The income trust investigation is over, the RCMP says. And the Mounties have nothing to say about any leaks. But they do say that a top Finance Department official — Serge Nadeau — used confidential information for his own personal financial gain. Nadeau, who was suspended without pay today from his position as director general of the tax policy branch within Finance Canada, is charged with criminal breach of trust.
Here’s the documents you’ll want to review:
The RCMP Press Release announcing the end of the investigation.
The NDP calls on former Liberal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale to apologize:
“The Liberals insisted nothing was amiss with Income Trusts, we now know that the RCMP have a different view,” said Judy Wasylycia-Leis, the NDP MP who filed the complaint with the RCMP that got the investigative ball rolling. “Mr. Goodale owes me and everyday Canadians an apology. He repeatedly claimed there was no reason for an investigation. He was wrong. He claimed that I and the NDP were motivated merely by politics. He was wrong. We were motivated by public interest, as the minister should have been. I am proud of the role I and my party played in this investigation.”
Goodale issues his press statement. (We’ll have more here from his scrum later)
Question: How far reaching was this investigation? In other words, what were the “no-go” areas (It reminds me of Lebanon when Hezbollah said to the Lebanese government – here are the areas where you are not allowed to go).
Plus, is this an indication as to how politicized the Mounties have become?