Conference Board’s $15K for plagiarised study
p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- Not only did the Conference Board Canada, led by Anne Golden (right), unequivocally accuse Canada of being the file swapping capital of the world, it used slippery statistics dreamed up by the corporate entertainment cartels to make the point.
New elements to the scandal emerge every day, and in this Thursday installment, we learn not only did Golden and her crew deliberately ignore material which challenged the assertion, they’re said to have been paid $15,000 in tax dollars.
Now Fair Copyright Canada Facebook members are demanding the board be compelled to return its ill-gotten gains.
On it, as a p2pnet Reader’s Write says, Martin Leduc posts »»»
Well thanks to the Search Engine interview with Anne Golden I think we all know now what the angle is: The Conference Board seems to be trying to diffuse public criticism by arguing that the government funds were for the conference in which the reports would be presented rather than for the reports themselves.
Personally I don’t find this technical detail to be very relevant, so despite the Globe’s generous stenography of the Conference Board’s PR, I think it is appropriate to repost the contact information of the politicians who should be dealing with this scandal.
And I once again encourage any willing Ontario residents to email your representatives and press them to:
a) Get back the 15,000 tax dollars that were spent on the conference.
b) Investigate the Conference Board’s other reports to see if they have used further tax money for lobbying.
c) If an investigation warrants it, end The Conference Board of Canada’s relationship as a “partner” research organization with the Ministry of Research and Innovation.
John Wilkinson Minister of Research and Innovation: john.wilkinson@ontario.ca
Gilles Bisson, NDP critic for Research and Innovation:
gilles@gillesbisson.com
General Contact Page for the Ministry of Research and Innovation:
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/contact/default.asp
Adds the p2pnet reader, “In case you’re interested some of us have been discussing this in a little more detail in the forums: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=6315846683&topic=10090
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UPDATE:- “Although some media reports suggested that the Conference Board received $15,000 (Canadian) from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation to help produce the report, a spokeswoman for the ministry said that was not the case,” says the Globe and Mail, adding:
“A spokeswoman for the Conference Board said the organization does take public money for some of its research but confirmed that no public money was spent on the recalled reports.”
Jon Newton – p2pnet
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June 4th, 2009 at 11:28 am
The KEY words are:
“no public money was spent on the recalled reports.”
I read that as, “Yeah we took money, but none of it went on those particular 3 reports which were frauds”.
Seems like a play on words and a run-around to me.
They didn’t say they took no money. if they took NONE they would have stated so. But they are playing word games in my opinion.
June 4th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
“…no PUBLIC money was spent on the recalled reports.”
No, it was SOMEONE ELSE’S money they took.
If it was “public” money, and “enough” of it, the reports may have been somewhat more credible.
June 4th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
She states on the “3 reports” though.
So out of the 10 reports they had, it just so happens that “only these three” had no public money?
Sorry. Can’t believe that.
They will do some creative accounting to make it look this way. That’s all.