Who's minding the Store?

[cowman]

Lets see? Jean Chretien knew he was doing the right thing but he never knew where the money was going? Paul Martin was the finance minister but had no idea how $250 million was being spent?
We're having a commission to find out how one hundred million dissappeared into thin air and it might cost more than the one hundred million! I doubt any of that money will ever be returned to the taxpayer?
With these kind of shenanigans going on is it any wonder more and more people feel their taxes are an absolute waste? You work hard and play fair and do your duty by paying your taxes...and for what? So some slick criminals can live the life of Riley?
You wonder why this country can't afford to protect our commercial interests and keep up the infrastructure in this country? Perhaps it is because we have a group of crooks running the show that make the MAFIA look like a bunch of schoolboys? I'm not sure what the solution is but I suspect the first step is to throw the rascals out?

[blackjack]

cowman...the thing I was get a kick out of is how us Canadians think we are always somehow more moral than the states...this commission is a total joke these crooks(all the boys involved) should be thrown in jail...the part that pi$$es me off here we have the CBC a real taxpayer haven... always deflecting the the blame somewhere else...heck who knows maybe we can blame the americans...

[farmers_son]

If you are concerned about $100 million that disappeared into thin air how about the Parliamentary Committee that was looking into excessive packer profits, in the order of many 100 million dollars that did not disappear into thin air but instead went directly into the packers pockets.

According to the Western Producer, this week the House of Commons agriculture committee will report that an audit of slaughter plant books in the aftermath of the BSE outbreak showed a sharp spike in packer profits but no obvious collusion or inappropriate gouging.

Which leaves me to wonder just what is appropriate gouging?

[rkaiser]

Every time I look at Martin I see a man who is a pround Canadian and Prime Minister of our country,,,,,,,, and a man who avoids paying tax here by locating his Canadian Stemship Lines in some country with backasswards tax laws.
I generally throw up a little bit in the back of my mouth when I hear him speak.

[rookie]

You said it.... I wonder if there is an American T,V program comparable to Rick Mercers " Talking to Americans ".

You know the one where he asks them stupid questions to prove how uninformed they can be.... well, we have to be embarrassed to hear what went on in Ottawa.
And just as embarassed to know in the end it will all just go away at the tax payers expense.....

[15444]

farmers_son,

I too wonder what is meant by such a phrase. The committee came to the conclusion that the packers did make excessive profits, but shrugged their shoulders and said it was a good economic move that any profit-driven company would have taken.

Inappropriate gouging....hmmm. Would have to be based around the purchase price...so if paying 0 cents/lb. for a cull equals stealing and 5 cents/lb. equals good economics, where does gouging fit in? 2.5 cents?...1 cent?

My conclusion, inappropriate gouging was the term used to make the concluding statement seem more official...regardless of any lack of sense it makes regarding the actual issue.