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title: "Sponsorship Scandal"
description: "Yesterday was a big day for the sponsorship scandal. Its first convicted criminal. 18 counts of fraud, 3 withdrawn. Ottawa defrauded of $1.5-million. The interesting thing is that the Globe and Mail..."
url: https://somisguided.com/2005/06/02/sponsorship-scandal/
date: 2005-06-02
modified: 2005-06-02
author: "Monique"
type: post
lang: en
---

# Sponsorship Scandal

Yesterday was a big day for the sponsorship scandal. Its first convicted criminal. 18 counts of fraud, 3 withdrawn. Ottawa defrauded of $1.5-million.

The interesting thing is that the Globe and Mail notes "making financial amends won't necessarily mean that he will stay out of jail." I'm particularly curious about the "necessarily". Is that an option? You can buy your way out of criminal status these days?

Here's a list of conveniently appropriate Latin phrases for yesterday's political news:
caveat emptor: let the buyer beware
in flagrante delicto: in the act of commiting a crime
persona non grata: an unwelcome person
post mortem: after death
pro bono: done without charge
quid pro quo: something for something
vox populi: the voice of the people

Reclaim your Latin. Try out a phrase.