Passport Boondoggle? Drugs, Money Laundering, Frum-PM & More

ALLEGATIONS OF PASSPORT BOONDOGGLE -- “The allegations are serious enough to our national security that I decided to turn over all documentation to the Auditor General for verification” 24 June 2005

Security Breaches . . . .
Improper Hiring . . . .
Misinformation Given to Standing Committee on Public Accounts . . . .
Whistleblower Wrongly Suspended . . . .

Drugs & Money Laundering -- Check the graphics. Check the change in drug consumption, the move toward . . . well, check these out. We should be concerned.

World Drug Report Vol. 1

Vol. 2: statistics

World Drug Report Executive Summary




Money Laundering: The washing machine

In explosive excerpts from his new book, Nick Kochan [The Washing Machine: How Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Soils Us, by Nick Kochan, Texere, £19.95] digs the dirt on how an army of criminals has broken into the world's financial system, and investigates the Square Mile's growing addiction to criminal cash

Sunday June 5, 2005
http://www.observer.co.uk/
The Observer

Money laundered through the world's financial system has now reached stratospheric levels, trillions rather than billions. Fresh figures from the International Monetary Fund put it at the $2 trillion mark. But when you include the cost of fighting money laundering, the number reaches $2.5 trillion. That is approaching 10 per cent of global GDP, according to the IMF.

These numbers indicate the amount of global crime where there is a financial component. That includes everything from tax evasion and very basic fiddles to money made from computer-game counterfeiting, people-smuggling and drug-dealing. [. . . . ]

CAFTA's Covert Opponent: China by John J. Tkacik, Jr. WebMemo #778, Heritage Foundation, June 28, 05

In the Multi Fiber Arrangement world of quota-free trade in yarns, fabrics, and finished textiles, the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) represents a direct threat to China’s growing power—indeed, its near-monopoly—in world textile production. If passed, CAFTA would enhance the competitiveness of Central American factories that pay higher wages than China and predominantly use U.S. cotton. But if CAFTA fails, U.S. cotton exports to Central America will come to an end, while U.S. imports of Chinese textiles—with little or no U.S. content—soar. [. . . . ]

Canada's unhappy birthday David Frum, June 28, 2005, National Post

[. . . . ] The Canadian federal government created by the British North America Act has evolved into the least representative and least accountable national government in the advanced democratic world.

Unlike the presidents of France and the United States, Canada's chief executive is not elected by the people at large.

Unlike the prime ministers of [. . . . ]

There is so much more -- excellent.

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