Scandal: Canadian style.

Joe Katzman over at Winds of Change has a great entry on what's going on up in the great white north. It seems that Paul Martin is playing a very dangerous game, hoping to root out all his enemies within the Liberal party, while staying in power himself.
Martin has called for an investigation in something called the Sponsorship Scandal, costing the government $100 million dollars. If it were the US it would be something like $1 Billion, considering the differences in the relative economies.

Back to Martin, who now had the job he had always wanted. He also had a LOT of enemies within his own party, however... and an ace card, of sorts. You see, most of his high profile party enemies and flacks were very close to PM Chretien. Which meant they were eyes-deep in the $100+ million Sponsorship Scandal.

What's interesting is all the possible things that can happen, including a "Snap Election" where the government can call an election to re-elect legislators any time they want. It's kind of a chaotic mess sometimes.
The other issue is the media ban on certain information.

So far, the publication ban has muted coverage of the scandal, and given the Liberal Party of Canada the ability to "create their own trial scene". They even had the power to call a snap election before any reports could be released with the juicy details - something they recently threatened to do over the gay marriage issue.

Now, all that is changing. Enter the blogosphere.

Enter Captain's Quarters, a Minnestoa-based blog with a friend in the right place. The Captain has just published the gist of a key witness' testimony re: the Liberal Party of Canada's massive political corruption operation, payoffs, rumoured Mob ties, and all. Captain's Quarters is under no obligation to respect a Canadian legal ruling about Brault's testimony, and once it's out, anyone can link to it.

I've heard that one Canadian blog is being sued. But really, does the government really think it can keep this under wraps?