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	Liberal Party of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Liberal Party was reduced from a majority to a minority government due, in part, to a scandal in which advertising agencies supporting the Liberal Party received grossly inflated commissions for their services.
		When the Liberals formed a majority government after the 1993 election with Chrétien at the helm, party unity was assured by placing Martin, whom Chrétien had defeated for the party leadership in 1990, in the crucial role of Minister of Finance.
		In April, 2005 David Kilgour, one of the party's two MPs from Alberta announced that he was leaving the party to sit as an independent member of the House of Commons due to the damaging allegations of corruption in the Liberal Party's Quebec wing based on testimony in the Gomery Commission inquiry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada (3331 words)

	Sponsorship scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Liberals, for their part, have sought to weather the damage from the scandal by arguing the controversial deeds committed were done by a small, isolated, and corrupt sub-culture within the Liberal Party.
		Within the Liberal party, the revelation of the scandal and the subsequent Gomery commission, have highlighted and exacerbated the rift between the "Chrétien camp" and "Martin camp".
		The opposition parties and several constitutional experts claim that the motion is binding and that the government must resign; the government and several opposing constitutional experts suggest that this motion was merely procedural and therefore cannot be considered a matter of confidence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada_sponsorship_scandal (3022 words)

	Liberal Party of Canada sponsorship scandal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Liberal Party of Canada sponsorship scandal is a scandal that has affected the Liberal Party of Canada, especially in 2004.
		In her report, Fraser revealed that up to $100 million of the $250 million spent on the sponsorship program from 1996 to 2001 had been paid for little or no work.
		The sponsorship program was originally conceived in 1996 and was a response to Quebec's nearly successful secession referendum in 1995.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/liberal_party_of_canada_sponsorship_scandal (1033 words)

	Sponsorship scandal - Biocrawler definition:Sponsorship scandal - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It has affected the government of Canada, and particularly the ruling Liberal Party of Canada, for a number of years, but rose to especially great prominence in 2004.
		The sponsorship program was originally conceived in 1996 and was a response to a referendum in 1995 in which Quebecers narrowly defeated a proposal to separate from Canada.
		The opposition parties claim that the motion is binding and that the government had to resign; the government and constitutional experts suggest that this motion was merely procedural and therefore cannot be considered a matter of confidence.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Sponsorship_scandal (2403 words)

	CBC News: Sponsorship scandal may spur Liberal MPs to cross floor
		OTTAWA - The sponsorship scandal may send at least one Liberal MP running into the arms of the Conservatives — and is fuelling more talk of a snap federal election.
		The latest explosive allegations from the sponsorship inquiry have spurred David Kilgour, a Liberal MP from Edmonton, to ponder whether he wants to quit the Liberal Party or leave politics entirely.
		However, Bloc Leader Gilles Duceppe has hinted that the sponsorship scandal in itself may not be enough reason to put Canadians through another election less than a year after the last one.
	www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2005/04/10/sponsorship-050410.html (621 words)

	Socialist Viewpoint
		The Liberals were reduced to 135 seats in the new parliament, down from 172 in 2000 and 20 seats short of a majority.
		The BQ victory is a repudiation of federal government attacks on the movement for Quebec independence, especially with regard to the so-called “sponsorship scandal.” The federal government used hundreds of millions of dollars to sponsor public events in Quebec aimed at boosting the reputation of Canada’s constitutional and legal status quo.
		Party leader Stephen Harper said his demands earlier in the year for Canada to join the U.S. war in Iraq were a “misunderstanding.” Even so, the prospect of a possible Conservative victory persuaded many voters to back the Liberals as a “lesser evil.”
	www.socialistviewpoint.org /july_04/july_04_18.html (1112 words)

	Liberals Trail, Poll Shows, As Vote in Canada Nears (washingtonpost.com)
		The Conservative Party, led by Stephen Harper, 45, had little hope of winning a national election just a few months ago but has pushed ahead with 32 percent compared to 31 percent for the Liberals, according to an Ipsos-Reid poll.
		While a majority in Parliament is needed for a party to approve legislation on its own, the Conservatives could be positioned to govern in a coalition with smaller parties.
		The scandal involves a police investigation of the diversion of about $75 million in government funds to advertising firms with close ties to the Liberal Party in exchange for little or no work.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A44652-2004Jun15.html (707 words)

	Captain's Quarters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This scandal is the death knell for the Liberals.
		Combining the Liberals' stranglehold on the immigration issue and the CBC functioning as the official public relations firm of the Liberal Party, and we're stuck with the crooks forever.
		The Quebec population is less than 24% of the Canadian total, yet the Liberal party alternates between an English leader from the ROC and a Quebec native son French speaking leader.
	www.captainsquartersblog.com /mt/archives/004220.php (13511 words)

	CTV.ca \| Scandal drives Liberal popularity down: poll
		The sponsorship scandal has dealt a punishing blow to the Liberal Party's popularity -- and one casualty could be a spring election, a new poll suggests.
		The Conservative Party rose five percentage points to 24 per cent, while the NDP gained two percentage points, rising to 18 per cent support.
		Liberal support fell from one point, from 43 to 42 per cent.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1076732020475_24?hub=TopStories (847 words)

	Voter Cynicism and the Federal Election
		Party leaders were asked how they would address this situation, and their answers invariably focussed around the Liberal party sponsorship scandal.
		Media coverage of the Green party is minimal — the media prefer to focus on the Martin-Harper horserace instead.
		Green party leader Jim Harris was not invited to participate in the leaders' debate, despite the level of interest in his party.
	www.mathnews.uwaterloo.ca /Issues/mn9504/voters.php (598 words)

	::.Angus Reid Consultants.::
		The Conservative party is second with 25 per cent, followed by the New Democratic Party (NDP) with 15 per cent, the Bloc Québécois with 14 per cent and the Green party with eight per cent.
		Last year, Martin called a public inquiry into the federal sponsorship program—initiated during the tenure of prime minister Jean Chrétien to promote Canada in Quebec—after auditor-general Sheila Fraser concluded that approximately $75 million U.S. of the program’s budget was paid to Liberal-friendly advertising firms for little or no work.
		On Oct. 18, Bloc Québécois leader Giles Duceppe said not all the blame on the sponsorship scandal should be placed on the former prime minister, saying, "(Chrétien) presided over a cabinet in which the No. 2 man was Paul Martin.
	www.angus-reid.com /polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/9477 (463 words)

	Under Siege \| canada.com Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		OTTAWA -- Liberal MP Dennis Mills says the sponsorship scandal is like a cancer eating away at the party - and the public trust.
		Quebec Liberal candidate Jean Lapierre, referring to the fact that Martin is dealing with a problem from Jean Chretien's government, compared the scandal with an inheritance.
		The sponsorship scandal burst wide open last week when the auditor general reported that $100 million was paid in commissions to Liberal-friendly Quebec ad firms for little or no work.
	www.canada.com /national/features/undersiege/story.html?id=af93c7cd-9ad0-4e0b-a8a3-26388fe41d85 (327 words)

	Articles - Quebec sovereignty movement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Federal liberal politicians stated that the ambiguous wording of the 1995 referendum question was the primary impetus in the bill's drafting.
		However, in early 2004, the Liberal government of Jean Charest had proved to be unpopular, and that, combined with the federal Liberal Party sponsorship scandal contributed to a resurgence of the BQ.
		For example, in 2000, Alex Salmond, then (and current) leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), wrote a speech to be read to the audience of the PQ National Council in which he spoke of the PQ as brother party of the SNP.
	lastring.com /articles/Quebec_separatism?mySession=d04c750a5d06fcc38... (3261 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Federal sponsorship scandal
		The former director-general of the Liberal Party of Canada's Quebec wing.
		Although Pelletier was not suspended in the original sponsorship firings on February 24, he was criticized by opposition members who suggested that the sponsorship program could not have operated without his knowledge since he was in charge of the Liberal party's unity strategy and took an active role in everything that was going on.
		He moved on to become an executive director of the sponsorship branch of the department that was at the centre of Sheila Fraser's report.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/groupaction/whoswho.html (3997 words)

	Canadian Federal Sponsorship Scandal
		I think very highly of Harper, and he is the only person the Liberals are quietly terrified of.
		Canadians are sick and tired of the Liberals solving their scandals by giving a golden handshake to the people involved.
		Liberals only salvation in the upcoming election will be to go after their former leader's head.
	www.unitednorthamerica.org /phpBB2/about365.html (757 words)

	Proud To Be Canadian .ca
		In this case, the sitting Liberal Party MP is also an “honorable” Cabinet Minister.
		Liberals appear to bounce back from any Gomery fallout, poll suggestsThe Leger Marketing survey indicated the Liberals had 34 per cent support, compared with 26 per cent for the Conservatives, 18 per cent for the New Democratic Party and 11 per cent for the Bloc Quebecois.
		They want to be the über “progressive” party… a party which stands for going backward in time to an era where everything proved to be an abject failure, time and time again, notwithstanding the countless hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars worth of taxpayer funding that solved nothing.
	proudtobecanadian.ca /blog/index/weblog/liberal_party_sponsorship_scandal... (3837 words)

	Liberal.ca - Liberal Party of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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		This website is the property of the Liberal Party of Canada and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without express written permission.
		Authorized by the registered agent for the Liberal Party of Canada.
	www.liberal.ca /platform_e_1.aspx (286 words)

	Dashan and the Liberal Sponsorship Scandal \| Watching China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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 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.
		Now some are saying that because the money went to companies that are supporters of a federalist (anti-separation, pro-Canada) political party, that separation threatens to become more popular in Quebec.
	www.watchingchina.com /node/71 (289 words)

	Canadian PM Martin testifies before sponsorship scandal inquiry - Wikinews
		Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada, had the opportunity to testify Thursday before the Gomery Commission of Inquiry on the so-called "Sponsorship" scandal.
		The Prime Minister managed to distance himself from a programme about which his predecessor, The Right Honorable Jean Chrétien testified on Tuesday, had as its objective National unity which was a matter under his purview.
		The scandal involves hundreds of millions of dollars spent in a program created to respond to the 1995 Quebec referendum.
	en.wikinews.org /wiki/Canadian_PM_Martin_testifies_before_sponsorship_scandal_inquiry (317 words)

	Worldandnation: Scandal donations to go to taxpayers
		Prime Minister Paul Martin says all donations to his Liberal Party that were tainted by the sponsorship scandal will be given back to Canadian taxpayers.
		The issue could affect the timing of a federal election as Martin acknowledged some members of his caucus are uneasy about going to the voters this spring.
		Martin said there is no personal vendetta against members of the old Liberal regime after the firing of Via Rail chairman Jean Pelletier, former chief aide to retired Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/03/07/news_pf/Worldandnation/Scandal_donations_to_.shtml (664 words)

	Proud To Be Canadian .ca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Liberals’ ability—and gumption—to re-write history to suit them is astounding.
		Take, for example, this article appearing in the Vancouver Sun (a Canwest Global paper) this past Saturday, written by accurate reporter Tim Naumetz, about the Liberal Party and their strategies for (my words) clinging to power at any cost at all whatsoever --come this fall.
		Liberal insiders are debating whether the government should prorogue Parliament during the summer recess and launch a new session late this fall, with a throne speech outlining the main elements of the next Liberal election campaign platform.
	www.proudtobecanadian.ca /blog/index/weblog/liberal_party_sponsorship_scandal_how_many_hundreds_of_millions (338 words)

	The Politicker: Canadian Scams And Blog Bans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As for "angry in t o", he/she is obviously a liberal who is too blind to see that he/she has been in the past, is currently being and will continue in the future to be financially pillaged and raped by the Liberal Party so that it can line it's own pockets.
		If the Canadian Liberal party were a US political party, it would have a pig (instead of a donkey or an elephant) as its mascot, representing the party feeding at the public trough.
		The Conservatives, who have the numbers to keep the Liberals in power, reiterated on Wednesday they would not bring drown the nine-month-old minority government immediately, because Canadians needed "some time" to absorb the Gomery commission news and because more testimony needed to be heard.
	www.thepoliticker.net /archives/2005/04/cq_get_ctvdotte.html (3661 words)

	Ghost of a flea: Sponsorship scandal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is beginning to look to me that the Liberal Party of Canada has more to worry about than remaining in power.
		It is beginning to look to me that the Liberal Party of Canada has more to worry about than remaining...
		First, this is not a case of the ruling party censoring anything but a court order of the justice in charge of an ongoing investigation.
	www.ghostofaflea.com /archives/005176.html (1349 words)

	Murky View » Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		No, he didn’t say that Chretien should be fired, nor did he say that the Liberal party should be cleared of all wrongdoing… what he said was much much deeper than that.
		What I’ve seen from reports on France 2, Liberation, Le Figaro and le Monde is that in one of the “sensitive” suburbs of Paris, two youth might have committed a robbery and were hiding in a transmission/transformer site, got into the equipment and were electrocuted.
		This sort of thing is not only damaging to the Liberal Party, but also to Canadians as a whole because it affects outsiders perception of Canada as a stable and strong country.
	www.murkyview.com /archives/category/jade/archives/category/politics (3733 words)

	Proud To Be Canadian .ca Forums: Martin's office WAS involved in sponsorship cash, we learn today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Martin's office WAS involved in sponsorship cash, we learn today, after the election, in which he said he "never knew nuthin".
		The sponsorship contracts in question are related to the ongoing inquiry into the biggest government corruption scandal in Canada's history.
		Part of the job of the inquiry is to find out where over $100 MILLION taxpayer dollars went through the Liberals' "sponsorship program", having already uncovered the fact that it was all funneled through Liberal Party-friendly ad firms, who in turn gave big donations to the Liberal Party.
	www.proudtobecanadian.ca /threads/showthreaded.php?Number=1577 (912 words)

	Spartac.us
		Basically, the Liberal government contracted with several advertising firms to do federal government advertising and sponsorship of events and a lot of the money ended up being used for Liberal Party purposes.
		The problem with this is of course that the citizens of a sovereign state have rights which are quite separate from their responsibilities as jurors.
		The majority of Québécois believe that it is a rotten party and that it should be put aside for a while.
	blog.spartac.us /329 (4746 words)

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