Some of Paul Martin's comments on the Liberal sponsorship scandal that is all a-bubbling Up North--something on the order of $100 million (Canadian) meant (so I gather) for PR work to promote national unity (this was just after Quebec nearly voted for secession) misappropriated under Chretien and funneled to Liberal-friendly Quebec advertising firms, about which Paul Martin claims to have known nothing--seem just surreally bizarre to me, when I think about them...
Martin repeated his comment from yesterday that he would resign if the facts proved he had prior knowledge of the sponsorship scandal when he was finance minister.
'I didn't do it, I swear to God. But if I had done it, and you guys were to find out, then I'd resign. But I didn't. So I won't. But I would if I did. Honest. You should believe me when I say that. Even though, if I had done it, most of what I've just said would have been a lie. Except for that last part, I swear. But I'm not lying. So there. PS QUEBEC RULZ!'
UPDATE: Unrelated but still Canadian, Conrad Black has decided to sue Hollinger International for defamation, for suing him for cooking the books and felching away company money.
Posted by aloysius at February 16, 2004 06:34 PM | TrackBack |