On the Abotech comments thread below, I caught this entry by “Justzumgai” in response to news that Reg Alcock has announced $40 million in new annual spending to hire up to 300 new auditors. (As an aside – I’ll remind readers that this is the same Liberal government that slashed the number of auditors across government, including the Dingwall/Gagliano/Guite Department of Money Laundering Public Works.)
Whether you have more auditors or less auditors, the waste and theft will continue. The very programs themselves whose alleged integrity the auditors are trying to protect are nothing but nasty and dishonest attempts to buy votes. All of these programs are based on the premise that ordinary citizens and their own voluntary, private and local associations are somehow too ineffective to ever manage anything as complicated as a visit to a doctor’s office; planning for retirement; educating one’s children; and so on.
How do you “protect the integrity” of a health care system, the only two major products of which seem to be (a) rich doctors and unionized staff and bureaucracies, and (b) sick and crippled patients sitting at home waiting for an MRI, a radiation treatment, an angioplasty, or whatever. Oh yes, I forgot – you protect the integrity of the system by establishing “scientifically valid” waiting-list baseline measurements, and you use the rest of the money on a propaganda campaign to blame the victims for being too fat.
And are the auditors to protect the taxpayers so that education money is spent on even higher teachers’ and bureaucrats’ salaries, and even more trendy but useless computers and software? So that an even higher proportion of illiterate and innumerate graduates can be turned out into an even bigger wasteland of lost jobs?
So, Dear Canadians, I would have advised you all to roll up the Gomery Report and related Liberal Party policy papers, and stick them in your pipe and smoke them – but I understand that the government is soon going to start using taxpayers’ money to buy people crack cocaine and heroin.
So instead, just ignore the judge’s, auditors’ and politicians’ reports, drop out, quit, take a out a second mortgage on your house, max out all your credit cards, and sit back and wait for your government to take care of you in the way that you truly deserve.
A cynical conclusion, but given how many Canadians in the ridings of Gimme’-Gimme’, Ottawa Pork and Entitled-N’How embrace the nanny state approach to failure and criminality in this country, perhaps it’s not such bad advice. After all, it’s what they’ve been voting for – with the full expectation that others have a “moral obligation” to foot the bill.
I remember the beginning of the economic decline of Canada and I’ll never forget the question asked of Trudeau by a CBC interviewer.”How will your government pay for all of these programs?” “Oh, that’s simple. We’ll just print more money.” Thus we saw our dollar slide from a high of $1.04 US to a low of near $0.68 US. The rest is history! Thanks to all of the LIE-beral’s!!!
Well Bruce, preceeding Trudeau was another liberal government under Pearson when the dollar was at $1.04. The low dollar has opened up markets to our exports that would not have been so expoitable with a high dollar. So get ready to import lots of stuff as our dollar rises. With a higher dollar we can start shopping around for companies and industry.
Canada already had healthy exports, the low dollar only decreased the standard of living while making our resources and products cheaper. Lester Pearson governed over the same kind of Lie-beral corruption that we have today, one just has look into how foreign aid was handled back then and who was running it. Ever since taxation started we’ve had politician’s with there finger’s in the cookie jar, only now they’re getting caught more often.
Hi there, sure appriciate your site; very informative. Its seems to me that all goverments are using this line; we will start to look into or start an inquiry about said mismanagment. When all the shit falls out you are at a total loss where the “mis-appropriated” money or resources went.LOL. Take this case and spend money on hiring professional doctors to come in and do the heart surgeys, hip and knee replacements, “oh-oh non union” won’t work got to be union. No wonder there are F***ING wars when you have the trusted people elected stealing from the working people [right, center and left], I personally think that every person that is tired of these bastards stealing and fucking around should withhold every tax dollar they can even if it calls for a general strike across Canada. I think we would see how fast it would effect these losers that seem to be in control. Take as an example; have one pack of coyotes and put them in a pen, feed them one pound of hamburger a day and watch them, the strongest and smartest will survive. Look at your Libril goverment and see who is behind the scenes. Put a choke collar on them with an electric box so every time them bastards thought about stealing they would be shocked just like your ordinary dog that you are trying to train no to bark at every little thing it sees. A way cheaper and it would be so much fun too watch, on average day they should be shocked about 100 times. This should have happened in the 20s and 30s when they started to rob the average Canadian. Merle Underwood
The Liberals have a deeply-rooted culture of treating general revenue as personal, visible lifetyle-enhancements for their self-important selves, and as a gerrymandering pipeline for dispensing the vote-buying money that allows them to remain in power.
So when Reg Alcock announces that they will hire up to 300 new “auditors”, it’s clear that “auditor” means “cover-up expert”, and that 300 additional Liberal-buddy civil servants will not suddenly transform the Liberals into a transparent and honest government.
What’s the old expression, about the fox guarding the henhouse?
Does the Ca. Coast Gaurd & RCMP raid of the CSL freighter importing Coal from S.America into Glace Bay, Cape Breton, NS for Nova Scotia Power and the $130 million of Snow-Coke found strapped under the water line of “The Sheila Ann” have anything to do with David Dingwall and allll this Ca. Mint money and all the foreign Countries the Mint boss does business in?
Alphonso Gagliano and “Family”.
David Dingwall kept referring to a “fire storm” when answering questions in “The House/Commons.
Did he really mean-SNOWSTORM?
Money Laundering, drugs, Nova Scotia in the same sentence is organized crime. So, the question is, Is organized crime the government or is The Government, organized crime?
The Glace Bay Cocaine may have been the last straw for “THE BAY BOY.” Glace Bay-Mahone Bay-same difference, if you get my “snow-drift.”
After-all Mahone Bay IS the Town, Dingwalls-ACOA built.
Layton to discuss private health care with PM
CTV.ca News Staff >>>> let’s listen in >>>>
Jock: Hi, Paul..howayafeelinanyways?
PM: Jock, let me be fundamentally…. clear… ya here to talk about me private health care… valuable info..gonna cost you…
Jock: Gimme your doc’s name or else $10 billion for the homeless.
PM: Dosanjh says dosage is $12 billion, OK? Next patient. >>>>
Government wars against Whistle Blower Protection.
Chairman Davis Mounts Sneak Attack on Whistleblowers
WHAT: Prior to a markup on whistleblower protection legislation (H.R. 1317), national security whistleblowers will protest House Government Reform Chairman Tom Davis’ refusal to support legislation to assist them.
WHO: Members of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition, a new organization dedicated to stronger government accountability through improved whistleblower protections
WHERE: House Government Reform Committee, 2157 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
WHEN: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, June 16, 2005
BACKGROUND: Tomorrow the Government Reform Committee is scheduled to markup H.R. 1317, the Federal Employees Disclosure Act. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee recently passed S. 494, a much stronger version of the House bill.
Chairman Davis took nine provisions off the House bill, many of which directly affect national security whistleblowers, claiming that the bill will not pass on the floor with the provisions. Davis’ deletions include protection for whistleblowers who have their security clearances taken away in retaliation and protections for whistleblowers who bring evidence of abuse that is protected as secret by the Executive Branch. Committee Democrats will offer amendments to restore the provisions and make other improvements.
Mysteriously inserted on the bill was a provision in Section 6, which would have exempted all employees working on homeland security issues from whistleblower protections. The provision was only discovered yesterday, two days before the bill’s markup. It appears that Chairman Tom Davis’ staff was responsible for this sneak attack, which would have taken away protections from hundreds of thousands of employees in the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Energy, among other agencies.
========================================= More at: http://NSWBC.org
This gives you insight at how Government hates WB honesty. TG
http://My.Opera.com/T-G/
Canada Whistle Blower Protection Bil C-11
the current bill before the House of Commons lacks real teeth and will do little to protect the interests of whistleblowers like Alan Cutler. [case 12 years ago-awr]
Bill C-11, An Act to establish a procedure for the disclosure of wrongdoings in the public sector, including the protection of persons who disclose the wrongdoings, is Paul Martin’s second attempt at Whistleblower protection and it is an improvement over its predecessor but still falls far short of adequate protection.
The bill was referred to the Government Operations and Estimates Committee before second reading, which means substantive changes to the Bill can be introduced by the Committee. The last committee meeting that dealt with the bill was on April 7th, for details and the text of the bill please follow this link:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Lang=E&Chamber=C&StartList=2&EndList=200&Session=13&Type=0&Scope=I&query=4218&List=toc-1.
It is uncanny that the day following the wrap up of testimony at the Gomery Inquiry the true identity of Deep Throat was revealed. The US Watergate scandal triggered Congress into action and whistleblower legislation was adopted in 1979 and it has subsequently been strengthened as needed. In Canada, Paul Martin has made many overtures about the need for whistleblower protection but no such law has been passed. It appears that Ottawa is firmly focused on mud-slinging rather than adopting any meaningful remedial measures to prevent another Sponsorship scandal. Check http://My.Opera.com/T-G/
http://BendGovt.blog.ca
http://BendGovernment.blogspot.com
Half decent W.B. law would make the 40 million dollar annual expenditure for extra auditors needles and not required. TG
Who are these 300 new auditors going to be after? David Smith etc? NOT LIKELY!!! I read somewhere that Alcock and Co. are concerned about losing money in the underground economy.
“I read somewhere that Alcock and Co. are concerned about losing money in the underground economy.”
I think they’re concerned about losing money from a number of different sources. As well, they realize they can no longer ask honest, hard-working taxpayers to continue to foot-the-bill for others.
Below are some of the initiatives Canada Revenue Agency is working on. Without Sheila Fraser, I doubt very much if some of these changes would be taking place right now.
June 30, 2005
GOVERNMENT RELEASES CONSULTATION PAPER ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND ANTI-TERRORIST FINANCING REGIME
Minister of Finance Ralph Goodale today released a consultation paper that outlines proposed changes to Canada�s anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-terrorist financing (ATF) regime�.
http://www.fin.gc.ca/news05/05-046e.html
August 1, 2005
COLLECTIONS INTEGRATION
�.the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has become responsible for the collections activities previously carried out by Social Development Canada (SDC). This means that the CRA now has responsibility and accountability for the collection of debts owed to programs of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and SDC, including debts incurred through Canada Student Loans, Employment Insurance, Employment Programs, Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security�..
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/agency/collections/menu-e.html
August 2005
FACT SHEET – AGGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL TAX PLANNING CENTRES OF EXPERTISE
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is establishing 11 Centres of Expertise to strengthen and enhance its audit and collection programs to counter international tax avoidance and evasion and aggressive international tax planning. These centres will be located in regional Tax Services Offices across Canada and will bring together international tax auditors and tax avoidance officers. They will develop new ways to track and combat aggressive tax planning and the use of international tax shelters
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/newsroom/factsheets/2005/aug/050823-e.html
CRA – VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PROGRAM POLICY CHANGE FOR NO-NAME DISCLOSURES
The Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) Voluntary Disclosures Program (VDP) is a fairness initiative that gives taxpayers the opportunity to come forward and to correct inaccurate or incomplete information, or to disclose previously-unreported information, without penalty or prosecution that would otherwise be imposed.
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/agency/fairness/vdp_facts-e.html
October 2005
And from Deloittes GLOBAL: WORLD TAX ADVISOR newsletter:
GOVERNMENT SEEKS INPUT ON TAXATION OF BUSINESS INCOME TRUSTS
The Department of Finance launched consultations on 8 September 2005 regarding the tax and other issues related to publicly listed business income trusts and other flow-through entities such as energy trusts, real estate investment trusts and limited partnerships (collectively FTEs). The consultation process was originally announced in the 2005 Federal Budget�..
http://www.deloitte.com
Whoops. Time to hire more auditors.
DEFENCE SOFTWARE ATTACKED AS COST SWELLS
Information system meant to track assets
Project rises from $147 million to $325 million
OTTAWA�Delays and ballooning costs mean a giant software project at National Defence will eclipse its original budget and won’t meet its goals until 2011 � if at all. An internal audit obtained by The Canadian Press raises red flags about a new system designed to streamline computer tracking of military inventory and purchases….
….”Going back to pen and paper would be more productive,” fumed one user…..
http://tinyurl.com/c2nfd
Do the quick math on that… 300 new auditors, times $80,000 per year (I figured that ought to cover the median salary, benefits, office space/equipment, etc) and what do you come up with? That’s right… $23 MILLION dollars a year. And that’s a BARE MINIMUM.
Don’t they get it?
They actually quoted an approimate figure closer to 40 million. In fact they did quote $40 million TG
$40,000,000 minus $23,000,000 equals $17,000,000 for the “juice”.
It’s how the mob, gambling and all Liberal programs work, always.
It shows up at Chretiens mansion in Palm Springs and welded into the sea lockers of Martins personal fleet of untaxed “juice” haulers.
It appears as a minor $200,000 payment to Dingnuts for illegally lobbying his employer the Liberal Crime Organ ..er uh the Federal Liberano$$$$.
The “juice” drives these systems, dare I say liberal programs are only created to increase the flow of juice.
To counter these lowlife juice suckers, whistle blower legislation must have “juice ” for the whistleblower because the juice always prevails.
Angry In the Great Whit North continues to uncover a “very” interesting story about Abotech and it “merry men”. As in phony “native” label fax numbers to two “separate” buisness entities..betch can’t read just one paragraph!!
Abotech and Jaguar: Jaguar denies links
Angry in T.O. at 11:14 AM
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I just got off the phone with “Christian” at Jaguar Solutions in Gatineau, Quebec. As you recall, David Smith, Liberal MP for the riding of Pontiac, was once “director of strategic development” at Jaguar Solutions.
In addition, Abotech, the firm David Smith founded, and now the subject of a government audit, shares a fax number with Jaguar.
I asked Christian about this and about David Smith and Abotech:
David Smith worked at Jaguar Solutions for only a couple of months
in 2002
David Smith did not bring any work in during his work there
Christian has heard of Abotech, but nothing recently, except for
seeing it mentioned in the news
He does not know why Abotech would list the fax number for Jaguar
Solutions
Jaguar Solutions does not get faxes for Abotech
Jaguar Solutions does not work with Abotech
Christian has not seen David Smith in years
David Smith, Abotech
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David Smith and the Native Alliance
of Quebec
Angry in T.O. at 10:42 AM
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Recall that in my conversation with Chief Jean- Guy Whiteduck, a major question was how a person can be recognized as an aboriginal without the consent of a band.
He pointed out that there are organizations like the Native Alliance of Quebec that have had a questionable history of providing such recognition without the cooperation of any legally recognized band. One such band is the Kitigan Zibi band, lead by Chief Whiteduck, located near in Maniwaki, Quebec, the home town of David Smith, member of Parliamant for the riding of Pontiac.
That triggered a memory and I went back to David Smith’s biography published for the June 2004 election:
He is also a member of the Quebec Aboriginal Alliance.
That is the same organization — the person writing the biography translated the French title of the group, Alliance Autochtone du Qu�bec, instead of using the official English name.
So now we can be sure that David Smith’s aboriginal credentials are not coming from any recognized band, but rather from this organization that provides recognition independent of the tribal leadership, recognition that, at least in the opinion of Chief Whiteduck, is no recognition at all.
David Smith, Abotech
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The Link between Abotech and
Jaguar Solutions
Angry in T.O. at 09:20 AM
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Sometimes the most obvious things are just under your nose.
But a reader spotted this based on the links I’ve been providing, and I’ll share it with you.
As you recall, my theory is that Abotech is a shell company created by faux-aboriginal David Smith, Liberal MP for the riding of Pontiac. Abotech, with the help of now- suspended bureaucrat (and cousin of David Smith) Frank Brazeau, lands contracts from the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business program, run by the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, under the leadership of the Honourable Andy Scott, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for M�tis and Non-Status Indians. The work is then handed off to one of David Smith’s former firms to do the actual work, after David Smith takes his cut. Jaguar Solutions was one of those firms. It has done work for aboriginal contracts in the past.
Does Frank Brazeau get a piece of the action? We don’t know…yet. He might just be a patsy, taking the fall for someone else at INAC.
One of the problems with the theory was that I had no specific evidence linking Abotech and Jaguar other than David Smith worked at Jaguar in the past, and was president of Abotech.
Now we have a link, and it’s been there all the time.
Here is the contact information for Abotech:
Here is the contact information for Jaguar Solutions:
Abotech and Jaguar Solutions share the same fax number!
As you recall, Jaguar Solutions is only 1.4 miles from the corporate offices of Abotech, which happens to be the Smith family home.
So now when the government needs to fax information to Abotech concerning a contract Abotech is working on, the information pops up in the Jaguar Solutions office.
Why? Unless all the work done by Abotech was simply handed off the Jaguar Solutions. Recall that Jaguar Solutions is not an aboriginal company according to the government’s Aboriginal Business Directory, and to qualify for PSAB contracts, one-third of the work has to be done by an aboriginal business.
Maybe it became a nuisance to get papers at Abotech, and then hoof it up the road to Jaguar Solutions to drop them off. It wasn’t like the staff at Abotech needed to actually see the papers faxed over — it was really Jaguar’s problem. And if there was something that David Smith, or the new president, wife Anne Ethier, needed to see, well, it doesn’t take long to drive just over a mile to go to Jaguar.