For these purposes, we can safely discard the fact that the sanctions against Russia are a farce, pseudo-virtuous posturing as a substitute for giving the Ukrainians what they need to throw the Russian army and air force out of Ukraine, and the sanctions on designated friends of the Russian regime are, in terms of due process, an outrage.
The immediate problem is that NATO recognizes the Russian invasion of Ukraine is illegal and potentially threatening to it and something it must oppose, having begun by resignedly assuming the Russians would win within five days. But NATO wants to oppose Russia without offending Russia, so it is not really enabling Ukraine to protect its own airspace as this might, in the word of the stumblebum Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, be ”escalatory.
A byproduct of all the commotion about Ukraine has been embraced by the international fraternity of governments and regulators to wave the incense pot around the endlessly repeated desirability of unlimited “transparency.” Transparency unto itself has no merit whatsoever. It is no one else’s rightful business what individuals or corporations do privately unless they are violating valid statutes or regulations.
Transparency in its present role began as a reasonable request from shareholders in public companies to know more about the operations of these companies and particularly matters in which senior executives had a financial interest. As so often happens, a legitimate public ambition swiftly became a regulatory Frankenstein’s monster, which now demands that everyone and every company open their financial kimonos to the world. As usual, most of our somnolent media have fallen in with this outrage.
This attempt to asphyxiate financial privacy should be resisted and our legislators should understand that it offends the public whom they serve. Canada should go even farther and take the lead in rolling back this invasive official mania that afflicts us. Many other countries would soon emulate us. We should not seize the property in Canada of any foreigner unless the applying jurisdiction can demonstrate probable cause that under Canadian laws the seizure would be upheld.
Convicted criminal says what?
Convicted felon says what?
😂😂😂🤡😂
Wouldn't you be happier in your bunker?
Black the ponzi king
Seizing the assets of Russian oligarchs... Money that belongs to the Russian people. We need to do this in the west. The top 5% abuse and pay for breaks on taxes and hide their money. Pay your fair share. Like the working class.
TERENCER TERENCER.Lacking the minimum ability to be successful as a Businessman is who you have proven to be. You failed at the very basics. Interactive Comparative Price- while you were out being a politician, a bank sold this CONCEPT to the LARGEST online vendor in Amazon.
Dude convicted of fraud doesn’t want the government looking at his bank account. Rich.
New hed: “Felon screams ‘Investigate my bank records, they’re a &^$ gold mine!’ ”
AlanCane604 Got that right . The Canadian banking system has credibility by allowing this to happen. The government leapt us further into dictatorship
Dead man walking - he who gave up his Canadian passport for a title ! How can he now comment on Canada's affairs
Is he trying to sound like Trudeau
Convicted felon sez what?
You should be deeply ashamed of yourselves for providing a platform for this drivel. This is a transparent rant arguing that it’s none of the government’s business how criminals get rich. Come on. Do better. CdnMediaFailsAgain
Conrad Black has no business in the bank accounts of the nation.
Conrade Crime Boss has no business commenting on financial issues.
Fraud Baron who let his wife write aggressive pro rich pedophile apologia regularly says Wat?
Convict who took tax dollars has opinion
Conrad the con has no business telling anyone anything.
Me thinks you protest too much!
JenniferLiaXi Can we hear more from a convicted criminal please.
Then behave.
YA BUT... THE GOVT WILL DO WHAT EVER THE FUCK THEY WANT, YOU OF ALL PEOPLE OUGHT TO KNOW THAT!
Only private citizens in spousal accounts…
CONrad the whining REPUBLICAN-CONSERVATIVE RWNJ zombie troll has no business in CANADA! And you are no better than faux entertainment to be giving him space to spew his bullshit!
The Conspiracy of 0.2% Zelensky-s even before they started RussiaUkraineWar to start WW3 cost us 35% racial purity 50% life expectancy 55% Muslims 60% population 70% Blacks 75% Christians 80% progress 85% SuperiorWhiteChristianRace 90% prosperity, and 100% KingdomOfGod
The countries that oppose the invasion are from the west which is just the NATO countries. Other countries was threatened to oppose. This tells you what the agenda is all about.
'The government shouldn't try to stop petty crimes like 'money laundering.' Nor exercise it's power to try and afflict the rich of a nation committing genocides. Also it should under NO CIRCUMSTANCES look at my PERFECTLY NORMAL transactions' How has conrad not been arrested more
Why do you keep amplifying the deluded musings of this criminal?
Only a criminal would be worried?
Nor have you black
JenniferLiaXi Felon says what?
Conrad Black had business in Epstein's bank account
You and your old pals Trump, Epstein, Maddoff would agree! Just how many white collar crimes go unreported? Foxes/henhouse Transparency- what's to hide? Seriously unless your body your bathroom bedroom bowel? Salary disclosure is good enough 4 100k peons but not the lobbiests?
Do you know where the missing $8million is from donations to this FreedumbConvoy?
Biden IRS tracking your $600 venmos
Trudea is out of his mind. He thinks he can make his political opponents destitute. It’s a travesty. Always think of power grabs in terms of what would you think of your political enemies had that power too. It’s disgusting.
Convicted felon who served how many years in prison has what to say?
Why does anyone care what Conrad Black has to say? Gotta wonder why the post keeps him around…hmmm
Another fantastically incredible interpretation brought you by the right wing nuts from Rebel News…
lol
An ex con who renounced his citizenship said what now?
Convicted fraudster has opinions on government.
Convicted felon say what? 🙄 CDNpoli CDNmedia CdnMediaFails
Mr Black, screw off! They do! You were advocating Liberals for their policies. Now suck it up! This is fiscal policy! You got the lollipop they are sucking on. This is what you didn’t question all along. Where’ll the money for their pet projects come from? US!!! cdnpoli
Nor should anybody have a Pension if it was up to Conrad Black? I love when criminal gives advice.
Black and Murphy are friends of Putler.
Just don’t pay your Income tax & see. Remember?
This is much broader than the banks. The issue is really the intrusion of our government into Canadian businesses as a whole. They interfered with Telecom and are now doing the same with the banks. This is vote buying aimed at the uninformed. ProtectCanadianBusiness
What a convenient opinion for a financial crime felon!
😂
You're one to talk about the government doing stuff with people's bank accounts, considering you actually stole a pension fund, just saying.
Ya right. Carry On!🙄
Says Conrad The Fraud Black
The attempt to paraphrase Pierre Trudeau demonstrates that he respects and admires him.
Why do You continue to publish the rantings of an American convicted Republican felon? ConradMBlack Does not speak for Canadians
Any media outlet that would platform a criminal like Conrad Black can’t be taken seriously. Ever.
Say the convicted criminal who went to jail for stealing financial records. Sure ok. Next.
Former Canadian , still Criminal .
Wasnt Mr. Black in prison for fraud?
That’s pretty rich coming from a convicted felon
So First Rex Murphy and now Conrad Black. Man is there no one else that will work for the post?
Socialism is being allowed to creep into all aspects of Canadian life. If NDP/Liberal become one party, Canada will only have the VOTERS to blame!!!!!
Not a suprising stance from a guy who likes to get his fingers on the pension funds of his employees.
This is an outright lie.
Wow Conrad.. that is a stupid thing to say
why would anyone care what this ex-convict says?
'Man convicted of fraud says Government should stay out of his bank account'
Someone is nervous!
From the guy the government convicted of crimes. He thought he was above the law. Good people know that we are the government and to preserve democracy and freedom we allow such access. Evil people who care nothing for society will always try to cheat and commit crimes.
2 useless cons. and C. Black
ahh, what's wrong? You cheered when this shit was happening to the freedom convey. Remember how you were warned it was coming for you and everyone else? Remember how you hand waved it away? You got what you wanted. Now Stop crying.
He’s a convict.
Lmao you a little late . The CRA has been able to tell you an up to the minute update on your account for 30ish years
National Post - Fox News North. Founded by a con - owned by Americans. Does ANYONE care what the bilker has to say?
Spoken like a true convict
Conrad black can kiss Canada's collective a55. He's not even a Canadian Citizen anymore. Maybe he should keep his foreign mouth shut.
Conrad Black has no business being free from prison.
Exactly!! Completely unacceptable
This is funny coming from a convicted felon pardoned by a twice impeached Russian asset.
So it sounds like he’s saying that the sanctions we impose are useless and technically should be better known as money laundering
Convicted felon who purposefully destroyed evidence chimes still scrawls bs for fascist rag. Treat accordingly.
Conrad spent time in the United States prison system. This changed his life. He is a curmudgeon. He’s blunt and monotone. But he’s written well researched non-fiction and he continues to write. Take his ideas for themselves. Judging the hand that holds the pen alone avoids ideas.
Yup agreed.
This guy is still alive?
The government has business being in the bank accounts of millionaires and billionaires who evade paying their fair share.
So much anger in the writing! If articles could spit while they talk, this one would be spraying with every syllable. But given NP's MO, my guess is your target audience isn't supposed to read the article, but read the title and interpret it according to political bias. Sad.
Said the criminal
Justin Trudeau missed this memo
Convicted fraudster says what?
If sanctions were effective, we wouldn't be in the mess we are in now. Criminals have been laundering money with ease and continue to do so. Bitcoin is coming to save us from our protectors
Says the felon
Most criminals would agree.
Conrad Black, convicted of fraud, twice.
Why do you even print this drivel? He gave up his Canadian citizenship so he could get a peerage and then became a convicted felon! No one cares what this criminal thinks!
Bwaaaahaaahaaahaaaa No ... wait BwaaaaaHaaaaaaaHaaaaHaaaaa
National Post has no place in homes of Canadians
Says the lifelong swindler.
The guy telling the banks to lock accounts needs to be in jail
Conrad who?
Isn't Conrad Black that Assclown who renounced his Canadian Citizenship? I prefer reading opinion pieces in Canadian Newspapers when they are written by actual Canadians.
Convicted felon Black says what?
Stop listening to this criminal
And wow color me shocked that Conrad Black doesn't comprehend the idea that a direct military reaction to Ukraine would lead NUCLEAR WAR. This is what happens I guess when you live in an ivory tower cut off from the real world.
Go away Conrad, you gave up your right to have anyone in this country give 2-shits about you think when you denounced your citizenship and was convicted for fraud. Don't go away mad, just go away.
You back to doing illegal things Lord Black? It didn’t work out well for you last time until you bought a pardon. I’m thinking those will be harder to come by these days.
Conrad Black, a convicted fraud felon and has no business telling anyone anything. The National Post, is a Anti Canadian Anti Democracy right wing Conservative ‘US owned’ publication of Post Media, along with that dubious Financial Post.
Criminals who renounced their citizenship have no business being anywhere in the nation.
Conrad black has no business in Canada
While I respect Black, how does a thief and criminal still have a voice?...oh sure, the same publication that brings other seniors on board, Black and Murphy?....easier to use early dementia to shill for the right money.
I thought it was just the bedrooms of the nation. The bank accounts too, wow!
Conrad, are you still following your Florida buddy?
Al Qaeda, the Taliban, the Bratva and the Mafia agree with you Conrad
So you mean any drug dealer, shyster, crook, mobster or thief should never, ever be held accountable?
corner too kept
This is the most lame article l wasted my 2 min read on. What way do you suggest to stop the war? Bombing Russia or sanctioning Russia? Running short of good content?
Also Conrad Black: 'I am an out-of-touch dinosaur and convicted criminal who no one gives a single **** about.'
Literal criminal has opinion on law