i', not sure how the indescretions of politicians(mostly tory i point out)have anything to do with renovations but as a former defense lawyer who did a lot of impaired driving defenses with only a few convictions, first charges are not convictions, copr charge a lot of things they can't convivt on, second jaffer wasn't read his rights as the police didn't realize the seriousness of the offenses at the beginning--a stupid decision(ourcanadian police are notoriously badly trained on rights--its easy to read them early and often but they resent it and are too ignorant to realize this IS THEIR JOB). so the criminal charges were dropped as he didn't getb the reqiuired rightsd read.

they also didn't apply the breathalizer correctly and they would have had a challenge there as well, so they took the easy route and pled out. if there was any corruption then it was with the prosecutions collusion and how do you prove that?

the other allegations about members are mostly about charges not convictions--really not fair play. and the mulroney tories did set the record in the british comon wealth for convictions of sitting members of government but most allegations were not proven. did the rcmp collude in easing the way for most of them? very hard to prove.

i\m more concerned by the head of the rcmp turning the last martin election by releasing a letter that ralph goodale was being investigated for criminal charges related to the release of budget information, then later the rcmp funf no foundation for an investigation. zachardelli turned the election in an unprececended interference with politics then got his job at interpol.

finally i see no real reason to use the parliament buildings right now. they have lots of unused office space in opttawa. shut down the
parliament buildings for repairs and it would be quicker and cheaper. they could be reopened as a museum rather than the daily seat of parliament and save money and give the public a great museum on the hill without as much security.