Updates: Tongsun Park in Canada? "Des Notables", Terrorist Quietly Deported

Updates added below

Opinion — Adman-poll links predate Adscam -- " BCP and Groupaction" Dan Delmar, The Suburban, Jan. 13, 06, via Newsbeat1

Sponsorship-scandal whistleblower Alain Richard has released an insider’s account of how insidious business relationships between Quebec advertising agencies and federal politicians have been part of the Canadian political landscape since Pierre Trudeau’s government.

[. . . . ] ....“Do you really think I would be able to pay for a château in France for 15 years, with a dozen or so employees and having only contracts from the private sector?"

[. . . . ] Des Notables spares no one .... Pierre Pettigrew, Jean Lapierre and Marlene Jennings, the former vice-chair of the Public Accounts Committee that first examined the sponsorship program. [. . . . ]

Search: accused him of harassing , Quebec Court Judge Claude Millette , now suing Gougoux for defamation

Read and judge the credibility for yourself.



Updated:

Canada Free Press: Canada and Oil for food fugitive

Interpol-wanted -- "Canada may now have another record in allowing fugitives from the law access to other countries.

Was this yet another Canadian government foul-up, or is there more to ... ?" via Newsbeat1

Question: I notice that Tongsun Park was headed for Panama. I seem to remember that Panama's ports are under the control of a Canadian, Li Ka-shing, now, and there was a special agreement with Panama's leader about Chinese (possibly others, as well) able to enter Panama without going through customs to get on a plane coming North, whether to Canada or to the US, I have forgotten. That Panamanian deal was mentioned in a post on NJC maybe as long as two years ago. Check starting with Mar. 1, 2004 in News Junkie Canada for that post, if you are interested. Maybe that is convenient for those needing to make a quick trip.

Note that Tongsun Park was able to leave Canada through an airport without being caught, even though he was on Interpol's list of wanted individuals. How was that possible? I remember once being with someone who had airport clearance and I did not have to go through security, but 9/11 and other incidents of terrorism have occurred since then. Would it be something like that? Who would be able to get him through without the normal checks? How? Or was it a normal error? ... You know, mistakes happen.

Canadian security is just not a serious Liberal value ... a priority ... it appears.




This did not get wide play in Canada, to my knowledge, but I had heard of it somewhere so I searched Google: "Canadian terrorist deported to Algeria" and this is what came up, in Xinhua.

Canada deports Algerian terrorist suspect Jan. 13, 06 -- Samir Ait Mohamed was deported to Algeria on Wednesday ... Mohamed is believed to be an associate of "Millennium bomber" Ahmed Ressam, who is now serving a 22-year sentence in a U.S. prison for plotting to bomb Los Angeles airport. -- Ressam had fingered him to the US as planning a bomb for Outremont; then Ressam reneged on testifying against him China View/Xinhua, Jan. 13, 06

Search: Canada Border Services Agency

Update:

Amnesty International is concerned for his safety in Algeria and also, for the fact that we will never know what we could have learned if he had been taken before a court in Canada. How convenient during an election campaign.


Why not aim that "legal arsenal" here, Mr Cotler? -- A glossary of key people and groups involved in terrorism in Canada:

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