SHIFTHEADS: Throwback Thursday - Fictitious Invoices Built a Real $332 Million Scandal

A $332 million fund meant to promote national unity in Quebec instead turned into fictitious invoices and payments for work that never happened, and this conversation traces why that story from the Gomery Commission still gets dragged into arguments today. The flashback that leads there starts somewhere unexpected: the fictional year Optimus Prime died in the original Transformers movie, forty years after its release. From the sponsorship scandal fallout, the conversation turns to a familiar political voice from south of the border, a major hurricane, and hockey's return to the ice after a lockout kept it off for a season. Topics: Gomery Commission, 2005 throwback, sponsorship scandal, Transformers trivia, Paul Martin Originally aired on 2026-08-27