The strange circumstances and unique politics of the NDP Oakville Riding campaign roll along with Crawford's highly visible NDP Mobile Office ready for action. A Bank fined $100,000 on September 13, 2007 for forging clients' signatures is suing through and beyond the provincial election campaign to collect a matching amount from a seemingly fraudulent loan by summary judgement on November 19, 2007. The same Bank has given leave to one of their own to run in the Oakville Riding campaign. 'Sitting Duck' loans are well established in bank 'Off-site Loans Closings' procedures apparently involving bank 'No Wrongdoing Guidelines' that create legally binding debts from seemingly undisclosed loans involving 'Signature Affidavits' from lawyers representing third parties. Any Canadian banker can explain the clever lending scheme to an interested voting public. Any Canadian Judge can explain why 'Sitting Duck' loans are legally binding on debtors who are mostly unaware, uninvolved, and never see the money. Crawford would like to believe consumer protection is just around the corner. "The pen is mightier than the fraud." the writer says, "It's a matter of political will to do something to properly regulate our banks. It's just a matter of votes." Meanwhile, Federal Conservative and Provincial Liberal governments maintain long standing silence and intransigence over the issue. The Canadian justice system ponders over a 'Business Ethics Social Responsibility Paradox' in the financial sector. And, the media continues to struggled with what to report, who to interview, and generally what to say about 'Identity Theft' and consumer protection in Crawford's proposed 'Responsible Lending Act'. There has been a conspicuous deafening silence since the publication of free NDP public awareness Crawford  'Identity Theft Protection' books from the 2006 NDP Convention. The NDP petition for an investigation into lending practices emerged from an idea suggested by Peter Kormos during the McGuinty Bill 152 debate about 'Title Fraud'. Crawford's petition has been signed by Jack Layton, Howard Hampton, Peter Kormos and more than 1,000 constituents. It just keeps rolling along, not like a bunny ... more like an unstoppable juggernaut for a concern that has every right to be heard in a free country like Canada. Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty wrote Crawford just two weeks into the campaign to answer the candidate's letters sent during March Canada Fraud Awareness Month expressing concerns about 'Identity Theft' and consumer protection. Here are the pictures. info@tonycrawford.org