Nipawin - February 19, 2001 - by: Mario deSantis
everybody else's money	One secret of conventional commerce(1) is to play with everybody else's money and make
	money at the expense of others. In so doing, conventional commerce emphasizes the
	economic gimmicks of property rights, free contracts and market prices to circumvent the
	breaking of people's rights(2).
greasing	Today, we discover how our Stockwell Day, leader of the Canadian Alliance, has been
	greasing his political support by taking money away from Albertan taxpayers and increase
	the GDP in the process.
$70,000 donation	We recall that Stockwell Day settled his bigoted defamation litigation with Red Deer lawyer
	Lorne Goddard at a total cost of taxpayer money of about $800,000 including a payment of
	$500,000 to Stockwell Day's lawyers(3). Today, we understand that six days after Mr. Day
	settled this litigation, the Canadian Alliance received a $70,000 donation from the same
	lawyers who received the $500,000 compensation for defending Mr. Day(4).
time for change	This is the measure of smartness of our leadership, making money out of somebody else's
	money and break our people's rights. Do we need this kind of leadership across the
	political and business spectrum? I hope not, and it is time for change.
------------References/endnotes:
	List of relevant political and economics articles http://ensign.ftlcomm.com
1. -	A Reflection on Conventional Commerce and Tough Leadership, by Mario deSantis, February 16, 2001
2.	The Implausibility of Professor Tom Flanagan, by Mario deSantis, February 11, 2001
3.	Stockwell Day's settlement increases the GDP, by Mario deSantis, January 17, 2001
4.	Klein slams Day donations, By JIM MACDONALD-- The Canadian Press, February 18, 2001