Comments on: Bernier says it isn’t his mistake http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2008/08/03/bernier-says-it-isnt-his-mistake/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:25:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: MgS http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2008/08/03/bernier-says-it-isnt-his-mistake/#comment-109090 MgS Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:27:43 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=4044#comment-109090 Whether it was Bernier who removed the documents from his briefcase or not is actually quite irrelevant. He is still responsible for those documents while they were in his custody. The fact that he lost track of them at all is very serious. That he didn't "discover" their absence until some weeks later when Couillard brought them forward suggests that Bernier was grossly negligent in his handling of those documents. If Couillard had lifted them (which wouldn't entirely surprise me), about all that tells us is that a woman with a checkered past remains somewhat less than fully honest, but it does not absolve Bernier of responsibility for those documents - nor for that matter - the fact that he clearly doesn't actually pay attention to what he is carrying about in his briefcase. Whether it was Bernier who removed the documents from his briefcase or not is actually quite irrelevant. He is still responsible for those documents while they were in his custody. The fact that he lost track of them at all is very serious. That he didn’t “discover” their absence until some weeks later when Couillard brought them forward suggests that Bernier was grossly negligent in his handling of those documents.

If Couillard had lifted them (which wouldn’t entirely surprise me), about all that tells us is that a woman with a checkered past remains somewhat less than fully honest, but it does not absolve Bernier of responsibility for those documents - nor for that matter - the fact that he clearly doesn’t actually pay attention to what he is carrying about in his briefcase.

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