Grits without honour

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If the Liberal Party of Canada had a shred of honour or decency left in it, Finance Minister Ralph Goodale would have tendered his resignation as a cabinet minister on Wednesday night, and it would have been immediately accepted by the PM.
Goodale's department is the subject of an RCMP investigation into whether there was a leak about changes to income trusts that allegedly resulted in a spurt of insider trading on the stock market before the announcement was officially made. Prime Minister Paul Martin said yesterday that he's standing by his embattled finance minister. "He is a person of the greatest integrity, and he will not be stepping down," Martin said.
If he's a person of such great integrity, however, then it's all the more reason why he should step down. Because, unlike the Liberals, we still believe in concepts like ministerial accountability and the greater good. And there's the bigger issue of the overall integrity of the government.
Goodale simply must resign as finance minister while his department is under criminal investigation.