Tories use Million Dollar life insurance policies instead of manila envelopes...

Check this story out.

It seems Harper's Conservatives were all about sleaze and graft back in 2005. Let me remind our readers that 2005 is pre-Accountability act, so the Conservatives may not be in violation of that law....

Here's some juicy pieces from the article:

The widow of former B.C. MP Chuck Cadman says two Conservative Party officials offered her husband a million-dollar life insurance policy in exchange for his vote to bring down the Liberal government in May of 2005.

The offer, which was summarily rejected by the dying man, is outlined in a biography of Mr. Cadman by Vancouver journalist Tom Zytaruk that is to be released on March 14. A copy of the manuscript, including an introduction by former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin, has been obtained by The Globe and Mail.

And we know how well that turned out. Chuck Cadman did the honourable thing and could not be swayed by a Million Dollar bribe to bring down the Martin government.

Isn't offering an MP monetary compensation in return for their vote bribery? Isn't bribery against the law?

The men arrived at Mr. Cadman's Ottawa office two days before the vote on the Liberal budget. It was apparent at that time that the House of Commons was evenly split on the money bill and the nod of the then-Independent MP would decide whether Mr. Martin's Liberal government would survive. "The Tories actually walked in with a list of offers written down on a piece of paper. Included in their proposal was a $1-million life insurance policy — no small carrot for a man with advanced cancer," the book states.

If the offer was made at his Ottawa office, that means it was a bribe made in Parliament. Could that aggravate the crime, if it is in fact a crime?

Looks like Harper has some explaining to do. SHAME on the Conservative party.

I hope journalists are going to start asking the tough questions on this file.

A.L.