Robert mintz

If the government plays their cross- examination of the defendants only to a draw, they lose. They have to do better than that.

When you look at how long the government has been preparing this case it is not surprising that they have not scrapped their plans and immediately embraced him as a critical witness.

The government is trying to paint this as a clear case of right vs. wrong. What the defense is doing is suggesting this case is not nearly as black and white as the government is trying to suggest.

If these important productivity-enhancing measures are going to be put on the back burner because the minority government is too afraid to work out the support for these sorts of things, I think Canadians are going to get rightfully very concerned about whether they're going to have a good government over the next couple of years.

When one has money like this, you want to invest it the best way possible, where you can maximize the gains from it, ... If you want to get money back to people, I think cutting taxes is a good idea, especially cutting taxes that are doing the most harm to the economy, rather than just giving a blank cheque to people.