The Framers’ Revolt, Fed $$$ to Mt. Tremblant Ski Resort Intrawest - Which Contributes to Liberal Party -- & More Links of Interest

The National Post had another article today on the sluicing of money to Quebec.

Search: Ottawa gave Quebec ski resort $100 M in grants over decade, page A4.

That's $100 MILLION DOLLARS

in grants and interest-free loans to Mont Tremblant, a Quebec resort owned by ski giant Intrawest Corporation, a major donor to the Liberal Party

A grant? Why? It does not have to be repaid. An interest-free loan? Did you ever try to get one -- perhaps to go on a ski holiday?

Remember, the Olympics are coming to BC and Mr. Jean Chretien's daughter is on the board for the Olympics -- or something like that. Check. There have been highway and other construction projects planned between Vancouver and Whistler. How much do you want to bet? Any ski resorts? hotels? gambling casinos? scheduled. . . . check your input.



Western Standard: Paul Bruner -- The Framers’ Revolt 4 April 2005 -- via Jack's Newswatch

Sunday shopping. Unregulated abortion. Voting rights for convicts. Restrictive evidentiary rules. Legal protection for non-citizens. Redefinition of pornography. Judicial salaries set by unelected commissions. No extradition for criminals facing capital punishment in other countries. Import exemptions for S&M products. Expanded defence for child pornography. Lower age of consent for sodomy. Criminalization of “hate speech.” Separate schools for francophones. Equality rights for homosexuals. Protection for gays in the military and police. Spousal benefits for same-sex couples. Adoption rights for homosexuals. Legalization of same-sex marriage.

That’s just a partial list of the most controversial changes that occurred in Canadian law after the Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into effect in 1982. They all arose from judicial interpretations of the charter’s guarantees of “fundamental freedoms” for all, and specific rights for women, accused criminals and minorities. Many evolved out of legislation dating from the 1960s and ’70s, when politicians began acceding to popular demand for greater individual freedom, and interest group lobbying for collective rights. After the charter, however, federal and provincial parliamentarians increasingly retreated from their elemental role as the primary authors of Canadian law. By default, the job fell to the courts. [. . . . ]

The principal tool for politicians to reclaim their authority, according to Blakeney, is, in fact, the notwithstanding clause. He acknowledges it has fallen into political disfavour, perhaps because it has been used repeatedly by Quebec governments to deny charter language rights to the province’s anglophone minority. In the name of asserting provincial autonomy and protecting the French language and culture, successive separatist and federalist governments in Quebec have used Section 33 to make discriminatory language legislation charter-proof. Outside Quebec it has been used by only two provinces: [. . . . ]

Read this one.



Start with the Western Standard / Shotgun and follow a few links.

Western Standard Blog -- Shotgun -- to Auditing The Auditors Kate McMillan on April 10, 2005

That lead to MK Braaten

[. . . . ] Deloitte was in charge of the Quebec wing and PWC conducted the engagement on the federal Liberal party's finances. In fact, these engagements are not audits but simply an analysis of parts of the Liberals finances that they asked the firm to analyze. [. . . . ]

Colbert's Comments: Intresting visitors to my blog

I like this one, notice the server name HRDC"GATE" it's like there's a department for the scandal or something. [. . . . ]

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