Canada's Pizza Scandal
Bit of a scandal brewing up in Canada these days.
BBC News has the scoop:
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Canada minister in pizza scandal
Canada's immigration minister Judy Sgro has resigned over allegations that she agreed to help a pizza shop owner avoid deportation in return for free food.
bq. Harjit Singh says he delivered free pizza and garlic bread to Ms Sgro and up to 16 election campaign volunteers.
bq. He says Ms Sgro reneged on the deal and ordered his arrest to "save her job" as another immigration scandal broke.
bq. Ms Sgro says she had no alternative but to resign in order to fight "these outrageous fabrications".
bq. Her resignation comes as a blow to the ruling Liberal party, which lost its parliamentary majority in June elections after a scandal over the misuse of millions of dollars of government funds.
bq. Prime Minister Paul Martin said he accepted Ms Sgro's resignation with "great regret".
The article goes on to talk about another scandal brewing with her and a Romanian stripper. Looks like the Liberals are having a bit of a hard time up there.
There was this government funds scandal earlier in 2004 -
BBC News. This was a $188m government project and as the BBC reports:
bq. At least half the money was siphoned off by Quebec advertising and communication agencies with ties to the Liberal Party.
bq. Mrs Fraser said that many of the transactions involved false invoices or contracts, or no contracts at all.
Conservatives are looking forward to the next elections...
Posted by DaveH at January 15, 2005 8:48 PM