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Regina - Former Saskatchewan premier Grant Devine - who led the province during one of the biggest corruption scandals in modern Canadian politics - blames the Liberal sponsorship controversy for ending his hopes of running in the next federal election. Devine said he was shocked that the Conservatives rejected his nomination application. He said he believes the party wants to appear "pure" in light of the scandal that has rocked the Liberal government in Ottawa. Ottawa - Justice John Gomery will remain as head of a public inquiry into the federal sponsorship scandal, despite claims by an opposition MP that he may lack objectivity. Conservative John Williams questioned Gomery's objectivity because, in addition to sitting on Quebec Superior Court, he holds a federal appointment as head of the Copyright Board of Canada. Ottawa - The federal government will compensate former soldiers used in poison gas experiments that began in 1941. Veterans Affairs Minister John McCallum said Thursday that 3,500 soldiers were subjected to the tests and about 2,000 are still alive. They will each be offered $24,000. McCallum said the experiments were appalling and unacceptable and the government is responding to a moral imperative. While the past cannot be changed, the future can be repaired, he added.
