Musings —09.29.2011 08:56 AM
—Was this a scheme to get around election laws? Horwath owes voters answers
Horwath Caught Misleading Again
New revelations tie NDP directly to Cornerstone
TORONTO, Sept. 29, 2011 /CNW/ – Less than one day after it was revealed Andrea Horwath smeared her local hospital with a misleading story, new documents reveal that Andrea Horwath misled reporters and failed to disclose the true relationship between the Ontario Cornerstone Leadership Corporation and the Ontario NDP.
Asked this morning if Cornerstone plays any financial role in the NDP campaign, Horwath said “None whatsoever. None whatsoever. It’s a separate corporation, separate board of directors, no role whatsoever in our campaign, no financial, you know, no financial connection whatsoever. It’s completely separate.” (Andrea Horwath Media Scrum, September 29, 2011)
And she continues to duck questions on the whereabouts of $100,425 of taxpayer money and another $100,000 in union funds granted to Cornerstone for accessibility.
But that’s not the whole story. Horwath was in a position to know how her party raises money.
Documents obtained by the Liberals reveal that links between Cornerstone and the NDP are far greater than previously believed. Not only are all 8 members of the Cornerstone board current or former board members of the NDP, but the corporation is actually bankrolling the NDP’s campaign.
Land registry documents show:
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Cornerstone served as collateral for a $4,350,000 loan that is currently financing Horwath’s 2011 campaign
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Cornerstone served as collateral for a $3,450,000 loan that financed the 2007 NDP campaign
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And contrary to Andrea Horwath’s claim that Cornerstone “has nothing to do” with her, new documents also reveal that Andrea Horwath sat as an ONDP Vice President when the Cornerstone fundraising scheme was hatched, and served as the 2007 NDP Campaign Co-Chair. (OntarioNDP.com)
The Cornerstone campaign’s sole goal was to purchase a property that would finance NDP election campaigns:
It’s time she returned the money.
Read the documents here: http://www.scribd.com/NDPcornerstonelinks
People have to realize that a vote for the NDP in battle ground riding’s is a vote for Tim Hudak. Dont let the Conservatives sneak to another victory.
Warren, I’m a wonk and I find this issue to be opaque and confusing. It will be hard to get people to bite on this.
I tend to agree. But I think her hospital lie has legs.
I agree with Michael S on this.
As one of my clients is wont to say, “You have to explain it in a way that even a monkey would understand.”