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Unqualified Bookkeepers Allowed to Guarantee for Passports in Canada!! - Repost
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 09:36:57 -0700, Adenoid Heinkel
wrote: Not just the US authorities, but also those throughout Europe as well as Asia should be highly suspicious of ALL Canadian passports and their holders. Not only are unqualified bookkeepers approved by the Canadian government to guarantee people applying for a Canadian passport, but do not forget the many tens of thousands of Canadian passports supposed "LOST" each year by the Canadian Passport department. Quite apart from the thousands of passports fabricated by the Israelis!! Now, the USA will require that Canadians entering the USA as of next year must also have a valid passport. With lax guarantors in Canada, no wonder the US authorities, and in New Zealand are concerned!! On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 18:57:24 -0700, dandelion wrote: No wonder the INS makes it difficult for Canadians to enter the USA. They should make it even harder,especially since thousands of Canadian passports are stolen with ease each year from Canadian Government offices, as admitted regularly to media!! On 26 Sep 2004 12:20:32 -0700, (HeinrichHimmelfarb) wrote: A qualified Engineer wonders about the so-called standards for a Guarantor for a Canadian Passport. Read the article following HIS posting, then complain to your MP. From: "HCH" Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada Subject: The Passport Guarantor Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 22:19:31 -0400 The information required on the Canadian Passport Application Forms is weird. This Declaration of Guarantor is really bizarre. Being a Professional Engineer (I'm retired now), born outside Canada but a Canadian Citizen, makes me MORE trustworthy than a full-blooded Canadian who is an Electrician or Carpenter or with whatever trade. The Application form tells me that a person BORN in Canada and a trades-person can NOT be trusted; it also tells me that a person with a professional states + and only 3 years in Canada + a Canadian citizen CAN be trusted (corrupt or not). Hello, that looks to me as PURE discrimination. Which THINKING TANK added such a stupid requirement? They must have been at that day brain-dead. Then further down the application form TWO more persons are required to vouch for you. No Passport for you if don't want to involve anyone. ENOUGH TO CAUSE US IMMIGRATION TO BAR CANADIANS!! Newsgroups: can.legal,can.general,tor.general, soc.culture.canada,soc.culture.usa Subject: Canada Passport Guarantors-WHY Unqualified Bookkeepers!! Info provided as courtesy to public, under FOI. Good Morning I just had a call from the passport office in Ottawa and the PA's have been officially approved as guarantors for passports as of March 3, 2003. As the passport office has a loggin to our website to electronically check for current paid up members, please make sure that all information on your website listing is correct and up to date and that your account is in good standing. Laura Waters-Taverner, PA President MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP (professional accountants) ARE NOT RECOGNISED AS QUALIFIED ACCOUNTANTS, BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA, WHO ONLY RECOGNISE CA, CGA, AND CMA!! The Canadian Passport Office has no business allowing these unqualified bookkeepers to be Guarantors for Passports, when even the province does not recognise them as qualified accountants!! In fact, these people could even be guaranteeing for undesirable, criminals, terrorists and others that the USA would like to keep from entering the USA!! The phone for MICHAEL HUTTON, Director Passport Canada is: 1-819-994-3530 Even qualified, investigated Commissioners for Oaths are not permitted as Guarantors for Passports, while unqualified, unvetted bookkeepers are!! The US INS are now really getting annoyed with Canada, and Canadian passports. They claim that criminals, dope dealers, and even terrorists will now find it even easier to get Canadian passports. It seems Passports Canada just does not give a damn!!! _________________________________________ Usenet Zone Free Binaries Usenet Server More than 140,000 groups Unlimited download http://www.usenetzone.com to open account |
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In can.general George ,firestone@hemispher e.com wrote:
Quite apart from the thousands of passports fabricated by the Israelis!! Or given to the Mossad by Canadian Jews. -- .................................................. ............................ "The London Sunday Times found evidence of torture [by Israel] so widespread and systematic that 'it appears to be sanctioned at some level as deliberate policy,' perhaps 'to persuade Arabs in occupied territories that it is least painful to behave passively'" -Noam Chomsky, The Fateful Triangle, p 127 .................................................. ............................ http://www.memeticcandiru.com |
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Not only are unqualified bookkeepers approved by the Canadian
government to guarantee people applying for a Canadian passport, but What are you talking about? I have a passport application in my hand and there's no reference to bookkeepers in the guarantor section.. |
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Al Dente wrote:
Not only are unqualified bookkeepers approved by the Canadian government to guarantee people applying for a Canadian passport, but What are you talking about? I have a passport application in my hand and there's no reference to bookkeepers in the guarantor section.. What makes a person "qualified" to be a guarantor? IMO it should involve the risk of serious punishment if they falsely guarantee. The threat of prosecution isn't enough. What stopped my wife from guaranteeing someone she had known only a few months was not the fear of gov't prosecution, but the fear of the CGA association suspending or even expelling her for unethical conduct. Professional associations are not bound by the same "innocent till proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" constraints. And if you lose your membership, you're out of a job in the field you worked so hard to attain, perhaps permanently, everywhere in the country. A very stong incentive to follow the rules. BTW, the original poster indicated engineers are not allowed. My passport app says P. Eng's can sign. |
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Al Dente refers to the CGA association, as though it is comprised of
QUALIFIED accountants! In Alberta the local CGA association incorporated UNQUALIFIED perons, without rquiring any upgrading or training classes. This was done under the aegis of now-disgraced CGA,and ex-FCGA, William Mearns, the one who went to prison for embezzling $1,400,000 while treasurer of the County of Red Deer Alberta!! In BC, it was similar, with CGA BC accepting unqualified bookkeepers, again without any upgrading required. In other words, CGA in Canada has no validity as far as true qualifications, and certainly none for integrity. It seems that the CGA's only wanted more members, so that their executives could have more money to blow on their expenses.... On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:21:42 -0400, Al Dente wrote: Al Dente wrote: Not only are unqualified bookkeepers approved by the Canadian government to guarantee people applying for a Canadian passport, but What are you talking about? I have a passport application in my hand and there's no reference to bookkeepers in the guarantor section.. What makes a person "qualified" to be a guarantor? IMO it should involve the risk of serious punishment if they falsely guarantee. The threat of prosecution isn't enough. What stopped my wife from guaranteeing someone she had known only a few months was not the fear of gov't prosecution, but the fear of the CGA association suspending or even expelling her for unethical conduct. Professional associations are not bound by the same "innocent till proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" constraints. And if you lose your membership, you're out of a job in the field you worked so hard to attain, perhaps permanently, everywhere in the country. A very stong incentive to follow the rules. BTW, the original poster indicated engineers are not allowed. My passport app says P. Eng's can sign. |
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Al Dente refers to the CGA association, as though it is comprised of
QUALIFIED accountants! In Alberta the local CGA association incorporated UNQUALIFIED perons, without rquiring any upgrading or training classes. This was done under the aegis of now-disgraced CGA,and ex-FCGA, William Mearns, the one who went to prison for embezzling $1,400,000 while treasurer of the County of Red Deer Alberta!! In BC, it was similar, with CGA BC accepting unqualified bookkeepers, again without any upgrading required. In other words, CGA in Canada has no validity as far as true qualifications, and certainly none for integrity. It seems that the CGA's only wanted more members, so that their executives could have more money to blow on their expenses.... On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:21:42 -0400, Al Dente wrote: Al Dente wrote: Not only are unqualified bookkeepers approved by the Canadian government to guarantee people applying for a Canadian passport, but What are you talking about? I have a passport application in my hand and there's no reference to bookkeepers in the guarantor section.. What makes a person "qualified" to be a guarantor? IMO it should involve the risk of serious punishment if they falsely guarantee. The threat of prosecution isn't enough. What stopped my wife from guaranteeing someone she had known only a few months was not the fear of gov't prosecution, but the fear of the CGA association suspending or even expelling her for unethical conduct. Professional associations are not bound by the same "innocent till proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" constraints. And if you lose your membership, you're out of a job in the field you worked so hard to attain, perhaps permanently, everywhere in the country. A very stong incentive to follow the rules. BTW, the original poster indicated engineers are not allowed. My passport app says P. Eng's can sign. |
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Yes, CGAs are qualified accountants, with standards of education at
least equal to CA's and superior in continuing education. Obviously there have been bad apples; there are certainly many CA's like that (and doctores, lawyers, etc.). (In all the corporate scandals, bad audits were all signed by CAs in Canada or their partners, CPA's in the US.) It's well known that you can buy a CA's signature on an audit report for $50. My wife did that once. The CA was an old co-worker who had been retired for years and had never done any audit work since graduation - yet the CA association deemed him qualified. When my wife sold her practice last year, no less than five CA's she'd never met offered to buy it sight unseen on a dollar for dollar basis. CA's in Ontario took the stance that all CA's in good standing are always automatically qualified to sign audits and no one else ever is, in any circumstances, and even urged all their members to apply for public accounting licences before the recent rules changes. This absurd extremist view cost them all credibility. Unfortunately there are still wackos like JamesD around trying to smear a lot of very qualified hard working people in order to try to protect what's left of their monopoly. JamesD wrote: Al Dente refers to the CGA association, as though it is comprised of QUALIFIED accountants! In Alberta the local CGA association incorporated UNQUALIFIED perons, without rquiring any upgrading or training classes. This was done under the aegis of now-disgraced CGA,and ex-FCGA, William Mearns, the one who went to prison for embezzling $1,400,000 while treasurer of the County of Red Deer Alberta!! In BC, it was similar, with CGA BC accepting unqualified bookkeepers, again without any upgrading required. In other words, CGA in Canada has no validity as far as true qualifications, and certainly none for integrity. It seems that the CGA's only wanted more members, so that their executives could have more money to blow on their expenses.... On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:21:42 -0400, Al Dente wrote: Al Dente wrote: Not only are unqualified bookkeepers approved by the Canadian government to guarantee people applying for a Canadian passport, but What are you talking about? I have a passport application in my hand and there's no reference to bookkeepers in the guarantor section.. What makes a person "qualified" to be a guarantor? IMO it should involve the risk of serious punishment if they falsely guarantee. The threat of prosecution isn't enough. What stopped my wife from guaranteeing someone she had known only a few months was not the fear of gov't prosecution, but the fear of the CGA association suspending or even expelling her for unethical conduct. Professional associations are not bound by the same "innocent till proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" constraints. And if you lose your membership, you're out of a job in the field you worked so hard to attain, perhaps permanently, everywhere in the country. A very stong incentive to follow the rules. BTW, the original poster indicated engineers are not allowed. My passport app says P. Eng's can sign. |
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Al Dente refuses to comment on the FACTS presented, regarding
problems with crooked, and unqualified CGA's. Instead, he complains about crooked CA's - which seems to indicate he believes that CA stands for CROOKED ACCOUNTANT? Does this mean CGA stands for CROOKED GARBAGE ACCOUNTANT? Ask victims of the unqualified bookkeepers who got their CGA in BC and Alberta, how they felt when the tax department re-assessed, due to criminal incompetency of their CGA bookkeepers!! On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:53:21 -0400, Al Dente wrote: Yes, CGAs are qualified accountants, with standards of education at least equal to CA's and superior in continuing education. Obviously there have been bad apples; there are certainly many CA's like that (and doctores, lawyers, etc.). (In all the corporate scandals, bad audits were all signed by CAs in Canada or their partners, CPA's in the US.) It's well known that you can buy a CA's signature on an audit report for $50. My wife did that once. The CA was an old co-worker who had been retired for years and had never done any audit work since graduation - yet the CA association deemed him qualified. When my wife sold her practice last year, no less than five CA's she'd never met offered to buy it sight unseen on a dollar for dollar basis. CA's in Ontario took the stance that all CA's in good standing are always automatically qualified to sign audits and no one else ever is, in any circumstances, and even urged all their members to apply for public accounting licences before the recent rules changes. This absurd extremist view cost them all credibility. Unfortunately there are still wackos like JamesD around trying to smear a lot of very qualified hard working people in order to try to protect what's left of their monopoly. JamesD wrote: Al Dente refers to the CGA association, as though it is comprised of QUALIFIED accountants! In Alberta the local CGA association incorporated UNQUALIFIED perons, without rquiring any upgrading or training classes. This was done under the aegis of now-disgraced CGA,and ex-FCGA, William Mearns, the one who went to prison for embezzling $1,400,000 while treasurer of the County of Red Deer Alberta!! In BC, it was similar, with CGA BC accepting unqualified bookkeepers, again without any upgrading required. In other words, CGA in Canada has no validity as far as true qualifications, and certainly none for integrity. It seems that the CGA's only wanted more members, so that their executives could have more money to blow on their expenses.... On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:21:42 -0400, Al Dente wrote: Al Dente wrote: Not only are unqualified bookkeepers approved by the Canadian government to guarantee people applying for a Canadian passport, but What are you talking about? I have a passport application in my hand and there's no reference to bookkeepers in the guarantor section.. What makes a person "qualified" to be a guarantor? IMO it should involve the risk of serious punishment if they falsely guarantee. The threat of prosecution isn't enough. What stopped my wife from guaranteeing someone she had known only a few months was not the fear of gov't prosecution, but the fear of the CGA association suspending or even expelling her for unethical conduct. Professional associations are not bound by the same "innocent till proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" constraints. And if you lose your membership, you're out of a job in the field you worked so hard to attain, perhaps permanently, everywhere in the country. A very stong incentive to follow the rules. BTW, the original poster indicated engineers are not allowed. My passport app says P. Eng's can sign. |
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