Election time: a waste of money and time and don't vote for Chrétien's values

Election time:
a waste of money and time and don't vote for Chrétien's values

Nipawin - October 28, 2000 - by: Mario deSantis

but don't
vote Liberal
Our country is divided for a variety of reasons, and we can discuss and disagree on these

reasons, but one reason for sure is this: if our political leadership is not crooked there is a

good chance it is demented! Please don't understand me wrong, we must still get rid of the

corrupted government of Mr. Jean Chrétien, so dear electorate, vote for anybody and for

any party you want, but don't vote Liberal.

HRDC
grant
dollars
I find silly that Glen Clark, previous Premier of British Columbia, has been criminally

charged for allowing his neighbor and friend Dimitrios Pilarinos obtain a provisional

approval for a casino licence⁽¹⁾; while at the same time we have a federal government

doling millions and millions of HRDC grant dollars to their friends. We find that in

Mr. Chrétien's St. Maurice riding there have been at least four RCMP's probes into misuse

of grant money⁽²⁾. Paul Lemire and Mario Pépin, two of Mr. Chrétien's political supporters,

have been charged of theft and fraud; and then we have Yvon Duhaime who received

$1-million in HRDC grants to expand a hotel he bought from Mr. Chrétien, even though

his business was near bankruptcy and he had convictions for assault, death threats and

repeat drunk driving, as well as past hotel troubles; and then we have Pierre Thibault, who

received $600,000 of grant money approved directly by the Prime Minister himself even

though he did not file a business plan with HRDC officials, and even though he had admitted

to have misappropriated close to $1-million from his partners in Belgium.

laundered money
You think that is all? No, there is much more, but for us it is just enough to exclude

Mr. Chrétien's for another mandate and additional damage. Please, don't vote for Chrétien's

Liberals, because the only Liberal value they have is laundered money. I feel a bit better

now, that we have fingered Mr. Chrétien. Pierre Elliot Trudeau taught his sons that they

must never finger an individual, but what the individual stand for. But I tell you, I feel

good in fingering both the Prime Minister and his Liberal values!

misspent in healthcare
And now we just go over the few stupidities of our politicians. Alexa McDonough, the

leader of the New Democrats, has stated "I don't think there's any question that there are

people who are dying unnecessarily, or dying terrible deaths, because of the massive cuts

to our health care system⁽³⁾." Alexa McDonough, and in this respect Joe Clark as well,

has her numbers upside down. Now we know that money is misspent in healthcare⁽⁴⁾, but

we also know that conventional wisdom has accepted the fact that the health care's gambling

casino is not underfunded⁽⁵⁾!

Brain
MacLean
Then we have Joe Clark, leader of the Conservative Party, who credits Brian Mulroney and

his free-trade deals for the surging economy and says "This is what's given the Liberals a

surplus, not anything Chrétien has done⁽⁶⁾." This statement is a laugh and if our readers

want to know more about economics they should periodically visit the web site of the brilliant

economist Brain MacLean⁽⁷⁾. And if you want specific information to what happened

economically to Canada in the last 10 years then you should read the article "CANADA'S

STANDARD OF LIVING: WHY DO WE LAG BEHIND THE U.S.?⁽⁸⁾"

Stockwell
Day
Then we have Canadian Alliance Leader Stockwell Day who goes around every day, except

on Sundays, peddling his record for budgetary reforms when he was Treasurer of the

Government of Alberta⁽⁹⁾, just like presidential candidate George Bush peddles his record

as Governor of Texas: a BLANK. This is another laugh. But listen, it is better to laugh than

give another mandate to Mr. Chretien. You get it? Please, don't vote for Mr. Chretien!

Gilles
Duceppe
The only good soul so far appears to be Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe who has

not been saying much beyond accusing Chretien of calling an election because he's afraid

of the results of police investigations into his governments handling of subsidies and

grants⁽¹⁰⁾ .

democracy
I have reiterated more than once in my writing that democracy begins with us as individual

citizens, and not by belonging to a party or casting a vote. And this is more than true at this

election time. What a waste of money and time!

------------References/Endnotes:

List of articles by Mario deSantis

1.
-
-
Clark charged with breach of trust, fraud. I am shocked': A major blow for former premier's political career: Home renovations contribute to downfall, by Ian Bailey, October 21, 2000, National Post

2.
-
The anatomy of the Liberals' HRDC scandal. Auditor-General to table report on $1B jobs fund fiasco, by Andrew McIntosh, October 17, 2000, National Post

3.
-
Health-care cuts 'are risking lives'. NDP's McDonough says Liberals putting rich 'cronies' ahead of some patients, JEFF SALLOT, October 24, 2000 The Globe and Mail

4.
The Mismanagement Saga in Health Care, by Mario deSantis, October 17,2000

5.
-
$64-billion insufficient to stop bleeding. Provinces hitting 'the medicare wall', by Brad Evenson, October 12, 2000, National Post

6.
-
Clark says Chrétien power-hungry, lacking vision, CBC Canada WebPosted Tue Oct 24 10:10:45 2000

7.
-
CANADA'S ECONOMY IN THE NEWSPAPERS, an email newsweekly | ISSN 1492-2274 by Brian K. MacLean

8.
-
CANADA'S STANDARD OF LIVING: WHY DO WE LAG BEHIND THE U.S.? Toronto Dominion Bank, May 26, 1999

9.
Day, PM trade fire on economy, Sheldon Alberts and Robert Fife, October 24, 2000, National Post

10.
Duceppe targets P.C. defectors, CBC Canada, WebPosted Mon Oct 23 14:40:27 2000

Election time: a waste of money and time and don't vote for Chrétien's values

Nipawin - October 28, 2000 - by: Mario deSantis

but don't vote Liberal	Our country is divided for a variety of reasons, and we can discuss and disagree on these
	reasons, but one reason for sure is this: if our political leadership is not crooked there is a
	good chance it is demented! Please don't understand me wrong, we must still get rid of the
	corrupted government of Mr. Jean Chrétien, so dear electorate, vote for anybody and for
	any party you want, but don't vote Liberal.

HRDC grant dollars	I find silly that Glen Clark, previous Premier of British Columbia, has been criminally
	charged for allowing his neighbor and friend Dimitrios Pilarinos obtain a provisional
	approval for a casino licence⁽¹⁾; while at the same time we have a federal government
	doling millions and millions of HRDC grant dollars to their friends. We find that in
	Mr. Chrétien's St. Maurice riding there have been at least four RCMP's probes into misuse
	of grant money⁽²⁾. Paul Lemire and Mario Pépin, two of Mr. Chrétien's political supporters,
	have been charged of theft and fraud; and then we have Yvon Duhaime who received
	$1-million in HRDC grants to expand a hotel he bought from Mr. Chrétien, even though
	his business was near bankruptcy and he had convictions for assault, death threats and
	repeat drunk driving, as well as past hotel troubles; and then we have Pierre Thibault, who
	received $600,000 of grant money approved directly by the Prime Minister himself even
	though he did not file a business plan with HRDC officials, and even though he had admitted
	to have misappropriated close to $1-million from his partners in Belgium.

laundered money	You think that is all? No, there is much more, but for us it is just enough to exclude
	Mr. Chrétien's for another mandate and additional damage. Please, don't vote for Chrétien's
	Liberals, because the only Liberal value they have is laundered money. I feel a bit better
	now, that we have fingered Mr. Chrétien. Pierre Elliot Trudeau taught his sons that they
	must never finger an individual, but what the individual stand for. But I tell you, I feel
	good in fingering both the Prime Minister and his Liberal values!

misspent in healthcare	And now we just go over the few stupidities of our politicians. Alexa McDonough, the
	leader of the New Democrats, has stated "I don't think there's any question that there are
	people who are dying unnecessarily, or dying terrible deaths, because of the massive cuts
	to our health care system⁽³⁾." Alexa McDonough, and in this respect Joe Clark as well,
	has her numbers upside down. Now we know that money is misspent in healthcare⁽⁴⁾, but
	we also know that conventional wisdom has accepted the fact that the health care's gambling
	casino is not underfunded⁽⁵⁾!

Brain MacLean	Then we have Joe Clark, leader of the Conservative Party, who credits Brian Mulroney and
	his free-trade deals for the surging economy and says "This is what's given the Liberals a
	surplus, not anything Chrétien has done⁽⁶⁾." This statement is a laugh and if our readers
	want to know more about economics they should periodically visit the web site of the brilliant
	economist Brain MacLean⁽⁷⁾. And if you want specific information to what happened
	economically to Canada in the last 10 years then you should read the article "CANADA'S
	STANDARD OF LIVING: WHY DO WE LAG BEHIND THE U.S.?⁽⁸⁾"

Stockwell Day	Then we have Canadian Alliance Leader Stockwell Day who goes around every day, except
	on Sundays, peddling his record for budgetary reforms when he was Treasurer of the
	Government of Alberta⁽⁹⁾, just like presidential candidate George Bush peddles his record
	as Governor of Texas: a BLANK. This is another laugh. But listen, it is better to laugh than
	give another mandate to Mr. Chretien. You get it? Please, don't vote for Mr. Chretien!

Gilles Duceppe	The only good soul so far appears to be Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe who has
	not been saying much beyond accusing Chretien of calling an election because he's afraid
	of the results of police investigations into his governments handling of subsidies and
	grants⁽¹⁰⁾ .

democracy	I have reiterated more than once in my writing that democracy begins with us as individual
	citizens, and not by belonging to a party or casting a vote. And this is more than true at this
	election time. What a waste of money and time!

------------References/Endnotes:

	List of articles by Mario deSantis

1. - -	Clark charged with breach of trust, fraud. I am shocked': A major blow for former premier's political career: Home renovations contribute to downfall, by Ian Bailey, October 21, 2000, National Post

2. -	The anatomy of the Liberals' HRDC scandal. Auditor-General to table report on $1B jobs fund fiasco, by Andrew McIntosh, October 17, 2000, National Post

3. -	Health-care cuts 'are risking lives'. NDP's McDonough says Liberals putting rich 'cronies' ahead of some patients, JEFF SALLOT, October 24, 2000 The Globe and Mail

4.	The Mismanagement Saga in Health Care, by Mario deSantis, October 17,2000

5. -	$64-billion insufficient to stop bleeding. Provinces hitting 'the medicare wall', by Brad Evenson, October 12, 2000, National Post

6. -	Clark says Chrétien power-hungry, lacking vision, CBC Canada WebPosted Tue Oct 24 10:10:45 2000

7. -	CANADA'S ECONOMY IN THE NEWSPAPERS, an email newsweekly \| ISSN 1492-2274 by Brian K. MacLean

8. -	CANADA'S STANDARD OF LIVING: WHY DO WE LAG BEHIND THE U.S.? Toronto Dominion Bank, May 26, 1999

9.	Day, PM trade fire on economy, Sheldon Alberts and Robert Fife, October 24, 2000, National Post

10.	Duceppe targets P.C. defectors, CBC Canada, WebPosted Mon Oct 23 14:40:27 2000