Quote Originally Posted by BlueCat
What did you think of Chretien?
Chretien is pretty misunderstood, and under-rated. I think this is mainly because of his appearance and manner of speach: he speaks like an old french-canadian farmer, believe me, I've met a few However, the man is one of the cleverest politicians, at least in Canadian history.

And Paul Martin is indeed a big schmuck. I think the Liberals will probably lose the next election, which is a good thing even if the Conservatives win. Because no matter who it is, a party cannot be in power for almost 15 years and NOT have some form of corruption. The proof is that advertising scandal that's still not fully rsolved yet.

There's no doubt Chretien was in on the scam, but even deep down, on some level, it was a sort of noble cause, to help prevent Quebec separation.