[Gamblor]

"How could you have respect a man who was responsible for budgets that stole millions of dollars from tax payers? Personally i think anyone who votes liberal has to be off their rocker (unless your local liberal candidate is someone highly respected that you feel ought to be in government regardless of party leadership).

The Gomery Commission showed that Martin was only responsible for producing the budget. He had no discretion as to how the budget was actually spent, i.e. which ad firms were chosen to run the program.

In fact, the Commission found that the Liberal Party skipped the normal avenues of accountability in choosing which companies were chosen. Chretien was not found negligent but was found to have been lax in his responsibilities.

That said, the Liberals are a joke and to have them in power after this incident would be a declaration by the voters that they would happily have any Liberal candidate SIITPs.