Leave the politics at the office

Winnipeg Sun Columnist Tom Brodbeck with a different perspective on the C-17 contract "distribution of economic benefits" story. As far as he's concerned, the whole thing is phony, based on nothing more than rumour and innuendo. I hope he's right. Unfortunately, call me a cynic, but I'm not convinced. Even Brodbeck himself qualifies things a little at the end of his story.

"I don't doubt for a moment that Ottawa wants to spread out the economic benefits from the $17 billion to all regions of the country. I'd prefer the contracts go to the best bidder at the best price regardless of region. But that's politics."

Brodbeck's "but that's politics" line is the point that many are trying to make. Stop making it politics.

A simple statement from the Government that they are signing the contract without any pre-conditions regarding regional distribution of contracts would go a long way to relieving my cynicism.

H/T Jack's Newswatch