Daily Digest June 25, 2008

The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN'S to VICTORIA.
ARCHIVED at http://cdndailydigest.blogspot.com/

EDITORIALs

ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM -
Disturbing admissions
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sc=80

CORNER BROOK WESTERN STAR -
Is it open ...or isn't it?
http://www.thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=146835&sc=30

CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN -
Is giving jobs to local firms always best?
Islanders should watch with interest to see if Summerside council gives the go-ahead to a local preference tendering policy.
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sc=103

CAPE BRETON POST -
ATV policy lands in a bog
http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=146817&sc=151

HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
You want it, you buy it
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1064053.html

On the right track
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1063938.html

AMHERST DAILY NEWS -
As Charest celebrates his rivals stumble
http://www.amherstdaily.com/index.cfm?sid=146869&sc=61

MONTREAL GAZETTE -
New challenge program is a vast improvement
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=da2450b9-8334-4658-a0dc-2a8516dd71d8

OTTAWA CITIZEN -
Canadian folk hero
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=962ff8f6-a52d-47ef-9c49-6af892a2cbe3

Confidence game
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=b349f114-f398-4537-9e68-dbd1ec021224

The law is the law 
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=4b531147-6484-4b10-9ef8-0b3ab38bf351

OTTAWA SUN -
Canada deserves green debate
http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/Editorial/2008/06/25/5977201-sun.html

KINGSTON WHIG STANDARD-
A matter of conscience
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1087613

BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER -
American financial fiasco could take down world economy
http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1087226&auth=BERT+HIELEMA

TORONTO STAR -
Timely warning on climate change
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/448661

Poor choice: eat or sleep
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/448662

GLOBE & MAIL -
Ask more critical questions
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080625.EBERNARDO25/TPStory/Opinion/editorials

Step by prudent step
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080625.ENATIVE25/TPStory/Opinion/editorials

ife beyond sexual issues
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080625.ECHURCH25/TPStory/Opinion/editorials

THE SERIOUS, THE FATUOUS
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080620.EKHADR20/TPStory/Opinion/editorials

NATIONAL POST -
Canada is mismanaging its foreign aid
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=610991

TORONTO SUN -
Canada deserves green debate
http://www.torontosun.com/Comment/Commentary/2008/06/25/5976626-sun.html

HAMILTON SPECTATOR -
C. diff action plan needed
http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/392237

ST. CATHARINES STANDARD -
Be clear about the true costs of the Green Shift
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1088125

NIAGARA FALLS REVIEW -
Human Rights Tribunal limiting free speech
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1087721&auth=PETER+WORTHINGTON

K-W RECORD -
Dealing with Mugabe
http://news.therecord.com/Opinions/article/373099

LONDON FREE PRESS -
Canada deserves green debate
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Opinion/Editorials/2008/06/25/5978091-sun.html

WINDSOR STAR -
Mugabe's rule
A campaign of terror
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=97624bcc-8298-4a51-a462-b3bb0c1137b1

ORILLIA PACKET AND TIMES -
Summer brings end to session
http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1088707

SUDBURY STAR -
Carbon tax plan a failure
Dion's environmental plan will likely ensure his own demise at the polls
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1088166&auth=CLAIRE+HOY

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -
Africa must act
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4190945p-4781777c.html

One small step
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4190947p-4781790c.html

WINNIPEG SUN -
Canada deserves green debate
http://www.winnipegsun.com/Comment/Editorial/2008/06/25/5978586-sun.html

SASKATOON STARPHOENIX -
CWB threat shows disdain for democracy
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/forum/story.html?id=faf5ec6d-98b6-4856-a90f-79aba4bd788f

REGINA LEADER-POST -
Price of natural gas looks set to flare
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/viewpoints/story.html?id=2f173523-d754-42be-9c4e-4864f1cab122

CALGARY HERALD -
'Strong and Free' is Albertan and Canadian
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=b4e05797-d74a-41e8-83d2-61eea64764ce

CALGARY SUN-
Canada deserves green debate
http://calsun.canoe.ca/Comment/POV/2008/06/25/5978086-sun.html

EDMONTON JOURNAL -
Green Dion: refreshing but flawed
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/opinion/story.html?id=da495d83-99c4-421f-830b-3310e5687a9f

EDMONTON SUN -
Canada deserves green debate
http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/Commentary/2008/06/25/5977501-sun.html
 
LETHBRIDGE HERALD -
Graffiti is clearly not art in this city
http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/article_11179.php

PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN -
Shiftless politicians
http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20080623138128/opinion/editorials/shiftless-politicians.html

VANCOUVER PROVINCE -
Police should cool the hype
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=dae9b411-387b-4050-babb-85ecfc7c51a1

VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST -
Canada can lead on greener path
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=ee844f62-f177-4edb-94f8-e4d32803f372

NANAIMO DAILY NEWS -
Prosecuting stoned drivers is a necessity
http://www.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/opinion/story.html?id=bdb5b471-a5c4-43b0-8ecb-3b3d53f1abff


ISSUES

AFGHANISTAN -
Pakistan calls the shots
Washington's grand plan for a compliant Pakistani government and military is in tatters, and its carrot of economic aid may no longer be enough to secure Islamabad's cooperation in the "war on terror" against the Taliban, with dire consequences. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JF25Df01.html

Special forces find proof of Iran supplying Taliban with equipment to fight British
The Observer (06/24/2008)

Fissures on Afghanistan
The Washington Times, Editorial (06/25/2008)

Tough love for Afghanistan
The Washington Times. (06/25/2008)

Afghanistan Sees Pakistan Agency Role in Karzai Plot
The New York Times (06/25/2008)

Afghan War Moves Into Unknown Territory
ABC News (06/25/2008)

Is Iran Behind Afghanistan's 'Superbombs?'
Wired (06/24/2008)

Blogging the Khalilzad conference call
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (06/24/2008)

TAPI pipeline new containment tool?
United Press International (06/24/2008)

How to endure operation pipeline
Qoqnoos (06/24/2008)

Still in the pipeline
HardNews Magazine, India (06/24/2008)

Turkmenistan demands higher price for TAPI gas
Financial Express, India (06/24/2008)

Think-tank questions Afghan pipeline feasibility, beneficiaries
Georgia Straight, Canada (06/24/2008)

Death penalty call for man who spread Koran translation
AKI (06/24/2008)


CANUSA/USACAN
Interrogators promised Khadr freedom for his cooperation, affidavit says 
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=c02f0473-60a8-4c77-a8e7-db95a00c2e37

Alberta ignores U.S. oil critics at its peril
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=613475

Canada holds winning hand in oil fight
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=613439


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Canadian surplus hits $28.1-billion
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=613220

Electric car maker poised to shock auto industry
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=613448

New approach needed to deal with carbon
Neither the Liberals nor Tories appreciate the competitive challenges we face
By Thomas d'Aquino http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2008/06/25/new-approach-needed-to-deal-with-carbon.aspx

Consolidation within the poultry industry an ominous trend
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=c0809845-38db-4236-9afc-6fc10bffb953

Abolish the Canadian rail monopoly
Canada should adopt the Australian system of 'running rights' for non-incumbent rail services
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2008/06/23/abolish-the-canadian-rail-monopoly.aspx

Mexico ready to eclipse Canada as continent's No. 2 auto maker
http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080625.wrautos25/BNStory/Business/home


FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Canadian general urges NATO countries to streamline bureaucracy
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080625/national/nato_cda_bureaucracy

Britain's Armed Forces 'stretched past limits'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/frontline/2189180/Britain%27s-Armed-Forces-%27stretched-beyond-their-capabilities%27-by-fighting-in-Iraq-and-Afghanistan.html

General David Petraeus: My philosophy on war
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2188092/General-David-Petraeus-My-philosophy-on-war.html

The Pentagon's merchants of war
Nick Turse pins down five of the billion-dollar babies that profit from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF26Ak03.html

Neo-con redux?
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF26Ak01.html

Are they really oil wars?
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JF25Dj05.html


HEALTH CARE RELATED
Record rate of C-sections worry doctors
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=613441

New mental health facility a return to institutional care
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=1eafb69f-66a0-414c-b7e8-66a447ec30d4

Medicine's blind spot:
The mental health stigma
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080625.wcopsych25/BNStory/specialComment/home


JUSTICE SYSTEM
Drug-impaired drivers to face roadside testing 
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=a5069ed7-2857-4eed-97a4-9536e5b9b17d

Lawsuit alleges sexist practices
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=5f3ebda3-6aa4-48a7-8b05-d26c95e7f64c

Why was he out?
Pervert with many breaches was high risk
http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Columnists/Brodbeck_Tom/2008/06/25/5979356-sun.html

Minimums mandatory
Courts have been suckered way too many times
http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Columnists/Marshall_Robert/2008/06/25/5978976-sun.html

Victim's husband shares trauma of justice system
http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Columnists/Mustard_Laurie/2008/06/25/5979361-sun.html


MIGRATION
Lose accent, culture to succeed, visible minorities say: study
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=610972


POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES
Gay-friendly curriculum may prove positively hostile for B.C. Liberals
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=42b75b00-8763-49de-affb-913d26ec1d23

Tory attack ads will sting premier 
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=993f37ed-e4c8-4951-b023-3a2ddcd77b4c

The hard sell is coming in Liberal bid to defuse anger over carbon tax 
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=005772e9-79c9-4d66-991d-cce31b8018f0

OK, Alberta oil producers, start thinking carbon taxes
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080625.wcosimp25/BNStory/specialComment/home

McGuinty supports carbon tax, despite $1B bill
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/449339


PARTY POLITICS
Quebecers get prominent roles in cabinet shuffle
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/06/25/shuffle-cabinet.html

Liberals stand fast on shift to green
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=0d69167e-680b-4b30-b6f3-dc15f316b0b9

Bernier's pastry photo-op no cakewalk
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=613454

Bernier breaks silence on Couillard affair
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=613461

Global Video: Maxime Bernier speaks out
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/global-video/index.html?video=1777068

May beats Dion to the Harper cabinet shuffle punch...
Harper missed chance to promote women in cabinet shuffle
http://www.greenparty.ca/en/releases/25.06.2008

Beatty seeks Grit nomination
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/local/story.html?id=ea626bba-4569-421a-a799-d6c00142db00

The Green Shift is good for Canada
John McCallum, http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=610990


POLITICAL OPINION -
Tory troubles growing
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=dd04c3b9-9acc-4e4a-bb9e-5ff905fb0e2b

Scientists urge PM to speed up global warming fight 
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=336a0d04-39a5-474c-b31c-000e6cbef0f2

Cabinet shuffle? PM barely cut the deck
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=613358

Cabinet appointment the beginning of the end
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2008/06/25/john-ivison-cabinet-appointment-the-beginning-of-the-end.aspx

Posted: Meet your new members of Cabinet
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2008/06/25/do-the-shuffle-harper-to-shake-up-cabinet-today.aspx

Emerson major figure in minor cabinet change
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=613271

Harper touts vision for Quebec
On eve of cabinet shuffle, PM tries to cement support for Tories in wake of Bernier affair
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080625.wharper25/BNStory/National/home

Dion's green anti-poverty plan
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/448663

Canadians want TV debate on Liberals' carbon tax, poll finds
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/448786

Welcome to Paradis
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080625.WBwbradwanski20080625112139/WBStory/WBwbradwanski/


PROGRAMMES
 Memorandum of Understanding between Ottawa and NB to help new businesses
http://translate.google.ca/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Finfo.branchez-vous.com%2FNationales%2F080625%2FN0625168AU.html&sl=fr&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Recent lapses raise questions about department security
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080625.DFAIT25/TPStory/TPNational/Politics/

Serious failures exist in federal prisons: report
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=610973


PRESSURE POINTS
Liberal Green Shift already a step behind
Emissions fell to 721 Mt in 2006, a one-year decrease of 1.9 per cent and a three-year decrease of 3 per cent, reducing emissions to a 21.7-per-cent increase from 1990. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080625.RREYNOLDS25/TPStory/TPBusiness/Politics/

And then they came for the Tamils
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/448606

Crown's linchpin shakes case
http://www.thestar.com/Canada/Columnist/article/448780


OPINION AND INFORMATION
Peacekeeper or warmonger?
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/westview/story/4190977p-4781739c.html

Get rid of subsidies on energy
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/westview/story/4190979p-4781789c.html

Dion's carbon tax the fairest option for Canada
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/westview/story/4190978p-4781769c.html

Better to confront hateful views than muzzle them
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=76342344-6ac1-4925-8950-a6cb6c595de4

Get tough with chronic offenders
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=48e4657b-75d6-4f51-8c3a-379bfc462efa

Threats to Canadian Jewish targets have global roots
The message: Iran can still threaten America via Hezbollah
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=a5632b00-e9fc-4571-a0e1-6f4f82fbb0b7

Some real-world advice for today's high-school grads
Life in college and the workplace is a lot different from high school
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=4d766697-a799-4094-8822-79003875842d

Free speech has limits 
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=3882eaf9-6bb0-4a59-afb5-a730e3d86d51

What was the climate at creation?
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=a47d4d78-eb0f-41cc-80ca-5891b8b05ab7

Anti-family chickens come home to roost
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=8b565152-2b39-4edd-a0f3-5d8f7a82a136


INFOS 
Gouvernement fédéral
Léger remaniement
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2008/06/25/002-remaniement-mercredi.shtml

Torture
Des américains se soulèvent
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/International/2008/06/25/007-petition-torture-usa.shtml

Pistolet Taser
L'Ontario n'imposera pas de moratoire
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Ontario/2008/06/25/001-taser-amnitie-moratoire_n.shtml

Bernier dit n'avoir pas eu connaissance du passé trouble de Julie Couillard
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080625/N0625196AU.html

Le nouveau ministre des Travaux publics est un néophyte de la politique
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080625/N0625132AU.html

Khawaja servait de messager à al-Qaïda, soutient un témoin de la Couronne
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080625/N0625178AU.html

McGuinty appuie une taxe sur le carbone malgré son coût élevé pour l'Ontario
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080625/N0625198AU.html

Taser: un commissaire aux plaintes contre la GRC propose des normes
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080625/N0625190AU.html

Protocole d'entente entre Ottawa et NB pour aider les nouvelles entreprises
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080625/N0625168AU.html

Maxime Bernier s'explique devant des militants
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080625/CPACTUALITES/806250868/1025/CPACTUALITES

Afghanistan - L'armée a mal digéré «l'opération Jos Louis»
http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/06/25/195306.html

Harper profite de la Fête nationale pour courtiser les Québécois
http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/06/25/195276.html

Harper au sommet du G8
http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/06/25/195270.html

La Teoria Conspiratoria
Oil Is NOT A Fossil
Fuel - It Is Abiotic
http://www.rense.com/general67/oils.htm

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IS IT THE Quebec nation OR the Québécoise nation THAT WAS RECOGNIZED -OR BOTH?

Mr. Harper said the Conservative party is the only one that can defend the province's interests on Parliament Hill.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=2271e096-5f43-4298-85c2-ac29cd036fe6

"Some believe in a united Canada, others believe in a Quebec nation, but only we, the Conservatives are promoting these two fundamental realities," he said.  «Certains croient à un Canada uni, d'autres croient en une nation québécoise, mais seulement nous, les conservateurs, faisons la promotion de ces deux réalités fondamentales», at-il affirmé. http://translate.google.ca/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ledevoir.com%2F2008%2F06%2F25%2F195276.html&sl=fr&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

"We believe in a strong, united, independent and free Canada with a Quebec that is confident ... autonomous and proud," Mr. Harper said in Greenfield Park, Que., on Montreal's South Shore, where he attended a barbecue for Conservative supporters.

"In this way, we as Conservatives are unique," he said. "Because there are certain parties that believe in a united Canada. And another believes in a Québécois nation. But only we, the Conservatives, are promoting these two fundamental realities."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080625.wharper25/BNStory/National/home


IF SO, WHY IS THE HAND NEVER PLAYED?
Canada holds winning hand in oil fight
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=613439


REALITY or HERESY?

Assuming only that high oil prices persist for the next 12 years, the market - all by itself - would probably deliver the bulk of Mr. Dion's commitment through conservation and technology-driven advances in energy efficiency. Note the 1.9-per-cent emissions decrease in 2006 alone. Note further that these reductions in GHG emissions require no belief in global warming, no belief in ecological disaster. They follow spontaneously from the inexorable discipline of household economics. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080625.RREYNOLDS25/TPStory/TPBusiness/Politics/

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From: "Real Gagne"

Joe:

I've never accepted the notion that Quebec is a "nation" in the sense that the term is generally understood, going all the way back to Robert Stanfield's misguided use of the term. I'm with you on that one.

Where I believe we part company is your contention that provinces have jurisdiction only over "local matters." Under our Constitution, the provinces are granted certain powers over which they are sovereign and in my view the federal government has no over-riding rights in those areas except where expressly provided for in the Constitution.

The case of the territories is more ambiguous as the Constitution is silent on this.

In any case, like you, I see my country as one from sea to sea to sea.

Real

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From: "Jacob Rempel"
To: "DAILY DIGEST"
Subject: For your political promises file.

Hold them to it.

Stephane Dion's  GREEN SHIFT
http://thegreenshift.ca/default_e.aspx

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From: "Suan H.Booiman"
Subject: one country

Joe,
 
You are not alone with the view that Canada one time was one country.
Today we have the State of Quebec within, paid for by English speaking
Canada. Political desperation to buy votes while destroying the country.
 
However besides that we have all the "minorities" with their own police
force called "Human Rights Commission or Tribunal" Some in deep
progress in restricting Freedom of Speech, as Canada slowly becomes
the socialistic police state suggested by a Liberal Quebecois fanatic
named P.E.Trudeau, since the politicians have become cowards,
fearing "to offend". With the rising power in Saskatchewan, economically
Western Canada can do without all things east of the Manitoba border.
Ottawa will make sure that this division will rise to serve Central Canada,
as politician have done since Confederation, being the reason that the
country will fall apart if you agree or not.
 
The Quebec political isolation is only the beginning.
 
That is my sermon and not afraid to speak out about it, as Eisenhower
said "There is no greater fear than fear itself".
 
The greatest treat is an union between Western Canada and Western US,
which is on the doorsteps, it would not take many US soldiers to walk
across the border for the simple reason that Western Canada has no
military representation regardless the French speaking Western command
Centre in Edmonton, waiting for translations.
 
Suan

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From: Ron Thornton

Hi Joe:

Sometimes I wonder if there is any good news other than what I hope grace each of us through our families and friends. It seems once you get too far removed from that circle, things just go down the crapper.

The *_Amherst Daily News figures it is time to get tough with non-conformist refugees_*. Well, duh! This would be especially true for any group who are adherents to any doctrine, and leadership, that advocates the destruction of their new hosts. It is supremely stupid of the new hosts to then also arm such groups with the powers of tribunals such as the misnamed Human Rights Commissions that trample all over the rights of whomever such groups accuse. It is the right, or at least it used to be, of all stakeholders to be able to hold a full debate on any issue so that we all might reach a reasonable conclusion. Without that freedom, that ability to risk offending another in order to defend one's views at the risk of also facing sanction from whom you offend, we stop slowly evolving as a society in a logical sense and wind up quickly transforming into only God knows what.

I'm beginning to see why I won't be a subscriber to the *_Kingston Whig Standard_* any time soon. *_They call for an "adult" debate on Stephane Dion's latest carbon tax insanity._* Good, let Dion act like an adult and present his argument. If we like what we hear, then we'll buy in to it regardless of how much noise the government side makes. However, if one just tosses out a thought that does not have much thinking behind it, then one shouldn't be surprised when others call bullsh*t.

_*With gas prices continue to rise, consumption is dropping.*_  _*While demand is dropping, prices continue to rise.*_  So much for the theory that prices are being driven by market economics. What, or who, is behind it? Does anybody in a position to act give a damn? Well, it seems that "no", they don't. Being accustomed to a way of life that allows my kids a reasonable expectation to live until they are 80, have decent access to food and medical, a chance to travel a hundred miles in a couple of hours rather than 3 or 4 days, the ability to survive a Canadian winter, among other things, having an affordable source of energy is rather important to me.  It will take more than bullsh*t and fantasy to cause me to jettison it for a return to more medieval times.

_*As for an alternative source of energy*_, something more environmentally friendly and renewable, I'm still waiting. So, don't bother me with tales of gloom and doom unless somebody thinks the issue important enough to produce the alternative. It would be nice if that alternative is also provided to the _*84.5% of the world's population (the 5.6-billion folks) unaffected by the Kyoto provisions.*_  China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Russia, Mexico, and the Phillipe's, to name just ten nations with a combined 4.1-billion Kyoto free souls, should also play their part in the band. Hey, it is all about saving the earth, is it not? Oh, I forgot. Kyoto has nothing to do with the environment, and everything to do with handing over our cash so we can continue to live as we are. We are such schmucks.

_*Now to your feature question, Joe*_, which got me up on my high horse in the first place.  I agree with you that _*Canada is "one nation from sea to sea subdivided into ten provinces and three territories with jurisdiction over local matters."*_ However, I also believe we have an antiquated system of governance where two provinces from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Lake of the Woods have too much dominance over a continent wide nation. While they may deserve their nearly 59% share of the House of Commons based on population, *Ontario and Quebec do not also deserve their combined 45% of the seats in the Senate.* The concept of dividing the Senate based on regions rather than by province was a mistake from the beginning. The concept of making it a poor man's House of Lords was a mistake from the beginning. The concept of it being a chamber of sober second thought was bogus from the beginning.  Yet, the idea of abolishing it, rather than making it work similar to the American and Australian models, would be a mistake.

Of course, all of that is based on the concept that we are one nation, from sea to sea.  While Prime Minister Harper may say Quebec is a nation within a nation, it all comes down to the details. If it is about dual nations, then the clock is ticking, as those in Belgium might tell you, or those in the former Czechoslovakia, the former Yugoslavia, the former Soviet Union, or the former Scandinavian unions. However, it is interesting to note that _*Quebec or New France never was a nation.*_ It was merely a colony of 60,000 by the time it was ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Paris in 1763. To put it in to perspective, it had the population presently enjoyed by Greenland. However, let us not let the facts get in the way of a good fable.

Al Gore has not.

Thanks for the soap box, Joe.

Ron Thornton

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From: "Rebecca Gingrich"
Subject: DD

BELOW(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)30)(30)(30)(30)(30)

Joe--Canada IS one nation.  Something successive governments have failed to
realize in their quest for votes.  The CPC went over the line with the one
nation garbage.
They sold the soul of Canada for power.
Every province has their own culture but the underlying reason for being is
that we are one country and supposedly equal.  We know that is just words
and spin.  We know that Ontario and Quebec are more equal.  We also know
that Ontario and Quebec have more seats up for grabs.  Nationhood is for
countrys, not provinces.  The CPC has added fuel to the independence
fire--and are proud of it.
becky


Subject: [On-Guard] Renewable energy???

What's for dinner? Corn ethanol, feedlots and what you eat
http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2079


Subject: Canadian symbols

Below is an excerpt from Peter Worthington's column today. I post this as a
postscript to my posting yesterday regarding the Calgary Sun's request for a
symbol of Canada's history. After reading this I realize that our
'education' system is bound bent and determined to erase any real symbols of
Canada's history--multiculturalism is our only history?
Becky

http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Worthington_Peter/2008/06/24/5968476-sun.php

Many Canadians feel that the teaching of Canadian history in our elementary
schools is abysmal to misguided. I remember when our kids were in elementary
school some 30 years ago, one of them announced Portugal had a claim on
discovering Canada because the cook in Henry Hudson's ship was Portuguese.
(Whether the cook was or wasn't, isn't the point; it was distorting history
in order to be inclusive.)

I'll guarantee that the British involvement in Canada's history, is not
taught in our schools as thoroughly and anecdotally as it was prior to our
fixation on making Canada a multicultural country, with history adjusted to
include every faction.



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From: derek skinner
Subject: Fw: Our natural health freedoms are in jeopardy! Meeting at OISE June 26 7 p.m.

Everyone should be aware of the "police state" tactics of the Harper Government regarding Bills C51 and C52.
Many thanks to Wendy Forrest for her research and tenacity in bringing this issue before the residents of Toronto. It applies to us all. 
Derek

----- Original Message -----
From: Wendy Forrest
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 2:11 PM
Subject: Our natural health freedoms are in jeopardy! Meeting at OISE June 26 7 p.m.

This information is very important.  Forward widely to anyone you know in Toronto.  We get the government we deserve by not being vigilant every day!
 
Video:  We become silent:  The last days of health freedom 

Canadian Natural Health Coalition

Stop C51 (and now C52)

Subject: Sneaking tyranny of Bill C-52, & legal challenge

Although Bill C-51 did not pass the second reading, the danger of losing our basic health freedom continues because C-52 did pass. So this summer it will go to the Standing Committee on Health, which is stacked with conservatives who will carry out Harper's agenda while everyone else is off on vacation and not paying attention to what the government is up to.  

If anything, C-52 is worse than C-51. Further, if it passes third reading the government can simply attach C-51 to it, as explained by health-freedom advocate Chris Gupta:

An Order in Council (a cabinet decision without parliamentary debate, media inquiry, or public input via our respective MP's office etc) can be used to sneak an unpopular, unwanted set of rules into law. This would enable the Harper government to bypass all objections from the public and even some of their own backbenchers. The government has already sold us out on health issues.

(See Gupta's articles at < http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/control_tactics.htm>, especially "Another Health Canada Horror Story - C-51& C-52", posted on June 9th, 2008. If you want to get on his list to get updates on this unfolding situation, you can contact him through his website.)

C-52 thus pushes forward the SPP and other international harmonization/globalization and unless stopped enables Harper to present us with the SPP's harmonized rules as a "fait accompli" next fall. On June 20, Conservative member Mr. James Rajotte (Edmonton?Leduc, CPC) apparently using a pre-planned strategy that caught everyone off guard, put forward a motion allowing C-52 to proceed as if it had been approved by the House:

"That, at any time the House stands adjourned during June or July, the Standing Committee on Health or the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development has ready a report, when that report is deposited with the Clerk, it shall be deemed to have been duly presented to the House."

Apparently many Hon. Members among the opposition failed to recognize the significance of this and let it go through unchallenged. This motion's acceptance in effect negates all the attempts to stop or modify C-51 with one clever procedural ploy.

Independent journalist Helke Ferrie is donating donating 50% of the price from her new book to a legal fund supporting a court challenge to C-52. She writes:
"In my opinion something should be done immediately to tie up C-52 in court and challenge its legality so they cannot have committee hearings until the court has ruled. Should you have any doubts about this, I suggest you go to www.nhppa.org and read Shawn Buckley's analysis of C-52 which explains how it could turn Canada into a police state."

It is because of these new regulations limiting access to natural health and forcing adoption of GMOs in agriculture that the people of Ireland voted to reject the European Union's Lisbon treaty. The wording of the Canadian bills is taken from that EU treaty to which the Irish refused to submit.

What most people are not grasping yet is the fundamental legal difference between the system of standards and rules we have known and what is being brought in to replace it. This is the difference between English Common Law and Napoleonic Code. The traditional English legal system operates under the basic assumption that unless specifically forbidden, everything is permitted. Napoleonic Code reverses this. Everything is forbidden unless specifically permitted. And under the Codex Alimentarius, the list of permitted items such as vitamins is very short! 

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