McCall MacBain $928,000 gift to Trudeau family represents single largest bribery scandal in Canadian history

Posted by Paul W Kincaid Corruption, World news Thursday, February 21st, 2019

$928,000 gift from European Climate Foundation founder and government lobbyist McCall MacBain to 2015 Federal Election candidate Justin Trudeau represents the single largest bribery scandal in Canadian history. The gift, $428,000 in 2015 (Trudeau was an election candidate) & $500,000 in 2016 by McCall MacBain (European Climate Foundation) is defined by the criminal code of Canada as criminal offences of: foreign influenced activity (defined by Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act as threats to the security of Canada), Frauds on the government / influence peddling, breach of trust, fraud, theft & Bribery of judicial officers in that the foreign European Climate Foundation founder and lobbyist McCall MacBain paid a member of Parliament almost a $million to influence (solicit) Justin Trudeau to pledge, in his official capacity as Prime Minister of Canada, $2.65 billion to MacBain’s climate change cause / agenda.

The Conflict of Interest Act & Canada Elections Act also prohibited the Liberal Party 2015 election candidate Justin Trudeau from accepting the $928,000 gift from climate change lobbyist McCall MacBain. Gift might reasonably be seen to have influenced Trudeau to pledge $2.65 billion to MacBain cause.

Evidence supporting charge that McCall MacBain did in fact donate gift of $928,000 to influence / lobby Trudeau in his official capacity as Prime Mister of Canada was first made known in National Post article “Money began to rain on Trudeau Foundation once Justin took over Liberals, analysis shows” In that article it was confirmed that, “one in six donors (to Trudeau family foundation) have affiliations with organizations currently lobbying the government”. The largest donors in 2015, when Justin Trudeau was a 2015 election candidate, and in 2016, soon after Justin Trudeau became Prime Minster and pledged $2.65 billion to climate change fund (European Climate Foundation a benefactor), where made by the European Climate Foundation (founded by McCall MacBain in 2008 whose aims are to promote / lobby for EU’s climate and energy policies).

Government of Canada officials and Canadian citizens have since called for an investigation of Justin Trudeau by the conflict of interest and ethics commissioner and the lobbying commissioner to determine whether or not “people (McCall MacBain) might be using donations to the charitable Trudeau Foundation to gain influence with the government.” Foreign donations jumped from $53,000 in the 2014 fiscal year to $535,000 in 2016 — a ten-fold increase, because of just one donor, lobbyist McCall MacBain and his Switzerland-based European Climate Foundation. Climate change lobbyist McCall MacBain has been responsible for the majority of the increase in foreign donations and Justin Trudeau’s largest foreign donor. The Switzerland-based foundation donated prohibited gift of $428,000 in 2015 and another prohibited gift of $500,000 in 2016. A red flag was raised by statement of fact foreign “gifts to the foundation have increased significantly since Justin Trudeau’s April 2013 election as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada”.

“A National Post analysis of the Trudeau Foundation’s public disclosures has found that gifts to the foundation have increased significantly since Justin Trudeau’s April 2013 election as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. The amount of money contributed to the foundation by foreign donors has grown each year since Trudeau claimed the party’s leadership. Moreover, a significant proportion of the charity’s donors, directors and members have ties to companies and organizations that are actively lobbying the federal government.”

Criminal (indictable) offences that both McCall MacBain and Justin Trudeau committed by McCall MacBain giving and Justin Trudeau accepting a $928,000 gift to get Justin Trudeau, in his official capacity, to pledge $2.85 billion to McCall MacBain lobbying foundation, European Climate Foundation cause include:

Bribery of judicial officers, etc.

119 (1) Every one is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years who
- (a) being the holder of a judicial office, or being a member of Parliament or of the legislature of a province, directly or indirectly, corruptly accepts, obtains, agrees to accept or attempts to obtain, for themselves or another person, any money, valuable consideration, office, place or employment in respect of anything done or omitted or to be done or omitted by them in their official capacity, or
- (b) directly or indirectly, corruptly gives or offers to a person mentioned in paragraph (a), or to anyone for the benefit of that person, any money, valuable consideration, office, place or employment in respect of anything done or omitted or to be done or omitted by that person in their official capacity.
Marginal note:Consent of Attorney General

(2) No proceedings against a person who holds a judicial office shall be instituted under this section without the consent in writing of the Attorney General of Canada.

Breach of trust by public officer

122 Every official who, in connection with the duties of his office, commits fraud or a breach of trust is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, whether or not the fraud or breach of trust would be an offence if it were committed in relation to a private person.

R.S., c. C-34, s. 111.

Fraud

380 (1) Every one who, by deceit, falsehood or other fraudulent means, whether or not it is a false pretence within the meaning of this Act, defrauds the public or any person, whether ascertained or not, of any property, money or valuable security or any service,
- (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding fourteen years, where the subject-matter of the offence is a testamentary instrument or the value of the subject-matter of the offence exceeds five thousand dollars; or
- (b) is guilty
  - (i) of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or
  - (ii) of an offence punishable on summary conviction,
  where the value of the subject-matter of the offence does not exceed five thousand dollars.

Theft

322 (1) Every one commits theft who fraudulently and without colour of right takes, or fraudulently and without colour of right converts to his use or to the use of another person, anything, whether animate or inanimate, with intent
- (a) to deprive, temporarily or absolutely, the owner of it, or a person who has a special property or interest in it, of the thing or of his property or interest in it;
- (b) to pledge it or deposit it as security;
- (c) to part with it under a condition with respect to its return that the person who parts with it may be unable to perform; or
- (d) to deal with it in such a manner that it cannot be restored in the condition in which it was at the time it was taken or converted.
Marginal note:Time when theft completed

(2) A person commits theft when, with intent to steal anything, he moves it or causes it to move or to be moved, or begins to cause it to become movable.

Frauds on the government

121 (1) Every one commits an offence who
- (a) directly or indirectly
  - (i) gives, offers or agrees to give or offer to an official or to any member of his family, or to any one for the benefit of an official, or
  - (ii) being an official, demands, accepts or offers or agrees to accept from any person for himself or another person,
  a loan, reward, advantage or benefit of any kind as consideration for cooperation, assistance, exercise of influence or an act or omission in connection with
  - (iii) the transaction of business with or any matter of business relating to the government, or
  - (iv) a claim against Her Majesty or any benefit that Her Majesty is authorized or is entitled to bestow,
  whether or not, in fact, the official is able to cooperate, render assistance, exercise influence or do or omit to do what is proposed, as the case may be;
- (b) having dealings of any kind with the government, directly or indirectly pays a commission or reward to or confers an advantage or benefit of any kind on an employee or official of the government with which the dealings take place, or to any member of the employee’s or official’s family, or to anyone for the benefit of the employee or official, with respect to those dealings, unless the person has the consent in writing of the head of the branch of government with which the dealings take place;
- (c) being an official or employee of the government, directly or indirectly demands, accepts or offers or agrees to accept from a person who has dealings with the government a commission, reward, advantage or benefit of any kind for themselves or another person, unless they have the consent in writing of the head of the branch of government that employs them or of which they are an official;
- (d) having or pretending to have influence with the government or with a minister of the government or an official, directly or indirectly demands, accepts or offers or agrees to accept, for themselves or another person, a reward, advantage or benefit of any kind as consideration for cooperation, assistance, exercise of influence or an act or omission in connection with
  - (i) anything mentioned in subparagraph (a)(iii) or (iv), or