands until the day he and the Bloqists vote down the government.
	www.dowlersolutions.ca /blog/archives/2005/04/what_waiting_fo_1.html (2272 words)

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