A Report Card for Liberals Paul Martin & Team

Security

Our border guards and prison escort employees can't even be armed. The Auditor-General states the RCMP has been underfunded for years. Its Superintendent is not independent from government and the recruiting has been more concerned with some politically correct criteria, rather than hiring the most suitable candidates. The IRB--loaded with Liberal cronies--has allowed 36,000 deportees to escape into the ghettoes of our cities. Almost no effort is made to find them. (too costly? not enough manpower? lack of political will?) Any suggestion that this criminal stupidity must cease is met with "You're a racist". The Liberals have been forced to turn up to Tamil terrorist fundraisers to secure a Toronto Liberal riding. But then Jean Chretien helped get Khadr out of a Pakistani prison, where he was charged with financing a bombing in Islamabad. We all know the subsequent gratitude Khadi and family showed upon his release.

Aboriginal Affairs

Paul Martin had the nerve to pretend that tossing an extra $8-billion (yes, I have heard of announcements of at least two lots of $4-billion and then some) to the natives will save them from living wretched lives in remote reserves. This is a government that ladles out $19,000 per native, so that a family of four gets $72,000 spent on them. Yet we still have hundreds of Kashechewans. Even on reserves with oil revenues, there are terrible pathologies evident. To give Chretien some credit, he originally understood that only assimilation led to a hard-working, productive society. However, he too caved into the native lobby and started printing up bigger cheques. Worse, he started the idea of First Nations sovereignty. The absurdity of 640 statelets depending on endless billions from Canadians has been lost on the Minister, Andy Scott and his party. It would be interesting to see a poll of how many Canadians of non-aboriginal descent want more more billions diverted to dysfunctional reserves. The government spends heavily on public opinion polls, but it will never release one they have had commissioned on that subject.

The economy

Ah, the linchpin of Liberal bragging rights. "Look at the deficit shrink and the surpluses grow", is their mantra. The truth is that the First World's economy has been expanding, our weak dollar has given us great trade surpluses with America, and China and India desperately want our resources. All these factors would benefit any party that governed during this period. Ironically, Paul Martin, who made his name on fiscal responsibility, has now carpeted Canada with most of that surplus. God forbid that the Conservatives should get elected and use it for their programs. If the Liberals are lucky and that happens, the Conservative cupboard will be bare when the next recession hits them.

Immigration

Here is where the Liberals have lit the fuse for a demographic time bomb. Certainly we need immigrants, as our own birth rate has dropped below replacement level. Immigrants have immeasurably added to Canada's prosperity. However, Minister Joe Volpe's idea of adding 40,000 to our annual immigration in-take is hardly intelligent. Most of those extras will be family re-unification individuals. Bringing in parents, grandparents and kissing cousins (and fake relatives, second wives as cousins and the like) will decrease, not increase, our economic outlook. The Liberals have also failed to hold the guarantors of these unproductive people financially accountable. An estimated $800 million is spent by Canadian taxpayers for their welfare costs. Despite the mistakes of 9/11, the IRB still admits thousands of refugees with improper, or no, documentation. Many are from terrorist-supporting countries. Canada's immigration / refugee policy is seen abroad as making Canada a sieve. The group we want here are those who already speak one of the two official languages and who bear skills that will be needed later. Experts in the field say that only about 24% of those admitted have these attributes. That is pure folly down the line. Did the government learn nothing from the immigrant riots in France?

Health

$41 billion was dispensed to the provinces to end long waiting periods for surgeries. This will fix the problem the Liberals maintain. Total fiction of course. Years ago, the Liberals knew that they had an aging population explosion. Did they open new medical universities to train more doctors and nurses? No, in fact they capped the entrance numbers in the ones that already existed. Because of the mediocre salary scales offered doctors and nurses, we have a brain drain to the United States. Maybe the Liberals--who love all things aboriginal--will propose the old Inuit method of treating their diseased elderly. We might not have enough doctors, but we have endless ice flows upon which to float them away to their demise. And to flip back to the immigration issue, just wait until all those elderly family reunification folk show up demanding medical care. Another reason not to move to Toronto. [Actually, check those waiting room chairs in the doctors' offices and hospital waiting rooms now, Bud. NJC]

Gun control

In their attempts to make Canada a peacable kingdom Canadians have the gun registry. Two billion and counting; still, we have tens of thousands of Canadians who have not yet been registered, along with untold thousands who have no intention of registering. Carried to its idiotic conclusion we can't even have armed custom officers or prison escort guards. Meanwhile, the mean streets of our cities have been flooded with automatic weapons. Julian Fantino, the ex-Police Chief of Toronto, stated that the gun registry did not solve one gun crime in his city.

Quebec independence

The Liberals continue to advise Canadians to stay away from the Conservative Party lest Quebec go sovereign. Yet, because of the Liberal sponsorship scandal, the sovereignists are stronger than ever. Even Chretien's Clarity Act which would at least demand a clear referendum question has been rubbished by Martin's Quebec lieutenant, Jean Lapierre. Yes, the same Lapierre who helped form the Bloc Quebecois. Radio Canada, the Quebec wing of the CBC is a veritable fortress of separatists; yet the Liberals keep up their funding. Could the Conservatives muck up the situation any more than it is now?

The democratic deficit

Martin promised to end the sleaze and rampant cronyism that marked his predecessor's reign. One hardly knows where to begin in refuting his promise. He has stuffed old personal aids, friends, and Liberal bagmen into the Senate. His new "improved" Ethics Commissioner is so ineffective that his resignation has been called for. Shapiro has turned out to be as cozy a lap dog as Wilson was. As for "more openness" in the selection of Supreme Court judges, that has been a joke. Irwin Cotler, a big time lefty, will send up another of his ilk. Even if the Conservatives win a majority, they will be stuck with a Supreme Court that defines the term "social engineering". Plus, because of Trudeau's Charter of Rights. they will be allowed to trump almost any government decision. You can fill in the rest of the deficits as there are multitudes to pick from.

The military

We can't even airlift our troops to trouble spots without the help of the Americans. When General Hillier was to fly abroad, it took a third Hercules to get him there. The other two he tried to use broke down. As for our Sea King helicopters, some wit had a suggestion. Why not truck them down to New Orleans to help breach the dikes. Only when the polls showed that Canadians were disgusted with the Liberal military policy did they offer more money. Most of that money won't be available until years from now.

This list is getting rather lengthy, so I will only touch on how the Liberals have managed to sour our relations with Washington. Perhaps they have forgotten how we managed to get that trade surplus with them--and how it can easily disappear, along with our prosperity. When President Bush asked us to join the missile shield, (at little cost to us) Martin turned him down. Mustn't rile up the pacific Quebecois, especially after Gomery. [Remember, too, our PM has been cultivating new 'friends' farther away. NJC]

Kyoto Accord

The Liberals promised a 6% reduction in pollution emissions; however, the reality has been a 24% increase. Per capita we are near the top of polluters, far ahead of the Americans, who refused to sign the accord. That says it all.

Now what the Conservatives must do is to check-off all these deficits and propose concrete solutions to them. God help them if they don't seize on everyone of these deficit. This is no time to start waffling on "sensitive" issues.

© Bud Talkinghorn

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Updated: Decline -&- Doggerel -&- Parachutes & Cupcakes

Update below of items omitted earlier (see green) . . . for some reason.

Quebec and the decline of the West November 29, 2005, Re: Andre Boisclair's Quebec, Father Raymond de Souza, Nov. 17.

[. . . . ] Surely, Quebec culture survived and flourished under 200 years of English political and socio-economic domination by maintaining its strong Christian faith.

How ironic, now that Quebec's rebellion against its Catholic heritage is nearly complete, that it struggles to protect a French-Canadian culture that may no longer exist long into the future, considering that the birth rate of Quebec francophones is so low. Their utter repudiation of their Catholic heritage would be pitiable if it weren't for the reality that Western civilization, in much of Europe and North America, is threatened in the same way. [. . . . ] Patrick O'Connor, London, Ont.

I would add that there is across Canada, not just in Quebec, an attempt to have us repudiate our Judeo-Christian heritage in favour of . . . whatever . . . situational ethics . . . no ethics at all . . . just what you can get away with . . . or, if you belong to the right circle, not being judged at all . . . a values-free assessment of any activity which, if carried out by all, and if subjected to the traditional values of a Judeo-Christian heritage, might have been judged as not entirely positive for a healthy society.

Think about this: who was Canada's most famous father of a child out of wedlock? . . . and there was nary a word of mainstream censure about the fact that the child would likely grow up having lost a father in youth?

The Red Wheelbarrow

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.

I just couldn't help but think my own doggerel as diversion:

Canada's Red Wheelbarrow

so much depends
upon

charisma and
family

of socialist
bent

in China
red.

With apologies to William Carlos Williams, author of The Red Wheelbarrow.

http://
www.writing.upenn.edu/
~afilreis/88/wcw-red-wheel.html:



Of Parachutes & Cupcakes

I realize, Canadians are not supposed to notice nowadays, but consider this.

What colour is your parachute? Ask this well-connected, high profile single mom . . . baby momma in less elite circles . . . for those who reproduce without marital strings to a legal spouse and parent . . . so au courant . . . a class act to shake up Toronto Danforth . . . more socially hip than Jack, is this candidate.


After a whipped Liberal vote which FORCED cabinet members, under pain of banishment to the hinterland of the back benches or worse, to vote with the government on SSM, guess who is being slagged for suggesting that MP's should have a free vote on contentious issues such as SSM?

Many of us are on the fence on this one but we want our MP's to be able to vote freely without threats of heavy-handed retaliation from the PM/PMO.

Free votes make sense to me.

There is a wonderful editorial on a heavy-handed example of political engineering over the "thinking woman's cupcake", Michael Ignatieff's parachute drop into Jean Augustine's Toronto riding. PM just has no idea what democracy is and how it is supposed to work.

Paul Martin usually thinks in $$$ terms, it seems. Force of habit and all that.


Update 1: This was omitted, somehow, from this morning's post.

The skinny on Michael Ignatieff's parachute drop into Jean Augustine's riding NP, Nov. 30, 05


Enough with the sound bites -- Did the Editor read what I wrote at the top of FHTR Nov. 27, 05?


CFRA Poll: Make your views known -- Results as scientific as those done by government pollsters under the guise of . . . soliciting . . . opinion . . . never contracts, I assure you. How do I know? My LibPropOrg?

CFRA Soundoff on "Conservative leader Stephen Harper confirms he will ask Parliament whether it wants to reconsider gay marriage with a "real" free vote. Harper personally believes same sex unions should have equal rights and protections, but prefers the traditional opposite gender definition of marriage."

End of Update



PM & Team's "Democratic Reform"

"I must admit, I was shocked when I came across Bill C79 and read its contents. . . . Basically, the Election Gag law is to be extended to prevent any money raised six months prior to an election from being used for any advertising during the writ period. Here's the summary: Nov. 26, 05, BlueBloggingSoapbox [spelling changes mine NJC]

http://
soapbox22.blogspot.com

C-79 An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (third party election advertising) The Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister responsible for Democratic Reform

Belinda, is it you reforming the rest of us, or is it de udda guys?

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TOC Tells the Reality -- National Security & Defence Report Nov. 2005

This is the most informative Table of Contents possible; it tells all.

Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence: Report Update 2005 -- pdf issued Nov. 05

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

Introduction

Reading the Report



CHAPTER 2

Border Crossings

Problem 1: Poor Threat Identification at the Border
Problem 2: Long Canadian Security Intelligence Service Processing Times.
Problem 3: Undertrained Part-Time Customs Staff
Problem 4: Unsafe Border Posts.
Problem 5: Arm Customs Officials?



CHAPTER 3

Coasts

Problem 1: Canada’s Vulnerable Coasts.
Problem 2: Coastal Radar - Off the Government’s radar?
Problem 3: Inadequate Short-Range Coastal Patrols
Problem 4: Inadequate Long-Range Coastal Patrols
Problem 5: Canada’s Toothless Coast Guard
Problem 6: No Notification Prior to Arrival
Problem 7: Taking Incoming Vessels at Their Word
Problem 8: Need Network for Maritime Warnings
Problem 9: Unannounced Vessels
Problem 10: Transponders for Smaller Vessels
Problem 11: Dangerous Containers
Problem 12: Lack of Border Officials Abroad
Problem 13: Great Lakes Surveillance
Problem 14: Surveillance of Coasts, Lakes and Rivers
Problem 15: Training Delays



CHAPTER 4

Canadian Forces

Problem 1: Budget Cuts
Problem 2: Capital Acquisitions Falling Behind.
Problem 3: Overheated Operational Tempo
Problem 4: Too Few Personnel – Too High Tempo
Problem 5: Overdue Defence Policy Review
Problem 6: Lack of Large-Scale Training Exercises
Problem 7: The Slow Move to Wainwright



CHAPTER 5

Structure and Coordination of Government

Problem 1: Need for Muscle at the Top
Problem 2: Need for A Strong Team
Problem 3: Coordination at the Top
Problem 4: The Missing National Security Policy
Problem 5: Need for Crisis Command Centres
Problem 6: Need for Canada-U.S. Coordination
Problem 7: Slow Progress at Information-Sharing
Problem 8: Lack of Surveillance Coordination
Problem 9: Intelligence Community Understaffed
Problem 10: Weak Overseas Intelligence
Problem 11: Information Fusion Failures
Problem 12: Lack of Oversight
Problem 13: Coordination Lacking In Coastal Defence.
Problem 14: Allocations of Proceeds of Crime
Problem 15: Canada Too Inward Looking



CHAPTER 6

Ports

Problem 1: Vulnerable Ports
Problem 2: Organized Crime in Ports
Problem 3: Port Perimeters
Problem 4: Insufficient Police at Ports
Problem 5: Inadequate Container Screening
Problem 6: Inadequate Container Supervision
Problem 7: Fragile Ferries



CHAPTER 7

Airports

Problem 1: Screening Checked Baggage
Problem 2: Inadequate Background Checks
Problem 3: No Leadership on Airside Passes
Problem 4: Unprepared Air Crews
Problem 5: Armed Pilots?
Problem 6: Alerting Air Crews
Problem 7: Role of Aircraft Protection Officers
Problem 8: Vulnerable Cockpit Doors
Problem 9: Security Training for Maintenance Workers
Problem 10: Responsibility for Airport Security Needs Clarifying – Who’s in Charge?
Problem 11: Known Shipper Makes Aircraft Insecure
Problem 12: Lack of Security at Fixed-Base Operations
Problem 13: Small Airports are Weak Links in the Aviation Security
Problem 14: Access to Restricted Areas
Problem 15: Airmail and Cargo Goes Unchecked
Problem 16: The Canadian Air Transport Authority Intelligence Gap[Is this not CATSA?]
Problem 17: Airport Policing is Inadequate
Problem 18: Lack of Transparency for Security Improvements
Problem 19: Air Travellers’ Security Charge
Problem 20: Unnecessary Secrecy
Problem 21: Lack of Financial Transparency



CHAPTER 8

Emergency Preparedness

Problem 1: Lack of Emergency Management
Problem 2: Emergency Ad Hockery
Problem 3: Inability to Deploy Police in an Emergency
Problem 4: No Role for Reserves
Problem 5: No Domestic Role for the DART
Problem 6: Emergency Caches Mismanaged
Problem 7: Lack of Equipment for First Responders
Problem 8: Institutional “Lessons Learned” Memory Blank
Problem 9: Lack of Centralized Health Protection
Problem 10: Poor Collaboration
Problem 11: Emergency Public Communications
Problem 12: Poor Communications Equipment
Problem 13: First Responders Out of Loop
Problem 14: Weak Central Knowledge Base on Critical Infrastructure
Problem 15: Lack of Leadership on Best Practices
Problem 16: Large Cities Should Be Helping Regions



APPENDIX I

Corrections, and Omissions



APPENDIX II

Order of Reference



APPENDIX III

Who the Committee Heard From



APPENDIX IV

Biographies of Committee Members



APPENDIX V

Biographies of Committee Secretariat



APPENDIX VI

Index of Recommendations

Excerpt:

APPENDIX I

Corrections and Omissions

[. . . . ]

COMMITTEE COMMENT

Upon review, the Committee believes this recommendation confuses instead of clarifies. It withdraws this recommendation. The Committee is of the view that Transport Canada should not be involved in security issues. It should be involved in other air transportation related regulations, such as airworthiness, but not security. The Committee believes that responsibility for the security of aircraft and the restricted areas of airports should be transferred to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (See Chapter 7, Problem 18, pages 189-190).
Corrections

After initial printing of its January 2003 study of airport security, The Myth of Security at Canada’s Airports, [. . . ]

#1

RECOMMENDATION VII.1 AS CORRECTED

The Committee recommends that all airport policing directly related to air travel security be removed from the airport authorities and assigned exclusively to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who can in turn contract parts of it to the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority. [CATSA]

[. . . . ]

#2

RECOMMENDATION VII.4 AS CORRECTED

The Committee also recommends that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police be given the authority to contract the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority to supervise all security policing at airports as it relates to passenger, cargo, aircraft and airside security.

[. . . . ]

With regard to improved defence of Canada’s territorial waters, the Committee recommends:

1. Adoption of a layered approach of reporting and monitoring to provide timely warning of vessels approaching Canadian waters.

2. The Coordination of all Canadian resources - including Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, Army, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, police forces and agencies responsible for intelligence and satellite surveillance - to improve defence of Canada’s coastlines.

3. Greater cooperation and coordination with U.S. counterparts.
(Report: Defence of North America: A Canadian Responsibility, September 2002, #1, 2, and 3)

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Beer

Throw down the gauntlet about meeting the boys at the pub; it's for your health -- Justification -- Quaff beer for your health! NP, Nov. 30, 05

Most popular skunks at the garden party

. . . before the Gremlins go to work . . . if they haven't already.

If any links are incorrect or missing, leave a comment.


FHTR July 10, 2005

FHTR Mar. 6, 2005

FHTR Feb. 20, 05

FHTR Brief Sunday Tour -- or FHTR Oct. 23, 05

FHTR Nov. 11, 05 Privacy: Keystroke Logger

Note: I was actually taken aback when I looked at some of these just now and saw how many links had developed errors . . . Gremlin tracks.

I try to keep up with fixing these but it is well-nigh impossible. It is amazing, once we enter an election period how difficult . . . how extraordinarily difficult it is to post, let alone bold or colour anything to bring it to readers' attention. In fact, posting has slowed so much that I can only conclude each one is travelling through cyberspace via . . . well, you figure it out. There are only a few possibilities.

Dear Candidate:

Do you want votes? Do something about our freedoms . . . the freedom to speak out about what has been happening in Canada. Give us democracy and a democratic right to privacy!


By the way, it might be heartening to find that so many visitors are coming from all over the world: Switzerland, Caymans, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore . . . though it looks as though the Singapore IP addresses might be being routed via somewhere else.

How do I know? . . . I have had my own little knowledgeable network. Bless their cotton pickin' computer-literate little hearts.



Committees

Some of these might prove worth checking. Go to the font: the government of Canada website. ( canada.gc.ca/ )

Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Committee Report: Study on the process for appointment to the Federal Judiciary Bill C-215, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (consecutive sentence for use of firearm in commission of offence)

[a latter day convert, obviously NJC ]

Standing Committee on Public Accounts

Study: Government Response to the 18th Report regarding Chapter 2 of the April 2005 Report of the Auditor General of Canada: National Security

Standing Committee on the Status of Women

Committee Report: Interim Report on the Maternity and Parental Benefits Under Employment Insurance: The Exclusion of Self-Employed Workers

[Getting the votes . . . er, ducks? in a row? NJC]

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But honey, it's YOU I love -&- If it's dirty you want . . .

Does it mean more to the wife of a philandering husband if he roars out "but honey, I love YOU"? -- Just wondering -- on the occasion of the repeated announcements by the MSM / LibPropOrg that the PM roared out that he loves Canada, while Stephen Harper responded in his usual thoughtful manner without roaring . . . to this dumb question from some media type who doesn't want to bring up the real issues that should be thoughtfully discussed, in case something would change the status quo.

Have we heard the roar before? What did it mean for governance?



Election Campaign Gets Ugly Cindy Clyne, Nov. 30, 05

Harper took a few shots of his own with this statement - ``For the past two years, while ordinary Canadians have worked hard, paid their taxes and played by the rules, the Liberals have been preoccupied by damage control, lurching from one scandal to another, recklessly promising to spend money, desperately trying to avoid the people's verdict.''

Marketing Guru

Here's how Harper can fight back -- "What else has Paul Martin missed? Maybe that's why taxes are so high -- and the hospital waiting lists so long -- because Mr. Martin just didn't notice." David Frum, Nov. 29, 05

Maybe this time, he should try some negative ads of his own. How about one showing the face of Joe Morselli and some highlights from his career -- over a recording of the voice of former Liberal director-general Daniel Dezainde testifying that Morselli was the "real boss" of the Liberal party in Quebec? Maybe the ad could then fade into a clip of Dezainde testifying that he believed that Morselli had threatened his life.

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Outstanding Analysis -&- Insight on Media -&- Reasoned Commentary

If brevity is the soul of wit, this has to be outstanding analysis -- Pair it with this Insight on Media -- and this Enough with the sound bites and you will understand all. -- Just wondering, did the Editor read what I wrote at the top of FHTR Nov. 27, 05?


Is the MSM ready for reasoned commentary?

Barbara Kay: Awakening the conservative within NP, Nov. 30, 05

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Newsbeat1 Hansard Excerpts QP Nov.28, 05, RCMP & Palango -&- Income Trusts

Updates have been added to this and to the Keystroke Logger post. There's a new post from Bud Talkinghorn also.





Merry Christmas to all
And to all a good night

A service of the Government of Canada



Check the headers--Hansard Excerpts and more Nov. 29, 05

Then, there is this budding scandal: Ralph Goodale, explain this graph -- however, online, the graph is missing, Tell the National Post Editor Nov. 29, 05 National Post/Bloomberg News



S&P-TSX Capped Trust Index









This is my rough approximation of the graph in the NP Nov. 29, 05, from Bloomberg News

It musta bin de udda guys.


There was a sharp--exceedingly sharp--rise in trading . . . just before Ralph Goodale's announcement on income trusts; some people made money and others who know more about trading patterns have suggested that there was a leak which allowed money making.



The income trust thing has gone from being a series of screw-ups to an exploding screw-up with shrapnel and fire.

I wonder how Ralph Goodale is feeling right now. Not too sprightly either I bet. The income trust thing has gone from being a series of screw-ups to an exploding screw-up with shrapnel and fire. If there was a leak of some kind from Ralph's office that allowed some investor to fill his or her boots like a Liberal advertising executive then Ralph would have to resign. If someone leaked something intentionally then they would probably have to do the Canadian version of going to prison, which would be, I suppose, quite similar to the hardships you face when you go to prison in the game Monopoly.

Anyway, I bet Ralph wishes he had never heard of income trusts, and income trust holders probably wish he hadn't heard of them either. [. . . . ]

Update Insert:

Western Standard | A Huge Conflict Of Interest via Jack's Newswatch, Nov. 29, 05

Greg Staples noted what should be a huge conflict of interest that few people seem to be talking about, namely the fact that Charles Bird, described in Jane Taber's front-page column in the Globe and Mail yesterday as "a lobbyist for Bell Globemedia," is serving as the Ontario campaign chairman for the federal Liberals. How does someone who lobbies the government get to run the campaign of the party in power? That's Mr. Bird's first conflict.

Jack has the links for the following: Jack's Newswatch: Scroll down for "Canadian News | Monday, November 28th, 2005"

The Conservatives and the NDP have called for an investigation into the possibility that important information was leaked to Bay Street from Finance Minister Ralph Goodale's office last week.

Related: Gin And Tonic | When is insider trading OK? When it's government sponsored!
Related: CTV | Conservatives demand probe of tax announcement
Related: CP | Tories, NDP demand probe into alleged leaks to investors about tax policies

AutonomousSource: Incompetence and corruption at Finance Nov. 25, 05

http://
autonomoussource.com/
archive/000746.html

In September, the Finance department announced that because income trusts were costing the government $300,000,000 a year in lost tax revenue (that was desperately needed to fund more vote-buying schemes), the government was investigating changing the rules as to how these investment vehicles worked. This caused a lot of churn in the markets as investors drove down the prices. On Wednesday this week, the government declared their intention to leave the trusts alone, and instead reduce the taxes on stock dividends to try and level the investment playing field.

This doesn't sound very bad, and lower taxes are always a good thing, but the way it was done (which I'm going to get into) indicates that the Finance department has no idea what it's doing.

It began Wednesday at 5:20 pm, when John McKay, the parliamentary secretary of Ralph Goodale, went on live television and casually announced a major tax policy as easily as he might have announced new funding for macramé training for immigrants in a too-close-too-call riding -- and didn't even have his facts straight: [. . . . ]

Hansard excerpts-Last Question Period before they hit the campaign trail-Nov28, 2005

Original -- the full catastrophe, as it were


RCMP: The Heart of the Matter

Scroll down: The deterioration started a long time ago

Book on the RCMP and what happened to our force: Paul Palango: The Last Guardians -- I have read it and I learned.



'This Government Has Lost The Moral Authority To Govern' Captain's Quarters, November 28, 2005 -- Trackback

The CBC doesn't offer a lot more about the vote, but they do have Paul Martin calling the Tories "Neo-Conservatives". What does that mean -- that Stephen Harper wants to invade Iraq to establish seeds of democracy in the Middle East? Or perhaps Martin thinks it just sounds scary. If that's an example of how Martin will campaign over the next six to eight weeks, the Liberals may want to rethink the leadership while they still have a chance. [. . . . ]

OSM / PajamasMedia -- new Open Source Media

http://
www.osm.org

AutonomousSource

http://
autonomoussource.com


FINTRAC Report: Nov. 2005 & the website: FINTRAC

http://
www.fintrac.gc.ca/intro_e.asp

Photo Ottawa Veterans: Demonstration in support of Frank Laverty, Nov. 11, 05 -- also a letter in support of the veterans' stance in relation to the Governor General


Memory Lane

FHTR June 6, 04 -- Search: WASTE MY MONEY... I'M CANADIAN.

Search: so-called blind trust


See the next post for a jpeg/jpg of the Gremlin in Google's link that I found subsequently. Now, how do you suppose these things happen?

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Privacy: Keystroke Logger

Update: Gremlin Sample below

Spy Versus Spy: Is Somebody Spying on You? Spyware / Keystroke logger / screen capture: Meta Group, Inc. By Peter Firstbrook, Senior Research Analyst

http://
www.csoonline.com/
analyst/report3017.html

Software that records keystrokes and screen shots and can be replayed later to reconstruct a user session. These products are very dangerous and can be used to steal passwords and confidential information, which can be used to provide full access to corporate systems and files. [. . . . ]

If you run a business, do not miss. You have much to lose. There are several aspects to consider; in the meantime, try one of these, which is not enough, but it is a start: Spybot, Pestpatrol, Adaware, Webroot




Body of Evidence -- Part art, part science, a computer forensics practice requires more planning and investment than technology vendors would have you believe. BY DAINTRY DUFFY

[. . . . ] Investigators who specialize in computer forensics may not be as telegenic, but they accomplish the same goals as their Hollywood counterparts with the use of software and hardware. No wonder it has become a hot topic in the security community.

The truth about building and managing a forensic practice won't be found in the glossy pages of a product brochure or in a Hollywood screenplay. In any investigation, the story of what really happened is hidden in the details. Here's what we found when we asked security executives and industry experts to name the elements of a successful forensic practice and the challenges that await CSOs when they venture into this dynamic arena. [. . . . ]

The article is informative; also, check the last couple of paragraphs if you have a child searching for the next big area developing that will be useful for employment in the IT field. Related: What is a Chief Security Officer? -- CSO / CISO





Update: Gremlin Sample -- All it takes is a single space

I did a search for more information on tax advantage for certain businesses This jpeg is a copy of the link Google lists, except for one small error -- a Gremlin. The green link has one space after 'com' which renders the link inoperable.

FHTR June 6, 04






Gremlin Link FHTR Jun6-04

Have I been fighting Gremlins for a while...or not?

Who are the Gremlins? Ah, come on . . . make a guess.

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Bud Talkinghorn: Bud Bites

More frightful health news

A Mr. Evers, who worked in a senior management position for DuPont chemicals. has blown the whistle on a major scandal there. In an interview on CTV, he maintains that for years DuPont knew that a poisonous chemical was leaching out of their plastic paper [other materials? check NJC] used in endless food products. Despite levels of this chemical--three times over the FDA "acceptable level" being known, they kept producing it. Evers tried to get them to leave out the chemical, or at least reduce these levels, but DuPont refused to listen. The chemical enters the blood and accumulates. What human health damage it produces was not mentioned. He did repeat that it is poisonous to humans over a long period. This scandal has the potential to explode worldwide. Everyone of us has dipped into a popcorn or potato chip bags and each time we pick up some of this chemical coating.

While it is just a supposition, I have always suspected that something in our environment has accounted for all the autistic and asthmatic conditions in kids. They either didn't exist or were skillfully hidden in the attic. And where did all these allergic reactions come from in adults? I used to think that these "sudden allergics" were merely the reserve units of the new killjoy army. But God knows what chemicals they now use in the perfume and cosmetics businesses. And how is this for a nightmare scenario: That those "air refresheners" people use to cloak normal smells are actually emitting deadly vapours--24/7. Mr. Evers was so ashamed of his part in the cover-up, that he broke into tears during the interview. "How could I have allowed this?", he blubbered. How could DuPont and the U.S./Canadian health and industrial inspectors have allowed this poisoning is another question to be asked. Of course DuPont will legally fight this allegation tooth and nail. Just like the tobacco companies endlessly maintaining that nicotine is not addictive. The lawyers are already salivating.

© Bud Talkinghorn


I love Americans

What's not to love? They have the sense of true democracy, adventure and self-reliance that has marked my own life. Not for them the statist, top-down control that marks our Greater Sweden mentality here. Yes, they have their flaws--their absurdly harsh criminal penalties for marijuana production or use come readily to mind--but they haven't reached our Supreme's "written-in" judgments arrogance yet. The heavy hand of politicians on our constitutional freedoms is evidenced everywhere. Americans get to elect much of their judiciary. He or she turns out to be utterly unfit for office, you throw them out. That pure government-- for the people, by the people-- is highly suspect around here.

Americans whom I have met--and I've met many, at every possible societal level--have been quite fascinating. Rarely have I come across the phalanxes of hard-core ideologues that we have in Canada. Granted, my times there did not include much of the deep South. I've heard that they are a tad more fundalmentalist in their viewpoints. But I sure liked those Hillbilly folk--heck, they might as well be Maritimers who are from the tail-end of the Applachians--but with more gumption. The American hillbilllies' distain for "gubmint" intrusions into every facet of life was, however, most unlike their distant Appalachian cousins. There, they have not come to rely on the "gubmint" for everything. Back here, Canada's Martin lately announced some multi-million dollar package for the Chinese, who had to pay a head tax 80 years ago. He wants to give billions more to the aboriginals, who seem to squander away the annual $9 billion Canadians already give them. No serious strings attached of course. Ah, the sins of our fathers never leave us Canucks. The Americans formally apologized in Congress for their slave period. The North sacrificed hundreds of thousands of lives to free them--that was it--period. Now let's move along smartly to today's concerns.

It has to be acknowledged that the American airways carry a greater diversity of social/political thought, and I definitely like that. In Canada we have the taxpayer-supported liberal CBC, and a bunch of their ideological clones, like CTV and the Toronto Star. The socialist indoctrinization of our youth, starting big time with the Trudeau era, has reached its apogee, where any idea--other than the politically correct "right speak"--is taboo. The Americans have their share of this leftist pablum, but there is a raging conservative media backlash to it.

When things go seriously awry socially, the U.S. government acts quickly to tamp it down. They don't aways succeed, but the media vigorously dukes it out on the merits of the solution. In Canada we call for another tax-guzzling commission to "study the problem".

The only people who have a more pompous self-regard for their society are the French. Postulating that the Americans are as good as the French? Unthinkable. I'm sure that I will be asked by some to turn in my maple sugar jar for such heresy. However, two of my father's ancestors were sea captains who left Scotland to be free of the same elitist ideology that now rules this country, so I don't think I will. I think I will just stay here and needle the lefties for their endless inanities. Even with the moronic gun registry, there are still ways to puncture those liberal sacred cows.

Bud Talkinghorn--and you anti-American crowd, you better start cashing in your loonies for real money. If the United States ever dropped Canada as its best trading partner, you wouldn't even be able to afford to visit America, but you could still whine away on this side of the border about Parrish's "bastards".

© Bud Talkinghorn


Iraq's scary future

What you have is a stalemate in the war because the Shi'ites haven't officially entered yet. A Sunday CNN afternoon program featured two former CIA agents. Both concurred that Iran is training thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites for what they see as the final battle for supremacy. The Shi'ites' restraint in the face of monstrous suicide attacks by the Sunni Baathists and the crazy foreign jihadis has been stunning. But their patience is not infinite. It is thought that the Shi'ite intelligence units are planning a future revenge that will be breathtaking in its intensity. Already there have been mass murders of "unknown men" along the Iraqi-Iranian border. Nobody ever claims responsibility but reports suggest they are Sunnis. Both the agents agreed that an immediate withdrawal of the U.S. troops would lead swiftly to a civil war. Where the Kurds would fit in was unknown. Their more permissive brand of Islam is equally suspect by both Sunnis and Shi'Ites. Maybe they will be like the Druze in the Lebanese civil war, where they float between combatants, essentially mercenaries for political concerns.

One does not need to be a CIA agent to safely prophecy about a much larger area war. To the west there are primarily Sunni countries like Syria and Jordan, while to the east, a now-bloated Shi'ite contingent. To muddy the scenario, there is the fanatical Wahhabi state of Saudi Arabia to the south. Ostensibly Sunni, but one that considers all other Sunni sects as being near heretics. All sub-groups are capable of suicide attacks in the name of their branch of Islam. This will allow the hated Israelis to kick off their shoes, crack a beer, and sit back to watch the mutual slaughter of their collective enemies. A delicious irony. Stay tuned.

© Bud Talkinghorn


Time for Conservatives to get off their ideological pot

The Liberal Party is in bunker mode, the NDP is in blackmail mode, and the Bloc Quebecois is in attack mode. So where is the Conservative Party? I suspect that they believe they must kowtow to the totems of the "center". As our flamboyant turncoat, Scott Brison, so elequently put it to Peter McKay: "I was a man who believed in a centralist party, which believed in multiculturalism, bilingualism and tolerance. You don't." Those three qualifiers are what Conservative fear to challenge, no matter how humbly.

However, thanks to recent developments, these shibboleths should all be tackled head-on. England, that faintly-remembered mother country, was a champion of multiculturalism; nevertheless, a poll showed that the vast majority of its Muslim immigrants hate British values. A frighteningly large number either passively, or actively, supported the London bombings. The British are now having a serious re-think of their diversity policy, as are the Dutch, French and Austrians.

The submerged subject of bilingualism must be brought to the surface. How on earth does the party not realize that the francophones have come to dominate the federal discourse? A 1989 survey showed that the government was greatly over-represented by francophones. Now the Liberals have rammed through some legislation that dicatates that all top civil service managers must be bilingual form the git-go. No pretense anymore that anglophone managers could upgrade their linguistic status. Now hopefuls had better be fluently bilingual at the interview. So, almost all unilingual English-speakers--the overwhelming majority of Canadians--are now effectively disenfrancisized from any control of the national agenda. Where is the Supreme Court when we really need them? Sorry, that was a rather weak joke, wasn't it?

Ah, but now we come to the nub. "Tolerance" is the cri de coeur, of the Liberals. That encompasses any trampling of the majority sentiment necessary to advance some leftist agenda. Gay marriage? But of course that is a necessary righting of wrongs. Too many aborigines in prison? Well don't sentence any but the super felons. Appoint more francophone-activists to the Supreme Court? Well why not? [How about train an aboriginal lawyer for the Supreme Court? We already have one law school graduate who sprinted from law school to article in the SCOC. Reference: on this website NJC]

The very idea that these issues have been left off the Conservative election platform infuriates me. Look, get real. You Conservatives are never going to get any Quebec or francophone area support. They support federal government parties that promise, and deliver . . . about 70% of all federal amateur sports grants and other unjust subsidies--asymmetrical federalism / grants--to their region. Think about it, boys, the Party Quebecois elected a young gay cokehead to be their leader. Where do you think you Conservatives fit in? Therefore, my modest proposal is that you concentrate on the anglophone precincts. While the current social milieu stops any open display of resentment, believe me, there is a constituency out there that is as infuriated as I am about the destructive drift in our country. If you identify too much with our ideological opponents, you will end up on the cutting room floor. You showed promise, but were too generic to be a star.

© Bud Talkinghorn


Brian Mulroney--Vulgar, but deserving of some respect

I am no fan of Brian Mulroney nor his Red Tory Party. Then there were his endless Quebec appeasements, which were rewarded by the birth of the Bloc Quebecois Party. Merely hearing that Mulroney line, "I wanted to roll the dice."--meaning to decide the future constitutional rules forever in favour of Quebec. Canada as a gambling chit. So I am not a member of the Mulroney fan club.

That said, the treachery of Newman in recording Mulroney's every midnight conversational ramble is underhanded at best. He could have edited out some parts that were probably the result of too much scotch, but he choice to highlight them. Now we have those tapes being broadcasted by the CBC. The timing of this program is rather well-timed to the up-coming election. Since the strike, the CBC has become even more stridently leftist in their news and documentaries. I realize that seems impossible. You would think that the reality of how few people cared that they were on strike would make them less ideological. Alas no! So long as they singalong to the basic Liberal social tune, they will get their salaries. This Mulroney program will further turn people off not only the man himself, but his political party as well. See the more you can cast cold water on the last Conservative reign's successes, the better this current enfeebled Liberal Party looks. And CBC knows how to listen intently to their master's voice.

Considering the hagiography afforded his Highness Trudeau, you would think that this dissing of Multoney would be verboten. But then CBC never has been good at hiding their ideological stripes.

© Bud Talkinghorn

Human Smuggling into Canada

Today Tom Axworthy published an article (National Post, editorial page)on how the government(s) have been remiss on human smuggling which has reached proportions far in excess of the slave trade of the past into the southern US.

Halifax -- false Korean passports -- claiming refugee status -- sex or drug trades

On Sept. 9, 17 Chinese citizens carrying false South Korean passports walked off the Royal Caribbean liner Jewel of the Seas when it docked in Halifax after a transAtlantic voyage.

[. . . . ] train to Toronto.

[. . . . ] authorities didn't find out about the train trip until after the Chinese passengers had reached Toronto.

All have since disappeared. [. . . . ]

Search:

human-trafficking
four other Chinese citizens, also with false Korean passports
claiming refugee status
a persecuted member of Falun Gong

I just had an aha! moment. I wondered why my site gets visits from South Korea since I do not write on Korea normally.




Colin Wright: Trafficking in humans reaches $10-billion level 24 hours

While celebrating the fact that, as of last week, trafficking in humans has been included in the Canadian Criminal Code through Bill C49, speakers at the workshop decried the fact that Canadian legislation still does not provide for the protection of trafficked persons; a contradiction of other international instruments to which Canada is a signatory. [. . . . ]

Updated: Dear Santa: Forgotten Taxpayers Want $$$ Too! -&- Stephen Harper Motion: "That this House has lost confidence in the Government"

Bumped up -- new post from Bud Talkinghorn below this


Updated extensively because I had omitted some of this post by mistake. A final comment. Links may change "as we speak". It might be a problem with my not having enough memory to complete such a lengthy post.




Merry Christmas to all
And to all a good night

Enjoy your Christmas and vote for the most decent, honourable person you know. If he or she lacks charisma, then consider that person seriously. It has been my experience that charisma may be won at the expense of other, and more significant, qualities needed for the good of the country. Look for someone who cherishes home and family, whose life does not revolve around Ottawa nor the power and perquisites that may be had there. Look for one who has balance, someone who tries to be an honourable human being, perhaps one who is not so quotable -- but that may be positive. It may signify a person whose thoughts take longer than a sound bite. Your instincts will lead you in the right direction, I hope.

A decent, honourable, thoughtful Member of Parliament who values what Canada has--and had--and who will work for the good of the whole country, not just for his or her little patch. What more could one ask of an MP?

Blessings upon all for good health and a Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah and a Glorious Season to all who have no special day set aside for their particular beliefs--or lack thereof. NJC

I just found what may be another link error. It was in something else that linked to the following -- Gremlins again?

Frost Hits the Rhubarb, the week of Oct. 9, 05 to Oct. 15, 05 Private Members' Business: Amendment to Income Tax Act Regulations -- in particular, "PM's Exception via Regulation"

Search: Barbados

In 1994, the Minister of Finance [Paul Martin] got this change via regulation. . . . the only exception . . . .

Despite the treaty with Barbados, when profits are repatriated here, CSL does not pay a penny in tax. That is the only exception that currently exists.

CSL just happened to belong to Paul Martin; now it belongs to his sons.

Do you have the same opportunity to ameliorate you own tax situation or that of your business? Or are you captive to those who throw Canadians' tax dollars in such a profligate manner at whatever they please: businesses they choose to help, peristent problems, polling to see which way the wind blows . . . and at hundreds of other projects, initiatives, and blah, blah, blah, to buy the electorate at the polls. And you? You pay.



Pour yourself a Christmas eggnog and look at this whole webpage -- all of it -- and you'll know . . . enough to skip all the electioneering . . . put your feet before a roaring fire . . . reach out to your loved one . . . and toast . . . whatever. Make your own Christmas and New Year wishes . . . maybe for a better scenario for Canada and its future governance.


Is it possible a saviour this way comes? . . . One with the media-demanded, yet elusive, charisma? . . . God bless us every one.

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What follow are a few news items. In addition, I have listed the dates of posts including some headings and/or subheadings of posts which may be relevant right now.

Note: I have not had time to check the list below for errors in my listing -- maybe tomorrow -- but I'm posting this anyway. If you check, you may be led to past information that could be useful so, until I have more time, be aware.

PM & Team survived last year; you never know . . . Maybe new cabinet posts will materialize; there would be fewer Conservatives and the government would survive. The taxation has been high enough to buy a few more . . . of whatever is necessary. Caveat Emptor.


50 ways to lose your ethics Blue Blogging Soapbox

Want a chuckle? The person who prepared this and several other political videos reveals a delightfully wicked sense of humour.

Check the menu of videos available at right and scroll down for other items.



Free our enterprise -- When government gets into business, the regulator becomes the regulated. -- Canadians are taken in by state propaganda -- Government corruption is the most destructive force Financial Post editorial page: FP19, Nov. 26, 05, by Gwyn Morgan, CEO of EnCana and Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year

Caveat: At the end of the article, note who awarded Gwyn Morgan, CEO of EnCana, the award Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year; it was National Post, Caldwell Partners, CTV and UBS.


Escape was almost elegant -- Finance Min. Ralph Goodale from the income-trust quagmire
Financial Post FP19, Nov. 26, 05, by Terence Corcoran

Also, look further into the "insider-trading binge in banks and other stocks" -- noted and reported as sensitive / suspicious / timed just before Goodale made his speech Thursday . . .

Is this related in any way or is it a separate problem?

Invasion of the stock hackers

Strange things happen to links: what I am looking at does not look right. I don't think it is the same as what I has typed . . . but then, I'm tired. Try this if the next link doesn't work.
http://
www.taxpayer.com

Here They Go Again: Buying Votes With Your Tax Dollars

Click here for a complete breakdown of the Liberal spending promises.

Government revenues do not magically appear in Ottawa, but are paid by over-taxed Canadians. Politicians can spend irresponsibly because tax rates are too high.

Under Prime Minister Martin’s watch, federal expenditures have increased dramatically. The 2004 Budget projected Ottawa’s annual program expenditures would increase by 3.1 per cent and total $148-billion. This budget, by the way, was Mr. Martin’s very first as prime minister.

Yet the announcements made prior to the ’04 campaign and aborted ’05 spring campaign, swelled government expenditures by more than $21-billion. Total program spending for the year came in at $163-billion, up an irresponsible 15 per cent over the preceding year – a far cry from the 3.1 per cent budgeted. As a point of comparison it is worth highlighting that over the previous three years – when Jean Chrétien was in charge – program spending increased by a grand total of $22.7-billion.

PM & Team are announcing
but the Canadian Taxpayer Federation is counting --
for de udder liddle guys

Every time Canadians hear the words
"government is investing in",

the beleaguered taxpayers know they

pay

and pay

and pay some more

Then they find out that PM & Team
have promised even more of their tax $$$ to some other group

$
$$$
$$$$$
$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$
$
$

That is before PM and Team have even been in office 2 years. It is just more of the same.

Is the beleaguered taxpayer expected to believe the promises of a government that has misled and abused our trust before?


Check what the government spends in polling -- hence the scurrying lately.

Public Opinion Research in the Government of Canada Annual report 2004-2005 -- See information presented in graphs chapter 5 -- Is there an appendix missing? -- Search: Earnscliffe; it appears there is information in an appendix but it does not show up. Maybe, lacking much time, I misunderstood, so try for yourself. So many things disappear from government websites. Could it be that they are successfully hidden just when Canadians decide to check? Most of it is unimportant, but try checking for the really important stuff -- or the explosive information. I can find information easier on a US government website than from our Canadian government website, unfortunately for Canadians.

This is one example of the kind of information in that report:

Firm / Contract Value / Number of Projects

EKOS Research Associates $5,315,000 -- 113
Environics Research Group $4,755,000 -- 63
Ipsos-Reid $3,960,000 -- 94
Phase 5 Consulting Group $2,275,000 -- 40
Decima Research $1,600,000 -- 37
Phoenix Strategic Properties $1,313,000 -- 30
Les Etudes de Marche Createc + $1,231,000 -- 15
[To what does this refer: ' + ' ? Does it mean 'and' another unnamed company or individual? A typing error? ]
Corporate Research Associates $967,000 -- 25
The Strategic Counsel $779,000 -- 11
GPC International $689,000 -- 10

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Declaration Stephen Harper: "That this House has lost confidence in the Government"

OTTAWA – Conservative leader and Leader of the Opposition Stephen Harper today issued the following statement:

“Today in the House of Commons, the Conservative Party of Canada introduced a motion that simply states ‘That this House has lost confidence in the Government.’

It has now become evident this government has lost the confidence of the House of Commons and an overwhelming majority of Canadians, it must be removed. As Judge Gomery concluded, ‘The Liberal Party of Canada (Quebec) cannot escape responsibility for the misconduct of its officers and representatives.’ As long as a guilty party remains in office, nobody will really be held responsible, nobody will really be punished and no real reforms will be made. The Liberal party has no desire to change, no intention to change, and no ability to change. The coming election will give Canadians a choice between old-style politics and sweeping new reforms; between a Liberal culture of entitlement and corruption and a culture of accountability and achievement. While I have complete confidence in the choice the Canadian people will make, I have no more confidence in the choices this government will make if it serves any more time in office.”

[Nor have the rest of us. NJC ]

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The "global threats and vulnerabilities"

Think of Stephen Harper's declaration: "That this House has lost confidence in the Government" vs Paul Martin's Priorities. Then . . .

The House of Commons was empty of Liberals for a brief time that day, as Liberal Ministers scrambled to buy you with your money and to cultivate and connect with friends . . . voters . . . votes.

Prime Minister holds Summit with European Union Leaders November 24, 2005 November 24, 2005

I looked at the next sentence from the PM's announcements this week. Are these the only global threats? Think about what he is saying:

"global threats and vulnerabilities such as climate change and pandemics"

[An aside: what deals have they got going now to soak the poor naive suckers who provide the money? That comment is Pure NJC Cynicism ]

Paul Martin: Not too busy for EU tele-conference -- "Prime Minister Paul Martin today held a summit by video conference with European Union leaders, linking Kelowna, Brussels and London."

Search:
Canada and the European Police Office (EUROPOL)
Advance Passenger Information and Passenger Name Record (API/PNR
Participation of Canada in EU Crisis Management
signed in Brussels
secure world.
global threats and vulnerabilities such as climate change and pandemics
[Why did the PM not include as vulnerabilities Canadians' security: borders, ports, policing at all levels -- provincial and federal ]
human rights and nuclear proliferation in Iran
Canada-EU Trade and Investment Enhancement Agreement
global trading system

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Where has this PM been?

Ironies abound. The problems had been there while he was Finance Minister and now that PM is in election mode, he's throwing money but do you think it will fix the system as it is? The lack of transparency and accountability?

Address by Prime Minister Paul Martin at the First Ministers Meeting November 24, 2005, Kelowna, British Columbia

I want to acknowledge Minister Andy Scott, under whose leadership we’ve come so far. [. . . . ]

[. . . There] is an unacceptable gap between the hopeful promise of youth and the experience of Aboriginal adulthood. A gap made even more unacceptable by the fact that aboriginal youth represent the largest segment of Canadian youth and the fastest growing. We face a moral imperative: In a country as wealthy as ours, a country that is the envy of the world, good health care and good education should be taken for granted; they are the tools leading to equality of opportunities – the foundation on which our society is built. [. . . . ]

For the first time in Canada’s history, we are committing to developing a network of First Nations school systems, administered under First Nations jurisdiction, in co-operation with the provinces, which deliver education to Canadians. In public schools, in urban centers as well as the north, we will help ensure that First Nations, Inuit and Métis culture -- as the case may be -- is a vital presence in the curriculum, and we will work with the Provinces and Territories to develop Centers of Excellence for Inuit and Métis learning. [. . . . ]

Prediction: The marks will be put on a Bell curve; that will raise everyone's marks and . . . magic . . . "SUCCESS! Look at how their marks rose" -- about the same result as in the past with a number of initiatives to keep all--not just native--students in school. It's smoke and mirrors. Students might have been placed in a class in which less was expected of them but the result was predictable . . . and, by golly, they 'succeeded' if a higher mark is seen as success. Could they do better on the exams given previously or at the level expected of others?

In a tight job market, teachers, like politicians, need to keep their jobs. Most know how the game is played and some--maybe many--play it. Once they spew a little buzzword and bafflegab and then, higher marks appear . . . by golly, Johnny / Juan / Jean / Jeannie is a success! You see, nobody complains about it, despite evidence to the contrary (no behaviour change, no evidence of more studying or other work being done). If the teacher gives a child a B, when the mark would have been a D in the past, even a C for an F, or an A for a C, does anyone stop and think that maybe something is not quite kosher since the child has not worked any harder, perhaps even less? Of course not. People want to believe in improvement. It is understandable -- parental love of the child and desire for success for him/her.

The system is already corrupt, not because people don't mean well, along with other half-decent reasons but, as long as horsefeathers fly from the top down, the rest will try to deliver. Otherwise, they fail and it might be said that they just couldn't deal with the situation or were inexperienced * or any of a number of other phrases for those who might blow the lid on the system. The teacher could be out of work as a result. The child will still be in the same situation -- except with a new teacher who delivers exactly what the sytem demands -- and who will be termed a 'success'. A few students will become genuine successes -- for many reasons, but, overall, have you seen many of these programs make much change for any students, native or non-native -- or has the BS just covered it up?

* Think of the comments (letter to the Editor from Ontario's Lt. Gov, as I recall, mentioned within the last week on FHTR) addressed to Laurie Gough after her article in the National Post concerning the dismal life on the Kashetchewan Reserve.

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A 'gub-mint' chicken in every pot

One of the PM's press releases quotes his speech:

I believe we can realistically close the housing gap on reserve by 40% within five years and by 80% in 10. Off reserve, we will seek to partner with the Provinces and Territories to reduce the gap by half in five years by providing access to housing for some 17,000 households. In the far north, we will close the housing gap by 35% within five years with more than 1,200 new units – and we’re committed to getting started immediately, in time for the coming construction season. Overall, it’s estimated our housing effort will generate more than 150,000 person years of employment – equivalent to some 15,000 jobs over the next 10 years.

Who pays? You guessed it. Did you read what happened to the new taxpayer-provided housing when the Davis Inlet natives were moved into a brand new community? No? Instructive. It is the corruption, governance, and taking responsibility that have to change--not throwing more money at a problem--that will solve it.

I have no quick solution for the pathologies -- nor has the guy who's tossing the $$$ out the plane as he flies over Canada. He just wants votes.



Dear PM & Team, did you not know about any of this?

Well, I have some revelations for you . . . if you are only now coming to see that security is a problem for Canada. One item, as an example:

News Junkie Canada August 25, 2004: "It took three days for Canada's national police force to be told that a suspicious shipping container was missing from a Halifax pier last spring."

Port of Halifax: Container spirited away with a CRANE but RCMP not notified for THREE DAYS

News Junkie Canada, Aug. 25, 04 not Aug. 24, 2004
http://
newsjunkiecanada.blogspot.com/
2004_08_25_newsjunkiecanada_archive.html


Check for a re-posting of that webpage with links added for those who had problems: Devil in the Boonies / She Devil

The reason?

Note that the post has been incorrectly referenced elsewhere as from August 24, 2004 because it was originally posted on Aug. 24, 04, then moved to August 25, 2004. Links to it have been incorrect since then, I suspect. Check the whole webpage to see the rest of the articles. NJC



Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Buying Malls: Billions and Counting

Note that $1-Billion does not cover all. The CPP belongs to ALL of Canada -- pension money.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to pay $1B for malls -- Quebec City, Sherbrooke: Pension giant's third billion-dollar deal this year Gary Marr, Sean Silcoff, Financial Post, Nov. 25, 05

The CPP Board, which invests cash not needed for current pension-fund obligations, stunned the real-estate world this year with two major deals in a span of three weeks.

The first deal was a 50% equity stake in the $2-billion takeover of O&Y Properties Inc. that was led by BPO Properties Ltd. Then it spent $1-billion to acquire a 50% interest in 11 properties owned by Oxford Properties Ltd., a subsidiary of the Ontario Municipal Employment Retirement System. [. . . . ]

Does it bother Canadians that their CPP is being invested in real estate in a province which, for years, has been threatening separation? I hope the Province of Quebec simply needs transparency and accountability in governments--federal and provincial--to appreciate the advantages of remaining part of Canada, and that it will remain a part of Canada. (Would you not consider this when investing your money?) Then, again, one never knows. . . . When I read of the $$$ given--the asymmetrical nature of the federal government's grants, funding, contracts, equalization $$$--all the decisions concerning Quebec and what has been revealed by the Gomery Inquiry . . . . . Canadians have to wonder. Is Quebec being outfitted--prepared--for separation under the rest of Canada's well-meaning, bending over backwards to be fair, rather naive noses? Or is it just the usual asymmetrical--think federal government--approach?



AngryGWN: The Abotech Affair: The story goes into print -- in Pontiac County, West Quebec, across the river from Ottawa -- great work, AngryGWN

Julie Murray of the West Quebec Post has been in regular contact with this blogger over the last week, preparing a story
http://
www.tomifobia.com/weekly_news/
wqp_story.html

on David Smith and the Abotech affair.

http://
angrygwn.mu.nu/archives/
cat_abotech.php

Pontiac MP faces multiple questions on federal contracts Julie Murray, Quebec Weekly News, Nov. 25, 05

On November 14, Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre sent a letter to Parliamentary Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro requesting an inquiry to investigate conflict of interest allegations facing Pontiac MP David Smith.

[. . . . ] Frank Brazeau's role

One issue on which [CPC MP Pierre] Polieviere wants to shed light is Smith's relationship to Frank Brazeau. Brazeau was a contracts officer at Consulting and Audit Canada, who was disciplined by the government, according to Public Works Minister Scott Brison, after his performance came under the scrutiny of auditors at KPMG. According to an Indian and Northern Affairs (INA) website last updated in 2004, Brazeau was a contact for the INA's Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business initiative (PSAB). Once a company is designated aboriginal, it qualifies for the PSAB and is then eligible for contract set-asides and other benefits.

The unemployed Brazeau has since become the secretary of the Liberal Association of Pontiac. [. . . . ]

Search: no list of aboriginal companies



Coren: You can't buy decency -- blunt and correct



Harper's jab prompts lawyer's letter -- Tory leader won't apologize for linking Liberals to organized crime -- Harper told the Commons that Liberals participated in a kickback scheme "involving organized crime." Alexander Panetta, CP, Nov. 26, 05



Liberal posturing fails to get at root of gun problem Leo Knight

[. . . . ] Look at the report released by FINTRAC last week claiming they had identified over $2 billion in suspected money laundering and terrorist financing. [. . . . ]

CFSEU

OCABC

Check the list of articles in the menu at left of Leo Knight's website.
All bluster and spin -- "he exercised extraordinary methods to silence the authors of a website critical of him" -- and read the comments July 31, 05

[. . . . ] I take no issue with elements within the media that want to support law enforcement. No one in the media defends the police more than yours truly. But, to ignore significant and substantial criticism in favor of lobbing softballs at a problem that grows daily is merely playing sap to the problem itself.

Then check some of the other stories on Leo Knight's website, as well as his PrimeTimeCrime -- full of goodies for a PM needing to catch up to the news.

I had just written that readers should check the menu when I thought of the Gremlins. Sure enough, my menu link seems to be bad; the dot com (.com) part is missing so the link won't work. Now, did I do that?

The correct link for Prime Time Crime is Prime Time Crime

http://
primetimecrime.com/

or
http://
www.primetimecrime.com

There must be something worth looking at, considering . . .


Federal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler's announcement on manadatory minimum sentences for gun crimes proves yet again that they just don't get it.


Justice System is a charade -- and note the comments October 02, 2005, Leo Knight


Jack has a compilation worth reading -- Jack's Newswatch, Nov. 26, 05


Scott Brison vs the NCC -- National Citizens Coalition

While Minister Brison recovers from this match, read what other Canadian's have to say: [. . . . ]

Captain's Quarters: Great Liberal Giveaway, Interrupted Jack's Newswatch, Nov. 26, 05

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Electioneering and Priorities 2

Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Committee Report: Bill C-71, An Act respecting the regulation of commercial and industrial undertakings on reserve lands
http://
www.parl.gc.ca/Committee/
CommitteePublication.as
px?SourceId=136525&Lang=1

Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development
Study: Expansion of the Nahanni and Waterton Lakes National Parks
http://
www.parl.gc.ca/Committee/
CommitteeHome.aspx?SEL
ID=e22_.1&Lang=1&STAC=1478333

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Study: World Trade Organization (WTO) Meeting in December 2005
http://
www.parl.gc.ca/Committee/
CommitteeHome.aspx?SEL
ID=e22_.1&Lang=1&STAC=1489372

Standing Committee on Health
Committee Report: Bill C-420, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (definitions of "drug" and "food")
http://
www.parl.gc.ca/Committee/
CommitteePublication.asp
x?SourceId=136749&Lang=1

Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Committee Report: Summer Career Placement Program
http://
www.parl.gc.ca/Committee/
CommitteePublication.asp
x?SourceId=136509&Lang=1
[Would this be related to nepotistism and/or pre-election promises of summer employment? ]

Standing Committee on Industry, Natural Resources, Science and Technology
Committee Report: Certificate of nomination of Suzanne Fortier to the position of President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
http://
www.parl.gc.ca/Committee/
CommitteePublication.asp
x?SourceId=136496&Lang=1

Standing Committee on Official Languages
Committee Report: Supplementary Estimates (A) 2005-2006: Vote 20a under PRIVY COUNCIL
http://
www.parl.gc.ca/Committee/
CommitteePublication.asp
x?SourceId=135936&Lang=1

Standing Committee on Public Accounts
Study: November 2005 Report of the Auditor General of Canada [See *** below.]
http://
www.parl.gc.ca/Committee/
CommitteeHome.aspx?SEL
ID=e22_.1&Lang=1&STAC=1485134

Related Document: Speech from the Chair
http://
www.parl.gc.ca/Committee/
CommitteePublication.asp
x?SourceId=136033&Lang=1

Committee Report: Chapter 3, Passport Office - Passport Services of the April 2005 Report of the Auditor General of Canada
http://
www.parl.gc.ca/Committee/
CommitteePublication.asp
x?SourceId=136981&Lang=1



*** Get the latest Auditor's Report and read it before you vote. Also, at least skim the following.

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*** Memory Lane

November 24, 2005

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

Kinsella Bites! -- Nov. 24

Newsbeat1 & Kate of SDA -- Goodies

November 23, 2005

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

Get them while they're hot!

Auditor General: Report 2005--PDF downloads -- also html files
http://
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/
domino/reports.nsf/
html/20051100ce.html/
$file/20051100ce.pdf

Note:
If PM & Team have $$$ for Votes, how about some $$$ for the security such as 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

Note also: $60-million truth-and-reconciliation commission -- Whose truth? I ask it quite seriously. For example: when you consider all the words wasted on blaming . . . everyone from every angle about the polluted water.

Kashechewaste: Government responses to the First Nation water problem were a fiasco. Expert private water providers are the answer Financial Post, Nov. 9, 05

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

Electioneering & Priorities [ Check the list; you'll understand. ]

Motion Studies: Canada -- Pre-election Motion

November 22, 2005

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

Check the list of grants carefully. It has come to my attention (Note that passive tense . . . to avoid laying blame ) that readers cannot rely on links since the Gremlins are assiduous. Search or scroll and note:
http://
www.acoa.ca/e/
financial/aif/prolist2.shtml

Spielo Manufacturing Incorporated – Mercury Project to build iLink product $1,900,000 [Spielo -- gambling related?]

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.]

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

[Update Nov. 25 or 26, 05: There was an item on the news that a judge had thrown out a case related to planes. Was that the case termed the Airbus scandal? Was it related? Did that case involve ex-PM Jean Chretien, accusations against ex-PM Brian Mulroney, Karl Heinz Schrieber and others? Remember, Mulroney won his court case for a million or two -- donated the money to something or other. -- Memory, like language, is elastic -- but stretches only so far. Check on this one. NJC ]

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

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

November 21, 2005

Updated: Polly & the Parrots: the Potlatch Series? Abotech -&- Prosperity

Gutsy MacDonald & Gutsy Pastor King, Debbye, Newsbeat1: Iraq, RCMP, Gun Registry, Immigration & Strippers -&- David Warren

It's only taxpayers' money -&- April 10-15, 05: Why the interest? -&- I'm going for GOLD [ Hint: Don't miss what this leads to. ]

November 20, 2005

Update1-al-Zarqawi, Muslims EU, Puppy Dog Faces, PM Anti-American in Asia, Wages & Imports--Chery

Note: Prosperity is PM's new buzzword -- "Paul Martin's election platform is more convincing as a confession of past Liberal failures than as a bold plan for future national success, writes James Travers." Star, Nov. 19, 05

Early Sunday -&- Late Saturday Quick Tour

Note:
Martin signals economy will be focus of campaign; PM & Team won't be running on their record in these areas.
Search: Surveillance

Pre-election: Canada and Japan unveil new strategy to enhance commerce -- Canada-Japan Economic Framework -- address new and emerging commercial challenges and opportunities. -- "I want to know the areas for co-operation that were not listed. When the PM mentions investment, initiatives, stakeholders, private sector, it isn't the great unwashed he's thinking about, I am guessing"

Note mention of whistleblowers:
Alan Cutler

http://
www.taxpayer.com/main/
news.php?print_page=1&topic_id=&ty
pe_id=&study_id=&speech_id=&ne
ws_id=2123&content_id=&op
ed_id=&id=&petition_id=&con
tact_id=&about=&id=


Canadians should bookmark this and read it again just before they vote.These conscientious civil servants got turfed for actually doing their job of trying to protect Canadians.It would have been much easier on them if they just looked the other way but they had a conscience, did the right thing but suffered for it,in Canada-heading for banana republic status.Alan Cutler should be receiving the Order of Canada tomorrow if there were any justice, same for RCMP Cpl.Read and others-true canadian patriots.
http://
www.parl.gc.ca/infocomdoc/
38/1/OGGO/Meetings/Evi
dence/OGGOEV17-E.HTM

Why are the Allan Cutlers, Joanna Gualtieris, Brian McAdams and RCMP Cpl. Robert Reads not given more respect by their peers in the federal public
http://
newsbeat1.com/2005/11/
why-are-allan-cutlers-joanna_17.html

Note: the idea that, if you don't re-elect PM & Team, various programs will be in jeopardy -- The sky will fall in series:

Most 'threatened' programs are done deals -- despite what the Liberals want you to believe about "a list of programs, payments and projections it claimed would be jeopardized by an early election call."

http://
www.canada.com/national/
nationalpost/news/story.html?id=
e1dca32b-f155-403e-b9b5-9566059d1280


Hansard: The Best Seller Series from QP Nov. 16, 05

Note: Gomery Inquiry--PM setting the parameters

Search:
certain Liberal riding associations in Quebec pocketed stolen money ,

Didn't PM/PMO set the parameters of the investigation so that the names of the ridings may not be in the scope of the investigation and thus the report? What are the ridings, then? No answer here. NJC

Related

GOMERY’S SECOND REPORT, PARTIES NOW AND IN ELECTION, MUST CLEAN UP SYSTEM TO PREVENT WASTE, CORRUPTION November 3, 2005, on closing the loopholes. This is an excellent list.
http://
www.dwatch.ca/camp/
RelsNov0305.html

November 18, 2005

Bud: PM 'Not' Playing Games, Immigration: Joe Volpe's Whopper, Bloggers Unite & Lose UN Chains

Search:

Immigration: Joe Volpe's big Whopper

The Star's James Travis wrote:

too many immigrant sponsors were reneging on their promise of five years of relative support.

Bloggers unite! You have nothing to lose but your UN chains

ICANN

Updated: Gang Sting: 58 Arrests & 287 Charges -&- Links [ he wouldn't dare run on his government's track record, combined with the court system's laxity, on criminal gang crime with all its peripheral effects and businesses]

Two posts from the CEUDA Report (union for CBSA-Canadian Border Services personnel) on border problems.

http://
frosthitstherhubarb.blogspot.com/
2005/11/updated-ceuda-report-part-2-clauses.html
(Put link on one line.)
Part is in the week of Nov. 6 to Nov. 11, 05
http://
frosthitstherhubarb.blogspot.com/
2005_11_06_frosthitstherhubarb_archive.html

PAO (Police Association of Ontario) Report
http://
frosthitstherhubarb.blogspot.com/
2005/11/hansard-icaan-po
of-gremlins-again-pao.html

Hansard, ICAAN -&- Poof! Gremlins again, PAO aims to please

Various: Memory Lane-Investigations, Stock Hackers, Toronto Sun Editorial
Invasion of the stock hackers
http://
www.businessweek.com/
technology/content/nov2005/tc200511
03_565150.htm?cam
paign_id=topStories_ssi_5


See menu for the last month:

FHTR Week of Oct. 30, 05

FHTR Week of Nov. 6, 05
[ PL-Martin loan syndicate runs surveillance on Justice John Gomery

Surveillance on Justice John Gomery
http://
www.canadafree
press.com/2005/cover110705h.htm

Martin loan syndicate runs surveillance on Justice John Gomery By David Hawkins & Judi McLeod, Canada Free Press, November 7, 2005

[. . . . ] How else do we explain the day Gomery Report I was published--before its contents could be digested--the headlines of CanWest Global newspaper, the National Post, blared in strips the full length of the front page "…Chrétien blamed, Martin cleared…"?

[. . . . ] Who dictated that Canadian Order in Council, which made Raymond Garneau–one of 28+ special investors in Paul Martin’s loan syndicate–the watchful chairman of the Justice John H. Gomery Advisory Committee?

FHTR Week of Nov. 13, 05

FHTR Week of Nov. 20, 05

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More Memory Lane:

FHTR July 17, 05 to July 23, 05
http://
frosthitstherhubarb.blog
spot.com/2005_07_17_frosthits
therhubarb_archive.html

Check this one too:

Irvings LNG, Port, Nuclear Power, NB Power, Feds: Political Business as Usual, Buy "Canadian"!
http://
frosthitstherhubarb.blog
spot.com/2005_07_17_frosthits
therhubarb_archive.html

which includes:

* A little background: Nuclear Power - New Brunswick Power -- "Proposed Irving power plant will affect N.B. decision about nuclear station by Chris Morris" CP, October 26/2004

* NEW PLANT REPORT 10/25/04 – 11/07/04 Latest Regulatory/Legislative ...

Irving Oil Makes Bid To Build Major Power Plant To Supply New Brunswick

Search: Irving Oil and Madrid-based petroleum giant Repsol YPF , "The news came from the media, not from NB MP Andy Scott, MP Paul Zed nor the normal federal government channels."

* Feds back out of Lepreau -- Province feels misled and betrayed Richard Roik, Telegraph-Journal (an Irving newspaper), July 14, 05

Think of foreign aid to China, Canadians' tax dollars; The Librano$ gave $50-M to China in Aid Now the Chinese have more money left to buy Canadian assets and to bid on US ones like Unocal.

Lately, at the G-8, Canada promised Palestinian terrorists, terrorist financiers, jihadis and assorted enablers and dissemblers $3-BILLION Canadian taxpayers' dollars -- BUT THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT CANNOT HELP REFURBISH POINT LEPREAU IN NB.
[I have heard that refurbishing Lepreau will now go ahead, but check, and read the fine print. NJC, Nov. 27, 05 ]

Search: Irving son-in-law and Liberal MP Paul Zed , the Irving's Daily Gleaner published an editorial

* China, Falun Gong, Business

China's vast Canadian and Australian espionage revealed by defectors -- Trackback
http://
discarded
lies.com/MT/mt-tb.cgi/3729

An uproar in Canada

http://
www.forbes.com/home/
feeds/afx/2005/06/21/afx2103069.html

over the latest revelations led to a law being passed allowing the government to block China from buying stakes in national security-critical industries.

Search: any business or "investor" immigrants from China

* Climate Experts Speak Out in New Video - Science underlying Kyoto Protocol seriously flawed
http://
frosthitstherhubarb.blog
spot.com/2005_07_17_frosthits
therhubarb_archive.html

"Climate Catastrophe Cancelled: What You're Not Being Told About the Science of Climate Change" April 13 / CNW Telbec

Part 1 (9.11MB) 4:20 minutes
Part 2 (16.3MB) 6:21 minutes
Part 3 (7.82MB) 3:26 minutes
Part 4 (12.4MB) 5:10 minutes
Part 5 (9.55MB) 5:16 minutes



Even More Memory Lane

Frost Hits the Rhubarb Jan. 16, 05 to Jan. 22, 05

This is only a bit of the list of what is on Frost Hits The Rhubarb Jan. 16-05 to Jan. 22, 05 (time constraints).
http://
frosthitstherhubarb.blog
spot.com/2005_01_16_frosthits
therhubarb_archive.html

January 17, 2005

Business as Usual & Some Background -- BC Rail, LNG, Oil, Ports, Privatization, Prince Rupert, Various Stakeholders, Basi's Boys-Laundering & More

January 20, 2005

New Posts on News Junkie Canada & 'Unbiased' Media? VEGF & Heart Attacks, Gay Marriage

There are two compilations on News Junkie Canada for January 20, 05.

Compilation 2: Polygamy-Same Sex 'Marriage', Terror Threats-Border, UNSCAM-Reid Morden, Tsunami Arrivals-Medical Care, Iraqi Reality

Compilation 1: Tamil Terrorists, Sgro's Accuser-Whistleblowers, Terrorism-Montreal School, Justices-Free Speech, Pipeline Decision-JC's Legacy?

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BC politicians -- mentions Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh and others -- possibly of interest

Search: came here as a 17 year old from India. , billionaire , lumber mills , at airports doing cleanup




Memory Lane: Get 'em while they're hot!

Go to the link for the list of scandals from Blue Blogging Soapbox

You may read, copy, paste, save, email. The compiler of this list has worked hard to keep people informed with the litany of scandals past, present, and, to come. If you think about it, several of us are hinting at scandals to come.



Health, SCOC Decision, Rights & Charter Consistency

Liberal Lies -- when "Ujjal Dosanjh questions the Chaoulli v. Quebec ruling" -- rights Behind the Red Curtain, November 19, 2005

[. . . . ] What the Liberals are saying is that when the Supreme Court rules in their favor, then this is sacred and anyone who questions it is un-Canadian or worse, but when the Supreme Court rules against them, then the Supreme Court is “wrong” and should re-think its decision.

All of this indicates the Liberals’ deep respect for the rule of law and for the Charter, and what a menace Mr. Harper is in questioning a Supreme Court ruling. The horror of it! When someone like Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh questions the Chaoulli v. Quebec ruling, its only because he is a good patriotic Canadian, but when Mr. Harper does the same thing, its only because he has anti-Canadian right-wing “hidden agenda”. [. . . . ]

Aspartame Causes Cancer in Rats at Levels Currently Approved for Humans

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) has named 10 emerging technologies that will (not may) change the entire world as we know it. The one in the field of health care is Glycobiology. By 2010 it will lead the one trillion dollar wellness industry. [. . . . ]

Caveat: On this website, I mention books that I know or that seem to be relevant, but I know little about this topic so . . . caveat emptor. I posted it because the source of the information is Massachusetts Institute of Technology {MIT). You may find out more if you search: glyconutrients or "What Glyconutrients May Do for You"

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