A letter to Jean Chretien

Brian Walsh

Recent headlines indicated that you felt betrayed Jean.. I assume you believe that your country has betrayed you since the articles I read didn't actually name a guilty culprit or two. You probably believe that you made the ultimate sacrifice.. your integrity and that of your political party in order to prevent Quebec from leaving Canada. Yes, adscam was your baby and according to you and your friends was unavoidable, a last ditched attempt to save such a great thing as this country.

But there is an old saying Jean, cheaters only win in the short run and lose in the long run. Much like the sprightly rabbit and hare, the age old story of the deceitful young buck hare vs the plodding and careful turtle. You Jean remind me of that hare, heady with the prospect of victory won easily such that it would reflect as example of your own prowess. No Jean, I don't think you were betrayed at all, you sir betrayed us. We have a right to expect more from our leaders and you let us down. But I know as well as you know that you were not alone in all of these machinations and schemes, you had many helping hands and conspiring minds to resort to inorder to see these events to completition.

WE all know that Mr. Paul Martin, old friend in politics and cohort and now our present Prime Minister of Canada, was front and centre in the plan to keep Quebec on side no matter the cost. This is obvious to all of us political pundits but not obvious to those in the generally apolitical public. That is why you need to do something now Jean, you need to come clean and tell the Gomery inquiry the exact role and nature of PM Martin's involvement in Adscam now... before time runs out. You need to do this to improve your own image, to improve the image of Canada abroad, and most of all to increase faith of Canadians in their parliamentary system. You can do so much Jean by doing so little.. doing what you need to do and want to do. Spill the beans Jean, and at least know that in the end when it is all said and done, Jean Chretien stood tall one last time.