I’m sure the Liberals will announce this with great fanfare, as if to further prove how honorable they are. They will put the same spin on it that they are doing with the Gomery Inquiry: We’re the ones who set this trust fund up… so obviously we’re honest! And anyone who doesn’t see it that way is unCanadian. Oh and probably a scary “Christian fundamentalist” too! Ooooh!
And many Canadians will buy it. Or they won’t, but they’ll vote for the Liberal Party anyway, so bereft are they of the abilty to sort things out.
The Liberals will be announcing the creation of a $750,000 trust fund to cover any ill-gotten sponsorship money the party may have received, CTV News has learned.
Robert Fife, CTV’s Ottawa bureau chief, told Newsnet the money won’t be disbursed until Justice John Gomery completes his report, expected some time in December.
“But they want to put this money in a trust fund to ensure they will pay back any money that may have gone into the Liberal Party’s coffers from the sponsorship scandal.”
Fife noted the opposition parties had passed a resolution calling for such an action, but the Liberals ignored it.
Asked how the party arrived at the figure, Fife said that might be the amount of money that made it into the Liberal Party.
“I’m assuming their lawyers have gone through the receipts and records … but it could be less,” he said.
Steven MacKinnon, the Liberals’ national director, confirmed the story to Newsnet.
Asked if the $750,000 was enough, he said, “Well, three-quarters of a million dollars is an awful lot of money.”
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