James Moore, Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam MP, was the first one to make the allegations and Hiebert jumped on that bandwagon by issuing a press release soon after. By doing so, they called Zytaruk a fraud, a cheat, a liar and an all-around untrustworthy scumbag. Moore even went so far as to suggest Zytaruk was conspiring with the Liberals.
On June 6, the Now spoke out against these allegations in an editorial.
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And now that Harper's own experts have said the tape is clean, and now that the Conservatives have dropped their defamation suit against the Liberals, the Tories are telling Canadians to simply forget about it. Well, guess what, Russ and James?
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This newspaper will not stand idly by while the highest level of government accuses our reporter of tampering with his tapes, takes legal action and then after the damage has been done, sheepishly backs away and tells everyone to forget it and move on.
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The Conservatives are hoping that this mess will just go away. They say it's over. They say there's no more to talk about.
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Russ, James - we demand an apology. Russ, you have the number of my personal BlackBerry.
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And considering the fact that these allegations have dragged Zytaruk's outstanding reputation in the mud - not to mention question the Now newspaper's committment to fairness and accuracy - you're lucky an apology is all we're after.
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