This is from the Globe and Mail.
...Justice Jean-Guy Boilard of Quebec Superior Court said he allowed Mr. Coffin to avoid jail after considering his clean record, his repayment of $1-million to the federal government and his remorse as mitigating factors. The Crown has asked for a 34-month sentence, citing Mr. Coffin's abuse of the public trust.
Clean record! CLEAN RECORD! This guy was stealing money from Canadian taxpayers and sending a cut to the Liberal Party for five years and he has a clean record! He has a clean record because he was not turned in by his government contacts.
It is one thing if a law abiding citizen
does one thing wrong, it is entirely another thing if he has been engaging in criminal activity for five years and not been caught. Do we slap members of organized crime on the wrist when they are caught for the first time!
So here is the message to everyone who has a government contract. Steal as much as you want. If you get caught just pay most of it back and you won't be able to go out on weekends for two years. Oh yeah, you get to lecture University students on ethics as well.
What a joke.
