> We paid millions for an inquiry to find out who was responsible for
> $100 being paid to pro Liberal advertising company. It cleared Martin, but
> those responsible never went to jail. No one was even charged.

The actual amount diverted has yet to be established. The overall
money involved was 250$ million but a substantial amount of that
appears to have been spent properly and on legitimate projects. So,
what Harper succeeded in doing was to force an election before
Canadians realized that the amount that was actually being discussed
was much less than they could imagine and that they could possibly
start forgiving the liberals (of Chrétien, not Martin as none of the
money was dispensed under his administration) for doing exactly what
they wanted them to do in the first place.

What Canadians are upset about is not that Québec was encouraged to
stay in Canada, but that it wasn't out of love...they had to pay for
it. And it's not like the Parti québécois benefitted financially by
it either. It's like trying to date a woman and then realizing that
her husband expects payment for that.

Well, boo hoo. Personally I fail to see what the complaint is. Those
who wanted this got what they wanted. The part that were kickbacks, I
agree that those should be prosecuted, but not all sponsorship
transfers were criminal. I've been dealing with these files for over
two years now. Quite a bit of it was as innocuous as any other
sponsorship.

What must also be noted is that the entire program was created under
Joe Clark. So perhaps the Conservatives have some share of
responsibility for it, except that Clark has dissociated himself from
Harper, thank the gods.