Jack Layton’s Statement on Gomery

(from www.ndp.ca )

"Judge Gomery’s report confirms the facts we heard in testimony: A scheme, run by well-connected Liberals that used tax dollars for their own benefit and the benefit of the Liberal Party..."

Full Statement
NDP’s Ethics Package (Summary)
NDP’s Ethics Package (Full in pdf)

Liberals by the Numbers

78% of current Liberal MPs were members of the former Liberal government, including Paul Martin.

15 members of the current Cabinet were Cabinet ministers in the former Liberal government, including Paul Martin.


Paul Martin's Record:

September 14, 2004: Paul Martin appointed his Director of Communications, Mario Laguë as Ambassador to Costa Rica.

March 24, 2005: though forced to resign from Cabinet for giving contracts to a girlfriend, former Liberal MP Art Eggleton is appointed to the Senate until 2018.

March 24, 2005: Paul Martin appointed former Alberta Liberal Party Leader Grant Mitchell to the Senate, while his son Lucas works in the PMO.

August 2, 2005: Paul Martin appointed defeated Liberal MP Stan Keyes as Canada’s Consul General to Boston.

August 2, 2005: Paul Martin appointed close friend and organizer of his 2003 leadership bid, former Liberal MP Dennis Dawson to the Senate until 2024.

August 2, 2005: Paul Martin appointed the head of the Liberal Party’s elite donor club Rod Zimmer to the Senate until 2017.

August 29, 2005: Paul Martin appointed his Principal Secretary, Francis Fox, to the Senate.


Final Words from the Gomery Report

Liberals “were directly involved in illegal campaign financing”(pg. 78, Summary Report)
Liberals “disregarded the relevant laws governing donations to political parties”(pg. 435, Fact Finding Report)

The Liberal Party “cannot escape responsibility for the misconduct of its officers and representatives”(pg. 78, Summary Report)

“clear evidence of political involvement”(pg. 5, Summary Report)

Liberal operatives acted with “greed and venality.”(pg. 438, Fact Finding Report)

“a culture of entitlement”(pg. 7, Summary Report)