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The Income Trust Scandal: Goodale meets with the RCMP
Wednesday, January 04, 2006 at 07:54 AM

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From CTV via Bourque:

Finance Minister Ralph Goodale met Tuesday with RCMP investigators to talk about the income trust affair.

"Well, obviously it's not a normal part of the campaign, but it's a circumstance that has to be dealt with, and I'm very glad and happy to deal with it because I'm absolutely confident of my position," Goodale said from his campaign office in Regina.

But yesterday we were being told that the meeting had been postponed:

[Jason Kenney, a Conservative MP,] noted the finance minister's spokesman said earlier Tuesday there would be no meeting with the RCMP this week. "Yet it turned out he was meeting with him today. What is there to hide?" he asked.

One thing we don't know is the nature of this meeting. Was Goodale deposed? Was there counsel present? Was Goodale warned of his rights and obligations?

Or was this a planning meeting? A get-together to sort out schedules and arrange for a proper interview?

One thing is for certain, and that is we can't depend on the Liberals to clarify any of this. Their only hope now is to keep the situation confused and murky. As long as we Canadian are not quite sure what is going on, a significant number will find it easy to ignore the whole thing and vote Liberal.

Clarity is Paul Martin's enemy.

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