Author seemingly inspired by this cartoon which appeared
Sunday in the Sun chain's Edmonton paper.
(http://www.canoe.ca/EdmontonSun/curatolo.html)
Posted on 04/12/2005 7:49:36 AM PDT by GMMAC
CALGARY SUN
Tue, April 12, 2005
Master crooks
Hells Angels expert calls Grits Canada's No. 1 organized gang
By Licia Corbella (Editor, Calgary Sun)
The following is not a partisan political comment. It is a sorry fact. The Liberal Party of Canada is the largest white-collar crime organization in the country.
Yves Lavigne, a Toronto-area journalist and the leading civilian authority on the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, agrees.
"AdScam makes the Liberal party the No. 1 organized crime gang in the country," says Lavigne.
Lavigne says the Hells Angels make more money in drugs and prostitution than the federal Liberals have likely stolen from taxpayers, but the Liberals take the cake when it comes to laundering money, fraud, extortion and forgery.
Even without the Gomery inquiry into the sponsorship scandal, Lavigne says information put out by Canada's federal Auditor General Sheila Fraser in 2003, paints a distinct picture of organized criminal activity permeating the governing Liberals.
"It's been pretty clear for a long time," says Lavigne, a best-selling author of several books about the notorious biker gang.
"In terms of being deceitful, it appears the politicians and bureaucrats involved in AdScam have hurt more people than organized crime ever has in this country," he says.
That's a pretty strong statement, one most Canadians likely wouldn't agree with, but Lavigne holds firm to his claim.
Besides the individuals whose reputations and lives the Liberals have tried to destroy -- including Olympic hero Miriam Bedard and Francois Beaudoin when he was president of the Business Development Bank of Canada -- Lavigne says Liberal criminality touches every Canadian.
"They (the Liberals) have hurt each and every one of us as taxpayers and voters by first of all stealing from us, but more importantly by undermining our faith in the political system," says Lavigne.
Add to that the boost to the separatist cause in Quebec and this scandal could cost us our very country.
And even some Liberals agree with Lavigne's take -- finally.
As the Sun's Rick Bell revealed on Saturday, Edmonton-area Liberal MP David Kilgour is considering crossing the floor to the Conservatives along with several other Liberal MPs.
"If you draw up a thing to make people want to vomit, this is it," Kilgour told Bell on Thursday.
"You can mumble the line, it's about a few people, but there's really nothing you can say.
"The Liberal party is seen as looking on the public trust as a vulture looks on a dying calf. Here we are, a G-7 country, acting like a northern banana republic. What country is seen as more politically corrupt than us at the mo-ment?" Kilgour asked.
"Canada is no longer the shining beacon on the hill. We have fallen and the patience of Canadians is finished."
And indeed a recent Ekos poll would suggest that's true, though a full 25% of polled Canadians say they would still vote for the Liberals if an election were held now.
That's astonishing, isn't it? It's kind of like saying they would vote for the Mafia or the Hells Angels to run their affairs.
Lavigne says he also holds little faith in the RCMP to fully investigate the crimes committed by their Liberal masters, particularly since the once venerable police force is implicated in AdScam itself.
Later yesterday, those same sentiments were ex-pressed by the Conservative party's deputy leader, Peter MacKay.
From RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli's seemingly tight relationship with the former government of Jean Chretien, to its handling of peaceful protesters at the 1997 Asia Pacific leaders' summit in Vancouver, to the force's decision not to investigate Chretien's alleged actions in the so-called Shawinigate affair, there are numerous examples of RCMP bias in favour of the federal Liberals, said MacKay, not least of which is the fact the RCMP tried to launder $3 million from the sponsorship program by putting it into a secret, non-government bank account.
So, as you sit there wondering when the RCMP is going to start investigating the largest white- collar criminal organization in the country and the theft of perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars, whatever you do, don't hold your breath, but by all means, feel free to pinch your nose.
PING!
"And indeed a recent Ekos poll would suggest that's true, though a full 25% of polled Canadians say they would still vote for the Liberals if an election were held now"
This is what really irks me!! No matter how corrupt they still vote for them. Talk about blind loyalty!
Blind ignorance. That 25% is probably made up of recent immigrants who have come to Canada within the last decade who do not understand the situation. It's up to us to educate them.
Ha! Pikers compared to the Democrat Organized Crime Machine.
FYI. LOL. What a source for an opinion. It just gets better...
Let's hope this disgrace ruins the libs.
It's cut their support considerably, but they haven't been sealed yet...the Fiberals will (with these numbers) still get 60-80 seats and form a strong Official Opposition, with over half their seats coming in the Toronto region.
They need to fall, at least, below 20% to be in a doomsday position.
Assuming the current numbers for Quebec hold or get even better (yes!), Martin won't need both hands to count the remaining Liberal seats in la belle province. Unless the Liberals are at the very highest end of your guestimate, given vote splitting reasonably anticipated across the rest of the country by these same polling figures, the Bloc could well form the Official Opposition to even a strong CPC minority government.
Good post GMMAC!
" That's astonishing, isn't it? It's kind of like saying they would vote for the Mafia or the Hells Angels to run their affairs. "
THAT is the important point! It's up to us Conservatives. We MUST get that across to Canadian voters......Liberal = Corrupt. Liberals = Evil. Liberals = Mafia Rule.
Sorry if I am pinging anyone twice.
Please let me know if you want on/off the Adscam ping list. :-)
Canada's Liberals draw sympathy from radical left-wing website in U.S.(From our good friends at DU)
A few posts have been deleted too. LOL. I wonder what those said.
Liberal melt down is so much fun. :-)
Yikes...I thought they would be supporting the NDP?
I will disagree with the political spectrum comparison they mentioned though...they are much closer than that showed. (The NDP are well left of any major US party still)
Believe me it IRKS ME TOO!! Actually it ENRAGES me. This is why I continue to crap all over Ontario. WHY do they continue to vote in this party of pukes??? Frankly, the West should separate. If ever it was time to do so, it is NOW. Central Canada will NEVER Change the way they vote.
The NDP and the DU are two peas in a pod. Honestly, they are no further left than the Ted Kennedy's, Hillary Clintons, Barbara Boxers, Diane Fiensteins, Robert Wexlers, ad nauseum. They are ALL Socialist/commies.
Blind ignorance. That 25% is probably made up of recent immigrants who have come to Canada within the last decade who do not understand the situation. It's up to us to educate them.
They understand, they just expect this sort of thing. They are used to it from their original countries and think of it as business as usual. As long as the Liberals do the "Harper wants to turn you into Americans" thing like they did in the last election, they will collect at least 30% of the vote. Remember, plenty of people only live in Canada because they hate America.
It's all our hippy draft dodgers from down here and their "extended families". Only Americans would be stupid enough to vote for outright fraud and thievery. IMO.
bumping for reference...for my Canadian friends
ping from your friend in Rochester...
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