Andr� Gauthier's Job

The federal government has hired a special prosecutor to try to recover the monies "defrauded" through Adscam. A law suit was introduced in a Quebec court naming several ad agencies and individuals, among whom figures Charles Guit� --the Public Works bureaucrat that reported to Alfonso Gagliano (Gagliano is not named in the suit). Gagliano was one of Jean Chr�tien's lieutenants in Quebec.

Prime Minister Martin is eager to distance his (Martinista) Liberals from the Chr�tienista Liberals, and is trying to give the appearance that his government is doing all it can to recover what was "lost." Jean Lapierre, the turncoat Blocquiste now transfigured into Martin's Quebec lieutenant, says that this is a cynical way of looking at things.

It seems clear, nonetheless, that the Liberal Party of Canada is not without liability. If one buys a stolen car, one cannot keep the vehicle when the origin of the vehicle is discovered. The donations that the Liberals received from the likes of the Lafleurs are the proceeds of illegal activity, and are therefore tainted. If Paul Martin's move to have a prosecutor were not mere window-dressing, if Martin were truly serious about recovering our money, he would instruct his party to return what the Liberals received from adscammers?

Will Andr� Gauthier, the special prosecutor named by Martin, go after the Liberal Party of Canada in order to recover the taxpayers' money that was looted out of the state coffers?

Will the prime minister put his prosecuting spirit were his wallet is!?

Crossposted to The Politic