Del Mastro Done? (First Published November 12, 2014)

Canadian Member of Parliament Dean Del Mastro was forced out of politics over what may have been a $23,000 overage in election spending.

I well remember the Liberal Sponsorship Scandal.  Canadians discovered that Finance Minister Paul Martin had turned over a fifty million dollar blank check every year to then Prime Minister Jean Chretien, ostensibly to rescue the politically shaky Province of Quebec.  Hundreds of millions of dollars were never recovered or even accounted for.

Prime Minister Chretien didn’t lose his job.  Paul Martin went on to become the next Canadian Prime Minister.

Did Del Mastro step over the line?  Perhaps so, but I saw a dedicated Canadian hard at work for his constituents and his country.  Innocent until PROVEN guilty?  No.  One strike and he’s OUT!

Until I have reason to do otherwise, I will side with Del Mastro.  I only wish that Prime Minister Harper would step in to offer the party a bit of much needed guidance here.  Do Conservative Candidates really have to count their political contributions every day during an election campaign?