Archive for September 2008
CBC – Auditor general wading into immigrant investor fund
Concerns about how $400M was distributed increasing
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 | 4:20 PM AT
As P.E.I.’s public accounts committee squabbled over whether it should investigate a program that raised business investment funds from immigrants on Tuesday, the province’s auditor general said he would examine the matter.
Smoking Gun
In every scandal, there is one piece of evidence that establishes the link to the kingpin, the mastermind of the scheme.
President Richard Nixon isolated himself except for the 18 minute tape that he erased. It became his smoking gun.
Why do we care at PEI Disability Alert? The Premier with his chief of staff Chris LeClair told us they didn’t have the $10 million to cover seniors in the DSP and took away $35,000 of the DSP budget this year. They have money alright, it’s just for their own bank accounts.
We may have found Premier Robert Ghiz’s smoking gun.
Guardian Comments – Tory MLA legislature probe
Original Story: Tory MLA wants legislature committee to probe provincial immigrant program
Stephen Pate from Charlottetown, PE writes: It’s about time the Liberal Millionaires Club was investigated. This is worse than Liberal Ad-Scam
Mary mac from cardigan, pei writes: There never is any mention of how much money the province gets from each of these transactions. I believe it is 45- 55 thousand dollars. that would be give the PEI government a windfall of approaching 100 million this fiscal year.
Ghiz is a sneaky guy
The IRAC flap over price changes and notification is a smoke screen from Premier Robert Ghiz. It’s all about getting rid of Moe Rodgerson and maybe IRAC. Ghiz is a sneaky guy who likes to manipulate. Tim Banks is taking up the drum beat so it’s official.
This week IRAC stopped giving us a few hours notice on changes in gas and heating oil prices. The logic supports less than 2 dozen fuel dealers who get too many phone calls. It creates a disadvantage to 135,000 Islanders who need a leg up in the energy crisis.
Guardian – Tory MLA wants legislature committee to probe provincial immigrant program
TERESA WRIGHT
The Guardian
September 27, 2008
Ed: Street talk on the Conservatives is they will keep quiet on Immigrant Scam to keep their own skeletons in the closet. This is interesting and important.
A provincial government immigrant program that aimed to connect foreign money to P.E.I. businesses should be probed by the public accounts committee, says committee chair Jim Bagnall.
MLA Jim Bagnall calls for probe into Immigrant Scam
Guardian readers say “one of the biggest frauds in PEI history”
Where is Premier Ghiz? from PEI this is one of the biggest frauds in pei history ………it will make polar look like candy……………….one term for Giz i hope stephen pate stays on this because the guardian wont ———what law firms received money,,,what former mlas received money,,,,,,what former cabinet ministers received money……….this is BIGGGGGGGG!!!!
the little guy from PEI writes: This is Big and it has aided many struggling small business. This program has saved several jobs. This program has saved your neighbours.
12,000 unhappy Liberals 133,000 unhappy Islanders
Liberal Premier Robert Ghiz, 133,000 left out of his lottery
An accountant told me tonight “There are a lot of unhappy Liberals in PEI, unhappy because they weren’t invited to the $100,000 party like the 2,000 who got immigrant money.”
Immigrant Scam may have made a windfall for 2,000 Liberal inner circle members, but the rest of the Liberal Party is wondering tonight why they didn’t get in on the action.
