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Originally posted by Yakk
Hmm? I thought the sponsorship scandal consisted of the Liberals being overly spendy and insufficiently accountable on ads during the Quebec referendum?
The government thought it was going to lose the referendum, so they threw money at ad agencies. Some was lost to corruption, and too much of it wasn't accounted for properly.
The error seemed to me to be on the side of poor accounting, due to panic over the possible breakup of Canada.
Did I miss something in the scandal?
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"$250 million spent on the sponsorship program was suspect. About $100 million of $250 million was paid in fees and commissions to Liberal-friendly advertising and communications firms for work of little or no value." from Sheila Fraser's testamony.
I read into that, that the Liberal government was using this as a way to pad the pockets of their buddies .
Nevermind the sponsorship scandle though. How about the gun registry? A billion dollars spent for something that is totally useless seems like a good way to allocate funds I suppose.
The waste of our tax dollars is reason enough not to vote those crooks back into power IMO.
My vote will be for the conservatives unless something major happens between now and June 28th.