OTTAWA—Facing charges of political sabotage by the powerful head of Sun Media Corporation, the Conservative Party has denied wrongdoing but cut ties with a key political strategist.
The move was made to distance the Stephen Harper campaign from what Sun Media mogul Pierre Karl Peladeau claimed was a dirty trick — the leak of an incriminating photo and damaging information that said Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff had aided U.S. military planners in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion. The photo, forwarded to Sun Media vice-president Kory Teneycke — another former Harper aide — wasn’t of Ignatieff.
The strategist, Patrick Muttart, did not comment Wednesday. But sources close to him said he is “furious” at having been cavalierly tossed aside by the Harper campaign.
Rattled Conservative insiders, who spoke only on background, said Muttart, a former deputy chief of staff to Stephen Harper and senior political operative, was treated badly by both the party and the Sun. Some blamed national campaign chair Guy Giorno.
Giorno has clashed with Muttart, and is believed to be the force behind Harper’s decision to let Muttart go now.
A Conservative party source said that while some thought getting rid of Muttart was a good thing, there are people inside the campaign who “are pissed about how he was treated.
“Now, at exactly the time in your campaign when you do not need any dissension and you need everybody to be of one mind, you’ve got disharmony and unhappiness in your team. That is the problem, more than the loss of the skill set,” said the source.
Jason Lietaer, a Conservative campaign spokesman, denied Muttart had behaved improperly in forwarding the information and dubious photo to Sun Media, and flatly denied the Conservative campaign had any intention to undermine Sun Network’s credibility.
Still, he said Muttart, key architect behind the party’s election victories in 2006 and 2008, would have “no further role” in the Conservative campaign.
Muttart had worked on contract with the 2011 campaign, mostly from his Chicago home base where he has worked for an American public affairs firm since 2009, returning occasionally to Ottawa as needed.
Ignatieff told the Star the Conservatives’ attempt to snow Sun Media with a photo suggesting he was dressed up like a soldier was “bizarro.”
“Trying to pass this off and then writing stories that I planned the Iraq war … we pass into realms of behaviour that actually leave Canadians furious. I could give a damn what they think and say about me anymore … but God almighty we got to think about what this means to the future of Canadian politics,” he said.
Sun Media president and CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau wrote an editorial in Wednesday’s Sun papers that identified Muttart as the source of a photo intended to hurt the Liberal leader, but which Peladeau suggested was a deliberate plan to damage his fledgling conservative broadcast network.
“It is my belief that this planted information was intended to first and foremost seriously damage Michael Ignatieff’s campaign but in the process to damage the integrity and credibility of Sun Media and, more pointedly, that of our new television operation, Sun News,” Peladeau wrote.
A source close to Muttart said the photo was found online by a U.S.-based political party researcher and couldn’t be verified. Muttart gave it to Teneycke with that disclaimer and said Sun would have to do further legwork.
Late Wednesday, the story took another bizarre twist when Muttart’s American employer, Mercury Public Affairs/IGR Group, released a statement defending him and identifying Muttart as one of the key people behind the Sun News network’s design and marketing efforts.
It called Peladeau’s assertions “bizarre” and “disappointing.”
“At no point did Muttart tell Sun Media that he had positively identified Ignatieff in the photo in question. And at no time did Muttart mislead, or intend to mislead Sun Media, in his provision of information to them.”
It went on: “For the record, Mercury was hired by Quebecor to assist Sun News with its pre-licence branding and positioning. Muttart worked with a creative agency to develop the network’s original logo . . . And he was the original source for the network’s ‘hard news’ and ‘straight talk’ framing language.”
It added: “All things considered, it is ironic indeed that Sun Media has chosen to attack Patrick Muttart.”
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Ruby Dhalla & CSIC, the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants, is looking into whether Gill received payment for his consulting services auditor general may as well.
Ruby Dhalla, the Liberal candidate in the Ontario riding of Brampton-Springdale, has asked the auditor general to investigate the Citizenship and Immigration Department over allegations its minister, Jason Kenney, gave inappropriate access to Conservative Party candidate Parm Gill.
Dhalla said at a news conference Wednesday she wants Auditor General Sheila Fraser to investigate the relationship between Kenney and Gill, who is also running in Brampton-Springdale, an area with a large South Asian population.
Dhalla's request comes after she accused Gill, a businessman and entrepreneur in the hospitality industry, of setting himself up as Kenney's official delegate on visas.
She suggested someone in Kenny's office has been tipping off her rival after she's submitted official visa requests.
Photos published on Gill's campaign website also show Gill alongside Kenney during an official trip to India.
Ruby Dhalla, the Liberal candidate in Brampton-Springdale, wants the federal auditor general to investigate the relationship between Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Parm Gill, the Conservative candidate in the Ontario riding. (Aaron Vincent Elkaim/Canadian Press) "Canadians need to be asking themselves what type of access has Parm Gill been given to Jason Kenney's office," Dhalla said at a news conference Wednesday. "Why is there a two-tiered standard of someone who is unelected, someone who is a private citizen, being allowed to have this much access and what type of access has he been granted?"
She called the affair a new low for Canadian democracy and said Conservative Leader Stephen Harper should take a close look at the conduct of his party's candidates.
'Intimidation and fear'
Dhalla urged anyone with information about any promises made about visas in the riding to come forward, although she believes many people are afraid to speak publiclly.
"There is a great deal of fear and intimidation in the community," she said.
Kenney has dismissed the allegations as "completely ridiculous" and said, "Mr. Gill has every right as a private citizen to provide volunteer unpaid advice."
Gill was not available for an interview but said at a sporting event in February that he has "approximately three people" helping him full time, and that their duties involve " just taking calls and helping me process … immigration files or anything else."
CSIC, the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants, is looking into whether Gill received payment for his consulting services, CBC News has learned. He is not a registered immigration consultant.
In a written statement, Gill said his volunteers only helped newcomers find lawyers or other public information and said they were not paid for their services.
He also said his trips to India happened to coincide with the trips the immigration minister made.
Dhalla said at a news conference Wednesday she wants Auditor General Sheila Fraser to investigate the relationship between Kenney and Gill, who is also running in Brampton-Springdale, an area with a large South Asian population.
Dhalla's request comes after she accused Gill, a businessman and entrepreneur in the hospitality industry, of setting himself up as Kenney's official delegate on visas.
She suggested someone in Kenny's office has been tipping off her rival after she's submitted official visa requests.
Photos published on Gill's campaign website also show Gill alongside Kenney during an official trip to India.
Ruby Dhalla, the Liberal candidate in Brampton-Springdale, wants the federal auditor general to investigate the relationship between Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Parm Gill, the Conservative candidate in the Ontario riding. (Aaron Vincent Elkaim/Canadian Press) "Canadians need to be asking themselves what type of access has Parm Gill been given to Jason Kenney's office," Dhalla said at a news conference Wednesday. "Why is there a two-tiered standard of someone who is unelected, someone who is a private citizen, being allowed to have this much access and what type of access has he been granted?"
She called the affair a new low for Canadian democracy and said Conservative Leader Stephen Harper should take a close look at the conduct of his party's candidates.
'Intimidation and fear'
Dhalla urged anyone with information about any promises made about visas in the riding to come forward, although she believes many people are afraid to speak publiclly.
"There is a great deal of fear and intimidation in the community," she said.
Kenney has dismissed the allegations as "completely ridiculous" and said, "Mr. Gill has every right as a private citizen to provide volunteer unpaid advice."
Gill was not available for an interview but said at a sporting event in February that he has "approximately three people" helping him full time, and that their duties involve " just taking calls and helping me process … immigration files or anything else."
CSIC, the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants, is looking into whether Gill received payment for his consulting services, CBC News has learned. He is not a registered immigration consultant.
In a written statement, Gill said his volunteers only helped newcomers find lawyers or other public information and said they were not paid for their services.
He also said his trips to India happened to coincide with the trips the immigration minister made.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
candidate's access to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney questioned.
There are allegations in the Ontario riding of Brampton-Springdale that Conservative Party candidate Parm Gill has inappropriate access to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney.
Brampton has a large South Asian population, so the ability to get visas for family members of voters is an issue in the riding.
Liberal candidate Ruby Dhalla accused Gill, a businessman and entrepreneur in the hospitality industry, of setting himself up as Kenney's official delegate on visas and suggests someone in his office must be tipping off her rival after she's submitted official visa requests.
"In those cases the families have been called before even I was notified, that had they had been accepted and approved by the minister's office and they were called by Parm Gill," said Dhalla.
As for proof, Dhalla said people are too afraid to come forward and speak publicly.
Kenney, who has visited the riding to speak during the election campaign, was asked about the accusations, and responded: "That's completely ridiculous, you know, she's a Liberal MP who's under a lot of pressure, and of course she's going to make unfounded and ridiculous accusations."
There's a reason why they are going to Mr. Gill for that advice, said Kenney on a conference call with South Asian journalists.
"It's because they can't get any service from their member of Parliament and that's one of the reasons why I think Parm Gill should be elected member of Parliament for Brampton-Springdale."
Kenney told CBC that if "their own MP isn't providing them with the services and the advice that they require on technical issues on immigration then that's a problem.
"So Mr. Gill has every right as a private citizen to provide volunteer unpaid advice. I understand he has taken no payment for that. He has never claimed to represent the government or me, but he's just providing a volunteer service and that's totally legitimate."
At a sporting event in February, Gill said: "I have approximately three people assisting me; they are full time just taking calls and helping me process….immigration files or anything else."
In January 2009, Kenney made an official government trip to India, where he was pictured with Gill, who was asked about the trip during a candidates' debate in the riding.
"I was not in India on any government-sponsored trips. I was in India on a private business," said Gill.
"Mr. Gill came as did other Canadians with different backgrounds and attended some public events," said Kenney of the trip.
Immigration lawyer Richard Kurland says Kenney shouldn't show favouritism.
"You can't politicize the immigration function when the immigration minister holds the key to Canada's immigration kingdom in any case," said Kurland.
Gill was not available for an interview.
Brampton has a large South Asian population, so the ability to get visas for family members of voters is an issue in the riding.
Liberal candidate Ruby Dhalla accused Gill, a businessman and entrepreneur in the hospitality industry, of setting himself up as Kenney's official delegate on visas and suggests someone in his office must be tipping off her rival after she's submitted official visa requests.
"In those cases the families have been called before even I was notified, that had they had been accepted and approved by the minister's office and they were called by Parm Gill," said Dhalla.
As for proof, Dhalla said people are too afraid to come forward and speak publicly.
Kenney, who has visited the riding to speak during the election campaign, was asked about the accusations, and responded: "That's completely ridiculous, you know, she's a Liberal MP who's under a lot of pressure, and of course she's going to make unfounded and ridiculous accusations."
There's a reason why they are going to Mr. Gill for that advice, said Kenney on a conference call with South Asian journalists.
"It's because they can't get any service from their member of Parliament and that's one of the reasons why I think Parm Gill should be elected member of Parliament for Brampton-Springdale."
Kenney told CBC that if "their own MP isn't providing them with the services and the advice that they require on technical issues on immigration then that's a problem.
"So Mr. Gill has every right as a private citizen to provide volunteer unpaid advice. I understand he has taken no payment for that. He has never claimed to represent the government or me, but he's just providing a volunteer service and that's totally legitimate."
At a sporting event in February, Gill said: "I have approximately three people assisting me; they are full time just taking calls and helping me process….immigration files or anything else."
In January 2009, Kenney made an official government trip to India, where he was pictured with Gill, who was asked about the trip during a candidates' debate in the riding.
"I was not in India on any government-sponsored trips. I was in India on a private business," said Gill.
"Mr. Gill came as did other Canadians with different backgrounds and attended some public events," said Kenney of the trip.
Immigration lawyer Richard Kurland says Kenney shouldn't show favouritism.
"You can't politicize the immigration function when the immigration minister holds the key to Canada's immigration kingdom in any case," said Kurland.
Gill was not available for an interview.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
F-35s to cost more DND.
The Department of National Defence says it's been told the unit price of the F-35 stealth fighter will be higher than the $75 million it planned for, but the military insisted late Monday it can still deliver the program on budget.
The Pentagon, in a recent report to the U.S. Congress, outlined a laundry list of cost increases in the $382 billion US development of the advanced fighter-bomber.
"Canada is not a recipient of the report, however, as an international partner in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) project, we have been advised that it forecasts an increase in production costs for the JSF Program," said a written statement released to The Canadian Press.
"Once we have an opportunity to see the details of the report, we will be able to assess how it may impact the cost of Canadian production aircraft."
The statement downplayed the impending price hike, saying "a degree of cost variation is envisaged in any program" and defence bureaucrats had built a contingency into the estimated $9-billion purchase price.
For weeks, the Harper government has insisted it will pay around $75 million for each F-35 and furiously rejected criticism from Kevin Page, the parliamentary budget officer, who estimated in March that the sticker price for the radar-evading plane would be more like $148 million apiece.
Alarmed by the uncertainty, the Liberals have promised to cancel the purchase.
The acknowledgment of the price change came as another American report suggested the cost of operating the jets could be billions of dollars more than expected.
An estimate by a Pentagon cost-analysis unit projects it will cost $915 billion to keep the U.S. fleet of 2,443 jets flying for 30 years.
The document, leaked to Bloomberg in Washington, forecasts a lifetime maintenance bill of roughly $375 million per aircraft.
Alan Williams, a former senior Canadian defence official, said the costs would be comparable for the 65 planes the Conservative government intends to purchase, starting in 2017.
Using the Pentagon numbers, the 65 planes would cost more than $24 billion to maintain over 30 years, well above Canadian government estimates.
The cost-analysis group works directly for the U.S. defence secretary and challenges the numbers and assumptions of the Pentagon's project offices. It based its projection on the operating costs of the existing fleets of F-18s, F-16s and U.S. marine corps Harrier jump jets.
Pentagon orders cost review
Much of the debate in Canada over the highly computerized planes has centred on the eye-popping purchase price and only passing attention has been paid to long-term maintenance and service, which the Conservatives have projected at no more than $7 billion over 20 years.
The parliamentary budget officer, in a report just before the Harper government was defeated, pegged service for the F-35 at $19.5 billion over 30 years or roughly $301 million per plane.
Kevin Page faced a storm of criticism from Conservatives in March for suggesting the overall program could cost taxpayers $29.3 billion, but if the new figures from the Pentagon hold, the price tag could go even higher.
"The Pentagon's new forecast represents a significant increase even over what the U.S. expected," said Williams, who is an outspoken critic of the program. "The simple fact is we just don't know how much we'll spend. It just lends more weight to the argument that we should wait."
Repeated warnings about costs spurred the F-35 project office at the Pentagon to commit last week to a sweeping review of what it will take to maintain the aircraft over the long haul.
The study, ordered by project executive officer Vice-Admiral David Venlet, will look at the design of the aircraft to try to figure out what is driving the costs into the stratosphere.
"The service chiefs look at the estimates of the maintenance cost and it makes their knees go weak," said Venlet, according to an April 22 transcript of his remarks. "There is an estimate. We know that is not the right number."
A second, separate report prepared two years ago by the U.S. naval air systems command said long-term support could hit $443 billion, but that estimate was in 2002 dollars.
Venlet said even that is too high.
Williams said there's a lot of uncertainty in the numbers because the plane is still in development and has no maintenance history.
The Pentagon, in a recent report to the U.S. Congress, outlined a laundry list of cost increases in the $382 billion US development of the advanced fighter-bomber.
"Canada is not a recipient of the report, however, as an international partner in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) project, we have been advised that it forecasts an increase in production costs for the JSF Program," said a written statement released to The Canadian Press.
"Once we have an opportunity to see the details of the report, we will be able to assess how it may impact the cost of Canadian production aircraft."
The statement downplayed the impending price hike, saying "a degree of cost variation is envisaged in any program" and defence bureaucrats had built a contingency into the estimated $9-billion purchase price.
For weeks, the Harper government has insisted it will pay around $75 million for each F-35 and furiously rejected criticism from Kevin Page, the parliamentary budget officer, who estimated in March that the sticker price for the radar-evading plane would be more like $148 million apiece.
Alarmed by the uncertainty, the Liberals have promised to cancel the purchase.
The acknowledgment of the price change came as another American report suggested the cost of operating the jets could be billions of dollars more than expected.
An estimate by a Pentagon cost-analysis unit projects it will cost $915 billion to keep the U.S. fleet of 2,443 jets flying for 30 years.
The document, leaked to Bloomberg in Washington, forecasts a lifetime maintenance bill of roughly $375 million per aircraft.
Alan Williams, a former senior Canadian defence official, said the costs would be comparable for the 65 planes the Conservative government intends to purchase, starting in 2017.
Using the Pentagon numbers, the 65 planes would cost more than $24 billion to maintain over 30 years, well above Canadian government estimates.
The cost-analysis group works directly for the U.S. defence secretary and challenges the numbers and assumptions of the Pentagon's project offices. It based its projection on the operating costs of the existing fleets of F-18s, F-16s and U.S. marine corps Harrier jump jets.
Pentagon orders cost review
Much of the debate in Canada over the highly computerized planes has centred on the eye-popping purchase price and only passing attention has been paid to long-term maintenance and service, which the Conservatives have projected at no more than $7 billion over 20 years.
The parliamentary budget officer, in a report just before the Harper government was defeated, pegged service for the F-35 at $19.5 billion over 30 years or roughly $301 million per plane.
Kevin Page faced a storm of criticism from Conservatives in March for suggesting the overall program could cost taxpayers $29.3 billion, but if the new figures from the Pentagon hold, the price tag could go even higher.
"The Pentagon's new forecast represents a significant increase even over what the U.S. expected," said Williams, who is an outspoken critic of the program. "The simple fact is we just don't know how much we'll spend. It just lends more weight to the argument that we should wait."
Repeated warnings about costs spurred the F-35 project office at the Pentagon to commit last week to a sweeping review of what it will take to maintain the aircraft over the long haul.
The study, ordered by project executive officer Vice-Admiral David Venlet, will look at the design of the aircraft to try to figure out what is driving the costs into the stratosphere.
"The service chiefs look at the estimates of the maintenance cost and it makes their knees go weak," said Venlet, according to an April 22 transcript of his remarks. "There is an estimate. We know that is not the right number."
A second, separate report prepared two years ago by the U.S. naval air systems command said long-term support could hit $443 billion, but that estimate was in 2002 dollars.
Venlet said even that is too high.
Williams said there's a lot of uncertainty in the numbers because the plane is still in development and has no maintenance history.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Canadiens soldats qui sont morts sous le régime Harper.
Berry GR Davis Boneca Cpl Cpl Dinning AJ PJ MDJ. Pte Goddard NKS Capt Gomez FO Cpl Klumpenhouwer AM MCpl Leger MD Sgt Mansell MSJ Cpl Payne RJ Cpl Smith NL Pte Turner WM Lt Warren JP Cpl Wilson TJ Mcpl Woodfield BS Pte Allard JPGM Cpl Anderson J. Cpl Arnal JH Cpl Arndt RF MCpl Arnold GH Cpl Audet PY MCpl Baker JC Cpl Bartsch CD Cpl Bason CSF MCpl Beauchamp NR Cpl Blais KMN Cpl Blake C. PO2 Bobbitt C. Cpl Bouthillier J. Pte Bouzane SF Gomez NKS Goddard Pte Capt POUR Klumpenhouwer Cpl AM Leger Cplc MD Sgt Mansell MSJ Cpl Cpl Payne RJ Smith NL Pte WM Lt Turner JP Warren Wilson Cpl TJ BS Woodfield Cplc Pte Allard Anderson JPGM Cpl Cpl J. Arnal JH Cpl RF Cplc Arndt GH Cpl Arnold Audet PY Cplc Baker Bartsch JC Cpl Cpl CD Bason CSF cplc Beauchamp NR Cpl Cpl Blais KMN Blake C. PO 2 Bobbitt C. Bouthillier Cpl J. Pte Bouzane SF
Bartsch CD Cpl Bason CSF MCpl Beauchamp NR Cpl Blais KMN Cpl Blake C. PO2 Bobbitt C. Cpl Bouthillier J. Pte Bouzane SF Cpl Boyes JG Lt Boyes JJ Sgt Braun DR Cpl Brown DR WO Bulger NA Cpl Byers DRJ Pte Caswell DJ Pte Chidley GW Pte Collier BJ Pte Costall RH Pte Courcy SJG Pte Couturier JJS Cpl Crooks TKG Pte Curwin JMR Pte Cushley WJJ Pte Dallaire KYR Pte Dawe MJ Capt Diab MH Pte Dion JJ Pte Diplaros D. Pte Doyle EM MCpl Drouin JF Cpl Dubé JRM Cpl Duchesne CJTA MCpl Eades SE Sgt Eykelenboom AJ Cpl Faught J. Sgt Fitzpatrick DJ Cpl Fortin JDO Cpl Francis JC Capt Freeman MB Pte Giesebrecht K. MCpl Gillam CP Sgt Girouard RMJ CWO Gonthier JFE Pte Good BR Pte Goudreault M. Sgt Graham MA Pte Greenfield SD Pte Greenslade DR Pte Grenon AP Cpl Hamilton TJ Cpl Hayakaze MY Pte Hayes CJ Pte Horn CJ Pte Hornburg N. Cpl Ingram V. Sgt Joannette MM Cpl Jones JP Pte Karigiannis C. Sgt Keating SP Bartsch CD Bason Cpl CSF cplc Beauchamp NR Cpl Cpl Blais KMN Blake C. PO 2 Bobbitt C. Boyes Bouthillier Cpl J. Pte Bouzane SF Cpl JG Boyes Lt JJ DR Braun Sgt Cpl DR Brown WO Bulger NA Byers Cpl Pte DRJ Caswell GW DJ Chidley Pte Pte Collier Costall BJ Sdt Sdt Courcy RH SJG Couturier Pte JJS Crooks Cpl TKG Pte Pte JMR Curwin Cushley WJJ Sdt Dallaire KYR Pte Dawe MJ Capt Diplaros Dion MH Diab Pte Pte JJ D. Pte EM Doyle Cplc Drouin JF Cpl Dubé JRM Cplc Cpl Duchesne CJTA Eades SE Cpl Eykelenboom Sgt AJ Faught J. Fitzpatrick Sgt DJ Cpl Fortin JDO Cpl Francis JC MB Freeman Capt Pte Giesebrecht K. Cplc Gillam Girouard CP Sgt Adjuc RMJ Gonthier JFE Pte Goudreault Bonne Pte BR M. Greenfield Sgt Pte Graham MA SD DR Greenslade Pte Grenon Pte AP Hamilton Cpl Cpl TJ Hayakaze MON Pte Hayes CJ Horn Pte Pte Hornburg CJ N. Ingram Cpl Joannette Sgt V. MM Jones Cpl JP Karigiannis Sdt C. SP Keating Sgt
SP Cpl Keller BJ Cpl Kennedy KV Pte Klukie JJ Pte Kruse GJ Sgt Labbé EB Pte Leary RS Capt Levesque M. Pte Longtin JMSS Pte Lormand PJ Pte Lucas DJ Sgt MacNeil J. Sgt Marshall SJ Pte Massouh H. WO McCormack Z. Cpl McCully MJC Cpl McKay KT Pte McLaren MR Cpl Megeney RK Cpl Mellish FR WO Mendes ML Maj Mercier JCMM MWO Michaud CP MCpl Miller A. Pte Miok G. Sgt Mitchell RTJ Cpl Morley KI Cpl Nolan RF WO Nuttall AR Lt O'Quinn KC Cpl Ouellet J. Cpl Parker G. Col Péloquin AJ Pte Pentland PJ Pte Pépin JYFS Maj Poland BD Cpl Priede DJ MCpl Reid CJ Cpl Renaud JMGR Pte Roberge JMFG WO Roberts JB MCpl Ruckpaul RM Maj Rudd L. Pte Seggie MJA Cpl Shipway Sgt Snyder JS Capt Stachnik SH Sgt Stannix CP Cpl Starker MG Cpl Stewart AMJ MCpl Stock SJ Pte Storm AH Cpl Street TJ Pte Taylor K. Sgt Tedford DS Sgt Todd TW Pte Vernelli SF MCpl Walsh JS MCpl Wasden DRRJ Cpl Watkins LWT Pte Wiebe JV Pte Williams AE Cpl Williamson BN Pte Wilmot CW Pte Wilson MA Pte Wilson RJ WO SP Keller Cpl Cpl BJ Klukie Sdt Kennedy KV Kruse JJ Pte GJ EB Sgt Labbé Pte RS Leary Capt JMSS Longtin Levesque M. Pte Pte Lormand Lucas Pte PJ Sgt DJ Marshall MacNeil Sgt J. SJ Massouh Pte H. McCormack WO Z. Cpl McCully MJC Cpl McKay Pte McLaren KT M. Megeney RK Cpl Cpl Mellish FR WO Mendes ML Adjum Mercier JCMM Maj Michaud Miller CP Cplc A. Pte Miok Mitchell Sgt G. Morley RTJ Cpl Cpl KI Nolan RF WO Nuttall AR Lt O'Quinn KC Cpl J. Ouellet Parker Cpl G. Col Péloquin Pentland AJ Pte Pte Pépin PJ JYFS Pologne Maj BD Cplc Priede Cpl Reid DJ CJ Cpl Roberge Renaud Pte JMGR JMFG Roberts WO JB RM Ruckpaul Cplc Maj Rudd L. Pte Seggie MJA Cpl JS Shipway Sgt Snyder Capt Stachnik Sgt SH Starker Stannix CP Cpl Cpl Stewart MG AMJ Stock Cplc SJ Storm AH Pte Cpl rue Taylor Pte TJ K. DS Tedford Sgt Sgt Todd TW Pte Vernelli JS SF Walsh Cplc Cplc Wasden DRRJ Watkins Cpl LWT Pte Wiebe Williams Pte JV AE Wilmot Cpl Soldat Williamson BN CW Sdt Wilson MA WO Wilson Pte RJ
Canadian soldiers who dies under the Liberals: Les soldats canadiens qui meurt sous les libéraux:
Cpl Green R, P. Sgt Short RA, P Braun Woodfield, Cpl Murphy JB, P Nathan Smith, Cpl R Green, P. Sgt RA court, Woodfield Braun P, JB Murphy Cpl, Nathan Smith P,
Cpl Beerenfenger RC, P Macr Leger RC Beerenfenger Cpl, Leger MACR P
Bartsch CD Cpl Bason CSF MCpl Beauchamp NR Cpl Blais KMN Cpl Blake C. PO2 Bobbitt C. Cpl Bouthillier J. Pte Bouzane SF Cpl Boyes JG Lt Boyes JJ Sgt Braun DR Cpl Brown DR WO Bulger NA Cpl Byers DRJ Pte Caswell DJ Pte Chidley GW Pte Collier BJ Pte Costall RH Pte Courcy SJG Pte Couturier JJS Cpl Crooks TKG Pte Curwin JMR Pte Cushley WJJ Pte Dallaire KYR Pte Dawe MJ Capt Diab MH Pte Dion JJ Pte Diplaros D. Pte Doyle EM MCpl Drouin JF Cpl Dubé JRM Cpl Duchesne CJTA MCpl Eades SE Sgt Eykelenboom AJ Cpl Faught J. Sgt Fitzpatrick DJ Cpl Fortin JDO Cpl Francis JC Capt Freeman MB Pte Giesebrecht K. MCpl Gillam CP Sgt Girouard RMJ CWO Gonthier JFE Pte Good BR Pte Goudreault M. Sgt Graham MA Pte Greenfield SD Pte Greenslade DR Pte Grenon AP Cpl Hamilton TJ Cpl Hayakaze MY Pte Hayes CJ Pte Horn CJ Pte Hornburg N. Cpl Ingram V. Sgt Joannette MM Cpl Jones JP Pte Karigiannis C. Sgt Keating SP Bartsch CD Bason Cpl CSF cplc Beauchamp NR Cpl Cpl Blais KMN Blake C. PO 2 Bobbitt C. Boyes Bouthillier Cpl J. Pte Bouzane SF Cpl JG Boyes Lt JJ DR Braun Sgt Cpl DR Brown WO Bulger NA Byers Cpl Pte DRJ Caswell GW DJ Chidley Pte Pte Collier Costall BJ Sdt Sdt Courcy RH SJG Couturier Pte JJS Crooks Cpl TKG Pte Pte JMR Curwin Cushley WJJ Sdt Dallaire KYR Pte Dawe MJ Capt Diplaros Dion MH Diab Pte Pte JJ D. Pte EM Doyle Cplc Drouin JF Cpl Dubé JRM Cplc Cpl Duchesne CJTA Eades SE Cpl Eykelenboom Sgt AJ Faught J. Fitzpatrick Sgt DJ Cpl Fortin JDO Cpl Francis JC MB Freeman Capt Pte Giesebrecht K. Cplc Gillam Girouard CP Sgt Adjuc RMJ Gonthier JFE Pte Goudreault Bonne Pte BR M. Greenfield Sgt Pte Graham MA SD DR Greenslade Pte Grenon Pte AP Hamilton Cpl Cpl TJ Hayakaze MON Pte Hayes CJ Horn Pte Pte Hornburg CJ N. Ingram Cpl Joannette Sgt V. MM Jones Cpl JP Karigiannis Sdt C. SP Keating Sgt
SP Cpl Keller BJ Cpl Kennedy KV Pte Klukie JJ Pte Kruse GJ Sgt Labbé EB Pte Leary RS Capt Levesque M. Pte Longtin JMSS Pte Lormand PJ Pte Lucas DJ Sgt MacNeil J. Sgt Marshall SJ Pte Massouh H. WO McCormack Z. Cpl McCully MJC Cpl McKay KT Pte McLaren MR Cpl Megeney RK Cpl Mellish FR WO Mendes ML Maj Mercier JCMM MWO Michaud CP MCpl Miller A. Pte Miok G. Sgt Mitchell RTJ Cpl Morley KI Cpl Nolan RF WO Nuttall AR Lt O'Quinn KC Cpl Ouellet J. Cpl Parker G. Col Péloquin AJ Pte Pentland PJ Pte Pépin JYFS Maj Poland BD Cpl Priede DJ MCpl Reid CJ Cpl Renaud JMGR Pte Roberge JMFG WO Roberts JB MCpl Ruckpaul RM Maj Rudd L. Pte Seggie MJA Cpl Shipway Sgt Snyder JS Capt Stachnik SH Sgt Stannix CP Cpl Starker MG Cpl Stewart AMJ MCpl Stock SJ Pte Storm AH Cpl Street TJ Pte Taylor K. Sgt Tedford DS Sgt Todd TW Pte Vernelli SF MCpl Walsh JS MCpl Wasden DRRJ Cpl Watkins LWT Pte Wiebe JV Pte Williams AE Cpl Williamson BN Pte Wilmot CW Pte Wilson MA Pte Wilson RJ WO SP Keller Cpl Cpl BJ Klukie Sdt Kennedy KV Kruse JJ Pte GJ EB Sgt Labbé Pte RS Leary Capt JMSS Longtin Levesque M. Pte Pte Lormand Lucas Pte PJ Sgt DJ Marshall MacNeil Sgt J. SJ Massouh Pte H. McCormack WO Z. Cpl McCully MJC Cpl McKay Pte McLaren KT M. Megeney RK Cpl Cpl Mellish FR WO Mendes ML Adjum Mercier JCMM Maj Michaud Miller CP Cplc A. Pte Miok Mitchell Sgt G. Morley RTJ Cpl Cpl KI Nolan RF WO Nuttall AR Lt O'Quinn KC Cpl J. Ouellet Parker Cpl G. Col Péloquin Pentland AJ Pte Pte Pépin PJ JYFS Pologne Maj BD Cplc Priede Cpl Reid DJ CJ Cpl Roberge Renaud Pte JMGR JMFG Roberts WO JB RM Ruckpaul Cplc Maj Rudd L. Pte Seggie MJA Cpl JS Shipway Sgt Snyder Capt Stachnik Sgt SH Starker Stannix CP Cpl Cpl Stewart MG AMJ Stock Cplc SJ Storm AH Pte Cpl rue Taylor Pte TJ K. DS Tedford Sgt Sgt Todd TW Pte Vernelli JS SF Walsh Cplc Cplc Wasden DRRJ Watkins Cpl LWT Pte Wiebe Williams Pte JV AE Wilmot Cpl Soldat Williamson BN CW Sdt Wilson MA WO Wilson Pte RJ
Canadian soldiers who dies under the Liberals: Les soldats canadiens qui meurt sous les libéraux:
Cpl Green R, P. Sgt Short RA, P Braun Woodfield, Cpl Murphy JB, P Nathan Smith, Cpl R Green, P. Sgt RA court, Woodfield Braun P, JB Murphy Cpl, Nathan Smith P,
Cpl Beerenfenger RC, P Macr Leger RC Beerenfenger Cpl, Leger MACR P
Canadians soldiers who have died under the harper regime.
Berry G.R. Boneca A.J. Cpl Davis P.J. Cpl Dinning M.D.J. . Pte Goddard N.K.S. Capt Gomez F.O. Cpl Klumpenhouwer A.M. MCpl Leger M.D. Sgt Mansell M.S.J. Cpl Payne R.J. Cpl Smith N.L. Pte Turner W.M. Lt Warren J.P. Cpl Wilson T.J. Mcpl Woodfield B.S. Pte Allard J.P.G.M. Cpl Anderson J. Cpl Arnal J.H. Cpl Arndt R.F. MCpl Arnold G.H. Cpl Audet P.Y. MCpl Baker J.C. Cpl Bartsch C.D. Cpl Bason C.S.F. MCpl Beauchamp N.R. Cpl Blais K.M.N. Cpl Blake C. PO2 Bobbitt C. Cpl Bouthillier J. Pte Bouzane S.F.
Bartsch C.D. Cpl Bason C.S.F. MCpl Beauchamp N.R. Cpl Blais K.M.N. Cpl Blake C. PO2 Bobbitt C. Cpl Bouthillier J. Pte Bouzane S.F. Cpl Boyes J.G. Lt Boyes J.J. Sgt Braun D.R. Cpl Brown D.R. WO Bulger N.A. Cpl Byers D.R.J. Pte Caswell D.J. Pte Chidley G.W. Pte Collier B.J. Pte Costall R.H. Pte Courcy S.J.G. Pte Couturier J.J.S. Cpl Crooks T.K.G. Pte Curwin J.M.R. Pte Cushley W.J.J. Pte Dallaire K.Y.R. Pte Dawe M.J. Capt Diab M.H. Pte Dion J.J. Pte Diplaros D. Pte Doyle E.M. MCpl Drouin J.F. Cpl Dubé J.R.M. Cpl Duchesne C.J.T.A MCpl Eades S.E. Sgt Eykelenboom A.J. Cpl Faught J. Sgt Fitzpatrick D.J. Cpl Fortin J.D.O. Cpl Francis J.C. Capt Freeman M.B. Pte Giesebrecht K. MCpl Gillam C.P. Sgt Girouard R.M.J. CWO Gonthier J.F.E. Pte Good B.R. Pte Goudreault M. Sgt Graham M.A. Pte Greenfield S.D. Pte Greenslade D.R. Pte Grenon A.P. Cpl Hamilton T.J. Cpl Hayakaze M.Y. Pte Hayes C.J. Pte Horn C.J. Pte Hornburg N. Cpl Ingram V. Sgt Joannette M.M. Cpl Jones J.P. Pte Karigiannis C. Sgt Keating S.P
S.P. Cpl Keller B.J. Cpl Kennedy K.V. Pte Klukie J.J. Pte Kruse G.J. Sgt Labbé E.B. Pte Leary R.S. Capt Levesque M. Pte Longtin J.M.S.S. Pte Lormand P.J. Pte Lucas D.J. Sgt MacNeil J. Sgt Marshall S.J. Pte Massouh H. WO McCormack Z. Cpl McCully M.J.C. Cpl McKay K.T. Pte McLaren M.R. Cpl Megeney R.K. Cpl Mellish F.R. WO Mendes M.L. Maj Mercier J.C.M.M. MWO Michaud C.P. MCpl Miller A. Pte Miok G. Sgt Mitchell R.T.J. Cpl Morley K.I. Cpl Nolan R.F. WO Nuttall A.R. Lt O'Quinn K.C. Cpl Ouellet J. Cpl Parker G. Col Péloquin A.J. Pte Pentland P.J. Pte Pépin J.Y.F.S. Maj Poland B.D. Cpl Priede D.J. MCpl Reid C.J. Cpl Renaud J.M.G.R Pte Roberge J.M.F.G. WO Roberts J.B. MCpl Ruckpaul R.M. Maj Rudd L. Pte Seggie M.J.A. Cpl Shipway Sgt Snyder J.S. Capt Stachnik S.H. Sgt Stannix C.P. Cpl Starker M.G. Cpl Stewart A.M.J. MCpl Stock S.J. Pte Storm A.H. Cpl Street T.J. Pte Taylor K. Sgt Tedford D.S. Sgt Todd T.W. Pte Vernelli S.F. MCpl Walsh J.S. MCpl Wasden D.R.R.J. Cpl Watkins L.W.T. Pte Wiebe J.V. Pte Williams A.E. Cpl Williamson B.N. Pte Wilmot C.W. Pte Wilson M.A. Pte Wilson R.J. WO
Canadian soldiers who dies under the Liberals:
Cpl Green R, P. Sgt Short R.A., P Braun Woodfield, Cpl Murphy J.B., P Nathan Smith,
Cpl Beerenfenger R.C., P Macr Leger
Bartsch C.D. Cpl Bason C.S.F. MCpl Beauchamp N.R. Cpl Blais K.M.N. Cpl Blake C. PO2 Bobbitt C. Cpl Bouthillier J. Pte Bouzane S.F. Cpl Boyes J.G. Lt Boyes J.J. Sgt Braun D.R. Cpl Brown D.R. WO Bulger N.A. Cpl Byers D.R.J. Pte Caswell D.J. Pte Chidley G.W. Pte Collier B.J. Pte Costall R.H. Pte Courcy S.J.G. Pte Couturier J.J.S. Cpl Crooks T.K.G. Pte Curwin J.M.R. Pte Cushley W.J.J. Pte Dallaire K.Y.R. Pte Dawe M.J. Capt Diab M.H. Pte Dion J.J. Pte Diplaros D. Pte Doyle E.M. MCpl Drouin J.F. Cpl Dubé J.R.M. Cpl Duchesne C.J.T.A MCpl Eades S.E. Sgt Eykelenboom A.J. Cpl Faught J. Sgt Fitzpatrick D.J. Cpl Fortin J.D.O. Cpl Francis J.C. Capt Freeman M.B. Pte Giesebrecht K. MCpl Gillam C.P. Sgt Girouard R.M.J. CWO Gonthier J.F.E. Pte Good B.R. Pte Goudreault M. Sgt Graham M.A. Pte Greenfield S.D. Pte Greenslade D.R. Pte Grenon A.P. Cpl Hamilton T.J. Cpl Hayakaze M.Y. Pte Hayes C.J. Pte Horn C.J. Pte Hornburg N. Cpl Ingram V. Sgt Joannette M.M. Cpl Jones J.P. Pte Karigiannis C. Sgt Keating S.P
S.P. Cpl Keller B.J. Cpl Kennedy K.V. Pte Klukie J.J. Pte Kruse G.J. Sgt Labbé E.B. Pte Leary R.S. Capt Levesque M. Pte Longtin J.M.S.S. Pte Lormand P.J. Pte Lucas D.J. Sgt MacNeil J. Sgt Marshall S.J. Pte Massouh H. WO McCormack Z. Cpl McCully M.J.C. Cpl McKay K.T. Pte McLaren M.R. Cpl Megeney R.K. Cpl Mellish F.R. WO Mendes M.L. Maj Mercier J.C.M.M. MWO Michaud C.P. MCpl Miller A. Pte Miok G. Sgt Mitchell R.T.J. Cpl Morley K.I. Cpl Nolan R.F. WO Nuttall A.R. Lt O'Quinn K.C. Cpl Ouellet J. Cpl Parker G. Col Péloquin A.J. Pte Pentland P.J. Pte Pépin J.Y.F.S. Maj Poland B.D. Cpl Priede D.J. MCpl Reid C.J. Cpl Renaud J.M.G.R Pte Roberge J.M.F.G. WO Roberts J.B. MCpl Ruckpaul R.M. Maj Rudd L. Pte Seggie M.J.A. Cpl Shipway Sgt Snyder J.S. Capt Stachnik S.H. Sgt Stannix C.P. Cpl Starker M.G. Cpl Stewart A.M.J. MCpl Stock S.J. Pte Storm A.H. Cpl Street T.J. Pte Taylor K. Sgt Tedford D.S. Sgt Todd T.W. Pte Vernelli S.F. MCpl Walsh J.S. MCpl Wasden D.R.R.J. Cpl Watkins L.W.T. Pte Wiebe J.V. Pte Williams A.E. Cpl Williamson B.N. Pte Wilmot C.W. Pte Wilson M.A. Pte Wilson R.J. WO
Canadian soldiers who dies under the Liberals:
Cpl Green R, P. Sgt Short R.A., P Braun Woodfield, Cpl Murphy J.B., P Nathan Smith,
Cpl Beerenfenger R.C., P Macr Leger
Sunday, April 24, 2011
The Ontario Provincial Police have been called in to investigate allegations of kickbacks in a taxpayer-funded pool and hockey rink project in Gravenhurst
The Ontario Provincial Police have been called in to investigate allegations of kickbacks in a taxpayer-funded pool and hockey rink project in Gravenhurst.
Related story: Star probe- Toronto builder siphoned $1.8M from Gravenhurt project
All federal and provincial payments to the project have been frozen pending outcome of probes by both the police and government auditors.
These actions come one day after a Star investigation revealed that a Toronto builder siphoned almost $1.8 million of taxpayers’ money from a $22 million municipal project in cottage country.
Gravenhurst Mayor Paisley Donaldson and spokespersons for the federal and provincial governments said the OPP had been asked to investigate.
A police spokesperson could not be reached.
“(The OPP) are contacting me next week for details,” Donaldson said.
The Star’s research showed that the Dalton Company used a sophisticated kickback scheme to extract money from cement, steel, and other suppliers to the Gravenhurst Centennial Centre, a renovated and expanded building that will house an aquatic centre, ice rink and fitness facilities.
Subcontractors had to kick back up to 10 per cent they were paid, according to the Star’s investigation, which was based on Dalton Company documents, town of Gravenhurst records, and interviews with contractors and former Dalton officials who worked on the project. The project, paid for by federal and provincial stimulus money, and the town’s funds, is over budget and ratepayers have been told taxes will increase as a result.
Dalton has denied the allegations, and issued a brief news release Thursday saying the information presented by the Star is “inaccurate and untrue.” Dalton, a company run by two brothers, Randy and Andrew, said it has “instructed its lawyers to commence legal proceedings against” the Star.
Donaldson also said his town has hired Marshall and Murray Inc., a cost consultant, to review the entire project and provide the town with a “detailed cost estimate.”
A federal government spokesperson called the allegations “serious” and said “no federal or provincial payments on outstanding claims will be processed until the investigation is completed.” Julie Desrochers of the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario said the federal government is “committed to monitoring and ensuring proper use of public funds.”
A provincial spokesperson (the federal and provincial governments equally shared a $12 million commitment to the project) said that if “these allegations prove correct, Ontario will use the available mechanisms under our Contribution Agreement to recover any funds that were misused.”
Serge LeBlanc, spokesperson for the provincial minister of infrastructure, said officials at his ministry “are taking a close look at every aspect of this project to ensure that provincial funds were used appropriately.”
Related story: Star probe- Toronto builder siphoned $1.8M from Gravenhurt project
All federal and provincial payments to the project have been frozen pending outcome of probes by both the police and government auditors.
These actions come one day after a Star investigation revealed that a Toronto builder siphoned almost $1.8 million of taxpayers’ money from a $22 million municipal project in cottage country.
Gravenhurst Mayor Paisley Donaldson and spokespersons for the federal and provincial governments said the OPP had been asked to investigate.
A police spokesperson could not be reached.
“(The OPP) are contacting me next week for details,” Donaldson said.
The Star’s research showed that the Dalton Company used a sophisticated kickback scheme to extract money from cement, steel, and other suppliers to the Gravenhurst Centennial Centre, a renovated and expanded building that will house an aquatic centre, ice rink and fitness facilities.
Subcontractors had to kick back up to 10 per cent they were paid, according to the Star’s investigation, which was based on Dalton Company documents, town of Gravenhurst records, and interviews with contractors and former Dalton officials who worked on the project. The project, paid for by federal and provincial stimulus money, and the town’s funds, is over budget and ratepayers have been told taxes will increase as a result.
Dalton has denied the allegations, and issued a brief news release Thursday saying the information presented by the Star is “inaccurate and untrue.” Dalton, a company run by two brothers, Randy and Andrew, said it has “instructed its lawyers to commence legal proceedings against” the Star.
Donaldson also said his town has hired Marshall and Murray Inc., a cost consultant, to review the entire project and provide the town with a “detailed cost estimate.”
A federal government spokesperson called the allegations “serious” and said “no federal or provincial payments on outstanding claims will be processed until the investigation is completed.” Julie Desrochers of the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario said the federal government is “committed to monitoring and ensuring proper use of public funds.”
A provincial spokesperson (the federal and provincial governments equally shared a $12 million commitment to the project) said that if “these allegations prove correct, Ontario will use the available mechanisms under our Contribution Agreement to recover any funds that were misused.”
Serge LeBlanc, spokesperson for the provincial minister of infrastructure, said officials at his ministry “are taking a close look at every aspect of this project to ensure that provincial funds were used appropriately.”
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