Ralph Goodale

[Horse]

emerald I think calling anyone who colects social program money instead of working and paying taxes is a low blow, after all arnt you going to colect your $400 from dear old Ralph.

[cropduster]

horse`@$$.......the 400 Ralphbucks are not a `social program`.That is money Albertan`s earned.It certainly isn`t money transferred from Ottawa.THERE IS A DIFFERENCE!

[silverback]

Nice post f_s. Did PMPM's office send that to you to put up on here? Where have you been? There was a massive spike in trading before Ralphies announcement and then the values skyrocketed. It is amazing that you would post that Liberal apologist stuff on here with the people that read this site. Some people made a s%#% load of money that afternoon and all you can say is that the RCMP would just be wasting our money? Unbelievable - no, believable for someone who thinks Martin is the economic saviour of Canada.

Happy New Year.

[cowman]

If Ralph is guilty, lots of time to investigate him after the election? But consider this: How many people work in his department? How many had access to this information and could have tipped off a buddy in the stockmarket? Is Goodale responsible for every crook who might work for him?
Like I said if it is determined that an actual crime occured then go after them, but it really isn't fair to do this in the middle of an election? Like waiting three weeks isn't possible? I suspect somebody in the upper management of the RCMP has an axe to grind!

[silverback]

Yes Cowman, I believe he is responsible, just like Paul was responsible for knowing what was happening in Quebec. How would you feel if this happened to your MP? Would you want them possibly getting back in because nobody prosecuted during the campaign?

[silverback]

horse I will get my $400.00 which I will donate to a cause I feel is worthwhile, however, it certainly isn't a rebate of a portion of the $55 thousand in income tax I paid this year !!! I would love to the portion of my income tax back that Martin and crew have wasted which would likely be one hell of a lot more than my $400 share of Alberta's wealth which we certainly don't need to thank Martin for, nor is it a social program !!!!

[cowman]

The point here is an RCMP investigation of a complaint? Now who complained? Is it a valid complaint or not? It couldn't wait three weeks before they announced it? If the investigation shows Goodale did something wrong he'll be gone whether he gets back in or not?
Emerald: Either you need a better accountant or else you are making WAYYY too much money!

[FarmRanger]

Some of you talk like someone got caught cheating on a biology exam. This is insider trading we’re talking about here. Martha Stewart went to jail for lying to investigators about insider trading for vastly smaller dollars than what exchanged hands on Nov. 23.
The integrity of stock exchanges depend on enforcement of these laws. Otherwise, people invest their money elsewhere and Canadians suffer the consequences. Little old ladies who invest in things like income trusts get bilked out of thousands of dollars.

Millions of dollars more than usual changed hands that afternoon. Can you imagine if you sold those shares early in the afternoon to some insider who knew they were going to be a lot more valuable the next day? It’s not just an NDP complaint that’s being investigated, trading patterns were so out of the ordinary that the RCMP CAN’T IGNORE this. The trading volume of (Medisys) was up 3400%, (an income trust run by Paul Martin’s private doctor). “According to CTV, the CEO of TSX group purchased $759,000 worth of stock hours before the announcement, and made $100,000 in profit the next day.”
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/003228.html

Given the Liberal track record it looks more like not all of the “bad apples” are out of Paul’s office. Sure, some of these trading volumes might just be pure speculation, or extremely lucky co-incidence. But, if there was a leak, then more Liberals and their insider friends who profited should be going to jail.

[farmers_son]

Farmranger: You would be pleased to know Sheila Copps agrees with you.

See:http://torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Copps_Sheila/2005/12/31/1374799.html

[FarmRanger]

Wow, Sheila Copps sure isn’t sounding like a Liberal apologist now! Interesting article and thanks for the link f_s.

Question for Moderator Joyce:
Is there a way to make those links active so readers don’t have to cut and paste them?