Traduction de «translation of responsable du scandale » (Français → Anglais) :

Why should Canadians rely on them, when they are the ones who were responsible for the sponsorship scandal and for raiding the EI fund in the first place?

Mr. Peter MacKay (Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, PC): Madam Speaker, on November 17, 1997 I asked the government, in light of the millions of dollars and the forced apology of the Liberal government, who was responsible for the Airbus affair scandal.

I have not forgotten the Minister for International Trade, the hon. member for Papineau—Saint-Denis; every member knows that he makes himself scarce these days, since he is responsible for the HRDC scandal.

The emissions scandal has shown that the responsibility to enforce the law and punish those who violate it can no longer be left solely to individual Member States.

We do know that Mr. MacPhie was not the finance minister's ex-girlfriend, but surely the Conservatives will want to be at least as ethical as the Liberals who are responsible for the sponsorship scandal.

– (FR) Contrary to what has been claimed by Mrs Grossetête and those who have spoken after her, Parliament is fully entitled to exercise its right to censure the Commission, which has proved itself incapable either of keeping tabs on fraud within its bodies or of finding those responsible for the Eurostat scandal – itself no small matter in view of the three accounts used in respect of contracts awarded to Eurocost, a body incorporated under Luxembourg law, concealment of funds; false invitations to tender to the benefit of one company, Eurogramme, which was also incorporated in Luxembourg; the falsification of turnover, and fictitious ...[+++] staff. That is how the Commission compiles its statistics!

– (DA) Mr President, I should like to start with a question for Mrs Grossetête, Mr Kuhne and Mrs Reding: who is politically responsible for the Eurostat scandal?

We have seen in the past that companies responsible for feed scandals never go to jail; those responsible within those companies are never properly penalised.

They refused to support an inquiry into the HRDC grants and contributions scandal (1100) [Translation] They refused to hold Alfonso Gagliano, or anyone else, responsible for the sponsorship scandal.

There are unfortunately too many food scandals, and it is therefore also important for us to point out that the fisheries sector is as a rule the victim and that it has not been possible subsequently to prove that it is this sector that is liable for the scandals or occurrences in question.