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Sheila Copps, @Sheila_Copps a former Canadian politician, has a rap sheet of controversies that paint her as a shady operator. Her firm, MediPro Canada Inc., is suing BTNX for $100 million, claiming unpaid commissions for securing a $2 billion federal contract for COVID-19 rapid tests. BTNX fires back, alleging Copps lobbied illegally without registering as a lobbyist, a violation of Canadian law. Emails expose her setting up meetings with senior officials in then procurement minister Anita Anand’s office, pushing for masks and tests. A deal for N95 masks was flagged by 3M as potential fraud, sparking a police investigation. Her cozy ties to Anand, whose husband’s companies scored millions in COVID contracts, scream insider favoritism, sidelining Canadian PPE firms like Vitacore Industries despite a Buy Canadian policy. This stinks of corrupt profiteering, leveraging connections for personal gain.
In 2004, Copps cried foul, accusing the Liberal Party of massive orchestrated fraud after losing a nomination to Tony Valeri. She claimed tampering but produced zero evidence, and Hamilton police found nothing to back her up. Her appeal was dropped, likely because she knew it was a dead end. As Heritage Minister, she was blasted for handing out government grants, with critics branding her part of a corrupt Liberal machine that funneled money to cronies. Her 1996 GST promise was a blatant ploy; she swore to resign if the tax wasn’t axed, quit, then ran in a byelection to slink back to her post 49 days later. The stunt cost her voter support, with her vote share dropping, exposing her as a political opportunist.
Copps’ 2014 claim of being sexually assaulted as an MPP and raped years earlier raises eyebrows for its timing. She said a male colleague assaulted her during a parliamentary tour, but didn’t report it, claiming she handled it by kneeing him. Her rape allegation from decades prior went nowhere, with police dismissing it as unwinnable. Dropping these claims during the Jian Ghomeshi media storm smells like a calculated grab for relevance, casting doubt on her motives. Whether true or not, her selective timing undermines her credibility, suggesting she’s milking serious issues for attention.
Media and public backlash have been brutal. Outlets like Rebel News and the International Journal of Forensic Science slam Copps for her role in the $2 billion contract scandal, with X posts from IJFMedia and junonewscom calling her out for profiteering. Critics see her as a poster child for Liberal corruption, exploiting her political clout. Her silence on the ongoing lawsuit only deepens suspicions she’s hiding something. Copps’ track record of alleged fraud, cronyism, and political games, from the current lawsuit to her baseless 2004 accusations and self-serving GST stunt, shows a pattern of dodging accountability while cashing in on connections.
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