Paul Martin, Medisys, Income Trusts, Tracks & Trails -&- Scott Reid, Robot Bartender

PAUL MARTIN'S INVESTMENT HOLDINGS TorontoTory, December 11, 2005

Bloggers like Stephen Taylor and MK Braaten are hot on Paul Martin's trail, establishing links between his circle and the Income Trust insider training schedule.

MK Braaten mentions Medisys. I wrote about Medisys here, and the company's donations / other connections to Paul Martin. Enjoy. :)

In case it helps, there may be something in Paul Martin's Investment Holding Disclosure:

Paul Martin has declared the following: [. . . . ]

A goodly list from another member of Pack-Rats-R-Us, obviously.



PRIVATE HEALTH CARE GAVE MONEY TO PAUL MARTIN TorontoTory, June 13, 2005 -- links are within the article on torontoTory

Paul Martin says "We're not going to have a two-tier health care system in this country and nobody wants that!"

Except for Paul Martin, of course. Paul Martin goes to Medisys. Medisys claims that they are "the largest private, preventative health care company in Canada". Also, "Medisys believes that the corporate vision it has implemented will help it maintain its leadership role in the health care industry for years to come".

[. . . . ] Have a look at the management team at Medisys. At the very top of the page, you will notice a man named Dr. Sheldon Elman. He just happens to be the "Founder, PResident and CEO".

I cross-referenced this name with donations to Paul Martin's campaign. [. . . . ]

Search: Board of Directors , Senator Leo Kolber , unnamed, numbered corporation



Income Trusts: Suspicious activity prior to Goodale's announcement StephenTaylor, December 11, 2005

[. . . . ] So, prior to the Goodale announcement on November 23rd at 6:00pm, it is alleged that a few people received advance word of either the details of finance minister's announcement or just that he was going to make one. What follows are volume graphs that I made of the most acutely traded income trusts prior to Goodale's announcement. The volume of the trading is listed as "unusual" on stocktrends.ca.

Click each of the following graphs to enlarge. [. . . . ]

Don't miss all those graphs.

Example: Medisys--See StephenTaylor.ca for others.




Martin linked Medisys Income Trust stock volume increased 3400% the day before Goodale trust announcement MKBraaten, December 10, 2005

[. . . . ] The volume of shares traded for Paul Martin linked Medisys Income Trust shares the day before the Income Trust announcement seems way to high to be a ‘co-incidence’. The volume increased 3400% from the prior day, and the following day, dropped back down about the same amount. [. . . . ]

Another chart for Medisys Health Group (MHG.UN-T)

Globe Investor: Medisys -- jpg

Goodale may give direction on trust strategy STEVEN CHASE AND SINCLAIR STEWART, 00:00 EST Wednesday, Nov 23, 2005

OTTAWA, TORONTO -- Finance Minister Ralph Goodale signalled yesterday he may provide investors some direction on a proposed solution to the income trust dilemma before his Liberal government topples on Monday, a sudden change of timing that experts believe could pave the way for a politically popular dividend tax cut.

[. . . . ] Finance-watchers said the minister appears to be floating a trial balloon to gauge whether there would be huge opposition to an early solution.

Toronto-Dominion bank chief economist Don Drummond predicted in September that there was a 50-per-cent probability of the Liberals cutting the effective rate of tax on dividends if they acted on income trusts before an election.

Search: Jack Mintz, president of the C.D. Howe Institute



MPs cry foul; Paul Martin's doctor runs private clinics CBC, 07 May 2004 21:38:56

OTTAWA - Opposition politicians are calling Paul Martin a hypocrite after finding out that his personal physician heads a private health care clinic in Montreal.

Dr. Sheldon Elman is the founder and CEO of the Medisys Health Group. He has been Martin's doctor for 23 years.

[. . . . ] . . . 2003 revenue as $53 million . . . private MRI clinics.

[. . . . ] "My primary health coverage…is my medicare card and that's what I use all the time when I go to a public clinic," says Martin. "I don't believe in queue-jumping."

Some time in the last year, I received an unexpected phone call, medical-related, offering me an appointment with a specialist, and I had no idea what it was about. It turned out that well over two years previously, a physician had requested it. Whatever diagnostic or other purpose the appointment had been intended for, nature had instituted a cure and I had forgotten, if I ever knew. With wait times so lengthy, can you imagine if it were something really urgent? Such a wait time for someone in real need and in pain would be simply dreadful.

My standard cures won't always work--read, listen to music, have a drink and then go to bed--but what happens if and when they won't? That day will come eventually. . . . what if?



Scott Reid blowing our money on...

Scott Reid is probably the highest of top-level advisors to our Prime Minister. On Sunday morning, he complained that parents should not be able to get any money from the government (under the Conservative plan) because parents can't be trusted to spend it on things that their children might need.

"Don't give people $25 a day to blow on beer and popcorn." -- Scott Reid, spokesman for Prime Minister Paul Martin

[. . . . ] Let's take a look at Scott Reid's hospitality expenses for 2005 (Jan 1 - Jun 15)... [. . . . ]

Worth checking. If you do, you'll understand why it seems fitting to include at this juncture:

The Robot bartender -- diversion

A man enters a bar and orders a drink. The bar has a robot bartender. The robot serves him a perfectly prepared cocktail, and then asks him, "What's your IQ?"

The man replies "150" and the robot proceeds to make conversation about global warming factors, quantum physics and spirituality, biomimicry, environmental interconnectedness, string theory, nano-technology, and sexual proclivities.

The customer is very impressed and thinks, "This is really cool." He decides to test the robot. He walks out of the bar, turns around, and comes back in for another drink. Again, the robot serves him the perfectly prepared drink and asks him,"What's your IQ?"

The man responds, "about a 100." Immediately the robot starts talking, but this time, about football, NASCAR, baseball, supermodels, favorite fast foods, guns, and women. Really impressed, the man leaves the bar and decides to give the robot one more test. He heads out and returns, the robot serves him and asks,"What's your IQ?" The man replies, "Er, 50, I think."

And the robot says... real slowly... "So............... ya gonna vote for the Liberals again?"


Dedicated to Our Glorious Leader & Team -- and thanks to H, the friend who supplied this.

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