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Would you do us a favour and direct your crosspostings to ns.gen as
opposed to hfx.gen.  We are mostly a very local group.

Thanks,  Sheena

Dexter J wrote:
> 
> Salutations:
> 
> Good post - I am still personally behind the gun registry in the same way I'm
> still behind the motor vehicle registry - (flame away) - but I think they (CIBC)
> is trying to slip this through now as there is a question of how strongly
> involved the Mr. Manley is the the business of running the Finance Dept. given
> his is like the minister of everything..
> 
> My wife calls him the hapless guy from accounting who turns up when they lay off
> your manager - which I think is a little mean myself as he is a pretty good
> speaker and seems kinda bright - but can't help but smile when she says it..
> 
> The smart thing to do for the Government (us really) is to defer on this one
> until the next PM is settled because the CIBC can wait until someone at the
> Cabinet office can really get a handle on the merger.. Given the Government owes
> the banks a stack of money too - it would be wise to keep a few extra seats at
> the banking meeting open if the economy craps out any more..
> 
> And wait they can.. I mean they are now charging me $1.50 per cash withdraw
> unless I'm looking at the tellers through the glass window at my neighborhood
> branch.. You know what - I'm going to start heading into the branch a lot more
> when I'm there.. What the hell - save a buck fifty and perhaps save a Canadian
> job or two..
> 
> Eventually the board members of the banks will run the whole banking system from
> the flatscreen in the back of their lear jets using offshore data service
> companies whilst hopping between luxury built custom pleasure islands betwixt
> corgi races.. No staff other than grape peelers and sedan footmen are required
> or need apply..
> 
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> Rusty wrote:
> >
> > As  a taxpayer  I have a  natural concern   whose interest Manley will
> > have in regards to bank mergers- mine as a taxpayer and Canadian citizen
> > or that of a bank who has possibly done him a favour.
> >
> > Howard  Wilson the ineffective ethics commissioner has said on the
> > surface nothing appears wrong. Well not knowing what happened or was
> > said at that meeting how could he possibly come to any rational
> > decision. Haven't we got anyone more competent for that position?
> >   In fact if business is to be conducted to appear above board if Manley
> > felt he should intervene the proper way at least was to do so publicly
> > and not by clandestine phone calls in the middle of the night that has
> > to be exposed by some newspaper. In fact if we had a Prime Minister who
> > had some ethics himself  he would at least temporarily remove Manley as
> > Minister of Finance until some investiagation was done on the matter and
> > the taxpayers of Canada could be reassured  that nothing untoward has
> > occurred.  It would be too much to expect that Manley himself would
> > volunteer to step aside until this investigation has happened. The
> > Liberal party seems to think that all their acts are acceptable  as long
> > as they lead in the polls and that is demonstrated  by the way they have
> > dealt with all the scandals in the last couple years and recently by the
> > gun registration fiasco and that billion dollar boondoggle.
> > Rusty
> > PS  I am now very suspicious that  Rod Bryden's scheme where there was
> > to be over a hundred million dollars of income tax avoidance to bail out
> > the club originated with our friend John Manley.  As Minister of Finance
> > instead of looking after the interests of the Canadian taxpayer to close
> > possible loopholes, for the benefit of Canada, he was the author and
> > helped expedite the scheme.  Pror to this, the fact that Manley wanted
> > to give outright grants of taxpayer funds to hockey clubs {only
> > prevented from happening by the public uproar}  makes his involvement
> > quite plausible in my opinion. We have already witnessed the removal of
> > hundreds of millions of untaxed dollars from this country with the tacit
> > approval of the finance department-a shortfall which the Canadian
> > taxpayer was compelled to pick up. Manley who purports to work on behalf
> > of the Canadian taxpayer should spend his time closing these loop holes
> > or else let someone else do the job.