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by gucci-on-fleek 98 days ago
> https://www.fca-caf.ca/en/pages/decisions/plain-language-dec...

Huh, I wasn't aware of that, thanks. Looks like it only came out a couple months ago, which would explain how I missed it. But that indeed does seem pretty conclusive, so I'll gladly concede that point.

I'd still say that this is just standard government overreach/misuse of power and not corruption though.

> Ironically the exit of the Cabinet members highlights further corruption. Canada has transferred ~25 Billion to Ukraine. The minister responsible for the debanking of Canadians has left Canada and taken an official post in the Ukrainian government for the distribution of this money.

Ok, this one definitely sounds like corruption though. I haven't heard of this one before, so I'm not entirely sure about the details, but what you said does seem to broadly agree with what the linked Wikipedia article says.

And yeah, I agree that this sounds pretty bad.

> In short you have completely no understanding of the level of corruption in this country.

C'mon, there's no need for a semi-personal semi-attack here! I'm a Canadian living in Canada, so I like to think that I have a good idea what's going on in the country, but I'm of course mistaken sometimes.

Still, I think that you picked fairly weak examples; better ones would be the Sponsorship Scandal [0], the WE scandal [1], Aga Khan [2], and so on.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponsorship_scandal

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WE_Charity_scandal

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aga_Khan_affair

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Corruption comes in many forms. Sending 25 billion to the most corrupt country in Europe is to me more significant (than other scandals) due to scale.

> I'm a Canadian living in Canada

I am not intending a personal attack. I see something different happening in this country than maybe others. Every aspect of the country has significant corruption. Most of it will not fall under normal (criminal) corruption.

I can leave you with two important highlights to help understand Canada:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/13/canada...

https://companiesmarketcap.com/cad/canada/largest-companies-...