Incoming Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he agreed with the recommendations in the February 1st report by Justice John Gomery. Harper said many of the recommendations were similar to accountability reforms that his new government would introduce in the House of Commons. And Harper said his government would follow up on the sponsorship scandal. (Gomery's report proposed new limits on the power of the prime minister and a much stronger role for Parliament.)

Date: 2006-02-01
Placeline: OTTAWA, Ontario.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 17 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << we will hold accountable those who committed wrongdoing in the sponsorship Scandal we will act to find out what happened to the missing money the weather report reminds us of the errors and abuses of the past it also provides us a great opportunity to turn the page and start a new era of accountability >>

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