Accountability Forgotten

Conservative MP Gurmant Grewal has released more tapes to the RCMP surrounding the government's attempts to buy his vote. The media has been meticulous in reporting the details of which tapes Grewal did and did not release, along with reporting on such ridiculous things like a missing section of audio. Of course they don't even remember what this was all about: corruption. Paul Martin tried to buy Gurmant's support. He can deflect all he wants to - but he is a crook.

Paul Martin and the people around them believe they are above the law. They didn't break the letter of the law, they just danced on the edge and broke the intent of it.

What is Paul Martin's response to his borderline criminal behavior?

"The CPC [Conservative Party of Canada] had a choice. They could hang Grewal out to dry, or they could rally around him," Mr. Martin said.

"The party leadership has to answer for this now. It ceased to become just one rogue MP's responsibility when the party sent him home on stress leave and assumed responsibility for the file."

Deflect. Deflect. Deflect. A little spin. Deflect.

Where is the accountability? Where is the media to hound Martin about the actions of his inner circle that were bribing MP's with patronage appointments, and suggesting that corruption investigations will disappear if Gurmant voted the "right" way?

Where is the CBC hounding our glorious Prime Minister on who was involved, and how much direct knowledge he had?

Where is the supposedly "Conservative" National Post to grill the Health Minister on his own personal involvement?

No, we're more concerned about tapes we haven't heard, that we know nothing about, that were released to the RCMP. Meanwhile the fact that the person that actually did commit a crime, and has been caught red handed gets away scott free.

For shame.