This is a list of major political scandals in Canada: A political scandal is a scandal in which politicians engage in various illegal or unethical practices. ...

• Federal
  • Pacific scandal - allegations of bribes being taken by the government of Sir John A. Macdonald (1870s)
  • Scandal in the Department of Customs and Excise that led to the King-Byng Affair, 1926
  • Munsinger Affair - Canada's first national political sex scandal (1960s)
  • Tunagate - tainted tuna (1985)
  • Airbus affair - 1995 Brian Mulroney was implicated in a kickback scheme to purchase airbus planes for Air Canada
  • APEC Inquiry - 1997 RCMP conduct at the APEC summit in Vancouver.
  • Shawinigate - 1999 Jean Chrétien's profiting from property interests in his riding.
  • 2004 Canadian sponsorship scandal - Liberal Party of Canada - misuse and misdirection of funds of the Liberal government's 1990s AdScam.
  • Political bribing and taping scandal involving PMO chief of staff Tim Murphy, Heath Minister Ujjal Dosanjh and MP Gurmant Grewal.

• Alberta
  • Alberta Sexual Sterilization Act - a 1928 law that resulted in close to 3,000 young people being classified as "mentally unfit" and without their knowledge or consent were sterilized to prevent them from breeding their "bad blood."
  • Premier John E. Brownlee - sued for seduction of a young woman and found guilty (early 1930s)
  • Dar Heatherington - forced to resign from Lethbridge city council in 2004 after being convicted of public mischief.
• British Columbia
  • Bingogate - New Democratic Party - skimming of charity funds (1990s)
  • FastCat Fiasco (aka "Ferrygate" or simply "the Fast Ferries")- 1990s construction of a fleet of high speed ferry vessels that ended up being massively over-budget and actually slower than existing ferries.
• New Brunswick
  • Karl Toft - serial pedophile molested over 200 boys while an employee in charge at the government run Kingsclear Youth Training Centre between the mid 1960's and the mid 1980's
  • Richard Hatfield - premier charged with possession of marijuana in 1984
• Ontario
  • Ontario Bond Scandal - United Farmers of Ontario (early 1920s)
  • Patti Starr in the late 1980s.
  • Toronto Computer Leasing Inquiry - judicial inquiry into improper computer leasing contracts made by Toronto's municipal government in 1999
  • Walkerton water scandal in the year 2000
• Quebec
  • Duplessis Orphans of 1940s through 1960s - Maurice Duplessis government and the Roman Catholic Church.
• Saskatchewan
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan scandals - Scandals that emerged in the 1990s involving Grant Devine's Progressive Conservative government implicating 16 MLAs, with the chief conviction that of Deputy Premier Eric Berntson in 1999.

The Pacific scandal involves the allegations of bribes being taken by Canadas Conservative government of Sir John A. Macdonald. ... Bribery is the practice of offering a professional money or other favours in order to circumvent ethics in a variety of professions. ... The Right Honourable Sir John Alexander Macdonald, KCMG, GCB, QC, PC (January 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first Prime Minister of Canada from July 1, 1867 – November 5, 1873 and October 17, 1878 – June 6, 1891. ... Events and Trends Technology The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... Mackenzie King requested a dissolution of Parliament Lord Byng refused to dissolve Parliament The King-Byng Affair refers to a 1926 Canadian constitutional crisis that occurred when the Governor-General of Canada, Lord Byng of Vimy, refused a request by the Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King, to... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Munsinger Affair was Canadas first national political sex scandal. ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Tunagate was a 1985 Canadian political scandal involving large quantities of possibly tainted tuna that was sold to the public under order of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, John Fraser. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Airbus affair refers to allegations of secret commissions paid to members of the Brian Mulroney government in exchange for the purchase by Crown corporation Air Canada of a large order of Airbus jets. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Right Honourable Martin Brian Mulroney, PC , CC , GOQ , LL.D (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993. ... Air Canada is Canadas flag air carrier, headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP or Mounties; French, Gendarmerie royale du Canada, GRC) is both the federal police force and the national police of Canada. ... APEC can also stand for Atlantic Provinces Economic Council Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a group of Pacific Rim countries who meet with the purpose of improving economic and political ties. ... Members of Parliament Libby Davies, Ujjal Dosanjh, David Emerson, Hedy Fry, Stephen Owen Members of the Legislative Assembly Gordon Campbell, David Chudnovsky, Adrian Dix, Colin Hansen, Jenny Kwan, Lorne Mayencourt, Wally Oppal, Gregor Robertson, Shane Simpson, Carole Taylor Mayor Larry Campbell City Manager Judy Rogers Governing Body Vancouver City Council... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Right Honourable Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, PC , LL.D (born January 11, 1934) was the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada, serving from November 4, 1993, to December 12, 2003. ... (Redirected from 2004 Canadian sponsorship scandal) The sponsorship scandal is an ongoing scandal that has affected the government of Canada, and particularly the ruling Liberal Party of Canada for a number of years, but rose to especially great prominence in 2004. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada) is Canadas current governing political party. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada) is Canadas current governing political party. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... In Canada, the Prime Ministers Office (PMO) is one of the most powerful parts of the government. ... This page is about the Canadian politician; for the American politician from Pennsylvania, see Tim Murphy (congressman). ... The Honourable Ujjal Singh Dosanjh, PC , BA , LL.B , MP (born September 9, 1947, India) is a Canadian Member of Parliament and lawyer. ... 38th Parliament Members of the House of Commons in the 38th Parliament of Canada, as of May 17, 2005. ... Gurmant Singh Grewal, MP, MBA (born December 21, 1957 in Barundi, India) is a Canadian politician and Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party of Canada. ... Motto: Fortis et Liber (Strong and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Area 661,848 km² (6th) Land 642,317 km² Water 19,531 km² (2. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A premier is an executive official of government. ... John Edward Brownlee (August 27, 1884 - July 15, 1961), Canadian politician, was Premier of Alberta between 1925 and 1934. ... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... Darlene Dar Heatherington is a Canadian politician who was forced to resign her city council seat in Lethbridge, Alberta in 2004 after being convicted of public mischief. ... Lethbridge is variously: Lethbridge, Alberta is a city in Alberta; William Lethbridge, after whom the City of Lethbridge, Alberta was named; Lethbridge, Victoria is a township outside Geelong, Victoria, Australia; Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart is a character on Doctor Who; and Lethbridge is a Brisbane r&b group. ... A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th) Land 925,186 km² Water 19,549 km² (2. ... Bingogate was a scandal that occurred during the administration of former Premier of British Columbia Michael Harcourt, involving the skimming of charity funds for use by the ruling NDP. Although Harcourt was never implicated in the scandal, he resigned as party leader and premier in 1996, citing the principle that... The New Democratic Party (French: Nouveau Parti démocratique) is a left wing political party in Canada that advocates varying forms of socialism . ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... The FastCat Fiasco or Fast Ferry Fiasco was the name given to a political scandal in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1990s relating to the construction of a fleet of high speed ferry vessels. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope was restored) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Lieutenant Governor Herménégilde Chiasson Premier Bernard Lord (PC) Area 72 908 km² (8th) Land 71 450 km² Water 1 458 km² (2. ... Karl Toft is a pedophile and was a guard at the Kingsclear Youth Training Centre for which he has been convicted of commiting 34 sex crimes between the mid 1960s and the mid 1980s on boys who were at the centre. ... Pedophilia (American English), pædophilia/paedophilia (Commonwealth English), or pedosexuality is the paraphilia of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to prepubescent children. ... Kingsclear Youth Training Centre was a youth detention centre (for boys) just west of Fredericton, New Brunswick. ... Richard Bennett Hatfield (April 9, 1931-April 26, 1991) was a New Brunswick politician and long time Premier of the province (1970-1987). ... The Premier of New Brunswick (fr: Premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the first minister for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. ... Cannabis is a plant also known as Cannabis sativa, hemp, or marijuana. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal it began, loyal it remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... The Ontario Bond Scandal was a scandal that hit the government of Ontario in the early 1920s. ... The United Farmers of Ontario (UFO) were the Ontario section of the nation-wide United Farmers movement that arose in Canada in the early part of the 20th century. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. // Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy gun John Logie Baird invents the first working mechanical television system (1925) Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to... Patti Starr was the chair of Ontario Place and involved in a scandal that damaged the Liberal government of David Peterson in the late 1980s. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... The Toronto Computer Leasing Inquiry is a judicial inquiry into allegations of conflict of interest, bribery and misappropriation of funds around computer leasing contracts entered into by Toronto, Ontarios municipal government in 1998 and 1999. ... We usually define computer as a device or machine for processing information according to a program — a compiled list of instructions. ... This article or section should include material from Tenancy agreement A lease is a contract conveying from one person (the lessor) to another person (the lessee) the right to use and control some article of property for a specified period of time (the term), without conveying ownership, in exchange for... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Walkerton is a small town on the Saugeen River in Bruce County, Ontario, 75 km southwest of Owen Sound. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ... The Duplessis Orphans (French: les Orphelins de Duplessis) refers to a scandal where several thousand orphaned children were falsely certified as mentally ill by the government of the province of Quebec, Canada and confined to psychiatric institutions. ... // Events and trends The 1940s were dominated by World War II, the most destructive armed conflict in history. ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Duplessis and the Clergy. ... The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian body, with over 1. ... Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (From many peoples, strength) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant Governor Lynda M. Haverstock Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Area 651,036 km² (7th) Land 591,670 km² Water 59,366 km² (9. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Donald Grant Devine (born 1944) was the Progressive Conservative Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan from May 8, 1982 to November 1, 1991. ... A Deputy Prime Minister is the deputy of a Prime Minister, and a member of a nations cabinet. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

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