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When a politician points the finger at the other guy with accusations of scandal and corruption, and shrugs, saying "Scandals? We Don't Got No Stinking Scandals" in our party, don't you believe it!

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185 Political Scandals

from 1867 - 2005 are documented in this book.
  • murder
  • suicide
  • kidnapping
  • rape
  • shoplifting
  • theft
  • fraud
  • slander
  • libel
  • bribery
  • conflict of interest
  • extravagant expenses
  • mob connections
  • impersonation
  • dirty tricks
  • wire tapping
  • boozing
  • stalking
  • lying
  • spying
  • ridicule
  • stupidity
  • and, of course, sex, drugs and rock ’n roll.

Scandals? We Don't Got No Stinking Scandals is written as a quiz book. It documents scandals involving federal and provincial politicians, political appointees, and senior civil servants. Test your knowledge about Canadian political scandals by reading a few excerpts, and see if you know the answers. (You might not agree that every incident is a scandal, but someone somewhere at some time did.)

Then buy the book and see why ordinary law-abiding, fair-minded, hard working Canadians are cynical about politics.

ISBN 0-9780264-0-3; 200 pages
including a table of contents, preface, introduction, bibliography and index;

About the Author
Wendy Elliott is a writer, trainer, instructional designer, and average citizen who loves Canada and has had enough of politicians accusing each other of misconduct without doing much to clean up the problem. She has researched and written this book believing that before you can find a solution, you must be clear about the extent of the problem.

 

 

Scandals?
We Don't Got No Stinking Scandals