Blue Like You

Archive for December 13th, 2007

Afternoon Breaking News: CTV’s Mike Duffy show reports that Dean Del Mastro has issued a press release in relation to Jean LaPierre’s earlier allegations on CTV that the CBC had sent questions to Pablo Rodriguez to ask Mulroney.

5:15 p.m. - Rodriguez denies the allegation on MDL.

Stephen Taylor’s on it!

More at Crux-of-the-Matter.

PTBC - Alleged CBC/Liberal Party collusion claimed by former Liberal MP. Joel has part of the press release.

Le Politico - Mike Duffy confirms it: CBC wrote questions for Liberal MPs on ethics committee.

L. Ian MacDonald - As low as they come.

(Morning post)

Brian Mulroney is testifying now in front of the Commons Committee and how his life has been impacted by spurious allegations.

This will be quite the day for media and bloggers.

CTV is providing the testimony live.

Paul Szabo is not off to a good start in trying to pretend to be non-partisan. He cuts Mulroney off continually. A Conservative MP asks that Mulroney be granted the same courtesy as Schreiber.

Star - Cash payment ‘Not illegal’.

Post - Mulroney denies wrongdoing before ethics committee.

Post live-blogging here! - Brian Mulroney - Live on the Hill.

From the Post:

“He’s sitting over there in his mansion in Rockcliffe chuckling … he got his get out of jail card. He got what he wanted … I think he seriously misled every member of this house with this false affidavit.”

We’ve all been played for fools.

Macleans also Live-blogging.

Globe - Schreiber will ’say anything, sign anything, do anything’ – Mulroney.

CTV - Mulroney explains cash payments from Schreiber.

Update: AA - Did CBC write some of the Liberal questions to BM today?

SDA readers heard it too!

Poppygate started as such a quiet little story buried in the local section of the Kitchener Record.

However, the outrage has been growing. Today the National Post chastises Judge Woolcott for suggesting that police officers not wear a poppy in her courtroom - “Respect the Poppy”.

The Post makes this observation:

The judge did not make clear who she thought might consider the poppy an unacceptable symbol, or what their reasoning would be. Not that it matters: To the extent there are hateful eccentrics out there who fail to comprehend the disasters and destruction that would have befallen our world if Canadian and other allied soldiers didn’t valiantly put their lives on the line, we don’t see why public officials should be pandering to their sensitivities…

Madam Justice, I believe you owe the veterans in this country a sincere apology.