Liberals charged: gas plant coverup

[trimmer21]

Any criminal charge and conviction can have devastating effects on a persons career.

Only if they're Conservatives. Liberals get a pass for everything,even pedophelia.

I honestly think more charges are coming.

After four years of investigation and this is all they come up with,I'm surprised they even laid these charges.

[trimmer21]

Well,miracle of miracles. The Wynne government just enacted a new fine structure for violations of The Freedom of Information Act where a maximum fine of $5000 may be levied for anyone erasing government records to avoid scrutiny. So,guess what these two mutts will get.....if they ever get to court?

[jaycee]

Well,miracle of miracles. The Wynne government just enacted a new fine structure for violations of The Freedom of Information Act where a maximum fine of $5000 may be levied for anyone erasing government records to avoid scrutiny. So,guess what these two mutts will get.....if they ever get to court?

Are these violations and fines retro active ? as normally you cannot be charged and fined under new laws that are enacted after the fact .

[fishermccann]

We're talking Liberals here. Likely get appointed to a plum lifetime sunshine list job with pension. Pretty well every government in the country be it Fed or Prov is Liberal now, these two accused will not be without a paycheque very long. She was able to not have this hit the media/voters before the campaign and now it's getting dealt with before the next election with enough time for the citiots to forget it ever happened. The timing of all stages of this is more than suspect. She owns the PS unionized vote which combined with spouses and family members pretty well guarantees she is in power until she decides to retire.

You must mean a job like the one Christine Elliott was just appointed to.

[terrym]

You must mean a job like the one Christine Elliott was just appointed to.

Cristine Elliott had a stellar reputation as a Parliamentarian and was respected by all parties. The people we are now discussing are up on charges for illegal destruction of evidence in a coverup trial. Only you wouldn't see the difference here. But you are consistent. Merry Xmas.

[fishermccann]

Read my post again , you seem to have read to much into it. Did she not get a post like you were talking about? Most people in politics get a plum position when they leave politics, the good and bad, that is just the way it is, no change there.

[trimmer21]

Are these violations and fines retro active ? as normally you cannot be charged and fined under new laws that are enacted after the fact .

They're already charged under the Act. That's a done deal. These penalties can be used retroactively with ease,especially in this instance. It wouldn't surprise me,in the least,if this wasn't done quickly and quietly specifically for this purpose.

[mosquito]

http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/deletion-o...says-1.3601176

Deletion of gas-plant emails deliberate was attempt to keep info secret, Crown says

The deletion of thousands of documents related to the politically explosive decision to cancel two gas plants near Toronto was a deliberate act that breached the public trust, the trial of two former top aides in the Ontario premier's office heard Friday.

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prosecutor Sarah Egan said the accused were responsible for the "double deletion" of sensitive emails about the power plants as a way to keep them secret and thwart the public's right to accountability and transparency.

"Acting together, they destroyed records that they had a legal duty to preserve," Egan told Ontario court Judge Timothy Lipson. "They acted contrary to the public interest."

The Ontario Liberal government's decision to shut the power plants in Oakville and Mississauga just before the 2011 provincial election -- and the $1.1-billion cost incurred -- had become an issue of "intense public scrutiny" that prompted requests for relevant data under freedom of information laws, court heard.

[waltman]

But who ordered the deletion?, and how much are they being paid to keep quiet?

[mosquito]

GUILTY.

http://www.iheartradio.ca/580-cfra/n...rial-1.3566689
A former top political aide in Ontario has been found guilty of illegally destroying documents related to a controversial government decision to cancel two gas plants before a provincial election.

David Livingston, who was chief of staff for ex-Liberal premier Dalton McGuinty, was charged with attempted mischief and illegal use of a computer. The destroyed documents were related to the Ontario Liberal government's costly decision to cancel two gas plants in 2011.
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It defies common sense and reality, Lipson said, to suggest that wholesale wiping of 20 hard drives in the outgoing premier's office was in accordance with policy....
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"It's a sad day when a premier's most senior official is found guilty of trying to orchestrate a cover-up of the $1.1 billion gas plant scandal," Conservative Leader Patrick Brown said in a statement. "The guilty verdict is an indictment of the 15 years of Liberal political corruption that has long been rooted in the premier's office."