Canadian-based Conspiracy Theories

Kreskin

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I understand the Avro project demise became a conspiracy theory. What are some others in Canadian history?
 

temperance

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Dont laugh too hard--lol


The net was all abuzz yesterday about a report released by the US government claiming that radio transmitters were found embedded in Canadian coins. I get the impression that the report was not supposed to be released because the government is now backtracking. And of course the US press is playing along.
Update: Apparently the story is true. See below for more details.
Globe - 01/10/07:
“There is no story there,” the official, who asked not to be named, told The Globe and Mail.
Mmmm… so a government spokesman is refusing to give out his (or her) name over what is alleged to be nothing more than a misunderstanding?
He said that while some odd-looking Canadian coins briefly triggered suspicions in the United States, he said that the fears proved groundless: “We have no evidence to indicate anything connected with these coins poses a risk or danger.”
And check out his careful wording. He never said the transmitter coins never existed, only that they never posed a risk or danger.
But a U.S. agency that investigated the complaint found no evidence of any secret transmitters, or of any other tampering.
It’s not clear why this information failed to find its way into the released U.S. Defence Security Service report.
So, an agency investigated the problem, found no evidence, but for some reason failed to put that in the report? Mmmm….
There is a classified version of the report with more details circulating within the U.S. government, but officials are not speaking to it.
So there’s also a “secret” version of the report but no one is talking about it. If this never happened, what’s not to talk about?! And how could there be “more details” about coins that never existed?! Mmmm…
“On at least three separate occasions between October, 2005 and January, 2006, cleared defence contractors’ employees travelling through Canada have discovered radio-frequency transmitters embedded in Canadian coins on their persons,” reads the U.S. Defence Security Service report.
So the investigative report noted that “radio-frequency transmitters” were in fact “discovered” to be embedded in coins, but somehow forgot to note that they really never existed?! Mmmm….
Found by tallwookie and Eideard. Paranoid ramblings by yours truly.
Update: The story is true!
Associated Press - January 11, 2007:
What’s in the report is true,” said Martha Deutscher, a spokeswoman for the security service. “This is indeed a sanitized version, which leaves a lot of questions.”
 

tamarin

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These transmitter coins are found in Michael Crichton's work State of Fear and probably earlier. Looks like they're slipping into urban myth.
 

Tonington

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I don't know much about conspiracy theories, but I would bet there are some regarding the Separtist movement in Quebec. Like maybe a CIA plan to get Quebec to join the USA or something. Also, 90% of Canada's aluminum is from Quebec....hmmmm. Tin-foil anyone?