Huh. Isn't this what brought down Nixon?

[bcholmes]

The NDP says it may pursue criminal charges after the Conservatives covertly listened in, taped and distributed audio of a closed-door NDP strategy session.

— "NDP eyes legal action after Tories tape meeting"

Comments

[suitablyemoname.livejournal.com]

They should sue them.

It's funny, isn't it? A few years back, I seem to recall a certain campaign run on the message of "Demand Better". However bad the Liberals were, wiretapping, gagging civil servants, firing scientists who reach politically difficult conclusions, manufacturing evidence to reach your policy goals and interfering with arms-length monitoring bodies really is a new low.

[professor-booty.livejournal.com]

Ah, but "when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal"

[tide-and-time.livejournal.com]

I do believe it was.

Unfortunately this is Canada where we supposedly don't scheme like that in the first place. I have this horrid feeling it may blow up on the NDP more than the Conservatives.