POLS 3440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Treasury Board, Canada Elections Act, Sponsorship Scandal
21 Mar 2017
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Two distinctively canadian scandals: the sponsorship scandal. Destroyed the liberal government of paul martin and led directly to the. Involved misspent millions, abuse of trust, patronage kickbacks, fraud, election of stephen harper"s minority conservative government on jan (cid:884)(cid:885)rd, political cynicism and sleazy partisanship biggest scandal in recent. 2000 globe and mail reporter requested documents under the access to. Information act documents provided prompted auditor general sheila. 2002 fraser"s initial report caused the government to make a number of. 2004 her final report caused a political crisis for the liberal government, 2005 and lost office in the ensuing election on jan. 23, 2006. Corruption, trust and accountability were the principal issues. ) 2005 judge gomery assigned responsibility for the misuse of public funds. 2006 judge gomery makes 19 recommendations designed to improve transparency and strengthen parliament"s control over government spending: reports tell us who stole what in the -million sponsorship.
