Comments on: Paul Champagne, Hewlett-Packard and the tax-payer http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/04/09/paul-champagne-hewlett-packard-and-the-tax-payer/ Conservative group weblog that publishes daily commentary on political events and topics affecting Canada, the United States and the world. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:45:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Charles Anthony http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/04/09/paul-champagne-hewlett-packard-and-the-tax-payer/#comment-180586 Charles Anthony Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:46:43 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=3215#comment-180586 This is all just speculation but HP either did $146 million worth of work or not. Cutting a cheque to the government could have just been a settlement to avoid opening up their books publicly. This is all just speculation but HP either did $146 million worth of work or not. Cutting a cheque to the government could have just been a settlement to avoid opening up their books publicly.

]]> By: C http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/04/09/paul-champagne-hewlett-packard-and-the-tax-payer/#comment-180583 C Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:37:32 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=3215#comment-180583 "As it turns out, many assets “owned” by Champagne but paid by the tax-payer are now going to Hewlett-Packard! Great!" From the article you asked us to read the rest of: "From the government's perspective, this is not a case of unrecovered money. HP cut the government of cheque of $146 million in 2004, making good the entire amount that was stolen from DND." Now admittedly, i'm not 100% sure what "of cheque of" is meant to mean (a cheque of?), but it reads to me like HP have paid back the money that was stolen. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. “As it turns out, many assets “owned” by Champagne but paid by the tax-payer are now going to Hewlett-Packard! Great!”

From the article you asked us to read the rest of:

“From the government’s perspective, this is not a case of unrecovered money. HP cut the government of cheque of $146 million in 2004, making good the entire amount that was stolen from DND.”

Now admittedly, i’m not 100% sure what “of cheque of” is meant to mean (a cheque of?), but it reads to me like HP have paid back the money that was stolen. Please feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

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