Prime Minister Jean Chretien's involvement with the BDC's $615,000 loan: Lack of Common Sense Democracy
Nipawin - December 1, 2000 - By: Mario deSantis
Chris Axworthy	Yesterday, I wrote an article reporting the corrupted and concerted behavior of the police,
	social service and the department of justice as it has transpired in the malicious sexual
	charges against the Klassen family(1). As I watched the related documentary on TV, the
	Fifth Estate: Scandal of the Century, I felt dismayed to see former Justice Minister Chris
	Axworthy running away as a mouse from CBC journalist Linden MacIntyre.
appropriate behaviour	I thought that maybe, maybe, Honourable Chris Axworthy had something to keep secretive
	along with his fellow cabinet ministers and the police. I feel impotent in rationalizing the
	widespread corruption of our leadership since I will never reconcile the fact that the same
	institutions which make our written laws doesn't abide by their own laws! There doesn't
	seem to be a standard for appreciating the appropriate behaviour of our politicians.
only at election	As a consequence, our country becomes democratic only at election time when our politicians
	want to be elected to the high priesthood of parliamentarians. After an electoral campaign
	where our leaders have insulted each other, our winner Jean Chretien has stated that it is
	time to turn the page and get back to do business as usual, that is to continue with the job
	of serving themselves and their friends.
politicians	And I say, why should business be as usual? No, it cannot be, we can't continue to let our
	politicians lie and abuse their governmental power. Our individual freedom has been curtailed
	by our politicians, bureaucrats and corporate businesses, and we must take our freedom back,
	individually, exercising our individual rights to express ourselves and to pursue our individual
	rights to seek remedies against the fraudulent wrongs of our governmental agencies.
make democratic changes	In this respect, let us follow the work of the Klassen family in seeking punitive damages from
	the police, from social service and from the department of justice. And let us not forget
	Dr. Emma Bartfay(2) and her fight against the deviant directions of her former supervisor
	Dr. David Cassidy(3) and the University of Saskatchewan. So, let us go on with the business
	to make democratic changes, no matter small, one small change at a time, just like our
	courageous judges are doing: John Reilly(4), Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond(5), and
	Louise Arbour(6).
power that be	Our laws have become insignificant, our justice has become decadent, most of our lawyers
	divide themselves into their political affiliations, and instead to assist their clients they assist
	the power that be, not the power that should be! So, we are left alone to express ourselves,
	alienated from the inconclusive and insignificant complex verbosity of our leadership. Our
	Prime Minister has intervened personally with the president of the Business Development
	Bank of Canada (BDC) for the granting of a $615,000 loan to his friend and business
	neighbor Mr. Yvon Duhaime and Mr. Howard Wilson, Ethics Counsellor, in a matter of a
	day has cleared Jean Chretien of any ethical wrongdoing. Mr. Wilson has stated
	"The Prime Minister, in calling the president of the BDC, did not violate any rule which has been established by the Canadian government in terms of ministers dealing on behalf of constituents with government agencies."
law	I am not going to put myself at the same level as Mr. Wilson and look for specific laws
	which Jean Chretien might have breached. You know why? Because if I find a law which
	has been breached, then the other party would have another law which has not been breached,
	and if the other party doesn't have a law in their favour then they make one, on the spot!
	That's the way our Prime Minister is efficient, in avoiding any blame, in helping his friends
	and never say "I apologize."
Jean Chretien's behaviour	Don't take me wrong, I am not judgmental, I just use common sense, and this is what our
	democracy lacks: common sense; and this is what our justice system lacks: common law,
	that is common sense applied in our justice system. We need more common sense applied
	to our justice system and fewer statutory or written laws. And I am going to list some facts
	surrounding the $615,000 loan to Mr. Duhaime, and I am not going to make any
	judgement in regard to the possibility that the Prime Minister broke any law. You, reader,
	will make your personal opinion and I don't want to know your opinion either, but what is
	important in making democratic opinions is a common language. And because we are
	dealing with the appropriateness of Jean Chretien's behaviour, then just briefly I want to
	provide the very basic English definitions of Fraud, Ethics and Abuse of Power.
Fraud	Fraud: Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage. re: http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=fraud
Ethics	Ethics: Set of principles of right conduct. re: http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=ethics
Abuse of Power	Abuse of Power: A corrupt practice or custom.  re: http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=abuse
-----------References/endnotes:
	List of relevant political and economics articles http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign
1.	The Fifth Estate: Scandal of the Century, by Mario deSantis, November 29, 2000
2. -	No-Fault is not an administrative matter, it is a political matter, it affects all of us, by Mario deSantis, June 9, 2000
3. -	Dr. Cassidy's study: another fraud and no one has run with the money! By Mario deSantis, July 7, 2000
4. -	Judge John Reilly is a hero: a reaffirmation of individual rights, by Mario deSantis, September 6, 2000
5. -	Judge Turpel-Lafond's advocacy for common people and for common law, by Mario deSantis, October 18, 2000
6. -	The Supreme Court of Canada: Using Psychology to find the Truth, by Mario deSantis, October 21, 2000