Frost Hits the Rhubarb: 20/11/05

November 25, 2005

The power of incumbency: Immigration, Military Goose Bay-Happy Valley $$$ -&- the "unbearable lightness of ethics"

Is the National Post's politics showing? -- SSM vs Harper

Which was featured on the front page?

Same Sex Marriage: Elton John & David Parnish
or
Harper: to "end the culture of entitlement, big money and lobbying"

But of course, Same Sex Marriage photo and the news that "Market hits 5-year high" which, of course, is what PM & Team want emphasized. We should forget the corruption.

Harper: to "end the culture of entitlement, big money and lobbying"

PM: too busy handing out your tax $$$ to attend the House -- IMHO buying votes, $1-billion at a time

Claudette Bradshaw actually can speak -- mouthed something--sotto voce--as she left the empty of Liberals --a few min. only--House of Commons. I have read that Bradshaw has never graced the House with her dulcet tones during her tenure as an MP. I suppose it doesn't matter . . . as long as she votes the way she's told . . . that is, as Polly and the Parrots want. Democracy in Canada . . . doomed by faint practice.

Commons gets taste of 'dirt' to come -- 'Is that a threat?' Mike Blanchfield; with files from Anne Dawson

Poll Results

The Liberals have recently gone on a spending spree. Is this ....a) Good governance: 1%
b) Sound use of tax dollars: 7%
c) Responding to need: 7%
d) A bid to buy the election: 83%

Ordinary blokes -- cutting through it -- and I hope the voters roll another load away.

Immigration:

The government intends to raise annual immigration levels by 40%. Will they hold public hearings?

Immigration increase denounced as 'irresponsible' -- "An open letter to the Minister of Immigration and the chairman of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration"

Worth reading -- from:

James Bissett, Ottawa, former ambassador and executive-director of the Canadian Immigration Service;

Martin Collacott, Vancouver, former ambassador:

Larry Comeau, Ottawa, former RCMP superintendent;

Wayne Goodfellow, Ottawa, adjunct professor;

Patrick Grady, Ottawa, economist and former official in the Department of Finance;

Herbert Grubel, Vancouver, former professor of economics and opposition finance critic;

John Meyer, Midland, Ont., former president of Zero Population Growth of Canada;

Ben Pflanz, Cochrane, Alta., former high commissioner and immigration official.

The Liberal Propaganda Organ aka CBC: Some program intended to be humorous, Friday evening, was attempting to make fun of those Canadians' concerns, questioning this massive immigration. They were distorting the concern, suggesting it is because bird flu comes out of China -- but not touching upon the the real problem with immigration from China, as has been detailed in various documents and news reports, the security aspect, organized crime, triad members and illegals entering. But that seems not to be a concern of our PM.

(Search ex-RCMP Cpl Robert Read, Mr. Brian McAdam, former Foreign Service Officer -- check this website: e.g. US Cox Report, RCMP CSIS report, etc. Also, see Prime Time Crime for several articles.)

Are CBC and their government handlers getting antsy -- what with all the plans ? . . . . . . . . Did I mention all the plans?

Paul Martin: scroll down for YESTERDAY'S SPENDING ANNOUNCEMENTS in $700-million to speed the processing of more than 700,000 prospective immigrants. in "Ugly sparring tosses up lawsuit threat", Anne Dawson, CanWest, Nov. 25, 05

More interesting is the Goose Bay-Happy Valley $$$

$96-million to put a Coast Guard ship in Happy Valley-Goose Bay and train local residents how to, among other things, search and rescue people and map the ocean floor off Labrador. [. . . ]

$25-million for new military equipment at CFB Goose Bay and $5-million to market the base for foreign military training.
$9-million to fix up Goose Bay airport and $20- million to help diversify the local economy.

Don't miss the list of them. If it weren't my country, and if PM & Team weren't so naked in their buying habits, their neediness, it would be amusing to read the list. Imitation might be the sincerest form of flattery . . . but. . . well, keep reading.

The "unbearable lightness of ethics" -- "Next big scandal set to explode", Sheldon Alberts, NP, Nov. 25, 05 - on Jack Abramoff

Unlike better-known political insiders, the 47-year-old "super-lobbyist" resisted the allure of media punditry and allegedly became one of Washington's most influential men the old-fashioned way -- by buying it.

[. . . . They] wrote letters urging the Bush administration to reject a Louisiana native casino while receiving money from rival tribes and [. . . . ]

Search:

conspiring to defraud native tribes and to corrupt public officials
US$9-million to arrange a meeting
lobbied against his own clients to

Fortunately, Canada is . . . more . . . uh, how shall I describe it? . . . perhaps holier than thou?

Hail to the chief … Kofi Annan? -&- Canada-Org. Crime: Aim is to 'corrupt, destabilize' system -&- Blowing the Border

Bumped up. New post below.

Aim is to 'corrupt, destabilize' system

(4) Mobsters target Parliament . . .

Organized crime mobs are targeting Parliament and other Canadian institutions in an attempt to spread corruption and political instability, . . . .

During a remarkably candid news conference, [. . . . ]

Asked what he meant about the threat to Parliament, . . .

"The question of corruption. Corruption is always a potential problem [. . . . ]"

Search: to infiltrate Canadian institutions. , two prison guards , more than two dozen MPs were . . .

Reference: "(4) Mobsters target Parliament, RCMP commissioner says" by Tim Naumetz, Ottawa Citizen, 8 Sept, 2000

As a school kid growing up at the height of the Cold War, [*** ] developed a passion for the United Nations.

Believing the global organization was the world's best chance at achieving a lasting peace, he did all he could to revere, honor and promote it.

He formed a Model U.N. club . . . . a job working at a foreign mission. . .

Attending Harvard Law School, [he] focusing primarily on constitutional law, learning the vitally important role the courts play in protecting Americans' rights and liberties. For more than three decades, [he] practiced global technology law, which enabled him to remain on the cusp of business and public policy development.

But his life changed dramatically on Sept. 11 2001.

[. . . . ] Rather than take a lead in the effort, however, two institutions [he] most revered and respected – American courts and the U.N. – instead became instruments of the terrorists, working at nearly every turn to provide them aid and comfort. [. . . . ]

Search:

use the International Criminal Court
global tax
pay much more
Jacque Chirac
Bill of Rights
global norms of good behavior
George Soros
strategy?
entangling our legal system
Ted Turner
covenants, treaties and protocols
federal judges
cherished national beliefs
more than baseless conjecture and wild speculation.
unelected officials
targeted for exposure is Annan
revelations
give up their own sovereignty
world oversight agencies.
Not a book of conspiracy theories
how sympathetic judges
making Annan look like some sort of bungler
dismissive thinking
hostile threat to American sovereignty
a secretive agenda under
see the U.N. reformed
until Annan's deceptive agenda
League of Nations
the rise of Nazi Germany, imperial Japan and fascist Italy

Reference: Hail to the chief … Kofi Annan? -- Book reveals U.N.'s insidious plans to dominate global affairs The New World Disorder, November 24, 2005, WorldNetDaily.com / wnd.com

Book: Joseph Klein: Global Deception: The UN's Stealth Assault on America's FreedomWorld Ahead Publishing , wnd.com

I read the article about the Joseph Klein book and I considered what has been happening to and in Canada in relation to some phrases from it -- whether any of them applied. [limited time spent on this NJC]

pay much more -- Think of the costs of implementing the Kyoto Accord, of trading pollution credits with polluting countries such as China and Russia.

Bill of Rights -- an unalloyed blessing? Consider the effects of Canada's Bill of Rights -- the right to fish for some citizens, not all -- rights read in? The right for illegal aliens to remain in Canada if they would face torture at home. The taxpayer-funded sustenance for aliens who have arrived in Canada and who have never contributed in any way to this society and its tax base, almost at will they enter -- and then may then bring in relatives who may not contribute, who are elderly and become a drain on the medical care system.

global norms of good behavior -- Think of the recourse to the position/ethics of the UN for decisions, for example, on whether or not to join the US in Iraq -- on immigration and refugee policy -- the result that Canada is almost unable to turf out dangerous individuals, even after it is known their entry was fraudulent, criminal, etc. -- the forging of hate crimes laws--truth is no excuse--laws which are trying to force citizens to believe/think/express the idea that all cultures are equally valuable and equally deserving of respect, even when citizens can read or see and judge for themselves that this is simply not always the case.

George Soros -- think of the power he holds (over the currencies / international monetary system -- I know only that when he makes his moves, newspapers report and it has repercussions -- seems to affect markets but check into this -- I have too little background in this area, know too little.)

Ted Turner -- Not Canadian, but he gave $$$ to the UN (for what exactly?-- check) which affects all for the UN is supporting a world body.

Jacque Chirac -- Think of the recent riots in France -- perhaps hoist by his own petard. His approach and that of France affects Canadians since, more and more, our government looks to France for philosophical ideas and norms of behaviour. Think multiculturalism and the soft approach to crime, particularly crimes against property, but also, the approach that would allow a woman to kill her husband and the state allows her circumstances to result in her serving something like three years or less for it. Think of the youth justice system approach which came to Canadians via Quebec from France.

covenants, treaties and protocols -- Think of the Kyoto Accord, the Doha round of talks on . . . whatever, coming up. Consider what happened the last time a big UN conference was held in South Africa -- who were considered the world's evil nations? (no, not the stomping ground for terrorists. Try again.) Remember the global agreement(s) purportedly--in countries with populations declining--benefitting women but allowing a potential child, a foetus, to remain an un-person and thus with no legal protection and therefore, abortable.

federal judges -- The Prime Minister and his self-chosen advisors make that decision.

unelected officials -- Think of Canada's NGO's, foundations, councils, congresses and other agencies that are supported by Canadians' taxes but which operate outside the real knowledge--other than perhaps the name of the group--but taxpayers must still pay. Those paying seems to have no right to get information about these groups, no accountability and transparency; in other words, these groups are outside purview of the electorate. Can you find out easily the names of all the groups, their funding, exactly who decides which groups? Upon what criteria they are chosen? Government makes getting information very difficult.

failing to prevent the rise of Nazi Germany, imperial Japan and fascist Italy -- Think about the riots in France in this context. It, too, has implications for Canadians. Consider the rise of anti-Semitic activity in Canada. (e.g. Concordia, U of Toronto)

1,600 Vehicles Blew By Customs in 2004

1,600 Vehicles Blew By Customs in 2004 : CBSA; Customs Excise Union Calls for Border Patrol

MAR 22 2005 – Ottawa – There is a huge border security crisis in Canada. While 1,600 vehicles blew by ports last year and failed to report to Customs, more than 3,000 entered Canada illegally via just 2 of more than 200 unguarded roads.

Ron Moran, National President of [CEUDA] . . . . The closure of RCMP Detachments along the border in Ontario during the late 1990’s and in southern Québec in fall 2004 exacerbated this crisis.

CEUDA endorses the position of municipalities that grow ops and the cannabis trade are adding an additional layer of challenges to this crisis in that exporting cannabis across our border should be as much a concern for Canadians as it is for Americans who are dealing with its importation.

In her Feb 1, 2005, testimony [the Deputy PM ] said a mere 18 vehicles were known to have blown the Lacolle [PQ] border in one year, meaning their drivers did not stop to report to Customs but rather chose to proceed into the country illegally. In reality, our members counted no less than 17 vehicles during a three (3) week period in the month of December 2004 alone at this border crossing. At five (5) British Columbia border crossings, using another example, 26 vehicles blew by the ports without stopping during the week of February 7, 2005. Officials at the City of Stanstead, Québec, inform us that the count is consistently well over 250 unidentified vehicles illegally entering Canada each month by using two (2) unguarded roads, namely Leeball & Church Roads.

[. . . While] the RCMP has the mandate to patrol the border between ports of entry, the RCMP does not have enough resources to keep Detachments open and actively patrol the border in Quebec (or anywhere else). In Québec and Ontario, neither the Québec Provincial Police nor the Ontario Provincial Police have the mandate or jurisdiction to enforce border security and have in fact pulled resources away from the border. Mayors from Québec southern border municipalities testified to this Committee about how they are facing serious problems related to border crime with no ability or resources to deal with them; we have no doubt other border Mayors from across Canada will echo that very same sentiment and we are in the progress of canvassing them all.

Echoing concerns expressed by many mayors along the border, Moran says, “Canada needs eyes and ears on the ground – on the front-line; we need people talking to the locals, learning about the routes used by people smugglers and drug traffickers, monitoring activities, and establishing and maintaining a presence, which – all told – amount to nothing less than creating a very strong deterrent.”

The Customs Excise Union Douanes Accise is calling for a Canadian Border Patrol. [. . . . ]

Moran closes with, “Given the strong interest Senator Colin Kenny and his Committee have held on matters of national and border security since 9/11 and the many related reports they’ve issued, we’re hopeful his Committee will exercise that sober second thought and support our request to amend C-26.”

There is an extensive post on the CEUDA Report; search previously this month.

Gremlin Sightings -&- Currently Relevant Items

Frost Hits The Rhubarb, week of Feb. 20 to Feb. 25, 05 seems to have several items of current relevance. When I checked, I found some link errors -- fixed below.

* Not every heading or subheading has been copied here -- just what seem germane now.

* Link errors: I'm fighting gremlins all the time. Why?

Example: If this occurs in a link, then you get this code for a blank space as in e.g.
(< + br + space + / + >)
Remove it and the link will be correct.

" target=_blankCSIS Downsized 700 Agents - Report of Manpower & Funding Problem, Spinning Defeat of Bills to Split Foreign Affairs & Int. Trade
or the " target=_blankoriginal article

http://newsjunkiecanada.blogspot.com/
2005_02_21_newsjunkiecanada_archive
.html#110901816847393776

http://www.thehilltimes.ca/
html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/
2005/february/21/bills/&c=1

FHTR, week of Feb. 20-25, 05

Main headings are in red.

Democratic Power, 'Professional' Women's Power, Hydro Power, Multiculturalism's Power, MP Power, Perp Power & Cop Power

* No whites need apply -- CSC -- "What's happened to merit in this country -- abilities and skills? What's happened to training and expertise?"

No whites need apply -- CORRECTIONAL SERVICE RESTRICTS JOB APPLICATIONS Kathleen Harris, Ottawa Bureau, Feb. 23, 05

http://
www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/
TorontoSun/News/2005/
02/23/939636-sun.html

Francois Beaudoin on Crown Corps and Foundations, CBS' Fenton & Media Revelations, UN & US

* Rein in the Crowns, ex-chief says -- Boards should not be patronage havens: Beaudoin Financial Post, Diane Francis, Feb. 24, 05
http://
www.canada.com/national/
nationalpost/financialpost/
story.html?id=48171629-29
a8-49da-b8dd-c8654953ba46

Multiculturalism, IRB, Vietnamese Immigration via Philippines, Vietnamese Asian & Other Criminal Gangs in Canada [Feb. 24, 05]

* MULTICULTURAL MADNESS -- How Western Civilization has been turned upside down in one generation
http://
www.wnd.com/news/
article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42774

* How "Li Qing Mai, and her husband, Zhi Wen Tang, of Mission, B.C." got away with running a grow op -- a lesson for all
http://
www.canada.com/news/national/story.htm
l?id=0d309e75-92fa-47e7-b971-4a9ef40c07f3

* Lawyer guilty of money-laundering -- Police say conviction in 2002 sting shows growing sophistication of organized crime Paul Waldie, February 23, 2005
http://
www.wnd.com/news/
article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42774

* Immigrantion -- the IRB

* The Real Refugee Scandal -- It's a matter of life and death, not sex Claudia Rosett, February 23, 2005. Wall Street Journal
http://
www.opinionjournal.com/
columnists/cRosett/?id=110006328

* Canada to welcome Vietnamese boat people with family here -- Keeping it in the family
http://
www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/
news/story.html?id=7e96bc3c-df6
c-4933-950e-5a172ce5153f

* ASIAN ORGANIZED CRIME AND TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN CANADA, 1999-2002
A Report Prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress under an Interagency Agreement with the United States Government
July 2003
Researcher: Neil S. Helfand
Project Manager: David L. Osborne
Federal Research Division
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 20540 −4840
. . . .Homepage: http://loc.gov/rr/frd/

Note that the source of this report is the US Library of Congress. Canadian report links are in footnotes below and others are from the bibliography.

Do not miss the Bibliography

“Canadian Police: Huge Heroin Deals Funded From Hong Kong,” Hong Kong South ChinaSunday Morning Post in English [Honk Kong], June 27, 1999 (FBIS Document
CPP19990628000046).

“Canadian Report Says Some of $20 Million Hashish Imports Financed Terrorism,” The Globeand Mail [Toronto], July 15, 2002 (FBIS Document FTS20020715000129).

Canadian Security Intelligence Service. International Terrorism: The Threat to Canada. Report No. 2000/04, May 3, 2000.

Criminal Intelligence Service Canada. Annual Report on Organized Crime Canada. Ottawa: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002.

CISC Report 2004 -- "Across the country, Vietnamese-based groups remain extensively involved in multiple residential marihuana grow operations with distribution within Canada and to the U.S."

Below the excerpts are these links:

Download an Adobe Acrobat .pdf copy of the whole report (Vol64_no3_e-RCMP-BikerGangs.pdf)

Note the connections between Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs and Asian-based crime networks.

Adobe Acrobat .pdf copy of the whole report (Vol64_no3_e-RCMP-BikerGangs.pdf)
Link error:
http://
frosthitstherhubarb.blogspot.com/ [Added line-Gremlins]
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Correct link:
http://
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca

* National Strategy to Combat Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs

Gazette, Vol. 64, No. 3, 2002, "Canada's Crackdown on Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs"
Link error:
http://
frosthitstherhubarb.blogspot.com/ [Gremlin tracks]
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Correct link: www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca

* Bikers and Asian-based Organized Crime

* Ex-cop has the dirt on bad money -- COLLEGE WORKSHOPS A GLOBAL HIT Alan Cairns, Toronto Sun, February 23, 2005
http://
www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/
TorontoSun/News/
2005/02/23/939655-sun.html

Language -- Nunavut -- Elder Abuse -- Splenda

* Nunavut wants Inuktituk declared official language Feb. 20, 05, Bob Weber, CP
http://
www.canada.com/national/
story.html?id=c48b121
1-408c-4690-97f2-27d0067efbf7

* Help Me: Elder abuse in Canada

* Splenda

BusinessWeek -- Splenda information and more here

[Note: A whistleblower has spoken out this week. Check news from a Dupont scientist who has blown the whistle on a chemical(s) -- someone else told me. I don't have the news yet. NJC Nov. 25, 05 ]

Auditor General's Report on Foundations

* Opening Statement to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance: Sheila Fraser, FCA, Auditor General of Canada -- Accountability of Foundations 22 February 2005 posted Feb. 23, 05

http://
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/
domino/other.nsf/
html/05sfin01_e.html

Accountability of Foundations Chapter 4
http://
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/
domino/reports.nsf/
html/20050204ce.html
( - February 2005 Status Report of the Auditor General)

Accountability of Foundations -- Main Points

Paul Martin's government wanted to place two departments, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, under the control of one minister. Would that minister have been Bill Graham, Pierre Pettigrew or someone else who would have run the combined department?

CSIS Downsized 700 Agents - Report of Manpower & Funding Problem, Spinning Defeat of Bills to Split Foreign Affairs & Int. Trade or the original article
http://
newsjunkiecanada.blogspot.com/
2005_02_21_newsjunkiecanada_arc
hive.html#110901816847393776

http://
www.thehilltimes.ca/
html/index.php?display=story
&full_path=/2005/february/
21/bills/&c=1

Possibly of interest: scroll for header

UN: Maurice Strong and Friends -- Steyn's "The Power Behind the Thrones" Has Something for Everyone & a Canadian Connection -- Just Search

* Mark Steyn "The Power behind the thrones " -- an article with something to interest everyone -- just check the search terms.-- The Power behind the thrones
http://
www.canadafreepress.com/
2005/cover022205.htm

14 February 2005, Mark Steyn

Note the search terms at bottom of Steyn's article.

Security: Government's Prorities? Phony Docs-Harjit Singh, CSIS-Charkaoui-No Electronic Monitoring Device Available, Canadian Islamic Congress & CAIR

* Security: What are the Government's Prorities? -- public enemy #1 crooks and terrorists are coming in -- and Canada's Liberal welcome wagon is out -- discussion of this might embarass the government --

Border alert for deportee and credit-card scamster, Harjit Singh who has filed a $1.25-million countersuit against former Minister Sgro
http://
www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/
TorontoSun/News/2005/
02/23/939649-sun.html
Tom Godfrey, Toronto Sun, Feb. 23, 05

* CSIS agent testifies at Charkaoui hearing about threats to Canada -- Minister claims $8 billion for security but no electronic monitoring device available

Security: Mystery gas, Who Directs Foreign Policy? Beware China's traps, 10 Most 'Spiked' Stories

* Security: Canada's "independent" foreign policy
* Security: Beware China's traps
* Security: Identity-theft case the latest in a series
* Security: -- WND's 'Operation Spike' pinpoints major events media ignored

The year's 10 most underreported stories
http://
www.wnd.com/
news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42985

America's vulnerability to a nuclear terrorist attack tops the list of the 10 most "spiked" or underreported stories of the last year, according to an annual WND survey.

November 24, 2005

CPC Candidate: Allan Cutler -&- Whistleblower Evidence: Several Whistleblowers

Bumped up; see below for new post

Caveat: There is so much posted within a week on Frost Hits the Rhubarb, in this case, the week of Feb. 13 to Feb. 19 on the Whistleblowers and their Evidence, that some of the listed items below may be out of order and links may be incorrect. I have not the time to check and correct this.

Global National Adscam whistleblower to seek Tory nomination via Jack's Newswatch: Nov. 23, 05

OTTAWA -- A former civil servant [Allan Cutler] who refused to go along with the way the sponsorship program was run will seek a Conservative nomination in the federal election expected to be called next week. [. . . . ]

Background: Allan Cutler, Whistleblower & Candidate, Conservative Party of Canada

http://
frosthitstherhubarb.blogspot.com/
2005_02_13_frosthitstherhubarb_archive.html

Cutler and other Whistleblowers

Frost Hits the Rhubarb February 13-19, 2005: Excerpts from Whistleblowers' Evidence to a Parliamentary Committee

What follow are some headings, subheadings, articles that I noted as possibly relevant -- incomplete -- done quickly

February 19, 2005
Security: Real Risks and Government Responses -- Note Failure to Act -- and Weasel Words

http://
www.parl.gc.ca/38/1/parlbus/chambus/
house/debates/060_2005-02-18/ques060-E.htm

Border Security
(1155) to (1200)

[and . . . .

Search: "Now for what our Deputy Prime Minister--Minister of Insecurity and Speaking for PM on Touchy Issues--does not want to admit into the light of Parliament. "

A portion of a 300 page report on Security

CHAPTER 2
Border Crossings ]

http://
www.parl.gc.ca/38/1/parlbus/commbus/
senate/com-e/defe-e/rep-e/
rep03nov04part1-e.htm#_Toc89252228

February 16, 2005
Bud Talkinghorn: Kyoto Accord Shell Games & Question Period on Daycare & Deliberate Caterwauling to Drown Out Pro-Family MP's Question, Etc.

Whistleblower Legislation - Protection: Cutler & Hon. Diane Marleau-Include RCMP and Crowns -- [includes "Potpourri -- Bud Talkinghorn: Weird Stories, Lebanon at the Abyss, Mike Weir" ]

http://
www.parl.gc.ca/committee/
CommitteePublication.aspx?SourceId=100732

February 15, 2005
Robert Read ex-RCMP: "Triads had infested Canada's immigration system" -- "a political silver bullet" -- NATIONAL SECURITY

February 15, 2005
Bill C-11 Whistleblowers and Quotations: Cutler, Selwyn, Read (RCMP), McAdam (Foreign Service Officer)

* Note: Link missing for Hansard Feb. 15/05 -- ORAL QUESTION PERIOD

Search: "The auditor general is barred from looking at Crown corporations." Stephanie Rubic, Toronto Sun, Feb. 16, 05

Bill C-11 Whistleblowers, Introduction: Mr. Leon Benoit CPC -- EVIDENCE-Quotes from Mr. Allan Cutler, Mr. Selwyn Pieters, ex-foreign service officer in Hong Kong, Brian McAdam and ex-RCMP Corporal Read

http://
www.parl.gc.ca/committee/
CommitteePublication.aspx?SourceId=100732

The Report:

38th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION -- Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates -- EVIDENCE: ex-RCMP Corporal Robert Read, ex-foreign service officer, the blunt ex-foreign service officer Brian Adams, Joanna Gualtieri, Canada's expert on whistle-blowing, civil servant Allan Cutler, et cetera, February 3, 2005 -- you may download it.

February 14, 2005
Andrew Coyne & Hansard on Sponsorship Scam: Taking Refuge in The Charter-Multiculturalism-Unity-Minorities-Language

The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel -- Appeals to Liberal Interpretations of the Charter of Rights, Unity, Multiculturalism, Minorities and Language -- [includes "Hansard Feb 8/05 -- Sponsorship Program" ]

Hansard: National Defense -- Bafflegab and BS! -- Infuriating -- [includes "Hansard Feb 7/05 -- National Defence -- With answers like these, they must figure Canadians are utterly stupid. " ]

February 13, 2005
Kurtz-Frontline-Media Corruption-Iraq-Eason Jordan, Cda-PM-China-Photo Op, Drugs-Fake Docs-ITF-TO Cops

Analysis and Discussion of Media Corruption

PM's Photo Op in China -- a networking opportunity for all

UN Sex Crimes-Congo, Bill Clinton to UN?, UNSCAM-'top loading'-Tanker Monitor -- [includes "Judi McLeod:" (Note that McLeod has made connections important to Canada and Canadians )]

RCMP-Satellite Pirates, Gitmo Khadr, Europeanized Canada, Weston on Gomery, Crime's Down? Military Equipjment, Terror Database [Note: mis-typed Equipment. NJC ]

The above post includes:

RCMP's action against satellite piracy lauded

Canada can't save you -- a view of Canada from the US

Gomery Inquiry: Juicy stuff yet to come -- Greg Weston

Terror database is secret weapon

Military: "Grits a study in dithering" -- It's always much cheaper to report or study something than actually do anything

ARMED FORCES EQUIPMENT IS OLDER THAN THE PEOPLE USING IT, BOB MACDONALD LAMENTS Feb. 13, 05

Remember, go to the Hansard originals for complete testimony. What I post is limited by time constraints . . . and sometimes unintentional errors . . . and, of course, the gremlins. NJC

Kinsella Bites! -- Nov. 24

Kinsella -- via Maz2 in comments at WesternStandard -- Scroll down Nov. 24, 05

Loyal Chretienite speaks:
November 2005
COMMENT
November 24, 2005 - Looking at the communications carnage in today's papers - and recalling last night's newscasts - I can now pass judgment. And my judgment is this: . . . .

Watch for Warren Kinsella's next Bite! Ta. I'm off to write 39 competing press releases, which I intend to release simultaneously, late on a Friday afternoon and just before a long weekend.

Newsbeat1 & Kate of SDA -- Goodies

Hansard: QP Nov. 22, 05 -- or excerpts -- Newsbeat1

More excerpts:

Hansard: QP Nov. 23, 05

Hansard: QP Nov. 23, 05

Non confidence Motion- "culture of entitlement"

Kate: SDA: "Flagging A Poll: Welcome CTV Viewers!" on polls simply delightful -- via Newsbeat1

[Comment: Altruistic ] To top it off I interviewed with the company in Regina (whose headquarters are in Texas) that designs the Sask government software BEFORE I was hired on in the USA and I wouldn't touch their technology with a ten foot pole. Remember that whole land titles software scam - over budget past due. I interviewed for that and ran like mad when I found out what they were doing. So again Saskatchewan continues the time-honored tradition of exporting people who excel in their profession.

Anyway, I wonder if the Calvert government would consent to a third party security audit if their computer system was hacked. Get the forensics guys in there right away to find out what happened. After all, someone may have stole our personal information and suscepted the whole province to identity theft. Who knows what OTHER problems a hacker caused besides this poll situation. [. . . . ]

Kate: comments

Search: giving friendly advice to a colleague on how to rise up the food chain
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/mt/
mt-comments.cgi?__mode=red&id=35503
Posted by: Plato's Stepchild at November 22, 2005 10:28 AM

Search: No Whites--or Natives--Need Apply:
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Search: A public cat fight over entitlement

Search: Fuddle Duddle [if you missed the link to this yesterday ]

Calgary EMS Encourages Citizens to Put a Little "ICE" on Their Cell Phones -- "ICE, is an acronym that stands for "In Case of Emergency". " -- how to -- worth knowing

November 23, 2005

A Billion Here, A Billion There for...Whatever, PM--Use $ to Retain/Rehire RCMP -&- Cdn Terrorist -&- Giveaways

Bumped up -- new post below

Get them while they're hot!

Auditor General: Report 2005--PDF downloads -- also html files

Before getting to a news item -- the AG's Report 2005 and the part about the RCMP, it might be useful to think of the following:

A Billion here, a Billion there & soon you're talking real money . . . whoever said it.

Did [Everett]Dirksen ever say, " A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money"?. . . . He spoke often and passionately about the debt ceiling, federal spending, and the growth of government. Yet there is no authoritative reference to the "billion" phrase. [. . . . ]

The closest documented statement came at a joint Senate-House Republican leadership press conference on March 8, 1962, when Dirksen said, "The favorite sum of money is $1 billion – a billion a year for a fatter federal payroll, a billion here, a billion there." [EMD Papers, Republican Congressional Leadership File, f. 25] But the "and pretty soon you're talking real money" is missing.

In another close call, the New York Times, January 23, 1961, quoted Dirksen: "Look at education – two-and-one-half billion – a billion for this, a billion for that, a billion for something else. Three to five billion for public works. You haven't got any budget balance left. You'll be deeply in the red." [Cited in Byron Hulsey's "Everett Dirksen and the Modern Presidents," Ph.D. dissertation (May 1998, University of Texas, p. 226] . . . .

If PM & Team have $$$ for Votes, how about some $$$ for the RCMP?

Auditor general says Mounties need better recruitment, training policies -- "training facilities can't produce the number of recruits needed, the auditor general reported" John Ward, NP/CP, Nov. 23, 05

[. . . . ] The report also found that when the RCMP lacks officers to meet its provincial and community police duties, it routinely pulls people from national police work - including drug and organized crime investigations - to fill the gap. And the national police force has to improve its training. [. . . . ]

On the RCMP, Fraser said the force will need to train 1,400 cadets a year over the next four years, but its Regina recruit depot can only turn out 1,200 a year and can't boost that number quickly.

How many RCMP officers are studying or upgrading at any one time? How many are on language training? How many are about to retire but might be enticed to remain--think money--until more young men are trained? How many love the job and might just want to be asked?

Appeal to their pride, to their love of the force and their love of country. That might be the best appeal. Most people near retirement have all the worldly goods they want or want or need -- whether to drive or power about a lake -- to keep body and soul together at home--to dust, to move or to store. Most people simply want to be appreciated. Perhaps the PM and the administration of the RCMP could give them recognition that their contribution has been valuable enough that the force wants them to stay on.

PM & Team: Instead of allowing them to retire with flowers or a gold watch, keep them with $$$ -- At least Canadians would get a return for their taxpayer dollars.

Retain or re-hire RCMP officers--the older and well-trained ones, the ones well-versed in the system, the ones who have the hard-won experience--before they're lost to the RCMP and to Canadians.

Related:

Paul Palango: two books
Above the law - ***** stars
The Last Guardians: The Crisis in the RCMP - and Canada **** 1/2 stars

Canadian Terrorist(s)

U.S. jury indicts ex-Canadian resident -- Along with dirty bomber Padilla Beth Gorham, NP/CP, Nov. 23, 05

Canadian Kassem Daher and U.S. citizen Jose Padilla [a Brooklyn-born Muslim convert] have been charged with conspiring to "murder, maim and kidnap" people overseas as members of a North American terrorist cell.

[. . . . ] "These defendants also allegedly took steps to disguise their fundraising and recruitment activities by speaking in code and using non-governmental organizations as a front for illegitimate activities."

Search:

sent money, assets and recruits to
fighting violent jihad
CSIS director Jim Judd

Mackenzie Pipeline deal by noon today?

Feds ante cash for residential schools abused NP/CP, Nov. 23, 05

[. . . . ] The deal, which must be approved by the courts, is open to more than 80,000 former students.

Each eligible former student who applies would be entitled to $10,000 plus $3,000 for each year spent in the schools.

Former students over age 65 can apply for a fast-track advance payment of $8,000 [. . . . ]

Search: further legal liability

Today's Photo Op: PM Team & Chiefs

$4B for native school abuse -- Truth-and-reconciliation commission to get $60M Allan Woods; with files from Richard Foot, CanWest, Nov. 23, 05

The package, which was agreed upon and signed Nov. 20, is expected to commit an immediate $2-billion for lump-sum payments to individual native victims of the schools, as well as $60-million for a truth-and-reconciliation commission to examine, between the next two to five years, the decades-long scandal of abuse, according to a copy of the agreement obtained yesterday. [. . . . ]

The organization says about 86,000 people who attended the schools are alive today.

The $60-million truth-and-reconciliation commission is intended to give "all the survivors ... their chance to tell their stories," said a source close to the deal. [. . . . ]

Taxpayers pay. . . pay. . . pay. . . pay. . . pay. . . pay

At least give Canadian taxpayers security and proper policing.

Electioneering & Priorities

$4.6 billion tabbed to buy military transport planes -- The specs to satisfy the area that must be satisfied must be ready.

Worth reading Third World: Sask -- part of the series of life as it really is on reserve. It goes along with Updated: Polly & the Parrots: the Potlatch Series? Abotech -&- Prosperity

I see the fearmongering about Quebec and separatism coming: Andrew Coyne: The latest separatist smackdown A16 -- his usual logical self

PM appointment: Friend of the family -- Head of Library of Parliament edited book by Martin's father

Government fall will hurt trade talks: Peterson -- Something might change . . . for the better -- more fearmongering to frighten people into voting Liberal

National Post headline today: "PQ will win Quebec vote, business worries"

The quote is from a Financial Post CEO poll [check for link] done by Compass -- No vested interest here, of course. (Where is Frank McKenna during all this brouhaha, anyway? Waiting for the call should the Liberals need him? )

Here we go again with the Librano$ "Vote Liberal and keep Quebec in Canada" schtick. The last time the Libs played this game, Canadians got Chinese-made Canadian flags, the ADSCAM / Sponsorship / Slush Fund Scandal--costs still unknown--no paper trail in some instances--though some figures have been bandied about--and the taxpayers of Canada got hosed . . . and Canadians will be paying for that and for the rest of the PM and Team's pre-election potlatch . . . More will be promised or given.

Paul Martin will pay any amount of your money to remain in the seat of power, font of the gushing funds from overtaxation that he spreads around . . . costing him nothing but he looks the generous Big Daddy for the photo-ops; there are other perqs of office.

Rae completes Air India report

It takes an election to do what's right? -- Report says Ottawa must hold Air India inquiry

Trudeau's ex-wife cites charter in acquittal on impaired charge

Do you think you would get the same result? . . . If not, how did you feel when you read this? The system kicked in to protect her good name? It is pathetic that this story even made the newspapers if all others charged with the same offense don't. I bear her no rancour; she had to live with PET, suffering enough for one who was a lively young woman married to an old(er) man. Her name would never have made the national news if she hadn't been Pierre Elliot Trudeau's ex-wife -- so position has been a mixed blessing for her.

PM's 'erratic' stewardship causing rift with U.S. -- but he's gaining with France and China -- no problems

Second finding of avian flu in B.C

The McGill mind behind 'soft torture'

Sweeping It Under -- Our grimy great lakes: The dirty secrets of the Canadian shipping industry’s cleanup practices -- Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) Sept-Oct 2005, Alex Roslin

By the time the tunnelmen were done, the Tadoussac would be in Lake Erie. The ship’s master would swing the boom out over the water and pass Macdonald the word to have the electrician start the conveyor belts. The belts would whir into motion, and the sweepings would pour off the boom into the waters of Lake Erie for half an hour, leaving a trail of iron-ore dust in the ship’s wake—the only visible sign of the environmental degradation. [. . . . ]

CSL is only one shipping company dumping sweepings into the Great Lakes. Ships have discharged cargo residue there ever since armadas of ore carriers started criss-crossing the lakes in the 1870s. No one knows how much has collected on the lakebeds travelled by major carriers, but cargo sweeping is routine for the 130 lakers that ply those waters today. Fourteen of these lakers are owned or operated by CSL, the company held by Paul Martin from 1981 to 1993, when he became finance minister and transferred management duties to a trustee. [. . . . ]

Black will appear in court Nov. 30, says his lawyer

Alta. won't abide by gas regulations

Did Scott Brison jump to the wrong ship? Is he becoming unhinged defending the ship he jumped to? Overwhelmed with the job of defending the PM? PWGSC?

Brison faces war of words -- A longtime, loyal Liberal [Sandra McGrath] is demanding an apology from Public Works Minister Scott Brison Kathleen Harris, Edm. Sun, Nov. 22, 05

After serving two terms on the Human Resources Development Canada Board of Referees, she was upset that Brison had led her to believe she was a shoo-in for the reappointment she ultimately did not get.

During a chance encounter at Acton's Restaurant in Wolfville, N.S., McGrath aired her frustration and advised Brison she would not support him in the next campaign.

"He got very upset. He looked at me and said, 'Well I've got something to tell you. I'm going to be the MP for a very, very long time, and you can kiss my ass,' "

November 22, 2005

France eyes oil-rich Atlantic seabed, Drug Bust, ACOA / Atlantic Innovation Fund Grants

France eyes oil-rich Atlantic seabed CBC, 17 Nov 2005

France wants control over a large section of oil-rich seabed in the Atlantic Ocean just off Newfoundland in what would be a controversial "leapfrog" over Canadian waters, according to a newspaper report.

The proposed area of French control, contained in a document presented to an international panel, is beyond the jurisdiction of Canada's current 320-kilometre limit, says the National Post.

[. . . . ] In 1992, an international tribunal awarded Saint-Pierre and Miquelon exclusive rights over a large corridor of water reaching south to the edge of Canada's 320-kilometre limit. [. . . . ]

Global governance . . . Soon, there will be a tax paid by the haves for the have-nots, (UN) I seem to remember. The world and global governance -- unfolding as planned.

"a two-year joint-forces investigation into an alleged drug smuggling ring"

10 Canadians among nearly 300 arrested as alleged drug ring busted -- face "drug conspiracy charges in the United States" -- more expected CP, Nov. 18, 05

Authorities seized more than 900,000 ecstasy tablets, more than 600 kilograms of marijuana, and $4.8 million US in assets. [. . . . ]

ACOA / AIF -- A Few Advantaged, Others Not

This covers Commercial and Non-Commercial Grants

Do you sense a skewing of what would be the usual process of business -- successes or failures -- through grants to commercial organizations?

Who decides that the commercial organizations named are the best business ventures to back with other people's money?

Are there any commercial organizations which are involved in the same or similar endeavours but who did not receive grants and what is the result? I know of at least one business negatively affected by this skewing -- government supporting the competitive business.

Whose taxes pay for the ACOA-AIF funds for the commercial organizations--businesses--that receive these grants? . . . The commercial organizations--businesses--that did not get grants. The rest of Canadians who pay for themselves, their business expenses and taxes and then must contribute to others' businesses in another area of Canada.

Think; every time a business manages to get some advantage--from any level of government--which others do not get, what is the result? For example:

* grants skew the research chosen to be pursued since governments may and can choose what will advantage re-election rather than for other good reasons

* tax advantage or dispensation on taxes -- e.g. Irving, LNG & St. John city council

* infrastructure which primarily advantages the business(es) which are using or will use it -- think the port built for orimulsion which will be used by and thus an advantage to a privately owned company, Irving -- LNG, though it was paid for through taxation of all citizens who were expecting it to be used for the orimulsion to be shipped in from Venezuela

* prestige / preferential treatment -- for one business over another or one sector over another -- gives greater credibility because of the government's imprimatur -- e.g. international business teams led by elected politicians and the attendant publicity paid for with taxes, since the government advertises these liberally

* special awards publicity -- e.g. announcement of awards publicized by the government through the media paid for by Canadians tax $$$

Then the businesses that did not get the same advantage are paying through their taxes for other people's business good fortune and grant advantage. Does that seem fair?

To whose advantage is it, then, to choose who will be the winners? And what is the advantage?

ACOA-Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF): Proponent Name and Project Description Approved Funding (Phase II)

Approved and Announced AIF Projects By Province - Round II

New Brunswick: Non-Commercial Organizations

Centre for Nuclear Energy Research Inc. – Develop Instrumentation for Metal Corrosion Prevention $4,000,000
Institut de recherche sur les zones côtières (Université de Moncton) – Commercialization of High Pedigreed Arctic Charr Products $1,500,000
Université de Moncton – Design/Development Innovative Thin Film Smart Systems $2,700,000
Institut de recherche sur les zones côtières (Université de Moncton) – Technology and services for the shellfish industry $1,300,000
University of New Brunswick – Beyond Kyoto: Atlantic sustainable Power R&D Initiatives $1,000,000
University of New Brunswick – Develop Nanoparticle/glass-fibre Composites for Dental Posts $500,000
University of New Brunswick – Development of Value-Added Fiber Material $900,000
University of New Brunswick – Effluent Treatment System for Land-Based Aquaculture $1,400,000
University of New Brunswick Fuzzy Adaptive Survivability Tools for Intrusion Detection $1,200,000
University of New Brunswick – Novel Bioreactor for Wastewater Treatment $600,000
University of New Brunswick – Wireless eHealth Devices for Rehabilitation Field$1,900,000

New Brunswick: Non-Commercial Organizations Total $17,000,000

New Brunswick: Commercial Organizations

Apex Industries Inc. – High Velocity Machining of Monolithic Structures $5,500,000
Flakeboard Company Limited – Resin Application System $2,800,000
Innovatia Inc. – Development of Learner-Centric eLearning Product and Service $2,400,000
Spielo Manufacturing Incorporated – Mercury Project to build iLink product $1,900,000 [Spielo -- gambling related? ]
Whitehill Technologies Inc. – Applied Development Tool for Industry specific web based portals $2,800,000

New Brunswick: Commercial Total - $17,000,000

New Brunswick: Total - $32,400,000

Newfoundland and Labrador: Non-Commercial Organizations

College of the North Atlantic – Wave-Powered Pumping of Seawater $400,000
CNG International Marine Institute – Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Centre of Excellence (CoE) $4,000,000
Memorial University of Newfoundland Inco Innovation Centre $13,100,000
Memorial University of Newfoundland Modeling/Simulation of Harsh Environments $3,200,000
Memorial University of Newfoundland Nfld. and Labrador Pharmacy Research $3,200,000
Memorial University of Newfoundland RAVEN-Remote Aerial Vehicles for Environment-monitoring $1,300,000
Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden Inc. – Research/Development Ornamentals for Atlantic Nursery/Greenhouse $1,000,000

Newfoundland and Labrador: Non – Commercial Total $26,000,000

Newfoundland and Labrador: Commercial Organizations

Baader-Canpolar Inc. – Multi-spectral Machine Vision Automatic Food Inspection $2,900,000
CHC Composites Inc. Composites Insertion Program - Sikorsky $3,700,000
Natural Newfoundland Nutraceutical Inc. – Natural NL Nutraceutical Product Development/Commercialization Centre $3,900,000
Rutter Technologies Inc. – Advanced Marine Technology Initiative (AMTI) $1,400,000
International Communications and Navigation Ltd. – Research/Development of Integrated Shipboard Info System $1,000,000

Newfoundland and Labrador: Commercial Total $12,900,000

Newfoundland and Labrador: Total $38,900,000

Nova Scotia: Non – Commercial

Acadia University – Atlantic Centre for Global Change and Ecosystem Research $1,500,000
Dalhousie University – Advanced Processes for Infrastructure Health Monitoring $1,500,000
Dalhousie University – Molecular/statistical tools to improve tree breeding $600,000
Mount Saint Vincent University – eLearning in Communities of Practice $2,100,000
Nova Scotia Agricultural College – Nutritionally Enhanced Dairy Products $1,900,000
Saint Mary’s University – Geomatics Development of Time-Space Activity Data $2,500,000
Salmon River Salmon Association – Aquatic/Terrestrial/Agriculture CKD Liming Project $400,000 [I thought the Salmon River was in NB ?]
St. Francis Xavier University – Biogeochemical-Physical climatic Processes Centre $3,000,000
University College of Cape Breton – Petroleum Applications of Wireless Systems (PAWS)$5,600,000
St. Francis Xavier University – Gemini Surfactant Technology Research Facility $3,500,000

Nova Scotia: Non-Commercial Organizations: Total $22,600,000

Nova Scotia: Commercial Organizations

Abridean Inc. – Abridean Wireless $2,100,000
Acadian Seaplants Limited – Develop extracts from marine plants for Agrifood Industry $1,500,000
Composites Atlantic Limited - Development of composite struts for aeronautics $700,000
Diaphonics Inc. – Voice Biometric Speaker Identification System $2,700,000
Immuno Vaccine Technologies Inc. – New Peptide-Based Vaccines $3,800,000
Martec Limited – Chinook – Advanced Tools to Evaluate Explosives/Gas Dynamics $2,400,000
Oxford Frozen Foods Limited – Environmental Technology And Precision Agriculture Initiative $1,600,000
Scotian Halibut Limited – Develop Certified Halibut Broodstock $2,700,000
Sepracor Canada Limited – Develop Manufacturing Process for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient $2,700,000
Techlink International Entertainment Limited – Dataceptor on a Chip System $2,700,000 [Look into gambling / gaming June 24, 04, News Junkie Canada, and Techlink's contribution.]
Navitrak International Corporation – Airborne Real Time Geographic Information system $2,100,000

Nova Scotia: Commercial Organizations Total $25,000,000

Nova Scotia Total $47,600,000

Prince Edward Island: Non-Commercial Organizations

University of Prince Edward Island – Develop Atlantic Centre For Comparative Biomedical Research $2,000,000
University of Prince Edward Island – Institute for Bioresource Innovation $6,200,000

Non – Commercial Total $8,200,000

Prince Edward Island: Commercial Organizations

Atlantis BioActives Corporation – Development of New Pharmaceutical Products $4,000,000
ChitoXanSys Limited – BioChelation Applications Development For Surface Activated Crustacean Shell $1,600,000
Diagnostic Chemicals Limited – Development/Commercialization New Reagents/Methods – PEGylation of Biomolecules $3,000,000

Prince Edward Island: Commercial Total $8,600,000

Prince Edward Island Total $16,800,000

Pan-Atlantic

Association of Atlantic Universities - Establish an Atlantic University Commercialization Network $3,600,000

Pan Atlantic Total $3,600,000

Grand Total $139,300,000

The Mulroney Tapes: Brian Mulroney, Peter Newman, the CBC & MSM

CBC television, Nov. 21, 05

I expected the usual CBC shiv in ex-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's back, exquisitely positioned so as to go through him and into the Conservative Party of Canada, CBC's usual modus operandi -- if they have nobody else at that time. CBC certainly advertised The Mulroney Tapes by Peter Newman so as to put the most negative light possible on him; they kept advertising his "coarse language".

I was not a great Mulroney fan during his administration--his voice or its timbre put me off--and so fed were all of us with negative mainstream media criticism that I suspect I was affected. I have come to reconsider his administration though I did not agree with all of his ideas. However, last night's program was a revelation. He has a lovely voice when talking on a personal level. Not only did he have some astute observations, but they were delivered intelligently--whether he was into his midnight cups or not, as has been hinted at by . . . whom? Mainstream media and particularly, CBC, of course. Anyway, I was delightfully surprised.

I liked the man revealed. Mulroney came across as genuine and genuinely surprised at Canadians' reaction to the Meech Lake Accord. He was correct in that, if PE Trudeau hadn't been so desperate to have a constitution--despite the fact that Canada had worked well previously, and despite the Separatists--PET wouldn't have played around with one at all. . . and should not have. Trudeau's legacy is now sorely tarnished, anyway, without the Mulroney tapes.

Our experience of the Constitution has hardly been an unalloyed blessing. Had PET left things alone, Canadians would still have had the traditional common law approach we inherited from the British tradition. However, PET just had to get a constitution for Canada -- and so there has been much more controversy than Mulroney felt was needed. Mulroney sounded as though he really thought he could right the situation with Quebec -- but it is an arguable position that well-intentioned people could dispute. That was never the sovereigntists plan, anyway -- think Bouchard. Also, it was revealed that, after a speech in Quebec, Mulroney had to fire Bouchard -- not the story we were told in the MSM. The rest of the Quebec-Canada problems everyone knows only too well.

Mulroney skewered people delightfully and shares some of my own pet peeves too -- the media negativity without regard to the facts of what his administration accomplished -- the close relationship between the Liberals and the CBC which we have had occasion to appreciate since, with the CBC's Adrienne Clarkson and now, the CBC's Michaelle Jean, both appointed GG. As Mulroney termed the cross-pollination, (I remember) something along the line of this whole "leftist / liberal Press Gallery / CBC relationship is so incestuous." Indeed!

I felt Mulroney was a man I would like. His coarse language? Most of the men I know use it -- or worse. They're men, for goodness sakes. I don't expect men not to use salty language occasionally. Actually, Mulroney surprised me by how articulate he actually is in private -- or when he thinks he is.

CBC may not have meant to present Brian Mulroney in a positive light, but they erred.

As for Peter C. Newman -- well, who would ever trust him as a friend now? Honour? Forget it. A disappointment. He simply revealed himself and it is not positive. His questions were those of a sleazy individual leading on one who thought Newman was a friend and Newman's tone hinted at betrayal--but that is by hindsight. Newman has also trashed Conrad Black's reputation and that of Barbara Frum. Has Newman been a one-man sleeper cell for the Liberals all along?

CBC's "CHECKPOINT": A Barrier to Understanding -- What happens when a movie crew drops into a conflict zone for three years and produces an 80-minute, narrowly-focused documentary lacking context or narration? November 22, 2005

Checkpoint shows poignant and disturbing images of Israelis with weapons controlling the movements of unarmed Palestinians.

CBC's introductory voice-over and closing note failed to mention the deadly violence that brought about the checkpoints. And CBC's online description of the film -- 317 words long -- never informed viewers that the checkpoints were intended to stop suicide bombings. Instead, it spoke of Israelis' "almost unlimited position of power" and "the corruption of the conqueror brought about by extended occupation." [. . . . ]

Learn more at HonestReporting.ca

CBC Newsworld will re-broadcast CHECKPOINT on Nov. 26 at 10:00 PM ET/PT.

Win $$$ with ideas

Explore ideas -- "the "dean of Washington political journalists", David Broder, had a column on this site."

We're looking for fresh, new ideas for a better America. Do you have a common-sense idea that will improve the day-to-day lives of everyday Americans? Or an opinion on how working families can succeed in the new global economy?

You have until December 5, 2005, to submit your idea and to weigh in. A panel of judges will select the top 21 ideas. All of America will be able to vote on the finalists, and on February 1, one person will win $100,000—runners up receive $50,000 each.

Someone, get this going for Canada.

Read the comments: "Still soft peddling the violence problem-it's the drugs and power" -- original Star article here

U.S. as OPEC's hostage Also Canada's PM is making anti-American noises -- enough that the US may be hostage to the deals being worked out with China and the EU--check France and Total / TotalFinaElf.

Healthcare, $$$, Political Reality & Fortitude When "We want it all" -&- ex-Deputy Min.Swain: Resist Reform

PM and Team are throwing around $$$ for votes instead of putting that taxpayer money into what all Canadians need, access to decent health care. There is no point at this stage in throwing more money at intractable problems such as the native pathologies just to keep a lid on the situation so PM can remain at 24 Sussex. PM and Team are going to run an election on anti-Americanism, promoting pro-China and pro-France deals (See Societe buys into oilpatch Financial Post, Nov. 22, 05) and the economy--the giveaway series.

Payment down the road? But of course!

Christie Blatchford: wait-time calamities -- scary Nov. 21, 05, Globe and Mail

I had assumed our physician shortage problem was that our medical schools did not graduate enough physicians -- that, if available, our hospitals would hire them. I assumed a newly graduated physician could just about name where he/she wanted to locate and governments would hire based on our obvious need, within total budget constraints. Not so. Physician numbers allowed by government budget are not elastic enough to encompass need nor a private insurance option. This does not apply in certain provinces nor with certain people such as the PM who has a private clinic to which he may repair.

For most, the great unwashed, governments decide whether it is one, two, or more physicians of a particular specialty hired in an area. The money for the next and needed physician may go into something else, perhaps of a more politically useful nature. Think of the cry not to close hospital beds in a community so politicians sometimes cave in, to satisfy a local and vocal group or community willing to make enough noise.

Politicians may respond to what is unreasonable under pressure, but our politicians should be looking into and deciding based on the best solution overall and over all areas of a province-- or of a country--in the areas in which the federal government influences with tax dollars and other methods.

It takes a strong politician to withstand the protests which are always seized upon by an opposition to gain political points -- whether it makes good public policy to support the protestors or not. Doing right may mean losing at the ballot box the next election. An example would be demands from areas facing bed or hospital closures -- the reality for small towns.

Less populated areas are going to have to consolidate and co-operate but, when they threaten noisy public protest, politicians listen. Between the need for doctors and the political aspect for governments, the result is that doctors cannot locate where people want them nor where they want to go, nor can most politicians make good decisions when there is too much public protest, unless we as an electorate admit that we are partly to blame. We want it all and we can't have it.

Some form of private health service for which insurance would pay would lower the numbers on public health waiting lists -- though how a government would discourage doctors from opting out and earning more in a private clinic is beyond me, if that were an option. Our problem is that politicians are not even talking about how a workable combination of public and private health care could be accomplished, so verboten is the subject.

Up to this point, politicians see it as political suicide to admit the obvious, that our system is breaking down. The result? The wealthy always have access elsewhere and others, including some politicians, have access to private care here in Canada, but the latter lie publicly about not allowing private health care in Canada.

All the better to buy your vote, my dear. We can do without timely public--or private--care, as long as we believe the Big Bad Wolf and keep voting for lies.

And read Blatchford.

Another Perspective on Achieving Needed Change

Retired deputy minister urges civil service to resist reforms -- Former deputy minister Harry Swain is urging senior bureaucrats to fight back against reforms, says 238 new rules, plus legions of comptrollers and auditors won't prevent malfeasance. Mike De Souza, The Hill Times, November 21, 05

[. . . . ] Amidst the dire warnings about Canada's future and a stinging criticism of the Martin government, a former deputy minister is urging senior bureaucrats to fight back against reforms that were designed to make the state more accountable.

Former deputy minister Harry Swain suggested the changes to government administration, proposed in response to the sponsorship scandal, may increase bureaucracy, and cause a "breakdown," or "total constipation" of the system. But he said policies change from one administration to another, and it's always up to the senior managers in the civil service to convince politicians what is working, and what should be changed. [. . . . ]

As long as Parliament can make input. The hiring / firing / appointment process is so controlled by PM / PMO / governing party input with all the peripheral input--think ADSCAM--that there is no brake upon the present situation.

Canadians need a change of government regularly, so that they have a chance for the system to work as it seemed to before so much control moved to the PM/PMO. The system would not be so warped if governments were regularly turfed out but the Liberals have played the old Quebec separation card too long, along with the scary Harper, right wing Conservative mantras. Begone with you, you tired old dissemblers.

Military: On buying new equipment, Borders, Al-Qaeda: Mexico & Cdn. Visas -&- More

Military: On buying new equipment

I see that PM & Team are ramping up the buying.There is Ottawa may change bid process for aircraft CTV.ca, Nov. 11, 05

but also, check this older item from FHTR in August.

Liberals Break Promise on Accelerating Purchase of Search and . . . . Air force sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, say the statement of requirements has been written and rewritten at least four times over the past year at the request of officials in the office of Defence Minister Bill Graham. (National Post, September 1, 2005) -- or on CCD Posted by James Hunter on 12:31:39 2005/09/01

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A copy of the article is on:
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So many past links have developed gremlins which render the links useless that I am trying to remember to include the links so you may copy and paste; simply place on one line.

I discovered another older post which has many link errors now. It will come later, time permitting.

Shotgun: Natural Selection -- on the gangland funeral, murder and a church labelled (mild language caution) -- Voicing what some of us think, RightGirl [http://girlontheright.com/]

This one paragraph should start your search / research
Dust My Broom: The Martin Youth -- on HRDC, family, childcarecanada.org Shotgun / Kate MacMillan, Nov. 21, 05

The bogus case for quotas NP, Nov. 22, 05

Report cruises being used to traffic people NP, Nov. 22, 05

Does Canada really want easier entry from Mexico?

Al-Qaida Operative Nabbed Near Mexican Border -- An Iraqi "al-Qaida operative who was on the FBI's terrorist watch list was recently captured near the Mexican border" NewsMax, Nov. 20, 2005

[. . . . ] He said FBI Director Robert Mueller had previously "confirmed" in testimony before his committee "that there are individuals from countries with known al-Qaida connections who are changing their Islamic surnames to Hispanic-sounding names and obtaining false Hispanic identities, learning to speak Spanish and pretending to be Hispanic immigrants."

"And these are clearly Arab terrorists," [. . . . ]

Related links on the website:
Al-Qaeda
Immigration/Borders
War on Terrorism

PM & Team, does Canada really need an agreement which makes it easier for these terrorists to get into Canada from Mexico? Think of your free trade agreement with Mexico through this perspective -- an agreement which also, I believe, allows visa-free entrance to Canada.

"Alien and drug smugglers--automatic weapons, global-positioning units and night-vision scopes"

Search also for an article yesterday or Sunday on armed Mexicans or other illegals with some large machine--tractor? bulldozer? tractor trailer?--crossing into the US and seizing--back?--a massive amount of marijuana from police or border guards. I forget the details but I filed the idea in my mind that it was bad, bad news.

Jerry Seper: How rapists prey on vulnerable border crossers WashTimes, Nov. 21, 05

JACUMBA, Calif. -- Among the thousands of women who will illegally cross into the United States this year from Mexico, some will be raped by the same men who demanded $1,500 to $2,000 for safe passage -- their underpants often hung on a border fence as a trophy.

The rapes are part of what the U.S. Border Patrol said is a growing pattern of violence on the U.S.-Mexico border. . . . a dramatic increase in attacks on Border Patrol agents and other law-enforcement personnel along the 1,940-mile border. [. . . . ]

Michelle Malkin: Just a yellow woman doing a white man's job Nov. 19, 05

[. . . . ] The racist and sexist "yellow woman doing a white man's job" knock is a tiresome old attack from impotent liberals that I've tolerated a long time. It is pathetic that I have to sit here and tell you that my ideas, my politics, and my intellectual capital are mine and mine alone in response to cowardly attacks from misogynistic moonbats with Asian whore fixations. My IQ, free will, skin color, eye shape, productivity, sincerity, and integrity are routinely ridiculed or questioned because I happen to be a minority conservative woman. [. . . . ]

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