As you suggest, the Liberal government (or NDP for that matter) did not place any heat on the minority Conservatives at the time. Ultimately, you cannot have the financial industry collapse, it would put us in a worse position, the question to me is not about the bailout itself, but the optics of the situation and the lack of transparency. Telling everyone how strong and great our system is; and it very well may be compared to others, but then refraining from disclosing the facts appears at the very least suspicious.
This quote is the most compelling to me:
"Despite Access to Information requests for the data, the Bank of Canada refuses to release it," the CCPA report states.
In a nation that I have argued lacks transparency in the intelligence/security apparatus, we are seeing the precise same attitude across other departments. The U.S provided detailed information regarding the bailout (according to the article) and it has hurt their reputation. Even Moody's espoused our system as the most stable in the world...
I am an admitted non-partisan person. I supported in spirit (I don't vote) Harper over the other leaders because I believed that the Conservatives would make the best party to lead us out of the world recession. This needs to begin and end with trust and transparency across ALL parties.
As for your opinion of the media, they can only report information that they themselves are given. I do not believe in such high level, across board conspiracies, as it is, media sells much better when reporting dirt and scandals so you can be sure if they were aware of this it would have been reported.
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