Coren: Down the rabbit hole, G Gibson: Taking on the Indian industry, RCMP Investigations by OfficiallyScrewed

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Michael Coren: "Down the rabbit hole" -- excellent!

"We're all part of some great hallucinatory novel. We're Alices in a liberal Wonderland, where truth is fiction and ideas suddenly have no basis in reality."

Oh Alice, where did your country and your civilization go? ....

Television, movies, advertising, socialization, music, culture, education -- they are all to blame. They encourage or refuse to contradict the cult of the thrill, of the orgasm, of the rush, of easy power and dominance over others. Young men in particular have no concept of love or concern. Gentleness and co-existence are as foreign to them as a college degree or a book without pictures.

But let us not only blame the male. There are young women whose every third word is an obscenity, who are expert at copulation and procreation but fail miserably at education -- girls with their hard faces in permanent grimaces who belittle friends who do not invite every man onto their bodies. [. . . . ]

So, folks, is that all there is?



Gordon Gibson: "Taking on the Indian industry" -- excellent

Taking on the Indian industry -- Politicians don't talk about native policy because not only do they not have answers, they won't even ask the hard questions Gordon Gibson, Citizen Special, Published: Thursday, December 29, 2005

[. . . . ] The hard question, the explosive one, is whether Indians are ordinary human beings like the rest of us, and if they are, what right do we have to use our money and our laws to induce Indians to live in a parallel society?

Of course, Indians have some special inherited property rights, but so do the children of wealthy parents. No problem there. Alas, we have a racist Constitution that in Section 91(24) refers to "Indians and lands reserved for the Indians." This clause has singled out one particular group of Canadians, and has made lawful on the one hand the terrible adverse discrimination of the past, and on the other the enormous "Indian industry" of today.

The survival of the industry requires everyone to accept the notion that Indians are so profoundly different from other Canadians that they cannot prosper in mainstream Canadian society. The industry promotes a parallel society, which needs elites, lawyers, bureaucrats, consultants ... and needy clients. The industry flourishes by encouraging Indians to stay out of the mainstream, on separate lands, with separate governments, and -- by all of the odds -- to stay poor. [. . . . ]

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powerful individuals -- because collectives need leaders.
sense of grievance,
segregation from the mainstream
cultures only decline if they are abandoned by their adherents and that is really nobody else's business



Insider reporting -- insider trading?

Finance springs a leak -- Sheila Copps, Jan. 1, 05

[. . . . ] The big surprise is that the RCMP would launch a criminal investigation in the middle of an election campaign. Kudos to Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli .... Judy Wasylycia-Leis for doing her job. And to the blogosphere. If anyone wants to know why the RCMP decided to the pursue the matter, check out a few political blogs for this twisted tale of trusts. [. . . . ]

During Martin's tenure, advance budget details were commonly leaked to massage media messaging. Friendly reporters were provided with news nuggets with the expectation of favourable coverage of the minister and his message. Unfavourable news was leaked to discredit foes -- "money-grabbing" ministers in other departments (present company included).

It is high time somebody got to the bottom of the leaking. It is also not unreasonable to wonder how ordinary Canadian investors are protected against insider deals. Ordinary investors need to know their governments and regulatory bodies are in their court. [. . . . ]

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'Senior moment'
forensic financial experts tracking
Former finance employee Don Drummond -- now senior vice-president and chief economist of the TD Bank Financial Group




33 RCMP Investigations into Liberal Government Activities OfficiallyScrewed.com, TrustOnlyMulder at 11:01 pm on December 29, 2005

RCMP investigations into Liberal government activities [. . . . ]

DND: [. . . . ]

Public Works: [. . . . ]

Industry Canada: [. . . . ]

HRDC:

• More than half a dozen bureaucrats have been "removed" from their jobs at a Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) in Toronto following a police investigation into projects funded under one of the department's grants and contributions programs (St. John's Telegram, September 15, 2003).

Radwanski:

• .... as many as 12 ongoing RCMP investigations into the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. (Hansard, October 1, 2003).

CCRA:

• ... four tax department computers were stolen containing confidential personal information on more than 120,000 Canadians. (Windsor Star, September 30, 2003).

• ... a charge of Breach of Trust by Public Officer against a former employee of the Canada Customs & Revenue Agency (CCRA), alleging that she disclosed confidential tax payer information to an unauthorized person. (release via Canada News Wire, October 7, 2003).

Aboriginal Affairs:

• The investigations into the Virginia Fontaine Addictions Foundation. ....

• Health Canada ... a $6.8-million funding deal with a Winnipeg-based native health organization. (Winnipeg Free Press, February 22, 2005)

• Andy Scott revealed that when financial irregularities were found at Keeseekoose First Nation, the RCMP was called in and charges laid. (Globe and Mail, November 16, 2005)

[There is more on FHTR from that week.]



Citizenship and Immigration:

• A prime suspect in the sweeping RCMP probe into alleged bribery of federal immigration judges twice bought his way out of jails in India before paying a human smuggler $8,000 to bring him to Canada. Last month, RCMP detectives alleged in sworn affidavits that Singh and members of his criminal organization pressured immigrants in Ottawa and Montreal to pay bribes of $10,000 to $15,000 that were shared with two Immigration and Refugee Board judges in exchange for favourable rulings. (National Post, July 5, 2003)

• In one of Canada's most serious cases of passport theft, the RCMP foiled a scheme to sell 246 stolen blank Canadian passports -- but not before some of them found their way into the hands of international people-smuggling rings. (Globe and Mail, October 26, 2004).

• The RCMP are probing allegations about immigration officer at Pearson Airport ....

• ... Immigration Minister Judy Sgro's office ....

• ... Citizenship and Immigration Canada official ....


• According to media reports, the RCMP actually investigated allegations that Paul Martin supporter Gurbax Singh Malhi was using to granting of ministerial permits as a way to arrange political and financial support for Martin's leadership campaign. The RCMP reportedly looked into the matter but closed it when witnesses refused to cooperate (Globe and Mail, March 10, 2005)

Transport:

• ... security clearances granted to airport workers, 73 cases have been deemed suspicious or incomplete enough to forward to the RCMP ...

• Liberal MP Robert Thibault has asked the RCMP to look into the privatization of the Digby wharf: "I've asked the solicitor general and advised the minister of transport that I have asked for an RCMP review of the matter," he said (Chronicle-Herald, February 10, 2005). The RCMP have no plans to reopen an investigation into privatization of the Digby wharf however (Chronicle-Herald, April 1, 2005).

Tim Murphy and Ujjal Dosanjh:

• The RCMP investigates allegations of Tim Murphy and Ujjal Dosanjh making offers to Conservative MPs to try and get them to cross the floor.

Finance:

• RCMP reviewing complaints of possible leak of income trust announcement: Staff Sgt. Paul Marsh told Bloomberg News. (CTV.ca, November 30, 2005)

If you don't check the whole list, you might find yourself OfficiallyScrewed .com

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