The CPC, meanwhile, announced a plan to for some kind of independent, special prosecutor (boy, if I know anything from American politics, it’s that if Harper cigar-bangs an intern – and there have been some cute Conservative interns in the past – and later perjures when asked about it under oath, he is going to really regret this). Here are the key points:
“No longer will the Attorney General face the conflict of deciding matters involving his own Cabinet colleagues or his own party.”said Mr. Harper.
Details of the plan includes the following:
- The Director will be an independent, qualified prosecutor chosen in consultation with other parties in Parliament;
- The office of the Director will be responsible for all federal prosecutions;
- Once the RCMP investigates findings of the Auditor General, the Ethics Commissioner or other officers of Parliament, it will be the impartial Director who decides on prosecution;
- To ensure complete transparency, the only way for the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General to overrule the Director would be by means of a public written notice.
