foreign workers alleged to be abused in Alberta

Foreign workers in Alberta alleged to be abused even by the federal government

“A group of Edmonton janitors is suing a cleaning company for $42,435 over allegations that overtime money is being held back and that they have been threatened with deportation. The janitors, many of whom are temporary foreign workers from the Philippines, say their employer, University of Alberta contractor Bee Clean Building Maintenance, is refusing to pay them tens of thousands of dollars in overtime. When the non-unionized workers questioned the company about the alleged lost wages, they claim they were being threatened with deportation. Danilo DeLeon, who is a temporary foreign worker from the Philippines, moved to Edmonton to work for Bee Clean about a year and a half ago. He said he works five, 12-hour shifts every week, with an extra seven-hour shift on what would otherwise be his day off. DeLeon said he’s supposed to get time and a half for anything more than 80 hours every two weeks. But Bee Clean has refused to pay, he claimed. When he told his employer he would contact a union or the Ministry of Labour about Bee Clean’s refusal to pay him, DeLeon said his boss threatened to have him deported. “My supervisor threatened to send me back home. He said the owner was upset,” he said. Yessy Byl, a temporary foreign worker advocate with the Alberta Federation of Labour, said the Bee Clean case is a prime example of exploitative issues temporary foreign workers across Canada face on a daily basis. Byl said the federal and provincial governments do nothing to protect temporary foreign workers if they are wrongfully terminated. In fact, governments make it impossible for the worker to get a new job, and in the end the worker is deported, she said. At no time does the employer get prosecuted by the federal government or provincial government [for the wrongful termination], she said. Its the workers who end up bearing the burden. There are more than 60,000 temporary foreign workers in Alberta, according to provincial officials.”
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/101001/canada/canada_edmonton_edmonton_bee_clean_janitors

Canada

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Canada is definitely not one big Country, but consists of many little countries, or regions that seem to have their own provincial, territorial laws, priorities, their own hidden agendas. The West, the Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario included.

Yes some of the Canadian concerns Canada wide are very similar:

– For example Consumer protection including the cost of housing, the cost of living, food and clothing included, the cost of insurance, Phone Bills, and the costs of transportation, gas, heating.

– Next there is the continually serious concern about the actual availability of Medicare, and hospitals as well especially when you are seriously ill, plus the valid concerns of having the adequate convalescent homes for the elderly, sick

– Then there is the cost of taxes, in reality and too often everyone pay taxes, and yes they are still too often wasted, and that includes too many hidden taxes now too. Public and Civil servants are rarely known for being well managed, or cost effective, rather they are known as being troublesome, wasteful, expensive, over indulged as well. Especially even the Police, RCMP it seems.

– Then there is the problem of too many crimes, that one tends to be concerned only when one encounters it, abuses, illicit drugs, thefts, stolen cars, white collar crimes, frauds, identity theft. Here one finds out how too often inadequate, pretentious are the justice ministers and justice systems are now too.

The still unrepentant wicked persons

It is a very serious, gross error to under rate me…

The still unrepentant wicked persons. Now sadly in my course of daily activities, travel I do personally encounter too often still unacceptably abusive, wicked persons and I have two simple TYPICAL choices: I take an ostrich or sheep approach and I do pretend, lie that I did not see it, or that basically does not concern me or I often rather next do take real, positive actions to now insure the same unacceptable wicked person does not repeat their unacceptable bad acts. Depending on the seriousness of the personal act now too.

One reason too many wicked persons do not repent it cause they seem to think I too am only one person, another one of those too typical complainers, loud mouthed person whose bark is worse than his bite.. and it does seem we have mostly that type of complainers now too. But in real life there are a few things that get my blood boiling, cause my blood pressure to rise and cause me to act immediately.. that especially includes abusive pastors, abusive cops, abusive medical care workers, and crooked accountants, bad lawyers, crooked corporate managers, bad politicians, pretentious doctors and perverse immigration consultants too now too as you all can see in my posts.

Now I too have learned the great secret in helping bad people to personally repent or to change their wicked ways.. the public exposure and the demand of their rightful prosecuting, dismissal of the same wicked persons, as well as their bad superiors, and generally best done not by a phone call, but rather done in writing, with many copies to the right parties, news media, ministers, elected officials and the general public next too even such as those you do eventually see on my web blogs https://postedat.wordpress.com/ and http://thenonconformer.wordpress.com/

Sadly even these days Doctors, Nurses, medical support staff are human, they too sometimes try sometimes to get by with a minimal amount of personal effort, and so as result patients do not always get their proper medical care. They can severely, seriously compromise the health of patients. A hospital patient may receive up to 12 different kinds of medication, all of which produce side effects, SOME that can lead to serious complications and even death.

Elderly persons need more special care cause they do tend to lack the basic vitamins found in our common foods that help also to reduce one’s personal stress and anxiety.. for a hungry persons tends to be continually stressed and anxious and also do often manifest depression as well.. and what the classic treatment for depression is time, healing, by giving them proper nourishment, and proper rest and sleep.. in this case supplemented by proper pain killers, not improper pain killers and/or merely given proper sleeping pills too. Malnutrition, even starvation was found to be the major cause of death among older people in hospitals. Anxiety stress relief vitamins and minerals work in different ways by providing nutrients which control the metabolism rate and the hormone levels within our bodies. By keeping these two things stable we can provide a better mechanism to cope with stress and anxiety inducing situations. Most of the recommended anxiety stress relief vitamins and minerals can be found in the foods that we eat and can simply be attained by eating a healthy and balanced diet covering all the major food groups. And that is why eating proper foods is important.

Many of ELDERLY PATIENTS, Active patients are also really still seriously depressed, and an untreated depression does not help their recovery. A companionate, experienced in house depression counselor can clearly do great work with them and help them to have more incentive to recover form their sickness, disabilities too. I have not met one good depression counselor yet . Treating the elderly as small kids is degrading to them and not beneficial furthermore. We should now treat them all first now with respect, as the adults that they are firstly too.. and with real compassion now in reality too..

A DORVAL QUEBEC CONVALESCENT HOME PATIENTS had also nothing but really bad services in the ground floor dining room at BOTH lunch and supper for the meals – for the meals were not prepared on time, the meals were even poorly prepared, the salad with the meals did not have any dressings on them as well, even twice, the supper was almost a repeat of the same lunch time meal too… and some sick patients did not even get their meals, some of the meals were even served cold, and next both the visitors, long term patients, new patients, almost of them were really, really upset. I have never seen so many troubled, upset patients at one time in my whole life. And still on top of that the waitresses they were quite rude, even had abused verbally the sick patients, and none, none of the was acceptable. Them telling any of the patients to shut up, to be quiet, to sit still is never acceptable here too and no matter what the excuses now are, were..

A CONVALESCENT HOME EMPLOYEE HAS NOW DIRECTLY TOLD ME THAT IF A PATIENT NO LONGER WANTS TO EAT OR LIVE, SHE IS TO ALLOW HIM TO STARVE TO DEATH, SHE IS NOT ALLOWED TO TRY TO FEED HIM.. FOR THIS IS A DIRECT QUEBEC GOVERNMENT POLICY, IF SHE TRIES TO FEED THE PATIENT SHE WILL BE FIRED FROM HER JOB. IS THIS NOW TRUE?

Albertan Hate Crimes Awareness Day

cell phone cartoons

Albertan solicitor general attempts to quash the citizens democratic rights to complain.

.. It’s a sobering report into how hate crimes are reported and investigated in Alberta. 2008 statistics released by the Alberta Hate Crimes Committee shows there were 68 hate crimes identified by Calgary police last year, compared to 155 by police in Edmonton. The difference is that the cops themselves are more guilty of hate crimes in Calgary very likely for a start and so they do not prosecute the others who do the same thing. On top of that there is a significant cultural , social makeup between the mostly while collared town of Calgary, and the blue collared town of Edmonton. Calgary definitely has the larger Jews group too while Edmonton has a larger Muslim group. The committee believes the differences are in large part because of different definitions of what constitutes a hate crime. In Alberta falsely slandering, bashing the poor people, drunks , social welfare recipients, natives, immigrants, Asians, and all easterners from Canada now often, on the net as well is not considered a hate crime but it all should be. I personally have witnessed and complained about the racist behavior of the bad cops too in Calgary,Alberta which also now has more significant racial discrimination over Quebec in my own real experiences now too. Quebec is a heaven, kind and gentle compared to Alberta for sure. I personally in front of a large audience, with the news media present now too, had told openly a past Multicultural Minister of Alberta that 70 percent of Alberta were racists and I got a standing applause. The report also showed there have only been two successful prosecutions of hate crimes in Alberta over the last two years. You can start rightfully by prosecuting racist PC ministers and many Albertan evangelicals, Mormons now too.. The group believes Crown prosecutors in this province don’t have the resources to deal with these kinds of complex cases that are often very difficult to win. The Alberta Hate Crimes Committee goes onto suggest there be a specific hate crimes section put into the Criminal Code and a Hate Crimes Awareness Day established in Spring 2010. And more useless unenforced laws, unfinanced as well only makes the hypocritical politicians look good, but in fact does not help much. Better and cheaper too if the Albertan politicians, leaders lead by a real example firstly… yes starting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper too.

I am often rightfuly upset by all those cry babies in Albeerta who complain about the other people’s dirty yards in other provinces but they now can’t seem to clean their own yet and firstly too. Hypocrites..

Canadian Poltical cartoons

My favorite ones

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https://postedat.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/canada-political-cartoons/

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he will to do the public’s business in a transparent and accountable way, as he rode to power in 2006 on a wave of promises to govern differently from the entitlement-minded Liberals who’d worn out their welcome with Canadians over the ad scam fiasco but what happened next? But with Mr. Harper’s second-term Conservative government going even further than its predecessors to erect an opaque barrier between itself and citizens employing a “communications stranglehold” on the bureaucracy clearly to suppress accountability and transparency rather. It’s no wonder that groups that range from the Canadian Newspaper Association to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Association take now serious issue with Harper and his cronies. Opposition parties rightfully now also accuse the Conservatives of spending more time and money on partisan stimulus advertising than informing Canadians about H1N1 or ensuring a smooth, adequate vaccine supply. Awkward as well as revealing is the fact that the federal payroll is growing many times faster than inflation to try to compensate for the clearly inadequate, pretentious civil and public servants now as well. Following a decade-long unacceptable trend, the number of public employees grew even under the Conservatives last year by 4.5 per cent, or about 9,000 jobs. But it’s still also unacceptably evident too that this Conservative government and civil servants weren’t properly prepared for the fore known H1N1 flu even. Still upset to the recent flack around Conservative MPs affixing the party logo to oversized government cheques for photo ops, many taxpayers are taking issue with Conservatives continuing unnecessary mail-out flyers too. All a clear indications of a rather really bad Conservative management. Not what we had been let to believe we would have now instead. The Conservative reality stinks. In the industry survey is showing the jobs are still being lost in Canada. In the last month reporter, the industry data suggests that companies shed 110,000 jobs in August, a month when the labour force survey told Canadians 27,000 jobs were created

We still seem to elect too many liars, abusers, alcoholics and why

Don’t drink and walk, doctor urges Metro Canada – Toronto – Alcohol impairs many of the faculties that normally keep you safe, says trauma surgeon Dr. Thomas Esposito at Loyola University in Chicago. So do the bad drugs now too..

We seem to elect liars, abusers moosejawnorthmla@shaw.ca, alcoholics, thieves, and why cause honest people tend to be bullied, run over it seems.. Two thirds of Canadians are even still not satisfied with the performance of their prime minister, according to a poll by Angus Reid Strategies

0.HARPER. THEFT

Now it is undeniable that Canada’s supposed law and order party that has been in power for a few years, has had time to find money and jobs for thousands of their friends., that has been electing judges to suit their own tastes as well, has been falsely spending taxpayer’s money, using governmental resources to promote their own reelection and also to promote the the new Conservative party, this same party and it’s leader Prime Mister Stephen Harper, it’s justice ministers have absolutely failed to deal adequately with the much too many bad, abusive cops, RCMP we still do now have in Canada and why was that now? Application of governmental Accountability is only an election gimmick? http://thenonconformer.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/b-c-solicitor-general-named-in-lawsuit/

0.FDERAL.CONSERVATIVES

Here I what also rightfully bothers me, it is an undeniable fact now that too many Politicians in Canada, both Members of the provincial legislatures, and members of parliament, do lie, they make false claims that they the servants of the people, they thus are mainly looking after the needs, concerns of the citizens of Canada but mainly instead wrongfully do now use tax payer’s money, do use governmental resources and personnel to distribute unsolicited material to others to promote firstly their own re-ELECTION and TO PROMOTE their own political party as we clearly all have seen the New Conservative Ministers wrongfully also now doing OFTEN NOW as well.

Liberal MPs rightfully also do want to crack down on politically tainted government advertising in Ottawa. The Conservative federal government has recently spent at least $34 million of taxpayers’ money promoting the “Economic Action Plan,” which was their banner on the Jan. 27 budget that contained a two-year, $35 billion effort to stave off the recession. The budget itself was short on real details, more importantly even viable projects now too.. The Liberals and many others now are Outraged at what they say is blatant use of taxpayers’ money to promote the Conservative cause, something the Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper when he was in opposition hypocritically had lied and said he himself would ever do as well. The often lying, doubled standard approach of Harper now too many times also is itself a valid objection that needs to be also dealt with. Legislation now already passed in Ontario in 2004 requires the provincial auditor general to vet every taxpayer-funded promotional spot to weed out politically loaded messages and a similar reinforced legislation is need in Ottawa now as well. To be allowed in Ontario, ads bought with taxpayers’ cash must inform the public about government policies or services, must not be partisan and must not be mainly aimed at fostering “a positive impression of the governing party.” In Ottawa, Liberal and New Democrat MPs have charged that the government’s economic action plan ads are designed to promote the Conservative brand, elicit positive responses toward the government’s policies and even whip up public opposition to efforts to toppling Harper’s minority regime. The Liberals also have asked Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson to investigate the ads, and say they will also ask Auditor General Sheila Fraser to determine whether the ads are an appropriate use of taxpayer money. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/719097–ontario-has-ill-will-for-feel-good-ads

I HAVE ALSO CLEARLY WRITTEN TO THE LAST FEDERAL CABINET MINISTER THAT I NO LONGER RIGHTFULLY BELIEVE ANYTHING A FEDERAL CABINET MINISTER SAYS AND WRITES, FOR TO ME REAL ACTIONS WILL SPEAK LOUDER OVER WORDS..

http://picasaweb.google.com/anonconformer/

Now on top of that some perverse politician would dare write back to me and ask me not to write my concerns to him any more? Unbelievable and unacceptable!

National Post to close if court nixes transfer.. Conservative party just lost their free media outlet… As the saying goes, “good riddance to bad rubbish.” This Tory rag isn’t worth the ink. I wouldn’t wrap fish in it. Most people don’t buy it since most people don’t favour right wing politics. Let it die. Best for everyone. And for Canada. No loss. The National Post has always been a poor second choice to the Globe and Mail anyway. The difference in journalism between the two is astounding. If only we could get the various “SUN” papers throughout the country to go under as well … http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/10/29/canwest-national-post-friday.html?ref=rss&loomia_si=t0:a16:g4:r1:c0:b28598115

Canwest says it must shift National Post to holding company, or shut it down TORONTO – Restructuring media giant Canwest Global Communications says it will be forced to shut down the unprofitable National Post if the newspaper’s operations aren’t shifted into a company that holds its other newspapers by Friday. Court OKs new National Post ownership structure Financial Post should have gone down the drain. Shuffling the ownership structure is not going to stop the National Post from haemorrhaging cash. Give a year or two, and no one will care whether National Post continues to run or not.It is mostly spewing rubbish one sided propaganda! I wouldn’t mind if that right wing biased newspaper went under.It is already dead. Please bury it and eliminate the bad smell. They can make all the moves they want and shuffel it around but in the end the National Post is a lousy paper that few will buy. Let it die a natural death how do we take them seriously? Better yet, how do they continue to take THEMSELVES seriously? http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/10/30/canwest-court-restructuring.html

As far as I am concerned they can rightfully shut down mostly all of their no good news media ASAP too.

AND CERTAINLY I DO NOT TRUST THE CONSERVATIVES ALSO TO SPEND OUR TAX MONEY PROPERLY

It really cause us to think what is the federal Conservative government wrongfully hiding here from us all as well… The Conservative government was accused Thursday of playing an elaborate shell game to prevent Canadians from following the billions of dollars being spent on federal infrastructure stimulus. New Democrat Pat Martin (Winnipeg Centre) told a parliamentary committee the government has done everything possible to hide how much of the $12 billion earmarked for infrastructure has been spent or how many jobs created.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/stimulus/article/718466–tories-blasted-for-secrecy-on-stimulus-cash?bn=1

https://postedat.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/the-honourable-warren-michelson-mla-moose-jaw/

http://thenonconformer.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/insuring-adequate-consumer-protection/

https://postedat.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/new-brunswick-premier-shawn-graham/

The Honourable Warren Michelson MLA Moose Jaw

Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 4:18 PM To: premier@gov.sk.ca

Subject: The honourable Brad Wall Leader of the Saskatchewan Party and Premier of Saskatchewan.

The honourable Brad Wall Leader of the Saskatchewan Party and Premier of Saskatchewan.

I trust you will deal with your offending MLA appropriately before I post the issue, and my responses in full on the net for all to rightfully now read. For I now had mailed out about 500 emails to elected representatives, and note this one, NEXT only one useless, immoral Saskatchewan Party MLA OF YOURS Warren Michelson had next tried to tell me what I can AND CANNOT DO.. who does he now think he is? Hitler?

Remind him also in full I have a right of free speech in Canada, whether he lies it or admits it or not.. and don’t bother sending the police to my home about my letters, cause they have come and gone many times, sent by other crooked political masters too, and yes many of whom next lost their re-election next too, and I am still writing the last 3 decades even to all..

RVSP Thank you.

Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 4:19 PM To: moosejawnorthmla@shaw.ca

Subject: Re: going overboard with the law « The non conformer’s Canadian Web log I would rather you deal with the issues I write about and rightfully now too

From: moosejawnorthmla@shaw.ca

Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 3:44 PM

Subject: Re: going overboard with the law « The non conformer’s Canadian Web log

I would rather not receive your communication. Would you kindly take me off your email list. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 4:27 PM

Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 4:00 PM

To: moosejawnorthmla@shaw.ca

Subject: The whole Police system in Canada is unacceptable, farcical, corrupt from top to bottom..

“Why is it that Canadian police forces have so much difficulty dealing with wayward officers? Is it that they are afraid of the backlash from special interest groups … with their adherent politicians … or just afraid to admit to the public that “one of our police persons screwed up royally”? … and resort to ‘Nixonian stonewalling’ until the public forgets about the matter? Or is it that too many police forces have very poor management in place due a politically dominated selection system and an old boys promotion system? I once asked a former Commissioner of the RCMP if the RCMP intended to continue to promote those REPORTED as promotable rather than QUALIFIED to be promoted to a given position. His answer was “yes” … even though the example suggested was someone reported as being good in an administrative position being promoted to a serious investigation (supervisory) position. That, plus numerous other instances have convinced me that when it comes to promotions MANY police forces do not differentiate between choosing supervisors for OPERATIONAL investigative positions and supervisory ADMINISTRATIVE positions. I personally know of a group of RCMP persons who sent a request through channels imploring RCMP management at the higher levels to do something about carrying through with disciplining a number of police persons in the area who were known to have been complained about by the public OR OTHER POLICE PERSONS. The only other significant factor I can think of that could be associated with bad management and political affiliation is that there are simply no enforceable regulations or laws that can be used to make errant police persons accountable … but after 150 years of having Canadian police I have to think that it is more a matter of interpreting the laws as being ineffective rather than actually having ineffective laws. Can the words “you are fired” not be used in police hearings … or the words “your paycheck has been stopped until you and your counsel choose to deal with the situation” … or has our present judicial interpretation of the charter nullified police accountability as well as criminal accountability? ” http://thenonconformer.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/b-c-solicitor-general-named-in-lawsuit/

The Honourable Warren Michelson MLA Moose Jaw “was elected in November 2007 and serves as the Chair of the Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs and Justice as well as the chair of the caucus Standing Policy Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs and Justice”. So clearly now why does he oppose me writing to him on the subject of Justice, and so what is he hiding from in reality too now? Please do tell us all now too.

Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 3:49 PM

To: moosejawnorthmla@shaw.ca

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Subject: Re: Again, why are taxpayers paying for Stephen Harper’s campaign sites too?
Dear Honourable Warren Michelson MLA Moose Jaw I notice you are one of the few MLA’s who wrongfully still does think that all of citizens work for you, report to you, have to do what you tell them, and they have to do what you tell them.. Now you can dream on but I have to wake you up to the reality, obviously you are a control freak, I thus suggest you get professional help here too. Isn’t it nice that we as Canadians all do have now a right of free speech, and the ability, right to send all of concerns to any elected member of the legislature or parliament Canada/ yes you have the right to take an ostrich approach , not to read them, never the less we all still do have our Charter right to write to even you now especially since it is the taxpayers’ who firstly pay for your rather now poor services, work..

Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 3:37 PM

To: moosejawnorthmla@shaw.ca

Subject: Again, why are taxpayers paying for Stephen Harper’s campaign sites too?
Canadians believe Tories biased on stimulus funding: poll OTTAWA – A new poll suggests the Harper government’s multimillion-dollar, taxpayer-funded ad blitz to promote its stimulus plan doesn’t seem to be having the desired effect.

The Conservative government’s economic stimulus spending spree that is pouring billions of tax dollars into road construction projects may turn out to be an offer the Mafia couldn’t refuse. Even as Stephen Harper and his ministers are racing around the country showering public funds on just about every project with a cement mixer, Quebec is engulfed in a growing scandal over Mafia control of infrastructure projects. In some excellent investigative reporting by the CBC, a credible government insider-turned-whistleblower claims Montreal’s Italian Mafia controls 80% of the contracts for road construction in the city, much of which is certain to involve federal stimulus money. The CBC report included detailed descriptions of bid-rigging of contracts, a practice that dramatically inflates overall project costs borne by taxpayers. One published expert on the Italian Mafia cautions that the phenomenon is not limited to Quebec, that the tentacles of organized crime are into major construction projects in other provinces across the country. The fact that organized crime in Quebec is nothing new will likely be cold comfort to the taxpayers from Victoria to Gander who are now at risk of being fleeced by Luigi the Enforcer. Even the parliamentary budget officer, Kevin Page, complains that the Harper government is fogging its spending on infrastructure and other economic stimulus programs beyond the point of accounting recognition. Whatever the figure, it is a huge amount of loot that is being poured into roads, bridges and other government construction mega-projects. The Conservative government’s latest economic update report, for instance, boasts that since the beginning of this year, more than $7.6 billion in funding has been committed as the federal share of provincial and municipal infrastructure projects worth over $21 billion. So far, the Harper government is refusing to get involved in the growing Quebec construction fiasco, claiming it is a provincial issue. But those whose money is at risk may beg to differ. The next time some shameless Conservative cabinet minister shows up at an infrastructure announcement with one of those giant novelty cheques signed by the prime minister, taxpayers might be excused for asking how much of the real cash might be going to the Mob. http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2148176

OTTAWA – A $50-million federal fund set up to build infrastructure for next June’s G8 summit is being spent partly on projects that are far from the summit site and with tenuous links to the high-powered meeting. Industry Minister Tony Clement announced the low-profile fund last February, explaining that the fund was being “provided for G8 Summit related infrastructure, including a G8 Centre in Huntsville.” Huntsville, Ont., will host the meeting. The town of 18,000 is in Clement’s riding, about 215 kilometres north of Toronto, and is best known for being at the heart of prime cottage country for Toronto’s wealthier class. Huntsville has received the largest share of the money, mainly $16.7 million for a new G8 Centre, $9 million for a summit management office and $2.4 million for improvements to the road by the resort where the meeting is to take place.

But a partial list of the fund’s projects, and a series of news releases, shows that many of the towns in Clement’s riding are receiving money from the fund to build band shells, plant gardens and put up signs and lights. Research on the spending was carried out independently by The Canadian Press alone, but the Liberal party said it would release its own analysis after being contacted for comment on numbers. One news release announced $1.1 million to upgrade a street and replace trees in Parry Sound, Ont., some 80 kilometres away from the summit site. Clement also announced $194,000 for a large “welcome granite stone” and new lighting for a concert stage, also in Parry Sound. The area just south of Parry Sound is receiving $745,000 for signs, fencing and landscaping in the towns of Rosseau, Humphrey and Orrville. The towns of Port Severn and South River, many kilometres from the summit, are each getting $65,000 for signs and landscaping, too. “They’re somewhat disconnected (from the summit), for sure, Parry Sound and Port Severn,” said Huntsville Mayor Claude Doughty. Bala Falls Road, a small road about 50 kilometres from the summit via another back road, is getting $400,000 for improvements. “How is this justified? In what way is this going to improve the G8?” said Liberal MP Gerard Kennedy, who said he has completed a separate analysis of the G8 fund, with similar conclusions.

There are rumblings that, despite the $50 million set aside for in summit infrastructure, the region can’t handle such a large meeting, and that Toronto would be far more convenient. It’s also uncertain whether the leaders and their delegations will stick with their original plan of getting to Huntsville by flying to North Bay, Ont. The city is about 100 kilometres north of Huntsville. The airport there is receiving $5 million from the G8 Infrastructure Fund. But there are concerns that, with only one runway, it won’t be big enough to handle so many foreign dignitaries, and that Toronto’s airport is better equipped and more secure, sources said.

Clement’s riding is already the subject of scrutiny for receiving funding for dozens and dozens of projects through the federal government’s array of stimulus packages. According to an analysis released by the Prime Minister’s Office, his Parry Sound-Muskoka riding received $3.2 million for 33 projects under the Recreational Infrastructure program. A list of other infrastructure funds posted on the Transport Canada website points to at least 42 other building projects worth more than $28 million, sprinkled throughout the riding as a form of stimulus. Those numbers were compiled by The Canadian Press. And even though the area has a fairly low unemployment rate, it has also received millions from the Community Adjustment Fund, set up to help struggling small towns adapt to the global economic crisis. The G8 Infrastructure Fund is in addition to that money. There is no central spot on the government’s websites to find a list of projects paid for by the fund, nor is there a list of criteria. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/091027/national/stimulus_summit

The Federal Government, the Quebec Government and the Mayor of Montreal have all rejected calls for a public inquiry even though the citizens demand it.. so what are the big 3 sacred of? hiding?

We will all pay later for the Conservatives‘ wasterful spending Harper, with the likes of Tony Clement, Stockwell Day, Jim Flaherty, John Baird, and all of his other cabinet ministers campaigned on the point they would not run a deficit. While at the time each and every one of these unscrupulous politicians knew they were running a deficit of $5.8 billion dollars! Everything from there on has been a neo-right political lie. Two hundred photo ops showing the completely unethical use of the Conservative Party logo is by no means a small indication of what lengths and deceit this crew will go to, to advance their extremely flawed political ideology. The waste of this neo-right fiasco will show up down the road and it will be the biggest financial scandal in Canadian history! How do I know this? Simple. Harper is spending more money and running the largest deficit in Canadian history and he is a politician who cannot be trusted!

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From: paul kambulow

Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:16:31 -0400

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Who looks after out for our good welfare, the federal government, provinces? we do that .. for the others are too busy stuffing their own pockets, having a good time still it seems.

NOT EVERYONE HAS A HIGH REGARD FOR THE courts, justice ministers, politicians, governments, POLICE, RCMP IN CANADA, Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, etc. Hidden agendas, the world is full of it, many people have hidden agendas, Ministers, politicians, cops too. Sadly some people they tend present their own “facts,” but fall short in truthfulness for they tend to falsely have a hidden agenda, and often they want to be falsely personally worshipped and live in sin too. In Canada for decades our judges, cops, justice ministers, premiers, are known to persecute the defenseless victims the most such as traffic ticket violators and not the real criminals..

and for decades I have rightfully complained that the police get drunk after work and drive drunk home too and rarely even get arrested for it.. and the news media often tells us so as well.. unacceptable too..

The whole Police system is unacceptable, farcical, corrupt from top to bottom.. ” I find it laughable but not unexpected that Sgt. Bruce would pursue economic redress from his employers. His actions in my opinion are a sad reflection on this public service, and should be the poster child for Complete Civilian Oversight of internal police investigation given this situation. However to be fair let us look at the facts that I have been able to find. In 2005 Const. Lisa Alford after spending the afternoon drinking with her West Vancouver Police Buddies including Staff Sgt Bruce’s son Constable Mike Bruce attempted to drive home while drunk and smashed into another vehicle. Alford, 30, blew readings of .21 and .22 — the legal limit is .08 — and pleaded guilty to drunk driving on Jan. 25. 2007; She lost her licence for 14 months and was fined $600. Despite these facts she was placed forward for promotion, an action later reversed when all the facts of this case were made evident. Const. Lisa Alford was drinking with fellow officers” In the West Vancouver Police Station” before she rear-ended a car and blew nearly three times the legal limit for alcohol. Then West Vancouver Police Department Chief Scott Armstrong said that such get-togethers involving drinking at the station were regular occurrences; In fact, he attended a few himself before banning the practice after Alford’s accident and drunk-driving charge. In 2006, Scott Armstrong was fired as chief for that admission. In a ridiculous case of poor optics, worse judgment and a fundamental reason why greater oversight into police investigating police must be initiated; Sgt. Doug Bruce (Mike Bruce’s father) and Insp. Bob Fontaine were appointed to head up the complaint investigation into the incident. The final report to the B.C. Police Complaints Commissioner however failed to mention that Alford was drinking at the West Vancouver Police Dept. prior to the accident and she was partying with other police officers, including Staff Sgt Bruce’s son Constable Mike Bruce. B.C.’s police complaint commissioner was already investigating Const. Mike Bruce. He was accused of forging a signature on a photo line-up during a robbery investigation. He was also suspended for three days after he failed to attend a noise complaint at a Future Shop and then wrote a false report. The officer then lied when confronted about it. He later confessed when his police cruiser’s Global Positioning System was analyzed The Police Complaints Commissioner asked the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) to investigate Bruce and Fontaine. The VPD found the officers allegedly breached the code of conduct. A disciplinary proceeding was ordered in February 2007 and there had been a couple of attempts to have a disciplinary proceeding occur,” said Bruce Brown, Deputy Police Complaints Commissioner. Disciplinary hearings were scheduled, however the officers simply refused to attend the three scheduled hearings, exposing a profound weakness in the police act; saving themselves the need to either; reveal the truth of the investigation or perjure themselves further. The two suddenly retired in late 2008. A public hearing regarding the allegations was called off in February when the police complaint commissioner, Dirk Ryneveld, decided his office’s jurisdiction likely would not extend to retired police officers. Their disciplinary hearings were cancelled after they retired in 2008. Doug Bruce says he took sick leave due to stress. I guess he was under stress, dodging the truth and remembering that many lies is a tiring business, but I thank him for the mockery he is making of the police and the people of British Columbia. He will now hide in Penticton send his lawyer to negotiate a settlement while the public costs mount, collect his pension and leave the bad taste and public scorn of this incident for other members to live with and deal with every day. The two members in question not only broke the law, they continued to collect over $150,000.00 each in salary, continued to have access to all police benefits and then then waltzed off into the night, thumbing their noses at the Law, its principles, the People of West Vancouver, and their own sworn oathes; saving their pensions, thank you very much. People may say that police are shown no favouritism but that can not be stated here, with out opening ones self up to ridicule, these facts speak for themselves. Bruce now in his hypocrisy, claims the former Mayor and the former Police Chief made false statements about him, and requires redress; that the two defendants “recklessly and deliberately” breached “their” duty. The statement is outrageous. Be assure Sir, I have every sympathy for you and hope you get just what you deserve.”

Mickey Mouse RCMP, Police, Canada

Does the RCMP monitor download logs?

Who looks after the citizens welfare? The pretentious security Minister

http://thenonconformer.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/b-c-solicitor-general-named-in-lawsuit/

http://witnessed.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/who-looks-after-the-citizens-welfare-the-pretentious-security-minister/

http://thenonconformer.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/going-overboard-with-the-law-2/

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New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham

During the 2006 provincial election campaign, Graham promised to maintain the Crown corporation as a publicly owned utility.

Hydro-Quebec would get the majority of NB Power’s assets under a proposed agreement worth nearly $5 billion signed Thursday by New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham and Quebec Premier Jean Charest.

According to the memorandum of understanding, Hydro-Quebec would buy the assets for $4.75 billion – an amount equivalent to NB Power’s debt – giving Quebec greater capacity to export power to the United States.

Those assets include transmission lines, offices and most generation facilities including the Point Lepreau nuclear power plant.

“This agreement … will also provide Quebec with a strategic geographic position with regards to the markets of Atlantic Canada and New England,” Charest said.

“All Quebecers will benefit from this agreement.”

The premiers of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have warned the deal would give Hydro-Quebec a monopoly that could hinder other power development in the region.

But Graham says there will be opportunity for public debate before the closing date of the deal at the end of March 2010.

Still, he lauded the benefits it would bring to his province.

“The elimination of NB Power’s massive debt will help us attain self-sufficiency and relieve our children and grandchildren of this burden,” he said.

“Homeowners will see rates much lower than under the status quo, and we will now share Quebec’s competitive industrial rates.”

New Brunswick would continue to operate fossil fuel plants at Coleson Cove and Belledune, but phase out the facility at Dalhousie.

Residential power rates in New Brunswick would be frozen for five years, while industrial rates would be reduced to match those in Quebec – a total saving of about $5 billion.

NB Power was created by New Brunswick’s legislature in 1920.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/091029/national/nb_power_sale

To get elected many premiers make promsies they next do not keep… in BC, Ontario, Quebec, Alberta etc.,

Williams lashes out at Quebec-NB power deal CBC.ca – Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams spoke out in St. John’s Thursday against a proposed deal to sell the majority of New Brunswick’s power assets to Quebec.

Williams lashes out at Quebec-N.B. power deal Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams spoke out in St. John’s Thursday against a proposed deal to sell the majority of New Brunswick’s power assets to Quebec.Williams said if the deal goes through, it will be bad for Newfoundland and Labrador, the Maritime provinces and Ontario. “If [Quebec also] acquires P.E.I. and Nova Scotia [power], we will find ourselves in a situation where one province will have energy control of the entire Maritime provinces,” said Williams. “It will be attempting to strand Newfoundland and Labrador. So good, cheap, competitively priced energy, can’t be offered to that whole region.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/10/29/nl-newfoundland-nbpower-2910.html

Hydro-Québec to buy most of NB Power’s assets for $4.75B The Gazette (Montreal)

Quebec-NB power deal a ‘complete capitulation,’ Williams says St. John’s Telegram

Wall Street Journal – 580 CFRA Radio – VOCM – Globe and Mail

The province’s opposition leader said it’s unfair that the proposed deal is giving a rate cut to large industrial clients, but not to residential ratepayers. “The Liberals ran on a promise to NOT sell NB Power. They have no mandate to do this. Go out and ask the people who pay your salary, Premier. It’s our power system that you’re selling, not yours.” How the hell can government get away with something like this without going to the people….democracy is dead in Canada and has been for years. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/10/29/nb-alward-election-109.html

Canwest’s debts

TORONTO -Details of Canwest’s debts to other companies outlined in creditor list. The list of debts filed on the website of Canwest Global Communication Corp’s court-appointed monitor as it restructures under creditor protection offer a glimpse into the accrued finances of this poorly managed Canadian media firm. that owns and manages also the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, Edmonton Journal and Ottawa Citizen dailies, and there’s been much speculation about the future of Canwest’s newspapers. The detailed list of nearly 1,000 bills and debts shows that the insolvent media conglomerate owes from a handful of dollars to millions to a long list of companies, including television production houses, taxi firms and a florist. Imagine that owning money to a taxi firm too.. Unbelievable. The bills are comprised mainly, but not solely of corporate expenses for a company that owns dozens of newspapers, the Global TV network, and web properties – now do stretch as high as several million dollars. The Winnipeg-based media giant has been unable to pay such operating expenses as it struggles with $4 billion in corporate debt. Canwest hopes to restructure its business and emerge from creditor protection by the end of January. ” In documents filed earlier this month, the court outlined stipulations that allowed Canwest to continue receiving services deemed essential to its operations, like television programming, while it restructures”

Let me be simply clear about it. I rightfully do along with many others have no respect to Canwest or any of it’s news media actual or supposedly credibility, and that of all of it’s affiliates now as well, when firstly they could not, cannot even properly manage their business, and pay their debts. Definitely they are unprofessionally managed. So how can they Canwest even exemplarily continue now try to present, write about any of the news occurring now too. How dare they also now hypocritically, write about, criticize any other firms, persons operation, related management too now as well when Canwest itself is, has been undeniably guilty of extremely poor management.

Get real now Canada

Tory ridings get more stimulus money: Chrétien was known to dish out government money to Liberal-held ridings. But Harper he promised to do things differently. “Promised to do things differently.” Is there anything Harper has ever said that is true? Are Harper and his Cons Politically Corrupt? I say Yes! Worth noting is the Cons hold 46% of all ridings. 46% of ridings getting 60% of funds suggests something more then coincidence The depth of the sheer partisanship and dunious ethics of the cons never ceases to amaze me Pretty obvious political maneuvering. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/10/22/stimulus-spending.html ,

http://thenonconformer.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/dealing-only-with-one-leaking-hole-of-many-in/

What about having a valid, real Federal economic development, job creation programs instead? for It is not surprising that the same Civil servants under the federal Liberal government had suggested next again a federal job creation program that would provide cash stimulant firstly now to their fellow buddies, the civil and public servants at the provincial , municipal levels, but what was rather surprising that the Conservative politicians had gone along with it.

Forget the crap that the Canadian Governments, especially municipalities are serving the public, including all of their civil and public servants, in reality they are mostly self serving, and basically not at all trying to control the tax payer’s costs, as a result major rampant uncontrolled money abuses, thefts, corruptions, etc continues occur Canada wide too..

Rather also now what real effort has been made to work with the private sector to stimulate more valid, effective new job creations programs, that just do not benefit the often corrupt, incompetent municipalities and related contractors? The Conservative government’s economic stimulus spending spree that is pouring billions of tax dollars into road construction projects and infrastructure is just not good enough.. Real employment, and our actual economic outputs are the much better, practical gauge of Canada’s, our present well-being.

And it is also an undeniable fact now that too many Politicians in Canada, both Members of the provincial legislatures, and members of parliament, do lie, they make false claims that they the servants of the people, they thus are mainly looking after the needs, concerns of the citizens of Canada but mainly instead wrongfully do now use tax payer’s money, do use governmental resources and personnel to distribute unsolicited material to others to promote firstly their own re-ELECTION and TO PROMOTE their own political party as we clearly all have seen the New Conservative Ministers wrongfully also now doing OFTEN NOW as well.

OTTAWA – Stimulus money earmarked for Quebec is only trickling down to communities in the province, while other provinces are awash in federal funds, an analysis by The Canadian Press shows. the analysis was able to count, locate and evaluate 4,833 projects that have been announced coast-to-coast. Far fewer than 10 per cent of those projects are in Quebec, Canada’s second most populous province. Of the 4,833 projects published on the government’s centre piece map as of Oct. 25, less than 300 are in Quebec. Ontario claims more than 2,500, while Alberta and British Columbia both have more than 300 each. officials at both the municipal and federal levels were quick to admit that stimulus has been slow to get off the ground in the province. There have been lots of announcements, but the work seems more and more problematic for they have taken so much time to finalize agreements. Most of the federal stimulus money requires agreement and matching funds from between the provincial and municipal governments. Several broad agreements have been announced in principle, but individual projects are not getting the go-ahead quickly.

Pressure also is now mounting on the federal government to relax its two-year limit on much of the stimulus spending. The Parliamentary Budget Officer validated the case for an extension last week, saying the two-year limit is causing a rush to build infrastructure, possibly forcing cities to make hasty decisions, and prompting construction prices to soar.

The federal government preaches accountability, but is being only selectively transparent about its own spending activities. Compare this cloaking to Stephen Harper’s boasting about his stimulus package. Even here, there is less transparency than meets the eye. Considerable work by opposition parties and the media, including this newspaper, have shown patterns of spending to favour Conservative ridings, and suggest that less money has flowed to actual construction projects than the government would like the public to believe. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/keeping-secrets-hurts-democracy/article1337775/

It really causes us to think as to what is the federal Conservative government wrongfully hiding here from us all as well… The Conservative government was accused Thursday of playing an elaborate shell game to prevent Canadians from following the billions of dollars being spent on federal infrastructure stimulus. New Democrat Pat Martin (Winnipeg Centre) told a parliamentary committee the government has done everything possible to hide how much of the $12 billion earmarked for infrastructure has been spent or how many jobs created.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/stimulus/article/718466–tories-blasted-for-secrecy-on-stimulus-cash?bn=1

We all in Canada already could be facing more taxes, severe service cuts as the federal and provincial governments do brace some more for a “long, slow grind” to economic recovery that included already unacceptable government wastes, high deficits that even will take years to over come..

Now about having a valid, real costs controls, what was rather surprising that the Conservative politicians had gone along with it. What is also surprising is the new federal Conservative Government like it’s Liberal predecessor does not want to regulate the taxpayer’s money abuses.. surprise , surprise…

Just a Small Detail.. CBC contacted the office of Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt to ask about the lobbyist who helped organize a fundraiser on her behalf on Sept. 24. Michael B. McSweeney is vice-president of the Cement Association of Canada. Both he and the association are registered with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada. And a search of the registry shows that on Sept. 24, the Cement Association reported having lobbied Raitt directly. In an email to Raitt’s new communications wrangler Jocelyne Turner, CBC News asked for more information about McSweeney’s involvement in the fundraiser, as well as whether McSweeney was paid for his services. “Minister Raitt is committed to working with the Ethics Commissioner and is cooperating fully. The Minister will abide by any ruling by the Commissioner. “The issue is now being examined by the Ethics Commissioner and therefore it would be inappropriate to comment further.” http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/politicalbytes/2009/10/just-a-small-detail.html

and is this related to the Quebec corruptions scandals going on presently as well.. after all some of of the biggest cement companies are in Montreal.. Lafarge Cement included.. and is this why the Conservative federal government does not want to get into Quebec’s legal affairs too?

Gomery wants new inquiry – this one into alleged mob, construction, politics ties MONTREAL – The man who led a historic inquiry into political corruption thinks another one is necessary amid allegations of criminal acitivity in the construction industry and municipal politics. Mafia experts describe such corruption as a national occurence but so far governments at the federal, provincial, and municipal level have been resistant to the idea of a probe. The retired judge said large donors wield too much influence when it comes to the awarding of municipal contracts, and that an inquiry could explore those links.. Quebec’s highways cost 11 per cent more per kilometre than in Ontario and 43 per cent more than in the rest of Canada… Curbing corruption could save several hundred million dollars every year.. adds 20 to 35 per cent to the cost of public works projects… the savings would pay for better repairs to, and snow removal from, streets and sidewalks. It would reduce pressure on raising property taxes, parking-meter fees, and bus fares. And it would make tram lines (which cost $40 million per kilometre) more affordable.

“Now it’s fair to say my experiences in politics over the past four years have reminded me why 97% of Canadians do not belong to a party”

A BAD CONSERVATIVE IS NOT ANY BETTER THAN A BAD LIBERAL. BASHING THE LIBERALS WILL NOT CHANGE THE FACTS, REALITY AS TO HOW STILL THE BAD CONSERVATIVES ARE.

It has always confounded me as to why the crooks, abusers too often do still do think they can get away with now, next and forever.

Canada fell to 19th place this year from 13th last year on Reporters Without Borders’ index of freedom of the press. The analysis includes print, broadcast and online journalism in 175 countries.

It is also a vintage Conservative PM Stephen Harper style, as a wolf in sheep clothing, that now continually still falsely evades, evades, evades facing his own negative truths too, for when it comes to dealing about what he actually does, what he actually stands for, he the Great Evader demonstrates openly to all his own extraordinary lack of honesty, forthrightness and any credible intellectual weight

FOR WE TEND TO KNOW THAT THEY THE CROOKS, ABUSERS TOO, NOW ARE NOT ABOUT TO STOP THEIR WRONG DOINGS. RATHER THEY WILL NEXT EVEN ESCALATE, CONTINUE IN THEM. AND THAT IS ANOTHER VALID REASON THEY DO NEED TO BE EXPOSED, PROSECUTED AND STOPPED. EVEN FOR THE GOOD OF US ALL

It is not the rapists, drunk drivers, tax money abusers that mostly fill the courts calendars, docks rather it is mostly the revenue generating traffic tickets..

Ottawa vows tougher white-collar sentencing OTTAWA – The Conservative government says legislation to be tabled Wednesday will set a two-year mandatory minimum federal jail sentence for fraud over $1 million. What a joke.. Steal one million dollars, go to jail for 2 years only, and when you come out you can likley spend the money you have hidden as well..

Harper finds even more jobs for the faithful –

Tag: Jim Prentice

foreign workers alleged to be abused in Alberta

Canada

The still unrepentant wicked persons

Albertan Hate Crimes Awareness Day

Albertan solicitor general attempts to quash the citizens democratic rights to complain.

Canadian Poltical cartoons

We still seem to elect too many liars, abusers, alcoholics and why

Don’t drink and walk, doctor urges Metro Canada – Toronto – Alcohol impairs many of the faculties that normally keep you safe, says trauma surgeon Dr. Thomas Esposito at Loyola University in Chicago. So do the bad drugs now too..

The Honourable Warren Michelson MLA Moose Jaw

Please do see also

New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham

Canwest’s debts

Get real now Canada

A BAD CONSERVATIVE IS NOT ANY BETTER THAN A BAD LIBERAL. BASHING THE LIBERALS WILL NOT CHANGE THE FACTS, REALITY AS TO HOW STILL THE BAD CONSERVATIVES ARE.

It has always confounded me as to why the crooks, abusers too often do still do think they can get away with now, next and forever.

Canada fell to 19th place this year from 13th last year on Reporters Without Borders’ index of freedom of the press. The analysis includes print, broadcast and online journalism in 175 countries.

FOR WE TEND TO KNOW THAT THEY THE CROOKS, ABUSERS TOO, NOW ARE NOT ABOUT TO STOP THEIR WRONG DOINGS. RATHER THEY WILL NEXT EVEN ESCALATE, CONTINUE IN THEM. AND THAT IS ANOTHER VALID REASON THEY DO NEED TO BE EXPOSED, PROSECUTED AND STOPPED. EVEN FOR THE GOOD OF US ALL

It is not the rapists, drunk drivers, tax money abusers that mostly fill the courts calendars, docks rather it is mostly the revenue generating traffic tickets..

http://thenonconformer.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/all-time-top-posts/