Talk:John Gerich

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It wasn't just PC MLA's convicted for fraud. I believe there was also a Liberal member convicted for fraud, and don't forget the late Murray Koskie, a NDP MLA, convicted of fraud, also related to expense accounts.

Also a non-MLA was convicted as well (John Scraba), in the same series of prosecutions.

64.110.251.69 17:04, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

A source? What about oral history? Aren't oral histories, from people actually alive during the era acceptable on Wikipedia?

I guess I could look up the GDP growth and population growth figures. It is a well-known fact that Saskatchewan's population did hit an all-time high, and the liquidation of inefficiently run state-owned enterprises has proven to be a boon to the Saskatchewan economy.

64.110.251.69 18:31, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

R. v. Koskie, SKCA 95125, Judgement October 1, 1995. Murray Koskie served as a member of the NDP caucus.

Go here:

http://www.lawsociety.sk.ca/newlook/Library/fulltextnew.htm

And enter the words "Murray Koskie" into "Fulltext (keywords)".

R. v. Baker, R. v. Berntson, R. v. Hopfner, R. v. Katzman, R. v. McLaren might also interest you, in the mid 1990s, while you are looking things up.

Should give you lots of reading material.

64.110.251.69 05:09, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

The article, in its current form, is little more than an attack piece against the NDP. Perhaps we should limit our focus to the subject, and not tie in unrelated innuendo. CJCurrie 00:20, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Edit the article than. (unsigned, by MKnight)

• I may just do that at some point. Until then, let's not hide the fact that there's a dispute. CJCurrie 01:14, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Where's the 'attack' on the NDP here?64.110.251.69 01:53, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

The prosecutions, during the mid-1990s, described by some outside observers as being little more than a politically-motivated vendetta by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP), engulfed many former members of the Progressive Conservative caucus. A member of the NDP caucus was also convicted of fraud. [1]

One might almost forget this is a biography of John Gerich. CJCurrie 02:01, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't know...if the Tory fraud scandal is so important (and it seems to always come up as the main theme of NDP campaigns here), perhaps a wikipedia page of its own is in order. A centralized page would be so much easier, for instance, then repeating the details of the 1980s false invoice scheme on each page involving the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan.

I don't have an account (too lazy to sign up for one), but "Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Fraud Scandal" wouldn't be a hard page to create on wiki, and plenty of material is available online just in the form of judgements from the Law Society. There's also a book called "SaskScandal" that also gives a decent rundown of the scandal -- I have a copy kicking around here somewhere -- maybe I could find it and help out.

64.110.251.69 17:16, 28 June 2006 (UTC)