As I watched the related documentary on TV, the Fifth Estate: Scandal of the Century, I felt dismayed to see former Justice Minister Chris Axworthy running away as a mouse from CBC journalist Linden MacIntyre. I thought that maybe, maybe, Honourable Chris Axworthy had something to keep secretive along with his fellow cabinet ministers and the police. I feel impotent in rationalizing the widespread corruption of our leadership since I will never reconcile the fact that the same institutions which make our written laws don't abide by their own laws!

There doesn't seem to be a standard for appreciating the appropriate behaviour of our politicians. As a consequence, our country becomes democratic only at election time when our politicians want to be elected to the high priesthood of parliamentarians. After an electoral campaign where our leaders have insulted each other, our winner Jean Chretien has stated that it is time to turn the page and get back to do business as usual, that is to continue with the job of serving themselves and their friends. And I say, why should business be as usual? No, it cannot be, we can't continue to let our politicians lie and abuse their governmental power.

Our individual freedom has been curtailed by our politicians, bureaucrats and corporate businesses, and we must take our freedom back, individually, exercising our individual rights to express ourselves and to pursue our individual rights to seek remedies against the fraudulent wrongs of our governmental agencies. In this respect, let us follow the work of the Klassen family in seeking punitive damages from the police, from social service and from the department of justice. And let us not forget Dr. Emma Bartfay(2) and her fight against the deviant directions of her former supervisor Dr. David Cassidy(3) and the University of Saskatchewan. So, let us go on with the business to make democratic changes, no matter small, one small change at a time, just like our courageous judges are doing: John Reilly(4), Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond(5), and Louise Arbour(6).

Our laws have become insignificant, our justice has become decadent, most of our lawyers divide themselves into their political affiliations, and instead to assist their clients they assist the power that be, not the power that should be! So, we are left alone to express ourselves, alienated from the inconclusive and insignificant complex verbosity of our leadership. Our Prime Minister has intervened personally with the president of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) for the granting of a $615,000 loan to his friend and business neighbor Mr. Yvon Duhaime and Mr. Howard Wilson, Ethics Counsellor, in a matter of a day has cleared Jean Chretien of any ethical wrongdoing. Mr. Wilson has stated "The Prime Minister, in calling the president of the BDC, did not violate any rule which has been established by the Canadian government in terms of ministers dealing on behalf of constituents with government agencies."

I am not going to put myself at the same level as Mr. Wilson and look for specific laws which Jean Chretien might have breached. You know why? Because if I find a law which has been breached, then the other party would have another law which has not been breached, and if the other party doesn't have a law in their favour then they make one, on the spot! That's the way our Prime Minister is efficient, in avoiding any blame, in helping his friends and never say "I apologize."

Don't take me wrong, I am not judgmental, I just use common sense, and this is what our democracy lacks: common sense; and this is what our justice system lacks: common law, that is common sense applied in our justice system. We need more common sense applied to our justice system and fewer statutory or written laws. And I am going to list some facts surrounding the $615,000 loan to Mr. Duhaime, and I am not going to make any judgement in regard to the possibility that the Prime Minister broke any law. You, reader, will make your personal opinion and I don't want to know your opinion either, but what is important in making democratic opinions is a common language. And because we are dealing with the appropriateness of Jean Chretien's behaviour, then just briefly I want to provide the very basic English definitions of Fraud, Ethics and Abuse of Power.

Fraud: Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage. re: http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=fraud

Ethics: Set of principles of right conduct. re: http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=ethics

Abuse of Power: A corrupt practice or custom. re: http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=abuse

References/endnotes

Relevant political and economics articles http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign

1. The Fifth Estate: Scandal of the Century, by Mario deSantis, November 29, 2000 http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/desantisArticles/2000_200/desantis274/FifthEstate.html

2. No-Fault is not an administrative matter, it is a political matter, it affects all of us, by Mario deSantis, June 9, 2000 http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/desantisArticles/2000/desantis179/NoFault.html

3. Dr. Cassidy's study: another fraud and no one has run with the money! By Mario deSantis, July 7, 2000

4. Judge John Reilly is a hero: a reaffirmation of individual rights, by Mario deSantis, September 6, 2000 http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/desantisArticles/2000_200/desantis222/judgereilly.html

5. Judge Turpel-Lafond's advocacy for common people and for common law, by Mario deSantis, October 18, 2000 http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/desantisArticles/2000_200/desantis242/socialadvocacy.html

6. The Supreme Court of Canada: Using Psychology to find the Truth, by Mario deSantis, October 21, 2000 http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/desantisArticles/2000_200/desantis245/supremecourt.html