Conservative MP Gurmant Grewal has finally released full tapes of the conversations he had between himself, Prime Minister Paul Martin's right hand man Tim Murphy, and the Health Minister, for a patronage appointment in return for his vote on the crucial budget vote last month.
This may be grounds for criminal charges. The Liberals were ready for this, the spin is already working overtime claiming that Grewal approached them for an appointment. I expect little to come out of the RCMP for reasons previously said.
Unfortunately I think the Liberals might spin themselves out of the problem. I'd like to remind people that something else about the Grewal affair seems very fishy: Grewal, around the same time, was brought up on corruption charges by the Liberals. Was it a pressure tactic designed to get Grewal to make a choice? The Ethics Commissioner is controlled by the Prime Minister, so their would be little doubt what the findings he would come to would be.
I hate giving into conspiracy theories, but my personal opinion, and this is only my opinion mind you, was that the Liberals figured they could intimidate Grewal into jumping ship. The evidence is circumstantial however - just like the Prime Minister's office would want it.
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