Something is Rotten in the Dept. of Finance

Another interesting development in the whole income trust fiasco. There's been much talk about the possibility of a leak from the Finance Department. Apparently some people were able to make a lot of money on some advance knowledge concerning taxation of dividends... I won't even try to explain what all this means. Yesterday there was an interview on the news with an individual who admitted that his organization had been contacted and informed that there would be a nice announcement made. Today, well, he denied that this happened. Interestingly, he also admitted that he was contacted by one of Mr. Goodale's top advisors after the interview aired. What has followed has seemed quite sneaky to me. At this point I'm not particularly concerned that there's a lack of hard evidence of any kind of mistake. This has very much the appearance of yet another Liberal cover-up. I find it interesting that the Liberals are very quick to deny these sorts of problems. What's more interesting is how slow to act they are when they're caught. For the Libs, this can't be the most welcome of news. We'll see how it pans out over the next little while.