Ex-Liberal staffer charged in gas-plant scandal to crowdsource legal costs

[Locutus]

A former Ontario Liberal political staffer facing criminal charges related to the gas-plant scandal is turning to crowdsourcing to fund her legal defence.


Laura Miller, who was deputy chief of staff to premier Dalton McGuinty, had raised $15,095 from 22 donors as of Monday evening. Her FundRazr.com page was launched on Dec. 24. According to the site, she is hoping to raise a total of $100,000 to help pay her legal bills. She has retained Clayton Ruby, a high-profile Toronto human rights lawyer.


Ms. Miller appears to have received financial contributions from several prominent Liberals, including the president of the British Columbia Liberal Party and a former B.C. cabinet minister.


Ms. Miller went to work for the B.C. Liberals after Mr. McGuinty stepped down in 2013. She left her job as the party’s executive director last month when she was charged.


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Ex-Liberal staffer charged in gas-plant scandal to crowdsource legal costs - The Globe and Mail

 

[Walter]

I'm sure McGillicutty and the Dyke will be big contributors.

 

[Jinentonix]

Yep, shoot the "builders" while the "architects" walk away scott free. I find it hard to believe (actually I find it impossible to believe) that the Premier and Deputy Premier of Ontario were completely oblivious to it.
This can only lead to one of two conclusions. 1)The Ontario Libtard party is corrupt right to its core with the party leaders being consummate liars. or 2) McNuggets and the ol' Wynned sock are pathetic incompetents. Tough choice too so I guess there could be a third conclusion 3) They are corrupt and incompetent as amply demonstrated throughout the last 12-13 years.

 

[lone wolf]

Parliamentary Privilege - General Article - Compendium of Procedure Home - House of Commons . Canada

 

[damngrumpy]

The first mistake you make here is believing the BC Liberals are Liberal.
In fact most are conservatives or right wing liberals in a coalition with
conservatives. It is really Social Credit in the closet.
Now the issue here is she needs some money to protect herself from
prosecution. As long as it is legal I don't care where she gets the money
its none of my business. We don't even know if it is a scandal. See a
scandal is in the eyes of the public. The current government was re-elected
so people didn't see it that way. Now if they don't get re-elected the next
time with new information out there then one can call it a scandal or if there
are proven charges in court then it becomes a scandal
This woman says she is not guilty I don't know whether she is or not but she
is entitled to a defence

 

[lone wolf]

What mistake? Premier Pinwheel makes Mike Harris look benevolent and caring for all mankind

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

The first mistake you make here is believing the BC Liberals are Liberal.
In fact most are conservatives or right wing liberals in a coalition with
conservatives. It is really Social Credit in the closet.
Now the issue here is she needs some money to protect herself from
prosecution. As long as it is legal I don't care where she gets the money
its none of my business. We don't even know if it is a scandal. See a
scandal is in the eyes of the public. The current government was re-elected
so people didn't see it that way. Now if they don't get re-elected the next
time with new information out there then one can call it a scandal or if there
are proven charges in court then it becomes a scandal
This woman says she is not guilty I don't know whether she is or not but she
is entitled to a defence

I see your point. A Billion Dollars in tax payer money lost to save two Liberal seats in Oakville. Then communications explaining the mess are miraculously erased from all hard drives.

How could that possibly be considered a scandal?

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I see your point. A Billion Dollars in tax payer money lost to save two Liberal seats in Oakville. Then communications explaining the mess are miraculously erased from all hard drives.

How could that possibly be considered a scandal?

If a Conservative did it, it would be a huge scandal according to damngrumpy.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

If a Conservative did it, it would be a huge scandal according to damngrumpy.

How much did Duffy and Pam steal? And the PM made them pay it back.

How much did Liberals steal in Adscam? And the PM was just damned mad.

How much did the McGuinty and Wynne government steal? That's not a scandal.

 

[Locutus]

I see your point. A Billion Dollars in tax payer money lost to save two Liberal seats in Oakville. Then communications explaining the mess are miraculously erased from all hard drives.

How could that possibly be considered a scandal?

flossy will spin that for you.

 

[Curious Cdn]

I'd like to crowd source for a rope to string this guy up.

I see your point. A Billion Dollars in tax payer money lost to save two Liberal seats in Oakville. Then communications explaining the mess are miraculously erased from all hard drives.

How could that possibly be considered a scandal?

Actually, it's worse than that. It was all in aid of one single, provincial Liberal seat. Oakville is suddenly, recently Liberal federally but that has only been the situation for a couple of months.

I've met the MP in question, Kevin Flynn and my impression of him,having worked a charity event )(well in the background) for good couple of hours is that he is a thoroughly decent guy. (No, I'm not a Liberal). He used to be an NDP candidate, which usually means "young idealist". I would be very disappointed if he were at all involved in or aware of these shenanigans. I can't see it, having met the man. The Provincial Liberals, like Federal Conservatives seem to have issues with incompetent operatives.

I mentioned well in the background because it sure as hell wasn't a photo op for him. It was down and dirty volunteer work with just a few of us, no grand-standing involved. I would say that he was just being a good neighbour, like the rest of us were.

 

[Locutus]

The first mistake you make here is believing the BC Liberals are Liberal.
In fact most are conservatives or right wing liberals in a coalition with
conservatives. It is really Social Credit in the closet.
Now the issue here is she needs some money to protect herself from
prosecution. As long as it is legal I don't care where she gets the money
its none of my business. We don't even know if it is a scandal. See a
scandal is in the eyes of the public. The current government was re-elected
so people didn't see it that way. Now if they don't get re-elected the next
time with new information out there then one can call it a scandal or if there
are proven charges in court then it becomes a scandal
This woman says she is not guilty I don't know whether she is or not but she
is entitled to a defence

J.J. McCullough ‏@JJ_McCullough

Anyone who doubts the closeness of the BC Liberals and federal Liberals should be following the Laura Miller story:



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