| Since my Internet campaign to expose AIG's
aggressive management style to be 'vicious and cruel' started 18 months ago, I still have
the same level of energy for the cause that I had at the beginning. E-mails
still come in regularly that send chills up my spine and twist my stomach into knots.
The Internet and the power of Scoreboard Canada's website has exposed the
corrupt practices of AIG Life Insurance of Canada. You might say, the Internet has
leveled the playing field for us, in our battles for justice against
AIG.
I have spent a lot of unproductive time with Lawyers,
Employment Standards Act officers, The Human Rights Commission officers,
and our Members of
Parliament, only to discover that the penalties would be a drop in the bucket to AIG
Life of Canada. Their parent company, American
International Group, boasts assets of over $600 billion.
AIG claim, in their statement of defamation against
Scoreboard and myself, damages amounting to $500,000.00. Any financial losses
or difficulties they have recruiting employees, bad moral, and loss of business, is
caused by what they did to Margaret and being exposed to those facts.
Under Canadian Common Law, truth is the only complete
answer to a civil action of defamation. The law will not permit recovery of damages for a
harm to a character which is not possessed. My defences are: justification, fair comment
and the truth.
AIG's filing a statement of claim
against me are similar to trying to get out of a mess by using crazy glue, smoke and
mirrors. The real problems they have, are caused by how they treated Margaret. Until they
focus their efforts on compensating her for the way they treated her, they will continue
to do irreparable harm to themselves.
Maybe someday, AIG will realize these articles are not
going to stop. I suggest they leave Canada now. There are a lot of reputable
Canadian Insurance Companies people can do business with and work for. Sooner or
later, if I have anything to say about it, every Canadian will find out what AIG is all
about.
They should know by now, that I do not intimidate easily.
If their lawyers cannot get the articles down after 18 months, then there must be a lot of
truth to what is being written or, AIG should get new lawyers. My battles with
Blaney McMurtry (AIG's Lawyers) is another story for another time.
There are a lot of other people and companies that have
offered to host these pages, should anything stop me or Scoreboard from publishing the
articles. I am prepared for anything they can throw at us.
AIG, knew what they were doing to Margaret. Many
victims of AIG's employment practices have come forward with their stories. I am
convinced that, greed is their motivation and they know employees in the private sector
have little or no protection against their ruthless tactics.
To some employees like Margaret, their employment
practices can appear to be a real 'reign of terror.' They seem to think they
are above the law, as their actions would indicate. They do not care who they hurt,
as long as the Executives make big bucks and the rest of the employees are pushed to the
limit.
Margaret worked in the mailroom, but she and all others
employees deserved to be treated fairly, honestly and with decency. At least that is
what the laws call for. AIG is learning the hard way that little people can fight
back too.
In this brutally honest portrait you will discover how
cruel and ruthless AIG can be. We tell it as it happened. From the early stages when
Margaret became ill, to the fraudulent tactics used to force her to quit her job. The
conspiracy that AIG spear-headed to delay her disability benefits and the greatest
challenge Margaret faces - her battle with major depression. |