Public Works and Government Services Canada Minister Scott Brison has claimed, according to CNews, that the Liberal Government of Paul Martin has disciplined civil servants for involvement in Adscam even before the Gomery Inquiry report comes out.
But...
The government refuses to provide any details beyond Mr. Brison's claim, citing "privacy issues".
And the union representative denies any such punishment:
The president of the union representing civil service professionals said she found talk of discipline both premature and puzzling. No sponsorship-related discipline has come to the attention of either of the major government unions.
"I was under the impression that nothing would occur before Gomery," said Michele Demers of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada.
"I'm quite shocked actually that statements like that would be made publicly by a minister prior to Gomery filing his report.
"I'm certainly hoping this is not a political ploy to try and find culprits at any cost before we have any valid report and information on the entire saga."
(Emphasis mine)
Commons Public Accounts Committee head John Williams responds to Mr. Brison's claim:
"They're going to hang this whole thing on bureaucratic failure when we know full well that there was serious, close and intimate involvement - and likely management - by . . . ministers and others,"
Be certain to read the whole article. There's more.
I believe this is a shameful, cynical, Machiavellian scheme on the part of the Paul Martin Liberals to try and paint an impression that they have been on top of the scandalous corruption and criminality that has occurred under Adscam in an attempt to reassure the electorate that they've cleaned up the mess, the culprits have been punished and all is well.
But why are they doing this, after they repeated themselves innumerable times that we must "let Gomery do his work" before saying or doing anything?
I can only state my opinion as being: The Liberals under Paul Martin are cheating! They are trying to have it every way they want and to weasel out of the scandal by breaking their repeated word to wait until all the facts have been independently discovered.
If these people are not corrupt, then no one in the world has ever been corrupt. But since corruption has happened, it's impossible for these people to claim they're not corrupt when faced with irrefutable evidence that they are.
What else are Paul Martin's Liberals lying to us about? What other solemn words to us have they broken?
