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redleafjumper said:... Fair enough?
Fair enough. From time to time we're inundated with posts such as "... I heard from a friend who knows somebody who thinks they heard ...".
Thus, the aim is to shut down such speculative innuendo swiftly, in order to avoid misinformation.
In summary, the instances of looitng in Canada are negligible, and generator thefts during the Ice Storm were not endemic (keeping in mind how many thousands of citizens were involved) - the specific matter of isolated Bell Canada generators being relocated was the exception to the rule (in the big picture) and must not be misconstrued as the norm.
Accordingly, the posts by 2332piper and Northern Touch both were inaccurate and misleading, and have been rebutted in order to set the record straight.
I'm not willing to waste time doing somebody else's homework for them, but ... I couldn't even find the words "looting" or "theft" in the following references:
http://www.statcan.ca/english/kits/storm.htm
http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/media/icestorm98/index_e.cfm
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-70-258/disasters_tragedies/ice_storm/
http://www.msp.gouv.qc.ca/secivile/dossiers/verglas/nicolet/section1_en.htm