Here are two things that caught my eye Conrad "Just do your time a shut up ", If you cannot to the time then donot do the crime. And how come the new is not covering this story in Saskatchewan.
CBC News, cbc.ca, Updated: July 7, 2010 9:29 AM
Conrad Black applies for bail
Conrad Black has applied for bail with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.
In a filing late Tuesday, lawyers for the Montreal-born media baron argued that he should be released immediately in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in late June that set aside his fraud convictions.
Black's conviction for obstruction of justice remains in place. The appeal court will now decide whether to have a hearing on his bail request while it decides whether to overturn his fraud convictions in light of the Supreme Court's decision. It is not yet known when that might happen.
The 7th Circuit Court is the same one that first denied Black's request for bail after he was convicted, along with three other Hollinger executives in 2007, of defrauding $6.1 million US from the company.
He was originally accused of pilfering more than $60 million US.
Chicago-based U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald was the prosecutor on the original case. His office has thus far declined comment.
Minister to face ethics probe over Jaffer linkLast Updated:
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 |CBC News
Minister of Natural Resources Christian Paradis responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on June 7.(Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The federal ethics commissioner is looking into Natural Resources Minister Christian Paradis's alleged dealings with former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer.
In a letter to Liberal MP Marlene Jennings, Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson confirmed she is commencing an examination of Jennings's allegations that Paradis may have breached portions of the Conflict of Interest Act.
The government operations committee has been investigating allegations that Jaffer, a former Conservative caucus chair and husband of MP Helena Guergis, lobbied his former government colleagues for access to a green infrastructure fund.
Documents show some staff and parliamentary secretaries of cabinet ministers, including Paradis and Transport Minister John Baird, treated Jaffer's inquiries about the fund on a priority basis.
The documents include an email from a Paradis staff member explaining to Jaffer's company, Green Power Generations, that her department was being "hard-headed" over Jaffer's solar-panel project proposal.
Jaffer, who is not registered as a lobbyist, has denied conducting unregistered lobbying or receiving a penny of federal funds.
"I have always conducted myself appropriately and in accordance with my obligations," Paradis said in a statement
