Daily Digest July 16, 2008

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

EDITORIALs

ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM -
Number crunch
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=153215&sc=80

CORNER BROOK WESTERN STAR -
Summer Games need your help
http://www.thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=153086&sc=30

CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN -
Our unique status as the birthplace
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=153353&sc=103

HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
Strongman vs. weak court
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1067793.html

AMHERST DAILY NEWS -
A public pat on the back
http://www.amherstdaily.com/index.cfm?sid=153466&sc=61

MONTREAL GAZETTE -
Omar Khadr is a victim, not a villain
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=f7c353a7-21df-4067-819e-cf8e73c18a08

OTTAWA CITIZEN -
The person in the cell
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=3c500167-1ba2-49a4-83e0-0c7215fbc3c3

Tough audience
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=45bf21e9-0921-4ebb-91d5-859bfa65f4cc

KINGSTON WHIG STANDARD-
Bring this young man home
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1115968

LET'S NOT SEND WRONG MESSAGE;
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1115941

PROTECT US FROM RIPOFFS;
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1115980

THIS FLIP-FLOP IS JUSTIFIED;
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1115984

BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER -
Nothing lasts forever, and nothing we get is free;
http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1115698

TORONTO STAR -
Safeguarding the North
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/460868

Premiers vs. premiers
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/460867

GLOBE & MAIL -
Due process is for Khadr, too
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080716.wekhadr16/BNStory/specialComment/home

Manifestly satire
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080716.wecartoon16/BNStory/specialComment/home

Don't charge by hindsight
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080716.webzp16/BNStory/specialComment/home

NATIONAL POST -
pay 2 txt? 2 bad 4 u
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=657058

HAMILTON SPECTATOR -
The test of the Obama cover
http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/403518

NIAGARA FALLS REVIEW -
Time to get serious about school funding;
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1116037

K-W RECORD -
Battle heating up over chilly North
http://news.therecord.com/Opinions/article/384014

Medicare rules trap foreign student
http://news.therecord.com/Opinions/article/384013

WINDSOR STAR -
Right to offend
Cartoonists draw a fine line
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=2ce614fb-7d4a-4dd1-a463-31115c6896bc

SUDBURY STAR -
Tapes not likely to help Khadr
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1116479

McGuinty should press ahead with ethanol
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1116468

Mulroney's duplicity
Former PM says he was leery of Mugabe, but journalist recalls otherwise
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1116451

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -
Stick to the facts
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4199490p-4791112c.html

WINNIPEG SU, -
We don't need the 'fatal mix'
http://www.winnipegsun.com/Comment/Editorial/2008/07/16/6170841-sun.html

SASKATOON STARPHOENIX -
Tell Canadians truth about Afghanistan
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/forum/story.html?id=068522f4-1e12-4996-a023-4bcc6f8281e3

REGINA LEADER-POST -
Market forces
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/viewpoints/story.html?id=9bf49573-045f-44c4-9716-acb381aace64

CALGARY HERALD -
Set aside squabbles for good of families
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=86845fe7-0ee8-46cd-8b98-6557cd4403b0

EDMONTON JOURNAL -
Mad cuts?
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/opinion/story.html?id=c435829f-f001-4c42-9403-2e88f86fa95c

Return Khadr to Canada
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/opinion/story.html?id=b57cefba-a43d-4b58-95ab-bd3e489a1781

LETHBRIDGE HERALD -
Food we eat is fuel, too
http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/article_11385.php

VANCOUVER SUN -
Leaders must focus on the economic and financial crisis unfolding before us 
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=253e920c-2287-41ec-8838-5ccccd9e95c9

VANCOUVER PROVINCE -
These folks need help
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=76852077-a26d-477f-8a9d-57529dd1ce23

VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST -
B.C. Rail secrecy a betrayal
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=84a7161b-03c1-4579-995e-e8fcfc096539


ISSUES

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -          
First Nations initially overlooked in list of things that most define Canada
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080716/national/canada_list_aboriginals


AFGHANISTAN -
Militants ready for a war without borders
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JG17Df02.html

Canadians kill Taliban commander in Kandahar
Victory marred by insurgent attacks
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=659481

Three Taliban commanders killed in Kandahar
Al Afghan and Coalition forces continue to have success disrupting the Taliban command elements, but security in Kandahar deteriorates.
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/07/three_taliban_comman.php

Pentagon ponders Afghan troop surge
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=659408

Afghan attacks blamed on shortfalls in aid, troops
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=656688

We are not the Soviets ...
The 1979 invasion of Afghanistan holds no real military lessons for NATO and its allies
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080716.wcoafghan16/BNStory/specialComment/home

Wishful thinking does not help in Afghanistan
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080714.wENATYNCZYK15/BNStory/specialComment/home

US troops abandon Afghan outpost
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7509315.stm

US troops poised to cross Afghan border
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4340239.ece

Nato attacks 'rebels in Pakistan'
Nato-led forces in Afghanistan say they have fired into Pakistan after coming under attack from there by suspected militants.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7510464.stm

Afghan attorney general is sacked
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has dismissed his attorney general after the latter announced he would run for the presidency in elections next year.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7509463.stm

We can win in Afghanistan: Aussie Gov't
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/16/2304738.htm

Karzai sacks attorney-general after presidency bid
Reuters (07/16/2008)

Nangarhar Elders Demand Retribution for US Air Strike
IWPR (07/16/2008)

Slipping Back Into Chaos: Karzai's Afghanistan
ABC News (07/16/2008)

Afghan fight drawing foreign jihadis
Christian Science Monitor (07/16/2008)

Civilian casualties fuel Afghan conflict
Reuters (07/16/2008)

Afghan air strikes kill nine civilians
AFP (07/16/2008)

Dispatches from the battle for the Afghan soul
The Times (07/16/2008)

The Phony Peace And The Real War
Strategy Page (07/16/2008)


CANADIAN FORCES
Aboard the future "Super" Hercules C-130J of the Canadian army
http://translate.google.ca/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Finfo.branchez-vous.com%2FNationales%2F080716%2FN0716103AU.html&sl=fr&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8


CANUSA/USACAN
all 1,930 news articles »

Khadr's no perfect sacrificial lamb
http://www.thestar.com/columnists/article/461023

Omar Khadr shifty, sullen, self-pitying on CSIS interrogation tape
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080715/national/omar_khadr_tape

Khadr 'earned' Guantanamo stay, says soldier
http://www.nationalpost.com/most_popular/story.html?id=656852

Canadians 'stabbed in the back' by stance on Khadr
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080716/child_soldier_080716/20080716?hub=TopStories

Bring Khadr home
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=3651246f-7206-4341-a60e-667e56238ab6

How to grow a radical
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Columnists/Jacobs_Mindelle/2008/07/16/6168436-sun.html

The person in the cell
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=3c500167-1ba2-49a4-83e0-0c7215fbc3c3

Omar Khadr is a victim, not a villain
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=f7c353a7-21df-4067-819e-cf8e73c18a08

Canada's role in Gitmo grilling
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/460866

'Disgraceful' that Khadr not at home
Videotape fuels calls by critics for repatriation
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/461028

Gitmo trials rigged, PM should push for Khadr's return: U.S. military lawyer
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080716/national/omar_khadr

Khadr's pleas don't heal split
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/461027

Canada brushes off pressure over Guantanamo inmate
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080716/canada/canada_guantanamo_col


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Alberta pipeline firm announces $7-billion project
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=6a9de8c1-89b6-4a16-997c-0277800f569c

HBC sold to new U.S. owner
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080716/hudsons_bought_080716/20080716?hub=TopStories

Economy takes triple hit
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/461035

The U.S. economy is broken
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080716.wcosimp16/BNStory/specialComment/home

Flaherty says Canada's energy resources will buffer it from global slowdown
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080716/national/flaherty

Has Canada slipped into recession without anyone noticing?
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080716/national/economy

No housing bubble in Canada: Flaherty
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=659488

The culprits behind credit, inflation risks
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=cf306bf6-4d57-4f21-8fca-442268368aff

Economy to grow in 2008, 2009: Flaherty
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080716/canada/canada_economy_col


FOREIGN AFFAIRS
United States: Envoy to attend Iran nuclear talks 
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=dca3c151-745a-45e8-80dd-552800019a05

Missing a chance at Doha
It will take a miracle to salvage the Doha trade talks. Canada has one last opportunity to use its skills
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2008/07/16/missing-a-chance-at-doha.aspx

China's grand trap: Slam brakes on the economy ... or hit the gas?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080716.IBASIA16/TPStory/TPBusiness/Politics/


HEALTH CARE RELATED
Pathologists issue new breast cancer testing guidelines
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/07/16/pathology-guidelines.html

Canada among top worldwide for surviving certain cancers: study
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080716.wcancer0716/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

New report says Canadians spending more out of pocket on health care
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080716/national/health_personal_costs

Women over 40 with depression may be at risk of developing heart disease: study
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080716/national/depression_heart_disease

A choice or a copout?
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=7080e648-a3b5-492b-b540-6b3beb106bd7

Pregnancy study links nuts to asthma in child 
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=61dac9f2-874e-43d4-ac0f-8b8433f7e466


JUSTICE SYSTEM
Quebec move toward safe-injection sites could be awkward for Tories
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080716/national/safe_injection_que


MIGRATION
Ottawa focuses on asylum seekers months after lifting Czech visa requirement
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080716/national/finley_visas


POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES
Premiers ask PM for meeting on native issues
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7510223.stm

Premiers see no hope for deal on green plan - this time
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080716.PREEMS16/TPStory/TPNational/Politics/

Canadian premiers call on Harper to build on residential school apology
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080716/national/premiers_meeting

Separate reality for the Liberals
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Clancy_Roy/2008/07/16/6169841-sun.php

We can expect actual substance from premiers' meet
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/columnists/story.html?id=aed4e0da-8ada-4440-abe6-c519940fcd13

Premiers urged to back UN motion
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=3c386b1b-8e53-4633-961f-4afc9290020b

Climate change issue splits provinces
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=7ffa37ab-1e6d-4753-8ce3-ed12a448cd2a

McGuinty can't help but think about economy
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=2bdefc9a-8ca2-406f-917c-81c363d36a2d

Wall defends lawsuit decision
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=ad40b5f7-edc9-483d-942e-4229b8a49ee4

Ralph Klein blows off B.C.'s new carbon tax
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=199b0a8d-82b4-4b05-bc38-1de26173c319

Ontario's watchdog to investigate nursing homes
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080716/nursing_homes_080716/20080716?hub=TopStories

Campbell takes labour, climate to Quebec
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=7a0b7a1e-e69e-4642-a2d5-728144c80815

Delays in B.C. Rail case put Campbell under a cloud
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=5f14330b-ebfe-4748-a027-c3effc637aae


PARTY POLITICS
Tories outraged as ethics committee draws up witness list
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080716.winandout0716/BNStory/National/home

Electoral officer questions $1.3-million Tory cash transfer
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080716.ADS16/TPStory/TPNational/Politics/

Tories point finger at chief electoral officer
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/461469

Release a smear attempt by Tories, Lastewka says
http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/article/191748

Ethics czar clears Flaherty on conflict allegation
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080716.wflaherty-conflict0716/BNStory/National/home


POLITICAL OPINION -
Just one soloist in Harper's band
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/460865

Harper's avoidance of the premiers is unhelpful
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/columnists/story.html?id=491f9b5f-cd0e-474a-9262-c26f49f4f644

Dion tweaks the classic summer tour
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/460877

Tory party violated rules, MPs told
Chief electoral officer sticks by his decision on Conservatives' 2006 election financing scheme
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/461029

Tempers flare over election financing
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/461232


PROGRAMMES
$100M contract for drones quietly awarded
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=efa43194-775e-4db8-9135-f3dce4919a4b

Security agreement allows CSIS 'urgent' access to Canadians held abroad
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080716/national/detained_abroad

Flaherty says he's not changing mind on income trusts
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080716/income_trusts_080716/20080716?hub=Canada

New 'made in Canada' food labels start Jan. 1\
Guidelines tighten definition of what's a Canadian 'product' on store shelves
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/461020

Health advisory troubles company
http://healthzone.ca/health/article/461024

Food must be safe
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=adc7f767-be91-46c0-a463-520127fd01c7

Canada says it could cut funding for mad cow tests
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080716/canada/canada_madcow_testing_col


PRESSURE POINTS
Ottawa far behind provinces on climate change: report
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080716.wclimate0716/BNStory/National/home


OPINION AND INFORMATION
A proxy caste
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=608fc736-74d1-49df-a992-1dd1e33929e4

Taking on the cyberbullies
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/MacDonald_Moira/2008/07/16/6168246-sun.php

It will take a nation to lift a generation out of poverty
Premiers need to put plight of poor children on their sustainability agenda this week
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/460872

Stopping the clock: A time limit for welfare?
Fear of 'negative public reaction' put end to time-limit legislation
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=c3d106c3-3219-4d57-ba4b-63ee6ebedd66

City dwellers just made the simple life a whole lot more complicated
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=33b7f2ab-0dd0-4216-9e1a-37c39d367d95

Questions of merit
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=65324263-fa7a-41c4-84a5-3b69de2b04d5

Order of Canada criteria need clarification
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1067747.html

Canada too chicken to end supply-managed agriculture
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/westview/story/4199523p-4791149c.html

The New Yorker's cartoon, El Rushbo style
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/3970

Energy reality starts to bite
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JG17Dj04.html


INFOS 
Conseil de la fédération: Jean Charest a des attentes élevées
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080716/N0716154AU.html

L'opposition remporte une manche; d'ex-candidats conservateurs devront témoigner
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080716/N0716121AU.html

Les provinces demandent à Ottawa une rencontre nationale sur les autochtones

http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080716/N0716152AU.html

Le SCRS pourra rencontrer les ressortissants canadiens détenus à l'étranger
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080716/N0716176AU.html

Les conservateurs reprochent à Elections Canada d'éviter les sujets difficiles
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080716/N071661AU.html

La commissaire aux conflits d'intérêts n'a rien à reprocher à Jim Flaherty
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080716/N0716174AU.html

Les autochtones ont été omis d'une liste de ce qui caractérise le Canada
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080716/N0716186AU.html

L'avocat américain d'Omar Khadr ne croit pas que justice sera rendue
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080716/N0716138AU.html

A bord du futur "Super" Hercule C-130J de l'armée canadienne
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080716/N0716103AU.html

Le Québec aurait le deuxième meilleur plan canadien de lutte aux GES
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080716/N0716178AU.html

Ont.: l'ombudsman enquêtera sur les soins aux personnes âgées vivant en foyer
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080716/N0716150AU.html

La Baie
Vendue une nouvelle fois
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Economie-Affaires/2008/07/16/004-la-baie-vendu.shtml

Conseil de la Fédération
Unanimité difficile
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2008/07/16/002-Conseil-federation3.shtml

Coeur
Un plus grand risque
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2008/07/16/003-depression-maladie-cardiaque.shtml

Rapatriement d'Omar Khadr
Harper et les autres
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2008/07/16/001-khadr_reax_mercredi.shtml

Diagnostic
Éviter les erreurs
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/ottawa/2008/07/16/007-diagnostic_n.shtml

Hausse des dépenses en soins de santé privés
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080716/CPACTUALITES/80716210/1019/CPACTUALITES

Le directeur d'Élections Canada accusé d'être partisan
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080716/CPACTUALITES/80716117/1025/CPACTUALITES

Khadr en 2003: un jeune désespéré
http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/07/16/197871.html

La Teoria Conspiratoria

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Past. Present. Future?

The Pak-Afghan riddle is the first video of a series detailing
how matters developed in Afghanistan.                               

"Militants ready for a war without borders" deals with matters
as they stand.  The border, the Durand Line that divides the 
Pushto artificially into citizens of Pakistan and Afghanistan is
the border that may no longer exist not only for them but for
the armed forces of the United States and their allies.          

How we got into Afghanistan and where the war maybe going,
both well worth the time it takes to visit them.                          

Joe                                                                                  

The Pak-Afghan riddle
Prof. Barnett Rubin on the US, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Taliban and NATO (1 of 4) view

Militants ready for a war without borders
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JG17Df02.html

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From: "Ross Wagg"
Subject: RE: Daily Digest July 13, 2008

POLITICAL OPINION -
"Will the offshore deal mean Casey?s return?
http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1067188.html
Let's just say that that's highly unlikely. No Leader worth his salt lets men and women he can't trust in a pinch back into Caucus. A Caucus suspension is the ultimate in final warnings. Party expulsion is death.
 
The ONLY way that Mr. Casey can conceivably getr resurrected is if it looks like every seat will count in an upcoming election, and his seat is marginal, and his being readmitted will likely secure the seat. Add to that that Mr. Casey will have to play kissy ... uuhh ... face.
 
The odds are long against."

Stratos

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The other side of the argument should be more valid:  no politician worth his salt would follow a leader he cannot trust.
Phyllis Wagg
 
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From: "Claudia Hudson" <hudcom@sympatico.ca>
To: "Joe Hueglin"
Subject: Bill C-52

Joe,

You refer the matter of Bill C-52 to those who may be concerned.

Should we not everyone of us be concerned with Bill C-52?

I offer below only two  points from http://nhppa.org/ showing our existing protections and how Bill C-52 will remove those protections.  Bill C-52 is dangerous to all Canadians who value their freedoms under law in that it is the Penalty section which should be the area of concentration.

 My MP tells me that throughout the summer Bill C-52 is being made ready for action in September. Little time is left for Canadians to say that this does concern us all and for each person to take action against this thievery of our rights.

Claudia Hudson 
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Existing Protection

The Abolition of the Law of Trespass

As a British Colony we inherited the British Common Law on trespass. Indeed, it has been one of the foundations of our right to own and enjoy property that no one, including the police, can come onto our property or interfere with our property. We consider this to be such a fundamental freedom that when suing for trespass upon our land, we do not even have to prove we suffered any damage or loss. The law has traditionally held the right to private enjoyment of our land to be so significant, that the mere trespass upon it is enough to get a civil judgment.

Our right to enjoy property free of trespass is not limited to land. We have the right to enjoy our personal property without interference. Anyone who interferes with our personal property commits trespass.

We hold the right to the private enjoyment of property as so important, that we have placed specific provisions in the Criminal Code to protect it…………

Removal of Protection

Bill C-52 abolishes the law of trespass. Subsection 21(3) provides:

An inspector who is carrying out their functions may enter on or pass through or over private property without being liable for doing so and without the owner of the property having the right to object to that use of the property.--------

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The Abolition of the Independent Review Board

Existing Protection

Under the Hazardous Products Act, State actions and orders affecting private property can be appealed to a Board of Review (see section 8 and 9).

An appeal to the Board of Review under the Hazardous Products Act is like an appeal to a Court. The Board of Review has the power to:

• compel witnesses to attend before the Board of Review;
• compel persons to produce documents;
• compel witnesses to testify under oath;
• hire experts to assist it to make a fair determination, and
• employ clerks and court reporters as necessary to ensure a proper hearing.

It is clear that under the Hazardous Products Act property owners are protected by having an independent Board of Review which acts like an independent Court to adjudicate between the State and the property owner. In this way the current system upholds the rule of law.

Removal of Protection

Bill C-52 does not have the Board of Review procedural safeguard. There are two types of orders under Bill C-52: inspector orders and Minister orders (see ss. 32, 33, and 39). The Ministerial orders are a repetition of the power to make orders found in the Hazardous Products Act. However, unlike the Hazardous Products Act, there is no Board of Review-------

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From: "Rebecca Gingrich"
Subject: DD

Joe-- When has that EVER been the aim of any government to 'protect the
citizen'????? Their aim is to protect the Corportocracy and control the
citizenry. Health Canada has done such a fine job of 'protecting citizens'
to date. NOT!!! How many deaths go unreported every year that are due to
prescription drugs? How soon we forget the death and destruction suffered
by thousands of Canadians through the contaminated blood Health Canada
allowed to be given--and fired the Doctor that warned the blood supply was
contaminated.

C68 has done such a fine job of 'protecting citizens. NOT!!! It has made
us sitting ducks for criminals who are now arming themselves with knives.
Wait until the government starts registering knives. Then baseball bats
etc. All the while denying that it is the CRIMINAL that should be
'registered' and incarcerated(not in a Club Fed jail either). Yup, they are
desperate to protect the citizen!

Since when are we incapable of making our own judgements on what we use for
ourselves? I guess if we just leave every decision up to the government we
would all be happy and healthy? If we let them invade our homes and
property they will be able to direct us to live like good little robots? A
man's home is his castle, and it looks as if we are going to have to build
moats and ramparts to keep the invader out.

I find it passing strange that we are dictated to by the SCOC in rulings
like SSM and Abortion, but now our government wants to bypass the courts so
they are in control of every breath we take or what we want to eat and
drink, how we use our private property.

Governments have proven that they are incapable of 'legislating' where their
duties do lie, but now they want to control us even more. And we are just
supposed to delete the information?? I wish we could delete our governments
and get on with our lives.

Sadly, we need another Magna Carta. It is not the crown but our own
'elected' representatives that are acting like autocratic monarchs.
Knowledge is our only defence. If we refuse to to learn we are just making
it easy for the dictators. Don't delete, but read what is our and our
children's future'! Is this what we want?

Becky

Subject: [On-Guard] FDA and Health Canada

Joe--how many times have we had drugs declared safe by Health Canada because
the FDA said so?
Becky

HOW MANY MORE WILL DIE BEFORE FDA GHOULS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE?
http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd376.htm

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From: "Suan H.Booiman"
Subject: C 51 and 52

Joe,
 
Both have been on my agenda, and have written about it many times,
my MP did send an unsigned letter assuring that is was not to make a
deal with the pharmaceutical/ This I still doubt.
 
During the Charlottetown Referendum the pharmaceutical donated
250 thousand top cover the cost, within weeks after the failure, Mulroney
extended the 10 year drug protection to 20 years as a pay back.
 
The natural products are a pain to the pharmaceuticals as it interferes
with their profits.
 
Suan

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From: "Rubie Britton"
Subject: Surfin Granny

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In my home its Granny Aase that hasta wait.

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