Daily Digest August 25, 2007

The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN’S to VICTORIA.

PM's bonbon bon mot glazes over sticky economic issues http://www.canada.com/topics/news/politics/story.html?id=b8f358a3-125c-4035-b3be-602042fa953d&k=6119

Que. provincial police to review procedures but stand behind undercover trio http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/070824/n0824138A.html

Citizens armed with video cameras become watchdogs of police accountability http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/070824/n0824114A.html

Sûreté du Québec to review practices http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070825.wyoutube25/BNStory/National/home

Carting the Montebello chosenOnly those staff members close to Harper got to ride in his golf-cart entourage http://www.rbcinvest.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/LAC/20070825/NOTEBOOK25/Columnists/columnists/columnistsNational/5/5/7/

EDITORIALs

ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM - Canada’s New Palace Guard http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=57028&sc=80

MONTREAL GAZETTE - Challenging judges is unfair and unwise http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=fb465e8f-1004-4e18-92ad-fcd5bd89ca59

OTTAWA CITIZEN - Afghanistan's bloody fields http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=dbe11034-0ca8-4eec-b386-c45ffaccbb4a

OTTAWA SUN - http://www.canoe.ca/OttawaSun/editorial.html

TORONTO STAR - Probe required into police tactics http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/249628

Step up Sudan pressure http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/249626

NATIONAL POST - Support the troops and the mission http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/editorialsletters/story.html?id=f52c5360-23f6-44df-80b6-1332f3531027

TORONTO SUN - Cover blown on Quebec police tactics http://www.torontosun.com/Comment/Commentary/2007/08/24/4442480.html

K-W RECORD - Quebec police conduct a concern http://www.therecord.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=record/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1188026179114&call_pageid=1024321927354&col=1024322198380

It seems we're happy
http://www.therecord.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=record/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1188026179102&call_pageid=1024321927354&col=1024322198380

SUDBURY STAR - Parties looking north for votes
http://www.thesudburystar.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=667472&catname=Editorial&classif

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS - Nagging nannies http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4028421p-4639311c.html

Muddying the waters http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4028539p-4639345c.html

REGINA LEADER-POST - Sad statistics http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/viewpoints/story.html?id=6ef0e1ec-d41e-41a6-9db2-208542509a5f

CALGARY HERALD - Too crowded for comfortDecision to release sex offender highlights remand centre crush http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=bd45a8ef-6065-48c4-90b2-e8b4a0d2e24b

EDMONTON JOURNAL - YouTube for dummies http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/opinion/story.html?id=fb6022db-b0c3-4b83-9e9d-c310034650a2

LETHBRIDGE HERALD - To mock protests is to mock democracy http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/article_8026.php

VANCOUVER PROVINCE - It's time to debate a ban on smoking in vehicles carrying children http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=41d12c68-46b8-481d-a786-a588d9060eb5

VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST - High-tech licences risk our privacyNew driver's IDs offer many benefits, but safeguards must be updated first http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=2cd558bb-d601-45ef-bb3c-263c2d6c297c

ISSUES

CANADIAN FORCESTalks with the Taliban gain ground http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IH24Df01.html

Canadians dying three times as fast as their allies http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070825.wafghan25/BNStory/National/home

Military vehicles and recruiters join the fray at Canada's largest fair http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/070825/n082519A.html

Support for Afghan war effort stable, poll suggests http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=64eb832d-4569-4fa1-99d8-7a841176ffdc

Afghanistan is Quebec's war too
Our stance on the mission shouldn't depend on where troops are from http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=def84ff6-391c-477f-a37d-84ea9385c765

Guards killed in Afghan firefight
Ten Afghan security guards have been killed in the latest attack by insurgents in the south of the country.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6961498.stm

CANUSA/USACAN
New U.S. military appeals court reserves judgment on Khadr terrorism trial http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/070824/n082498A.html

FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Barbarians kill as West drifts http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Mansur_Salim/2007/08/25/4445212.php

Israel only state to be singled out http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=75b38aae-6e7e-4ed9-8b2c-681466a11d4e

U.S. lagging in race to North Pole http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/249627

HEALTH CARE RELATED

Tireless agent for change http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=ce80f5a8-19d8-4a62-8066-08f3310f3c4b

JUSTICE SYSTEM

Inmate's release raises concerns about remand crowding http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2007/08/24/crowding-inmates.html

One in 10 parolees AWOL
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=3f842e83-316d-4629-89d8-b400259766ab

POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES

McGuinty denies links to union-funded group http://www.thestar.com/News/article/249754

The Liberals in power: from 'choose change' to 'loose change' in just four years http://www.rbcinvest.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/LAC/20070825/CAMPBELL25/Columnists/columnists/columnistsNational/6/6/7/

Tory risks education minefield on Oct. 10
Faith-Based Schools Possible Holy Mess As Election Issue http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=2e7a2eab-9ef3-431b-9ccf-823004f5959e

McGuinty is a child of the times http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/issuesideas/story.html?id=e7cd86a1-9d3f-4656-b6ca-76e8a2d96adf

POLITICS

Ottawa must steer federal ship
http://www.thestar.com/columnists/article/249760

Scandal Watch: The Return of Sleaze
http://www.politicswatch.com/scandal-august-2007.htm

Canada election talk resurfaces on Kyoto, Afghans
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070823/wl_canada_nm/canada_politics_col

Delay in recall avoids Question Period
http://rightofcenterice.blogspot.com/2007/08/delay-in-recall-avoids-question-period.html

Van Loan believes cabinet shuffle creates 'improved match' http://www.kingsentinel.com/news/2007/0822/news/004.html

NDP calls for public debate over spending $6.4 billion federal budget surplus http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/070825/n082556A.html

Liberals see potential political opportunity in economic uncertainty http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/070824/n0824106A.html

Liberal candidate member of the Conservative Party
http://translate.google.com/translate?sourceid=navclient&hl=en&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ecyberpresse%2eca%2farticle%2f20070825%2fCPACTUALITES%2f708250607%2f5358%2fCPPRESSE

EMBATTLED TORIES GOT PLUM POSTS

Election Candidates; Participated In Campaign-Ad Cash-Shifting
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/canada/story.html?id=2d30ce5c-25a9-4da9-81c7-11b02bdbd680

Dion, Williams set to compare notes on unseating PM http://www.thestar.com/News/article/249761

PRESSURE POINTS

Cool summits
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/comment/story.html?id=09559dfa-d0c0-4ce6-9f54-11ff4b05c3e6

Our addiction to environmental destruction is not abating http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/855302.html

OPINION AND INFORMATION

Bill 101
It was the law that saved Canada 30 years later: Three writers examine the aftermath of three decades of the Charter of the French Language. Charter allowed francophones to feel confident enough to vote No http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=d84b82d0-7a0e-4b64-9123-7956751bb3aa

C'est normal Lévesque urged anglos to give bill a chance http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/columnists/story.html?id=d45f7608-8867-426b-aa15-438ffe5cf18b

Insecurity of Quebec francophones still looms large Polls show French-speakers' concern about the survival of their language http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=f658a11b-5965-4050-8f26-2f2ac245bcc3

The Rock's one-man juggernaut http://www.rbcinvest.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/LAC/20070825/COMURPHY25/Headlines/headdex/headdexComment/12/12/19/

Why study war?
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/issuesideas/story.html?id=cc77f59c-aec6-4495-9403-3af4dcd08c7e

Modernism isn't written in stone http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/issuesideas/story.html?id=fd6c3a06-1dad-45a1-9478-dd45a0c4f56c

A modest proposal, or a radical plot?Is London's future Islamic?http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/editorialsletters/story.html?id=a2b3c142-537a-4a0d-bd97-63d49dcf41c0

High-tech 'cheating aid' maker backs off'ExamEar' website shut down after publicity creates furore in Canada and U.K.
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=441d368d-2a47-4241-b64d-8d4049b00c00

Social 'truism' on sexual activity doesn't meet mathematical test http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=4668b9b9-7216-4897-af7f-4ec23519c48a

CMA poll on health care a classic case of tilt http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=8785e733-f027-4ad3-a8da-e510d2a5ab1b

Loyal Canadian despite dual citizenshipProcess that shifts your allegiance to your adopted country is subtle and grows exponentially http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=24b93486-a047-431f-a1ee-fc7cdab1b181

Too many pollsPoliticians have become dependent upon opinion surveys http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=2a96ca6f-1364-4a1b-9f96-ff1df488e10a

Might as well be happy about N.L.’s Hebron deal http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/855390.html

INFOS

Une vie québécoise vaut-elle plus?
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2007/08/25/001-afghanistan-fortier-vs-duceppe.shtml

Libérale mais membre du PC http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070825/CPACTUALITES/708250607/1025/FRONTPAGE

Le NPD veut un débat sur le surplus budgétaire fédéral http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070825/CPACTUALITES/70825053/1025/FRONTPAGE

Dion maintient sa position sur l'Afghanistan http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070825/CPACTUALITES/70825038/1025/FRONTPAGE

La loi 101 vient pimenter la campagne dans Outremont http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070825/CPACTUALITES/708250618/1025/FRONTPAGE

Loteries pour la vie
http://www.ledevoir.com/2007/08/25/154599.html

Le moral des troupes est «bas», admet l'armée http://www.ledevoir.com/2007/08/25/154581.html

Agents provocateurs: la SQ reverra ses façons de faire
http://www.ledevoir.com/2007/08/25/154582.html

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Canada’s New Palace Guard
Corrupting the duties of police officers may make political players feel more powerful, but it is the stuff of banana republics, not strong democracies.

If Stephen Harper really needs a politically loyal palace guard, then perhaps the Conservative party can finance and hire its own. Maybe they can call it that, too, and explain why a Canadian prime minister needs bully-boys and strong-arm tactics.

It’s not going to be an easy explanation to make.
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=57028&sc=80

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