December 15, 2007

Canuck corruption on tasers

Hill & Knowlton are the ones who devised the "scheme" whereby no one speaks of tasers in public as weapons. Any wonder the type of statements we have been hearing since Dziekznski's death by likes of coroners, cops, Stockwell Day and other??


O! Somedays knowing this much just gets a bit overwhelming and I think not a soul really sees I think I post or even wants to know. That said, it's all here, buried in this huge messa blog posts - the real raw truth if anyone cares to look. The owners of Taser International are here, the video of the US Air force testing them on pigs improperly, the future of tasers, it's all here. (even if I misspell the name constantly ;>)

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Taser manufacturer hired former aide to minister Stockwell Day as lobbyist

JACK AUBRY, CanWest News Service

Published: 3 hours ago

Amid controversy over police use of Tasers, the U.S. company that makes the devices hired a well-connected lobbyist who is a former policy adviser to Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day and Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Ken Boessenkool, of the Hill & Knowlton public affairs consulting firm, was retained by Taser International Inc. on Nov. 28, a few days after the B.C. government announced a public inquiry into the Oct. 14 death of Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver International Airport. A video recording of the Polish immigrant being subdued by Taser-wielding RCMP officers provoked national debate about police use of the conducted energy weapons.

Boessenkool is registered to lobby the Prime Minister's Office, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, the RCMP and MPs. The Harper government's much-heralded crackdown on lobbying remains in limbo until Treasury Board approves new regulations.

Boessenkool could not be reached for comment about his recent hiring by the Taser manufacturer, headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz. Day spokesman John Brent said neither the minister nor any of his staff has met with Boessenkool or any other Taser representative, although he has contacted Day's office.

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