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Post by moabiter on Aug 2, 2010 22:32:36 GMT -8
Conrad Black, Stephen Harper and Media Manipulation Wednesday, August 26, 2009 It is even thought that it was Black who paid off Peter MacKay's half million dollars worth of loans, which was the reason why he broke a written contract and sold his party to Stephen Harper. Harper claims to know who put up the money and that it was all above board, and yet still refuses to name the source. (2) pushedleft.blogspot.com/2009/08/conrad-black-stephen-harper-and-media.html2. MacKay's financial secret safe with Harper: No conflict, party leader says, by Stephen Maher, The Halifax Herald Limited , Thursday, May 13, 2004
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Post by moabiter on Aug 2, 2010 22:44:25 GMT -8
The 2003 Progressive Conservative leadership convention was held on May 31, 2003 to elect a leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Peter MacKay was elected as leader to replace former Prime Minister Joe Clark who had retired as party leader. First ballot * MACKAY, Peter Gordon 1,080 (41.08%) * ORCHARD, David 640 (24.34%) * PRENTICE, Jim 478 (18.18%) * BRISON, Scott 431 (16.39%) * CHANDLER, Craig (Chandler successfully removed from first ballot after dropping out) Total ballots cast 2,629. Second ballot * MACKAY, Peter Gordon 1,018 (39.67%) * ORCHARD, David 619 (24.12%) * PRENTICE, Jim 466 (18.16%) * BRISON, Scott 463 (18.04%) Total ballots cast 2,566. Third ballot * MACKAY, Peter Gordon 1,128 (45.01%) * PRENTICE, Jim 761 (30.37%) * ORCHARD, David 617 (24.62%) Total ballots cast 2,506. Fourth ballot * MACKAY, Peter Gordon 1,538 (64.79%) * PRENTICE, Jim 836 (35.21%) Total ballots cast 2,374. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_leadership_convention,_2003
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Post by moabiter on Aug 2, 2010 22:49:15 GMT -8
The merger process was controversial. David Orchard had a written agreement from Peter MacKay at the 2003 Progressive Conservative Leadership convention excluding any such merger and led an unsuccessful legal challenge to it. Orchard (under the Progressive Conservative party leadership election rules) is still owed at least $70,000 by the newly merged Conservative Party. This debt has been recognized as legitimate by the Conservative Party lawyers; however, its reimbursement is on hold pending the outcome of legal matters between the party and Orchard. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada#Merger
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Post by moabiter on Aug 2, 2010 22:53:15 GMT -8
David Orchard and Peter MacKay shaking hands in the hotel room where they negotiated and signed the agreement which ensured MacKay winning the PC Party leadership. Also in the room are members of their negotiating teams, from left to right, next to MacKay: Fred Doucet (adviser to MacKay), Marjaleena Repo (adviser to Orchard), Senator Noel Kinsella (adviser to MacKay). Grant Orchard, adviser to Orchard, who was also present during the negotiations, is missing from the photo. _________________________ May 31, 2003 Agreement between Peter MacKay and David Orchard
1) No merger, joint candidates w[ith] Alliance. Maintain 301.
2) Review of FTA/NAFTA - blue ribbon commission with D[avid] O[rchard] w[ith] choice of chair w[ith] P[eter] M[acKay's] agreement. Rest of members to be jointly agreed upon.
3) Clean up of head office including change of national director in consultation (timing w[ithin] reasonable period in future, pre-election) and some of DO's people working at head office.
4) Commitment to making environmental protection front and center incl[uding] sustainable agriculture, forestry, reducing pollution through rail.
[Signed by Peter MacKay and David Orchard]www.davidorchard.com/online/campaign-2003/orchard-mckay.html
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Post by moabiter on Aug 3, 2010 8:18:21 GMT -8
Lord Black bought up the community newspapers. Ethnic media, the next (old) new big thing. Let the bells ring.Prime Minister’s Office spending to jump more than $1-million Monday, Aug. 02, 2010 The PMO has hired another 20 people in the last year, including more staff to handle regional and ethnic media, as well as direct government communication, such as the ad blitz on the economic action plan. Control over whole-of-government messaging has also come to reside within the PMO, keeping staffers busy approving requests for information and interviews with every single government department. www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/prime-ministers-office-spending-to-jump-more-than-1-million/article1659233/Whole-of-government lol. Okay, there were the CPC water bottles given by an MP to school children in Manitoba. Lenin is the Sun! ["The bottles were personalized and had her name and the Conservative logo," Louis Riel school board chairwoman Marilyn Seguire said Thursday.] Yuck.
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Post by moabiter on Aug 3, 2010 10:35:49 GMT -8
When is a child soldier not a child soldier? Roméo Dallaire sees language change as shift away from international obligations. September 2, 2009 Now, following revelations the Department of Foreign Affairs, under Minister Lawrence Cannon's direction, has moved to change its policy language from "child soldier" to "children in armed conflict,"... "Under various international instruments...they are required to urge that the US recognize international law and they haven't done so. Now they've got one way of getting out of it. They've just changed the definition." ... An ongoing criticism related to all of the language changes at the department, first reported in Embassy, is that there was no public consultation or debate prior to the government's decision—or even an announcement. Other changes include a shift to the term "equality of men and women" rather than "gender equality," excising "humanitarian" from the term "international humanitarian law" and removing the word "impunity" from some texts. www.embassymag.ca/page/view/child_soldier-9-2-2009
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Post by moabiter on Dec 25, 2010 6:04:51 GMT -8
comrade black's very own news section (he's in jail now) national news: Comrade, Canada, World, Toronto...
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Post by clone on Dec 25, 2010 22:30:51 GMT -8
That's premature. He did lose his appeal this month, but he's still out on a $2m bail until he's re-sentenced (on remaining convictions) in January. Maybe it depends where now means.
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Post by clone on May 14, 2011 18:20:27 GMT -8
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Post by occupy bay street on Apr 14, 2012 4:34:30 GMT -8
Books: Thieves of Bay Street, by Bruce Livesey Fri Apr 13 2012 One thing we can thank the recent credit crisis and global financial meltdown for is the way it lifted the lid on a sector of the economy we hadn’t been giving enough attention. That sector is the financial industry. In Thieves of Bay Street, investigative journalist Bruce Livesey looks at how Canada’s banks, brokerages, funds, and financial advisers have been ripping off Canadians for years. And while headline makers like Conrad Black and Earl Jones dominate Livesey’s chronicles of white collar crime, the not-so-few bad apples aren’t as important as the rotten barrel he describes. In brief, the case he makes is that Canada’s economy has gone from being one based on manufacturing, or producing things, to one of simply moving money around (which basically means moving more and more of it into the bank accounts of the very rich). As one of the economists interviewed by Livesey puts it, the financial sector today is structured to extract value, not create it. This is done in a variety of ways, from fleecing retirees of their life savings to running whole companies into the ground. And then, once the deed is done, there comes the best part of all — there are no comebacks. The gist of Livesey’s argument is that Canada’s regulatory agencies are an international joke, some lawyers are in bed with the fraudsters, and some police are so out of their league they often don’t even bother with investigations. If you’re caught with your hand in the cookie jar you just might get a slap on the wrist . . . but probably not. more: www.therecord.com/whatson/books/article/704940--books-thieves-of-bay-street-by-bruce-livesey_______________________________ The White Collar Book: Poetry and Prose of Canadian Business Life “…the work of thoughtful, elegant, and accomplished anthologists and writers, this volume is a useful, provocative, and altogether pleasing read.” — Conrad Black Featuring a foreword from Conrad Black. www.blackmosspress.com/?cat=8
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Post by the national piss on Aug 10, 2012 17:55:10 GMT -8
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Post by the lawyer stick on Aug 10, 2012 18:40:13 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Aug 11, 2012 5:33:42 GMT -8
With any luck, Moffat will go home to Crossharbour.
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