Why Now?

 
Kelowna, B.C. - Saturday, September 21, 2002 By: Bryan St. George
 

 

Why would the GRC/RCMP raid Groupe Action offices at this point?
   
  After leaving them for such a long time with the freedom to scrub their office clean of anything that might be incriminating or manufacture anything they needed to disprove the charges against them and the Government why bother to do the raid now? And on the same day the House of Commons Committee report was killed by the Prime Minister proroguing the House of Commons!
 
 

 

Window dressing is how it appears to me!
   
 

Bryan St. George

   
References:
  RCMP raid Groupaction in ad probe By CAMPBELL CLARK AND INGRID PERITZ
With a report from Daniel Leblanc Wednesday, September 18, 2002, Toronto Globe and Mail
   
  Letter told Groupaction to keep cash If sponsored event cancelled, use funds elsewhere, official wrote to company By DANIEL LEBLANC Thursday, September 19, 2002, Toronto Globe and Mail
   
  A Timeline: Liberal Conflict of Interest Scandals
John Bowman and Linda Ward, CBC News Online | Updated: May 29, 2002
   
  Lafleur Communications file referred to RCMP
Last Updated Thu, 30 May 2002 18:34:12
   
  Mountie probe grows, Manley lashes out
Last Updated Wed, 29 May 2002 22:34:34
   
  Groupaction Web site
   
  Groupaction's response to the Auditory General's concerns in a PDF statement.