Stephen Harper, in his continuing quest to transform Canada into the 51st state, has now proposed the creation of an office of public prosecutor. He thinks it will stop future sponsorship scandals from occuring…
“There’s going to be a new code on Parliament Hill: bend the rules, you will be punished; break the law, you will be charged; abuse the public trust, you will go to prison. The independent director of public prosecutions not a politician will decide on prosecutions arising from the sponsorship scandal we will let him do his job without interference “
Hmm…a few questions spring to mind:
1—Public prosecutors are more infamous than the crimes they supposedly investigate. Must I bring up Whitewater AND the Lewinsky affair? Do you really want a Canadian version of Kenneth Starr ravaging the law of the land, indulging himself in legal powers that border on the medieval?
2—Wither the RCMP, Mr. Harper? Is Canada’s national police force not good enough for you? How many Mountie votes are you counting on this election…?
3—Your Deputy Leader, Farm-Boy Peter McKay, doesn’t think much of this plan. MacKay, a former Nova Scotia prosecutor, said such a prosecutor could only have jurisdiction over federal offenses, and that such breaches are not those uncovered in the sponsorship scandal:
“Look, there is no way that this office set up after the fact is going to have anything to do with the sponsorship program.”
Oops.
I’m guessing the job of “communications director” doesn’t get much play in the Conservative war room.
