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Seeing below the belt of ethics: or US uses pay back to sell military machines !
Cui Bono?
which Oligarchs?
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http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=52920
WILL CONTRACT w/ US END BSE SANCTIONS ON CANADA?
Posted By: Mammonator <Send E-Mail>
Date: Saturday, 24 July 2004, 1:37 a.m.
Canada's former conservative government had ratified a bid with a European company to replace Canada's aging military Sea King helicopters.
Then the conser
atives were decimated in the ensuing election.
PM Jean Chretien promptly nixed the deal at a cost of a half BILLION dollars in penalties.
Eleven years later, the Liberal minority government
announces a deal
for a helicopter to replace the Sea Kings... only problem is...
it's never been use
d for military applications.
Why was this particular helicopter chosen?
I'd like to suggest the following scenario:
The US goes to war in Iraq.
Canada does not join the 'coalition of the willing.'
One cow is found to have mad cow (BSE) in Alberta.
The border closes to all Canadian Beef. SARS hits Toronto. West Nile virus...
Can anyone spell ECONOMIC SANCTIONS?
PM Chretien's unelected replacement, Paul Martin meets with GW Bush...
things seem cordial.
Undefined promises regarding the opening of the border
to Canadian Cattle are hinted. Time passes...
Paul Martin in re-elected with a minority gove
rnment...
First MAJOR announcement of the new government:
Canada buys a helicopter that is unproven for military applications
from a US company...
WILL THE BORDER NOW OPEN TO
CANADIAN BEEF???
WAS THIS PURCHASE A CONTINGENCY FOR OPENING THE BORDER???
TIME will tell...
The following article provides some of the background
on the issues that h
ave been presented for 'PUBLIC' consumption...
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U.S. firm is handed Ottawa's helicopter contract
By GLORIA GALLOWAY
Friday, July 23, 2004 - Page A1
OTTAWA -- The Canadian government has opted to pay $4-billion to a U.S. firm for navy helicopters that were chosen for their price, and their political compatibility, rather than their ability to do the job, sources close to the deal said yesterday.
The winning bid for 28 choppers to replace the aging fleet of Sea Kings is to be announced today, a
Defence Department spokesman said. Sources say the winner is Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.
Eleven years ago, former Prime Minister Jean ChrÃÆ’ Ô�Å¡©tien tore up a $5.8-billion contract for 50 helicopt
ers that he inherited from the Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. That decision cost Canadians $500-million in penalties.
An aircraft industry source said the bidding process was skewed in favour of U.S.-b
ased Sikorsky's "cheaper and less capable aircraft" to avoid the appearance of buying from the same company -- EH Industries of Britain -- whose contract the Liberals rejected in 1993.
"The contract has been awarded to Sikorsky and that is the reason why," the source said yesterday, adding that the Liberals structured the bid by demanding that the cheapest helicopter win.
"The outcome is inevitable; there's only one outcome possible based on this kind of process and it's the outcome that Mr. ChrÃÆ’ Ô�Å¡©tien wanted."
Sikorsky has previ
ously promised that it could deliver the first helicopter to Canada within four years of signing a contract.
The federal government refused to confirm yesterday which company, Sikorsky wi
th its S-92 or EH Industries with its EH-101, had emerged as the winner. Prime Minister Paul Martin promised in April, 2003, that the helicopters would be the best machines for the job.
(SNIP)
That speculation ended when former defence minister David Pratt, who was de
feated in the recent federal election, said late last year that the lowest bid would indeed get the contract. Sikorsky's main Canadian partner in the bid, General Dynamics Canada, is in Mr. Pratt's Ottawa-area riding. The EH-101s are heavy-duty machines with extra engines, and therefore more costly than the Sikorsky S-92s. Fifteen Cormorant helicopters similar to the EH-101s were bought in 1998 for $790-million to replace the search-and-rescue fleet, and Mr. ChrÃÆ’ Ô�Å¡©tien was said to be furious that the military had selected the sa
me aircraft he had cancelled.
(SNIP)
"We're right back to where we started," Scott Taylor, editor of Esprit de Corps Magazine told CTV News. "In the meantim
e we've put our soldiers at risk for an entire decade, our air force at risk for an entire decade . . . it's a sad day for the air force."
Entire article at:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Ar
t...National/Canada
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Just doin' some thinkin' out loud...
Anybody got anything on Sikorsky Aircraft Corp?
Blessings,
Mammonator
Seeing below the belt of ethics: or US uses pay back to sell military machines !
Cui Bono?
which Oligarchs?
````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=52920
WILL CONTRACT w/ US END BSE SANCTIONS ON CANADA?
Posted By: Mammonator <Send E-Mail>
Date: Saturday, 24 July 2004, 1:37 a.m.
Canada's former conservative government had ratified a bid with a European company to replace Canada's aging military Sea King helicopters.
Then the conser
atives were decimated in the ensuing election.
PM Jean Chretien promptly nixed the deal at a cost of a half BILLION dollars in penalties.
Eleven years later, the Liberal minority government
announces a deal
for a helicopter to replace the Sea Kings... only problem is...
it's never been use
d for military applications.
Why was this particular helicopter chosen?
I'd like to suggest the following scenario:
The US goes to war in Iraq.
Canada does not join the 'coalition of the willing.'
One cow is found to have mad cow (BSE) in Alberta.
The border closes to all Canadian Beef. SARS hits Toronto. West Nile virus...
Can anyone spell ECONOMIC SANCTIONS?
PM Chretien's unelected replacement, Paul Martin meets with GW Bush...
things seem cordial.
Undefined promises regarding the opening of the border
to Canadian Cattle are hinted. Time passes...
Paul Martin in re-elected with a minority gove
rnment...
First MAJOR announcement of the new government:
Canada buys a helicopter that is unproven for military applications
from a US company...
WILL THE BORDER NOW OPEN TO
CANADIAN BEEF???
WAS THIS PURCHASE A CONTINGENCY FOR OPENING THE BORDER???
TIME will tell...
The following article provides some of the background
on the issues that h
ave been presented for 'PUBLIC' consumption...
***************************************************************************
U.S. firm is handed Ottawa's helicopter contract
By GLORIA GALLOWAY
Friday, July 23, 2004 - Page A1
OTTAWA -- The Canadian government has opted to pay $4-billion to a U.S. firm for navy helicopters that were chosen for their price, and their political compatibility, rather than their ability to do the job, sources close to the deal said yesterday.
The winning bid for 28 choppers to replace the aging fleet of Sea Kings is to be announced today, a
Defence Department spokesman said. Sources say the winner is Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.
Eleven years ago, former Prime Minister Jean ChrÃÆ’ Ô�Å¡©tien tore up a $5.8-billion contract for 50 helicopt
ers that he inherited from the Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. That decision cost Canadians $500-million in penalties.
An aircraft industry source said the bidding process was skewed in favour of U.S.-b
ased Sikorsky's "cheaper and less capable aircraft" to avoid the appearance of buying from the same company -- EH Industries of Britain -- whose contract the Liberals rejected in 1993.
"The contract has been awarded to Sikorsky and that is the reason why," the source said yesterday, adding that the Liberals structured the bid by demanding that the cheapest helicopter win.
"The outcome is inevitable; there's only one outcome possible based on this kind of process and it's the outcome that Mr. ChrÃÆ’ Ô�Å¡©tien wanted."
Sikorsky has previ
ously promised that it could deliver the first helicopter to Canada within four years of signing a contract.
The federal government refused to confirm yesterday which company, Sikorsky wi
th its S-92 or EH Industries with its EH-101, had emerged as the winner. Prime Minister Paul Martin promised in April, 2003, that the helicopters would be the best machines for the job.
(SNIP)
That speculation ended when former defence minister David Pratt, who was de
feated in the recent federal election, said late last year that the lowest bid would indeed get the contract. Sikorsky's main Canadian partner in the bid, General Dynamics Canada, is in Mr. Pratt's Ottawa-area riding. The EH-101s are heavy-duty machines with extra engines, and therefore more costly than the Sikorsky S-92s. Fifteen Cormorant helicopters similar to the EH-101s were bought in 1998 for $790-million to replace the search-and-rescue fleet, and Mr. ChrÃÆ’ Ô�Å¡©tien was said to be furious that the military had selected the sa
me aircraft he had cancelled.
(SNIP)
"We're right back to where we started," Scott Taylor, editor of Esprit de Corps Magazine told CTV News. "In the meantim
e we've put our soldiers at risk for an entire decade, our air force at risk for an entire decade . . . it's a sad day for the air force."
Entire article at:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Ar
t...National/Canada
***************************************************************************
Just doin' some thinkin' out loud...
Anybody got anything on Sikorsky Aircraft Corp?
Blessings,
Mammonator