Out of Control?

Volumes, someone once remarked, can be written on the impiety of the pious. Warren Kinsella, May 13, 2005, National Post via JR and RC

Mr. Martin's British Columbia apparatchiks took over the riding association of former Cabinet minister Herb Dhaliwal, knowing (a) Mr. Dhaliwal was out of the country; and (b) his wife was dying of cancer.

Smuggling opportunities 'limitless' -- PORTS I Criminals are well entrenched in Canada's harbours, RCMP report says Jonathan Fowlie, Vancouver Sun, May 14, 2005

VANCOUVER I Organized crime groups and other criminals are "well entrenched" in Canada's three largest marine ports, and have "limitless" ways to smuggle goods into the country, says a recent report by the RCMP.

"What is undeniable is that criminals are well entrenched in the port environment," says the May 2004 report, which looks at the involvement of criminal organizations, and the possible involvement of terrorist groups, in the ports of Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax.

"Some groups have rooted themselves firmly on the docks over decades," it adds.

[. . . . ] Details of how criminal groups operate at the port are mostly blanked out in the copy of the report released to The Sun, as is much of the information dealing with potential involvement of terrorist organizations.

The 24-page document does state, however, that the presence of criminals at the ports creates a difficult environment for those workers who want to follow the rules.

"With these [criminal] elements exerting general control over their work area, law-abiding co-workers often find themselves coerced into cooperating in illegal acts or turning a blind eye," it says.

"The intimidation tactics can also target customs and police officers," it adds, "but instances are fairly uncommon." [. . . . ]

The following report may not be the one mentioned; it was not named. However, this will give some idea of the situation.

Criminal Intelligence Service Canada 2004 Annual Report on Organized Crime in Canada

Cat #: PS61-1/2004
ISBN: 0-662-68249-1
ISSN: 0839-6728
NCS-SNC 004

Organized Crime at Marine Ports, Airports and
Land Border Areas ............................................................................10




Pillow Talk - Peter and Belinda Revanchist, May 17, 2005

[. . . . ] Belinda: He is such a sweet man, so like Daddy and almost as rich. He said: "Sweet Belinda, cross the floor with me and I will put you in charge of the most renewable of resources, Human Resources. We have been using them to our advantage for decades now and you just never run out of them Belinda. It is amazing, you abuse them, you lie to them, you steal from them, and when they complain a bit, we just lie to them again, throw some of the money we stole from them back to them, tell them we will save them from the scary Conservatives and they come back to us in droves. [. . . . ]

12 Organized Crime Articles

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/national/000908/4108415.html
Ottawa Citizen
Friday 8 September 2000
(4) Mobsters target Parliament, RCMP commissioner says
Aim is to 'corrupt, destabilize' system
Tim Naumetz
The Ottawa Citizen

Organized crime mobs are targeting Parliament and other Canadian institutions in an attempt to spread corruption and political instability, says the new head of the RCMP.

During a remarkably candid news conference, Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli said yesterday that criminal groups are focusing on Parliament, the courts and other institutions with the aim of "destabilizing" the political system.

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Five police injured in melee at crack den -- Officers barred from project over racial complaints Nicholas Kohler, National Post, May 13, 2005

[. . . . ] Toronto Community Housing suspended non-emergency access rights to police 18 months ago, citing perceptions among its minorities and youth of police racial bias.

Without what is known as an ''Agent of Landlord Letter,'' police can only walk on to private property in response to a call.

"This wouldn't have happened if the police had had the right to patrol here prior," said Cliff Martin, 54, a tenant in the building for 17 years.

"Up until a year and a half ago, this was a very safe building," Mr. Martin said. [. . . . ]

Note, the "perception" of racial bias -- fed no doubt by certain people whose job it is to keep the pot stirring to sell something (news? services?) or gain advantage. How despicable!

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