TJ O'Pootertoot
Senior Member
I think it's really important to remember that the greenbelt scandal wasnt one of corruption but incompetence. The minister himself was basically accused of Dereliction of duty. The staffer panicked when given a task way above what he would have been capable of.
My dude, this is just very naive.
First of all, INCOMPETENCE is not remotely what the Greenbelt scandal was about; neither the AG nor Integrity Commissioner focused on "incompetence" but rather preferential treatment of specific people.
Secondly, the Ford government is LITERALLY (and very publcily, so I don't know how you missed it) currently under a corruption investigation by the RCMP. We'll see if it rises to the level of criminal corruption charges but that it was a form of influence peddling is beyond dispute at this point.
The staffer panicked? Dear lord. That's not at all what they said.
This is just an egregious mischaracterization of what's happened.
Im not downplaying how bad the greenbelt scandal is.
You're not even understanding what it is.
But theres a massive difference between interfering in a fair bidding process and what actually happened in the greenbelt decision. Are people skeptical of Ford now? Sure, but can you say the same for IO?
Uh, yes? That's the whole point?
Ford is the Premier. IO is run by his government and they follow their secret little mandate letter just like Clark and every other minister. I have no knowledge whatsoever of corruption or anything untoward during the RFP process but the point is there are enough red flags to be skeptical. It's why they're now also looking into the MZOs and I would not be surprised if they get around to Highway 413 as well. To think they only put their fingers on the scale for the Greenbelt strikes me as unlikely. But, hey, presumed innocent and such.
My point is that OP being done by IO. Which means their hands are 100% clean. This project included
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I suspect I know more about the workings of this government and IO than you. I am not accusing them of anything right now but to conclude their hands are 100% clean? Where are you getting this stuff?
First, you're.Your debating semantics
Second - not at all.
The FCO does a specific job, like a judge or an OLT tribunal or whatever.
You can't say, "I'm innocent because my friend Bob says so. I was judged!" Either a judge ruled or not.
In this case, either the FCO was involved or they weren't.
They weren't. Not semantics - an objective fact.
I hear you - but I wouldn't buy any bathing suits just yet.Oh trust me Id be laughing all day going down the waterslides