Daily Digest July 11, 2008

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

ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM -
Not enough to go on
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=151898&sc=80

CAPE BRETON POST -
Market speaks on values
http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=152084&sc=151

HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
Peanuts incoming
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1067041.html

AMHERST DAILY NEWS -
The Grinch that stole childhood
http://www.amherstdaily.com/index.cfm?sid=151740&sc=61

MONTREAL GAZETTE -
Tighter mortgage rules are a good first step
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=a8329f10-ed61-44df-b1ee-77dec3897c5f

OTTAWA CITIZEN -
Rape as a weapon
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=3310695e-78d6-4857-b75f-0078ae577f52

KINGSTON WHIG STANDARD-
Rethinking biofuels
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1109658

TORONTO STAR -
Khadr case shames us
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/458284

Why bail in this case?
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/458279

How to recycle old computers
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/458283

GLOBE & MAIL -
The subprime crisis reaches north
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080711.weEconomy12/BNStory/specialComment/home

NATIONAL POST -
The two green shifts
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=645911

HAMILTON SPECTATOR -
Don't fan the flames of rage
http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/400973

NIAGARA FALLS REVIEW -
Education shouldn't take back seat to self-esteem;
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1109814

K-W RECORD -
Maddening G-8 is worth fixing
http://news.therecord.com/Opinions/article/381193

Cover recycling's cost
http://news.therecord.com/Opinions/article/381195

WINDSOR STAR -
Global air
Facing up to the reality
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=39847a68-2c57-4c96-bd72-aa116fec885b

SUDBURY STAR -
Canada stands back;
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1110322

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -
Mortgage law tinkered
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4197444p-4788946c.html

Best and good
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4197446p-4788962c.html

SASKATOON STARPHOENIX -
G8 meeting proves comedy act
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/forum/story.html?id=371da0de-5a2b-43a4-81aa-1848eee00ff2

CALGARY SUN -
Cellphone carriers must get message
http://calsun.canoe.ca/Comment/POV/2008/07/11/6126871-sun.html

GRANDE PRAIRIE DAILY HERALD TRIBUNE -
FAS coming of age
http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1110831

EDMONTON JOURNAL -
Will cash improve political climate?
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/opinion/story.html?id=ae147b91-2e72-43b3-ba65-7006538fd336

PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN -
Sewage plant a fitting tribute to George Bush
http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20080710140404/opinion/editorials/sewage-plant-a-fitting-tribute-to-george-bush.html

VANCOUVER SUN -
Crackdown on mortgage lending will protect home buyers and taxpayers 
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=518f176f-4016-4d95-a1cf-176c76b7fc16

VANCOUVER PROVINCE -
Let deserters stand in line
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=99c80ffe-9812-4259-aa0d-2ffde7d7bf8b


ISSUES

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -          
Women plan overthrow at Manitoba First Nation
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=645699

Brantford construction site shut down by Six Nations protest
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080711.wbrantford0711/BNStory/National/home

First Nations should start taxing tobacco products
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/forum/story.html?id=02966488-0117-4038-af6d-bb2e54586f79

Ottawa wrong to delay Indian rights
Decision giving Indian bands grace period to comply with rights law is justice denied
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=2b5050ab-c419-476b-a676-2310a9d10e31


AFGHANISTAN -
Afghanistan's 'sons of the soil' rise up
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JG12Df01.html

 US 'killed 47 Afghan civilians'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7501538.stm

US military in Pakistan warning
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7501090.stm

US strike' hits Pakistan troops
Eight Pakistani soldiers have been injured after being hit by a shell fired from across the Afghan border, officials and witnesses said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7501354.stm

MoD investigates 'friendly fire'
The Ministry of Defence is trying to find out why an Army helicopter accidentally fired on UK paratroops in southern Afghanistan, wounding nine.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7501069.stm


CANADIAN FORCES
Afghan situation improving: general
NATO view differs from that of U.S.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=8db2885f-9dab-4869-8225-b5365fc0935c


CANUSA/USACAN
No alternative to Guantanamo process, PM says
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080711.KHADRREACTION11/TPStory/TPNational/Politics/

Khadr: Ottawa will leave the U.S. military justice take its course
http://translate.google.ca/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ledevoir.com%2F2008%2F07%2F11%2F197280.html&sl=fr&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

If Khadr has to serve time, law provides options
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080711.wKhadr12/BNStory/National/home

Ottawa fought Khadr's transfer to Gitmo
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080710.wkhadr11_2/BNStory/National/home

Why U.S. war resisters deserve refuge in Canada
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/458270


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Ontario hardest hit as full-time jobs tumble in Canada, unemployment rate rises
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080711/national/jobs


FOREIGN AFFAIRS
G8 CONFERENCE THE AFTERMATH
India, China concerned about climate, Harper says
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080711.G811/TPStory/TPNational/Politics/

Russia, China veto UN sanctions on Zimbabwe
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/459060

Freedom is advancing on the African continent
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=61cb1ff8-c51b-4144-9306-46944d960123


HEALTH CARE RELATED
Pathologists to unveil new standards for breast cancer tests
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080711.wpath12/BNStory/Front/home


JUSTICE SYSTEM
Sick of watching people die
Just ask the police and doctors on the front line – harm reduction doesn't work
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080711.wcowent12/BNStory/specialComment/home

There is no honour in so-called honour killings
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/458240

The case for legal euthanasia
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=fe86fab2-8677-4222-a687-cfffed39e997

Hunger feeds crime
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/westview/story/4197475p-4788975c.html


MIGRATION
They lost limbs serving Canada, now Afghan translators hope to live there
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080711/national/afghan_interpreters_peril


POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES
N.S. premier, defence minister to reveal Crown share details Sunday
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080711/national/ns_crown_share

Opposition call for action after Ont. hardest hit by job losses in June
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080711/national/ont_jobs

N.L. government accuses feds of remaining silent in fight to defend seal hunt
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080711/national/eu_seal_ban

Sask. drops legal challenge of equalization, saying it hampers gov't relations
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080710/national/sask_equalization_challenge

Cooling on ethanol
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080711.EBIOFUELS11/TPStory/TPComment/Politics/

Crown loses bid to protect secret informant
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080711.BCBASI11/TPStory/TPNational/Politics/

The Gordon Campbell Bridge: spanning often troubled federal-provincial waters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080711.BCDISPATCH11/TPStory/TPNational/Politics/


PARTY POLITICS
Harper lawyers want Cadman author to testify in suit against Liberals
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080710/national/harper_cadman

Cadman widow disputes journalist's story
http://www.canada.com/surreynow/news/letters/story.html?id=ba115ea1-bf78-4020-b139-c0bf9d8e1e43

Cadman biographer lashes out at Tory accusations
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=648902

'My tape is of the complete interview'
http://www.canada.com/surreynow/news/editorial/www.canada.com/surreynow/news/story.html?id=0223b90f-e106-4791-a075-83e01abddd1c

THE TALE OF THE TAPE
EXCLUSIVE: Cadman author and 'Now' reporter Tom Zytaruk says an attack on journalism is an attack on democracy
http://www.canada.com/surreynow/news/story.html?id=1c224d33-25f3-43a5-9954-ad2e1a3b02d9


POLITICAL OPINION -
By-elections will test all parties
http://www.thestar.com/Canada/Columnist/article/458398

'Wireless Jim' shoots self in foot
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=8c521362-7bb8-44fe-919f-9ae7e9031023

A judge known for separating truth from theatrics
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080711.OLIPHANT11/TPStory/TPNational/Politics/

Dion just fighting to keep his job
The spin about him having the best interest of Canadians at heart doesn't ring true
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/opinion/story.html?id=4c49a568-303b-4c28-a113-24ea5f38ba00

Harper to show green card
Conservatives likely to unveil their own environmental plan in the fall
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1110348


PROGRAMMES
Tories appoint Reform founder Manning to science advisory panel
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080711/national/manning_appointment


PRESSURE POINTS
Global warming politics changes with the weather;
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1110326

Inconvenient facts
http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Columnists/Brodbeck_Tom/2008/07/11/6128621-sun.html

U.S. energy exec frowns on ethanol push
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/World/2008/07/11/6127701-sun.html

Wrong fuel in Canada's tank
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/458281

Harper defends biofuel program
Energy costs a bigger factor in food price increases, PM says
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/458397


OPINION AND INFORMATION
Mosque opening highlights schism
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Kaufmann_Bill/2008/07/11/6126821-sun.php

A Failed Species
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=645963

Malthus was right
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=645965

Harper Sahib at the G8
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080711.COSALUTIN11/TPStory/TPComment/Politics/

Wind turbine marketers are full of hot air
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080711.RREYNOLDS11/TPStory/TPBusiness/Politics/

The imperialism of good intentions
http://www.thestar.com/World/Columnist/article/458269

If Ontario becomes a 'have-not' province, the West will pay
Equalization payments will reward inefficiency
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=6b93e06d-3ff0-4020-b022-52b26a55a268

Abstinence, faithfulness better against AIDS than condoms
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=10261a24-a540-4586-b229-0f76f18dab78

World leaders renege on promises
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/forum/story.html?id=f2b64f55-3b9c-4ad2-9c11-6015db875057

Dealing with gas prices
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=9dce8df5-9365-49c1-96e7-d82604b224ac

Yes, in America too
Torture isn't all bamboo under the fingernails in a Third-World jail -- it can be sophisticated psychological abuse, and it can be carried out by the United States http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=bb0099be-d2d3-4004-9ecc-5344c85dac7a

It's a dying thing
Global warming threatens Great Barrier Reef
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/westview/story/4197614p-4788901c.html

Apology made, now let's all work together
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/westview/story/4197473p-4788890c.html


INFOS 
Khadr: Ottawa laissera la justice militaire américaine suivre son cours
http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/07/11/197280.html

Terre-Neuve accuse Ottawa de rester muet sur la chasse aux phoques
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080711/N0711155AU.html

Les conservateurs nomment Preston Manning au Conseil des académies canadiennes
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080711/N0711157AU.html

Ottawa dévoile les grandes orientations de sa politique agricole
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080711/N0711145AU.html

Les avocats de Khadr contestent que Harper prétende n'avoir d'autre choix
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080710/N0710131AU.html

Hausse des prix des aliments: Harper admet que les biocarburants sont un facteur
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080710/N0710103AU.html

Zimbabwe
L'ONU rejette le plan américain
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/International/2008/07/11/007-Zimbabwe-ONU-rejet.shtml

Élections fédérales
Les libéraux se préparent
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2008/07/11/002-PLC-liberal.shtml

Accord sur le commerce intérieur
Des fonds maintenant, la signature plus tard
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2008/07/11/004-politique-agricole-report.shtml

Affaire Omar Khadr
La diplomatie canadienne impuissante
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2008/07/11/003-khadr-reax-vendredi.shtml


La Teoria Conspiratoria

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Harper and his M.P.s are in error

Omar Khadr was born in Canada.  When 15 was
in Afghanistan with his father. He was in a fire
fight with American troops. Accused of killing 
one of them he was taken to Guantanamo        
an American base on Cuban territory not until  
recently subject to American legal protections 
for the individual.                                              

He is the only citizen of a Western Civilization
country currently in Guantanamo base, the rest
having been repatriated by their governments.

A couple of weeks ago a Letter to the Editor was
composed and posted to newspapers disagreeing
with the views expressed by CPC  M.P.s in their  
dissenting report.  Views that must be assumed   
to be the bases of the Prime Minister's refusal     
to do as his peers have done other countries.      

My invitation, or to phrase it more strongly, my   
 "défi", my challenge is for those supporting their   
leaders position to be disagreeable, to debate   
the arguments put forward in the following letter.

Frankly, BELOW (30) is getting boring and my aim
is to liven it up so there's something to reduce the
ennui of going through fifty sites every day.        
 
Joe                                                          

Questioned by the CBC, the American military lawyer Khadr, Lt. William Kuebler, considered "shameful" the fact that Canada is the last Western country that has not required, nor of course obtained, the repatriation of its nationals detained at Guantanamo. http://translate.google.ca/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ledevoir.com%2F2008%2F07%2F11%2F197280.html&sl=fr&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Harper said Canada had repeatedly sought and received reassurances that Khadr was being treated fairly.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080710/canada/canada_khadr_col

________________________________________
To: Letter to the Editor <joe.hueglin@bellnet.ca>
From: Joe Hueglin <joe.hueglin@bellnet.ca>
Subject: Ludicrous "litmus test"!
Cc:

Dear Editor,

Arguing that keeping Omar Khadr a prisoner in Guantanamo is a "litmus test" for Canada's commitment against global terrorism is ludicrous.

The scores of battle deaths and hundreds of wounds suffered by our troops in Afghanistan have earned whatever marks there are available, from whomever it is that is doing the testing.

Government arguments in favour of a military tribunal is redundant. The United States Supreme Court decision was that due process not Presidential order be followed.

Khadr is the only citizen of a Western country still in captivity.  Imprisoned at the age of 15 he has spent a quarter of his life in Guantanamo.  Under Canadian law he has already been incarcerated longer than the time to which a person committing a crime at his age could be sentenced.

"The government believes Mr. Khadr would have no other recourse than to re-establish his ties with his family, a group of suspected terrorist-sympathizers espousing an extremists (sic) ideology."  The government is setting a new standard: of judging a person.  Is it to be limited to re-establishing ties only with a family suspected of "espousing an extremists (sic) ideology." or to other anti-social beliefs as well?

It is stated as "fact that it is unlikely he will ever face conviction in Canada." His returning to be judged by Canadian law "could become a litmus test on Canada's commitment to impeding global terrorism," His returning to Canada "could result in consequences that are not in the long-term interest of the country".

With all due respect, the Government of Canada prejudging verdicts of our countries courts, considering failure to convict becoming a test on Canada's commitment to impending global terrorism, arguing that the return of one youth would have consequences not in the long term interests of our country IS ludicrous, is unworthy of serious consideration
        

Joe Hueglin
5838 Mouland Avenue
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Tel 905-356-3901

Quotes from
Khadr must be kept out, Tories insist
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/445170

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