Trading favors, police corruption, bribery, and general disregard for taxpayers’ money. What else is new. Couldn’t have come at a better time, right befor elections are held.
No bid $90mill contract awarded to a company who has been “improving relations” at dinners, resorts, hockey games etc etc etc…
We’re glad Edmonton has great finances to blow $90 mill on a single memo written by a single cop, who seemed to be doing a “favor” to someone that wined and dined him…
As more and more people learn of bill C-2, the law designated to take the popular term “Smoke & Fly” under attack is once again evolving. Last week media outlets have reported, that the Centre of Forensic Services, in charge would not be taking on their testing duties under the new legislation.
The CFS claimed that the labs would be overloaded, much like Ontario’s justice system.
The memo read as follows “As the projected workload will exceed current capabilities, the (CFS) will immediately discontinue acceptance of all submissions related to the Drug Evaluation and Classification program until the necessary capabilities are developed,”
The CFS did a complete turn-around yesterday and issued another statement.
“We have revisited our response to the impact of the Bill C-2 legislation,” director Dr. Ray Prime mentioned yesterday. Noted that the CFS “will accept samples that are taken under the provisions of Bill C-2.”
The first man charged in Ontario with driving drug impaired is a 20-year old from Keswick. He has been apprehended on Sunday by South Simcoe police.
For the past couple of years we have all heard that the police are constantly cracking down on vehicle enthusiasts who are modifying their vehicles.
Some people took it for granted, others said it is not accurate information, and there is no such profiling that exists.
The other day I was with a friend of mine casually driving the streets of Mississauga. We were behind a police cruiser in an area that can be associated with high numbers of modified vehicles. The vehicle in front of the cruiser was a somewhat modified WRX STI.
As we pulled up to the next intersection, we could tell the STI was going to be pulled over. It left the intersection slowly, with it’s exhaust system in a deep rumble. It got maybe 10 feet when the cruiser turned it’s lights on.
The STI is worth about $30k Canadian. Add 5-10k for modifications and you have a $40k car. Why does the police take it upon themselves to profile modified vehicles, as there are many more important issues at hand?
Reading the Toronto Star, there was an article explaining how all but 7 of the 150 drug dealers rounded up in last weeks raids are out on the street continuing their crafts. Should the police not dedicate more manpower to such issues rather then trying to destroy a hobby?
