Jump to content

      



























Photo

2019 Canadian Federal Election - general discussion


  • Please log in to reply
5846 replies to this topic

#3021 spanky123

spanky123
  • Member
  • 20,976 posts

Posted 14 February 2019 - 02:12 PM

It's not like this hasn't happened before: Accenture exists because Enron had to get dismantled. Accenture is only part of what Enron was, but is a massive company. At some point, if the company is too corrupt to allow to continue, it needs to be taken down, and the people responsible jailed.

 

Should the PM or folks in the PMO be responsible as well here, they should also be jailed (not likely though; I'll settle for voted out in October).

 

I have no love loss for Trudeau but why is everyone assuming that he is guilty and the victim is WR? Seems to me like she didn't have any issue with SNL until she was demoted. 


Edited by spanky123, 14 February 2019 - 02:13 PM.


#3022 sdwright.vic

sdwright.vic

    Colwood

  • Member
  • 6,681 posts

Posted 15 February 2019 - 07:08 AM

Wasn't it said on another thread innocent until proven guilty?
Predictive text and a tiny keyboard are not my friends!

#3023 jonny

jonny
  • Member
  • 9,211 posts

Posted 15 February 2019 - 08:50 AM

Wasn't it said on another thread innocent until proven guilty?

 

The charges and allegations of fraud and corruption with this particular entity go back so far it's very difficult to imagine a scenario where this isn't a deeply corrupt organization. In fact, they have a former CEO and another VP who have pleaded guilty to fraud charges in recent history. The Libya case is before the courts, where a number of employees are facing charges. More recently, they have a VP who pleaded guilty to violating Canada's election financing laws (getting employees to donate to the Liberal Party of Canada and then reimbursing them to evade corporate restrictions on political contributions). 



#3024 jonny

jonny
  • Member
  • 9,211 posts

Posted 15 February 2019 - 08:53 AM

^ So each of the 10K that will get fired are responsible for the actions of their execs? 

 

What does this have to do with anything? We're talking about a deeply corrupt entity. Many of the employees are in on the gig and have likely benefited greatly from the alleged fraud and bribes paid. 

 

What about the retirees who may lose some or all of their pensions? 

 

Look, no company is too big to fail. Arthur Anderson was rightfully allowed to fail. Pretty sure accountants in the USA are doing fine. 

 

We cannot allow rampant fraud and corruption in our society. Corruption is the fastest road to becoming a backwater rogue state.



#3025 Victoria Watcher

Victoria Watcher

    Old White Man On A Canadian Island

  • Member
  • 52,316 posts

Posted 18 February 2019 - 11:03 AM

Trudeau's principal secretary, Gerald Butts, resigns

Justin Trudeau's principal secretary, Gerald Butts, has resigned amid allegations that the Prime Minister's Office interfered to prevent criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin.

https://www.citynews...-lavalin-furor/
  • rjag and jonny like this

#3026 rjag

rjag
  • Member
  • 6,363 posts
  • LocationSi vis pacem para bellum

Posted 18 February 2019 - 11:14 AM

So the puppet master is gone, how will the puppet perform now?


  • jonny likes this

#3027 RFS

RFS
  • Member
  • 5,444 posts

Posted 18 February 2019 - 11:27 AM

**** just got real
  • jonny likes this

#3028 Mike K.

Mike K.
  • Administrator
  • 83,172 posts

Posted 18 February 2019 - 11:37 AM

The CBC is going to have a very difficult election campaign.


  • rjag likes this

Know it all.
Citified.ca is Victoria's most comprehensive research resource for new-build homes and commercial spaces.


#3029 RFS

RFS
  • Member
  • 5,444 posts

Posted 18 February 2019 - 11:40 AM

Just for fun, imagine if such a scandal had happened under Harper in the last year of his government. His ministers and top advisors resigning. The media would be having a 24/7 full frontal assualt field day over it.
  • jonny likes this

#3030 Mike K.

Mike K.
  • Administrator
  • 83,172 posts

Posted 18 February 2019 - 11:45 AM

It would be a fireworks display, for sure.

 

This is one of the biggest scandals in recent history and yet the media has been bizarrely quiet on the issue. The CBC in particular has tried its very best to keep the story out of its top-of-mind coverage with related news four, five even six or more articles down the front page. But alas, today, they had no choice but to put a big picture of Butts at ground zero.


Know it all.
Citified.ca is Victoria's most comprehensive research resource for new-build homes and commercial spaces.


#3031 jonny

jonny
  • Member
  • 9,211 posts

Posted 18 February 2019 - 12:15 PM

Odd to have the Prime Minister resign in an election year.
  • rjag likes this

#3032 rjag

rjag
  • Member
  • 6,363 posts
  • LocationSi vis pacem para bellum

Posted 18 February 2019 - 12:18 PM

Odd to have the Prime Minister resign in an election year.

 

Well he was the principal architect behind the failed McGuinty eco experiment that Ontarians will be paying billions for over the next several decades, he's now the failed architect behind JT's progressive gender policy, but he still has a net worth of over $20 million and I'm sure he still has Juniors direct number on speed dial....based on his failures he is probably the ideal candidate to represent Canada at the UN or similar


Edited by rjag, 18 February 2019 - 12:36 PM.

  • Mike K., jonny and Daveyboy like this

#3033 jonny

jonny
  • Member
  • 9,211 posts

Posted 18 February 2019 - 12:20 PM

Oh yeah, Butts left Ontario a smouldering pile of ashes and has left Ottawa in arguably worse shape.

#3034 exc911ence

exc911ence
  • Member
  • 757 posts

Posted 18 February 2019 - 12:22 PM

Oh yeah, Butts left Ontario a smouldering pile of ashes and has left Ottawa in arguably worse shape.

 

He is aptly named.



#3035 rjag

rjag
  • Member
  • 6,363 posts
  • LocationSi vis pacem para bellum

Posted 18 February 2019 - 12:23 PM

Oh yeah, Butts left Ontario a smouldering pile of ashes and has left Ottawa in arguably worse shape.

 

But none of this would have transpired if Scott Brison hadnt resigned from Treasury.... 



#3036 jonny

jonny
  • Member
  • 9,211 posts

Posted 18 February 2019 - 12:24 PM

I wonder how big the direct deposit is for Butts to take a bullet for the PM and try to save his sinking ship?

Will he get moving expenses again to move out of Ottawa?

#3037 PraiseKek

PraiseKek
  • Validating
  • 415 posts

Posted 18 February 2019 - 01:50 PM

It would be a fireworks display, for sure.

 

This is one of the biggest scandals in recent history and yet the media has been bizarrely quiet on the issue. The CBC in particular has tried its very best to keep the story out of its top-of-mind coverage with related news four, five even six or more articles down the front page. But alas, today, they had no choice but to put a big picture of Butts at ground zero.

They don't want to jeopardize the 500 million dollar bailout. 



#3038 Mike K.

Mike K.
  • Administrator
  • 83,172 posts

Posted 18 February 2019 - 03:53 PM

$600 million!


Know it all.
Citified.ca is Victoria's most comprehensive research resource for new-build homes and commercial spaces.


#3039 Matt R.

Matt R.

    Randy Diamond

  • Member
  • 7,861 posts

Posted 18 February 2019 - 04:05 PM

It would be a fireworks display, for sure.

This is one of the biggest scandals in recent history and yet the media has been bizarrely quiet on the issue. The CBC in particular has tried its very best to keep the story out of its top-of-mind coverage with related news four, five even six or more articles down the front page. But alas, today, they had no choice but to put a big picture of Butts at ground zero.


This was the top story on the cbc national news at 3 this afternoon, with the person being interviewed referring to it as “seismic”. Hard to hear the whole story over my kid giggling about the last name Butts.

Matt.

Edited by Matt R., 18 February 2019 - 04:06 PM.


#3040 Benezet

Benezet
  • Member
  • 1,218 posts

Posted 18 February 2019 - 05:46 PM

This was the top story on the cbc national news at 3 this afternoon...


And it’s the top story on the CBC website right now.

You're not quite at the end of this discussion topic!

Use the page links at the lower-left to go to the next page to read additional posts.
 



3 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 3 guests, 0 anonymous users