So if you see more Reformers venturing into Quebec, you'll know why. It all began last fall when the NDP got hold of a secret government contract awarded to Montreal firm for more than a quarter million dollars to teach government managers on how to fight back against angry Atlantic fisheries protesters when their money runs out. The contract called for videos showing management how to lock the doors, use other parking lots, even go shopping in nearby towns to avoid unemployed fisher people rather than paying them any more federal money. It caused a major scandal in Atlantic Canada, and soon afterwards the Liberals caved in and extended TAGS another three months. You had better believe it.
Nothing focuses a politician like a major local issue.
Obviously somebody has a sense of humor. That's when the Mounties put pepper in peoples' faces while Chretien put pepper on his plate, and his foot in his mouth. Now they've found a scapegoat. Carle was erroneously fingered as the man in the PMO who had launched into a tirade against her. He was also blamed for telling the Mounties to go hard on protesters trying to embarrass the wonderful and kindly-hearted Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin.