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A Billion Canadian Dollars to Protect Bankers at the G20 in Toronto

Why would bankers, economists and accountants
require that level of protection?

Let me see if I have this right. An RCMP spokesman goes on camera (on the national Canadian news) and states that the security effort / police plans for the G20 do not perceive any terrorism threat, but rather that the expensive security precautions are in place for "demonstrators".

(A BILLION DOLLARS to thwart concerned people with slogans, chants (even the "Canadian anthem) and home-made signs on sticks!! OMG ... prepare for the end of the known world! )

I used to be proud of my commendation ... however such inane comments as that make me wonder about what it's really worth and why it's still on my wall!

Last time I checked I had at least better than room-temperature IQ. Despite that; I'm expected to bob my head and swallow that 'official' statement? And on top of that ... accept such an obscene expense by people who don't even generate the money they squander?

Let's be clear ... a uniform does not mean intelligence ... it represents 'obedience' to higher internal authority ... and that 'authority' does not imply wisdom necessarily ... more likely compliance to (complicity with) some agenda set at the political level. So much for the pat, 6PM news statement ... he had to say that!

That among other G20 events can't help but generate serious questions for me ... because I am a critical thinker.

Being the 'critical thinker' I am, and having watched events at the G20 on the net, I am inclined to start a collection ... and hopefully that collection can raise enough money to buy Toronto one tow truck and one fire engine ... it seems they desperately need both! Before you go thinking that I'm 'generous' ... I'm not ... I simply do not like litter that attracts vermin, which was the case in Toronto!

OK, here are the details behind my thinking.

A police car gets abandoned in downtown Toronto. Electrical failure, carburetion issues, low tire pressure or maybe just a doughnut stuck in the CD player ... whatever the reason, it was abandoned at a major intersection in the downtown core and presented so little of a hazard to safety that police tactical units backed away from it in the face of an ominous column of marching protesters ... protesters armed with chants, slogans and home-made signs on sticks!. And there it sat, and sat, and sat ... for several hours ... because Toronto clearly does not have access to a tow truck!

Now here comes the vermin part ... after several hours the abandoned police car was attacked by several Black Block (idiots) "Anarchists" who needed to relieve their pent up frustrations after a window breaking spree throughout downtown Toronto that was apparently too sophisticated for a billion dollars worth of security to deal with!

The “anarchists” attacked the abandoned car with high-tech hammers & other blunt gizmos, making short work of the police car's windows ... then danced a 'terroristic jig' on the roof, trunk and hood to humiliate the car further! In a final act of sadistic cruelty they lit the vehicle on fire and left it to burn ... and burn ... and burn ... burn for a few hours ... because it appears that Toronto doesn't own a fire truck either.

So this where we come into the picture ... for a hundred grand (or so) we can provide Toronto with a fire truck and a tow truck for future emergencies ... but under the strict condition that they lend those vehicles to any future sites for G20 meetings to cut down on the expenses associated with security!

However, there was some good in that PVC (Police Vehicle Cremation) ... the length of time the police car sat burning gave ample opportunity for local and national media to record the burning car on video and write thrilling commentary in time for the next scheduled newscast!

Almost makes me want to blurt out the term "photo op" ... but I won't blurt out "photo op"because it might imply that the whole affair was staged to provide a "photo op" and it would be blasphemous to suggest that some people might benefit from a "photo op" ... even if they are people who spent a ridiculous One Billion dollars on "security" to prevent such events that would provide said "photo op". So I won't mention any reference to a "photo op".

Seems to me that there are two good questions to ask the free-spenders in Ottawa: "Under what reasonable circumstance(s) did you spend one billion dollars to protect bankers, accountants and economists from chants, slogans and home-made signs on sticks?" and "What, in this civil, gentle and disarmed county warrants buying and providing armored personnel carriers / assault vehicles to every RCMP tactical troop across the land?"

When events seem 'over the top' relative to real circumstances there are two possible scenarios ... (1) Something is being concealed, or (2) Something is being planned. Either way ... we who pay the freight are not being properly informed ... so we must take all measures to inform ourselves and we must hold elected people to account for what is going on here in Canada.

Damn, there is a flaw in my logic!

On 10th December, 1990 the Honourable Mr. Justice, E.A. Marshall, Justice of The Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, concerning Docket # 9012000725, said in his judgment:

“I know of no legal duty on an elected representative at any level of government to consult with his constituents or determine their views. While such an obligation may generally be considered desirable, there is no legal requirement.”

I guess those ballots we cast to elect people every few years who beg for jobs at the podium to be our "voice in government" are really nothing more than 'chew toys' to keep us amused ... they vote in the house and pass bills at the command of party brass ... after all; How else can a politician rise in the party ranks? And how else could a Billion Dollars get approved for an event lasting a few days? ... makes the 2010 Olympic committee look like 'security cheapskates'!

We Canadians better wake up fast ... while we still can!

Namaste'

The Modern Feudal Serf

Get your 'Serfing Gear' and have your say

The Modern Feudal Serf is Back

The " Modern Feudal Serf " isn't what my parents named me ... but it is what government deems me to be. Unfortunately for them, I'm far too independent, resourceful and aware (awake) to buy into that servile submission.

My life experiences and family history have played a consistent and influential role ... teaching me significant values right from my earliest years. Teaching me that there is no reason for abuse nor right to oppress others.

My Grandfather died as a result of his treatment in a Nazi concentration camp ... he wasn't there because he was Jewish ... he was there because he refused to persecute his Jewish neighbors. He was a police chief in Copenhagen (Kobenhaven) Denmark, during the second world war, who refused (despite Gestapo insistence) to order his constabulary to assist in a "roundup" of Jews.

Note that Jews are a point of significant historical controversy ... all I will say about that is that it is very important to understand the difference between a Jew and a Zionist ... apples & oranges once you educate yourself.

My Father lost his teenage years and teenage joys ... instead he was a member of the Danish underground (reisitasnce) ... spiriting Danish Jews out of harm's way into neutral Sweden. I can only imagine what he may have seen during that time. He was an intensely private man, but I got a glimpse of those times when I read a book called "Rescue in Denmark."

Growing up with those significant examples, it was my first choice to pursue a career in the military ... to be a defender and protector. The military trained me to fly ... not a tough task given my natural aptitude. Politicians, however, had decided that the military should be 'homogenized' and therefore skills were second to 'state personnel allocations' ... seemed ridiculous that we Canadians would ally ourselves against Soviets when we were practicing the same policies!

An education, resulting in an Officer's commission, from RMC (Royal Military College) -- "West Point" for my American cousins -- required a 'payback' ... ten years of service ... doing what politicians deemed you were to do rather than doing what your natural skills dictated. Not a good recipe ... and not something I could accept as a good use of my desire "to protect and to serve", and my willingness to risk myself for that purpose. So ...

How else does one 'protect and serve'? Ah yes ... work in policing! Second choice but not with less passion. Back in the 70's & early 80's you could still 'protect and serve' ... it was a natural motivation for those inclined to 'public service'. However, one learns soon that the 'brass' are no longer cops ... they are just politicians playing the game. I could accept a pay voucher every couple weeks to stay quiet and 'do my job' ... or, I could opt out of that PC plan ... which I did despite my commendation from the top of the brass!

In the time since, I've traveled and lived elsewhere ... got to know the people ... felt and experienced them, and their cultures. In doing so I have come to realize that while we may differ on our ideas about various things, we are mostly the same ... we want to live and raise families in peace, and with independence. We don't object to working and/or working hard to achieve that ... and are creative in that pursuit left to ourselves.

Unfortunately for normal humanity there is a group of people (Illuminati, Bilderbergers, Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission, House of Windsor, and others) who disagree with that. They are an old-blood, inbred group who insist (imagine) that they are "natural leaders" … "hereditary leaders" even … and they are arrogant enough to assume that they are smarter, more enabled and better groomed than we are to govern all human activity … right from procreation to occupation! As pathetic as that notion is, they have weaseled their way over centuries into enough positions of 'power' that they are able to enact their delusions in the form of ‘policies’ and in some cases statutes too. Notice I didn't say "laws". There is a difference ... a big difference. A "law" cannot 'compel' performance ... it can ONLY protect. However 'statutes' do compel performance and 'statutes' are a 'contract' that requires our consent! More on that some other time.

There is a big difference between "justice" and "law" … as much as there is a difference between 'right' and 'wrong.' "Statute Law" seems to say that the end is the result of a negotiated means ... while "Justice" is the simple difference in common sense between what is right, wrong, good, bad, fair and unfair ... it resonates with us at a fundamental level ... whereas "the (statue) laws" frustrate us with abuses of the victim in favor of the 'rights' of the offender.

That being said ... my commentaries hereinafter are dedicated to a heartfelt determination to see justice done ... for all of us ... for those of us who see the world as our natural home upon which we all have un-alienable rights. The Earth is our home ... not a prison upon which we are expected to live (exist) for the pleasure, convenience, profit and in servitude to deluded, self-styled “masters” who think a 'big stick' gives them dominion over free people … us.

Namaste,

The “Modern Feudal Serf”

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The 2006 Federal Election in Canada

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… still a nation of those easily frightened, & those who want a federal nanny.

Results are not all in yet but the critical polls are clear .. gratefully the Liberal Party has been expunged ..at least for a while.

It amazes me that a corrupt, arrogant and power mongering organization can be so successful at buying and intimidating its way into one seat …let alone multiple seats. It’ so blatant … tell me how the Liberal party fought this election on REAL ISSUES (of importance to the nation) versus fighting it on self-serving slander, dis-information and scare-propaganda.

This ‘defeat’ of the Liberals is largely hollow. Canadians who endorsed Liberal candidates in effect endorsed corruption and dishonesty. How do we, as a nation, accept that?

The NDP, lead by a charismatic salesman, faired very well. Interesting. Especially since NDP and Liberal values are so close … big government, big control and big transference of money from those who work and risk to those who feel entitled.

Gilles Duceppe has said tonight that he is willing to work closely with the Conservatives. The Liberals have demonized both Harper and Duceppe. Not a surprise since the Conservatives and the Bloc actually stand on similar principals … though from diverse directions.

Quebec wants what all provinces are entitled to …self-determination, self governance and self sufficiency. More power to them; they are an example ALL provinces should pay close attention to … read some history (or articles on this blog) to understand that.

The Conservatives want smaller, more accountable federal ‘governance’. The aims of their policy are to reduce the redundancies and over-control of Ottawa; to reverse the lax policy in Canada that allows criminals and even terrorists to call their own shots; to make government as accountable to Canadians as Canadians are expected to be to government! Noble motives and clearly anathema to those who want and expect us to be quiet, compliant, cooperative and dutiful to those who have deemed themselves our betters and masters.

Paul Martin said, tonight, that he is out of politics. Not his decision, I’m sure …more so the decision of the so-called ruling elite who pull Liberal strings. That being said, count on seeing a relative unknown named Michael Ignatief slipped into a safe riding and promoted.

He is being touted as the “next Pierre Trudeau”. Harvard educated, Liberally indoctrinated and a frightening prospect for Canada. The LAST thing Canada needs is another ‘Pierre Trudeau’ …the last one left us with enough confusion and grief!

Keep your eye on this blog because I’m going to personally expose and illuminate all and any propaganda the Liberal Party tends to spew to promote this DANGEROUS individual. If you, as a citizen and Canadian, have the least interest in the future of this potentially great country, you will reject and discount any suggestion that the new ‘Trudeau’ is anything more than a looming social cancer that will further suppress and destroy the credibility of this nation.

Thanks to the weakness of some Canadians, the self interest of others, the (taught) dependence of some and the selfishness of those who are too regional to be real Canadians … look forward to another visit to the ballot box way too soon.

Til Next Time Canada

The Serf

The Eve of Political Change in Canada

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… and a change in how we think of and define ourselves?

So many of you have come back to my blog regularly over the last month to find nothing new.
There are two reasons why I’ve been silent … one because I wanted my last post to register with as many people as possible, and the other is that because I have not wanted to get caught up in the minutia of political speech & promise making …Dan Murphy can do a lot more with THOSE antics than I ever could! Having said that …

A few days from now we will go (again) to voting stations and cast our ballots …hoping for something better for ourselves and for Canada. I wish us all ‘Good Luck’.

Last time we went there we were all shocked …by the allegations and preliminary information coming out of the Gomery Inquiry into political corruption. The depth, expanse, subterfuge and ramifications of the emerging information and truths were numbing … because we in Canada seem to think that such corruption exists only elsewhere …particularly the USA, according to some … but not in Canada! Hell, we’re so superior that such a thing couldn’t happen here! Right?

How wrong we were.

Now we have a second chance on the 23rd. A second chance to say “NO” to corruption and say “YES” to change from what we’ve been subjected to because some people (deeming themselves as some form of ‘royalty’) seem to think they are entitled to govern …and are therefore “entitled to their (self-given) entitlements …and to spend (and give away) money that you and I work for a lot harder for than they do.

I get a lot of email on account of this blog. I appreciate all of it. One word that comes up (almost always) when I’m being chastised for my thoughts and opinions, is that I’m “partisan”. Well, those critics are right … I certainly AM “partisan” … partisan in favour of Canada and the hard-working, honest, generous and loving people who are the mainstay of our society. So thank you to my critics for the compliment!

Unfortunately such comments weren’t meant so … in reality the implied meaning was that I’m opposed to the “business as usual” attitude that has dominated the civil service (oxymoron) and governance of Canada for far too long, Another reason for some serious changes in this country.

A few days ago, Stephen Harper said something amazingly honest and poignant. I’ll just paraphrase. The issue was how a minority Conservative government could function especially in the face of a Liberally appointed (stacked deck) Senate … and Supreme Court no doubt. Harper’s response was that is would be a good thing that ‘government was subject to checks and balances to avoid future excesses and abuses’.

Read between the lines. The essence of what the LEADER of the party said was that without oversight, government is prone to run amok. No surprise there since we’ve WITNESSED such abuse and deceit progressively throughout the ‘reign’ of the Liberals …the self-proclaimed “natural governing party of Canada”. One I refer so often to as the ‘Naturally Arrogant Party of Canada’.

Throughout this election campaign the most prominent ‘feature’ has been hysterical allegations from Liberal politicians that have less fact and substance than the last round when the hysterical cry was about aircraft carriers that Conservative war-mongers planned to buy with our tax money.

The Naturally Arrogant Party of Canada apparently thinks we’re naïve and gullible children … the ‘nanny state’ at its best! But the good news is that Canadians are apparently getting wise to this action!

Ontario has been a bastion the Liberals counted on and have taken for granted … similar to how they figured they could buy off Quebec …ala Gomery Inquiry. Interestingly (since I keep track of these things) since the election launched I’ve seen a HUGE amount of traffic from search engine inquiries (from Ontario & Quebec specifically) where the search term was an inquiry about the corruption and history of corruption of Liberal politicians … and the party in general! Fortunately I have a list of about 200 items that they can peruse to assure themselves. This has been the trend since the outset of the election campaign.

Polls over the last few days support this since they indicate that Ontario & Quebec voters are expressing the same sentiments in surveys. Last election pollsters were embarrassed by being so far off the mark, so one could claim that polls this time are similarly unreliable. Fair comment. However, the Conservative ‘lead’ in this election corresponds with the inquiries I’ve been seeing.

In talking with people or interacting by email I hear that some Canadians are in fear of a Conservative government because of some perceptions from the Mulroney era …. Huh? Who from Mulroney’s circle is still in the ‘game’? The biggest beef with the Mulroney government is the GST from all I see. OK …hang Mulroney on that …in fact, Michael Wilson (Minister of Finance then) said to me personally that the tax didn’t work so well. But did they get a chance to modify and improve that system? NO.

Instead Canadians ditched the Conservatives and elected the Liberals whose PROMISE was to scrap the hated “Mulroney / Wilson” GST tax! They didn’t do so … and while they weren’t doing do Chretien & Martin implemented actions that have fleeced (stolen) billions of dollars via EI over-deductions. The Naturally Arrogant Party spun the tale that it was all for our good … but apparently some advertising firms were actually the beneficiaries of Liberal generosity and largess …at our expense …as always.

We were angry at the Mulroney Conservatives over a tax and because we didn’t like being part of a continental market created by the Free Trade deal. Sure, that has some problems, but what new thing doesn’t have some bugs to work out? Have Liberal Politicians worked out the bugs in over a decade? Nope …but they’ve made political hay blaming Conservatives! Seems to me the Libs have had a lot more time to solve problems than the Conservatives had to adjust their plans. Which is the biggest failure to the public in Canada?

Liberals can scream about the AirBus inquiry alleging that Mulroney was involved … nothing was ever proven, and certainly the body of evidence there is pale compared to the body of evidence via the Gomrey Inquiry!

In fact, Liberals scream that if you disagree with them or happen to like either an American or an American idea/concept, you’re anti-Canadian! (So much for democratic freedom of speech and thought???) IN fact, also, the implication seems to be clear that if you’re anti-Liberal you’re a demon bent on the destruction of Canada and its ideals! (What arrogant and ignorant crap!)

When the Mulroney ‘era’ ended, we were faced with struggling with and open market in North America.

As the Chretien/Martin ‘era’ concludes we’re looking at unresolved trade disputes over softwood lumber, border identification issues due to distrust and a growing international reputation as a “State Sponsor of Terrorism”. ( More on that? Check out the book link to the left.)

Compare that for yourself.

Stephen Harper may look like Star Trek's ‘Mr. Data’, as some have said … but he’s not registering his businesses off-shore (ala Paul Martin), nor is he demanding to give convicted sex-offenders another chance to re-offend by keeping them off a necessary registry ( ala Jean Chretien, because his step son is a convicted sex offender.) Nor has his party subverted hundreds of millions of dollars (ala Sponsorgate) Which is worse?? …Harper not being picturesque to some … or the “old boys” who rip you off, play off shore while YOU pay the freight and risk your children to cover their own deviant ones?

The answer should be obvious!

I asked you, not long ago: “Are you a patriot or a sell out?” On election day we’ll both know the answer to that question. Don’t buy the lies … invest in our future instead.

Til then
The Serf

Christmas Gifts From Canada’s Political Crowd

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…or how to be happy with gifts bought with your own money!

Tis the season to think about togetherness and family. Usually Christmas time is when we, after working at least half the year to pay taxes, relax, let our guards down, feel generous, forgive and have a wonderful break from ‘it all’.

Not this year. This year in Canada Christmas is tainted with the presence of politicians and would-be politicians on our doorsteps, lawns, TVs and radios begging for jobs. Regardless of political stripe, all will be promising to represent YOU.

Such statements are technical falsehoods …lies. The jobs these people are begging you for will provide them with fat salaries, perques and a pension plan none of us could ever afford for ourselves … even though our labours can afford to pay for theirs!

The really big lie is that they will work for us …nothing could be further from the truth both n Canadian Law as well as in practice. The reality is that they work for the party brass, period. In practicality, any MP who staunchly stands for his constituent’s wishes will never progress past the station of a back bencher …someone with no power or influence ..and therefore no results.

As for all those multi-million dollar promises ... welcome to the world of your vote in exchange for your own dollars in return!

In Canadian law the picture is no less bleak ….To quote Justice E.A. Marshall, Justice of The Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta [MP Wilton Littlechild v. Citizens of Canada, Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta Docket No. 9012000725, Dec 10, 1990]

"I know of no legal duty on an elected representative at any level of government to consult with his constituents or determine their views. While such an obligation may generally be considered desirable, there is no legal requirement."

So what could that doorstep or podium promise really mean?

Canada is trying to enjoy Christmas time in the face of political divisiveness. I have been listening to all the leaders talking. Harper & Martin are the real contenders. Jack Layton can say anything he wants because he will never have to live up to it since the NDP’s chances of forming a federal government are negligible. Harper & Martin will duke it out with Harper wanting more accountability in government, less taxes and more personal choice … Martin will go on about any non-Liberal vote being anti-Canadian and destructive to the Canadian social structure! Gilles Duceppe, however, will (as he always does) be the voice we should listen to!

We in the west have long accused Ontario and Quebec with saddling us with the Liberal Party (Canada’s Naturally Dishonest Party). Interestingly this web site has seen a huge number of visitors since the election was called coming from Ontario based on search inquires about Liberal dishonesty and criminality …perhaps Ontario is now waking up to who they have so long supported and is now thinking more about the good of Canada? Possibly.

As for Quebec, and Gilles Duceppe … First off, read my post from April 2005 for a larger perspective. Duceppe consistently holds the ‘federal government’ to account for its dishonesty and for its attempts to trample provincial rights. In Canada, by law, the Provincial Governments are senior to the federal on Provincial soil. Yet, with the notable exception of Quebec, provincial governments over time have caved to the incursions and power broking out of Ottawa …except Quebec.

Oddly, The Bloc Quebequois stands for all of us in all the provinces. It is the lone voice that espouses claim to the rights and sovereignty ALL provinces are entitled to. Unfortunately we’ve been convinced (by Liberals) that Quebec threatens to break up and destroy Canada by asserting their rights under Canadian Law.

That sort of canard (lie) is exactly what your tax dollars have paid to promote through your politicians, who begged you for a job, said they’d be YOUR voice in Ottawa but sadly only became the party’s voice to you …. no wonder we’re such a mess.

Interesting isn’t it … if a company were to advertise its products and services in the manner that political parties do, the Truth in Advertising Laws would have them in a court room … just another double standard!

Cheers for now

The Serf

Canada prepares for a Christmas Season Election

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…. and what to expect from the ‘Naturally Dishonest Party’ of Canada

I just have to share these ‘leaked’ items with you!

But first, your favourite serf enjoys a diverse readership, including the House of Commons, RCMP, Agriculture Canada, DOJ Canada, HDRC, BC Systems and others world wide. Interestingly, the most common search that leads to my site is "what is a feudal serf?" In answer …a Feudal Serf is someone in chattel service to someone deemed more powerful. Sound familiar? Basically, feudal serfs paid a ‘duty’ to their ‘masters’ for the right (and opportunity) to make a living. Sound familiar?

In Canada we will soon be asked to elect some new masters …ones we trust to abuse us in the most enjoyable way … I’ll leave it up to you to decide what position you prefer.

The incumbents, the Naturally Arrogant and Dishonest Party of Canada, will be desperate to hang on to their precious power …after all, without that precious power; How can they possibly look after their friends and benefactors??? Obviously they have a lot at stake!

The RCMP motto is "Mantiens le Droit" (Maintain the Right) and the Mounties are very adroit at always getting the bad guy …as history confirms. The Liberal Party motto is "Mantiens le Power" (Stay in Power No Matter What it Takes) …and the Liberals are very adroit at always getting their election ...regarless of what it takes!

Now we have to make a distinction here! The RCMP "get their man" on the basis of good investigation and good evidence. The Liberals, on the other hand, have usually ‘got their election’ on the basis of good fear mongering and good BS.

With that in mind I will share with you the ‘leaked’ logo of the upcoming Liberal election campaign.

Also, a ‘leaked’ secret illustration of the ‘Primary Weapon’ in the Liberal Election Arsenal.

Shhhhhh …you’re not supposed to know this … but pass the images around anyway.

Covertly
The Serf

PS: Our fun little graphics here are thanks to Tactical Graphic Design who came up with these for me on VERY short notice ...and your donations made it possible ...thank you all!

Tax Cuts are Bad

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…at least according to the Liberals!

Correct me if I’m wrong, but my memory seems to recall that in the last election the Liberals accused the Conservatives of planning the death of social programs because the Conservatives promoted tax reductions.

Correct me if I’m wrong … but haven’t the Liberals just offered $30 BILLION in tax cuts? I guess the social programs are safer now than they were a few years ago …so now the Liberals can campaign on the same platform!

Speaking of “tax cuts” …whatever happened to the George Radwanski debacle? Remember him? A half million dollars in tax forgiveness because he was a buddy of Coach Jean Chretien! Have you heard anymore about it? Did he pay? What kind of salary did the feds pay him that he would owe so much? What kind of pay plan was he on that deductions weren’t automatic to cover the tax load? Seems to me I’ve read of people who have had their whole financial lives frozen over less than a thousand bucks in tax discrepancy! Guess it all depends on who you know!

I was talking to an acquaintance recently and the subject of taxation & collection came up. Seems my acquaintance was being garnisheed and his employer was taking 30% off his gross income to satisfy the garnishee order. To me that seemed abusive and I said so. My acquaintance then brought out his papers and showed then to me.

The first thing I noticed was that there was NO accounting for the sum demanded …just a figure. Most importantly, though, all I saw was a ‘CRA document’ that was rubber stamped (it was obvious) with a supervisory signature. There was no proof of claim, nor any court order …just a rubber-stamped piece of paper issued by a tax collector. (I wonder what ever happened to “due process”?) Furthermore I was taken aback and quite offended to notice that a substantial part of the document involved THREATENING the payroll officer/clerk with personal penalties if he or she did not comply with the "order”. By the way, the amount was just over three thousand dollars (not half a million!).

Speaking of ‘tax collection methods … I have another anecdote to share with you regarding who the feds hire to collect their demands of us. Picture this … two employees of Revenue Canada showed up one day at a friend’s office. One of them was quiet (the supervisor) and the other was a loud-mouthed thug who threatened my friend with a number of dire consequences and throughout managed to use the “F” word in all its glorious variables.

My friend was offended and simply asked them to leave … they did …without even bothering to close the office door behind them. Bad mistake. You see, this particular friend is someone who has risked his life (on behalf of the feds, by the way) to ensure you and I are sleeping a little safer …and he was offended deeply by the unprofessional and loutish behaviour of these two “civil servants”. So, he wrote a formal complaint to the regional head of Revenue Canada, explaining the behaviour and details.

This resulted in a meeting wherein he said to the regional head that the behaviour and deportment of the one individual in particular was on the level one would expect from a mouse-house collection agency as a means of applying perspective. Then came an amazing admission from the Rev Can boss …apparently Revenue Canada had gone on a hiring spree for collectors and had farmed all the high-interest finance houses (Avco, Household etc) and had hired all their knee-buster collectors … to represent the federal ‘government’. How nice!

OK …one more poignant anecdote about this abuse. Another acquaintance fell behind on GST remittances by a couple thousand dollars … paying wages first, government second. The business folded due to a downturn in the economy and then the ‘collectors’ showed up with one of those rubber-stamped garnishee orders to present to her new employer. Three years later she was still living in relative poverty ...surviving on what was left over of her salary after usual deductions taken off after 30% of her gross had been skimmed to satisfy the rubber-stamped garnishee order!

Finally, on the insistence of friends & family, she expended more of her precious retained dollars to hire a tax accountant …this being after she did some math and concluded that she would never get past his with the accumulation of penalties and interest being assessed along the way! Fortunately she hired a good accountant. It took a few months but the accountant go results …payments were halted to start with and then finally an admission from the feds that she’d paid too much … $5,000 & change too much!

Had she not hired the accountant (a good one) she would likely still be paying today, three years later. Oh, and as a post script to this anecdote, there are two points …One: She learned from the accountant that the CRA pays commissions to collectors …in other words they get a percentage of money collected so it serves their selfish purposes to have you pay as long and as much as possible. (Talk about privatization!) Two: If you or I were to try to raise or collect money in the same fashion as the feds, we’d be facing criminal charges for fraud and extortion!

OK …so back to Radwanski …apparently the half million dollars he ‘owed’ has just gone away because he has the right friends. Just like so many Quebec-based ad agencies and individuals profited because they had the right friends. Just like a certain golf courses in Shawinigan got special treatment … all because they had the right friends.

Who are those friends? The Liberal Party of Canada ..that’s who. And friends like mine and friends like yours have been intimidated and defrauded out of the money to cover George’s shortfall …not to mention that there was enough left over to slide some financial ‘grease’ to political allies as well. The Naturally Fraudulent Party of Canada seems to have a great little thing going for itself!

So now the Liberals are on the hot seat …but they are confident that if they can stall long enough you and I will forget …especially when they hold out $30 Billion of OUR dollars to entice us to put their arrogant and corrupt party back into power.

If you think I share these stories with you just to we can whine about outcomes .. you’re wrong. I share them to encourage you to think about the causes. Nothing is going to change until Canadians grow a collective backbone and take those elected employees by the scruff of the neck to the wood shed.

WE (you and me) own this country …not politicians and senior civil servants who treat themselves as royalty at our expense. Until that gets straightened out, look forward to bending over time and time again.

Til Next Time
The Serf

The Final Gomery Report

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… and Liberal election politics (usual tactics)

This will be a short post because there isn’t much that needs to be said … outside of logically dismantling the “save our political asses” spin you’ll be subjected to compliments of the Liberal Party of Canada and their media pals.

REMEMBER THE PRIORITIES ... If you're a verteran who fought for our 'freedom' and 'democracy' you're entitled to be swindled out of your benefits and to live on a 'cat food pension' ... however, if you're a federal politician you're entitled to lie and cheat for six years so that you will get a fully indexed life-long pension that allows you to live well for your "sacrifice." With those contrasting priorities in mind, put all you hear from the so-called 'government' in Ottawa into clear perspective.

POINT ONE: The Gomery Commission was NOT a criminal investigation (although it rightly should have been) and therefore cannot and did not implicate people criminally … regardless of how much criminality was involved.

POINT TWO: Phase One of his report has been released and delivered clearly establishing that the Liberal Party of Canada (those ‘naturally governing, moral and social beacons of Canada) conducted a sneaky, self-serving, arrogant and criminally ripe operation to funnel funds stolen from you and me to the best interests of the party that assumes it is Canada’s royalty. As if we need royalty!

The latest spin is that Canadians NEED to hear the second Gomery Report before being sent to the polls.

LET’S GET SOMETHING ENTIRELY STRAIGHT!

Phase One of the Gomery Report said it all …the Liberal Party of Canada engaged in deceptive, dishonest, illegal and criminal activities to promote its own politics. PERIOD.

WHAT MORE DO WE NEED TO THROW CRIMINALS OUT OF OFFICE?

Phase Two of the Gomery Report will simply make ‘recommendations’ about how to avoid a repeat of those same CRIMINAL activities … nothing more.

THEREFORE, CANADIAN VOTERS … if anyone attempts to suggest that your right to make an informed election decision before Gomery has released report number two is premature is lying to you and you can bet your last ill-taken tax dollar that person also wears a Liberal Party of Canada label.

• Are you not tired of being lied to and cheated?
  
  
• Are you not sick of listening to the self-serving, inaccurate drivel that drools out of the mouths of desperate, incompetent failures like Paul Martin and Ujjal Dosanjh … who have nothing more in the ethical store than to tell you whatever story serves their political designs at the moment?
  
  
• Are you not sick and tired of being regarded as “so stupid” as to buy into that drivel?
  
  
• $30 Billion in tax cuts suddenly promised! ... How does it feel, Canada, to see desperate criminals try to buy your vote with your money ... money taken from you excessively and unlawfully ... (Supreme Court of Canada, 1951, ORDERED the federal 'government' OUT of the income tax collection business by 1962 ... since then, the "feds" have been operating 'in contempt' of the Supreme Court of Canada.[Lord Nelson Hotel Case]) ... wouldn't you or I have gone to jail for that contempt????
  
  
• Canada is already regarded as a “State Sponsor of Terrorism” (international opinion) … Do we also want to continue being regarded as a “Banana Republic” because we allow politicians such as the Liberals to continue ‘governing’ and abusing this beautiful country?

YOU CHOOSE next time you mark your ballot …and after you do, go right home and look in the mirror at who cast your ballot ... a patriot or a self-centered sell-out ... because all of us, in our hearts, know the difference between right and wrong ... regardless of how we may be tempted to rationalize at times.

It's up to only you who you choose to be!

For now
The Serf

The Liberal War Machine Prepares ‘Crude Missiles’

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…in typical ‘slander-based electioneering tactics.

Here we go … an election is looming, and whether its over the Christmas season or delayed so that Paul and Company can spin more excuses and veiled threats (i.e. no fuel cost relief, the end of medical coverage as we know it or the end of Canada as a sovereign nation!)

We’re in for a ‘political feast’ … financially, our own dollars (that have been skimmed excessively) will be held out as an offering for votes … our fears will be exploited via the threat of medical coverage loss, private health care, and the evil Conservative-right who will end all those failed social programs and run right out to purchase aircraft carriers, Hum Vs, orbiting laser battle stations and a statue of George Bush to place outside the House of Commons!

Does that sound ridiculous? Probably. However, when the election campaign begins and all the allegations, illusions, pontifications and speculations start gushing out of the mouths of the well trained Liberal seals … oops …meant ‘candidates’ … it won’t sound ridiculous any more! After all …a politician will have said it ...especially a politician representing the self-proclaimed ‘natural governing party’ of Canada.

One of the benefits of having a popular (political) blog (web site) is that a lot of wonderful people contribute thoughts, content and links. From where I’m sitting, it’s really encouraging to know that Canadians are talking …on the back-channels … about the deceit and dishonesty that ‘governs’ our beautiful country …that is destroying our beautiful country. ‘United’ we can take a stand, and reclaim the country that belongs to us (not the politicians) … divided we will indeed fall and those we’ve hired to manage certain affairs (politicians) will effectively own and control that which belongs to us! What a horrible waste that would be!

The “Natural Governing Party of Canada” (their claim) has a demonstrable history if winning elections with lies, distortions of truth, threats and slander … and a good measure of arrogance on top of it! I mention ‘arrogance’ because despite the Gomery inquiry and subsequent revelations, the Liberals are conducting business in exactly the same sneaky, dishonest and arrogant (assuming Canadians are ignorant and gullible) manner. Now, it’s one thing for me to say that, however, unlike your Liberal heroes, I am prepared to offer you more than just words to substantiate my position! Paradoxically, in this case, the words I offer in substantiation are from the Liberals themselves … even though these are words you were never meant to hear!

Peter O'Neil
CanWest News Service

Monday, November 07, 2005

OTTAWA - An exasperated B.C. businessman has gone public with misdirected e-mails he regularly receives detailing inside information from the Liberal government, which included party tactics and sensitive data such as credit card numbers.

Bill Sadar's final straw, he said, was an e-mail last week outlining a scheme involving Ruth Thorkelson, one of Prime Minister Paul Martin's closest political advisers, aimed at discrediting two of Conservative Leader Stephen Harper's star candidates.

Thorkelson, who left her post as Martin's deputy chief of staff in August, sent a message to Liberal MP Judi Longfield outlining plans to leak to "a friendly media outlet" accusations Tory candidates Jim Flaherty and John Baird are violating the Canada Elections Act. Thorkelson proposed that Longfield, whose Ontario seat of Whitby-Oshawa is being challenged by Flaherty, issue a news release the day after the leak to take advantage of the controversy.

The e-mail, however, ended up in Sadar's computer because Thorkelson copied her plan to John Brodhead, a political aide to Infrastructure Minister John Godfrey.

"Today I got some guy asking someone else for lunch. You know, I get a variety. I get baby pictures, I get jokes, I get lunch dates, I get Liberal announcements. I get all kinds of crap," Sadar said. "What pushed me over the edge was the Thorkelson thing. That was too much for me. I don't want to see that crap and I don't like it, because it sounded underhanded.

"I don't like the way they do business that way. I guess I'm slightly influenced by the Gomery thing that's going on."

The worst part it, the Liberals don't really see anything wrong with this. Thorkelson's major sin is that she got caught trying to do it.

Yup … they just don’t seem to have learned that Canadians are smarter than given credit for, are more aware than given credit for, and are talking amongst each other more than ever before. The truth of these matters is that the biggest threat the Liberal Party of Canada faces …and the one they cannot defeat honestly … unless they simply admit to decades of fraud, deceit and deceptions … is that they have been caught red-handed. Yet they haven’t the common sense to just take their punishment … the defensive ‘spew’ coming out of them is insulting …I’m insulted that anyone would expect me to believe such transparent BS … you should be insulted to!

There is an old expression that says: “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance; baffle them with bullshit.” Expect a lot of that out of the Liberals as we ramp up to an election. Something from a valued Modern Feudal Serf reader is something you should read and read again. Why? Because when you read the list you will see 199 reasons the Liberal Arrogance of Canada should be wiped off the political map. For those of you following this blog you will have seen this already thanks to a comment by NL-ExPatriate. Other information is available at http://soapbox22.blogspot.com.

I’m reprinting them here for you to think about …and think you should before casting your next ballot … will you be supporting positive change, or supporting historic corruption and deceit?

Til Next Time
The Serf …………..READ THE LIST THAT FOLLOWS, PLEASE!!!

VOTES FOR LIBERAL POLITICIANS HAVE RESULTED IN:

1. Canceling the Sea King replacement
2. Sponsorship scandal
3. Gun Registry
4. HRDC boondoggle
5. Problems with Transition Job Funds program
6. Tainted blood
7. Radwanski Spending Affair
8. Pearson Airport
9. GST Flip Flop
10. Airbus Investigation
11. Voting against Red Book promise of independent Ethics Commissioner
12. Irving fishing lodge stays/travel on Irving jets for cabinet ministers
13. Martin traveling on private corporate jets as Finance Minister
14. Don Boudria’s stay at Boulay owned chalet
15. Denis Coderre staying with Boulay
16. Alfonso Gagliano being appointed Ambassador to Denmark
17. Shawinigate
18. Claude Gauthier (PM’s friend)’s Transelec getting CIDA grant that was questioned by the Auditor General and even CIDA.
19. Liberal fundraiser Pierre Corbeil charged with fraud by RCMP after he approached several Quebec companies seeking federal job training grants and asking for payments to Liberal Party, having gotten the names from senior Quebec Liberal Minister, Marcel Massé.
20. Michel Dupuy, Heritage Minister, lobbying the CRTC.
21. Tom Wappel refusing to help blind veteran
22. Gagliano’s son benefiting from contracts from his father’s department
23. Gagliano’s former speechwriter, Michèle Tremblay was on a $5,000 a month retainer with the Canada Lands Company to provide speeches for the Minister. Former President John Grant let her go saying “we got nothing in return.” Grant claimed that all Crown Corporations reporting to Mr. Gagliano were told to put Ms. Tremblay on a monthly retainer.
24. Iltis replacement
25. Purchase of new Challenger jets for the Prime Minister and cabinet
26. NATO Flying Training program contract
27. Liberal friends appointed as IRB judges being investigated by RCMP
28. Hedy Fry’s imaginary burning crosses
29. Maria Minna’s improper municipal vote
30. Minna giving contracts to two former campaign staffers for public relations work for a conference that had already been held
31. Lawrence MacAulay and contracts directed to Holland College
32. Lawrence MacAulay and Tim Banks
33. Lawrence MacAulay hired his official agent, Everett Roche, for $70K, but Roche never did any work for it. (Oct 2002)
34. Art Eggleton and contracts to his ex-girlfriend
35. Copps’ aide Boyer’s spending habits
36. Collenette resigns for breach of ethical guidelines involving a letter he wrote to the Immigration and Refugee Board
37. APEC Inquiry
38. Andy Scott's 1998 resignation that came eight weeks too late, after a media circus wore him down for indiscreetly shooting his mouth off on an airplane.
39. Anti-American comments by Liberal MPs, officials, and the former Minister of Natural Resources.
40. Rock and the Apotex/Cipro affair
41. Rock giving Health Canada contract to car cleaning company.
42. Manley lobbying CIBC on behalf of Rod Bryden
43. Manley’s fundraiser suggesting donors to his leadership write it off as a business expense.
44. Manley using his pre-budget consultations as Minister of Finance to solicit support for his leadership bid.
45. Coderre’s relationship with Group Everest
46. Martin’s fundraiser/employee of Finance Jim Palmer
47. Martin’s “blind trust” and his relationship with CSL.
48. Gerry Byrne requesting fundraising money be sent to his home address, with no records kept.
49. Gerry Byrne pouring bulk of ACOA money into his own riding.
50. Virginia Fontaine Addictions Foundation
51. Prime Minister’s former assistant, Denise Tremblay’s huge travel expenses on Veterans Review and Appeal Board as Minister pleaded poverty to veterans’ widows.
52. Chrétien appointing Hon. Roger Simmons (former Trudeau minister convicted of income tax evasion) as Consul-General in Seattle
53. Chrétien trying to bring hit-and-run driver Carignan back into caucus.
54. The RCMP is investigating possible fraud and bribery within Industry Canada, involving possible "overpayments" to recipients of federal business grants. The probe centres on the National Research Council, which hands out federal grants to small- and medium-sized businesses.
55. 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
56. Revenue Minister Elinor Caplan called in the RCMP and ordered a sweeping security review after four tax department computers were stolen containing confidential personal information on more than 120,000 Canadians.
57. More than $7 billion stashed in Foundations by Finance Minister Paul Martin with little or no accountability
58. Dhaliwal overseing Richmond-airport-Vancouver transit line while being owner of the airport limousine service
59. Tom Rosser, former Dhaliwal advisor lobbying Natural Resources department and minister on environmental issues only months after leaving government.
60. $5.3 million GG northern travel
61. GG budget doubles in 5 years
62. Robert Thibault giving a grant as ACOA minister to a wharf and boatyard where his brother-in-law has a monopoly.
63. Royal LePage contract, which the government was forced to cancel in the wake of serious concerns being raised.
64. Shutting down the Somalia Inquiry
65. Home heating rebate, which was sent to prisoners and deceased.
66. Martin firing Bernard Dussault, Chief Actuary of CPP
67. Ethel Blondin-Andrew buys fur coat on government credit card
68. Chrétien’s imaginary homeless friend.
69. Liberal MP Rick Laliberte’s extensive travel budget
70. Liberal Senator Thompson living in Mexico
71. Vendetta against former BDC President François Beaudoin
72. The flag give-away – which estimates suggest might now have cost $45 million instead of the promised $6 million, and reportedly involved fake invoices.
73. Gagliano’s two week trip, at taxpayers’ expense, for a two day event with the head of the Royal Canadian Mint and Maurizio Caruso.
74. Secretary of State for multiculturalism and status of women Sheila Finestone using government car (which junior ministers are only allowed to use for government business) to drive home to Montreal, which even Sheila Copps criticized. (Ottawa Citizen, May 22, 1994)
75. Liberal MP Jag Bhaduria’s hate mail to his former employers, wishing that they had been shot by killer Marc Lepine
76. Liberal MP Jag Bhaduria making false claims about his academic qualifications.
77. Paul Martin and Maria Minna attending fundraising dinner for group linked to Tamil Tigers in May 2000 (National Post, Sept. 8th, 2001).
78. David Anderson, as National Revenue Minister, suing the government for lost wages after being removed as IRB appointee by Conservative government seeking $454,000 from a deficit-ravaged federal treasury. (Vancouver Sun, July 24, 2004). Anderson eventually agreed to drop the suit.
79. David Anderson suggesting that the BC doesn’t need extra House of Commons seats, because they wouldn't be worth much given the poor quality of most West Coast MPs. (Vancouver Sun, July 24, 2004)
80. A consultant on an executive interchange program persuaded Natural Resources to undertake a $700-million reorganization of its research facilities for which no business case had been made. The program was fast-tracked because he had developed a social relationship with the deputy minister. He was eventually charged with diverting $525,000 to a numbered company he controlled. (Globe and Mail, May 30, 2005)

And the list continues under Prime Minister Martin:

81. Raid on reporter Juliet O’Neill’s home by RCMP
82. Permanent Resident Cards
83. Judy Sgro going on vacation as cards became mandatory and landed immigrants were left stranded
84. Minister Frulla’s renovations
85. Pay raises for chiefs-of-staff in ministers offices, while spending is frozen for public service.
86. The government’s changing numbers on how much money has gone to CSL
87. Lobbyists in Paul Martin’s transition team being allowed to return to lobbying immediately, after being involved in process of picking new cabinet and senior staff.
88. Minister Comuzzi’s anti-Quebec comments
89. Martin government using closure after only six days in the House of Commons, followed by using time allocation in the Senate.
90. Problems with DND’s contracts with Compaq Computers that may have cost taxpayers up to $159 million for work not performed.
91. Martin using government jets to tour the country campaigning before election, spending up to $1 million for air travel alone.
92. Martin’s relationship with Earnscliffe
93. Questionable contracts to Earnscliffe
94. The appointment of former Liberal MLA Howard Sapers as the Correctional Investigator of Canada
95. Pierre Pettigrew’s flip flopping on health care
96. David Dingwall’s expenses as head of Royal Canadian Mint
97. Liberals planning to give David Dingwall a severance package after he resigned
98. The secret National Unity Fund reserve
99. Calling an early election after earlier promising first to get to the bottom of the sponsorship scandal
100. Martin suggesting changes to legislation and introducing bill that benefited CSL, despite concerns from his own Deputy Minister that he was in a conflict-of-interest (Ottawa Citizen, May 26, 2004)
101. $99 million Public Works contract that went to company overseen by Liberal fundraiser and future Senator Paul Massicotte (Montreal Gazette, June 26, 2004)
102. Parliamentary Secretary Dan McTeague’s 3-person, $224 trip to a Pizzeria
103. Immigration Minister Judy Sgro’s staff being allowed to stay on “extended travel” benefits, letting them bill taxpayers’ for thousands of dollars in hotel rooms and meals, because they didn’t want to move from Toronto to Ottawa until after the election.
104. Correctional Service of Canada Commissioner Lucie McClung’s travel expenses
105. Contracting irregularities on more than two dozen projects at DND worth tens of millions of dollars, showing over-billing, profit excesses, unauthorized additional work, lack of accounting records, spiralling cost overruns, etc. (Globe and Mail, July 14, 2004).
106. ACOA Minister Joe McGuire canceling ACOA loan and grant to ABL Industries Inc. because it would compete with company in his riding. (Fredericton Daily Gleaner, July 17, 2004).
107. Andy Mitchell’s chief of staff’s $22,000 in expenses to commute to Ottawa (Toronto Star, August 2, 2004).
108. André Ouellet’s travel and hospitality expenses at Canada Post.
109. Government delaying release of audit on Ouellet until after the election (Globe and Mail, July 31, 2004).
110. Martin’s principle secretary Francis Fox’s sister getting untendered contracts (The Province, July 27, 2004).
111. Continuing problems in advertising files at Public Works (Ottawa Sun, July 26, 2004).
112. A Liberal Party of Canada fundraising letter signed by Paul Martin, asking potential contributors to offer $7,000, $7,100 or $7,200 in contributions – far in excess of donation limits passed by the very same Liberal government
113. Liberal Senator Raymond Lavigne violating municipal bylaws. Municipality pursuing legal action against him. (Ottawa Citizen, August 19, 2004).
114. Spa Days for inmates approved by the Correctional Service of Canada, which on Aug. 21 invited inmates at the Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener, Ont., to dabble with manicures, pedicures and aromatherapy, not to mention cups of tea served in fine china, all accompanied by a harp serenade. (National Post, September 9, 2004).
115. Five employees in the ''overwhelmed'' immigration section of Canada's embassy in Iran have been fired over the past year after they each were caught breaching federal ethics rules (National Post, September 13, 2004).
116. Questionable contracts and spending from the Canada Investment and Savings group set up by Martin in 1996 (Globe and Mail, September 13, 2004)
117. Questionable contracting practices at Canada Information Office (The Hill Times, September 13, 2004).
118. A top Canadian diplomat based in China has resigned amid reports he is being investigated for allegedly taking bribes to help Chinese nationals enter Canada illegally. (Vancouver Sun, September 22, 2004).
119. Abuse of government credit cards by staff at Fisheries Department (CP Wire, September 24, 2004).
120. Canada’s questionable hiring of the niece of Syria's foreign affairs minister to work at the embassy in Damascus (Globe and Mail, October 5, 2004)
121. Hélène Scherrer using Challenger to fly to Banff during election to give partisan speech
122. Abuse of Challengers by Paul Martin and various ministers (eg. Andy Mitchell, Claudette Bradshaw)
123. Abuse of Challenger jets for political business instead of government business (Le Devoir, October 4, 2005)
124. Paul Martin taking Challenger jets to Liberal fundraisers
125. Challenger food bill of $508 per flight
126. Expenses during election filed by aide to Ralph Goodale
127. Questionable expenses during election filed by aides to Judy Sgro
128. Ongoing problems and safety concerns with the submarine program
129. Various federal departments reported in excess of $1.1 million in theft of computers in 2003, but the information is potentially more valuable than the hardware (Vancouver Sun, October 14, 2004).
130. According to the latest public-accounts-of-Canada reports for the period March 2004 and March 2005, over 700 laptops, desktops and central processing units went missing from 35 federal government agencies -- worth $6 million. (The Province, October 19, 2005)
131. Federal government has lost track of $587 million a year in EI overpayments and underpayments at the Department of Human Resources. (Ottawa Citizen, October 12, 2004). However, the government defends itself by stating that in fact it has only lost track of $25 million a year and collects the other overpayments. (Ottawa Citizen, October 13, 2004)
132. $133,000 grant to a Toronto film company that used classified ads to search for the "perfect" penis. (National Post, October 14, 2004).
133. Man convicted of fraud against government hired to teach ethics course to public servants (National Post, October 20, 2004).
134. Public Works selling confiscated grow-op equipment to drug traffickers. (National Post, October 21, 2004).
135. Pressure by Liberal MPs and ministers on ACOA to make funding decisions based on politics (New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, October 25, 2004).
136. Paul Martin’s Director of Communications Scott Reid insulting Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador (Toronto Star, October 28, 2004)
137. The Martin government spent $127,223 on a poll last February testing ways to diffuse negative reaction to the bombshell auditor-general's report -- which included the finding the Liberals ignored their own rules prohibiting the use of tax dollars on partisan polls (Vancouver Sun, November 8, 2004).
138. Judy Sgro’s campaign volunteer (a stripper) getting ministerial permit
139. Sgro’s senior policy advisor going to strip club to meet with owner to discuss bringing more strippers into Canada. (National Post, November 25, 2004). Subsequent revelations indicate that he went to at least one other strip club to conduct similar meetings (Toronto Sun, December 7, 2004)
140. Sgro giving out details of private immigration files, violating Privacy Act
141. Allegations that Sgro broke the elections law in failing to properly identify the source of a campaign contribution. (Toronto Star, December 8, 2004).
142. Revelations that the program to bring in foreign exotic dancers was created under pressure from organized crime (National Post, December 18, 2004)
143. Irwin Cotler appointing his former chief-of-staff to federal court (National Post, November 23, 2004).
144. Heritage Minister Liza Frulla giving grant to magazine that put her on the cover and made her honourary president (Ottawa Citizen, November 25, 2004)
145. Despite promising an end to cronyism and patronage, Martin appointing Liberal MP John Harvard as Lt-Governor of Manitoba, in order to get him to step aside for “star” candidate Glen Murray.
146. Despite promising an end to cronyism and patronage, Martin appointing Liberal MP Yvon Charbonneau to UNESCO, in order to get him to step aside for Martin crony Pablo Rodriguez.
147. Despite promising an end to cronyism and patronage, Martin appointing former Liberal MP Karen Kraft-Sloan as Ambassador for the Environment. (Department of Foreign Affairs Press Release, February 16, 2005).
148. Despite promising an end to cronyism and patronage, Martin appointing defeated Liberal candidate Dave Haggard as the chair of a newly created Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship. (OIC 2005-0001)
149. Despite promising an end to cronyism and patronage, Martin appointed his friend Dennis Dawson to the Senate
150. Despite promising an end to cronyism and patronage, Martin appointed his former Principal Secretary Francis Fox to the Senate
151. Despite promising an end to cronyism and patronage, Martin appointed disgraced former cabinet minister Art Eggleton to the Senate
152. Martin and his wife complaining about having to live in 24 Sussex (Edmonton Journal, November 17, 2004)
153. Millennium Bureau spending done with same lack of controls and oversight of sponsorship program
154. The RCMP has charged a senior Immigration Canada manager and four accomplices in an alleged bribes-for-status scheme in which Arab immigrants paid up to $25,000 to have their claims fast-tracked and approved (National Post, December 17, 2004)
155. Making widows of RCMP officers killed in the line of duty pay for their husbands’ funerals (Under pressure from the Conservative Party, the government reversed this policy)
156. Martin patronage-appointee Jim Walsh breaking ethics guidelines and attending Liberal Christmas Party (St. John’s Telegram, January 20, 2005).
157. Port authority losing more than $60,000 in public funds on the stock market. When Central Cape Breton Community Ventures took over the port in Iona in 2000, the private agency deposited only $5,000 of the $245,000 it received from Transport Canada into a designated bank account. The federal funding was meant to cover the port's maintenance, insurance and professional services costs (Chronicle-Herald, January 31, 2005).
158. Canadian flag lapel pins being made in China. Only under pressure, Scott Brison flip flops and agrees to have them made in Canada again.
159. Questionable dealings around the privatization of the Digby Wharf, which even Liberal MP Robert Thibault wants the RCMP to investigate (Chronicle-Herald, February 10, 2005).
160. Adrienne Clarkson spending $17,500 to evaluate cleaning at Rideau Hall (Ottawa Sun, February 19, 2005)
161. Martin patronage appointee Glen Murray breaking ethics guidelines and attending Liberal Convention as delegate
162. Martin ignoring parliamentary committee and appointing Glen Murray as chair of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
163. Marlene Jennings, the Parliamentary Secretary for Canada-U.S. relations, making anti-American remarks
164. Government knowing about details of torture and murder of Zahra Kazemi back in November and still sending ambassador back to Iran
165. Government knowing about details of torture and murder of Zahra Kazemi back in November but doing nothing
166. Tens of thousands of dollars were spent on questionable acquisitions at CFB Borden (Ottawa Sun, April 18, 2005).
167. Joe Volpe keeping stripper visa program operating, despite having promised to shut it down (CTV.ca, March 5, 2005)
168. Jean Lapierre acting as lobbyist without registering
169. Joe Volpe trying to intimidating Sikh community
170. In the spring of 2003, the RCMP investigated allegations that Liberal MP Gurbax Malhi had requested favours and financial support for Paul Martin's 2003 leadership campaign in exchange for helping Indian nationals get these temporary resident permits (Globe and Mail, March 10, 2005).
171. Liberals spending $443,237 to change the name Passport Office to Passport Canada (Montreal Gazette, April 21, 2005).
172. Ken Dryden’s chief of staff charged with careless driving (Ottawa Citizen, March 22, 2005)
173. Liberals trying to buy off Conservative MPs with offers of patronage positions
174. Liberals handling of the submarine program
175. Public Service Integrity Officer’s travel expenses (Ottawa Sun, May 4, 2005)
176. Liberal Senator Michel Biron going to hearing to support killer Karla Homolka (CTV News, June 9, 2005)
177. Public Works contract watchdog Consulting and Audit Canada violating contracting rules (Toronto Star, July 4, 2005)
178. Technology Partnerships Canada rules being violated to pay lobbyists (Globe and Mail, June 24, 2005)
179. Former Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Robert Nault is working as a paid lobbyist for Nelson House First Nation in what some allege is an apparent violation of a federal code of conduct. Among the federal departments Nault is lobbying is the Indian and Northern Affairs department he headed until December 2003, according to a lobbying report Nault filed with the federal government. Nault registered as a lobbyist for Nelson House, now known as Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, on July 18, 2005 -- one year and seven months after leaving his cabinet post. Under the Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Code for Public Office Holders, Nault is barred from working for any entity with which his department had "direct and significant official dealings" for two years after leaving office. He is also barred for two years from lobbying his former department or any of his former cabinet colleagues (Winnipeg Free Press, September 14, 2005)
180. According to documents obtained by the Globe and Mail, Pierre Pettigrew billed Canadian taxpayers for $10,000 for trips for his driver in 2001 and 2002. Pettigrew took his driver to South America and Europe, even though the driver didn’t do any driving on the trips. (Globe and Mail, September 14, 2005)
181. Joe Volpe’s questionable hospitality expenses (Globe and Mail, September 21, 2005)
182. According to media reports, Industry Canada has frozen federal financing for research projects by an Ontario biotechnology firm pending the outcome of an investigation into the company's agreement to pay $350,000 in lobbying “success” fees to former Liberal cabinet minister David Dingwall. Such contingency fee payments violate Technology Partnership Canada rules. (Globe and Mail, September 23, 2005)
183. Expenses of chairman of the Royal Canadian Mint Emmanuel Triassi, who also approved David Dingwall’s expenses (Globe and Mail, October 4, 2005)
184. Last week, Public Works was also silent on details of another case involving forensic accounting. Government accounts published on Thursday showed a department employee had embezzled $3.45 million from Public Works office in Koblenz, Germany. Even though the employee was convicted and jailed in Germany, Public Works will not name him or give any details of the crime (Ottawa Citizen, October 4, 2005)
185. The federal government inadvertently revealed yesterday that it is conducting a large-scale forensic accounting probe into "possibly criminal matters" when it published details of a contract intended for a Quebec accounting firm. The notice awarding a $2-million contract for forensic accounting services was published on the government's tendering website, MERX. It gave notice that Consulting and Audit Canada was planning to award the sole-source contract to Leclerc Juricomptable, a Quebec City firm specializing in forensic work and litigation support. The contract award notice said the work had to be sole-sourced to Leclerc because it is "not in the public interest to jeopardize the current investment in the investigation or to significantly increase the risk to a successful completion of the investigation into possibly criminal matters." A spokesman for the Department of PublicWorks and Government Services said yesterday that the notice was published "prematurely" and would be withdrawn last night. He could not say, however, what is under investigation, but said the contract was not tied to another scandal that has kept Quebec forensic accountants busy over the past years. "It's not related to sponsorship or Gomery, that I can tell you," said spokesman Pierre Teotonio (Ottawa Citizen, October 4, 2005). It was subsequently revealed that the department involved was CIDA (CP Wire, October 4, 2005)
186. Questions about campaign funds from Raymond Chan’s campaign going to his companies (Vancouver Sun, October 7, 2005)
187. Questions about a possible conflict-of-interest between Chan’s activities as minister on behalf of possible business associates (Vancouver Sun, October 7, 2005)
188. Questions about the report that Chan filed with the Ethics Commissioner (Vancouver Sun, October 7, 2005)
189. Government giving out contract that specifies no paper trail to be left in government offices (Vancouver Province, October 11, 2005)
190. Questionable travel expenses at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (CP, October 16, 2005)
191. Two employees at DFO fired for making fraudulent travel claims (CP, The Province, October 18, 2005).
192. Lobbyist registrar Michael Nelson has launched investigations of four people for eight possible breaches of the ethics guidelines for lobbyists, the first such investigations ever launched under the code. (Globe and Mail, October 18, 2005)
193. According to media reports, the federal government has terminated two contracts with a consulting firm that used to be run by Liberal MP David Smith and now run by his wife, following a forensic audit of the contracting practices at a federal agency (Globe and Mail, October 19, 2005)
194. ATI requests by prisoners for information on prison system and guards, when information is actually disclosed
195. Liberal candidate Richard Mahoney lobbying for satellite radio company for a month before registering (Ottawa Citizen, October 19, 2005)
196. 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 Canadian Press raises red flags about a new system designed to streamline computer tracking of military inventory and purchases. MASIS -- or Materiel Acquisition Support Information System -- started in 1997 as a $147-million undertaking. What began as a focused effort to cover a single equipment category in each of the navy, army and air force soon mushroomed. By 2003, Defence officials estimated MASIS would be in place by 2006 at a cost of $325 million, more than twice its forecast budget. A full introduction of the complex software has now been extended to 2011. The heavily censored May 2005 internal audit, released under the Access to Information Act, catalogues a litany of "revised planned milestones.'' "The prime contract has been amended six times, each time increasing amounts for professional service fees,'' it says. (CP, The Record, October 24, 2005)
197. Hospitality and travel expenses of executives at CMHC (Journal de Montréal, October 24, 2005)
198. Questions about Squamish land deal lease (The Province, October 26, 2005)
199. Liberals handling of tainted water at Kashechewan First Nation

Jean Chretien Didn’t Know!!!

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… that he and his equally arrogant cronies would get caught!

What an amazing exclamation from Canada’s (gratefully) former Prime Minister!

Take a walk back through your memories to a couple ‘elections’ ago and picture the arrogant and gleeful Jean Chretien hugging his successful candidates and exclaiming “I am the Coach!” … taking credit for the political success of those candidates. Remember also that Chretien (a.k.a. Cretin) was also widely known as a control freak who managed everything. Control freaks ensure they KNOW all that is going on …of course, now that the lid is off the pot, the self-proclaimed “coach” knew nothing! Uh huh.

The little street scrapper from Shawinigan plans to fight the evidence given in the Gomery inquiry …after all, none of his pals got to sit down and applaud their buddy … apparently the commission was too busy collecting facts and evidence! What a shame … for Jean Cretin …but not for Canadians on the whole! Personally, I’m not to interested in having a “street scrapper” represent me internationally. I’d prefer a wise, reasonable statesman who has integrity!

Jean Chretien believes he has integrity (it would seem) because his job conferred upon him the title of ‘Right Honourable.’ Unfortunately for Mr. Chretien, “honourable” is something you EARN …not just have conferred upon you by your equally self-serving buddies.

Jean Chretien has had a long run in Canadian Federal Politics and has distinguished himself with arrogance, pomposity and the willingness to deceive the Canadian people. In my opinion, his most notable act (in that regard) was to sign his name to a document orchestrated by his idol (Pierre Trudeau) that ‘repatriated’ a constitution that never existed to start with! Jean Chretien knowingly and willingly participated in a fraud against the Canadian public because he wanted to feel important, wanted to curry favour with his idol (Trudeau) and knew that the document he signed was a vehicle to (ill-gotten) political power.

Jean Chretien didn’t know what was going on with his hand-picked, exempt, close staff? You’d have to possess an IQ below 8 to buy into that story! Jean Chretien and his pals raped the public trust and the public coffers as knowingly as his step son raped women … no wonder Chretien didn’t allow the sex offender registry to be retroactive … apparently he doesn’t want retroactive responsibility to apply to himself either! Chretien was the “coach” … the guy in control …the political mastermind with an agenda … but he didn’t know what going on right under his controlling nose! Gee ...he’s a politician …he said something …so it must be the truth and for the greater good! If you believe that, your IQ score just dropped below zero.

Paul Martin got off with a slap for being asleep at the wheel and not asking enough questions as the finance minister responsible for public funds … ya … this is a guy we need directing national affairs. A real Canadian who made his billions running ships registered off-shore to avoid Canadian taxes (however illegitimate they largely are) and who got his break to gain those billions from a political mentor who is actively promoting global de-population …Maurice Strong. For you doubters, check Strong’s speeches at the UN.

The paradox is that Paul Martin’s most obvious ‘claim to fame’ is that he is adverse to Chretien. Does that make him different from Chretien? … NO … just adverse, because the two men are of the same political and ideological stripe …the struggle was only ever about POWER.

Even more paradoxical is that the REAL POWER is, and has always been with us ..the hard working people who have allowed ourselves to be fleeced, controlled and mismanaged by our elected employee (who we have failed to control adequately because we didn’t think we could!) After all … Chretien and Trudeau “repatriated” a false and non-existent constitution in the 80’s that allows ‘government’ (using the British System) to do whatever the hell it wants because we (in trust and naivete) believed their claims and speeches! We’re just feudal serfs on account of it …however taxed far more than the original serfs were!

The Gomery Inquiry was to result in two phases. Phase One ... the report (on Monday, Nov 1st) regarding ‘Culpability’ for the sponsorship scandal …Phase Two … the report on ‘Remedies’ (in February 2006) regarding counter measures to ensure this sort of thing cannot happen again.

It seems to me that the ‘Remedies’ phase (2) is non-essential to the credibility of Liberal governance and whether or not we should go to an election … which has been clearly established in the ‘Culpability’ phase (1) which was November 1st. Now, unless I’m mistaken, Paul Martin loudly proclaimed he would call an election after the release of the report (culpability) in the fall. It seems that now that call is being deferred to 2006 after the ‘remedies’ report. Once again the Liberals are counting on the typically short Canadian memory.

They are also counting upon our typical willingness to get bought off with our own money …notice the recent financial relief offerings from Paul Martin … the guy who stole more from pay cheques than was reasonable or necessary … guess he’s glad for THAT little slush fund during this time of political need!

Read or listen to the press since Monday … talk about the likelihood of another Liberal minority … the possibility of a majority! WHAT????? Reasonably the talk SHOULD be confidently about the EXTINCTION of the Liberal Party of Canada and a well-deserved extinction on the basis of PROOF …Phase One, Culpability … we don’t need to wait for Phase Two to make THAT decision!

Edmund Burke (1729-1797) said “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men [people] to do nothing.”

• The abuse of the sponsorship scandal was as evil as it was self-serving.
• The abuse of the poor and families through over-deductions and over-taxation is evil.
• To provide our children to sex predators in the future to protect a rapist step-son from being included in a registry (Chretien) is evil.
• To outlaw Canadians from spending their after-tax dollars on their own health care is evil.
• To allow terrorist organizations to raise money for fear of losing votes is evil.
• To put ‘power’ ahead of ethics, honesty and truth is evil.

So … are we Canadians ‘good men’ [people]? … or will we do nothing by allowing proven cheaters, thieves and frauds to continue collecting huge salaries and benefits with our votes next time we are allowed to select out federal employees?

Till next time
The Serf.

Become a Co-Conspirator

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The Tesla Conspiracy

Gas prices are at record highs and the price of crude oil is only going up. The cost of electricity is skyrocketing, making it nearly impossible for most people to keep cool and safe during the blistering hot months of summer. Winter will be here soon and many won't be able to afford the outrageous cost of heating oil. We are teetering on a global energy crisis.

What would you say if I told you that for almost 100 years the technology has been available to provide the world with nearly free energy, an energy source that was self- renewing and virtually harmless to the environment? What would you say if I told you oil and energy companies were conspiring to keep these technologies away from us so that they can make maximum profits, regardless of the suffering it caused?

Would it make you mad?

Would it make you mad enough to do something about it?

Who was Nikola Tesla?

Nikola Tesla, born 1856, was an unusually brilliant inventor and engineer of Serbian descent who came to the United States at the age of 28.

Though too many to list, some of his greatest accomplishments were things like:

1. Creating Alternating Current (AC) (1887)
2. Designing the first electrical generating plants on the Niagara (1896)
3. Taking the first X-ray images (1891)
4. Creating neon and fluorescent lighting (1891-2)
5. Being the real inventor of broadcast radio
6. Fathering the science of robotics

What was the Tesla Conspiracy then?

The historical conspiracy associated with Nikola Tesla started at the time of his death. In 1901, Tesla patented a device that could draw electricity directly from the atmosphere. In a documented experiment for the Pierce Motor Car Company in 1931, Tesla built that technology into a vehicle that could run continuously on this free electricity.

Directly after his death, agents of the United States Government raided Nikola Tesla's living quarters and prevented his family from entering. Later, when his family was allowed access to Nikola’s room, it was reported by his family that all of his technical writings and research had been confiscated.

Over the years, many brave and creative souls have endeavored to recreate the many different works of Tesla. A great number of those people have been threatened, have had their work and property destroyed, and in some cases, have disappeared or died.

What is the Tesla Conspiracy today?

The Tesla Conspiracy of today is a fictional feature film that endeavors to expose a far-reaching conspiracy being perpetrated by various oil and power companies to suppress the possible surfacing of any of the alternative energy technologies created by Nikola Tesla, technologies that would create incredibly inexpensive and reliable energy.

“Why,” you ask?

Good old-fashioned greed is why!

Over the course of the last three years, the producer of the Tesla Conspiracy has worked diligently to bring to light the truth of what is happening with regards to the energy crisis in America and throughout the world. For the last three years, numerous investors have shown ecstatic interest and support for the Tesla Conspiracy. Strangely enough though, many of these investors have, abruptly and without reason, pulled their support of the movie. The producer has been told on several occasions that “THEY” would never let him make this movie.

Well, those who we can call “THEY” have sorely underestimated the tenacity of this filmmaker. “THEY” have under estimated all of you.

The producer of the Tesla Conspiracy has decided to take this film to the people to show the power structure that “WE” will not be kept in the dark. We will not be slaves to the gas pump or the generator. We are offering all of you the opportunity to conspire against the people who have for so long conspired against you.

How do you become a Co-Conspirator against the power and oil companies?

For a minimum contribution of $5.00, your name will be credited on the Tesla Conspiracy website as a Co-Conspirator.

After the film’s completion and release, the producer of the Tesla Conspiracy will host a series of events/concerts at various locations in the United States and possibly abroad as a show of appreciation for all who contributed/participated.

After you participate it is imperative that you contact every single person you know and get them to participate as well and then for them to get everyone they know to do the same!

Regardless of whether you’re an environmentalist who wants to save the Planet from the damaging effect of oil consumption, or a conservative who is tired of dependency on foreign energy sources, we can all agree that the United States and the world at large need a new energy policy and the technology to go with it. We can all agree that it is ridiculous to pay $3.00 for a gallon of gas or $300.00 for a month’s worth of electricity.

Even if you can only spare a couple of bucks for the cause, do it, IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Thought you might like to know this

Til next revelation
The Serf

PS: Finley@ArtisticLawyer.com is the address where you can arrange to donate money or assistance to this worthy cause!