Fall-guy for the corrupt Liberal party, Chuck Guite, completes 1/6th his sentence, and will be paroled early.
This must be part of that “graduated step towards that reintegration process in the community” I’ve been hearing so much about.
Chuck Guite, the federal bureaucrat who headed the scandal-plagued sponsorship program in the 1990s, is getting parole.
Mr. Guite’s conditional release was authorized on Dec. 23, National Parole Board spokeswoman Arti Jolly said Friday.
The Stetson-wearing Mr. Guite, who defended himself during his trial, will have served about one-sixth of his 42-month prison term when he is released in February.
“Whenever there’s no violent element to the crime, (offenders) are eligible to have accelerated review and have a potential release date considerably earlier,” Ms. Jolly said.
Yes, of course, because Mr.Guite didn’t commit any violent crime. He merely violently destroyed and betrayed the trust of a generation of entire Canadians and ruined the brand of the Liberal party for at least as long. Ah well. There are more important things to worry about, such as why Stephen Harper is such an evil social security net-destroying monster.
January 2, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Look on the bright side, at least he isn’t costing the taxpayer any more more money. Keeping someone behind bars is bloody expensive.
January 2, 2009 at 6:28 pm
In fact lets take it one step further, and ask what would keeping him behind bars accomplish, and is that worth the large sume of money that it would cost.
He certainly isn’t a danger to anyone, so this isn’t a question of safety. The only reason I can think of keeping him behind bars is that it may discourage people from committing such crimes in the future, but the link between stiff sentences and crime prevention is shaky at best.
All of this to me highlights the fact that we have no cost effective way of punishing non-violent offenders. Prison is just to damn expensive, and doesn’t seem have much benefit.
January 2, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Well, he’s not the only one guilty and the others know who they are.
I hope he writes an expose and has a lien placed on any proceeds by the taxpayers of Canada.
January 2, 2009 at 8:31 pm
It would accomplish the symbolic act of punishment for a crime.
January 2, 2009 at 8:45 pm
It will be interesting to see how Mr.Guite fares after he’s paroled. I expect some Liberal business firm will reward the “fall guy” with a well paid position.
Whatever, Guite is far less a menace to society than some that are paroled or released.
As for the symbolism, I’m sure Chuck has pondered his wrongdoings these last few months, and is ready to return to society a changed and better person.
And if you believe that…………..;-)
January 2, 2009 at 8:47 pm
“It would accomplish the symbolic act of punishment for a crime.”
And is that worth hundreds of thousands of dollars?
January 2, 2009 at 8:50 pm
LOL, then why punish any white collar crimes? Perhaps we ought to rethink our penal system.
January 3, 2009 at 12:11 pm
What else can you expect from Liberal laws ?.
It is apparent that stealing hundreds of thousands of taxpayers dollars is a Liberal privilege that has been going on for decades. It’s time for a change
January 3, 2009 at 4:41 pm
In fact lets take it one step further, and ask what would keeping him behind bars accomplish, and is that worth the large sume of money that it would cost.
Possibly, the next guy might resist the lure of the government-of-the-day pushing him to reward party cronies with taxpayer’s money?
A six-month sentence for this level of corruption is a joke. Had he stolen the same money from a 7-11, it would have meant real prison time.
No wonder he kept quiet about his instructions from those above.
January 5, 2009 at 12:08 am
“LOL, then why punish any white collar crimes? Perhaps we ought to rethink our penal system.”
Yes we should, as the costs seem to far outweigh the benefits (at least as far as white collar crime goes).