Goldgate

Okay, so the Canadian Mint, like many government institutions, was very much disorganized at the end of 12 years of Liberal rule. Words cannot even begin to express my gratitude to the people of Canada for electing a Conservative government in 2006. I shudder to think where we would be today had Paul Martin squeezed out another victory; in what horrendous state would we be? I am thankful that we have had Stephen Harper to lead us through this recession, as Canada's performance amid challenging circumstances has been the envy of the industrialized world. Of all the contrived controversies that I have seen these past few months, I would rank Goldgate the most insignificant. A bureaucrat screwed up. It had nothing to do with the government, other than it was tragically disorganized when the Tories took over.

But to see Rosemary Barton break the news on the CBC, one could be fooled into thinking that the current government was to blame for a comparatively small error by a mid-level bureaucrat. The amount of “slag” that was sold off below market price represented a fraction of a percentage point of the total gold at the Mint. A bureaucrat likely deserves to be fired, but this is hardly an error by our elected officials. Good grief...but ring that bell and Pavlov's Liblogs salivate.

For more on gold as a commodity, read Would King Midas Hold American Dollars?

And people, how is the Bob Rae Bobblehead doll not getting more votes?  That would be a cerebral gift!