Ryan Strome
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Lol no one is moving to Slurrey from Alberta. Nice try. But BCers are leaving daily for Alberta..I wonder why..
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Canada slid to its lowest level in at least a decade on a global index of corruption, driven down by the SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. scandal, a new report shows. The country was ranked 12 th of 180 countries on Berlin-based Transparency International’s 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index, an annual worldwide list from least corrupt country to worst issued Thursday. Canada ranked ninth in 2018 and sixth in 2010. While Canada had the best score in the Americas – 77 out of 100 —, the country has slipped four points since last year and 12 points since 2010, the data shows. “A former executive of construction company SNC-Lavalin was convicted in December over bribes the company paid in Libya,” Transparency International said in the report. “Our research shows that enforcement of foreign bribery laws among OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ) countries is shockingly low,” it said, referring to a group of 36 countries sometimes called the rich nations club. Denmark and New Zealand co-led the index, emerging as the world’s least corrupt states with scores of 87, while Somalia had the worst score at nine, followed by war-torn nations South Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The U.S. ranked 23rd and the U.K. tied with Canada, Australia and Austria. The corruption index is among a handful of indicators — such as the Washington, D.C.-based World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking that measures red tape in countries, and the United Nations’ Human Development Index that assesses lifespan, education and income — that give snapshots of a country’s performance. They can help influence foreign policy and even debt ratings. The report didn’t specifically mention the political realm of the SNC-Lavalin scandal, and how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was criticized by Parliament’s Ethics Commissioner for improperly influencing then-Minister of Justice and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the bribery case facing the Montreal-based company. Wilson-Raybould later resigned from her posts and Trudeau expelled her from the Liberal party caucus. “The controversy surrounding the attorney general, the governing party and the allegations of influence — another word for influence is corruption — that has to play into the index, and it should,” Len Brooks, associate professor of business ethics at University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, said by phone. Trudeau said he wanted SNC-Lavalin to face a deferred prosecution agreement — essentially a fine negotiated with a judge instead of a criminal trial — because it would help save jobs that might be put at risk from lost contracts after a criminal conviction. A bribery conviction could ban a company from federal contracts for a decade under government law and also risk contracts linked to the World Bank. Last month, the Court of Quebec ordered SNC-Lavalin to pay a $280-million fine over five years, with three years of probation, in what appeared to be a break for the company. The RCMP had charged the builder with fraud and bribing Libyan officials in Moammar Gadhafi’s regime with $48 million from 2001 to 2011 to secure contracts. Brooks said Canada still has work to do on corruption issues, such as stamping out the paying-for-access to politicians, a trend that Transparency International cited as affecting many countries along with concerns over conflicts of interest, preferential treatment, electoral integrity, lobbying activities and civil liberties. “The work around pipelines and Indigenous groups — there’s all kinds of stuff that comes up there,” said Brooks, who noted Canada’s score would barely earn a B+ at Rotman. “Certainly arguments can be made that we’re not recognizing certain groups of people as best we should.” Financial Post https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/canada-slips-out-of-list-of-worlds-ten-least-corrupt-countries-after-snc-lavalin-scandal/ar-BBZgG7q?ocid=sf
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It wasn't me that spoke on that. I recall it being discussed but it wasn't me. I know the Chinese have a thirst for our heavy oil. Refineries are massive investments...the climate in BC might make a private investment very unlikely. I liked that idea in northern BC a few years back but that seems to have disappeared or possibly was hogwash from the beginning.
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Profit margins are thin and that's a massive investment for first nations. Not to mention if it's in BC it would likely have to be government owned to ever get built.
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Nah you missed why I responded with that.
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You just praise him almost daily and defend him vigorously.
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Btw I see the question changed. I think u smoke to much pot. Hippy are moving to Alberta, yes or no? Hippy are you the biggest liar on cdc, yes or no?
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Lol you can't be serious. I told u to leave the partisan spin out and you can't just like the nonsense you post you're wrong about. For the hippy who has lost his capacity to understand. I don't want those companies to go bankrupt I would prefer a negotiated deal/repayment. Hippy, yes or no is Trudeau your idol?
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But your 1 and 3 facts you're using separately while adding that tax break to the spending. Of course services were cut that's what happens when you spend out of control and it's not sustainable. Just like the ndp cut jobs when they had a year long royalty review and raised corporate taxes but you never mention that. Look at energy investments during their 4 years, most went to Saskatchewan.
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I suggest you get someone to read to you what I wrote. Also if you ask me questions that aren't reality it's difficult to give the answer you want.
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I did answer it. You wouldn't know the truth if it smacked you. Nope your inability to not comprehend.
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1)extremely well? Lol thankfully we have a massive first world country bordering us. Every other major energy exporter in the world has had far better access to markets. 2) c48 and c69 are terrible, so bad senators from all over Canada said how bad they were. 3) wow can you not understand sarcasm.
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Lol you know nothing. I gave you a chance. When you say spending more but also say tax breaks don't you think you're misleading? Or do you yourself not understand? As for the 2.75% cuts gee I wonder why we were on an unsustainable path. The info was given by the blue ribbon panel. As for the rural municipalities, FTG has covered this for you. It's that or bankruptcy. NO I don't want to see them go bankrupt I would rather a negotiated path forward which is what the plan is. No partisan spin lmao he didn't tell them to suffer and the companies leaving would be on your part considering you yourself said it takes time for governments transitioning. More hippy hypocrisy.
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Your question isn't accurate, so how can I answer your question? Ask it accurately without the partisan spin and you will get an honest answer. Or I can answer that question but it will be full with correcting u.
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Well you insulted me so now you're hurt that I responded by insulting you also? You are a funny little guy
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Seen this. Michelle added me on Twitter like 4 years ago.
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You're pathetic little guy. You made the accusation so back it up. It's not hard unless you're full of BS which you are. Go wank it to socialism some more.
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Quote something where I said that and then look at what Jimmy said and tell me I'm wrong. Again clearly I've noticed over our communication with each other you don't have the best capacity to understand what you read so just quote the post and go from there
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Wow you two assume so much. You know what happens when you assume... Mind you that has been hip since he joined cdc.
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I know what was said. However you posted an article with no source. At least when you made the bogus claim of oil companies gouging in Alberta you used a source, albeit one from the southern US.