Updated: Ridley Terminals "Privatization"--Taxpayers Lose, Oilsands, EI Rules Relaxed: Asymmetrical Federalism, Hansard & More

There are strange things done
Neath the midnight sun
By the men who moil for . . . coal? oil?
(With apologies to Robert Service)

But the strangest thing is what happens to my links when I touch on certain topics (e.g. China and what appears to be government chicanery or gerrymandering, especially as related to oil, oilsands, LNG, ports, China, business "deals" . . . Well, you get the idea. ).

Perhaps there is something that someone doesn't want people to read.


Update 1 to the post below -- and what I found:

Related: Updated: Kitimat, Prince Rupert, Deal "before too many questions", Libs & China, & Background Oct. 14, 05

This is odd; I searched Google on Frost Hits the Rhubarb and the link given is as follows.

http://frosthitstherhubarb.blogspot.com/
2005/10/kitimat-prince-rupert-deal-before-too.html

Who added the extra words which rendered the link useless?

This is the correct link in case the gremlins go to work again.

http://frosthitstherhubarb.blogspot.com/
2005/10/updated-kitimat-prince-rupert-deal.html

Place the complete link on one line.



How interesting -- worth reading

B.C.'s Ridley Terminals may sell for $20M -- Taxpayers paid $250M to build coal port Peter O'Neill, Financial Post, Oct. 24, 05

[. . . . ] The offer, from Ontario companies Fortune Minerals Ltd. and Federal White Cement Ltd., was obtained by Conservative MP John Cummins and provided to CanWest News Service. [. . . . ]

Mr. Lapierre said last week he will go ahead with his plan to obtain cabinet approval to begin negotiating with the Fortune group, despite complaints from industry and opposition MPs.

Search:

privatization of Ridley Terminals
Ridley Shippers Coalition, a group of Western Canadian mining firms
bid was inferior to
Western Canadian Coal of Vancouver
Cline Mining of Toronto
The Fortune offer was based on Ridley being
Robin Goad, president of Fortune
a confidentiality clause
former transport minister David Collenette
Northern Energy Mining Inc.
run the terminal as a co-operative
Fortune group intends to
hurt the ability of Canadian
never supposed to be a privately run



Still bigger projects planned for the oilsands -- 'Long-term vision' Scott Hoggett, Financial Post, Oct. 24, 05

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The ground has barely been broken on Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.'s $10.8-billion Horizon oilsands project and it won't be finished until 2012 -- and still bigger ideas are already hatching for Horizon.

Vision isn't in short supply in the massive oilsands region surrounding Fort McMurray. Massive projects, such as the oilsands mines run by Syncrude Canada Ltd., Shell Canada Ltd. and Suncor Energy Inc., are poised to get larger still, with price tags matching the scale of the operations.

Al-Qaeda could spread avian flu, report warns National Post, Oct. 25, 05



EI rules relaxed -- Would that be in crucial ridings, Mr. Martin?

More Assymetrical Federalism -- "Liberals beef up EI support in potentially crucial ridings" Elizabeth Thompson, Gazette, Oct. 25, 05 casper34, 10/25/2005 10:15:56

Imagine - Right before an election [. . . . ]

Under three pilot projects, EI rules will be relaxed a bit for unemployed Canadians in the regions chosen

[. . . . ] Eligibility in Quebec

The areas of Quebec where claimants are eligible for the pilot projects are central Quebec, Chicoutimi-Jonquiere, Gaspesie-Iles de la Madeleine, Lower St. Lawrence and North Shore, northwestern Quebec and Trois Rivieres. [. . . . ]

And if you look, others are not amused.



International Cancer Control Congress

Infections eyed as cancer cause -- Viruses and bacteria are linked to many common cancers, a virologist tells a Vancouver conference Pamela Fayerman, Vancouver Sun, October 25, 2005

[Dr. Harald zur Hausen] noted that the list of viruses and bacterial infections currently linked with cancer include hepatitis B and C (liver cancer,) papillomavirus (cervical,) Epstein-Barr virus or EBV (lymphomas, Hodgkin's disease,) herpesviruses type 8 (Kaposi's sarcoma,) bacterial infections with helicobacter pylori (gastric cancer) and parasites (bladder and rectal cancer.) [. . . . ]

Hansard excerpts- Question Period- Oct.24,2005 -- Health, Justice, Government Contracts, Canada Post & Andre Ouellet, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Middle East Newsbeat1, Oct. 25, 05 -- Hansard, Oct. 24, 05



Islamist School Wins DOE Excellence Award LGF, Oct. 25, 05.

School for Shar’ia : Islamist School Wins Dept of Education Blue Ribbon for Excellence Award. (Hat tip: Dhimmi Watch.)

October 20, 20005 - Philadelphia, PA - PipeLineNews.org - Jihad through Da’wa [conversion of non-Muslims] in the form of domestic Islamic education has gotten a boost from an unlikely source, the U.S. government.

The administration has just presented the New Horizons Islamic School in Pasadena, California the United States Department of Education’s “Blue Ribbon for Excellence” award.

[. . . . ] The BIAE, based in Los Angeles - which plans the curriculum of the New Horizons School together with the Islamic Center of Southern California even offers an Islamized version of the Pledge of Allegiance on their website. It begins with the phrase - “As an American Muslim I pledge allegiance to ALLAH and his Prophet.”

[. . . . ]



U.S. and Canadian Telemarketers Pay $415,000 to Settle FTC Charges -- Defendants Charged with Selling Nonexistent Credit Cards

[. . . . ] The defendants, who ran their operation from Palm Beach, Florida, and Montreal, Canada, are three Florida corporations (Sun Spectrum Communications Organization, Inc.; North American Communications Organization, Inc.; and WWCI2002, Inc.) and their principals, William H. Martell and Tracey A. Bascove, and one Canadian corporation (9106-7843 Quebec, Inc.) and its principals, Mitchel Kastner, Ronald Corber, and Jason Kastner. When calling consumers, the defendants used fictitious business names, including “Royal Credit Solutions,” “Imperial Consumer Services,” and “Beneficial Client Care.” [. . . . ]

The FTC points to this case as another example of effective cooperation and coordination among U.S. federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and Canadian authorities. [. . . . ]

NOTE: This stipulated final order is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by the defendant of a law violation. A stipulated final order has the force of law when signed by the judge.

How much do you want to bet they're back in business shortly? Perhaps under a new name . . . or number.

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