Posted on 04/20/2005 11:50:59 AM PDT by MikeEdwards
Even as the association of Canadian Maurice Strong with "Koreagate Man" Tungsun Park was coming under world limelight, Sri Lankans were starting to demand answers about where the $425 million promised by Canada to tsunami victims is.
Four months after the tsunami hit, Sri Lankans still don’t have their money. Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin rushed to the scene for a weeklong photo op. Generous Canadians donated record amounts of money on line.
The Canadian government promised to match dollar for dollar, donations from the public.
But the promised mega millions never arrived.
According to veteran newsman Garth Pritchard, in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of last December’s tsunami, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is allegedly holding the $425-million.
Kofi Annan’s special envoy to Korea Maurice Strong, also a senior advisor to Prime Minister Paul Martin, was the founding president of CIDA.
"Through his creation and direction of CIDA, Strong controlled the implementation of aid programs on the ground--including who was hired to do the work, and through the newly-created IDRC (International Development Research Center), Strong controlled the issuance of tax deductible certificates and the distribution of both private foundation money as well as government money." (Henry Lamb, Maurice Strong, The new guy in your life, 1997).
"The IDRC was a quasi-government agency that had unique authority to receive charitable donations and issue tax deductible certificate--and give money directly to individual governments and private organizations. Strong became its head in 1970."
There’s yet another link to Maurice Strong during his protégé Paul Martin’s tsunami photo op Sri Lankan tour.
"It was as bald as a message on the world’s biggest billboard---Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin swigging from a bottle of purified water in Kalumai, Sri Lanka," wrote Canada Free Press in January, 2005. . . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...
Shades of Oil For Food...
Well I don't know about you, but I'm really surprised the money never arrived. Yes I am. Un huh. That's for sure. You betcha. I can hardly believe my eyes. I've never heard of such a thing.
This is why I always contribute to 3rd world "charities", because I know the money is going to do so much good to "save the children" and make a better world and the people there are always so grateful and warm toward America for our generosity.
Plus, we've got tons of money to spare. I know I've got way too much. Why not "share" with people so much more deserving than our own poor, oppressed and dis-advantaged.
Let too much time pass between the disaster and the aid,
and they won't need it any more. They'll be dead.
This is worthless aid - too late - not "timely" in response.
Would that be 425m in Canadian dollars? Here, I got a U.S. one dollar bill - anyone have change?
(it's a joke, people, don't get yer loonies in a twist)
I heard they had to cough up 10 billion to get their green credits straight in the Kyoto Treay , Maybe thats where it went.
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