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mick silver
22nd December 2011, 10:03 AM
http://www.thedailybell.com/3394/It-Begins-Anti-Money-Power-Lawsuit-Filed-in-Canada- ... press release announces that Canadian constitutional lawyer, Rocco Galati, "on behalf of Canadians William Krehm, and Ann Emmett, and COMER (Committee for Monetary and Economic Reform)" has been filed in Canadian Federal Court, "to restore the use of the Bank of Canada to its original purpose, by exercising its public statutory duty and responsibility." – Rocco Galati Law Firm/ via Rense
Dominant Social Theme: The money system we have now is the best it can be.
Free-Market Analysis: Well, it is finally happening. A legal challenge to the power elite (javascript:showWindow(500,800,'/floatWindow.cfm?id=610');)'s money system has been launched in a Canadian Court "for the benefit of Canadians ... and to restore the use of the Bank of Canada for the benefit of Canadians. Here's some more from the press release mentioned above:
The action also constitutionally challenges the government's fallacious accounting methods in its tabling of the budget by not calculating nor revealing the true and total revenues of the nation before transferring back "tax credits" to corporations and other taxpayers. The Plaintiffs state that since 1974 there has been a gradual but sure slide into the reality that the Bank of Canada and Canada's monetary and financial policy are dictated by private foreign banks and financial interests contrary to the Bank of Canada Act.
The Plaintiffs state that the Bank of International Settlements (javascript:showWindow(500,800,'/floatWindow.cfm?id=1812');) (BIS), the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) and the International Monetary Fund (javascript:showWindow(500,800,'/floatWindow.cfm?id=1823');) (IMF) were all created with the cognizant intent of keeping poorer nations in their place which has now expanded to all nations in that these financial institutions largely succeed in over-riding governments and constitutional orders in countries such as Canada over which they exert financial control.
The Plaintiffs state that the meetings of the BIS and Financial Stability Board (FSB) (successor of FSF), their minutes, their discussions and deliberations are secret and not available nor accountable to Parliament, the executive, nor the Canadian public notwithstanding that the Bank of Canada policies directly emanate from these meetings. These organizations are essentially private, foreign entities controlling Canada's banking system and socio-economic policies.
Strong stuff. As we've been writing since 2008 now, the current central banking (javascript:showWindow(500,800,'/floatWindow.cfm?id=2958');) money system is probably finished. It is not finished because it has worked so badly (for most people anyway) but because it is seen as profoundly immoral.
The argument used to be that you needed a central banking system as a lender of last resort. But in practice, people have simply decided that the system is a kind of ruse that protects a certain financial class while leaving everyone else to fend for themselves. You can read two initial articles on this here:
Beginning of the End? Fed Cannot Account for $9 Trillion (http://thedailybell.com/384/Federal-Reserve-cannot-account-for-9-trillion.html)
Have the Immoral Actions of Central Bankers Precipitated the Decline of the West? (http://www.thedailybell.ch/2691/Have-the-Immoral-Actions-of-Central-Bankers-Precipitated-the-Decline-of-the-West)
Of course, beyond its immortality and incredible unfairness, the current money system as it operates throughout the West IS illegal; it has been corrupted by the people who run it entirely for their own benefit. Knowing human nature, this is entirely expectable. When individuals are granted a money monopoly, they will inevitably abuse it.
The Canadian plaintiffs make this point as well, stating that officials are "engaged in a conspiracy." They wield a perfectly justifiable broad brush, naming the BIS, FSB and IMF as part of a larger effort to "render impotent the Bank of Canada Act as well as Canadian sovereignty over financial, monetary, and socio-economic policy, and bypass the sovereign rule of Canada ..."
If the lawsuit had stopped there, we'd be all for it. Unfortunately, the announced goal of the lawsuit as expressed by the plaintiffs is to support "making interest free loans to municipal/provincial/federal governments for 'human capital' expenditures (education, health, other social services) and/or infrastructure expenditures."
The lawsuit is a good idea because it may publicize what's happened to the West's money system, and Canada's in particular. But it beggars common sense to believe that Canadians – or citizens of any country – can simply print money without interest to pay for an endless stream of social programs.
Unfortunately, this idea has taken hold in the US as well, thanks to intrepid campaigners such as financial author Ellen Brown (javascript:showWindow(500,800,'/floatWindow.cfm?id=2160');). It simply isn't possible, though. Only the free market can regulate how much money-stuff is necessary for an economy. A government simply CANNOT know.
When people run the printing presses, there will likely always be too much money circulating, with the attendant impact of booms, busts and ongoing, ruinous inflation. This is one reason why gold and silver (javascript:showWindow(500,800,'/floatWindow.cfm?id=804');)-based money economies are perhaps the preferable alternative.
Such money-stuff is self regulating. When there is too much of it, value goes down and it ceases to circulate in such abundance. When there is too little, value goes up and MORE circulates. Simple. The magic of the markets.
Litigating the current ruinous money system may not remove it, but it will certainly bring it yet more unwanted attention. That's good. Now if only people would stop thinking that the printing press is a magical instrument and that in "good" hands it can enrich everyone the way it has enriched the Anglosphere (javascript:showWindow(500,800,'/floatWindow.cfm?id=956');) elites. Not so.

keehah
22nd December 2011, 11:09 AM
Canada pre-bailed out Canadian Banks with 100 billion of taxpayer funds for the full liability of Canada's sub-prime mortgage market (CMCH low down payment mortgages). Previously the system just insured the difference between the actual down payment and 25%, the bank was still liable for its 75%.

Supreme Court rejects Ottawa's bid to establish national securities regulator (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/market-players-businesses-hoping-supreme-court-oks-national-regulator-136054108.html)

Posted: 12/22/2011
OTTAWA - Canada's top court has dealt what is likely a fatal blow to the federal government's attempt to create a national stock market regulator, ruling unanimously that the legislation presented to it "overreaches" into provincial jurisdiction.

The decision by all nine justices of the Supreme Court of Canada flies in the face of assurances from Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and a panel of experts he appointed that Ottawa was on sound constitutional ground in legislating in the field.

While not binding, Thursday's decision likely brings to an end Flaherty's plan, which called for the dismantling the current system under which the 13 provinces and territories regulate securities under a co-operative passport system.

The government argues that financial markets have become such a critical aspect of the interwoven global economy that Canada needed a single voice representing its interests on the world stage, and that a single regulator would be more effective in detecting and policing fraud.

If so, the government failed to make its case, said the court.

"Canada has not established that the area of securities has been so transformed that it now falls to be regulated under the federal head of power," the justices wrote.

"In sum, the proposed act overreaches genuine national concerns," the court added. "While the economic importance and pervasive character of the securities market may, in principle, support federal intervention that is qualitatively different from what the provinces can do, they do not justify a wholesale takeover of the regulation of the securities industry."

Flaherty issued a terse response. "We have the decision and we will respect it. It is clear we cannot proceed with this legislation. We will review the decision carefully and act in accordance with it," he said in a release.

Industry representatives urged the government not to abandon the project, arguing that the court left Ottawa room to continue play a role in securities trading regulation.

keehah
18th March 2020, 10:55 AM
Canada pre-bailed out Canadian Banks ....

It begins...

Advisor.ca: CMHC to purchase up to $50B of insured mortgage pools (https://www.advisor.ca/news/economic/cmhc-to-purchase-up-to-50b-of-insured-mortgage-pools/)

The move is designed to provide stable funding to banks and mortgage lenders

March 16, 2020
Under the revised Insured Mortgage Purchase Program (IMPP), the government will purchase up to $50 billion of insured mortgage pools through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), the CMHC said in a release on Monday.

The move will provide stable funding to banks and mortgage lenders to ensure continued lending to Canadian consumers and businesses, the CMHC said. The IMPP also provided lenders with liquidity during the 2008-09 financial crisis.

As insured mortgage pools in Canada already carry government of Canada backing, there’s no additional risk to taxpayers, the release said.

keehah
5th September 2020, 10:17 AM
Former GoldmanSachs banker, now Canadian public servant, concerned private banks are not socializing enough risk.


Bloomberg: CMHC head pleads with Canadian banks to avoid risky mortgages (https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/cmhc-head-pleads-with-canadian-banks-to-avoid-risky-mortgages-1.1478723)

(August 11, 2020)
The head of Canada’s housing authority implored the nation’s lenders to “reconsider” offering mortgages to highly leveraged households, saying excessive borrowing will worsen the pain of the coming economic adjustment.

Evan Siddall, chief executive officer at Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., said the government-backed insurance provider has lost market share due to restrictions it imposed on high-risk borrowers earlier this summer, according to an Aug. 10 letter addressed to lenders and obtained by Bloomberg.

Private insurers have picked up that business, weakening CMHC’s position and threatening the agency’s ability to protect the mortgage market in the event of a crisis, he said.

The national mortgage insurance system shouldn’t be used to help people “buy homes with negative equity,” said Siddall, who steps down at the end of this year. But by offering 95 per cent loan-to-value mortgages subject to a 4 per cent capitalized insurance fee in the midst of an economic calamity, that’s what insurance providers are doing, he said.

“Our decision to tighten underwriting standards was driven by economic systemic concerns,” said Siddall, the former Goldman Sachs banker who has run the country’s main housing finance agency since 2014.

CMHC announced in June it would narrow eligibility criteria to require higher credit scores and lower debt burdens to qualify for a mortgage. The move, which took effect on July 1, was intended to protect new home buyers from falling prices and reduce taxpayer risk to any market correction.

“We have sustained a reduction in our market share to promote a more competitive marketplace for your benefit,” Siddall said in the letter. “However, we are approaching a level of minimum market share that we require to be able to protect the mortgage market in times of crisis. We require your support to prevent further erosion of our market presence.”