by Judi Mcleod, Editor, Canada Free Press
July 7, 2004
Prime Minister Paul Martin’s former employers at Montreal-based Power Corp. brokered the release of Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 for Canadian viewing days before the June 28 federal election.
Forensic economist David Hawkins alleges that "Privy councilors and Carlyle group advisers, Paul Desmarais and Frank McKenna appear to have arranged the release of Fahrenheit 9/11 by Lion’s Gate during the last days of the election as a propaganda weapon to frighten Canadians away from the pro-American position of the new Canadian Conservative Party," in an email sent to prominent Canadian federal election analysts.
Hawkins, who will release a documentary entitled Ottawa 9/11 "bound to be better than Moore’s because it sticks to the truth" says "high-level Canadian connections in a global conspiracy to attack and undermine the United States" exist.
Desmarais CEO of Power Corp. hired Martin, who was to go on to become finance minister under the Jean Chretien-led Liberal government and eventually to the office of Canadian Prime Minister. Special United Nation’s advisor Maurice Strong, the architect of the Kyoto protocol was Power Corp President when Martin was hired. Today, Strong is Martin’s senior advisor. Chretien’s daughter, France is married to Desmarais’ son Andre.
McKenna is a former Premier of New Brunswick.
John Twigg, of B.C. Politics Trendwatch says Desmarais and Company tried to hijack the federal election by moving to have Fahrenheit 9/11 released during the dying days of the campaign.
"The string of third parties stepping out to slag the Harper Conservatives (including actors and film makers (like) Atom Egoyan…were in some ways beneficiaries of or dependents of federal largesse.
"But surely one of the most extreme cases ever of foreign interference in Canadian politics, right up there with Charles DeGaulle’s `Vive Le Quebec libre’, was when popular documentary film-maker Michael Moore came out in comments published June 25 equating Harper with U.S. President George Bush and pleading with Canadians to stop Harper from being elected.
"Your election comes before ours, and it will be such a blow to those of us trying to get rid of Bush" if Canada elects the Conservative Party of Stephen Harper, Moore told a Toronto audience at a special premiere of his film.
"I’ve spent a lot of time trying to convince Americans that Canadians are smart people, and you’re going to make me look really bad. I really need you to make sure that Mr. Harper does not take over. Why (would) you want to be like us?"
The play given to Moore’s words by the media made it appear that "Moore was some kind of hired gun called in to do a drive-by hit", said Twigg.
Twigg agrees with Hawkins that the timely release of Fahrenheit 9/11 came courtesy of Martin’s Power Corp friends.
"Even more disconcerting is the business news behind the story, namely that the distribution of the controversial movie, which was turned down by the Disney corporation apparently because they felt Moore’s anti-Bush presentation was unfair, was done by North Vancouver-based Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., which happens to be very heavily in debt and so is especially beholden to the federal (Liberal) government for favourable tax rulings and continued business subsidies."
The movie, he said, probably cost Conservative MP Ted White his North Vancouver seat.
But the Power Corp. Pooh-Bahs and their hired gun, drive-by hitman failed to hoodwink Canadians at the polling booth. When the dust settled on June 28, the ruling Liberals had been left with a humiliating minority government.
Canada Free Press founding editor Most recent by Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years experience in the print media. Her work has appeared on Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com, Glenn Beck. Judi can be reached at: judi@canadafreepress.com
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