“I want immunity from prosecution” is the rallying cry of today’s capitalist. “Give me of dose of DPA and fill my pockets with tax money collected from the hoi polloi and don’t worry about the fallout”. Today’s Media news outlets are unable to sustain interest in the most egregious skullduggery in the marketplace because they are suffering from informational ADD. Obviously, while the quotes cannot be attributed to a particular business person the meaning and sentiment of these words can be proven beyond a doubt.
Exhibit A: SNC Lavalin, a corporation that has been trying to convince its friends in the Justin Trudeau cabinet that it is deserving of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement for several reasons: (1) it employs hundreds of Canadians, (2) it doesn’t want to go to court and face bribery and corruption charges like the common crook, and (3) SNC has been a long time contributer to the Liberal campaign kitty! Surely even if the former Attorney-General Jody Wilson-Raybould couldn’t understand that, many Canadians, especially those unconcerned about the proper administration of Justice in Canada could see the validity of giving SNC, that “signature” company, a free pass. After all, “we are a Quebec company playing for Team Canada.”
And not surprising, there are many Canadians who support the idea that you should be able to buy Justice. They support the idea that you should be able to buy your way around charges of bribery, kickbacks and racketeering. They say, why should you have to face charges in a Court of Law when you can pay money and get a DPA. Certainly people break the law everyday. I mean look at the Prime Minister. He broke four campaign related laws in 2016 and the RCMP knew about it and they didn’t blink an eye. As a matter of fact, the Mounties covered up the details for 818 days, violating the Access to Information and Privacy Act in the process.
So if the Prime Minister and the Mounties can get away with this kind of lawlessness, why not SNC Lavalin? Besides this Lavagate dust-up will be long gone before the election. The Media in Canada tire easily, besides boasting some of the laziest members of this fraternity in the free world.
Exhibit B: What ever happened to the great Canadian bread price fixing scandal? When was the last time any major media members wrote a follow-up on a status of the unresolved Breadscam? It’s been about a year and would still be collecting mould if it hadn’t been for the recent news that Loblaw has happily been given 12 Million dollars to install new refrigerators in their stores as part of Mr. Trudeau’s carbon-tax scam-(another story, for another time). This story involves the Bread Price Fixing Seven!!!
But here is Loblaw, a company that led the price fixing of bread for 14 years, costing each home in this country an estimated 400 dollars, getting free money from the consumer. Did we just brush off the immorality of price-fixing? Loblaw, with 6 fellow conspirators, fixed the price on the staff of life, sometimes the only item people can afford to buy regularly. And now, from the very people Loblaws stole from, it’s getting 12-million dollars for fridges. Fridges that could very well hold other products subject to price-fixing that we will never know about. Further to the incredible thought of anyone in this country fixing the price of bread is the lack of outrage by the consumer. And what about the Media? Have they forced the Competition Bureau to finish the story? They have not and consequently the Competition Bureau has not. Silence is the best information killer.
Price fixers, if found guilty, face a 25-million dollar fine or up to 14 years in prison. To date no convicted price fixer has ever seen the inside of a Canadian jail. Will Loblaw, Weston Bakeries, Canada Bread, Sobeys, Walmart, Giant Tiger, Metro ever be brought to justice? Of course not because three years after Loblaw blew the whistle on its disgusting conspiracy to fix Bread Prices–NO Charges have been laid and Loblaw has been given immunity–which means they won’t be prosecuted! The status of this um…”INVESTIGATION” continues in the great state of, “LIMBO”. This is a great country, isn’t it? If you have scammed customers over 14 years for, say 5 or 6 million of them, you just blow the whistle on your little scam and kazzam you give the little people a 25 dollar certificate and daddy in Ottawa will ‘smile and nod.’ “Love this immunity from prosecution-thingy.”
Exhibit #C: We are told that Canada is on the short list of countries vulnerable to drug money laundering transactions. As a matter of fact we have been designated as a major money laundering country where foreign drug-trafficking gangs are exploiting weak law enforcement and soft laws! Are you kidding me? Canada? Oh yes, there is a problem with a lax approach to law enforcement with respect to companies trying to avoid bribery and kickback charges. And the failure to demand that highly placed-politician(s) answer to law breaking. In fact the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the “national force for good” in the Country helped cover-up some law-breaking but surely that was all minor stuff. Nevertheless you know what they say–bad behavior starts at the top! An unsavory CEO usually means laxity and bad habits among the lower echelon. So I guess we shouldn’t be surprised if Canada is lumped with other International money laundering tramps like Afghanistan, The British Virgin Islands, China, Columbia and Macau. A recent report confirms crime networks, trafficking proceeds from China, could have laundered one billion dollars through the purchase of homes in Vancouver in 2016. Toronto’s real estate market has also been artificially bumped. One report says some tracking has zeroed in on more than 28 billion in opaque investments. Seems a little high but it’s probable 10% or almost 3 billion represents ill-gotten gains.
Surprised that Canada is lumped in with the worst of the worst in money-laundering? Don’t be. Most Canadian provinces fail to prosecute money laundering. The reports relating to this Canadian crime infestation make it quite clear that this country is under pressure from legitimate and illegitimate actors because the word is out, oversight in Canada is practically non-existent.
Even the Prime Minister will go to bat for you if you represent a “signature” presence in the country and you have a substantial sum to spend on his party’s re-election.
Canada is a mecca for the capitalist who craves immunity!
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DODGING the BULLET…
2019/04/15 Leave a comment
“I want immunity from prosecution” is the rallying cry of today’s capitalist. “Give me of dose of DPA and fill my pockets with tax money collected from the hoi polloi and don’t worry about the fallout”. Today’s Media news outlets are unable to sustain interest in the most egregious skullduggery in the marketplace because they are suffering from informational ADD. Obviously, while the quotes cannot be attributed to a particular business person the meaning and sentiment of these words can be proven beyond a doubt.
Exhibit A: SNC Lavalin, a corporation that has been trying to convince its friends in the Justin Trudeau cabinet that it is deserving of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement for several reasons: (1) it employs hundreds of Canadians, (2) it doesn’t want to go to court and face bribery and corruption charges like the common crook, and (3) SNC has been a long time contributer to the Liberal campaign kitty! Surely even if the former Attorney-General Jody Wilson-Raybould couldn’t understand that, many Canadians, especially those unconcerned about the proper administration of Justice in Canada could see the validity of giving SNC, that “signature” company, a free pass. After all, “we are a Quebec company playing for Team Canada.”
And not surprising, there are many Canadians who support the idea that you should be able to buy Justice. They support the idea that you should be able to buy your way around charges of bribery, kickbacks and racketeering. They say, why should you have to face charges in a Court of Law when you can pay money and get a DPA. Certainly people break the law everyday. I mean look at the Prime Minister. He broke four campaign related laws in 2016 and the RCMP knew about it and they didn’t blink an eye. As a matter of fact, the Mounties covered up the details for 818 days, violating the Access to Information and Privacy Act in the process.
So if the Prime Minister and the Mounties can get away with this kind of lawlessness, why not SNC Lavalin? Besides this Lavagate dust-up will be long gone before the election. The Media in Canada tire easily, besides boasting some of the laziest members of this fraternity in the free world.
Exhibit B: What ever happened to the great Canadian bread price fixing scandal? When was the last time any major media members wrote a follow-up on a status of the unresolved Breadscam? It’s been about a year and would still be collecting mould if it hadn’t been for the recent news that Loblaw has happily been given 12 Million dollars to install new refrigerators in their stores as part of Mr. Trudeau’s carbon-tax scam-(another story, for another time). This story involves the Bread Price Fixing Seven!!!
But here is Loblaw, a company that led the price fixing of bread for 14 years, costing each home in this country an estimated 400 dollars, getting free money from the consumer. Did we just brush off the immorality of price-fixing? Loblaw, with 6 fellow conspirators, fixed the price on the staff of life, sometimes the only item people can afford to buy regularly. And now, from the very people Loblaws stole from, it’s getting 12-million dollars for fridges. Fridges that could very well hold other products subject to price-fixing that we will never know about. Further to the incredible thought of anyone in this country fixing the price of bread is the lack of outrage by the consumer. And what about the Media? Have they forced the Competition Bureau to finish the story? They have not and consequently the Competition Bureau has not. Silence is the best information killer.
Price fixers, if found guilty, face a 25-million dollar fine or up to 14 years in prison. To date no convicted price fixer has ever seen the inside of a Canadian jail. Will Loblaw, Weston Bakeries, Canada Bread, Sobeys, Walmart, Giant Tiger, Metro ever be brought to justice? Of course not because three years after Loblaw blew the whistle on its disgusting conspiracy to fix Bread Prices–NO Charges have been laid and Loblaw has been given immunity–which means they won’t be prosecuted! The status of this um…”INVESTIGATION” continues in the great state of, “LIMBO”. This is a great country, isn’t it? If you have scammed customers over 14 years for, say 5 or 6 million of them, you just blow the whistle on your little scam and kazzam you give the little people a 25 dollar certificate and daddy in Ottawa will ‘smile and nod.’ “Love this immunity from prosecution-thingy.”
Exhibit #C: We are told that Canada is on the short list of countries vulnerable to drug money laundering transactions. As a matter of fact we have been designated as a major money laundering country where foreign drug-trafficking gangs are exploiting weak law enforcement and soft laws! Are you kidding me? Canada? Oh yes, there is a problem with a lax approach to law enforcement with respect to companies trying to avoid bribery and kickback charges. And the failure to demand that highly placed-politician(s) answer to law breaking. In fact the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the “national force for good” in the Country helped cover-up some law-breaking but surely that was all minor stuff. Nevertheless you know what they say–bad behavior starts at the top! An unsavory CEO usually means laxity and bad habits among the lower echelon. So I guess we shouldn’t be surprised if Canada is lumped with other International money laundering tramps like Afghanistan, The British Virgin Islands, China, Columbia and Macau. A recent report confirms crime networks, trafficking proceeds from China, could have laundered one billion dollars through the purchase of homes in Vancouver in 2016. Toronto’s real estate market has also been artificially bumped. One report says some tracking has zeroed in on more than 28 billion in opaque investments. Seems a little high but it’s probable 10% or almost 3 billion represents ill-gotten gains.
Surprised that Canada is lumped in with the worst of the worst in money-laundering? Don’t be. Most Canadian provinces fail to prosecute money laundering. The reports relating to this Canadian crime infestation make it quite clear that this country is under pressure from legitimate and illegitimate actors because the word is out, oversight in Canada is practically non-existent.
Even the Prime Minister will go to bat for you if you represent a “signature” presence in the country and you have a substantial sum to spend on his party’s re-election.
Canada is a mecca for the capitalist who craves immunity!
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