[ridenrain]

"Surrey Conservative MP Gurmant Grewal says he did not break any laws or campaign rules by accepting donations that are now being investigated by the RCMP."
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Is this a big deal? This is a prime example of the liberal backed main stream media picking on someone they don't like. Maybe he should have had more Romanian strippers on the team!

[xerxes]

This guy smears himself with all this underhanded stuff.

And yes it is a big deal. If he he pocketed campaign contributions rather than put them in the campaign's bank account, then he broke the law.

And just how is the MSM Liberal backed? The site you got the article from is owned by the same conglomerate that published the NAtional Post and owns CanWestGlobal, those bastions of liberal bias

[ridenrain]

Yikes.. I intended to put this on the end of the Grewal thread. Not on a new one. Woops.

1. Grewal says he wasn't yet a candidate when the money was donated, so he didn't have to issue receipts

2. Grewal claims the money in question is from a 2003 fundraising dinner at a Surrey banquet hall, after which he endorsed several donated cheques and handed them over to the hall to pay for the dinners

3. He claims that there are numbers on the cheques that should somehow prove this

4. Elections Canada says that receipts did not have to be issued in this case, and would not have qualified as an income tax deduction anyway

5. Sarup Mann, one of the complainants, is on the executive of the Liberal Party's Vancouver South riding association, which is the riding of -- surprise -- federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh!

6. Barj Dhahan, another complainant, is an associate of Sarup Mann (Source: Maclean's)

http://bucketsofgrewal.blogspot.com/

[ridenrain]

While we're on the topic of media bias. What happened to Jack Laytons request that the RCMP investigate the deeds behind the tapes? Has anyone asked Tim Murphy, Paul Martin's chief of staff about this?

As a character reference for Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh, I'd like to introduce Kalwant Singh Puar, is on the executive of Vancouver's Ross Street Sikh temple. He has been a high-profile supporter of federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh.

His name came up recently when his daughter was arrested by DEA agents for being leaders of an IndoCanadian gang who were smuggling designer drugs into Seattle.

The original story is [url=here:http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=57e546c0-406a-4f21-8892-cabd934688ee]full story[/url]

[GunPlumber]

xerxes wrote:

This guy smears himself with all this underhanded stuff.

Yup, gotta admit that doofus did more good for the Liberal's than the Conservatives.

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And yes it is a big deal. If he he pocketed campaign contributions rather than put them in the campaign's bank account, then he broke the law.

Revenue Canada, never one to pass on an opportunity for ill-gotten games, says the donations were not for a campaign, i.e.,... no taxes deemed owing.

Vancouver Sun wrote:

Dahan and Mann came forward this month, saying that they each made $600 campaign contributions directly to Grewal in December 2003, and that neither of them have received proper receipts.

Ok. Let me see if I've got this straight. Two known members of the Liberal Party make contributions to a known member of The Canadian Alliance Party. Did I get that right? And now they are complaining because they might have knowingly made the contributions in an illegal manner. And they're upset because the Alliance member did not report their illegal activities? Seems to me the RCMP should be investigating these two. Which they [the RCMP] might do, if they weren't already knee-deep in Liberal corruption too. Gosh!!! All I can say is this is too weird to be fiction.

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And just how is the MSM Liberal backed? The site you got the article from is owned by the same conglomerate that published the NAtional Post and owns CanWestGlobal, those bastions of liberal bias

i.e., owned by the Asper family, who are widely known as staunch supporters ($$$) of the Liberal Party.

[Tory_canuck]

Liberals are worse than dogs and monkies;They smear CRAP on everyone and everything.It's a shame Grewal got caught in the flying and smearing CRAP crossfire.Liberals are so full of shit they have to go around smearing it on everyone and everything that opposes their dictatorship.

I support Harper and the Tories.

[Tman1]

lily wrote:

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I support Harper and the Tories.

Weren't they known briefly as the CRAP party?

Is that any different than the Liberal Party? but yes they were....literaly CRAP.

[hwacker]

lily wrote:

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Is that any different than the Liberal Party? but yes they were....literaly CRAP.

That's all I meant.
But yes, I agree... pretty much all the major political parties are "crap".
Probably the minor ones, too.

But the NDP and the Liberals are major "crap".

[Tman1]

Well, every party in Canada is CRAP, but much as i hate to agree with you... I kinda think it is time for a change.

[Zipperfish]

Grewal is a crook, and the fact that Harper has not tossed him out on his ass does not bode well for teh Conservatives. Above all, people will be looking to the conservatives adn the NDP for a little bit of integrity in politics, the Liberals having demonstrated that their is a deep rot in tehir party infrastructure, at least in Quebec. The corruption in the Liberal party is the corruption born of assured power, and the cure is to go let them stand in the corner for a while and consider their sins.

This is yet another bad decision by Harper. He has to go.

[Bigboy]

Zipperfish wrote:

Grewal is a crook, and the fact that Harper has not tossed him out on his ass does not bode well for teh Conservatives. Above all, people will be looking to the conservatives adn the NDP for a little bit of integrity in politics, the Liberals having demonstrated that their is a deep rot in tehir party infrastructure, at least in Quebec. The corruption in the Liberal party is the corruption born of assured power, and the cure is to go let them stand in the corner for a while and consider their sins.

This is yet another bad decision by Harper. He has to go.

Who will replace him? Its the same with the LIberals do you see a good future PM? I havent yet.. the future looks sad

[GunPlumber]

Bigboy wrote:

Zipperfish wrote:

Grewal is a crook, and the fact that Harper has not tossed him out on his ass does not bode well for teh Conservatives. Above all, people will be looking to the conservatives adn the NDP for a little bit of integrity in politics, the Liberals having demonstrated that their is a deep rot in tehir party infrastructure, at least in Quebec. The corruption in the Liberal party is the corruption born of assured power, and the cure is to go let them stand in the corner for a while and consider their sins.

This is yet another bad decision by Harper. He has to go.

Who will replace him? Its the same with the LIberals do you see a good future PM? I havent yet.. the future looks sad

Well, Deborah Grey had integrity once. She kind of abandoned her principles when Day became party leader, but maybe she has enough decency left to merit consideration.

[ridenrain]

Debora Grey rides a Goldwing. No-one who rides a motorcycle can be bad!
She's got my vote!

[Bigboy]

ridenrain wrote:

Debora Grey rides a Goldwing. No-one who rides a motorcycle can be bad!
She's got my vote!

*lol* guess you guys didnt hear

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Deborah Grey announced in March 2003 that she would not seek re-election to the House of Commons.

[GunPlumber]

Bigboy wrote:

ridenrain wrote:

Debora Grey rides a Goldwing. No-one who rides a motorcycle can be bad!
She's got my vote!

*lol* guess you guys didnt hear

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Deborah Grey announced in March 2003 that she would not seek re-election to the House of Commons.

Sure, but convince her that she has a legitimate chance at leading the party and see what happens. Hey, it worked for Jean Chretien!