Not true. The program and infrastructure for it existed under Mulroney and it was simply retasked to being nearly exclusively dedicated to Quebec nationalism. A funny fact is that when Chretien retooled it, he insisted all money spent be confined to Canadian companies, whereas Mulroney funneled the money to foreign buddies of his. So in one respect it was better because at least the money was going to Canadians.Tangwhich said:Sorry to take this off topic again, but I just wanted to clarify that this is not true. The liberals started the program after the narrow win of the last Quebec referendum
You can check the Gomery testimony if you want. It is in there. One of the people involved in the scandal (don't ask me which one as I don't remember) actually corrected prosecution lawyers when they tried to say it was a program created by the Liberals. I nearly fell off my chair when I heard it.
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