"Oh S***, maybe I screwed up"

Quick update on the Volpe thing. CTV and theglobeandmail.com are reporting that Volpe will be returning 5 of the Apotex family donations, specifically the ones from the children. Alright, where do I start. He still messed up real bad in accepting these donations and the 2-3 days of arguing that there was nothing wrong with them makes this seem that much worse. Wouldn't be surprised to see some members of his staff let go after this thing. Also, some sources say the Elections Canada is investigating and charges are a possibility. Also the fact remains that close to 70% of his donations came from executives at one company.

Now the NDP and Conservatives are having a great time with this, further damaging the Liberal name (not that its worth much anymore), including this great quote from John Baird, president of the Treasury Board:

"While some frontbench members of the Liberal Party were canvassing kindergarten classes, shaking down young children for campaign donations, this team was hard at work providing good government to this country"

Meanwhile, the Liberals believe that their rules on campaign financing don't need to be changed, Steve McKinnon, Liberal Party national director, has said the fact the public outcry resulted in the return of the donations shows that there is a safeguard against bad conduct. I don't know, maybe its just me, but it seems like a good idea politically to ensure this doesn't or can't happen again.