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Entitled to his entitlements
David Dingwall, of the Royal Canadian Mint, resigned last year in connection with a $748,000 expense tab. Yet he still felt that he was owed severance. His comment, "I am entitled to my entitlements", was played frequently in commercials from the Conservative party, who defeated the ruling Liberals in the recent Canadian election.
Andrew Coyne now points out that the Liberals did pay Mr. Dingwall $418,000 in severance, quietly approved on January 20, three days before the election. They conveniently forgot to tell anyone. It also appears that Mr. Dingwall didn't resign; he was fired, though the Liberals insisted that he had resigned.
A senior official claims that "neither Prime Minister Paul Martin nor any other campaigning politician knew about the Dingwall settlement until Saturday, when officials in the Privy Council Office issued a news release." And if you believe that...
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