Saddam invested one million dollars in Paul Martin-owned Cordex

Canadafreepress ^ | 04/22/05 | Judi McLeod

[Pikamax]

Saddam invested one million dollars in Paul Martin-owned Cordex by Judi McLeod, Canadafreepress.com Friday, April 22, 2005

The Canadian company that Saddam Hussein invested a million dollars in belonged to the Prime Minister of Canada, canadafreepress.com has discovered.

Cordex Petroleum Inc., launched with Saddam’s million by Prime Minister Paul Martin’s mentor Maurice Strong’s son Fred Strong, is listed among Martin’s assets to the Federal Ethics committee on November 4, 2003.

Among Martin’s Public Declaration of Declarable Assets are: "The Canada Steamship Lines Group Inc. (Montreal, Canada) 100 percent owned"; "Canada Steamship Lines Inc. (Montreal, Canada) 100 percent owned"–Cordex Petroleums Inc. (Alberta, Canada) 4.6 percent owned by the CSL Group Inc."

[Redbob]

Hmmmmm...

[pierrem15]

"Now accepting 'bids' for the post of Prime Minister of Canada..."

"Going once..."

"Going twice..."

"Sold! to Mr. Saddam Hussein of Iraq..."

"Please remember, all sales are 'AS IS', with no warranty of any kind, implicit or explicit..."

[don'tbedenied]

Ruh Roh

[pierrem15]

Same link:

According to the today’s New York Sun, "the next chapter in the United Nations crisis may erupt over U.N. investigator Paul Volcker’s membership on the board of one of Canada’s biggest companies, Power Corporation, since a past president of the firm, Canadian tycoon Maurice Strong, is now tied to the oil-for-food scandal."

The missing facts are: Not only are Volcker and Strong hooked with the ties that bind to Power Corporation Inc., a company under investigation in the oil-for-food scandal, Prime Minister Paul Martin was launched into the business world with Canadian Steamship Lines by Paul Desmarais’s Power Corporation Inc. and his predecessor Jean Chretien’s daughter, France is married to Paul Desmarais’ son, Andre Desmarais.

[Spktyr]

Gee... Guess we have the reason why Martin was so opposed to the war.

[ocr1]

I would love to see a flow chart on this. Would be quite the spider web.

[Odyssey-x]

I can't wait for the south park episode...

[dfwgator]

"Hey, relax guy."

[bubman]

There is always a tide that washes all the filth away. Is GWB such a tide?

[Republican Red]

Canadians are shocked!

[NativeNewYorker]

...& the Ketchup couple owned a chunk of BNP, the oil-for-palaces bank...small world...

[builder]

Wow. This will take years to come out,but we are starting to slowly find out why all these countries opposed us liberating Iraq.

FReepers suspected this all along of course.

[Eva]

Was this mentioned in Martin's speech last night?

[MamaLucci]

Wow. This will take years to come out,but we are starting to slowly find out why all these countries opposed us liberating Iraq.

And why the libs are desperate to keep John Bolton away from the UN......

[TheMole]

From http://www.sino-meetings.com/strong.html, a little bit of Maurice Strong for ya. American readers please note the bolded section.

The Honourable Maurice F. Strong, P.C., C.C., LL.D.

Born in Canada with principal residence in Buckhorn, Ontario, Canada, Mr. Strong has longstanding ties with the private and public sectors.

Current positions:

• Special Advisor to the Secretary-General, and Under Secretary-General, of the United Nations. In this capacity undertakes special private missions for the Secretary-General including monitoring on an informational basis of the humanitarian and development interests of the DPRK.
• President of the Council, University for Peace, affiliated with United Nations.
• Chairman, International Advisory Board, CH2M HILL Companies.

Other and Past appointments include:

Chairman of the Earth Council; Chairman, Strovest Holdings, Inc.; Chairman and Director, Technology Development Corporation; Director, Foundation Board World Economic Forum; Director, Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD); Director, Zenon Environmental, Inc.; Director, The Humane Society of the United States; Member, International Advisory Board, Toyota Motor Corporation; Member, International Advisory Board, Center of International Development at Harvard University; Member, International Advisory Council, Liu Centre for the Study of Global Issues at The University of British Columbia; Senior Advisor to the President of the World Bank, 1996 - 2002; Under-Secretary General and Executive Co-ordinator for United Nations Reform, January - December 1997; Chairman of the World Resources Institute, December 1995 ¨C December 1998; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ontario Hydro, the largest electric power utility in North America, December 1992-December 1995; Chairman E-7, an association of the World¡¯s largest electric power utilities; Chairman of High Level Expert Panel reviewing the Consultative Group on Agricultural Research (CGIAR), 1998-1999; President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Petro Canada, Canada¡¯s national oil company; President of Power Corporation of Canada; Chairman of the Canada Development Investment Corporation, the Canadian government holding company for state enterprises; Secretary-General of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (The Earth Summit) and Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, January 1990 - September 1992; Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Co-ordinator of the United Nations Office for Emergency Operations in Africa, 1985 and 1986; First President of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Canada; Director, Rockefeller Foundation; President, World Federation of United Nations Association; President, National Council of YMCAs of Canada; Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment from November 1970 to December 1972 and subsequently became the first Executive Director of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) in Nairobi, Kenya, January 1973 - December 1975; Member, World Commission on Environment and Development, 1983 - 1987; Commission on Global Governance, 1992-1996.

Some Other Relevant Activities:

Co-chaired a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, convened in co-operation with United Nations Development Programme in 1997 on DPRK¡¯s food and agriculture situation; also have undertaken special political missions for Government of Canada, particularly at the time of Prime Minister Pierre E. Trudeau, including a special mission undertaken with Canada's co-operation for the Government of Cuba to advise the Government of Vietnam on its energy situation following its take-over of South Vietnam.

Honours:

2003 University of Ottawa-Distinguished Canadian Leadership Award;2002 Global Environment Leadership Award; 2001 Golden Steering Wheel International Prize, Russia; 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award National Council for Science & Environment; IAIA Global Environment Award; Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada; Companion of the Order of Canada; The Princes's Award Foundation Millennium Award; Brazilian National Order of the Southern Cross, at the Grand Cross Grade; Swedish Royal Order of the Polar Star; Blue Planet Prize of the Asahi Glass Foundation; Tyler Environment Prize; Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding; International Saint Frances Prize for Environment; Alexander Onassis Foundation DELPHI Prize; Pearson Peace Medal; Charles A. Lindbergh Award; Commander of the Order of the Golden Ark (Netherlands); Henri Pittier Order (Venezuela); First United Nations International Environment Prize; National Audubon Society Awards; Fellow of the Royal Society (U.K.); Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; Fellow of the Royal Architectural Society of Canada; Honourary doctorates from 51 Universities.

[Mo1]

Cordex Petroleum Inc., launched with Saddam’s million by Prime Minister Paul Martin’s mentor Maurice Strong’s son Fred Strong, is listed among Martin’s assets to the Federal Ethics committee on November 4, 2003

Gee .. that sounds like an Oil Company name

Hmmmm.... Has Al Frankin discussed this on his radio show yet?

[Timeout]

Heh.

[Allan]

This title is very misleading.

Paul Martin is a loathsome crook
worse than Chretien
because he is smoother and more successful
(and richer)
but Paul Martin did not own Cordex
he owned shares in Cordex.

There is a slight difference
and giving the article such a title
brings discredit to "Canada Free Press"
which has produced some valuable stories.

[Mo1]

And why the libs are desperate to keep John Bolton away from the UN......

I believe they said during the Committee hearing .. it was something about not wanting him to reform and change the UN

[Dad yer funny]

WHOA ,...now we need to make charts ,...I knew this would be a CAN OF WORMS

[timtoews5292004]

This is the first time I've ever heard reference to Maurice Strong in a news article. I'm suprised that this guy who is supposed to be such a mover and shaker in the world scene isn't mentioned more often. Am I just not looking in the right place.

[tiredoflaundry]

*snort* They are scared sh**less

[fanfan]

PING

Please let me know if you want on/off the Adscam ping list.

[demlosers]

Well well... Paul Martin got his palms greased.

[Mo1]

*snort* They are scared sh**less

Well .. it could explain why Senator Joe "Hey Boss" Biden was screaming and yelling like a Raving Lunatic

[Carry_Okie]

Beats my list, thank you.

[tiredoflaundry]

LoL, and they say Bolton needs "anger management"!

[fanfan]

This is the first time I've ever heard reference to Maurice Strong in a news article. I'm suprised that this guy who is supposed to be such a mover and shaker in the world scene isn't mentioned more often. Am I just not looking in the right place.

LOL. If you don't spend much time in slime, looking under rocks, or with Bill Clinton, you may not have heard of him before.

He is Canada Inc.

[eureka!]

Can't make this stuff up. Amazing...

[Shermy]

"Paul Martin is a loathsome crook
worse than Chretien"

Unlike Martin, Chretien did not get rich on his way to the top that's for sure.

I like Martin better than Chretien. Chretien was a dyed-in-the-wool anti-American of the lefty type. His comments about 9/11, his failure to appear with Blair at Bush's post-9/11 speech, his globalist sentiments. Martin's disputes with us don't seem to be ideological.

Over the years I've read many Canadian commentaries very laudatory of trans-national institutions and global governance. From below the feelings were ideological, but the inspiration came from above where profit was the motive.

[Shermy]

Hey hosers! You thought we pretty dumb! We're laughing all the way to the BNP bank!

[fanfan]

Unlike Martin, Chretien did not get rich on his way to the top that's for sure.

I don't know about that Shermy.

The Cretch just bought a nice house in Ottawa for $1.9 Million.

Not chump change exactly. Pretty good for someone who never earned more than $150,000/year.

[pierrem15]

I guess when the Soviet Union died, all the leftist cockroaches funded by the KGB had to go seek other sources of funding, including the DPRK and Saddam.

This guy's bio is worse than corrupt, it's a disgrace: he's a paid whore who has made his fortune shilling and arranging back-room deals for commie dictators across the globe.

[timtoews5292004]

No wonder I've never heard of him. The only thing that I know about canada is that their funniest comedians move to the USA and make millions of dollars in the movie and TV industries.


Other people have mentioned Maurice Strong as a representative of the anti-christ- it was discussed a few days ago in the thread about the new Pope's views on the subject. Globalist, working behind the scenes, will come declaring peace, etc. This is the first time i've heard of him with his fingers pulling the strings on a multinational deal of secret intrigue. It also calls into question the reasoning behind canada's stance on the most recent gulf war.

[kcvl]

What a bunch of scums. These are the same people who would trash the U.S. for "starving children", or going to war with Iraq "for oil" when they are the ones involved in STARVING CHILDREN and OIL MONEY for their own personal gains.

[Ditto]

Hmmmm.... Has Al Frankin discussed this on his radio show yet?

You would think that Mickey Moore would already have a "documentary" (snicker) film in the can about the misdeeds of these rich greedy capitalist pigs.

[jdm]

Thank you for moving this article to "Breaking News."

[fanfan]

It also calls into question the reasoning behind canada's stance on the most recent gulf war.

It sure didn't make sense to many of us to turn our backs when our allies could have used our help, or at least our moral support.

[Allan]

Neither Chretien nor Martin have any ideology.

Chretien is a small-time cheap lawyer
who got his start doing crooked real-estate deals.

Martin quietly moved to riches
by latching on to the rich and powerful.

I always have detested Martin much more than Chretien.

It is obvious to everyone that Chretien is a two-bit swindler
but Martin still manages to convey the impression
that he has some decency and honour.

The press always has covered for Martin.
He ran his steamship lines
receiving about a hundred million dollars
from the Federal government
while he was Finance Minister!

(Would such a thing be conceivable in the USA??
Just look at the flak Cheney has received
over Haliburton).

His steamship lines were registered offshore
so that Paul Martin paid almost no Canadian Income Tax
while he was Finance Minister!!!

The wheat farmers in Saskatchewan all detest Martin
because when he was Finance Minister
he had the 'Crowe Rate" removed
(a special rate charged to farmers
to have their wheat shipped to the Great Lakes)
thus farmers were forced to ship their wheat
to Hudson Bay
where
surprise, surprise
the only steamship line in operation
was that of Paul Martin.

[mainepatsfan]

This guy makes Kofi look good by comparison.

[MinuteGal]

"Oh, Canada", tra la.

Just wait till Nelson Eddy hears about this.

To horse, Nelson!

Leni

[RJL]

Saddam invested one million dollars in Paul Martin-owned Cordex

Why not? Saddam Hussein is a key ally of Canada, France and Germany.

[timtoews5292004]

Neither Chretien nor Martin have any ideology. Sure they do. Their ideology is much like clinton's.Do whatever it takes to make me rich and powerful.

[jdm]

Interesting how small the PM's ownership in Cordex is, compared to the other companies -- only 4.6 percent. Did Saddam own the other 95%?!

Hopefully this story will grow some legs.

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The following is the declaration of assets made by Paul Martin to the federal ethics counsellor.

Public Declaration of Declarable Assets

I, the undersigned, declare:

I own:

A farm operation named Valleystream Farms located near Cowansville, Quebec, managed by a third party, which raises livestock;

Membership share in the Knowlton Golf Club and in the Mount Bruno Golf and Country Club;

529 Preference Class B shares (92.66 per cent vote) and 26,833 Preference Class C shares (4.70 per cent) of SHEILAMART ENTERPRISES INC., an Ontario incorporated holding company which owns 438,210 preferred shares (10.94 per cent) of PASSAGE HOLDINGS INC., Canada Treasury Bills and shares of Big Splash Water Slides Inc. (ceased operations - no assets);

15,028 Preference Class A shares (99.6861 per cent vote) and 47 Preference Class B shares (0.3118 per cent vote) of NELLMART HOLDINGS INC., a federally incorporated holding company which owns Canada Treasury Bills and 201 common shares (50.25 per cent vote) of Nellmart Limited, a private Alberta incorporated investment holding company which in turn owns the Plaza Building, the Dunbar and the Varsity Theatres in Vancouver, a building on Hastings Street in Vancouver, rented to the Royal Bank, opened-ended mutual funds, Government Bonds and Canada Treasury Bills;

1,155 Preference Class A (no vote), 1,508 Preference Class B (37.63 per cent vote), 1,226 Preference Class C (0.03 per cent vote) and 20 Preference Class D shares (49.90 per cent vote) of PASSAGE HOLDINGS INC., a federally incorporated investment holding company administered blindly from me under a Supervisory Agreement (copy attached), which owns directly or indirectly, shares in the following other companies:

The CSL Group Inc. (Montreal, Canada) -- 100 per cent owned.

Canada Steamship Lines Inc. (Montreal, Canada) -- 100 per cent owned.

CSL operates a fleet of self-unloading bulk carriers on the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River and in the Canadian East Coast. Commodities carried include iron ore, coal, clinker, wheat, stone, gypsum, etc. CSL owns and operates the following Canadian-flagged vessels: Atlantic Erie, Atlantic Huron, CSL Niagara, Ferbec, Frontenac, Halifax, Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin (formerly H.M. Griffith), Jean Parisien, CSL Laurentian (formerly Louis R. Desmarais), Manitoulin, Nanticoke, Tadoussac, Mapleglen, Oakglen and English River (managed for a third party).

CSL International Inc. (Barbados) -- 100 Per Cent Owned.

CSL International performs the commercial management of a fleet of self-unloading bulk vessels in the U.S. East and West Coast, Caribbean, Mexican Coast and South America. Commodities carried include gypsum, coal, stone and iron ore. The fleet is composed of vessels owned by independent shipowners and of the following six vessels owned by affiliated companies: CSL Atlas, CSL Cabo, CSL Trailblazer, M.H. Baker III, the Sheila Ann and the CSL Spirit.

Companies Owned Directly or Indirectly by Canada Steamship Lines Inc.:

Atlasco Shipping Ltd. (Barbados) owns one vessel which is leased to CSL International -- 100 per cent owned.

CSL Cabo Shipping Inc. (Barbados) owns two vessels which are leased to CSL International -- 100 per cent owned.

Tangshan Jinshan Marine Company (China) -- 35 per cent owned.

SBS Projects Inc. (design and procurement of self-unloading systems) (British Columbia) -- 100 per cent owned.

CSL Self-Unloader Investments Limited (holding company) (Bermuda) -- 100 per cent owned.

CSL Asia Investments Limited (Bermuda) -- 100 per cent owned.

Marbulk Canada Inc. -- 50 per cent owned.

Marbulk Shipping Inc. (Barbados) ? 100 per cent owned by Marbulk Canada Inc.

Two Star Shipping Limited (Cyprus) -- 50 per cent owned by Marbulk Shipping Inc. (Barbados).

Paiton Shipping Inc. (Barbados) -- 50 per cent owned.

PSI Bulk Shipping Pte. Lt. (Singapore) -- 50 per cent owned.

Semisub Transshippers Inc. (Barbados) -- 48.74 per cent owned.

Lati Transshippers Inc. (Barbados) -- 48.74 per cent owned.

Hull 2227 Shipping Inc. (Barbados) (owns the Sheila Ann vessel) -- 100 per cent owned.

Hull 2229 Shipping Inc. (Barbados) (owns the CSL Spirit vessel) -- 100 per cent owned.

Canada Steamship Lines Holding B.V. (Netherlands) -- 51 per cent owned.

Auscan Holding Pty Limited (Australia) -- 100 per cent owned.

CSL Australia Pty Ltd (Australia) -- 100 per cent owned.

CSL Asia shipping Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) -- 100 per cent owned.

Cordex Petroleums Inc. (oil and gas exploration and production) (Alberta) - 4.6 per cent owned by The CSL Group Inc.

CSL Equity Investments Limited -- 50 Per Cent Owned.

CSL Equity is a holding company which holds investments in real estate, ship repair and shipbuilding, cable business, as well as in other economic sectors.

Companies Owned Directly or Indirectly by CSL Equity Investments Limited (Canada)

16091 Canada Inc. (Canada) (trustee of Ontario real estate properties) -- 100 per cent owned.

16092 Canada Inc. (Canada) (trustee of Quebec real estate properties) -- 100 per cent owned.

CSL Investments (Alberta) Limited (Canada) -- 100 per cent owned -- Owns an interest in a real property in Alberta.

CSL Investments (Ontario) Limited (Canada) -- 100 per cent owned -- Owns an interest in a real property in a building in Toronto.

2599970 Canada Inc. (formerly Voyageur Colonial Limited) (Canada) -- 100 per cent owned.

Ocean Lines Limited (Holding) (Bermuda) -- 100 per cent owned.

Canadian Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd. (Canada) -- 50 per cent owned.

CSE Marine Services Inc. -- 100 per cent owned by Canadian Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd.

CSL Properties Limited (owns real estate interest in properties in the U.S.) (Delaware) -- 100 per cent owned.

Properties Two Inc. (Colorado) -- 100 per cent owned by CSL Properties Limited.

CSL and A, Inc. (real estate limited partnership) (Arizona) - 50 per cent owned by CSL Properties Limited

Inactive Companies Owned Directly or Indirectly by the CSL Group Inc.:

Canadian Marine Compensation Management (C.M.C.M.) Inc. (management of workers compensation claims) -- 25 per cent owned.

Canada Steamship Lines Limited (England) - 100 per cent owned.

Inactive Companies Owned Directly or Indirectly by Canada Steamship Lines Inc.:

Superior Shipping Company (1993) Inc. (Canada) -- 100 per cent owned.

CSL Marine Services Inc. (Canada) (formerly Intercan Marine Services Inc.) -- 100 per cent owned.

The Commercial Coal and Coke Company (Ohio) -- 100 per cent owned.

GLBC Inc. -- 50.196 per cent and Great Lakes Bulk Carriers Limited Partnership (Ontario) (bulk vessels) -- 49.249 per cent owned.

CSL Pacific Shipping Inc. (Barbados) (formerly CSL Ocean Services Inc.) -- 100 per cent owned.

Innovatorco Shipping Inc. (Liberia) -- 100 per cent owned.

Marbulk Shipping (2000) Inc. (Barbados) -- 100 per cent owned by Marbulk Canada Inc.

Marbulk Shipping Inc. (Liberia) -- 100 per cent owned by Marbulk Shipping Inc. (Barbados).

Eastern Power Shipping Limited (Barbados) -- 100 per cent owned by Marbulk Shipping Inc. (Barbados).

Inactive Companies Owned Directly or Indirectly by CSL Equity Investments Limited:

Oceanex Management Inc. (Canada) (formerly Oceanex Holdings Inc.) -- 25 per cent owned.

Guadeloupe Cable International Inc. (Barbados) -- 30.03 per cent owned.

Ran with fact box "The following is the declaration of assets made by Paul Martin to the federal ethics counsellor.", which has been appended to the story.

Source

[jdm]

"Marbulk Shipping Inc. (Barbados) ? 100 per cent owned by Marbulk Canada Inc."

You gotta love the question mark (?) following "Barbados."

"We think Marbulk Shipping is in Barbados but we're not positive! Don't hold us to it!"

[Allan]

He is Canada Inc.

No. Paul Desmarais is Canada Inc.

Looney-Tunes Maurice Strong is 'small potatos' in comparison.

[lysie]

Cordex Petroleum Inc

Gee .. that sounds like an Oil Company name.

So, you won't believe Martin if he says it a Pet Store/Flooring business?

[Shermy]

I'm going to learn more about these Canuck politix.

[pyx]

I'm going to learn more about these Canuck politix.

The old saw, "SH!T FLOWS DOWNHILL." is apt.

Permanently fix the LEFTISTS who RUN Canukia and I'm certain a LOT of the LEFTIST social engineering SH!T that gets exported to here in the U.S. from UPHILL in the North, would stop.