Liberal Icebergs

Maybe the Liberals do wish the icebergs were melting, that way, the RCMP wouldn't get below the tip. As I said the other day, the sponsorship scandal investigation is far from over, folks... And so is the Liberals continued descent into the great shit-abyss.

The police probe into the sponsorship scandal is focusing increasingly on the shadowy world of political organizers who siphoned federal funds from advertising firms on behalf of the Liberal Party of Canada, sources said yesterday.

In police parlance, the probes are now looking into the "network of corruption" involving Liberal fundraisers and organizers who were continuously asking advertising firms for kickbacks.

The Third Way

Do you think in Quebec, with the recent 3rd place finish for the PQ, the dramatic rise of the non-separatist/non-federalist/pro-automony/3rd way ADQ, that this situation obviously shows that Quebeckers don't necessarily want to leave Quebec, but they don't want federal intrusion so much. Hmmm, same sentiment in BC and Alberta I'd say.

What this also indicates is that everyone is sick of the see-saw debate between separatism and centralism. Sick of it I tells ya!

But it also exposes that the Liberals, a la Trudeau, have NEEDED the separatists to legitimize their idea of a centralist federal government for many years and the separatists NEEDED the arrogant Liberals to battle against hard federalism.

Many of us have known this for years and many of us know about the billions of loonies that has gone to Quebec, almost equating with the amount that leaves Alberta, as a bribe to stay in the country. The recent budget is definitely an indication of that, so not much has changed there.

However, there's a difference. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has declared that the fiscal imbalance with the provinces has been solved. I think what he means though is that this is the last time we're buying off Quebec, other provinces be damned anyway. After this, will there be a further break down of federal powers and overlapped spending to let provinces do their own thing, like they used to a long time ago? Perhaps.

But when the Liberals were governing, they liked to create "programs" and many a program they made, with plump Quebecois patronage, and wasteful spending there to create jobs for friends. The sponsorship scandal was the crux of a resulting corruption that had been going on for many years. This was Liberal centralism and this bribery is insulting to Quebeckers.

Stephen Harper's old roots in the Reform Party would have no money for Quebec, and more provincial autonomy. This policy was the called "Third Way" that Preston Manning used to trumpet a whole decade ago.

Conservatives shocked everyone with 10 seats last election. With the rise of the ADQ and fall of the Liberals and PQ, it appears that Quebeckers are now embracing this old idea as a new way.

Adscam? I thought that was over!

So, you thought the sponsorship scandal was over, didn't you? The auditor reported, arrests were made, people were sentenced, Liberals lost the election, and that was that.

Well, no. "It ain't over until we decide it is!"

They're just scratching the surface folks.

"Police continue to investigate federal bureaucrats, ad executives, and Liberal party organizers suspected to have taken part in the kickback scheme. "

Read on!

So here's a party that tries to trigger an election by voting against the Conservative budget, but luckily with Bloc support it passes, then they attack the Conservatives for trying to rig an election. Wait, didn't Liberal leader Stephane Dion say they "must go back to power as soon as possible"?

What, is being in government the only way they can try to cover up more scandals?