{"id":511,"date":"2020-09-23T17:51:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T17:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking-the-silence.online\/index.php\/2020\/09\/23\/canadas-contractor-unending-corruption\/"},"modified":"2024-09-14T06:25:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T06:25:07","slug":"canadas-contractor-unending-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amaliafoka.com\/breaking-the-silence\/index.php\/2020\/09\/23\/canadas-contractor-unending-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s contractor: Unending corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intro-text\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toronto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prince_Harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prince Harry<\/a> has reunited with his wife Meghan in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> as he steps back from <strong>royal<\/strong> duties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dropcap square\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; border-color: #ffffff;\">The&nbsp;<\/span>prince, Meghan and their 8-month-old son Archie were reportedly staying at at mansion on the <strong>island<\/strong> off <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a>\u2019s Pacific coast.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>couple<\/strong>, who were named the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on their wedding day, are expected to spend most of their time in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> while maintaining a home in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/England\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">England<\/a> near <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Windsor_Castle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windsor Castle<\/a> in an attempt to build a more peaceful life.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>couple<\/strong> spent the holiday season on the <strong>island<\/strong>, but it\u2019s unclear where in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> they will settle.<\/p>\n<p>Harry\u2019s grandmother, the queen, is technically <strong>head<\/strong> of state in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a>, a Commonwealth nation.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s leading newspaper, The Globe and Mail, wrote in an <strong>editorial<\/strong> last week that senior royals were welcome to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> but should not stay because a <strong>royal<\/strong> <strong>living<\/strong> in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> does not <strong>accord<\/strong> with the longstanding nature of the relationship between <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> and Britain, and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> and the Crown.<\/p>\n<p>The paper said it would break an \u00abunspoken constitutional <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">taboo<\/span><\/strong>.\u00bb But The Globe and Mail published another <strong>editorial<\/strong> on Monday that said while a senior member of the Royal Family setting up shop in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> \u00abdoesn\u2019t <strong>accord<\/strong> with what <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> has become,\u00bb Harry is no longer a <strong>royal<\/strong> so the problem is solved.<\/p>\n<p>Survey results released this morning from FP <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> have revealed that almost one in four Canadians said that talking about <strong>money<\/strong> made them uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-167 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/amaliafoka.com\/breaking-the-silence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Canada-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>FP <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a>\u2019s Discomfort Index, a Leger poll, surveyed 1,526 Canadians and asked them to rank their level of discomfort on a variety of <strong>topics<\/strong> and <strong>issues<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly 23 per <strong>cent<\/strong> of Canadians said that talking about <strong>money<\/strong> and religion was <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">taboo<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abMoney was right up there with <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">taboo<\/span><\/strong> subjects of sex, religion and politics. I think that it\u2019s a very personal topic,\u00bb said Kelley Keehn personal finance educator and consumer advocate for FP <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote align-left\"><p>Only 12 per <strong>cent<\/strong> of Canadians said it was <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">taboo<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>FP <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> is a company dedicated to leading the advancement of financial planning in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-168 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/amaliafoka.com\/breaking-the-silence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Canada-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>With every political campaign comes the costing question: how will modest investments in daycare, housing and pharmacare be paid for when <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> struggles with <strong>debt<\/strong> and deficits? But the question that will not be asked is whether voters want to mortgage their grandchildren&#8217;s financial future for a project that will line the pockets of Irving Shipyards and the world&#8217;s largest war profiteer, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockheed_Martin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lockheed Martin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a>&#8216;s <strong>warship<\/strong> boondoggles are at the root of the current political crisis swirling around the Liberals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a>&#8216;s contractor: Unending corruption<\/p>\n<p>For those wondering about the due diligence undertaken by the Canadian government in choosing a company to design <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a>&#8216;s $105-billion warships, it is quite instructive to peruse the readily available public information that <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottawa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ottawa<\/a> is quite happy to ignore in plowing ahead.<\/p>\n<p>In their defence, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> and Irving argued that the <strong>warship<\/strong> contract is exempt from normal trade laws because they have invoked a \u00abnational security exception\u00bb to keep the issue beyond the tribunal&#8217;s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote align-right\"><p>What happens next is entirely up to everyone who lives in this land known as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Research of 30,000 single people in the UK, US, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Germany<\/a>, has found that as many as 59 per <strong>cent<\/strong> of daters are willing to get steamy under the sheets after meeting for the very first time.<\/p>\n<p>Singletons in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> proved to be the most open to the notion, with 65 per <strong>cent<\/strong> of men and 59 per <strong>cent<\/strong> of women saying they have no qualms about ditching contraception.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into 2018, this was an industry that, while gaining momentum, was still largely considered <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">taboo<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But with the legalization of recreational pot in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> and the passage of the Farm Bill in the U.S., legalizing hemp and hemp-based cannabidiol, that&#8217;s no longer the case.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote align-center\"><p>It casts aside the notion that cannabis is a <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">taboo<\/span><\/strong> industry once and for all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Depending on how much capacity expansion Tilray undertakes, the 255,000 kilograms in peak annual output forecast by Aphria should slot it in as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a>&#8216;s No.<\/p>\n<p>With so many other growers generating buzz in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a>, HEXO was certainly an off-the-radar choice for Molson Coors.<\/p>\n<p>Although most alternative cannabis products, such as infused beverages, aren&#8217;t yet legal in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a>, the <strong>expectation<\/strong> is that they will be by no later than this coming October.<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO, May 27, 2019 &#8212; A new national <strong>survey<\/strong> by Credit <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> shows that while many Canadians avoid talking about their <strong>money<\/strong> and finances, uncomfortable health <strong>issues<\/strong> tops the <strong>list<\/strong> of <strong>topics<\/strong> Canadians least like to <strong>talk<\/strong> about.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abWhile every person\u2019s financial situation is unique, these findings emphasize that talking about <strong>money<\/strong> is still considered <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">taboo<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 somewhere in the middle between a surprise rash and elevator small <strong>talk<\/strong>,\u00bb said Laurie Campbell, CEO of Credit <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Credit <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> also conducted a social media contest , probing Canadians on what they would rather <strong>talk<\/strong> about than their finances.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>money<\/strong> <strong>talk<\/strong>: <strong>debt<\/strong> and bankruptcy top the <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">taboo<\/span><\/strong> <strong>list<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, when asked which ONE <strong>money<\/strong> topic people least like talking about, personal <strong>debt<\/strong> and bankruptcy led by a huge margin with one-in-three declaring it <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">taboo<\/span><\/strong> .<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to help those with <strong>debt<\/strong>, the non-profit <strong>debt<\/strong> experts at Credit <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> have developed a Debt Assessment Quiz which aims to help users determine their best course of action.<\/p>\n<p>Credit <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> is a not-for-profit credit <strong>counselling<\/strong> agency that provides free and confidential <strong>debt<\/strong> and credit <strong>counselling<\/strong>, personal <strong>debt<\/strong> <strong>management<\/strong> , <strong>debt<\/strong> consolidation and resolutions, as well as preventative <strong>counselling<\/strong>, educational seminars, and free tips and tools in the areas of budgeting, <strong>money<\/strong> <strong>management<\/strong>, and financial goal-setting.<\/p>\n<p>Credit <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a> is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada<\/a>\u2019s first and longest-standing credit <strong>counselling<\/strong> agency and a leader in financial wellness, helping Canadians successfully manage their <strong>debt<\/strong> since 1966.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"highlight\" style=\"background-color: #666666; color: #ffffff;\">The text of this article was generated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/amaliafoka.com\/breaking-the-silence\/index.php\/about\/\">Breaking The Silence<\/a> system that collected <strong>8<\/strong> news articles posted on the web from January 2019 to September 2020 and clustered for the taboo subjects related to Canada<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto \u2013 Prince Harry has reunited with his wife Meghan in Canada as he steps back from royal duties. 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