Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Staff errors were inadvertent, says Sgro

Here is hi-lites of the story with my comments following:

Although Shapiro conceded that Sgro's staff bore most of the responsibility for conflict of interest issues, "this does not absolve [Sgro] of major responsibility."

Balaican was given a temporary resident permit three days before the June 28 election. The permit allowed the 25-year-old to remain in Canada for two more years and apply for permanent resident status.

As minister, Sgro had the power to grant temporary visas on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.

-clear abuse of power by Sgro and for which Shapiro is AFRAID to bluntly state here.
-If Shapiro does not put more lead in his pencil he should be fired.
-regarding Sgro, no reason to put her back in cabinet as she has been caught and only a partisan LPC supporter would argue otherwise.
-the residents (are citizens anymore in Canada??), of York-West (which is close to where I live), should vote out Sgro in the next election.