David Asper's put up or shut up: from defending David Milgaard to insulting Joe Clark and our journalists

Nipawin - March 8, 2001 - by: Mario deSantis

tell off
David Asper has taken an unusual stand in defending Prime Minister Jean Chrétien from

Conservative Leader Joe Clark's accusations of Jean Chrétien's improper conduct in the

Auberge Grand-Mère's affair and from the related charges and coverage by the media and

journalists. I say unusual because David Asper used his family's media business CanWest

Global⁽¹⁾ to tell off his own media people.

put up
or
shut up
I am happy to realize that if David Asper owns the newspapers, he doesn't own the

journalists' thoughts. David Asper says that Jean Chrétien has been cleared of any wrong

doing by both the Ethics Counsellor Howard Wilson and the RCMP, and says it is time

that Joe Clark and the media put up or shut up, and let the Prime Minister concentrate in

matters of national interest⁽²⁾.

restore
democracy
We must remind our readers that Jean Chrétien has been responsible for Canada's worst

economic performance among the many OECD countries⁽³⁾, and that his outrageous

management has been condemned by the Auditor General of Canada Denis Desautels,

and by the Information Commissioner John Reid. Therefore, I congratulate the work of

Joe Clark in trying to restore democracy in our governance, and I congratulate the work

of our journalists in describing the misdeeds of the Prime Minister and of his criminal

friends.

$350 million
David Asper did commendable work in defending David Milgaard⁽⁴⁾, and in this respect

he found out that David Milgaard was convicted because of the criminal and unpunishable

activity of the police and of the Crown prosecution. Now David Asper is telling us that we

have to believe the Prime Minister, the Ethics Counsellor and the RCMP rather than find

out what is wrong with our Prime Minister, the Ethics Counsellor, and the RCMP. Maybe,

David Asper should put up and shut up with the good work of Joe Clark and our journalists,

and concentrate his attention in the $350 million lawsuit launched against his business of

national interest⁽⁵⁾.

------------References/endnotes:

List of relevant political and economics articles http://ensign.ftlcomm.com

1.
CanWest Global http://www.canwestglobal.com/overview/index.html

2.
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To Chrétien's accusers: Put up or shut up, David Asper, chairman of the publications committee of CanWest Global Communications Corp., March 7, 2001, National Post http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20010307/493557.html

3.
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Business must not be as usual, and the "Dalhousie School" of Economics, by Mario deSantis, February 26, 2001

4.
A Mother's Story, by Joyce Milgaard with Peter Edwards, Doubleday Canada Limited, 1999

5.
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CanWest sued by former partners. Demand $325M in damages, Barbara Shecter, March 7, 2001, Financial Post, http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20010307/493299.html


Nipawin - March 8, 2001 - by: Mario deSantis

tell off	David Asper has taken an unusual stand in defending Prime Minister Jean Chrétien from
	Conservative Leader Joe Clark's accusations of Jean Chrétien's improper conduct in the
	Auberge Grand-Mère's affair and from the related charges and coverage by the media and
	journalists. I say unusual because David Asper used his family's media business CanWest
	Global⁽¹⁾ to tell off his own media people.

put up or shut up	I am happy to realize that if David Asper owns the newspapers, he doesn't own the
	journalists' thoughts. David Asper says that Jean Chrétien has been cleared of any wrong
	doing by both the Ethics Counsellor Howard Wilson and the RCMP, and says it is time
	that Joe Clark and the media put up or shut up, and let the Prime Minister concentrate in
	matters of national interest⁽²⁾.

restore democracy	We must remind our readers that Jean Chrétien has been responsible for Canada's worst
	economic performance among the many OECD countries⁽³⁾, and that his outrageous
	management has been condemned by the Auditor General of Canada Denis Desautels,
	and by the Information Commissioner John Reid. Therefore, I congratulate the work of
	Joe Clark in trying to restore democracy in our governance, and I congratulate the work
	of our journalists in describing the misdeeds of the Prime Minister and of his criminal
	friends.

$350 million	David Asper did commendable work in defending David Milgaard⁽⁴⁾, and in this respect
	he found out that David Milgaard was convicted because of the criminal and unpunishable
	activity of the police and of the Crown prosecution. Now David Asper is telling us that we
	have to believe the Prime Minister, the Ethics Counsellor and the RCMP rather than find
	out what is wrong with our Prime Minister, the Ethics Counsellor, and the RCMP. Maybe,
	David Asper should put up and shut up with the good work of Joe Clark and our journalists,
	and concentrate his attention in the $350 million lawsuit launched against his business of
	national interest⁽⁵⁾.

------------References/endnotes:

	List of relevant political and economics articles http://ensign.ftlcomm.com

1.	CanWest Global http://www.canwestglobal.com/overview/index.html

2. - -	To Chrétien's accusers: Put up or shut up, David Asper, chairman of the publications committee of CanWest Global Communications Corp., March 7, 2001, National Post http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20010307/493557.html

3. -	Business must not be as usual, and the "Dalhousie School" of Economics, by Mario deSantis, February 26, 2001

4.	A Mother's Story, by Joyce Milgaard with Peter Edwards, Doubleday Canada Limited, 1999

5. -	CanWest sued by former partners. Demand $325M in damages, Barbara Shecter, March 7, 2001, Financial Post, http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20010307/493299.html