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Amongst all the hub bub about Martin banning disease, guns and doo-doo flies, this was announced in the US on the same day as his big announcements on his bans. I wonder why, could it be the noose is finally closing in on Powercorp/Desmarais/Trudeau/Chretien/Strong/ and Martin in the Oil For Food Billions. The Billions that were skimmed off the backs of Iraqi children by Martin's mentors and controllers, Powercorp of Quebec.--Strong evidence for an investigation Article Tools Printer friendly E-mail Font: * * * * Danielle Smith, Calgary Herald Published: Saturday, December 10, 2005 If Michael Moore was a Republican, he would have already produced a film on the Iraqi oil-for-food program, and a senior adviser to Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin would have held a title role. In all the rush of election promises, a key news story was missed this week. If Martin's team hadn't leaked out news on Wednesday that he would be proposing a ban on handguns, Canadians might have seen this headline in national newspapers instead: "U.S. Congress Committee calls for Examination of Maurice Strong's Role in the UN Oil-For-Food Scandal." Page 35 of the report, issued by the U.S. congressional Committee on International Relations, recommends following up on disciplinary action taken against UN officials named in Paul Volcker's September report, and that "Maurice Strong should be examined for his role in the (oil-for-food program)." There is enough smoke surrounding a $1-million payment Strong received from Saddam Hussein's regime to warrant a full-blown investigation by Canadian authorities. The circumstances surrounding the payment are this: In the mid-90s, Strong met Korean businessman Tongson Park, who, it has been determined, was on Saddam's payroll charged with the task of currying favour with top UN officials. Since 1997, when Strong wasn't moonlighting as adviser to Martin, he served as the senior adviser to Secretary General Kofi Annan. It made him a prime target for Park's efforts. Park arranged meetings between Strong and Iraqi officials, who encouraged Strong to visit Iraq to witness first-hand the effect of Iraqi sanctions. Strong declined the invitations. However, even though Strong knew of Park's close ties to Saddam's regime, it didn't stop him from doing business with him. Strong's son owned a company called Cordex Petroleum Inc. (A 2003 asset declaration by Paul Martin indicated he had a 4.6 per cent ownership stake in Cordex.) Strong had persuaded his friend Theodore Kheel to invest $1 million in Cordex, giving him a personal guarantee to repurchase the shares a year later. When Kheel wanted out of the company, it was up to Strong to arrange a buyer. That's where Park came in. Park made his first trip to Iraq in July 1997, where he met with Saddam's former deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz to discuss business. Park left Baghdad with $1 million in cash in a cardboard box and a personal escort to the Jordanian border. In Amman, an expatriate Iraqi citizen helped him convert his cash into a bank cheque, in the amount of $988,885, made payable to "Mr. M. Strong." Park delivered the cheque to Maurice Strong, who immediately endorsed it to pay to Kheel, and was thereby released from his personal guarantee, while Park became the new owner of the Cordex shares. (Cordex ultimately failed and Park lost his investment.) Strong's recollection of this transaction was about as fuzzy as the ad executives paraded before the Gomery inquiry. He first told the Volcker committee the money came through a wire transfer from London and he never touched it. Then he said it must have gone through his son. Only when he was shown his own signature on the back of the cheque did he acknowledge he must have ha

So Quebecers here is what the Liberals really think of you.-- Globeandmail.com Quebec Liberal candidate apologizes for remark By RHÉAL SÉGUIN Saturday, December 10, 2005 Page A12 METABETCHOUAN, QUE. -- A prominent Liberal candidate in Quebec City apologized yesterday for saying that Quebec was a poor province dependent on Canadian federalism to keep itself afloat. Hélène Chalifour-Sherrer, Liberal Leader Paul Martin's former principal secretary and now a candidate in the Quebec City riding of Louis Hébert, said yesterday afternoon that, contrary to popular belief, Quebec "was a very poor province." "People still have the impression that the province of Quebec is the milking cow for all of Canada. That is not the case. The province of Quebec needs equalization payments and money from Alberta, Ontario and British Columbia, otherwise it couldn't make ends meet," Ms. Chalifour-Sherrer said. The comments provoked an outcry of indignation from the Bloc Québécois, who said they were a sign of Liberal contempt toward Quebec "I cannot accept that Quebeckers would talk about Quebec in such terms," Bloc Leader Gilles Duceppe said while campaigning in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region last night. "I cannot accept that we would be proud of being dependent. That is why we want to become independent, to put an end to dependency

Name of contributor Year Class Name of political party Donation $ W. David Wilson 2000 Individual Liberal Party $1,100.00 W. David Wilson 1996 Individual Liberal Party $1,000.00 W David Wilson 1997 Individual Liberal Party $1,000.00 W. David Wilson 1998 Individual Liberal Party $1,000.00 W. David Wilson 2001 Individual Liberal Party $1,000.00 W. David Wilson 2003 Individual Liberal Party $1,000.00 David Wilson 2004 Individual Liberal Party $500.00 W. David Wilson 1998 Individual Liberal Party $209.20 David Wilson 1995 Individual Liberal Party $173.89 David Wilson 2000 Individual Liberal Party $136.23 W. David Wilson, coincidently, also happens to be the Chairman of the OSC. Small world, eh? (see link below) http://www.osc.gov.on.ca/About/WhatWeDo/ww...ional_chart.pdf

The Liberals are like crack addicts or meth addicts needing another fix. They just can't stop thieving. Adscam wasn't enough, they need more, and more and more. http://quotes.newswire.ca/default/index.ht...SX&instrument=E

Paul Martin who professess to believe in the Canadian Medical system status quo, even tho he uses a Private for Profit clinic himself and also invests in his private doctors Private for Profit Clinics. Which by the way just made somebody a pile of dough the day before Goodales big announcement. Maybe The OSC should investigate. http://quotes.newswire.ca/default/index.ht...SX&instrument=E

http://www.mkbraaten.com/2005/12/10/martin...t-announcement/

The Clarity Act is not a part of the Constitution, it is only a law enacted by Ottawa. No Province was allowed to vote freely to join, why would they need anyones permission to leave. I wish them well. The Clarity Act is just worthless words and is binding on no one. Quebec belongs to Quebecers.

Let's clarify your values and your stand. You would vote for thieves who have charisma and have stolen from you before, over a plain ordinary man who lacks charisma but who is squeaky clean honest and has never stolen from you. I think it says it all about two things, your intelligence and your ethics.

True Liberal Canadian Value. And a secret Liberal agenda. Chastise Harper over Alberta's healthcare plans, while Quebec Privatises all Healthcare. The True Liberal Canadian Values are THEFT THEFT THEFT THEFT of Taxdollars.

The Liberals have ruled Canada longer than the Communists ruled Russia. The Liberals have been in power over 80 years of the last 110 years. How can any one blame the Conservatives for what has befallen us. The average middleclass taxpayer in Canada now pays more in taxes than they do for food, shelter, clothing and transportation combined. If you cannot figure out your paycheque by yourself I guess you are doomed to slavery.

This is just a short quick list of things to ask your Liberal Candidate at the door or at a forum if you get the mike. Be sure to copy and paste on as many forums as you can, also print and hand them out to friends and neighbors.----199 Things Liberals Need to Answer For A.K.A: 199 Reasons to NOT vote Liberal 1. Cancelling the Sea King replacement 2. Sponsorship scandal 3. Gun Registry 4. HRDC boondoggle 5. Problems with Transition Job Funds program 6. Tainted blood 7. Radwanski Spending Affair 8. Pearson Airport 9. GST Flip Flop 10. Airbus Investigation 11. Voting against Red Book promise of independent Ethics Commissioner 12. Irving fishing lodge stays/travel on Irving jets for cabinet ministers 13. Martin traveling on private corporate jets as Finance Minister 14. Don Boudria’s stay at Boulay owned chalet 15. Denis Coderre staying with Boulay 16. Alfonso Gagliano being appointed Ambassador to Denmark 17. Shawinigate 18. Claude Gauthier (PM’s friend)’s Transelec getting CIDA grant that was questioned by the Auditor General and even CIDA. 19. Liberal fundraiser Pierre Corbeil charged with fraud by RCMP after he approached several Quebec companies seeking federal job training grants and asking for payments to Liberal Party, having gotten the names from senior Quebec Liberal Minister, Marcel Massé. 20. Michel Dupuy, Heritage Minister, lobbying the CRTC. 21. Tom Wappel refusing to help blind veteran 22. Gagliano’s son benefiting from contracts from his father’s department 23. Gagliano’s former speechwriter, Michèle Tremblay was on a $5,000 a month retainer with the Canada Lands Company to provide speeches for the Minister. Former President John Grant let her go saying “we got nothing in return.” Grant claimed that all Crown Corporations reporting to Mr. Gagliano were told to put Ms. Tremblay on a monthly retainer. 24. Iltis replacement 25. Purchase of new Challenger jets for the Prime Minister and cabinet 26. NATO Flying Training program contract 27. Liberal friends appointed as IRB judges being investigated by RCMP 28. Hedy Fry’s imaginary burning crosses 29. Maria Minna’s improper municipal vote 30. Minna giving contracts to two former campaign staffers for public relations work for a conference that had already been held 31. Lawrence MacAulay and contracts directed to Holland College 32. Lawrence MacAulay and Tim Banks 33. Lawrence MacAulay hired his official agent, Everett Roche, for $70K, but Roche never did any work for it. (Oct 2002) 34. Art Eggleton and contracts to his ex-girlfriend 35. Copps’ aide Boyer’s spending habits 36. Collenette resigns for breach of ethical guidelines involving a letter he wrote to the Immigration and Refugee Board 37. APEC Inquiry 38. Andy Scott's 1998 resignation that came eight weeks too late, after a media circus wore him down for indiscreetly shooting his mouth off on an airplane. 39. Anti-American comments by Liberal MPs, officials, and the former Minister of Natural Resources. 40. Rock and the Apotex/Cipro affair 41. Rock giving Health Canada contract to car cleaning company. 42. Manley lobbying CIBC on behalf of Rod Bryden 43. Manley’s fundraiser suggesting donors to his leadership write it off as a business expense. 44. Manley using his pre-budget consultations as Minister of Finance to solicit support for his leadership bid. 45. Coderre’s relationship with Group Everest 46. Martin’s fundraiser/employee of Finance Jim Palmer 47. Martin’s “blind trust” and his relationship with CSL. 48. Gerry Byrne requesting fundraising money be sent to his home address, with no records kept. 49. Gerry Byrne pouring bulk of ACOA money into his own riding. 50. Virginia Fontaine Addictions Foundation 51. Prime Minister’s former assistant, Denise Tremblay’s huge travel expenses on Veterans Review and Appeal Board as Minister pleaded poverty to veterans’ widows. 52. Chrétien appointing Hon. Roger Simmons (former Trudeau minister convicted of income tax evasion) as Consul-General in Seattle 53. Chrétien trying to bring hit-and-run driver Carignan back into caucus. 54. The RCMP is investigating possible fraud and bribery within Industry Canada, involving possible "overpayments" to recipients of federal business grants. The probe centres on the National Research Council, which hands out federal grants to small- and medium-sized businesses. 55. More than half a dozen bureaucrats have been "removed" from their jobs at a Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) in Toronto following a police investigation into projects funded under one of the department's grants and contributions programs 56. Revenue Minister Elinor Caplan called in the RCMP and ordered a sweeping security review after four tax department computers were stolen containing confidential personal information on more than 120,000 Canadians. 57. More than $7 billion stashed in Foundations by Finance Minister Paul Martin with little or no accountability 58. Dhaliwal overseing Richmond-airport-Vancouver transit line while being owner of the airport limousine service 59. Tom Rosser, former Dhaliwal advisor lobbying Natural Resources department and minister on environmental issues only months after leaving government. 60. $5.3 million GG northern travel 61. GG budget doubles in 5 years 62. Robert Thibault giving a grant as ACOA minister to a wharf and boatyard where his brother-in-law has a monopoly. 63. Royal LePage contract, which the government was forced to cancel in the wake of serious concerns being raised. 64. Shutting down the Somalia Inquiry 65. Home heating rebate, which was sent to prisoners and deceased. 66. Martin firing Bernard Dussault, Chief Actuary of CPP 67. Ethel Blondin-Andrew buys fur coat on government credit card 68. Chrétien’s imaginary homeless friend. 69. Liberal MP Rick Laliberte’s extensive travel budget 70. Liberal Senator Thompson living in Mexico 71. Vendetta against former BDC President François Beaudoin 72. The flag give-away – which estimates suggest might now have cost $45 million instead of the promised $6 million, and reportedly involved fake invoices. 73. Gagliano’s two week trip, at taxpayers’ expense, for a two day event with the head of the Royal Canadian Mint and Maurizio Caruso. 74. Secretary of State for multiculturalism and status of women Sheila Finestone using government car (which junior ministers are only allowed to use for government business) to drive home to Montreal, which even Sheila Copps criticized. (Ottawa Citizen, May 22, 1994) 75. Liberal MP Jag Bhaduria’s hate mail to his former employers, wishing that they had been shot by killer Marc Lepine 76. Liberal MP Jag Bhaduria making false claims about his academic qualifications. 77. Paul Martin and Maria Minna attending fundraising dinner for group linked to Tamil Tigers in May 2000 (National Post, Sept. 8th, 2001). 78. David Anderson, as National Revenue Minister, suing the government for lost wages after being removed as IRB appointee by Conservative government seeking $454,000 from a deficit-ravaged federal treasury. (Vancouver Sun, July 24, 2004). Anderson eventually agreed to drop the suit. 79. David Anderson suggesting that the BC doesn’t need extra House of Commons seats, because they wouldn't be worth much given the poor quality of most West Coast MPs. (Vancouver Sun, July 24, 2004) 80. A consultant on an executive interchange program persuaded Natural Resources to undertake a $700-million reorganization of its research facilities for which no business case had been made. The program was fast-tracked because he had developed a social relationship with the deputy minister. He was eventually charged with diverting $525,000 to a numbered company he controlled. (Globe and Mail, May 30, 2005) And the list continues under Prime Minister Martin: 81. Raid on reporter Juliet O’Neill’s home by RCMP 82. Permanent Resident Cards 83. Judy Sgro going on vacation as cards became mandatory and landed immigrants were left stranded 84. Minister Frulla’s renovations 85. Pay raises for chiefs-of-staff in ministers offices, while spending is frozen for public service. 86. The government’s changing numbers on how much money has gone to CSL 87. Lobbyists in Paul Martin’s transition team being allowed to return to lobbying immediately, after being involved in process of picking new cabinet and senior staff. 88. Minister Comuzzi’s anti-Quebec comments 89. Martin government using closure after only six days in the House of Commons, followed by using time allocation in the Senate. 90. Problems with DND’s contracts with Compaq Computers that may have cost taxpayers up to $159 million for work not performed. 91. Martin using government jets to tour the country campaigning before election, spending up to $1 million for air travel alone. 92. Martin’s relationship with Earnscliffe 93. Questionable contracts to Earnscliffe 94. The appointment of former Liberal MLA Howard Sapers as the Correctional Investigator of Canada 95. Pierre Pettigrew’s flip flopping on health care 96. David Dingwall’s expenses as head of Royal Canadian Mint 97. Liberals planning to give David Dingwall a severance package after he resigned 98. The secret National Unity Fund reserve 99. Calling an early election after earlier promising first to get to the bottom of the sponsorship scandal 100. Martin suggesting changes to legislation and introducing bill that benefited CSL, despite concerns from his own Deputy Minister that he was in a conflict-of-interest (Ottawa Citizen, May 26, 2004) 101. $99 million Public Works contract that went to company overseen by Liberal fundraiser and future Senator Paul Massicotte (Montreal Gazette, June 26, 2004) 102. Parliamentary Secretary Dan McTeague’s 3-person, $224 trip to a Pizzeria 103. Immigration Minister Judy Sgro’s staff being allowed to stay on “extended travel” benefits, letting them bill taxpayers’ for thousands of dollars in hotel rooms and meals, because they didn’t want to move from Toronto to Ottawa until after the election. 104. Correctional Service of Canada Commissioner Lucie McClung’s travel expenses 105. Contracting irregularities on more than two dozen projects at DND worth tens of millions of dollars, showing over-billing, profit excesses, unauthorized additional work, lack of accounting records, spiralling cost overruns, etc. (Globe and Mail, July 14, 2004). 106. ACOA Minister Joe McGuire canceling ACOA loan and grant to ABL Industries Inc. because it would compete with company in his riding. (Fredericton Daily Gleaner, July 17, 2004). 107. Andy Mitchell’s chief of staff’s $22,000 in expenses to commute to Ottawa (Toronto Star, August 2, 2004). 108. André Ouellet’s travel and hospitality expenses at Canada Post. 109. Government delaying release of audit on Ouellet until after the election (Globe and Mail, July 31, 2004). 110. Martin’s principle secretary Francis Fox’s sister getting untendered contracts (The Province, July 27, 2004). 111. Continuing problems in advertising files at Public Works (Ottawa Sun, July 26, 2004). 112. A Liberal Party of Canada fundraising letter signed by Paul Martin, asking potential contributors to offer $7,000, $7,100 or $7,200 in contributions – far in excess of donation limits passed by the very same Liberal government 113. Liberal Senator Raymond Lavigne violating municipal bylaws. Municipality pursuing legal action against him. (Ottawa Citizen, August 19, 2004). 114. Spa Days for inmates approved by the Correctional Service of Canada, which on Aug. 21 invited inmates at the Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener, Ont., to dabble with manicures, pedicures and aromatherapy, not to mention cups of tea served in fine china, all accompanied by a harp serenade. (National Post, September 9, 2004). 115. Five employees in the ''overwhelmed'' immigration section of Canada's embassy in Iran have been fired over the past year after they each were caught breaching federal ethics rules (National Post, September 13, 2004). 116. Questionable contracts and spending from the Canada Investment and Savings group set up by Martin in 1996 (Globe and Mail, September 13, 2004) 117. Questionable contracting practices at Canada Information Office (The Hill Times, September 13, 2004). 118. A top Canadian diplomat based in China has resigned amid reports he is being investigated for allegedly taking bribes to help Chinese nationals enter Canada illegally. (Vancouver Sun, September 22, 2004). 119. Abuse of government credit cards by staff at Fisheries Department (CP Wire, September 24, 2004). 120. Canada’s questionable hiring of the niece of Syria's foreign affairs minister to work at the embassy in Damascus (Globe and Mail, October 5, 2004) 121. Hélène Scherrer using Challenger to fly to Banff during election to give partisan speech 122. Abuse of Challengers by Paul Martin and various ministers (eg. Andy Mitchell, Claudette Bradshaw) 123. Abuse of Challenger jets for political business instead of government business (Le Devoir, October 4, 2005) 124. Paul Martin taking Challenger jets to Liberal fundraisers 125. Challenger food bill of $508 per flight 126. Expenses during election filed by aide to Ralph Goodale 127. Questionable expenses during election filed by aides to Judy Sgro 128. Ongoing problems and safety concerns with the submarine program 129. Various federal departments reported in excess of $1.1 million in theft of computers in 2003, but the information is potentially more valuable than the hardware (Vancouver Sun, October 14, 2004). 130. According to the latest public-accounts-of-Canada reports for the period March 2004 and March 2005, over 700 laptops, desktops and central processing units went missing from 35 federal government agencies -- worth $6 million. (The Province, October 19, 2005) 131. Federal government has lost track of $587 million a year in EI overpayments and underpayments at the Department of Human Resources. (Ottawa Citizen, October 12, 2004). However, the government defends itself by stating that in fact it has only lost track of $25 million a year and collects the other overpayments. (Ottawa Citizen, October 13, 2004) 132. $133,000 grant to a Toronto film company that used classified ads to search for the "perfect" penis. (National Post, October 14, 2004). 133. Man convicted of fraud against government hired to teach ethics course to public servants (National Post, October 20, 2004). 134. Public Works selling confiscated grow-op equipment to drug traffickers. (National Post, October 21, 2004). 135. Pressure by Liberal MPs and ministers on ACOA to make funding decisions based on politics (New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, October 25, 2004). 136. Paul Martin’s Director of Communications Scott Reid insulting Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador (Toronto Star, October 28, 2004) 137. The Martin government spent $127,223 on a poll last February testing ways to diffuse negative reaction to the bombshell auditor-general's report -- which included the finding the Liberals ignored their own rules prohibiting the use of tax dollars on partisan polls (Vancouver Sun, November 8, 2004). 138. Judy Sgro’s campaign volunteer (a stripper) getting ministerial permit 139. Sgro’s senior policy advisor going to strip club to meet with owner to discuss bringing more strippers into Canada. (National Post, November 25, 2004). Subsequent revelations indicate that he went to at least one other strip club to conduct similar meetings (Toronto Sun, December 7, 2004) 140. Sgro giving out details of private immigration files, violating Privacy Act 141. Allegations that Sgro broke the elections law in failing to properly identify the source of a campaign contribution. (Toronto Star, December 8, 2004). 142. Revelations that the program to bring in foreign exotic dancers was created under pressure from organized crime (National Post, December 18, 2004) 143. Irwin Cotler appointing his former chief-of-staff to federal court (National Post, November 23, 2004). 144. Heritage Minister Liza Frulla giving grant to magazine that put her on the cover and made her honourary president (Ottawa Citizen, November 25, 2004) 145. Despite promising an end to cronyism and patronage, Martin appointing Liberal MP John Harvard as Lt-Governor of Manitoba, in order to get him to step aside for “star” candidate Glen Murray. 146. Despite promising an end to cronyism and patronage, Martin appointing Liberal MP Yvon Charbonneau to UNESCO, in order to get him to step aside for Martin crony Pablo Rodriguez. 147. Despite promising an end to cronyism and patronage, Martin appointing former Liberal MP Karen Kraft-Sloan as Ambassador for the Environment. (Department of Foreign Affairs Press Release, February 16, 2005). 148. Despite promising an end to cronyism and patronage, Martin appointing defeated Liberal candidate Dave Haggard as the chair of a newly created Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship. (OIC 2005-0001) 149. Despite promising an end to cronyism and patronage, Martin appointed his friend Dennis Dawson to the Senate 150. Despite promising an end to cronyism and patronage, Martin appointed his former Principal Secretary Francis Fox to the Senate 151. Despite promising an end to cronyism and patronage, Martin appointed disgraced former cabinet minister Art Eggleton to the Senate 152. Martin and his wife complaining about having to live in 24 Sussex (Edmonton Journal, November 17, 2004) 153. Millennium Bureau spending done with same lack of controls and oversight of sponsorship program 154. The RCMP has charged a senior Immigration Canada manager and four accomplices in an alleged bribes-for-status scheme in which Arab immigrants paid up to $25,000 to have their claims fast-tracked and approved (National Post, December 17, 2004) 155. Making widows of RCMP officers killed in the line of duty pay for their husbands’ funerals (Under pressure from the Conservative Party, the government reversed this policy) 156. Martin patronage-appointee Jim Walsh breaking ethics guidelines and attending Liberal Christmas Party (St. John’s Telegram, January 20, 2005). 157. Port authority losing more than $60,000 in public funds on the stock market. When Central Cape Breton Community Ventures took over the port in Iona in 2000, the private agency deposited only $5,000 of the $245,000 it received from Transport Canada into a designated bank account. The federal funding was meant to cover the port's maintenance, insurance and professional services costs (Chronicle-Herald, January 31, 2005). 158. Canadian flag lapel pins being made in China. Only under pressure, Scott Brison flip flops and agrees to have them made in Canada again. 159. Questionable dealings around the privatization of the Digby Wharf, which even Liberal MP Robert Thibault wants the RCMP to investigate (Chronicle-Herald, February 10, 2005). 160. Adrienne Clarkson spending $17,500 to evaluate cleaning at Rideau Hall (Ottawa Sun, February 19, 2005) 161. Martin patronage appointee Glen Murray breaking ethics guidelines and attending Liberal Convention as delegate 162. Martin ignoring parliamentary committee and appointing Glen Murray as chair of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy 163. Marlene Jennings, the Parliamentary Secretary for Canada-U.S. relations, making anti-American remarks 164. Government knowing about details of torture and murder of Zahra Kazemi back in November and still sending ambassador back to Iran 165. Government knowing about details of torture and murder of Zahra Kazemi back in November but doing nothing 166. Tens of thousands of dollars were spent on questionable acquisitions at CFB Borden (Ottawa Sun, April 18, 2005). 167. Joe Volpe keeping stripper visa program operating, despite having promised to shut it down (CTV.ca, March 5, 2005) 168. Jean Lapierre acting as lobbyist without registering 169. Joe Volpe trying to intimidating Sikh community 170. In the spring of 2003, the RCMP investigated allegations that Liberal MP Gurbax Malhi had requested favours and financial support for Paul Martin's 2003 leadership campaign in exchange for helping Indian nationals get these temporary resident permits (Globe and Mail, March 10, 2005). 171. Liberals spending $443,237 to change the name Passport Office to Passport Canada (Montreal Gazette, April 21, 2005). 172. Ken Dryden’s chief of staff charged with careless driving (Ottawa Citizen, March 22, 2005) 173. Liberals trying to buy off Conservative MPs with offers of patronage positions 174. Liberals handling of the submarine program 175. Public Service Integrity Officer’s travel expenses (Ottawa Sun, May 4, 2005) 176. Liberal Senator Michel Biron going to hearing to support killer Karla Homolka (CTV News, June 9, 2005) 177. Public Works contract watchdog Consulting and Audit Canada violating contracting rules (Toronto Star, July 4, 2005) 178. Technology Partnerships Canada rules being violated to pay lobbyists (Globe and Mail, June 24, 2005) 179. Former Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Robert Nault is working as a paid lobbyist for Nelson House First Nation in what some allege is an apparent violation of a federal code of conduct. Among the federal departments Nault is lobbying is the Indian and Northern Affairs department he headed until December 2003, according to a lobbying report Nault filed with the federal government. Nault registered as a lobbyist for Nelson House, now known as Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, on July 18, 2005 -- one year and seven months after leaving his cabinet post. Under the Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Code for Public Office Holders, Nault is barred from working for any entity with which his department had "direct and significant official dealings" for two years after leaving office. He is also barred for two years from lobbying his former department or any of his former cabinet colleagues (Winnipeg Free Press, September 14, 2005) 180. According to documents obtained by the Globe and Mail, Pierre Pettigrew billed Canadian taxpayers for $10,000 for trips for his driver in 2001 and 2002. Pettigrew took his driver to South America and Europe, even though the driver didn’t do any driving on the trips. (Globe and Mail, September 14, 2005) 181. Joe Volpe’s questionable hospitality expenses (Globe and Mail, September 21, 2005) 182. According to media reports, Industry Canada has frozen federal financing for research projects by an Ontario biotechnology firm pending the outcome of an investigation into the company's agreement to pay $350,000 in lobbying “success” fees to former Liberal cabinet minister David Dingwall. Such contingency fee payments violate Technology Partnership Canada rules. (Globe and Mail, September 23, 2005) 183. Expenses of chairman of the Royal Canadian Mint Emmanuel Triassi, who also approved David Dingwall’s expenses (Globe and Mail, October 4, 2005) 184. Last week, Public Works was also silent on details of another case involving forensic accounting. Government accounts published on Thursday showed a department employee had embezzled $3.45 million from Public Works office in Koblenz, Germany. Even though the employee was convicted and jailed in Germany, Public Works will not name him or give any details of the crime (Ottawa Citizen, October 4, 2005) 185. The federal government inadvertently revealed yesterday that it is conducting a large-scale forensic accounting probe into "possibly criminal matters" when it published details of a contract intended for a Quebec accounting firm. The notice awarding a $2-million contract for forensic accounting services was published on the government's tendering website, MERX. It gave notice that Consulting and Audit Canada was planning to award the sole-source contract to Leclerc Juricomptable, a Quebec City firm specializing in forensic work and litigation support. The contract award notice said the work had to be sole-sourced to Leclerc because it is "not in the public interest to jeopardize the current investment in the investigation or to significantly increase the risk to a successful completion of the investigation into possibly criminal matters." A spokesman for the Department of PublicWorks and Government Services said yesterday that the notice was published "prematurely" and would be withdrawn last night. He could not say, however, what is under investigation, but said the contract was not tied to another scandal that has kept Quebec forensic accountants busy over the past years. "It's not related to sponsorship or Gomery, that I can tell you," said spokesman Pierre Teotonio (Ottawa Citizen, October 4, 2005). It was subsequently revealed that the department involved was CIDA (CP Wire, October 4, 2005) 186. Questions about campaign funds from Raymond Chan’s campaign going to his companies (Vancouver Sun, October 7, 2005) 187. Questions about a possible conflict-of-interest between Chan’s activities as minister on behalf of possible business associates (Vancouver Sun, October 7, 2005) 188. Questions about the report that Chan filed with the Ethics Commissioner (Vancouver Sun, October 7, 2005) 189. Government giving out contract that specifies no paper trail to be left in government offices (Vancouver Province, October 11, 2005) 190. Questionable travel expenses at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (CP, October 16, 2005) 191. Two employees at DFO fired for making fraudulent travel claims (CP, The Province, October 18, 2005). 192. Lobbyist registrar Michael Nelson has launched investigations of four people for eight possible breaches of the ethics guidelines for lobbyists, the first such investigations ever launched under the code. (Globe and Mail, October 18, 2005) 193. According to media reports, the federal government has terminated two contracts with a consulting firm that used to be run by Liberal MP David Smith and now run by his wife, following a forensic audit of the contracting practices at a federal agency (Globe and Mail, October 19, 2005) 194. ATI requests by prisoners for information on prison system and guards, when information is actually disclosed 195. Liberal candidate Richard Mahoney lobbying for satellite radio company for a month before registering (Ottawa Citizen, October 19, 2005) 196. Delays and ballooning costs mean a giant software project at National Defence will eclipse its original budget and won't meet its goals until 2011 -- if at all. An internal audit obtained by Canadian Press raises red flags about a new system designed to streamline computer tracking of military inventory and purchases. MASIS -- or Materiel Acquisition Support Information System -- started in 1997 as a $147-million undertaking. What began as a focused effort to cover a single equipment category in each of the navy, army and air force soon mushroomed. By 2003, Defence officials estimated MASIS would be in place by 2006 at a cost of $325 million, more than twice its forecast budget. A full introduction of the complex software has now been extended to 2011. The heavily censored May 2005 internal audit, released under the Access to Information Act, catalogues a litany of "revised planned milestones.'' "The prime contract has been amended six times, each time increasing amounts for professional service fees,'' it says. (CP, The Record, October 24, 2005) 197. Hospitality and travel expenses of executives at CMHC (Journal de Montréal, October 24, 2005) 198. Questions about Squamish land deal lease (The Province, October 26, 2005) 199. Liberals handling of tainted water at Kashechewan First Nation _________________

The Canadian Values system. One man elected by 30,000 voters makes all the choices for 30,000,000 people. The PM elected by 30,000 voters, appoints 50% of the government the Senate. The PM elected by 30,000 voters appoints all the judges accross the whole land, both high and low. One man elected by 30,000 voters appoints the Head of State the GG for the 30,000,000. The PM elected by only 30,000 votes appoints the Head of State for each Province. The PM elected by only 30,000 votes appoints the hidden arm of government. The Sectretive Privy Council, which has more power and authority than our elected MP's of the Parliament. The MP's that we elect do not represent the wishes of the people who elect them. They must satisfy the wishes of the Party that they serve. If they are told to stand they stand. If they are told to sit they sit. If they are told to doo-doo, they ask where, Master. There is not one part of this system that belongs to the taxpayer and voter of this country. Not even one tiny little piece. It is a disgrace and an affront to all Freedom and Liberty loving men and women. This same PM elected by only 30,000 appoints the Head of the RCMP, and the RCMP licks the Masters hand faithfully. This same man elected by only 30,000 voters then appoints the heads of Hundreds of Crown Corps who are subject to his whim. Even the Constitution and Charter does not belong to the people, it was cobbled up by Jean Chretien and Pierre Trudeau and forced on Canadians without our consent or a vote. A sham. Even the Maple Leaf Flag was picked by the Liberal Party of Canada not the people. Taxes consume more of the family budget than food, shelter, clothing and transportation combined, Canada is a cruel sham. It is a fraud upon the people. A kleptocracy. "A Slave Is A Man That Waits On Another To Set Him Free." It is time the honest men and women of Canada broke their chains that bind them to the oars of the Liberal Slave Ship Canada and attain our Freedom and Liberty. _________________

I think Canadians have been way to lenient with immigrants when it comes to our culture. Immigration is not a right. It is simple for those who don't like it in Canada return to your homeland. I see the kirpan as a knife. It is nothing more or less. And they have been used by some as a weapon. You are not being entirely truthful. They should not be allowed in schools either. That is an assinine idea. This argument is no different than Moslems demanding that they be issued drivers licenses without a photograph of their face. A drivers license is a priveledge not a right. You have a choice blend in or go home.

Remove their Canadian citizenship and deport all their families. That should help end their terrorist inclinations.

It has been 25 years since the Commie Ass Kisser with the support of Ontario and Quebec tried to destroy Alberta. Let us as Albertan's never forget and never forgive those of us that they destroyed. Tomorrow marks the 25th anniversary of a day that will live in infamy in Alberta. Oct. 28, 1980, is the day the federal Liberal government of Pierre Trudeau introduced the National Energy Program as part of its first budget after the 1980 general election. Virtually overnight, the taps on Alberta's then-booming economy started turning off. While it's true "a rising tide raises all boats," so too is the opposite. When Alberta's fortunes sank, so too did Canada's. As a result of high oil prices in the late 1970s, Trudeau's aim for the NEP was threefold: A larger Canadian ownership of the oil industry, greater self-sufficiency and the redistribution of wealth from the upstart West to Central Canada, where Liberal fortunes lie. Instead, he only succeeded in slaying the goose that laid the golden egg. Alberta Premier Ralph Klein had just been elected mayor of Calgary when the NEP was announced. At first, he says, the damage seemed minimal, even though by 1981 the number of oil wells in Alberta dropped to 7,186 from 9,188 in 1980. "I went from being a kid in a candy store in 1980 when there was some concern about the NEP but people thought oil would stay at an all-time high and that they could survive with a two-price system, but then in 1983 when the price of oil fell there was devastation overnight," recalls Klein. "Calgary looked like Beirut. There were a multitude of cranes in the sky and they stopped cold. The buildings remained half-built for years and years. "Thousands upon thousands of people in the private sector lost their jobs, their homes, their cars, their dignity, some even took their own lives," Klein says. "It's still very fresh in many Albertans' minds." Scobey Hartley, a fixture in Calgary's oil and gas industry since he moved here from Texas in 1958, says his memories of that time are still raw. In 1981, at the age of 50, Hartley and his wife, Sissy -- along with their four grown children -- watched everything they had built and worked so hard for evaporate like a mirage. "The federal government started taking the lion's share of the revenues and interest rates went to 22%. We were capitalizing interest and trying to see our way around the corner and you get to the point where you're not servicing your debt." That's when the banks came calling. "Fortunately, I had some good assets," says Hartley. Ironically, Hartley had to go into even further debt to help dig his way out of his debt hole. He and Sissy owned a quarter section of prime land in Springbank, where he kept horses and 30 head of cattle. He wanted to develop the land, subdivide it and sell it. "I remember when I asked the fella at the bank to lend me another $250,000 he looked at me with shock and said: 'pardon me?' " Hartley has a good chuckle over that, but says without developing that land, debt would have swallowed him up. According to Gail Radford-Ross, of Radford Ross Research in Calgary, an estimated $100 billion to $120 billion "was confiscated" from Alberta as a result of the NEP. "The pre-NEP debtload of small oil companies was 74%," says Radford-Ross. "That rose to 102% during the NEP." Hartley knew many colleagues who, even after selling everything, were left with enormous debts they had to repay. "In that sense, I felt very fortunate that I came out even with no debt." He's also grateful for the support he got from his cohorts. Friends and family from Texas wondered why he stayed in a country with a government that acted more like communists than capitalists. As signs out of Ottawa make it look like NEP II might be coming down the pipe, many Albertans are wondering why this province stays in Canada, too. "We won't let them do this to us again," vows Hartley. The rest of Canada should consider it a fair warning.

If wholesale immigration is so good why did it cost the taxpayer 18B dollars in 2001 to take care of new immigrants. That is more than we spend on Natives. The problem is not good qualified immigrants it is the extended family class of immigrants that we need to get rid of, and at the same time do not allow them to vote for 10 years at least, that way immigration is of no benefit to any political party, and it gives them time to get to know Canadian Culture and customs. We also need to put teeth into sponsorship rules. Heavy fines for those immigrants that agree to bare the cost of sponsorring relatives and then renege. Immigration is not a right, it is only a priveledge.

Any time taxpayers get their own money back it is a good thing. Public transit forget it, let the userpay. The taxpayers in Alberta already pay into the public transit sytems of our main cities. Those in the ROC who are whining to-night like Eureka, give up your Alberta subsidized lifestyle buy a busticket and come to Alberta we have a job for you, you can get off our payroll and work for your own upkeep for a change. The oil and gas belongs to the taxpayers and citizens of Alberta and no-one else. We send the ROC $1,000,000.00 an hour 24/7 365 days a year. I am no Ralph fan, but hi were is my 400 bucks. Healthcare premiums if that is your choice take the $400 bucks and pay your bill. Now let's work on no property tax at all in Alberta for individuals, or some other worthwhile endeavor. Thank's Alberta and thanks Ralph for giving back $400 of my dollars from the thousands I have sent to you.

For one so sure of themself, about facts of Canadian history your actual knowledge is pathetic. You should be held up as an example as an uneducated Liberal. Just like the CBC pokes fun of Americans who seem to know nothing about Canada. The sure sign of an uneducated Liberal is that when they lose an argument and embarrass themselves they resort to name calling. The last defense of an uneducated Liberal. Pathetic.

Hopefully the CBC is shutdown and saves the overtaxed workers of Canada 1.4B a year in tax dollars. I think those that like CBC should fund it directly themselves by private subscription.

Another virtually identical definition of Confederation. There are reference after reference all saying basically this------confederation a group of sovereign states or communities that unite for one or more specific purposes, yet allow each state or community to act independently on all other purposes.

Just for the illiterate here, a link to the Public Archives of the Government of Canada. I guess Eureka didn't pass Canadian History studies in school. Maybe you never went to school in Canada. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/confederat...001-2100-e.html

Just for the haughty here who still are so ignorant of Canadian history as to not know that Canada is made up of 10 Sovereign Provinces in a Confederation. Here is a snip from a Supreme Court decision of 1903.----------" Although the population of Prince Edward Island, as ascertained in the census of 1901, if divided by the unit of representation ascertained by dividing the number of 65 into the population of Quebec is not sufficient to give six members in the House of Commons of Canada to that province, is the representation of Prince Edward Island in the House of Commons of Canada, liable under the British North America Act, 1867, and amendments thereto and the terms of Union of 1873 under which that province entered Confederation, to be reduced below six, the number granted to that province by the said terms of Union of 1873 ? " The Committee submit the same for approval. "JOHN J. McGEE, " Clerk of the Privy Council." The following counsel appeared : For the Province of Prince Edward Island: A. B. Aylesworth, K.C.; The Honourable Arthur Peters, K.C., Attorney G-eneral of Prince Edward Island, and Mr. E B. Williams. For the Dominion of Canada: E. L. Newcombe, K.C., Deputy Minister of Justice for the Dominion of Canada. Aylesworth K.C.: If your Lordships please, Mr. Attorney Greneral Peters and Mr. "Williams, of Char- lttetowu, are also of counsel for the province in the case, and unless it is contrary entirely to your Lord- ships' traditions to hear more than two counsel, I have no doubt that each would be very pleased if your Lordships' would allow him to address the court. THE CHIEF JUSTICE : Of course, this is not a usual case. We do not even give a judgment ; nothing but an opinion. It binds nobody, and we did hear a good many counsel 011 the reference the other day but of course they were representing the different provinces. You are asking now that three be heard on one side ; is that it ? Mr. Aylesworth : Yes, my Lord. THE CHIEF JUSTICE : I do not think there would be any objection to it under the circumstances of the case. We will hear the learned gentlemen. Mr. Aylesworth : We shall endeavour to present the considerations which it appears to us affect the matter, as briefly as may be. Of course everything depends, for disposal of this question, upon the provisions ----------The argument was over the illegal addition of seats not based on population by PEI. Canada is and always has been a Confederation, since it's very beginning. The Prime/Premier Minister of Canada is elected by only 30,000 votes. Do you not read election results. He then appoints 50% of our Government the Senate, which is supposed to be the sole perogative of the Provinces. He this man elected by only 30,000 votes then appoints all judges in Canada in every Province including the Supreme Court. This man elected by only 30,000 votes then appoints the Head of State the GG for the 30,000,000 people of Canada. This man elected by only 30,000 votes then appoints the Head of State for Each Province the Lt. Gov. This man elected by only 30,000 votes then appoints his friends cohorts and fellow travellers to the heads of some hundreds of Crown Corporations. Oh my I forgot that he appoints the hidden arm of government the secretive Privy Council all handily stuffed with his friends. The Privy Council has more power than Parliament, they just directly issue Orders in Council which are rubber stamped by the appointed Lap Dog Head of State the flunky GG. As to the least and smallest part of the affair of corruption we now come to Parliament. These MP's must do also as the master tells them because they will not do as the voter says or they will be demoted or driven out of the party. They are whipped and bound hand and foot and gagged. They are useless as spokesmen for any taxpayer. I will also look up the reference to 120 new countries since 1946 since that is also fact. I will also get you the reference stating that Canada is a Confederation and that a Confederation is a loose association of Sovereign States. Canada is not a Federal State in any way shape or form. Our Constitution is not even ratified by the people. No one actually voted to create Canada. Next you will be saying that the Charter wasn't written by Jean Chretein for Trudeau. It also by the way was never ratified by the voters. Canada doesn't have a leg to stand on in the coming vote in Quebec. Many of us in Alberta will be sending money to support the Independence of Quebec. I would suggest you do the same. What would you have Ottawa do, kill them because they detest Canada's undemocratic rule by the elite cabal of the east.

Sparhawk since 1946 120 new countries have been created, and you know what life goes on, it's ok. As for the Supreme Court they are really no bodies, just more Liberal Flakes appointed by a man elected by only 30,000 votes who thinks he speaks for 30,000,000 people in Canada. The Old Canada is dying off, killed by Liberal visions like Trudeau's of a heavily centralised state. Canada is too massive to be run from the centre that was why it was set up as a Confederation with Sovereign Provinces, with tremendous authority and local power. And it worked for over 100 years until a socialist idiot named Trudeau tried to centralize all power into Ottawa. It is just like his policy of Bi-lingualism. 600B tax dollars have been spent on Bi-lingualism in Canada since Trudeau brought it in, result one Uni-lingual, Separatist Province named Quebec, while 70,000 people a year die from a lack of healthcare. No it is time for massive change in Canada. And if Quebec ends up leaving, let them go peacefully and without a fuss.

Before you get all frothed up Sparhawks get the facts straight, it is not my dictionary that states that a Confederation is a loose association of Sovereign States. Canada is not a Federal State, the rules are much different for a Confederation. Show me were it says anywhere except in your own mind that no people in the world have the right to self determination. If so howcome in the last hundred years do we have so many new countries formed out of former states. Even in the last 30 years the numbers are phenominal. Canada will go the way of all Multi-cult society's down the drain. Multi-cult= tribalism. Witness the debate over Sharia Law in Ontario. Next Ottawa census in Alberta I will identify myself as Albertan only not Canadian. Besides the best thing for the United Colony of Canada is if Quebec goes. Forty years of Premiers from Quebec running the country is long enough. In Alberta I hope next election we elect a good right wing Prime Minister like Ted Morton that will shut off the oil and gas and flow of money to the ROC. It is time Alberta told the ROC to get lost.

And you Sparhawk don't know anything about governments or the law. Go to a legal dictionary and look up the meaning of Confederation. You will find that Confederation means a loose association of Sovereign States. Ditto. Each Province of Canada, has a Head of State just like Ottawa, each Province has a Prime Minister, or if you speak French a Premier Minister, each Province has a Parliament, each Province has a border. Since no one in Canada voted to join Canada, since Ottawa will not obey the Constitution, which no Canadian ever voted for, why would Quebec have to ask permission to leave. A UDI is not illegal anywhere in the world. If any free and sovereign people democratically decide to go their own way, that is their right. Even that socialist hell hole of corruption the UN declares that is a right of all people to self determination. Get over it.