…of course the RCMP hasn’t asked for them yet…
To get caught up on this story, read this [and this] and [this].
The Conservative party will hand over taped conversations laden with high-stakes political intrigue to the RCMP, a source said Tuesday.
The tapes – a behind-the-scenes peek at political horse-trading – have already sparked controversy but only a snippet of the recordings have been made public. The Tories plan to transfer the bulk of separate taped discussions between Tory MP Gurmant Grewal and two key Liberals: Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh and Tim Murphy, chief of staff to Prime Minister Paul Martin.
The talks offered a gripping sideshow to the Liberal-Conservative non-confidence showdown in the House of Commons last week.
Murphy is overheard offering advice to Grewal about how he and his wife – also an MP – could miss the vote and guarantee a Liberal victory.
Murphy is overheard suggesting he’s willing to negotiate something later with Grewal, who made clandestine recordings of the conversations.
But Murphy can also be overheard rejecting an offer to discuss a Senate appointment. He says it was Grewal who came calling with such a request.
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