Dean Del Mastro is Peterborough’s former MP, on bail after he was sentenced to a month in jail for election spending fraud. Before he was MP , he worked at Del Mastro Motors in Peterborough. Now he’s executive director of Deltro Solar – The National Post The Cahill Energy-Clare Cowan revelations have established that our…
Dean Del Mastro is Peterborough’s former MP, on bail after he was sentenced to a month in jail for election spending fraud. Before he was MP , he worked at Del Mastro Motors in Peterborough. Now he’s executive director of Deltro Solar – The National Post
The Cahill Energy-Clare Cowan revelations have established that our government has no reservation doing business with the riff and the raff of this world. There is no need to rehash the embarrassing Cahill episode suffice to post the link to agreements clandestinely initialled by four ministers of the Crown (Chris Sinckler, Denis Kellman, Darcy Boyce and Denis Lowe).
BU posted in October 2015 the following – Cahill Energy + Deltro Electric Inc = Poor Governance and there was little or response from the traditional media until now. The local media is a passive lot and there is hardly an appetite to uncover real news. The minister of finance Chris Sinckler has even had the gumption to deny knowledge of the coming of the Del Mastros and Deltro Electric. When will Barbadians (and traditional media) hold minister Sinckler accountable for his lack of respect for the office he holds?
By the way, what is the renewable energy plan for Barbados? There is the proposed Cahill Waste-to-Energy plant, Del Matros Solar Farm, EMERA’s Solar Farm…did we miss anyone? Is there an opportunity for local entrepreneurs to to cash in on the renewable energy bonanza?
There is no need to be prolix on this issue to convey the obvious point. The coming of the Del Mastros is another national embarrassment. There is a standard in the private sector the requirement to evaluate vendors based on various measures including reputational capital and strength of brand. Clearly government’s readiness to welcome Clare Cowan (Cahill Energy) and the Del Mastros (Del Electrics) of this world brings into question, judgement.
85 responses to “Del Mastros: The Second Coming of CAHILL”
Well Well & Consequences2
Give me ulcers Alvin….ha…these are grown men and women who went to schooĺ at the expense of the taxpayers who they have been victimizing for all of 50 years with their greed and selfishness, they know right from wrong and are still arrogant in their wrong, allowing their own pretentiousness to control them.
The one thing I will not do is give myself an ulcer joining them, enabling them, or justifying the wicked things they do, that is the only time I will need to worry about my health. You know I speak the truth. Until then, I will enjoy the theatre, bcause I sense it has not fully started yet, many more names to be called in bribery and blackmail and my name I not one of them, more shit to roll downhill and splatter.
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NorthernObserver
This is NOT Cahill.
To date I read of no government funding nor guarantees. What I read is a la Sandals, the government is giving concessions on what would otherwise be revenue in its coffers, in exchange for the employment and other spin off benefits generated.
Today, this is the norm.
The auto makers have extracted huge concessions from governments everywhere just to ‘keep the majority of jobs intact’. Towns all across the state of NY are offering 10 year tax holidays to new business which establish there, even though they know, as Bim can attest, the majority are likely to leave prior to year 10. They need the jobs.
Nor is this new, merely more public.
As far back as 1900 I have examples of lumber mills in N.America selecting locations based on tax and other concessions. I’ll build the business and employ 500, now, how badly do you want us?
How do you vet incoming non-citizen investors? Driving under the influence of alcohol is a criminal act in many places. Is a person with such convictions any less of a criminal than someone who committed murder or any other criminal offence? You either have a criminal record or you do not?
With Cahill the government was spending public funds. Not so with Deltro/GeneraSol.
Northern……have you seen the contract DBLP signed with Deltros…..please share, if you did. I am saying that being fully aware of DBLP’S track record. I do not know of any state in the US or Canada or anywhere else giving away the whole country for a few jobs, to make matters more interesting, these states demand that unions and workers’ rights be respected at all times, that is also part of any agreement. No state legislature signs on to a non-union clause for their people.
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Well Well & Consequences2
As a matter of fact no one convicted of even jumping a turnstile will ever be allowed into the US or Canada to conduct business, hire people, purchase property, no visa, business or otherwise will be issued to them.
Example: Conrad Black, media tycoon, mega millionaire, born Canadian, gave up his Canadian citizenship for a pretentious pimphood title out of buckingham palace, immigrated to the US, got caught in some scandal, served time, was deported to Canada, had to wait for Canada to agree of course, since England stripped him of the pretentious pimphood. Last I heard he was asking back very nicely for his Canadian citizenship while on a temporay document issued to him by Canada, hope he got it back.
I don’t know where DBLP, with their desperate selves, get off dealing with convicted foreign business people, who still have pending legal matters outside of Barbados.
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NorthernObserver
I have no knowledge of any documents signed. Though from personal experience if concessions have been granted there will be a document somewhere.
@WWC2: you clearly have too high of an opinion of North American authorities. Foreign investors buy homes and other property in major cities daily without any vetting. Half the Chinese who own Vancouver property are not citizens of Canada, nor do they live here.
Mr Black immigrated to England, not the US, but was convicted in the US be cause shares in his Hollinger Inc were traded there, and it was US shareholders who began the proceedings.
Mr Black, as per literally hundreds of financial institutions who have paid massive fines in the wake of the US sub-prime scandals, without any ‘admission of guilt’, or any criminal proceedings against employees/directors; could have done likewise. He believed he was innocent. FYI after serving his sentence in a US facility he returned to Canada, and lives here. Loathe him or love him, he ‘faced the music’.
Canada has many versions of the DBLP. Mr Charest, the former Liberal premier of Quebec was a Conservative minister in the Federal government of Mulroney. The leader of the Federal NDP Mulcair, was a former Liberal minister in Quebec. etc etc They change affiliations as it suits their career.
Political transparency is an optical illusion. Quebec spent $45million on the Charbonneau commission into corruption in the construction industry. While several mayors resigned during proceedings, and others are facing criminal charges, and it was found that corruption was far more pervasive and serious that initially thought (commissioners opinion, anybody who knew anything appreciated the depth of corruption); the final report was a farce. You see, prior to beginning, they appointed 3 Comissioners, one of whom was known to be in the final stages of terminal cancer. So when it came time to produce the report they were only 2. And the primary function of one, Reneaud Lachance, was to ensure that any reference to the Liberal provincial party or any provincial level politician was removed from the Report. Any of his objections were automatic, because there was no third or deciding vote?
Should Dean DM win his appeal, and the courts find his cousin ‘not guilty’ neither will have a criminal record?
The ‘transparency hat’ says the economics do not fully add up. The only ‘raw material’ Bim is basic in is sunshine?
HoHoHo….a merry Christmas to all (excuse my political incorrectness)
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Well Well & Consequences2
No Northern….after living in the US, one would be crazy to have a high opinion of either North American country. Re Conrad Black, let me replace the US with England and they did not want him there either, not to even pose with their useless title. At the time of the scandal he was living in the US. The metropolises have a ‘farce’ as you call it of a corruption investigation but more often than not someone pays a penalty, the Del Mastros is a fine example, albeit on a small scale.
Where have you, cause I have never, heard of any investigation into corruption in Barbados, so why encourage DBLP to import corruption, even if Del Mastros as you predict may win their trial, why would they suddenly turn honest in Barbados where there is no one to keep them in check and corruption is encouraged. And if they don’t win on appeal, then what…..Barbados will be saddled with 2 convicted criminals. The same Mulroney got away with all types of offshore enterprises on the island, but in those days there was no social media or anyone with the nerve to question the activities of foreign criminals.
I have seen Asians charged with corruption in Canada and no you do not have to live there to do anything as long as you are not caught, if you are, you are dealt with. Bajans have to be diligent, there are enough local business criminals on the island to destroy it with corruption for another 3 generations, I don’t believe they need any other countries criminals added to the landscape, particularly when they can’t get rid of them, right now, one is convicted and one has to stand trial, there is the potential for criminality, who cares about what may or may not happen to their cases, they committed the crime, it’s their problem.
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Well Well & Consequences2
Northern…Happy Holidays to you!!
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Violet C Beckles
Well Well & Consequences2 December 22, 2015 at 6:25 AM #
Won’t be surprised if it’s the same treasonous DBLP ministers tipping off the foreign criminals, many of them have tries to Canada, etc. @@@
All of them are Nasty hiding under the name CROWN , We have to hurry for a Kingdom for the there is no such word as Queendom,
@Well Well,
What was the nature of the criminality you accuse the Delmastros of?
In Canada persons of all ethnicities have been charged with criminal offences, as long as there is corroborating evidence. Similarly in Barbados. Didn’t the Speaker of the house appear before the High Court, and forced to repay the money to the client? Wasn’t the Minister of Education brought before the court for a traffic offence, fined and had to pay the fine forthwith? Are there not cases of Lawyers being disbARRED, MADE TO PAY BACK MONEY TO CLIENTS,sentenced to jail, and served time in jail? Do you want to see every and any one who is ACCUSED of a criminal act, without the evidence, without having been found guilty, punished? What type of person are you?
One of Michael Jackson’s best songs is: “We are not alone”!!
There was a commission of enquiry into the purchase of a cement carrier, when
Errol Barrow was Prime Minister.Check it out.The government was accused of Malfeasance.
Merry ChristmaS!!
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Well Well & Consequences2
Alvin…..don’t be an ass, one Del Mastros has already been convicted, he is appealing in the hopes that the Canadian court has made some procedural error that would allow him to slither out of the conviction, again, he has already been convicted, a vacating of his conviction would see the cousin slithering out of his trial, it may or may not happen, it’s not rocket science.
How would you like to see DBLP send all the convicted young black males up to Canada, regardless of their crimes, misdemeanor or felony….bet you would be the first to write the premier asking for their deportation. Why don’t you petition for all the black males with convictions to be allowed landed status.
Alvin your speaker of the house Michael Carrington, should have been charged with theft, he ignored the high court and did not deem it respectable enough to acknowledge the proceedings and that’s the reason why the disabled gentleman got a judgement, why don’t you try that in Canada, you are always trying to twist crimanal activities to favor the criminals you like. I am still waiting for you to continue justifying injecting vulnerable children on the island with the poison that is the HPV Vaccine.
DBLP have always been accused of malfeasance in one form or another over the last 50 years, we are still waiting for some of them to go to jail.
And a merry xmas to you too.
Violet…I can see them waiting for republic status to do more crap, their heads are too hard for anything else…lol
” accused of malfeasance in one form or another” No charges, or even trumped up charges, against anyone, nobody found guilty of anything, ergo”INNOCENT”.Thus no jail time.
@Well Well,
I did not know you wanted an answer to the HPV question.
All vaccines are also combined with an adjuvant to increase the efficacy of the vaccine; depending on the type of vaccine. These may be chemical e.g Aluminum salts ( used with the HPV vaccine) or other combinations. I suspect thAT MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE a reaction to the vaccine (HPV) either have an allergic reaction to the adjuvant or another component. Repeated testing on thousands of subjects during the click trials, and after millions of doses distributed worldwide, the percentage of adverse effects have not been sufficient to either trigger a recall or a cessation of the program.
I would prefer to treat the reactions to the vaccine than have to treat a woman with cervical cancer due to the Human Pappiloma Virus. Barbados has a very high incidence of HPV, and also Cervical cancer. As a Microbiologist I have no hesitation in advising women to have their children accept the vaccine both doses. I happened to be at the Munk Centre of the U.of T. when the developer of the vaccine disclosed his research, the results of the clinical Trials and the efficacy of the vaccine.
It is still being given in Toronto
The vaccine was thoroughly tested in order to meet Health Canada’s standards for safety and efficacy. Clinical trials for Gardasil involved around 33,000 people worldwide. Safety information was collected on individuals who received the HPV vaccine. These studies were large enough to detect reactions occurring as infrequently as one in several thousand. The reported reactions to this vaccine are typical reactions seen with most vaccines. These typical reactions include redness, soreness and swelling at the injection site. Gardasil is safe and effective, and it continues to be the HPV vaccine used in Ontario’s publicly funded Grade 8 program.
I remember the same types of reactions when we, in Barbados all received the small pox vaccine. I am still here many decades later.
@Well Well,
Just in case you wondered about my bone fides, I studied Exfoliative Cytology at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. One of the first Cytology technologists in Barbados.
Alvin….maybe you should inject yourself with HPV VACCINE, see how that works out for you. You were also going up against someone, a professor, more qualified than you re the Cahill scam….so it’s not like you are the right person qualified to endorse the vaccine, I would not advise anyone to take it on your say so.
Professionals more qualified than you have published papers re the HPV Vaccine scam. As long as there are billions to be made, there will be scams. I am not impressed.
@Well Well,
The PROFESSOR YOU ADMIRE,so much IS A CHEMIST. I AM A MICROBIOLOGIST. IMMUNOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY are MY SPECIALTIES. He may be able to talk about recycling,and give you comfort. I am qualified to talk about Microbiology. I can go up against him any time.
You see a scam in everything. Was the Polio Vaccine a Scam? Actually there were two polio vaccines. Were they both scams? Would you have been more prepared to see people still in Iron Lungs, and or crippled, than taking the vaccines? Was the Small Pox Vaccine a SCAM? Was the Vaccine against Mumps, Rubella and Measles, a Scam?
One of my compatriots; Dr. Suzanne Workman,(Microbiologist) Working with Dr. Patsy Prussia (Pathologist), at UWI Cave Hill, did a study, and wrote her Thesis, on Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) on women in Barbados. I am familiar with their work. The prevalence of Cervical cancer due to HPV is high in Barbados, and one of the highest in the world.
Do you know what is involved in the preparation development and testing of vaccines before they are approved for administration to people? Do you know how many years it takes before these things are certified? , with minimal ( not statistically significant) adverse effects. Find out!!!
No one will be taking it on MY say so. Check out the research, the clinical trials and the doses that have been administered world wide. Not my say so. The excerpt I “pasted” above is from a report n HPV vaccine in Canada.
You are a Bajan, so you should heed the words of the old people: “Prevention better than cure”.
As I said before Cervical Cancer is better prevented, than to be tried to be cured. Vaccination with HPV vaccine, early in life, Prevents the spread of Cervical cancer later in life.
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Well Well & Consequences2
Yeah, yeah Alvin, am still not impressed. There is no epidemic or pandemic of cervical cancer anywhere, the cases in existence all has to do with lifestyle, if you live a risky lifestyle, any number can play, it all has to do with educating yourself about risk taking.
Again, about 12 years ago in NY, they were trying to convince everyone to poison themselves with that vaccine, it’s been years later and no one I know from then who ignored them got any health issues.
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Georgie Porgie
Well Well & Consequences2 December 25, 2015 at 2:11 PM #
i THINK THAT the Small Pox Vaccine, the Vaccine against Mumps, Rubella and Measles. POLIO ETC HAVE HAD GREAT BENEFITS TO MANKIND,–NO DOUBT.
hOWEVER I AGREE WITH YOU THAT cervical cancer IS INDEED A LIFESTYLE DISEASE , USUALLY SEEN IN PERSONS WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH A MULTIPLICITY OF PARTNERS AND THOSE WHO STARTED AT A VERY EARLY AGE
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Well Well & Consequences2
GP…..Alvin knows that too, he’s just being his usual idiot, yardfowl self. The day his political masters fade away, so will he…lol
GP.
You think! You are a GP. You KNOW that they have had great benefits to mankind.
If that were strictly true, (that cervical cancer is a lifestyle disease,, usually with someone who has had sexual intercourse with a multiplicity of partners, then there would be a higher incidence and prevalence of Cervical Cancer among prostitutes. Cervical cancer due to HPV IS SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM CERVICAL CANCER DUE TO SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; those not detected early by a Pap smear and treated, THAT HAS INVADED DOWN THROUGH THE Basal layer. Lifestyle will account for these types of cancer of the cervix.
The vaccine is intended to protect those who start sexual proclivity at a very early age. And they start at a very early age in Barbados. Don’t forget it was once thought that AIDs was a disease of Homosexuals, only. We know different now don’t we.
Well Well cervical cancer is no respecter of political parties, and politics has no place in a discussion of this kind. Giving the vaccine, testing for HIV etc is not at the behest of any politician. Don’t come to me with that foolishness.Political masters my ass.I have told you time and time again, I don’t rice at anyone! I have no masters.
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Alvin…..you will always be a political yardfowl with one intent, condoning any idiocy your political masters want to shove down the throats of bajans because of some kickback, bribe etc.
Which part of……….MORE ACCOMPLISHED DOCTORS THAN YOU WILL EVER BE HAVE RECENTLY PUBLISHED PROOF THAT THE HPV VACCINE HYSTERIA IS A SCAM.
Alvin….what have you published on the subject, I am sure nothing. How ironic that the scam when identified was published by a university in Canada, naming and shaming the creators of the money making design, one of whom was a doctor. You will have to go searching for the article yourself because I posted it to BU not even 2 months ago on one of Jeff’s links, but being the yardfowl that you are am sure you pretended not to see it and would shamelessly continue to deceive the people of Barbados. You will learn one day, or maybe not.
According to the Peterborough Examiner, based in Ontario, Canada, dated December 17, 2015, Dean said in an interview: “The company is buying piece of land in St. Michael, one of the 11 parishes of Barbados, in the Southwest part of the island, to build the plant. The real estate deal closes January 15. The money invested into the plant will be all private – they’re getting no subsidies from either the Government of Canada or Barbados.” Meanwhile on page 3 of Barbados TODAY dated December 16 it states: “The solar firm executive told BT while the company received some tax concessions and some import concessions . . .” I believe BT’s version, knowing how this Government operates. What I would like to know is whether they are getting the land at the same price as Cahill Energy – 6c per acre! I wouldn’t doubt it! Note that they have a date for the closure of the land deal! All of this was another covert op!
OSHAWA – Former Peterborough Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro removed his necktie, kissed his wife Kelly, whispered “love you”, and handed her the tie before he was tearfully taken away by police on Tuesday.
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On Tuesday he was sent to finish that 30-day jail sentence, followed by four months of house arrest and 18 months of probation.
So it looks like the Deltro solar panel factory/solar farm will have to be put on hold for a couple of years
DD plans an update of this blog; but in the meantime thought the comments to the story at this link from Dean Del Mastro’s hometown newspaper give a sense of what people who know him think of him.
Since he could not sell Suzukis, he will be no threat to Sir Kyffin
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Due Diligence
DD can find nothing to indicate that Dean Del Mastro,or Deltro has completed any alternative energy or solar power projects including at
Dean Del Mastro – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dean Del Mastro – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dean A. Del Mastro (born August 16, 1970) is a former Canadian politician. He represented Peterborough in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Conservative Party from January 23, 2006 until November 5, 2014. After being charged by Elections Canada with fal…
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“I read the two papers there and of course, everyone hates the power company, as usual. Solar and wind seems like the way forward to stabilize prices, but to have an ex-automobile dealer type and convicted twit suddenly pop up as saviours of Barbados seems a bit thick. I see that readers have cottoned on to who Del Maestro is, so that’s a start before they all get fleeced.”
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