Today, we got another number from Mr. Day. In fact, the details of the settlement for the defamation suit launched by Red Deer lawyer Lorne Goddard(2) have been disclosed by Alberta Justice Minister Dave Hancock(3). Mr. Day is a man who radiates more intimidation than integrity and in this respect, Goddard's statement of claim refers to Mr. Day's threat to hire "a hotshot lawyer from one of the biggest law firms(4)" Mr. Day has been firm with his promise to hire a hotshot lawyer, and as a consequence the settlement covers total legal expenses in the amount of $729,000, while Mr. Goddard received $60,000 for damages. The total cost caused by Mr. Day's bigoted and intimidating litigation with Mr. Goddard is $792,064.40, and this cost has been paid by the Alberta taxpayers.

The Alberta ethics commissioner ruled in November 1999 that it would have been inappropriate for Mr. Day to raise funds privately to defend himself. As a consequence, Mr. Day decided to prolong the litigation rather than to settle early for a much smaller cost and disclose his bigotry and jeopardize his hope to become Prime Minister of Canada.

Mr. Day's settlement with Red Deer lawyer Lorne Goddard is a learning experience for all of us, on how this politician is able to increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) out of his bigotry. Let us hope we don't receive more GDP's increases from Mr. Day, or for that matter from any politician.

References/endnotes

Relevant political and economics articles http://ensign.ftlcomm.com

1. Stockwell Day: another politician, another number game and another laugh, by Mario deSantis, November 16, 2000

2. No more Common Law and no more personal responsibility for our politicians, by Mario deSantis, January 6, 2000

3. Critics call for judicial review of Day settlement, CBC Canada, Jan 17 09:22:56 2001

4. All Day costs need to be made public, lawyer says: Expenses skyrocketed, by Robert Remington, with files from James Cudmore in Edmonton, January 12, 2001, National Post