Canwest: Cadman book publisher removes controversial date

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OTTAWA - The crucial date of May 17, 2005 - the date on which Conservatives allegedly offered dying MP Chuck Cadman a $1-million insurance policy in exchange for his vote - has been removed from the final version of a book that has sparked a political storm on Parliament Hill.

Publisher Howard White told Canwest News Service on Tuesday that he "stopped the presses" to update the book with Prime Minister Stephen Harper's denial that party officials tried to bribe Cadman and to remove the May 17 date cited by Cadman's widow as when her husband received an offer from unidentified Conservative representatives.

The government has restricted its reaction to the bribe allegation to a meeting two days later, May 19, during which, it says, the only offer Conservative officials Doug Finley and Tom Flanagan made was to invite Cadman to run as Conservative candidate in the next election with the backing of the party apparatus.

The Harbour Press book by Tom Zytaruk, Like a Rock, now will say the alleged bribe was offered "sometime" before the May 19 confidence vote, in which Cadman's vote saved the minority Liberal government from defeat.

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