FAQ for the Grewal Affair (in progress)

FAQ Pt. I. The Grewal Affair and Its Parts
FAQ 1. What is the Grewal affair?

FAQ Pt. II. Who's Who?
FAQ 2a. Who is Gurmant Grewal?
FAQ 2b. Who is Ujjal Dosanjh and why was he involved?
FAQ 2c. Who is Tim Murphy and why was he involved?
FAQ 2d. Who is Sadesh Kalia?
FAQ 2e. Who is Dr. Gulzar Cheema and how is he involved?
FAQ 2f. Who is Joe Volpe and how is he involved?
FAQ 2g. Who is Jim Holt?
FAQ 2h. Who is Nina Grewal?

FAQ Part III. Visitors' visas and guarantees
FAQ 3a. What was Grewal's private members bill?
FAQ 3b. What was the controversy about Grewal's bonding scheme for visitors' visas?
FAQ 3c. How many visa-bond commitments did Grewal collect and what was their value?
FAQ 3d. What part of the conflict of interest code was Grewal accused of breaking?
FAQ 3e. Did the Ethics Commissioner clear Grewal with regards to his visa-bond scheme?

FAQ Part IV. The Negotiations of May 15-18
FAQ 4a. Can you provide an overview of the negotiations as a whole?
FAQ 4b. Who initiated the discussion?
FAQ 4c. Why does it matter whom approached whom?
FAQ 4d. Do the tapes show who approached whom?
FAQ 4e. Who really did approach whom?
FAQ 4f. Was Nina Grewal involved in the negotiations?
FAQ 4g. What did Grewal ask for and in return for what?
FAQ 4h. Did Grewal tell anyone about these negotiations?
FAQ 4i. When did Harper learn about the negotiations and what did he do?
FAQ 4j: Are there any laws that might have been broken in the negotiations?
FAQ 4k. Did Grewal break s. 119 of the Criminal Code? (KN)
FAQ 4l. Did Murphy or Dosanjh break s. 119 of the Criminal Code? (KN) (coming soon)
FAQ 4m. What really happened? (coming soon)


FAQ Part V. The Tapes
FAQ 5a. Isn't it against the law to surreptiously tape conversations?
FAQ 5b. How many conversations did Grewal record?
FAQ 5c. Do we have all the tapes that Grewal recorded?
FAQ 5d. What is the 'pizza date' and the 'pizza tape'
FAQ 1d. Where can I get a chronological overview?
FAQ 1e. What is the 'suicide note'?
FAQ 3a. Can I listen to these tapes myself and make my own judgement?
FAQ 3b. Does Buckets have advice for listening to tapes?
FAQ 3c. Where can I read the transcripts for myself
-- When did Harper find out about the taping and what did he do?
-- Did Grewal tape conversations after Harper had told him to stop?
--are there unanswered questions abou the tapes? (pizza tape; fragments; phone calls)

FAQ Part VI. The Editing of the Tapes
FAQ 6a. Were the tapes edited?
FAQ 6b. Could the edits be accidental?
FAQ 6c. Was Grewal involved in the editing?
FAQ 6d. Who was responsible for the editing?
FAQ 6e. Might the law have been broken in the editing of the tapes? (KN)
FAQ 6f. What was the role of Harper's office in the editing of the tapes?


FAQ Part VII. The release of the Tapes
FAQ 7a. When were the recordings released?
FAQ 7b. What is the suicide note and what does it have to do with the tapes?
FAQ 7c. When he first revealed the tapes, what did Grewal say were offered to him?

--what did Harper know about the tapes and their editing?

FAQ VIII. Fundraising controversy


FAQ IX. The Other Grewal Scandals
List of controversies
FAQ 6a. What is this scandal about Grewal's own immigration? (coming soon)
FAQ 6b. What was that Airport incident? (ML)
FAQ 6c. Grewal and Liberia (coming soon)
FAQ 6d. Grewal's earlier taping incidents (coming soon)


FAQ Meta
FAQ 11. Who is Buckets?
Reaction to Buckets

[re-edited and revised many times]