The Liberal Party Sponsorship Scandal Continues

April 28, 2008

The former executive director of the Liberal Party’s Quebec wing, Benoit Corbeil, has been arrested and charged with fraud.

The serious criminal charges Mr. Corbeil faces are part of the fallout of the Sponsorship Scandal where, under the watch of the previous Liberal government, millions of taxpayer dollars disappeared, with much of this money later turning up to fund the partisan activities of the Liberal Party itself.

Mr. Corbeil’s arrest is a reminder to Canadians that the Liberal Party continues to operate under a dark ethical cloud.

This does not stop the Liberal Party from chasing headlines and manufacturing outrage about the Conservative Government. If the Stéphane Dion Liberals were serious about wanting clean government, they would turn their attention to their own ranks.

Mr. Dion has conceded that he is open to re-admitting key Sponsorship Scandal figure Marc-Yvan Côté into the Liberal Party. And the Stéphane Dion Liberals refuse to open their books and come clean about the missing Sponsorship Scandal money.

The Stéphane Dion Liberals have no new ideas or policies, no plans for the future and no leadership. Now it is clearer than ever that they have no interest in providing answers about what really happened during one of the darkest chapters in Canadian political history.

Stéphane Dion. Not a leader. Not worth the risk.