It may re-pay the reader to spend a few minutes tracing the
connections of Paul Desmarais and Power Corp. to the leading politicians, etc.
of
So...we have the CONSERVATIVE party [via Mulroney], the LIBERAL party [via Chretien], and the NDP [via Rae] all tightly connected to....Paul Desmarais and Power Corp.
And we have the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister, and the Prime Minister's key aide all tightly connected to....Paul Desmarais and Power Corp.
Mel Hurtig wrote, in THE BETRAYAL OF CANADA:
"Since Brian Mulroney became Prime Minister, Big Business has had effective control of the political and economic agenda, and hence the social and cultural agenda as well. Paul Desmarais provided much of the money for Pierre Trudeau's campaign, Brian Mulroney's campaign, and Jean Chretien's campaign." [p.188]
Maurice Strong has now joined Brian Mulroney and Paul Desmarais in investing the Asia Power Group's $100 million venture capital in "small coal-fired power plants being built in the south of China". They are also looking at "larger projects in northern China, as well as in Malaysia, the Philippines and India." The Asian economies are expected to spend $1 trillion [US] on essential infrastructure, of which an estimated $400 billion [US] will be on power generation. Chinese and Asian labour costs are low - as low, in China, as $45 per month - and potential profits are high.
The Nov/Dec. 1993 issue of David Rockefeller's Council on Foreign Relations' publication FOREIGN RELATIONS contains an article, THE RISE OF CHINA, in which we are warned that China will begin to use more energy than the United States within a few decades, massively straining the world's energy supplies. Most of China's energy comes from the burning of soft, high-sulphur, highly- polluting coal. In 1991 alone, 11 trillion cubic meters of waste gases and sixteen million tons of soot were emitted into the atmosphere over China - and it has only just begun its long process of increased energy generation!
The suphur in this coal causes acid rain. The burning of the coal releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the most efficient "greenhouse gas" in the global warming process.
The
Oh, and Paul Desmarais?
In September, 1993, he joined David Rockefeller's Trilateral Commission.
He won't feel out-of-place there, though. Other prominent Canadian members include Gerald Bouey [former Governor of the Bank of Canada]; Conrad Black, newspaper magnate and chairman of Argus; John Allen, CEO of Stelco; Raymond Cyr, President of Bell Canada Enterprises; Peter Dobell, of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, in Ottawa; Marie-Jose Druin, Hudson Institute of Canada; Claude Edwards, Public Staff Relations Board in Ottawa; Allan Gottlieb, former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.; David Henniger, Regional Director of Burns, Fry; Senator Duff Roblin; Ron Sutherland, CEO of ATCO Ltd., William Turner, of Montreal's PCC Industrial Corporation; and J.H. Warren, former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.
[And, of course, Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau was also in the habit of frequently briefing meetings of David Rockefeller's Council on Foreign Relations in Washington; and Lucien Bouchard, separatist PQ leader, was brought into politics by Brian Mulroney, whose last act in Ottawa was to host a black-tie dinner for 200 members of Rockefeller's Council of the Americas, who flew up on Rockefeller's private jet to celebrate the successful negotiation of NAFTA - another Rockefeller innovation]
1995-1996 Soft Money Came Mostly From
Jewish Controlled Sources
TOP 1995-96
'SOFT MONEY' CONTRIBUTORS TO THE NATIONAL PARTY COMMITTEES
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Contributors |
To Democrats |
To Republicans |
Total |
Industry |
Philip Morris Cos.* |
$496,518 |
$2,520,518 |
$3,017,036 |
Tobacco |
Joseph E. Seagram Sons* |
1,261,700 |
677,145 |
1,938,845 |
Beer, wine |
RJR Nabisco Inc.* |
254,756 |
1,188,175 |
1,442,931 |
Tobacco |
Walt Disney Co.* |
1,063,050 |
296,450 |
1,359.500 |
Media/ |
Atlantic Richfield Co.* |
486,372 |
764,471 |
1,250843 |
Oil gas |
American Federation of
State, |
1,134,962 |
0 |
1,134,962 |
Public sector |
Communications Workers of |
1,130,300 |
0 |
1,130,300 |
Industrial union |
AT Corp.* |
422,184 |
552,340 |
974,524 |
Telephone |
Federal Express* |
592,625 |
380,900 |
973,525 |
Air transport |
MCI Telecommunications
Corp.* |
607,296 |
357,218 |
964,514 |
Telephone |
Association of Trial
Lawyers |
606,300 |
197,100 |
803,400 |
Lawyers/ |
Lazard Freres Co.* |
624,500 |
163,100 |
787,600 |
Securities investment |
Revlon Group/MacAndrews
Forbes* |
623,250 |
140,000 |
763,250 |
Manufacturing |
Anheuser-Bush |
401,107 |
359,950 |
761,057 |
Beer, wine |
Eli Lilly |
239,850 |
506,985 |
746,835 |
Pharmaceuticals |
Food Commercial Workers |
727,550 |
0 |
727,550 |
Misc. union |
Time Warner Inc.* |
401,250 |
325,000 |
726,250 |
Media |
Chevron Corp. |
176,050 |
526,256 |
702,306 |
Oil gas |
Archer Daniels Midland Co.* |
295,000 |
405,000 |
700,000 |
Agricultural |
Enron Corp.* |
142,400 |
544,500 |
686,900 |
Oil gas |
US Tobacco Co.* |
118,362 |
556,603 |
674,965 |
Tobacco |
News Corp.* |
20,000 |
654,700 |
674,700 |
Media/ |
NYNEX Corp.* |
240,347 |
411,255 |
651,602 |
Telephone |
Textron Inc. |
274,700 |
373,300 |
648,000 |
Defense/ |
American Financial Corp.* |
115,000 |
530,000 |
645,000 |
Insurance |
Goldman, Sachs Co.8 |
542,500 |
102,185 |
644,685 |
Securities & |
Brown Williamson Tobacco |
7,500 |
635,000 |
642,500 |
Tobacco |
Laborers |
627,088 |
7,500 |
634,588 |
Building trade |
Bernard Schwartz, Loral
Corp. |
601,000 |
30,500 |
631,500 |
Defense electronics |
Integrated Health Services
Inc.* |
574,000 |
35,000 |
609,000 |
Hospitals/ |
Northwest Airlines* |
327,400 |
257,045 |
584,445 |
Air transport |
Entergy Corp.* |
295,000 |
286,975 |
581,975 |
Electric utilities |
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Association* |
139,635 |
438,053 |
577,688 |
Insurance |
WMX Technologies* |
187,200 |
389,300 |
576,500 |
Waste |
PaineWebber Inc.* |
155,700 |
405,050 |
560,750 |
Securities & |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corp.** |
287,500 |
270,000 |
557,500 |
Real estate |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.* |
114,500 |
437,900 |
552,400 |
Pharmaceuticals |
BankAmerica Corp. |
192,939 |
353,850 |
546,789 |
Commercial banks |
Travelers Group Inc.* |
199,349 |
340,595 |
539,944 |
Insurance |
Telecommunications Inc.* |
130,000 |
403,950 |
533,950 |
Media/ |
Tobacco Institute* |
106,044 |
424,795 |
530,839 |
Tobacco |
DreamWorks SKG* |
530,000 |
0 |
530,000 |
Media/ |
Milberg, Weiss et al.* |
530,000 |
0 |
530,000 |
Lawyers/law firms |
Coca-Cola Co.* |
163,120 |
356,620 |
519,740 |
Food beverage |
Pfizer Inc.* |
100,500 |
411,395 |
511,895 |
Pharmaceuticals/ |
Glaxo Wellcome Inc.* |
46,400 |
463,600 |
510,000 |
Pharmaceuticals/ |
General Motors Corp.* |
76,900 |
426,425 |
503,325 |
Automotive |
Hayes, Mariam Cannon |
0 |
500,000 |
500,000 |
Republican/ |
Hiatt, |
500,000 |
0 |
500,000 |
Nonprofit |
*Includes donations from subsidiaries and affiliated
individuals.
**Based on data available on-line from the FEC on Feb. 3 and data taken from
the parties year-end reports filed on Jan. 31. Does not include contributions
from state party and candidate committees or transfers between the national
party committees.
SOURCE: Center for Responsive Politics from Federal Election Commission data,
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