Lots of buzz around Warren Kinsella's testimony today. Warren defends himself at his blog, but really, that hardly seems necessary. I mean, everybody who has even remotely followed politics over the past decade (or has taken the time to read Juggernaut) knows of the close ties between Earnscliffe and the then "PMO in waiting" (now the "death row PMO"). Earncliffe split in two for this very reason and Martin was hounded to death over the connection his first few blissful weeks as PM, before this bigger scandal made CSL and Earnscliffe problems of the past.
Not a word Kinsella said today hasn't already been said by hundreds of other staffers, pundits and politicians around Ottawa over the past few years. I mean, his testimony is about as shocking (or "explosive", since that's the hip word now) as if he'd gotten up there and said "Paul Martin owned a steamship line".
Wednesday Morning UPDATE: Seeing "operation discredit", as Warren calls it, hit full steam, it's pretty obvious that Kinsella isn't the only "disgruntled" one in the ongoing Liberal feud. Boy, these Martin guys sure do bear a grudge, don't they?
Also, if you scroll down to April 18th at Adam Radwanski's blog, he makes a very valid comment. When Jean Brault, a man on trial for FRAUD drops a bombshell, everyone soaks it up. When Warren Kinsella, a lawyer and longtime Liberal, says stuff not nearly as shocking, he's described as "disgruntled" and is taken about as seriously as Mariam Bedard. I don't remember Scott Reid going after Jean Brault even remotely as ferociously as this.
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By ainge lotusland, at 6:17 a.m.
"he has a massive axe to grind with the Martin camp and likes to cause trouble"
and they're not a good target because ... ?
By ainge lotusland, at 6:17 a.m.
The fact that Earnscliffe got a lot of work does not mean that the process was unfair. Indeed, what would be unfair would be to exclude them just because of the connections of some of the people. That's what Public Works did, and that's why that letter from Terry O'Leary popped up - she was trying to open up the process. If Martin's friends were good at making the best bids, why should they or Martin be punished for it?
By Jason Cherniak, at 11:20 a.m.
Jason - the allegation that Kinsella has long made is that Earnscliffe was not submitting the best bids - the services they were providing were of lower quality or the costs were higher than other polling / strategy / PR firms. When Public Works was not willing to retain them, they did an end-run by going directly to the Minister (or his staff), instead of going through the normal procurement process.
No doubt, Warren has an axe to grind with Martin and Earnscliffe; that does not mean he was lying, or that Earnscliffe are innocent. I think Warren was happy to appear, so long as he could look unhappy - nothing like appearing under subpoena to bolster the "I'm a loyal Liberal, and I'd rather not be doing this" routine.
I agree, CG, that the contents of Warren's testimony are old news; what is news, however, is that now it is under oath, with documentary evidence placed on the public record. The other piece of news is the "threatening" phone call. I have my own suspicions about the provenance and intent of that call - it wil be interesting to see what Dingwall has to say...
Cheers,
Dean
By deaner, at 12:29 p.m.
so...is it a fair conclusion that the family feud between chretien and martin is just as big or bigger a factor in the liberal demise than adscam? it seemed for a long time now that the liberals got bored fighting the cpc (who are'nt the brightest lot) and just started fighting each other. maybe its the same thing thats going on now with the klein tories.
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