If You Want to Know Who Is Corrupt, Throw a Rock

Banana republics must be taking notes on Canada.

Really:

MPs have gained new powers to award lucrative wage subsidies to local employers regardless of whether they asked for aid. The Department of Employment approved the “temporary flexibility” under the quarter-billion dollar Canada Summer Jobs program: ‘New projects MPs identify for immediate investment will be funded first.’

You're just a snowboard instructor, douchebag. Without Gerald Butts writing notes for you, you wouldn't be able to blink. You can force people to sign away their lives or businesses but you can't force science to pretend that you know what you are talking about:

"We have seen many oil and gas companies make commitments already around net-zero by 2050, around understanding that we need to do better in terms of reducing emissions both as a country and as a sector. That's why we're expecting them to put forward a frame within which they will demonstrate their commitments to reducing emissions and fighting climate change," said Trudeau of the funding.

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The country’s largest employers will soon be able to land federal financing to help weather the COVID-19 economic crisis, but are being warned they’ll need to open themselves to financial scrutiny for any tax evasion and prove their commitment to fighting climate change.

Canada’s prime minister was found guilty of violating four sections of the Conflict of Interest Act governing public office holders, stemming from two 2016 vacations on Bell’s Cay, a private island in the Bahamas owned by the Aga Khan.

Oh, it gets better:

Federal employees vetting the millions of applications for emergency and employment-insurance (EI) benefits during the pandemic have been told to ignore most potential cases of cheating, despite reports of widespread fraud.

If employees detect possible abuse they should still process the payment and should not refer the file to the department’s integrity branch, says a memo issued last month by Employment and Social Development Canada.

There are simply no words.