The news coming out of Quebec City isn't good these days. Not good for the Charest Liberals at least.

The government has been taking a pounding. Much of it has to do with party financing. And the Liberals are the best at it. In 2008, they raised over 9 million dollars.

Since Jean Charest took over , the Liberals have been obsessed with it. It's all about money. The problem is how the money is raised and who raises it.

There is enormous pressure on the Liberal MNAs to deliver. The more money raised, the higher the deputy is in the esteem of the leader and the greater chances for a cabinet position. So it puts them in tough positions and vulnerable positions ones as well.

There are too many I.O.U.'s out there. And it's no secret that much of money comes from companies in end runs around the law. It's illegal but just about impossible to prove. So something is wrong with the system here.

We have your elected representatives working as fundraisers. And you have to wonder whose interest they put first. It may be legal but it just doesn't smell right.

High ranking cop with construction company

The number 3 man in the Montreal police, department moonlights. And Mario Gisondi is not delivering pizzas

One of the top law enforcement agents in our city runs a construction company. There is no law against it. But there ought to be.

You see when police are investigating corruption and collusion in the construction industry and one of the top cops has a stake in the industry, it just doesn't look or feel right.

Now, there is nothing to suggest any impropriety here. Maybe just some very poor judgement in our police department.

Supreme language error

It would be a Supreme error. A proposed law making fluent bilingualism a requirement for Supreme Court justices.

I'm all in favour of bilingualism. The more people in Canada who can speak both official languages, the better. But it's not a perfect world. And changing the rules now would be foolish. We could exclude some of the best legal minds in the country because they are not fluent.

There are 9 positions on the Supreme Court. By law, Quebec gets 3, and by convention, Ontario gets 3, the west gets 2 and the Atlantic provinces one. The pool of bilingual judges outside of Quebec may be very small indeed.

The Supreme Court of Canada has fine translators, some of the best in the country. There is no need to change the rules. The opposition parties stirring the language pot for political gain. It is not in Canada's best interest and The Senate needs to kill this silly bill before any real injustice is done.