I was wrong about the cost of the submarines Canada bought from Britain.
It turns out that the actual cost was $750 million and the estimates for repairs is around $200 million.
Close to a billion-but-not the billions that I wrote about earlier.
Sorry about that.
Anyhow-How can one put a price tag on the life of a brave submariner?
As regards whether or nor the seller took out any systems they did not want us Canadians to have-Thats up for debate.
If they did not-Then that makes an even stronger case for the selling of faulty products.
Buyer beware-Can we really trust any British products?
Friday, October 22, 2004
Saturday, October 16, 2004
Canadas used submarines
Just about everybody is attacking the Canadian government for the failures of the used subs they purchased from Britain.
Isn't this criticism misplaced? Since when is the customer to blame for a faulty product?
The real culprits in the death of the Canadian submariner is the Brutish governmentof lapdog Tony Blair.
They are the ones who sold faulty equipment, probably equipment that was deliberately disabled to remove technology they did not want us Canadians to have access to.
Wheres the accountability?
Caring Canadians have recourse. It is very simply an economic one. Boycott!
Boycott all Brutish products, until reparations have been paid to the family of the heroic submariner as well as to the Canadian taxpayer.
If we are going to have accountability, we have to target the real culprits.
Write a letter to your M.P. and demand that they go after the Blair regime for repayment of the billions they stole for these used subs.
Isn't this criticism misplaced? Since when is the customer to blame for a faulty product?
The real culprits in the death of the Canadian submariner is the Brutish governmentof lapdog Tony Blair.
They are the ones who sold faulty equipment, probably equipment that was deliberately disabled to remove technology they did not want us Canadians to have access to.
Wheres the accountability?
Caring Canadians have recourse. It is very simply an economic one. Boycott!
Boycott all Brutish products, until reparations have been paid to the family of the heroic submariner as well as to the Canadian taxpayer.
If we are going to have accountability, we have to target the real culprits.
Write a letter to your M.P. and demand that they go after the Blair regime for repayment of the billions they stole for these used subs.
Friday, October 08, 2004
The Bloc and the Conservatives
Well Gilles Ducceppe and Stephen Harper almost brought down the government last night.
What an un-holy Alliance! The Seperatists and the Re-formed alliance of Tories.
What was clearly on display last night, what should be most evident to all Tory/Reform supporters is that their party can now be viewed as the party who will advocate the break-up of Canada, so that we can be added onto the American Empire piecemeal and then blame it on the Bloc.
Their MPs were describing Jack Layton of the N.D.P. as kooky for exposing their plot to make Harper the next Prime Minister of Canada.
Looks as though Jack was bang on in his assessment.
I do hope there is an election soon, so that Canadians can now make their decision via the ballot box, about Canadas newest seperatist party.
What an un-holy Alliance! The Seperatists and the Re-formed alliance of Tories.
What was clearly on display last night, what should be most evident to all Tory/Reform supporters is that their party can now be viewed as the party who will advocate the break-up of Canada, so that we can be added onto the American Empire piecemeal and then blame it on the Bloc.
Their MPs were describing Jack Layton of the N.D.P. as kooky for exposing their plot to make Harper the next Prime Minister of Canada.
Looks as though Jack was bang on in his assessment.
I do hope there is an election soon, so that Canadians can now make their decision via the ballot box, about Canadas newest seperatist party.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Corporate accountability
News reports state that Italy has one of the strongest investors rights legislation. This has become apparent in the prosecution of the executives of the now bankrupt dairy giant Parmalat.
Earnings were mis-stated, excess funds that were supposedly offshore.......were not there and thousands of small investors lost their shirts.
The two now on trial are so-called indpendent auditors. It will be interesting to see what comes from the trials of these two.
It is not just the executives of this company, or for that matter the executives of other North-American companies that went belly-up who are to be held accountable, but also these so called independent auditors who seem to give credibility to the schemes of the people who hire them.
For example, the same yardstick of accountability could be applied to "independent home inspectors" who are hired by real estate agents or for that matter, the trustees of unions.
Accountability ought to be a buzzword, to ensure that the little guy, the shareholder, the investor, the dues payer get what he/she pays for.
Accountability........and accountability now!!
Earnings were mis-stated, excess funds that were supposedly offshore.......were not there and thousands of small investors lost their shirts.
The two now on trial are so-called indpendent auditors. It will be interesting to see what comes from the trials of these two.
It is not just the executives of this company, or for that matter the executives of other North-American companies that went belly-up who are to be held accountable, but also these so called independent auditors who seem to give credibility to the schemes of the people who hire them.
For example, the same yardstick of accountability could be applied to "independent home inspectors" who are hired by real estate agents or for that matter, the trustees of unions.
Accountability ought to be a buzzword, to ensure that the little guy, the shareholder, the investor, the dues payer get what he/she pays for.
Accountability........and accountability now!!
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