‘The Nebulous World of Peer Review’

“Does peer review `work’ at all? A systematic review of all the available evidence on peer review concluded that `the practice of peer review is based on faith in its effects, rather than on facts‘.”

“Who is a peer?

“Somebody doing exactly the same kind of research (in which case he or she is probably a direct competitor)?

“Somebody in the same discipline?

“Somebody who is an expert on methodology?

“And what is review? Somebody saying `The paper looks all right to me‘, which is sadly what peer review sometimes seems to be. Or somebody poring all over the paper, asking for raw data, repeating analyses, checking all the references, and making detailed suggestions for improvement?

“Such a review is vanishingly rare…

‘RCMP Intelligence Director Convicted’

“A jury of 12 found former RCMP intelligence director Cameron Jay Ortis, 51, guilty on all six counts in a national security case which has “irreparably harmed” the RCMP and betrayed Canada’s intelligence partners, according to testimony.

“Ortis faced six charges for sharing or attempting to share RCMP plans with four transnational crime suspects, including three Toronto-based members of a multi-billion-dollar money laundering and terror-financing network, which was targeted by the ‘Five Eyes’ in late 2014.

‘Origins of the ‘Liberal’ Party of Canada/Communist China Connection’

The Chinese Communist connection to the ‘Liberal’ Party of Canada didn’t begin under Trudeau Junior. Trudeau the Elder began by betraying an ally:

“In 1970, the Canadian government made a formal commitment to help China gain admission to the United Nations at the expense of removing Taiwan as a member”,

and Brian Mulroney continued the process:

“I have indicated to the Premier of China and the President of China the fact that the intention of this Government is to pursue the policy set out by my predecessor, Mr. Trudeau, with which I agree”.

https://books.openedition.org/uop/882

But in fact, it was under Prime Minister Jean Chretien that the ties first became dangerously embedded…and the Canadian government began hiding the connection:

‘Business As Usual’

The corruption continues unabated.

B.C. will remain open for business for foreign criminal money laundering…and the influence within the political and legal systems that money buys:

“No charges will be laid from a money laundering investigation into millions of dollars that moved through British Columbia casinos and Chinese bank accounts in what the province’s attorney general called a “frustrating” end to the multi-year police probe.