[thirdEye]

Fact or fiction? Interesting for sure. Power Corp. runs Canada it would seem.

$1:

CANADA
Corruption?, What a surprise!

It may pay you to spend a few minutes tracing the connections of Paul Desmarais and Power Corp. to the leading politicians, etc. of Canada.

This association explains the Kyoto pact:

JOHN RAE: leading strategist for Prime Minister Chretien's election campaign. Was Executive Vice- President of Power Corp. and Paul Desmarais' right- hand man. His brother is....

BOB RAE: ex-NDP [Socialist] Premier of Ontario, who appointed....

MAURICE STRONG (his god father)to the chairmanship of Ontario Hydro, which he proceeded to dramatically cut in both skilled human resources and generating capacity [to provide a future need for power from James Bay] Past CEO of Desmarais Power Corp. Strong received an appointment to the UN as senior environmental advisor to the UN president and chairman of the earth council. He was responsible for the Kyoto accords.

More on Moe Strong:

www.afn.org/~govern/strong.htm" target="_blank">www.afn.org/~govern/strong.htm" target="_blank">http://www.afn.org/~govern/strong.html%3ewww.afn.org/~govern/strong.htm

www.afn.org/~govern/strong.html" target="_blank">www.afn.org/~govern/strong.html" target="_blank">http://www.afn.org/~govern/strong.html>www.afn.org/~govern/strong.html

PAUL MARTIN: current federal Finance Minister. Rose through the ranks at Power Corp., mentored by Paul Desmarais. Bought Canada Steamship Lines from him. Ran against Chretien for Liberal Party leadership.

JEAN CHRETIEN: Prime Minister. Daughter, France, is married to Andre Desmarais, son of Paul Desmarais, chairman of Power Corporation. Chretien's "advisor, counsellor and strategist" for the past 30 years has been ...

MITCHELL SHARP, who brought Chretien into politics when he was Finance Minister. Sharp has been, since 1981, Vice-Chairman for North America of the corporate globalist TRILATERAL COMMISSION.

DANIEL JOHNSON: Liberal [and Opposition] leader in Quebec. Rose through the ranks of Power Corp. Key in delivering federal spending to Quebec based Power Corp and other corporate welfare cases in the province

BRIAN MULRONEY: ex-Conservative Prime Minister. Now a lawyer and lobbyist for Power Corporation which, together with Ontario Hydro and Hydro Quebec, has just formed the Hong Kong-based ASIA POWER CORP., to help China to develop its energy potential. Power Corp.'s legal Interests in Asia will be handled by a Hong Kong branch of Mulroney's Montreal law firm, Olgilvy, Renault.

PIERRE TRUDEAU: past PM and former Power Corp lawyer. Introduced into the company by his father who had business connections to Desmarais.

PET signed over millions to Power Corp under federal grant programs. Desmarais funded his election campaign.
So...we have the CONSERVATIVE party [via Mulroney], the LIBERAL party [via Trudeau and Chretien], and the NDP [via Rae] all tightly connected to....Paul Desmarais and Power Corp.

And we have the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister, and the Prime Minister's key aide all tightly connected to....Paul Desmarais and Power Corp.

We now see the Power Corp. key alumnus in the UN Kyoto deal which so coincidentally benefits the (largely unpublicized) business interests of Desmarais alumnus.

Maurice Strong has now joined Brian Mulroney and Paul Desmarais in investing in the Asia Power Group's $100 million venture capital in "small coal-fired power plants being built in the south of China."

They are also looking at "larger projects in northern China, as well as in Malaysia, the Philippines and India." The Asian economies are expected to spend $1 trillion [US] on essential infrastructure, of which an estimated $400 billion [US] will be on power generation. Chinese and Asian labour costs are low - as low, in China, as $45 per month - and potential profits are enormous.

The Nov/Dec. 1993 issue of Council on Foreign Relations' publication

FOREIGN RELATIONS contains an article, THE RISE OF CHINA, in which we are warned that China will begin to use more energy than the United States within a few decades, massively straining the world's energy supplies.

If you were a power company investment magnet where would you place your future fortunes? In a nation wracked with environmental paranoia or a developing, unregulated energy hungry industrial giant? China is gearing up to be the world's dominant manufacturing power. Most of China's energy comes from the burning of soft, high-sulphur, highly- polluting coal. In 1991 alone, 11 trillion cubic meters of waste gases and sixteen million tons of soot were emitted into the atmosphere over China - and it has only just begun its long process of increased energy generation! The sulphur in this coal causes acid rain. The burning of the coal releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the most efficient "greenhouse gas" in the global warming process.

There are indications that Strong, Desmarais and their cronies (under ghost corporate affiliates) are behind the current rash of buying of low-grade coalmines in depressed nations to fuel these projects. But this is yet to be fully substantiated. Who would invest so massively in low-grade coal when it was targeted as Kyoto taboo commodity?

Maybe someone who knew in advance they would be able to burn it with out regulation in China? Green house fears bottomed out the price of these coal purchases.

If it can be used for power generating fuel, you stand to have a very inexpensive fuel source. China continues to burn coal in its power production unregulated by Kyoto.

Now the real hook. You remember Maurice Strong? Desmarais familiar and corporate confidante, ex power boss, major investor in 3rd world coal fired energy enterprise? Well Maurice ended up appointed to the UN as head advisor to the UN president on environmental affairs - Is this irony? He was campaigned for that position by Canada's PMs and diplomats. As such, he called a little multi national conference called Kyoto! Maurice and his friend Jean Chretien wrote and signed an agreement which effectively will destroy their pal Desmarais' chief energy competitor (Alberta Nat Gas) and gave Power Corp investment in China coal/energy an enormous competitive advantage.

Anyone who thinks this as mere coincidence is unaware of the networking of international corporate elites. This revelation makes it clear the Kyoto earth summit was a vehicle used by corporate (Strong/Chretien) bagmen to create a huge global shift in power generation profits. They were backed by one of the world’s most devious businessmen.

Oh, and Paul Desmarais?

In September 1993, he joined the Trilateral Commission. He spearheaded the Tri-lat initiative of promoting a Kyoto-like conference over concerns for the planet from carbon emissions produced by the DEVELOPED NATIONS.

And you thought it was all about saving the planet?

For who?

[Robair]

Godz46 Godz46:

Corruption! Its the Liberal way!

didn't actually read the article, did you? The one he linked to? Corruption is the politicians way.

Maurice Strong scares me! Ties in the UN, to Chretien, Paul Martin, Molruney and even Dubya?

The way that article is written, these guys are all pawns of Maurice, but you gotta think there's some "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine" stuff going on.

Freaky. Almost ranks right up there with P.N.A.C..

[stemmer]

Yes...and the Desmarais family controlled most of the oil rights in Iraq through TotalFinaElf. Chretien's daughter is married to Paul Desmarais's son, Andre. So it would appear Chretien had more interest in the oil in Iraq then the USA.

[ridenrain]

Moe is a world class crook and it's beyone me why the Canadian media dosen't revile the man.

[Streaker]

stemmer stemmer:

Yes...and the Desmarais family controlled most of the oil rights in Iraq through TotalFinaElf. Chretien's daughter is married to Paul Desmarais's son, Andre. So it would appear Chretien had more interest in the oil in Iraq then the USA.

Yet he kept us out of that disaster, to his credit.

PS Great necro.

[ridenrain]

Streaker Streaker:

stemmer stemmer:

Yes...and the Desmarais family controlled most of the oil rights in Iraq through TotalFinaElf. Chretien's daughter is married to Paul Desmarais's son, Andre. So it would appear Chretien had more interest in the oil in Iraq then the USA.

Yet he kept us out of that disaster, to his credit.

PS Great necro.

Is it a lie? Is this untrue?
You guys slag the crap out of Bush and the republicans for their connections to business yet here is a perfect, home grown example of world class coruption and you gloss over it with a distraction.

[sasquatch2]

What is amazing is that the usual suspect cling to the myth that the LIBRANOs are the party of the people and yet the evidence indicates they are the puppets of BAY STREET.

[ridenrain]

The fact that they rely on larger donations from companies and wealthy individuals is proof of that, and somehow that's excluded from the media.

[BartSimpson]

stemmer stemmer:

Yes...and the Desmarais family controlled most of the oil rights in Iraq through TotalFinaElf. Chretien's daughter is married to Paul Desmarais's son, Andre. So it would appear Chretien had more interest in the oil in Iraq then the USA.

Stemmer for Necroposter!

Reviving a THREE YEAR OLD THREAD is an OUTSTANDING act of necroposting!

[sasquatch2]

This perhaps more relevant now than it was 3 years past.

There is a lot of water under the bridge since then including the "GREAT GLOBAL WARMING SWINDLE" in which this crew is up to their ears in.

[ridenrain]

.. and Moe is still trying to sell Chinese made cars in North America.
Vote green, Comrade. Money green that is.

[Knoss]

$1:

The fact that they rely on larger donations from companies and wealthy individuals is proof of that, and somehow that's excluded from the media.

Don't forgett that a union owns are largest brodcaster and the second largest is a crown corp.

[Tracker]

I think I just corrupted in my pants. And yes, I'm in Canada. It's true.

[neopundit]

ridenrain ridenrain:

The fact that they rely on larger donations from companies and wealthy individuals is proof of that, and somehow that's excluded from the media.

You're going to have to source this, because I hold in my hand a report that says otherwise.