Tories misinformed Parliament on G8 spending: AG

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Tories misinformed Parliament on G8 fund: AG

The Canadian Press

Date: Mon. Apr. 11 2011 10:00 AM ET

OTTAWA — The auditor general says the Harper government misinformed Parliament to win approval for a $50-million G8 fund that lavished money on dubious projects in a Conservative riding.

And she suggests the process may have been illegal.

The findings are contained in a confidential report Sheila Fraser was to have tabled in Parliament on April 5.


http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20110411/ag-says-tories-misinformed-parliament-on-g8-fund-110411/

Meanwhile, the Cons are up 11 points, majority territory, in the latest Nanos daily tracking poll. Canadians better wake up soon.

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1. Tories misquoted me (Wrote an Untruth) on summit costs, Fraser says

Auditor General Sheila Fraser has written a scathing letter rebuking the Conservatives for misquoting her in a parliamentary report on the costs of the G8/G20 summits in Toronto last summer, CBC News has learned.

The report quoted the auditor general as saying: “We found that the processes and controls around that were very good, and that the monies were spent as they were intended to be spent.”

But in her letter addressed to members of a Commons committee on Friday, which was received by the clerk and members on Monday, Fraser said the quote had nothing to do with the summits.

Instead, the Conservatives falsely recycled an old comment she made on security spending by a previous Liberal government after the 9/11 terrorist attacks a decade ago.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/story/2011/04/11/cv-election-weston-ag-fraser.html#
Greg Weston, CBC News Posted: Apr 11, 2011 4:07 PM ET

http://www.scribd.com/doc/52783078/Auditor-General-letter-to-chair-of-Government-Operations-Committee

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2. Eh, I doubt that'll stop the Conservative majority,

and that fucking scares me. What is it about them that scandal after scandal fails to stick to them?

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3. I

We hope not. Let's hope for a good turn out at the polls.


http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/820390--from-fountains-to-gardens-to-buried-hydrants-it-s-a-new-world-in-the-near-north

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4. Cons might be up 11 points nationally, but you have to look at the regional numbers

In ontario, quebec, and BC, the cons and liberals are virtually tied. The reason harper's national numbers are so high is because he's stacked support out west, places he's already going to win. If Albertans go from supporting Harper 75% to supporting him 95%, that would be reflected by a bump on a national poll, even though at the end of the day it amounts to literally nothing gained for Harper.