Omar Khadr is a convicted terrorist and war criminal. His personal and deliberate actions took the life of medic Sergeant First Class (SFC) Christopher Speer from his wife and young children. Mr. Khadr was an active and willing member of the Taliban. He built and planted bombs for the Taliban. He worked as a translator for the terrorist organization. His conscious and deliberate, premeditated and violent actions, fuelled by a devotion to intolerance and hate, deserve the strongest condemnation. They should not be rewarded.
Showing posts with label Compensation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Compensation. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Make No Mistake, Canada Doesn't Owe Omar Khadr An Apology
Omar Khadr is a convicted terrorist and war criminal. His personal and deliberate actions took the life of medic Sergeant First Class (SFC) Christopher Speer from his wife and young children. Mr. Khadr was an active and willing member of the Taliban. He built and planted bombs for the Taliban. He worked as a translator for the terrorist organization. His conscious and deliberate, premeditated and violent actions, fuelled by a devotion to intolerance and hate, deserve the strongest condemnation. They should not be rewarded.
Monday, July 17, 2017
Ottawa to pay $10.5M to Omar Khadr, government source says
Khadr — who confessed to killing a U.S. army medic when he was 15, under interrogation that was later deemed "oppressive" — will receive a settlement of $10.5 million, the source, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to CBC late Tuesday.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Seeking elected office should never be about the money
It simply blows me away that we are spending a nanosecond on a discussion about outrageous MPs’ pay, pension, and perks while a huge number of people in the country are hurting.
Interim NDP leader Nycole Turmel tried yesterday to deflect the issue of MP pensions by calling on the Harper Government to ask a third party to review the matter.
Turmel’s suggestion is precisely why MP compensation should be slashed. MPs should be demonstrating national leadership and be examples for the rest of the country, not spending their time defending and protecting their own paycheque.
There are almost 1.5 million people who have declared themselves to be unemployed in Canada. Last quarter, our economy barely inched forward at 0.9%. Were it not for a commodity boom, unemployment would be a lot higher and the economy would be massively contracting.
While the federal balance sheet is relatively healthy, the total national debt (which includes what is carried by the provinces) is close to 80% of GDP. The government should be making some difficult decisions that parliamentarians will have to carefully scrutinize. Our fiscal situation cannot be allowed to recklessly deteriorate. At the same time, significant and intelligent investments should be made to expand the economy in areas such as productivity, critical infrastructure, education and training, to name a few. That will require some finesse and tough choices.
Interim NDP leader Nycole Turmel tried yesterday to deflect the issue of MP pensions by calling on the Harper Government to ask a third party to review the matter.
Turmel’s suggestion is precisely why MP compensation should be slashed. MPs should be demonstrating national leadership and be examples for the rest of the country, not spending their time defending and protecting their own paycheque.
There are almost 1.5 million people who have declared themselves to be unemployed in Canada. Last quarter, our economy barely inched forward at 0.9%. Were it not for a commodity boom, unemployment would be a lot higher and the economy would be massively contracting.
While the federal balance sheet is relatively healthy, the total national debt (which includes what is carried by the provinces) is close to 80% of GDP. The government should be making some difficult decisions that parliamentarians will have to carefully scrutinize. Our fiscal situation cannot be allowed to recklessly deteriorate. At the same time, significant and intelligent investments should be made to expand the economy in areas such as productivity, critical infrastructure, education and training, to name a few. That will require some finesse and tough choices.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Ottawa picks up only fraction of G20 tab sought by Toronto businesses
The federal government is paying out less than $2-million in
compensation to Toronto businesses affected by the 2010 G20 meetings, a
fraction of the $11-million requested.Normal business life in downtown Toronto essentially shut down during the summit as protesters moved in to fill the largely deserted streets. Some protesters vandalized storefronts, leaving owners to ask Ottawa for compensation.
New statistics tabled in Parliament this week reveal that Ottawa received 367 claims for compensation, totalling $11-million. However only 149 claims have been paid, for a total of $1.9-million. A total of 166 claims were rejected.
A further 47 claims have been deemed eligible, but have not been paid yet because the claimants have not signed a required waiver. The government’s guidelines for compensation indicate that recipients of federal compensation must sign a waiver “releasing the Government of Canada from any liability in relation to the implementation of the Extraordinary Security Measures.”
Origin
Source: Globe&Mail
Friday, June 17, 2011
Feds reject nearly half of G20 compensation claims
The federal government has rejected almost half the claims made by downtown businesses for losses incurred as a result of last summer’s G20 summit.
Of the 367 claims submitted by Toronto business owners, 169 have been accepted, though not necessarily for the amount owners were seeking.
The government budgeted $10 million to help Toronto businesses recover losses from the summit weekend but has so far awarded less than one-fifth that amount.
The claims totalled more than $11 million, but less than $2 million has been handed out. Another 161 claims were wholly rejected; 37 more are still awaiting decision.
“Basically, they’ve blown me off,” said celebrity chef Mark McEwan, owner of Bymark restaurant in the TD Centre on Wellington St. W.
McEwan said he boarded up his restaurant for 10 days — a full week before the summit — and lost $170,000 in revenue. But he only filed a claim for $26,500, the cost of disassembling and storing the 140-seat patio, along with fortifying the restaurant, which he says he was “forced” to do by security officials. The government rejected his claim.
“They told me I didn’t have to close. What do you mean I didn’t have to close? They basically closed the whole neighbourhood down.”
The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade set up the compensation process after the summit to lessen the financial burden caused by the summit’s extraordinary security measures, which effectively shut down parts of the downtown core for an entire weekend last June.
Full Article
Source: Toronto Star
Of the 367 claims submitted by Toronto business owners, 169 have been accepted, though not necessarily for the amount owners were seeking.
The government budgeted $10 million to help Toronto businesses recover losses from the summit weekend but has so far awarded less than one-fifth that amount.
The claims totalled more than $11 million, but less than $2 million has been handed out. Another 161 claims were wholly rejected; 37 more are still awaiting decision.
“Basically, they’ve blown me off,” said celebrity chef Mark McEwan, owner of Bymark restaurant in the TD Centre on Wellington St. W.
McEwan said he boarded up his restaurant for 10 days — a full week before the summit — and lost $170,000 in revenue. But he only filed a claim for $26,500, the cost of disassembling and storing the 140-seat patio, along with fortifying the restaurant, which he says he was “forced” to do by security officials. The government rejected his claim.
“They told me I didn’t have to close. What do you mean I didn’t have to close? They basically closed the whole neighbourhood down.”
The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade set up the compensation process after the summit to lessen the financial burden caused by the summit’s extraordinary security measures, which effectively shut down parts of the downtown core for an entire weekend last June.
Full Article
Source: Toronto Star
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