actually koskie was a minister under the conservatives and then later left for the ndp the koskie family have been long time ndp supporters going back to at least the allan blakeney years i think this whole controversy really calls for a page entitled saskatchewan legislative assembly expense account fraud scandal where the charges and convictions of each member and support staff like scraba can be described in detail there is a book entitled saskscandal at your local library which might be useful as a starting point and further i am sure ndp contributors have additional information they might want to share any time you have a breach of trust in government or fraud against the crown it is important that such not be minimalized or trivialized irregardless of political party involved