The Government has already signed a contract with Lockheed for the 2011 Census.
We had hoped to prevent this from happening. Geez! Now a campaign to let StatsCan and the Public Works Department know that I won’t be complying with the 2011 Census?! Maybe it’s prudent to wait until after my trial?!
Many thanks to the investigative journalism of Travis Lupick at the Georgia Strait newspaper:
Morrison (from StatsCan) … said that the contracts were open to bidding, and that Lockheed Martin was the only company to place bids on either contract.
” … Peter Morrison, director general for the census program branch of StatsCan. In a phone interview, Morrison said that on July 21, 2008, a second contract worth $19.7 million was awarded to the company for work related to the 2011 census.”
No other company submitted a tender for the particular work. I don’t accept the argument.
Here’s how it works, based on work I did a few years back on a food aid order for bulghur wheat. The transnational corporation in that case was Archer Daniels Midland (ADM – huge in international grain markets. Former Canadian Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney sits on its Board of Directors. They who do not want the competition of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB). Neither does Stephen Harper. I wonder how much money it’s worth to collaborate?)
The specifications for international food aid for bulghur wheat require an ingredient that only one corporation (ADM) manufactures. You have to mix it in with the bulghur wheat, to “fortify” it. It’s a high-priced protein ingredient. The specifications make it so that only ADM can fill the food-aid order. Price-wise others can’t compete. No substitutions are allowed, not even an excellent and lower-priced pea protein made in Saskatchewan. ADM has the people who administer the food aid programme for bulghur wheat in their pocket. Bulghur wheat made from good quality wheat does not require fortification.
So only Lockheed Martin tendered for this contract? Sorry but I’m skeptical. And regardless, it is always unwise to develop a system that is dependent upon ONE supplier. Eventually they will call the shots. And they will make it so that other parts of the system become dependent upon their services. It is in their interest to do so. It’s how corporations are supposed to operate.
I maintain my position. Articles such as the “U.S. wants more information on Canadians” (sent to you on Nov. 26) reinforce my conviction.
(link no longer valid, straight.com)
News that a weapons contract has been awarded to one of the world’s largest arms makers has emboldened two Canadians charged by the federal government for refusing to complete the 2006 census.
On August 27, Lockheed Martin announced that it had received a $61-million contract to produce guided-rocket systems for the U.S. military. Its news release stated: “To date, more than 850 GMLRS [guided multiple-launch rocket system] rockets have been fired in the Global War on Terror.”
In 2004, Statistics Canada awarded Lockheed Martin Canada a $65-million contract for hardware, software, and printing services for the 2006 census, according to Peter Morrison, director general for the census program branch of StatsCan.
In a phone interview, Morrison said that on July 21, 2008, a second contract worth $19.7 million was awarded to the company for work related to the 2011 census.
Saskatoon resident Sandra Findley told the Straight that she is protesting the federal government’s spending of tax dollars on services provided by a company that makes “billions of dollars in the business of killing people”.
Findley, who is being assisted in her defence by Vancouver lawyer Gail Davidson, described Lockheed Martin’s contract with StatsCan as an example of the encroachment of the U.S. military-industrial complex into Canada. “It is very easy to make the argument that the American economy is actually dependent upon the waging of war,” Findley said. “So we are getting tangled up in all of that.”
Darek Czernewcan, a truck driver from Orangeville, Ontario, received notice of the charges last month. The former Vancouver resident told the Straight that he originally opposed completing the census for privacy reasons. After researching the issue, Czernewcan said, he learned of Lockheed Martin’s involvement. He said he also has a problem with taxpayers’ money going to one of the world’s largest weapons manufacturers.
Czernewcan explained that during the Cold War, his father was a political prisoner of Poland’s Soviet government. Later, his parents immigrated to Canada to spare Czernewcan from compulsory military service.
“I have this intrinsic aversion to anything military,” he said.
A representative of Lockheed Martin Canada referred the Straight’s questions to StatsCan.
Morrison claimed that he could not comment on “individuals’ concerns”. He said that the contracts were open to bidding, and that Lockheed Martin was the only company to place bids on either contract.
Under the Statistics Act, Canadians who refuse to complete a census face a maximum fine of $500 and three months in prison.
According to an August news release, Lockheed Martin employs 140,000 people worldwide and reported 2007 sales of US$41.9 billion.
Census interviewed me last May, just four months ago. They obtained my number randomly, since it is unlisted. I finally gave in to their forty minute questionnaire. I was extremely uncomfortable. One question referred to sterility. I immediately became concerned due to my research into GMO and NWO etc. I know that the questions are part of a depopulation agenda. I am extremely terrified by what is soon to come. Four months after providing the census information, I am again being harassed one day every week by someone who has been depositing the short form request for contact card. Why do I have to submit information every four months. Am I on the red or blue list? Please help. I do not know if I will be arrested for not filling out the form contracted to a US firm who specialize in killing people.
Hello Mabel,
Please to go: http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=2655
I added this comment from you and my reply to a paste-together of questions from other people and my responses.