Any leaks yet?
Yes. Here is what "insiders" are saying according to CTV.
Jean Chretien and his associates will take the worst beating in the release of the first Gomery report Tuesday morning.
In comparison, Prime Minister Paul Martin, finance minister during the run of the federal sponsorship program, will be bruised but not bloodied.
The report will criticize Martin for not raising alarm bells about the fiasco that may have cost Canadians $355 million over 10 years.
If the PMO is saying that PM Martin will be criticized then he certainly won't be skating on this one. I will be more interested to see if the Liberal Party can hold together through all of this, especially when (former) PM Chretien tries to have the Report invalidated, all while PM Martin will be trying to pin it on him.
Update: The Globe reports that Gomery puts blame on Chretien.
...Former prime minister Jean Chrétien will get hit with a finding of blame by Mr. Justice John Gomery today, but Prime Minister Paul Martin will not, The Globe and Mail has learned.
Among those receiving a negative finding alongside Mr. Chrétien will be former bureaucrat Chuck Guité, former minister of public works Alfonso Gagliano, Liberal fundraiser and Chrétien supporter Jacques Corriveau, and Mr. Chrétien's long-time chief of staff, Jean Pelletier.
