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There are so many people making so much of the Gomery cost overruns. Apparently, the cost of the commission's work will reach $60-million. (See Globe & Mail piece here: Gomery cost soars.) They're upset that the scandal being investigated was only worth $250-billion OVER 10 YEARS. A snip:
The cost of the Gomery inquiry into the sponsorship scandal is now pegged at $60-million, which is more than the annual budget of the program that it is investigating.What these well-meaning journalists, editorialists, pundits, commentators, and all-around opiners seem to miss though is that the Gomery Commission has much larger responsibilities than "getting to the bottom of the matter."
It has to do that as well as be months and months worth of entertainment: a circus to keep the media occupied; it has to be a witch hunt; it needs to keep the legal community's employment rate up; it has to ensure a market for the B.C. and Quebec pulp and paper industries.
So $60-million is a small price to pay.
Posted by Grayson at February 1, 2005 07:20 AM