Comment 32852

By JonC (registered) | Posted August 17, 2009 at 13:00:25

Calling the interview 10 tough questions, without mentioning http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2... isn't really accurate. Framing the fifth question as "You lost the election by a very narrow margin. How much of that would you attribute to the Joanna Chapman complaint" not only doesn't clarify what the complaint was, or that he ended up pleading guilty but framing the matter as a complaint, sounds as though it may or may not have merit. In fact bringing Chapman's name into the question is totally unnecessary. How about this rewording: "You lost the election by a very narrow margin. How much of that would you attribute to accepting illegal donations and how do you feel about it today?" It's a much different question. Then in question 8 allows Di Ianni to throw in a comment about mayors should be able to accept larger contributions from constituents than councillors, which may be arguable, except the logic of the increased costs of campaigning across a larger geographic area should be offset by being able to fund raise from a larger geographic area. I don't know if this was a back and forth or send ten questions and get ten responses, but it comes off as a couple of free passes on his transgressions.

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