ADSCAM -- Canada's Corruption Scandal Breaks Wide Open

various links | 04-08-05 | the heavy equipment guy

[backhoe]

To access links in our entire database, click the  KEYWORDS: ADSCAM;

 

 -- Here is the best link I've found to get up to speed on the scandal: http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/006611.php

 

 Canada's Watergate (only better .. with Liberals in the cross-hairs!) -- When Justice John Gomery lifted his own publication ban Thursday on jaw-dropping testimony by Groupaction president Jean Brault, a nightmare of allegations against the federal Liberal party gushed forth into the public domain in a firestorm of ferocity.

 

 Explosive AdScam testimony revealed

 

 Canada's Liberals Admit They Badly Hurt by Scandal

 

 Devastating Adscam Headlines!!

 

 Liberals full of repugnant excuses (Canada's government collapsing from own vileness!)

 

 Bloc is considering non-confidence motion on April 14
[ Goto page: 1, 2, 3 ]

 

 This isn’t your father’s Liberal corruption

 

 Brault testimony transcripts available

 

 The Liberal scandal as reported from around the globe

 

 

 The Liberals are in big trouble [ 1, 2 ]

 

 It goes on and on with those Lieberals.

 

 Canadian Liberalism: A Decade Of Scandal & Media Suppres... -- Captain's Quarters exemplifies the best of what blog reporting can be in its recent handling of the Canadian AdsScam case.

 

 From the Gomery commission ....

 

 Liberals at the abyss

 

 Total Liberal Meltdown [ 1 ... 4, 5, 6 ]

 

 

 Play-by-play, post-publication ban

 

 Commons Erupts in Accusations Minutes After Gomery Lifts Ban...

 

The story gets legs:  http://www.canada.com/national/story.html?id=973c9a98-d566-4ef9-91d8-854c00250ddd

 

 CBC: Oust Liberals Over Sponsorship Scandal, Canadians Say

 

 Donations to Liberals led to sponsorship work: Brault

 

 Eagan blogger fans Canadian scandal

 

 

http://virtualexpatriotcanuck.blogspot.com/

 Commission insiders insist that, as lethal as the Brault testimony might be to the Liberal party, there is yet more and worse to come.

 

  PQ got kickbacks, too EXEC: AD FIRM ALSO PAID GRITS

 

 

A Blog Written From Minneapolis Rattles Canada's Liberal Party

 

BQ SPILLS ADSCAM BEANS ON MARTIN INVOLVEMENT!

 

 New Canadian Corruption Scandal inside the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs --

 

 Canada's Scandal: The Government vs. The Blogosphere

 

 

Liberal Meltdown in Canada (USA is catching on)

 

 American blogger under attack by canadians starved for information

 

 The Rot Runs Deep

 

 WASHINGTON POST: Canada's Press Crackdown

 

 

On-line journal provokes a firestorm [Liberal Sponsorship Scandal in Canada]

 

 Scandal-rocked Grits call in the Mounties (Canadian Libs pay victim card - gut check time for CPC)

 

 

UPDATE: Liberal Meltdown in Canada (absolutley devastating information)  
http://noncogent.blogspot.com/2005/04/gomery-considering-charging-bloggers.html

 Gomery Considering Charging Bloggers It has been suggested to me by what is admittedly second-hand information, that Justice John Gomery will consider charging any Canadian blogger who not only provides a link to a site containing banned material, but any Canadian blogger who “names the site containing the banned material.”

 Website owner could be charged with contempt of court. [ 1, 2 ]

 I dont think Canadians will accept this.
This is absolutley devastating information.
http://mkbraaten.blogspot.com

 Gomerygate [ 1, 2 ]

 

Blogosphere 1, Liberals 0 -- It is the borderlessness of the Internet that has made possible the release of the truth about the Liberals to the Canadian public. Yet we are still in a phase of change where the Liberals are able to harass and intimidate some Canadian blogs, such as NealeNews, into silence. At this point, it was the Americans who came to Canadians’ aid, by posting the information denied to Canadians on a number of American websites.

 Brault may have fingered Alfonso Gagliano’s links to mob

 

 

Beat to Quarters (FR mentioned)

-- Captain's Quarters has really stirred up the Canadian blogosphere by carrying details of court testimony on a governmental scandal that is banned from publication in the Great White North. The scandal is about the use of Canadian government money, laundered through a private ad agency, to hire Liberal Party hacks, and is so serious it may catapault the Canadian conservatives into power. This incident marks one more step by the blogosphere into the realm of news generation as opposed to mere commentary.

 

 

Canada: Blogger busts Adscam ban, officials thinking of charging Canadian blogger. -- For those who don't know, the American blog which busted the Canadian wankers is:
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/
Just keep scrolling for multiple entries.  Actually, here's the post which reveals the testimony, the reporting of which is a crime in Canada:
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/004220.php

 More here

and here

 According to 'authorities' linking to the post is a crime in Canada.

 Canada's Corruption Scandal Breaks Wide Open

 Canada: Banned sponsorship testimony on U.S. weblogs

 Let's see if I get charged for linking to this!!!!!

 website owner could be charged with contempt of court.

 CANADIANS TO BE CHARGED FOR 'THINKING' ABOUT GOMERY INQUIRY....

 Just heard on CBC...

 

Winds of Change has a great post on the scandal. Be sure to read it. Don't forget Small Dead Animals, which has a lot of background on Adscam. 

 

• Entangled: Quick Scandal Update
• Who Dunnit: The Ban, The Blogs & The Politics
• The Dividing Line: Why Martin Investigated His Own Party
• Dance on a Volcano: The Liberals' High-Stakes Options
• • As Captain's Quarters notes, see the blog Small Dead Animals: The Roadkill Diaries for some excellent background on the case.
  • Wikipedia's entry is also quite good.
  • SDA:TRD also has a roundup of reactions from the Canadian blogosphere.
  • Though I have to say, the ultimate link roundup has to be the one at Bound by Gravity.
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    NASTY EMAIL RESPONSE from US Publication Ban Breaker [ 1, 2 ]

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The Internet has made it a whole new ballgame for Liberal politicians everywhere.

[Darkwolf377]

This is a great collection of resources. I need this to bug my liberal Canadian friends. :) Good work.

[eureka!]

for your pinging pleasure....

[fanfan]

Thanks eureka!

Starting an ADSCAM ping list.

Let me know if you want to be added/removed.

[backhoe]

The Internet has made it a whole new ballgame for Liberal politicians everywhere.

I still don't think they realize how badly the cover & spin of the MSM has been subverted. But I'm certainly enjoying the spectacle!

[backhoe]

Thanks!

[Springman]

Please add me, thanks.

[fanfan]

Consider yourself added. :-)

[fanfan]

Great job Backhoe!

[backhoe]

Thanks for pinging your list. I also posted a link to this on Free Dominion.

[GMMAC]

Great job Backhoe!
... cat's sure out of the bag now!

[backhoe]

Thanks- cool cat, I had one marked like that years ago. She looked like that after diving into a paper bag a few times and sliding into the baseboards.

[Navy Patriot]

No matter where you hide information, backhoe will find it.

Another stellar performance, backhoe, up to your usual high standards, congrats.

[backhoe]

Appreciate it- thanks for looking.

[mewzilla]

Are there any tie-ins between Oil-For-Food and Adscam?

[crnhskr1]

Al Gore needs a pat on the back for inventing the internet.
Thanks for the help Al!

[JarheadFromFlorida]

Backhoe,

The internet and bloggers in particular have become the liberals worst nightmare the whole world over. Liberals everywhere are realizing that they no longer have control of the national media and don't don't know exactly what to do about it. It's a new era in information discemination. Great work on this story! It is fascinating!

[backhoe]

The internet and bloggers in particular have become the liberals worst nightmare the whole world over. Liberals everywhere are realizing that they no longer have control of the national media and don't don't know exactly what to do about it. It's a new era in information discemination.

I love it-- I have been seething at the Jackal Pack Press since the Goldwater "Daisy" hit.

[GMMAC]

No problem - with these gangsters, sure there's a tie-in:

The Oil-for-Food Scandal – the Canadian Connection

[backhoe]

Are there any tie-ins between Oil-For-Food and Adscam?

Know what? Free Dominion has had some stories
( links to which are buried among these: -"No Blood for Oil"- Kojo & Kofi: Unbelievable U.N. stories-- )
that may be related. Where there's one form of corruption, there are usually others. Soon as I get Wifey out of my hair ( dinnertime ) I'll take another look there.

[backhoe]

Here's a quick grab- not sure what to make of it at a glance:

  The Oil-for-Food Scandal – the Canadian Connection [ 1, 2, 3 ]

 

 Oil for food scandal---The Canadian connection

 

 Canada's Prime Minister, the UN Secretary-General and Louise

 

 Why Canada Sold us Out (In Iraq)!

 

 How Montreal's Power Corp. found itself caught up in the biggest fiasco in UN history

 

 Kofi Annan’s Son Admits Oil Dealing

[Fedora]

Ping re: Canadian angle of OFF.

[-YYZ-]

Bumping for future reference.

This Desmarais/Power Corp/political elites morass goes for deeper than I had thought, no thanks to the various Canadian media's failure to report on or investigate it in any significant way. I'll be spreading the word in my own little way, since it looks like word of mouth is the only trustworthy method of spreading some stories in this country any more.

[backhoe]

This Desmarais/Power Corp/political elites morass goes for deeper than I had thought, no thanks to the various Canadian media's failure to report on or investigate it in any significant way. I'll be spreading the word in my own little way, since it looks like word of mouth is the only trustworthy method of spreading some stories in this country any more.

Thanks, and good luck- that's got to help.

[Shermy]

"Are there any tie-ins between Oil-For-Food and Adscam?"

Some of the same cast of players, but I don't see a tie.

[-YYZ-]

Seems to me like Adscam is just a relatively minor symptom of a rot that goes much deeper in Canadian political culture and is only starting to be uncovered and understood.

[backhoe]

 

 Will Chretien Talk? [ 1, 2 ]

 

 Parti Quebecois wants to return money

 

 Signs beginning to appear

 

 Let Them Rule to the Fall? The Hell With That

 

 CBC.ca's Response to Gomery Testimony

 

 

If Liberals are incensed prove it.

[fanfan]

Ping re: Canadian angle of OFF.

Huh?

[backhoe]

Jean Chretien's office had control over sponsorship contracts, inquiry told

[mark_interrupted]

You can add me. Thanks in advance.

[fanfan]

You're on it.

[Fedora]

See posts above the one you replied to, esp. #22.

[fanfan]

Duh. Thanks. :-)

[backhoe]

A great deal of new, damaging information has been posted ( to archive it, in case it is "disappeared" from the original sites ) at the end of this posting:

http://www.freedominion.ca/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=38687
Free Dominion
The Voice of Principled Conservatism

[backhoe]

 

  Gomery and Gun Registry. -- The real abomination of this, from my perspective, is this; While these bureaucratic thieves were gorging themselves on the money they stole to run this draconian regulatory stystem, they were incapable of providing basic security for citizens.

 

 Where Did All The Money Go-Andrew Coyne

 

 Chretien On The Take Revealed

 

 CBC: Inquiry Told PMO Involved in Sponsorship Contracts

[backhoe]

Opposition threatens Liberals (Canada)

[backhoe]

Canada's ruling party badly hurt by scandal

[backhoe]

 

 GRITS CONTINUE TO HIDE BILLIONS

[backhoe]

 The "foundations" of scandal

 

 Harper touts values, links sponsorship scandal with same-sex...

 

 [ Poll ] Is Paul Martin a Wire Brush?

 

 AP reports 4000 at rally...RCMP say 15,000

[backhoe]

 

 Hells Angels denounce Liberals as "criminals" [ 1, 2 ] -- I'd vote for a Hells Angel long before I'd vote for a Liberal . The Angels don't pretend , they back up what they say , they are firm believers in capitolisim , don't believe in gun control and if they skimmed 10% off the top it would cost us far less...

 

 Inside Scoop -- Not Any Longer -- Enter Captain Ed Morrissey, from the Minnesota based bog, Captain's Quarters. To the great delight of Canadian political junkies -- 133,000 in the first few hours -- Ed published a summary of the first day of Brault's damning testimony.

 

 McClellan linked to Adscam through gun Registry spending

 

 Example of Liberal Party Book Keeping

 

 Scandal battering Liberals, poll shows [ 1, 2 ]

 

 Envelopes stuffed With Thousand Dollar Bills

 

 The "foundations" of scandal -- For more information about the foundations...
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/Ottawa/Greg_Weston/2005/02/08/923659.html

[backhoe]

 Get serious about federal alternatives

 

 The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN’S to VICTORIA



If Chrétien isn't to blame for scandal mess, who is?
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Liberal fortunes tied to Harper:PM done if Tories do well in Ontario
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Jean Chretien's office had control over sponsorship contracts, inquiry told
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Opposition threatens to bring down Liberals; Martin asks them to hold fire
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Scandal makes Liberal ill Canada 'acting like banana republic'
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Chretien staff took:AdScam cash funded ex-PM's '93 campaign
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Anger growing among Liberal rank-and-file
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Inquiry edges toward ex-PM
Chrétien allies focus of testimony:Gomery probe told about donations
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Former PM gets the party cold shoulder
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Liberal fortunes tied to Harper:PM done if Tories do well in Ontario
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PM remains tight-lipped on Gomery testimony
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Outrage may force election
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Opposition holds sharpest tools to topple PM:Test of confidence Harper can't act without Bloc support
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Minister's aide denies Groupaction paid wife to work for Liberals
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Spring election '50-50,' MP says
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Even temporary ban was too much
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Quebecers looking for Mr. Clean
Analysts say Quebec voters could turn to the Conservative party in the next federal election as voters look to clean up the ethical 'rot' exposed by the Gomery inquiry, writes Glen McGregor. Link


EDITORIALs

ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM - These shoes were made for dropping
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HALIFAX HERALD - Some scam, some cost
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HALIFAX HERALD - The Rock's red glare
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MONTREAL GAZETTE - Patients need clout to cut wait times
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OTTAWA CITIZEN - More answers needed
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OTTAWA SUN - Give them a brush-off
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TORONTO STAR - Ottawa's failing grade
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NATIONAL POST - Gomery earns his keep
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LONDON FREE PRESS - Papal tribute overwhelming
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WINDSOR STAR - The border: Perimeter vs. passports
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SUDBURY STAR - From scandal to an election
If true, the scam would be unprecedented in modern federal politics
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WINNIPEG SUN - Martin no Mr. Clean
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SASKATOON STARPHOENIX - Condemnation of racist views best strategy
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REGINA LEADER-POST - Ahenakew hurt haunts province
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CALGARY HERALD - These are not Canadian values
Liberals seem determined to wrap their actions in the flag
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CALGARY SUN - No AdScam brush-off
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VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST - Tell politicians we've had enough
Canadians don't need to wait for Gomery to finish to demand campaign fundraising reforms
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ISSUES

CANADIAN FORCES
Project beset by danger
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Canadians support spending to entrench military legacy
Poll shows our memory of First World War is fading
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Remembering Vimy
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CANUSA/USACAN
Missile launch spurs more concern in Nfld.
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS
For the U.N., it's change or perish
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Fresh thinking on foreign aid
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JUSTICE SYSTEM
Plan for top-court judges attacked by opposition
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POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES
Canada Health Act "dusty old rule book" that has no relevance:Klein
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Fallout from Gomery could land on McGuinty, pundits say
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Some federalists talk of replacing Charest
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POLITICS

Poll finds public support for Liberals slipping
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Election would be risky for opposition: poll
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Conservatives rally the troops
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Old rules give MPs $3,000 raise
Base salary of $144,000: Formula linked to salary of Supreme Court chief justice
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PROGRAMMES
'Vague' Kyoto strategy panned
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Industrial polluters to get bigger break under new Kyoto plan

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OPINION AND INFORMATION

Media lose their monopoly on news
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A fearless man of light
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Canada needs to step up its military presence
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INFOS

http://radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/

http://mesnouvelles.branchez-vous.com/index.html

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/reseau/actualites/index2.html

Ressac sans précédent contre les libéraux fédéraux
Le Canada anglais est foudroyé par l'ouragan Gomery
http://www.ledevoir.com/2005/04/09/79031.html

 

 I don't know if its the stolen money or the homosexual sex bourque enjoys but either way the following site does a much better job: http://www.nealenews.com/

[backhoe]

 The terrifying reign of 'da Boss'

[backhoe]

The Iceberg(Adscam Tip of Iceberg)

[backhoe]

 Secret Testimony Revealed (An summary to date)

 

 Audit showed Liberal books were clean: Brison

 

 Were the Liberal Party's finances "audited"? (part

[backhoe]

 

 The mystery of #55555 Inc. reveals Martin involvement

[backhoe]

Conservatives surge ahead,Liberals in freefall after devastating Gomery testimony

[backhoe]

 

 Martin Says He Has the Moral Authority to Keep Governing

 

 "Breathtaking" Poll Sees Defeat for Canada Liberals -- Wow, FNC has only been in Canada a short time and already the libs are crumbling. No no wonder they fought so hard to keep it out.

[backhoe]

 CaptainsQuarters: Martin To Claim Liberal Purity (Of Late)

 

 Inquiry: Chretien's office approved deals

 

 The Liberals have a right to steal

 

 Is Entropy Squared really Captain'sQuarter? -- If it were not for the courage, commitment and dedication of Connie and Entropy Squared, I can assure you that there have been several occasions over the years when Free Dominion would have folded instead of growing into the political powerhouse it is today.

[backhoe]

Canada: Gomery hears of secret cash donation to Liberals

 

 Master crooks (Hells Angels expert: Liberals Canada's #1 organized gang)

 

 Deputy Tory leader wants Mounties off the case (Canada's Adscam - RCMP Too Compromised)