Nigel S. Wright – F-35, Hawker Beechcraft, Onex & Chief of Staff on Loan – draft. Relevant Post: Harper Government & Apparent Conflict of Interest Wright was an executive with private equity firm Onex Corp., which manages capital for Hawker Beechcraft, a firm that has partnered on projects with F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin.
[source] Profile: Nigel S. David L. Johnston C.C. Image by Pawel Dwulit for The Globe and Mail 404 Food for Thought It is important to note that prior to Mr.
Harper appointing Mr. Johnston as Governor General, there had been multi million dollar government contracts awarded to CGI: In order to understand the possible conflict of interest between CGI and the Government of Canada, a relevant question would be: How many federal and provincial government contracts have been awarded since 1995 [ David L. David L. Former Independent Director Alcatel-Lucent Holding Inc.Former Director CT Financial Services Inc. In February 2000, CT Financial Services, Inc. was acquired by TD Bank Financial Group. Emco Ltd. operates in two segments: Manufacturing and Distribution. Federal stimulus cash went to firms implicated in Quebec scandals. Some of the public money set aside for Canada’s economic recovery has ended up in the hands of companies and individuals accused of taking part in an elaborate collusion scheme in Quebec.
An investigation by The Canadian Press of stimulus funding in three municipalities recently raided by police revealed three separate cases where companies tied to criminal charges received contracts under the multibillion-dollar federal-provincial infrastructure plan. These include companies owned by construction entrepreneurs Tony Accurso and Lino Zambito, both of whom are facing a long series of charges.
Money also went to BPR and Transport and Excavation Mascouche (TAM) – two companies charged with fraud and conspiracy. On Corruption: Quebec – Draft. Quebec firms charged in scandal got federal stimulus funds - Politics. Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso and 13 others were charged with fraud last month.
Some money set aside for Canada's economic recovery ended up in the hands of companies accused in Quebec's collusion scandal. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press) Generous donations from executives of SNC-Lavalin's Conservative Party. Port of Montreal. Soudas did nothing wrong in reaching out to Port of Montreal, Harper says. FREDERICTON – Stephen Harper came to the defence of one of his top aides Wednesday amid accusations that Dimitri Soudas tried to influence who got the top job at the Port of Montreal.
On a Quebec campaign stop, the prime minister was asked about media reports that accused Soudas, his communications director, of seeking to influence the Port of Montreal’s choice for a new chairman in 2007. “The board of directors in this corporation appoints its CEO; it’s not unusual for the government to express its preference,” Harper said. “The government did. The board took another decision. Tories on alleged influence peddling at Montreal port: 'The file is over' The opposition laid out allegations of corruption and influence peddling by Conservative officials in relation to the nomination of a new president at the Montreal Port Authority, but the Harper government retorted “the file is over.”
Feeding off the launch of an RCMP investigation into the 2007 nomination, the NDP and Liberal Party said in Question Period Tuesday that senior members of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s entourage were “up to their necks” in political interference. Conservative Transport Minister Denis Lebel replied that there is no controversy, given the board of directors at the port did not select the candidate favoured by Conservative officials and senior members of Quebec’s construction industry. In the House of Commons, NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice quoted from recordings of private conversations that have been anonymously uploaded on the Internet, in which businessmen Bernard Poulin and Antonio Accurso discuss plans to install a former Montreal bureaucrat at the port. Port Of Montreal Corruption Case Closed: Conservatives. OTTAWA - The Conservative government said the case is closed in an ongoing controversy over corruption in Montreal, even as reports emerged Tuesday that the RCMP has launched an investigation that could reach into the Prime Minister's Office.
The Globe and Mail and Radio-Canada quoted unnamed police sources who said the Mounties are investigating allegations of corruption around the appointments process at the Montreal Port Authority, a federal body. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former aide Dimitri Soudas has acknowledged that the government indicated a preference for Robert Abdallah as president of the Montreal port board, as did the City of Montreal.
But during the spring election an audio recording surfaced purporting to be the voices of two Montreal construction executives discussing how Soudas and his friend Leo Housakos could help get Abdallah appointed in 2007. Housakos, who is referred to as "Leo" throughout the recording, was appointed to the Senate in 2009. "Mr. Harper prend ses distances avec Robert Abdallah. Stephen Harper a minimisé l'appui de son gouvernement à la candidature de Robert Abdallah comme PDG du Port de Montréal.
Le premier ministre Stephen Harper minimise son appui à la candidature de l'ex-directeur général de la Ville de Montréal, Robert Abdallah, à la présidence du Port de Montréal, en 2007. Le nom de M. Abdallah est revenu dans l'actualité, mardi, lorsque l'ex-entrepreneur en construction Lino Zambito a affirmé devant la commission Charbonneau que M. Abdallah était déjà intervenu dans l'attribution d'un contrat par la Ville de Montréal et qu'il aurait reçu en retour 300 000 $. Des allégations qui ont été aussitôt niées par l'intéressé. Le premier ministre a été rattrapé jeudi par la controverse, au cours d'un point de presse donné conjointement à Ottawa avec le président de la Tanzanie, Jakaya Kikwete. « Premièrement, c'est important de dire que M. M. Michael M. Fortier. Image from wikipedia.org PROFILE: Mr.
Michael M. Arthur Porter, CEO of MUHC, steps down - Montreal. Dr.
Arthur Porter, seen here with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2006, resigned as head of the MUHC Monday. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press) McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) board of governors accepted Arthur Porter’s resignation Monday. Porter, who was named MUHC’s executive director in 2004, released the leadership reins three months before his contract was set to finish. "Having presented a vision of the future to the Board, it’s now an appropriate time for me to move on," he said in a statement sent to the media Monday night. On SNC-Lavalin & MUHC. Quebec’s police task force on corruption is probing how a billion-dollar contract for a Montreal mega-hospital was awarded to a consortium led by Montreal engineering giant SNC Lavalin Group Inc. The police raids conducted at McGill University Health Centre headquarters Tuesday morning threaten to tarnish one of Canada’s landmark private-sector bids to build public infrastructure, while also enhancing the climate of suspicion surrounding Quebec’s construction industry.
The spotlight has already prompted the province to launch a corruption inquiry and contributed to this month’s ouster of Jean Charest’s Liberal government. [Source: Police probe McGill hospital contract awarded to SNC Lavalin September 18 2012 | Globe & Mail] Canada’s spy watchdog’s questionable $200,000 deal. The head of Canada’s spy review board wired $200,000 in personal funds to a notorious international lobbyist in a questionable aid-for-infrastructure deal in Africa, the National Post has learned. Arthur Porter, the federally appointed chairman of Canada’s Security and Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC), described in three interviews how he directed cash from a foreign bank account to Ari Ben-Menashe, a jet-setting, Montreal-based businessman who often acts as a middleman in negotiations between the Russian Federation and developing countries.
“This is a file that I’ve tried to put in the very back recesses of my mind,” Dr. Porter told the National Post, in response to his dealings with Mr. Ben-Menashe. “Maybe it was a hoax,” he added. And precarious business for a man in, as he says, “sensitive positions.” The committee reviews on a regular basis the activities of Canada’s spy agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), and examines complaints made against it.
Dr. Dr. Arthur Porter: Canada’s top spy watchdog resigns following National Post revelations. By Kathryn Blaze Carlson and Brian Hutchinson Arthur Porter, the chair of Canada’s spy review board, resigned on Thursday amid revelations of his business dealings with a notorious international lobbyist and his own close ties to the president of Sierra Leone. “Dr. Porter has submitted his resignation to me, and I have accepted it, effective immediately,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement on Thursday afternoon. Dr. Arthur Porter reportedly under scrutiny over SNC-Lavalin contract. When Quebec’s anti-corruption police squad raided the McGill University Health Centre’s (MUHC’s) downtown Montreal headquarters on Tuesday, looking for evidence of alleged wrongdoing in a public-private partnership contract awarded to a consortium led by SNC Lavalin Group Inc., they might have peeked inside a large corner suite on the 14th floor.
The space was recently occupied by Arthur Porter, the MUHC’s director-general until business controversies and questions about his commitment to routine administrative duties exploded late last year. MUHC is one of Canada’s largest public health care providers with almost 12,000 employees. The SNC-Lavalin consortium is building the MUHC’s new $1.3-billion hospital in Montreal’s west side and will help operate the facility for decades, according to the terms of a deal it finalized in 2010, during Dr.
The Bruce Carson controversy. Bruce Carson, a former top adviser to Stephen Harper with a history of fraud convictions, faces accusations that he told Ottawa-based water purification company H20 Pros he could use his connections to arrange deals with First Nations communities. Carson was the prime minister's chief policy analyst and troubleshooter from 2006 until 2008, when he left the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to head up the Canada School of Energy and Environment, a co-ordinating agency for clean energy research set up by three Alberta universities and funded by a federal grant.
He returned to the PMO briefly in January 2009 before going back to the institute in February of that year. Ex-Harper aide Bruce Carson charged with influence peddling - Politics. A former senior adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been charged with one count of influence peddling following an investigation by the RCMP. Bruce Carson, 66, has a history of fraud convictions and had been facing accusations of influence peddling and illegal lobbying after it was alleged that he told Ottawa-based water purification company H20 Pros that he could use his connections to arrange deals with First Nations communities.
In a news release issued Friday, the RCMP's A Division said Carson is "alleged to have accepted a commission for a third party in connection with a business matter relating to the government. " The investigation began in March last year after RCMP received a referral from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). When asked about the charge against Carson, cabinet ministerJohn Baird said "we brought in the Federal Accountability Act to set the bar high, and we hope it's enforced with the full force of the law. " Bruce Carson's court case resumes Oct. 17. Nathan Jacobson. Whatever the relationship between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Nathan Jacobson, the high-flying Canadian businessman now a fugitive from U.S. justice, one thing is certain: they certainly didn’t just run into each other at a “community event” as the PMO claims.
On Nathan Jacobson (working draft) Profile.