Daily Digest July 10, 2008

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

EDITORIALs

ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM -
Jumping on the ban bandwagon
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sc=80

CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN -
A gesture of justice for Mr. Truscott print this article
Hopefully the compensation paid out to Steven Truscott and his family will allow them the peace and tranquility they seek.
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=151475&sc=103

CAPE BRETON POST -
Board firings a lab experiment
http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=151263&sc=151

HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
Let's see the tape
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1066863.html

AMHERST DAILY NEWS -
G8 declaration just more gas for the climate
http://www.amherstdaily.com/index.cfm?sid=151296&sc=61

MONTREAL GAZETTE -
Yellow margarine doesn't signal an end to dairy wars
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=445c1136-8a6b-407a-9f73-dc1e8eabba06

OTTAWA CITIZEN -
G8 leaders feed skepticism 
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=977b7b45-0e38-458f-97aa-74e28d01a76c

KINGSTON WHIG STANDARD-
Canada's do-nothing policy;
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1107940

TORONTO STAR -
We are slipping on foreign aid
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/457547

Text message backlash
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/457546

GLOBE & MAIL -
Mr. Dion goes to Alberta
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080710.ECARBON10/TPStory/TPComment/Politics/

NATIONAL POST -
Why we'll keep burning carbon
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=643506

K-W RECORD -
Stopping road rage
http://news.therecord.com/Opinions/article/380717

WINDSOR STAR -
The choice is always yours
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=4590fd57-7112-4698-8b79-e7ab7cea5d0f

SUDBURY STAR -
Green Shift a 'Win-Win' for Sudbury, Canadians
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1108502

Tax us like you mean it
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1108510

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -
Fighting obesity
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4196927p-4788445c.html

SASKATOON STARPHOENIX -
About time nuclear studies get released
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/forum/story.html?id=d8a9af1c-d364-4a6a-bc6c-dcc9fc247544

REGINA LEADER-POST -
Paycheque envy
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/viewpoints/story.html?id=b7832b01-0649-4652-9781-c9a3f01e4c1d

CALGARY HERALD -
The cost of green
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=984ff08c-41d4-4443-b57d-3556f8f61f02

LETHBRIDGE HERALD -
G8 delivers vague and mixed messages
http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/article_11330.php

VANCOUVER SUN -
Aggressive HIV effort could cut AIDS cases
Increasing HAART therapy, especially for hard-to-reach groups, makes both moral and economic sense
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=eda00cdf-c130-4284-aa14-fc37de89d57d

VANCOUVER PROVINCE -
Keep on flopping
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=0fbb3f1c-26a0-43da-8be4-d89fca56a751

VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST -
Lessons for all of us in tragic death
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=ecf204a0-e284-40cb-ba2d-881fce951fe0

Human rights on First Nations getting closer
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/forum/story.html?id=e2f900c1-8642-42a6-a17d-62935dbb6cd4


ISSUES

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -          
Internal memo braces RCMP for deluge of abuse claims
Avalanche of residential school complaints descends as force grapples with own role in tragedy
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/457650

Aboriginals not aware of college payment options 
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=7c7ddac8-4dbb-4efe-8876-fb37c02ba7db


AFGHANISTAN -
Nine British troops have been injured in a "friendly fire" incident in Helmand, Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7500705.stm

'US commandos ready to conduct raids in Pakistan'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\07\10\story_10-7-2008_pg1_1

Pointing a finger at Islamabad
The Economist (07/10/2008)

Afghanistan says coalition forces to start withdrawal in October
RIA Novosti, Russia (07/10/2008)

The Face of the Enemy
Embassy, Weekly of The Canadian Armed Forces (07/10/2008)

Karzai 'axes governor for US rebuke'
Afghan governor fired for criticising raid in which civilians died, Al Jazeera learns.
Al Jazaeera (07/10/2008)

Afghanistan links Pakistan's truce with rebels to violence
AFP (07/10/2008)

2 Taliban killed by group of Afghan villagers
The Associated Press (07/10/2008)

Pakistan 'trained Kabul bombers'
Gulf Times (07/10/2008)

Indian role in Afghanistan prompted Monday's embassy bombing
Irish Times (07/10/2008)

Gates Says No Proof That `Foreign Agents' Planned Kabul Bombing
Bloomberg (07/10/2008)

Uzbeks presence in Pakistan's tribal areas reignites intra-Taliban conflict
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/07/uzbeks_presence_in_p.php

Iraq, Iran and the peace deal in Khyber, Pakistan.
http://media.libsyn.com/media/brettwinterble/CovertRadio080710_Long_War_Journal_and_Covert_Radio_on_Pakistan_Iran_and_Iraq.mp3


CANUSA/USACAN
Ottawa to leave Khadr in U.S.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=645334

Court rejects challenge to refugee agreement with U.S.
Decision overturns a ruling last November that found agreement violates Charter of Rights
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=b3f55f47-45a3-4104-9534-a574dd200852


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Texting charge suspicious, unfair
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=7cef5a81-39df-4b88-9a4f-d2fbe6f516a1


FOREIGN AFFAIRS
No long-term goals for G-8
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=157b49cc-1129-42b3-b504-7ca832ca80d5


HEALTH CARE RELATED
National birthing strategy
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080709.webirth10/BNStory/specialComment/home


POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES
Green fee hits TVs
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/457674

Liberals' carbon crusade puts 'the future' ahead of economic concerns
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=dfc84048-4875-4b6b-8646-cd4d2b9faacb


PARTY POLITICS
PM chided for 'appalling' leadership at G8 summit
Dion decries Harper for pushing other nations to less ambitious goals on greenhouse gas cuts
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/457653

Tories demand apology over joke published in newsletter
Liberal riding association publication included reference to prime minister and wife dying in crash
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=82956bc3-8f21-4993-ae8e-44c670dd032e

Carbon tax ploy to force election: minister
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=2544c3e2-6e4f-42ff-83a1-a98b4e81c931


POLITICAL OPINION -
Tough timing for Dion
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/457521

Harper has changed Canada's progressive image
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/457661

The man behind Corn Cob Bob takes over PM's communications
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080710.wKory09/BNStory/National/home

Dion could have taken dead aim at Alberta - but he didn't
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080710.COLIBS10/TPStory/TPComment/Politics/

Liberals might settle 'green shift' tiff
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=fe0edebe-c4f3-46e9-a2d4-60ada420f098

The gang that can't shoot straight
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/3901

It worked for Richard Nixon
To understand Stephen Harper's bold new game plan, look to a cunning former U.S. president
http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20080709_23937_23937


PROGRAMMES
Ottawa chooses to ignore its own security watchdog
Government sides with CSIS on case of terror suspect who was moved from Oman to U.S.
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/457522

PM backs biofuels, claims little impact on food prices
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=645362

Ottawa won't seek return of Khadr, Harper says
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080710.wwharper-khadr0710/BNStory/National/home

Lawyers, advocates dispute Harper claim of 'no real alternative' on Khadr
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080710/national/air_canada

PM brushes off evidence of Guantanamo abuse
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080710/canada/canada_khadr_col

AECL lawsuit 'just one more liability' to sale
MDS seeks $1.6-billion from Crown corporation and federal government for cancelling reactors expected to produce medical isotopes
http://www.globeinvestor.com/servlet/story/GAM.20080710.RMDS10/GIStory/

Harper representative will attend Olympics 
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=344bbc64-fb6e-4423-9f40-f26df7f34672


OPINION AND INFORMATION
A virtual monument for a founding father
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080710.HISTORY10/TPStory/TPNational/Politics/

Washington can't live up to standards of 9/11 'truthers'
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=0bc82ffe-1e2e-4991-93ea-0f384b864bad

Witness to the devastation of AIDS
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/457548

Be faithful. Stay alive
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=641396

Bush's exceptional success with India
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/457523

We either lead, or we get left
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080709.wcosummit10/BNStory/specialComment/home

Wrapping reality in a protective cocoon outlaws reasoned debate
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=02ada9eb-c0ac-4a86-bcaf-17c6ab0f4bc1

Action, not PR, will help make the oilsands look good
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=9418af90-01ed-4b0b-b3ef-260b608d5725

The new marriage
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=3d7a4766-989f-4319-9302-2368048eb3b1

Going non-nuclear 
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=78dd41df-0981-4abe-bb0d-68ec9afc451a

The number of ways to invest in water-related companies has increased.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/green/chi-t-boone-pickens-plan-080708-ht,0,3211333.story


INFOS 
Khadr: Harper estime qu'il faut respecter le processus judiciaire américain
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080710/N071012AU.html

Harper montré du doigt
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2008/07/09/002-khadr-sommeil.shtml

Mauvais traitements de Khadr : Ottawa savait depuis 2004
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080710/CPACTUALITES/80710130/1025/CPACTUALITES

Les pays émergents accueillent froidement les objectifs du G-8
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080709/N0709136AU.html

S. Dion estime que les déclarations de S. Harper sur les GES sont trop vagues
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080709/N070952AU.html

La firme Green Shift poursuit le PLC pour usage de son nom
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080709/N0709134AU.html

Le Canada était au courant du traitement réservé à Khadr à Cuba
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080709/N0709132AU.html

Chicane protocolaire: «Ridicule», se défend Verner
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080710/CPSOLEIL/80709228/1025/CPACTUALITES

Une entreprise fait d'importants dons au PC
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080710/CPACTUALITES/80710011/1025/CPACTUALITES

L'Iran teste des missiles pouvant atteindre Israël

http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/07/10/197168.html

Le coût imprévu de la taxe sur le carbone: une poursuite de 8,5 milliards contre le PLC
http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/07/10/197150.html

Tarification des messages textuels - Prentice réclame des explications de Bell et de Telus
http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/07/10/197144.html

La Teoria Conspiratoria

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Were you aware? Do you care?

I was unaware of this:
"Canada Post has paid out more than 400 million dollars in dividends to the Government of Canada since the Multi-Year Policy and Financial Framework was put in place in 1998" and that there is a review now more than halfway underway in terms of submissions. The Terms of Reference are here             http://www.cpcstrategicreview-examenstrategiquescp.gc.ca/trms-eng.html and an article by one of the three advisory panel members is here 'It's time for Serious Postal Reform' http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/jul02/campbell.pdf .                                                                                                                          

Ought public hearings be held on something that affects our every day lives or do we go on the basis of "Trust me" ?

Here's the goggle link that includes the reactions of some municipalities.  If you care one way or the other share your thoughts.

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The federal government is reviewing our post office for the first time in 12 years. It has asked an advisory panel to conduct this inquiry, which it is calling the Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review (CPCSR).

The government's strategic review will look at a very basic and important issue: Should Canada Post continue to have an exclusive privilege to handle addressed letters or should the letter market be open to competition?

Canada Post has an exclusive privilege to handle letters so that it is able to generate enough money to provide affordable postal service to everyone, no matter where they live in our huge country, be it a large urban centre or a rural or isolated community. It will become increasingly difficult for our public post office to provide universal postal service if the government erodes or eliminates the very mechanism that funds universal postal service.

Providing Canada Post with an exclusive privilege to handle addressed letters is a form of regulation. Reducing or eliminating this privilege is deregulation. Deregulation would also lead to privacy issues, including the fact that many competitors would be American-based companies that are subject to the terms of the USA Patriot Act. Under the terms of this Act, American subsidiaries delivering mail in Canada can be required to provide the American government with any records they have concerning the sending or receipt of mail.

There is no good reason to change the mechanism that funds universal postal service. We currently have one of the lowest standard postage rates in the industrial world. Our postal services are universal and affordable, no small feat in the second largest country in the world.

The government has appointed a three-person advisory panel to conduct its review: Robert Campbell, Nicole Beaudoin, and Daniel H. Bader. Mr. Campbell has published two books on postal services in which he has advocated for the end of postal monopolies. In 2002 he published a paper entitled 'It's time for Serious Postal Reform' in which he stated "Canada's postal system should pursue both liberalization and regulation. Liberalization should gradually remove the exclusive privilege." To date, the other members of the panel have not written on postal issues.

The federal government has decided not to hold public hearings in connection with its review. It has asked the review's advisory panel to accept submissions from the public and groups over a four-month period which includes the summer. The decision to forgo hearings and adhere to a tight time frame appears to be designed to limit input from the real owners of our post office – the public.

For further reading on this issue, you may want to consult the CUPW website for fact sheets, bulletins and other documents at http://www.cupw.ca/1/0/8/8/1/index1.shtml. 

 MAKE A SUBMISSION
Submissions are due by September 2, 2008.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is asking the public, community groups, small businesses and others to consider making submissions to the CPCSR in support of universal public postal service.

A submission can be short or long. It can be a letter.

You can send your submission by:

MAIL - Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review, 330 Sparks Street (HCCR), Ottawa, Ontario, K1A ON5

FAX - 613-990-9033

EMAIL – Send a PDF or MS Word document attachment to info@cpcsr-esscp.gc.ca

WEBSITE – Make your views known by going to http://www.cpcstrategicreview-examenstrategiquescp.gc.ca/hw-eng.html

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