Canadians will soon go to the polls. We need to decide whether to give up on our current Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin.

I say farewell Paul.

When he came to power I felt Martin would be the best PM we ever had. An intelligent liberal-minded career politician. A fiscal conservative.

The economy is strong. His political opposition is weak.

Yet Paul Martin somehow snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

Is Bono available?

The Globe and Mail: Bono ‘crushed’ by PM’s failure on foreign aid

Brault alleges Liberal government kickbacks

It was refreshing to read the direct testimony of the Montreal Ad executive naming names on who got what in the Liberal government.

No surprising memory lapses. He specified exact sums: C$1.2 million secretly paid to federal and Quebec Liberals, ostensibly in the cause of Canadian unity. In exchange, $23 million+ tax dollars went to his ad company, Groupaction.

Thanks Jean Brault. I appreciate your candor.

Now let the chips fall where they may.

In the long history of corruption in Francophone Canada, this is typical.