THE IN-AND-OUT SCANDAL

Ex-Tory candidate yells at ethics committee

Thursday, August 14, 2008 | 3:02 PM ET, The Canadian Press

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Ad execs say they worried about the legality of Tory campaign ad system
Tim Naumetz. Telegraph-Journal. Saint John, N.B.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.5

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A step back
The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.14

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As an opposition politician, Mr. [Stephen Harper] argued that the nation's judiciary had been tainted by politically motivated appointments. As Prime Minister, he initially made good on his promise to introduce transparency into the Supreme Court appointment process by holding a public hearing in February, 2006, after selecting Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein as his nominee. This was a vast improvement over the previous government's charade of a hearing.



Tories trigger outcry for jilting Commons hearing
Campbell Clark. The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.1

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"I don't know the reasons. ... What if somebody's on vacation? What if somebody had a heart attack? What if somebody needs a kidney replacement? Or dialysis?" said Tory MP Gary Goodyear, the party's apparent point man on the committee.



Tories ignored subpoenas, MPs told; Campaign agent says he was instructed by party not to testify at ad hearings
Anonymous. The Times - Transcript. Moncton, N.B.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. C.9

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The chair of the Commons ethics committee also identified a fourth former Conservative campaign agent who informed a House official that he and others who worked on the 2006 election campaign were instructed by the party not to testify.



'Hold tight,' ad buyer urged; Conservative party discouraged executive from checking rules with government agency
Richard Brennan. Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.18

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"Hold tight ... we may not want anyone talking to them," Andrew Kumpf, an executive with Retail Media, was told in a Dec. 6, 2005, email from Perry Miele, one of the architects of the Tories' advertising campaign.

"A business transaction is really what it was," said [Steve Halicki], who ran in York South-Weston, adding that just having the so-called advertising money sit in the account meant his campaign could apply for a 60 per cent rebate after the election. His was one of the ridings Elections Canada refused to reimburse.

Sean Kilpatrick the canadian press Steve Halicki, who lost for the Conservatives in York South-Weston in 2006, said his party's ad money transfer was a "business transaction."



EDITORIAL - Tories in contempt
Anonymous. Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Man.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.10

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A recent report by the Centre for the Study of Democracy at Queen's University has recommended boosting the powers of parliamentary committees. Among other things, strong committees would give MPs meaningful roles, the report said, noting the committees also need more resources so they can do their jobs effectively.



'It was a boycott of our committee': MP
Tim Naumetz. Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Man.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.7

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Three Conservative campaign agents ignored summonses they received more than a week ago to appear at a Commons inquiry into the Tory "in and out" advertising affair, MPs were told Wednesday.

[Paul Szabo] also read from a report prepared by the committee's chief clerk that quoted another official agent, Marc Duval, saying he and others had been told to stay away. "He informed me that the party has told them to decline all invitations," the report quoted Duval as saying. Duval, who was the campaign agent for Tory MP Luc Harvey, could not be reached by summons-bearing bailiffs after that because he left for vacation, said Szabo.

"It sets a terrible precedent for the committee, that people can just thumb their noses at us," said NDP MP Pat Martin. "Somebody co-ordinated this, it was a boycott of our committee."