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In article <DHHAv8.3Mw@ciao.trail.bc.ca>,
   ua156@ciao.trail.bc.ca (RAY W. LAWSON,ROSSLAND,BC) wrote:
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>In a previous article, schuck@sfu.ca (Bruce Schuck) says: 
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>snip
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>>However I suspect the plan was for Dave Stupich to do so, which
>>he did, but Parks outfoxed them by submitting his report before
>>the court challenge could delay it for a year or two.
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>snip
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>>Because he had the legal right to ask for those documents unless
>>they chose to take him to court. That would have been too obvious
>>so they had Stupich do it for them.
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>snip
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>>It's very simple. The plan was for Stupich and NCHS to delay the report
>>until after the election.
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>I have to dispute this theory.  
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>Early on the NDP higher-ups misguidedly tried to prevent 
>Stupich from being made the scapegoat.

How early on? Before Parks found the transaction involving the
NDP paper or after?

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>Now it turns out that there was ample justification to throw Stupich to 
>the wolves;  Stupich has made looking out for #1 the top priority for 
>several years now, no doubt because he knows all about the web he's put 
>himself in.

SUre. Stupich was using them, and they were using him.

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>I have it on good authority that Stupich is now universally 
>despised by the NDP higher-ups, which wouldn't be the case if he were 
>dutifully working for "the cause".

That doesn't rule out that "the plan" was for his court challenge
to delay the Parks report.

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>Disclaimer:  I'm no NDP apologist - the whole mess still reeks, but the 
>odor is somewhat different than suggested.

I don't think so.