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Mounties Influenced 2006 Election — Legally
| 4/1/2008 | Posted by Patti under Canadian News |
RCMP public complaints commissioner Paul Kennedy has found that it is safe to assume that the naming of Liberal Ralph Goodale in a criminal investigation during the 2006 election campaign influenced the outcome of the election in favour of the Conservatives. Goodale had been accused by the NDP of leaking confidential information prior to an income trust announcement that allowed others to profit. He was eventually cleared but long after the election.
The NDP had written to the RCMP wanting a criminal investigation into the rumoured leak. The RCMP replied there was an investigation being launched and then issued a press release a few days later to confirm what had already been made public and naming Goodale. This is not within the usual practise of the Mounties, especially during an election campaign. Breaching the practise was shown to have been a decision specifically made by Giuliano Zaccardelli, then commissioner of the RCMP, who has been subsequently sacked for other misbehaviour.
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