Daily Digest July 20, 2008

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

EDITORIALs

ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM -
The Swift treatment
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=154467&sc=80

MONTREAL GAZETTE -
Ottawa should come clean on its food-safety plan
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=21df8798-c736-4b6a-9147-25dbb5a158b2

TORONTO STAR -
Premiers punt back to Harper
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/463399

CALGARY HERALD -
U.S. set dangerous precedent in Fannie-Freddie debacle
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=a3eae293-fad1-4dea-942f-7beddaec9ebc

EDMONTON SUN -
Jobs heading down the pipeline
http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/Commentary/2008/07/20/6210641-sun.html
 
VANCOUVER PROVINCE -
We laud those citizen heroes
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=c5276107-297e-4fee-afe9-a7aceb7e7599


ISSUES

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -          
Prisons poisoning natives
http://www.thestar.com/SpecialSections/Crime/article/460763

Money won't fix aboriginals' problems
While meaningful change is needed, throwing cash around won't solve anything
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/opinion/story.html?id=5c568972-53a9-4a83-888c-762e31240817


AFGHANISTAN -
NATO accidentally kills four Afghan civilians
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080720/NATO_civilians_080720/20080720?hub=TopStories

Foreign airstrike kills nine Afghan police: official
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=668381

Analysis: Taliban resurgence —Najmuddin A Shaikh
Barring some voices, the general consensus in the US is that America has no choice in Afghanistan but to stay the course. The new president, whoever he might be, will have to send additional troops to Afghanistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\07\21\story_21-7-2008_pg3_2


CANADIAN FORCES
Afghan violence rising, top soldier concedes all 448 news articles »
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080720.wcasualty21/BNStory/Afghanistan/home

Bomb sweeps missed anti-tank weapons and mortars
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080720/bomb_sweeps_080720/20080720?hub=Canada


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Why the world's economies are sinking
Developing nations are flexing their muscles, while rich countries appear to be weakening in global meltdown
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/463672

U.S. and EU face calls for farm reform at WTO
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSL2068487620080720?sp=true


FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Obama falls victim to propaganda
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Margolis_Eric/2008/07/20/6209056-sun.php


HEALTH CARE RELATED
HIV-positive immigrants fall through cracks: Study
Calls on Ottawa to make cases of the virus a `reportable' disease
http://healthzone.ca/health/article/462659

Gene test for lung cancer aggressiveness sought
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080720/canada/canada_cancer_lung_col


JUSTICE SYSTEM
HIV-positive immigrants fall through cracks: Study
Calls on Ottawa to make cases of the virus a `reportable' disease
http://healthzone.ca/health/article/462659

Defining violent crime down to our comfort level
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=d4136d9f-abf2-4b52-b9d8-b6d630cd05d4


MIGRATION
HIV-positive immigrants fall through cracks: Study
Calls on Ottawa to make cases of the virus a `reportable' disease
http://healthzone.ca/health/article/462659


POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES
Premiers find success, safety in numbers as council ages
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/463760

A surreal spectacle in Quebec
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Columnists/Waugh_Neil/2008/07/20/6211646-sun.html


PARTY POLITICS
Bring back Khadr, former PM says
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080720.wmartin21/BNStory/National/home

Politicians can't resist being 'tough on crime'
http://www.thestar.com/SpecialSections/Crime/article/460762


PROGRAMMES
HIV-positive immigrants fall through cracks: Study
Calls on Ottawa to make cases of the virus a `reportable' disease
http://healthzone.ca/health/article/462659

Furor brews over plan to dump nickel waste into lake
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080720/trout_pond_080730/20080720?hub=Canada


PRESSURE POINTS
British Columbia going the wrong way with its carbon tax
Current charge diverts attention from combating climate change
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/opinion/story.html?id=b25eb632-d291-431c-8e7b-b6c69b5cf9fb

UN warns on biofuel crop reliance
US and EU urged to cut biofuels
Slowing the biofuel bonanza
Biofuel use 'increasing poverty'
Leaders warn on biofuels and food
Quick guide: Biofuels


OPINION AND INFORMATION
Sir John A., our greatest PM
Macdonald approached life with a generosity of spirit and applied it to the country as a whole
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/463478

Khadr and Harper; Bush and the ayatollahs
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/463477

All's fair in the name game
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=de390c66-c02e-4424-8b17-4f24bc472068

Court speaks, but hold the champagne
http://www.torontosun.com/Comment/2008/07/20/6209581-sun.html

Defining the meaning of Canadian citizenship
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Persichilli_Angelo/2008/07/20/6209051-sun.php

Waste no tears on Khadr
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Bonokoski_Mark/2008/07/20/6209026-sun.php

Time for Canada to grow a spine
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Columnists/Jacobs_Mindelle/2008/07/18/6191056.html

Is there cash in trash?
City's new recycling system could lead to a whole new type of exchange
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Granatstein_Rob/2008/07/20/6209031-sun.php

Bloodletting and leeches were good for you, too
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Strobel_Mike/2008/07/20/6209021-sun.php

When citizens feel their voices are being ignored, they're tempted to step beyond the law
http://www.torontosun.com/Lifestyle/Columnists/MeedWard_Marianne/2008/07/20/6209016-sun.html

Politics and morals, ends and means
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=8c411e26-741e-4fbe-82cb-133602bf23ff

Back off, parents! Let kids be kids
Hyper-parenting sucks the joy out of childhood, and leaves children dependent on mom and dad for everything
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=96717655-40d5-4473-be01-ec88805f49c1

It's good to see there are folks out there holding out against the web
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=e64cf1e3-7a13-420a-bbe0-89a6ad29acca

'Katastrophists' lack imagination
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/westview/story/4201497p-4793323c.html

Religious origins of clothing
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/westview/story/4201496p-4793322c.html

The state of church
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/westview/story/4201499p-4793344c.html


INFOS 
Omar Khadr ne serait probablement jamais condamné au Canada, selon des experts
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080720/N072089AU.html

Le gouvernement s'attend à un afflux record de demandes de passeport
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080720/N072067AU.html

Des explosifs sont oubliés sur d'anciens terrains militaires, selon des rapports
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080720/N072085AU.html

Ottawa envisage de faire du VIH une maladie à déclaration obligatoire
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080720/N072063AU.html

Afghanistan
Quiproquo meurtrier
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/International/2008/07/20/001-afghanistan-bavure.shtml

Bilinguisme
Le français moins populaire chez les allophones
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/atlantique/2008/07/19/002-allophones_moncton_anglais_n.shtml


La Teoria Conspiratoria

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9un1-wIuQ90

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QUESTIONS:

This may seem to have come out of the blue but there
are continuing reports of immigrants passing on HIV  

This and the Canadian health care system having to   
assume the substantial costs for treatment lead me to
raise the questions that follow.                                   

There is no press on my part that anyone respond.    

There is included below a pdf file that all who have  
interest in matters relating to AIDS will find valuable.

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89% of HIV positive immigrants are admitted to Canada.

QUESTION ONE:
Should all testing positive be denied admission?

QUESTION TWO:
If allowed to enter should their condition be       
reportable and they be informed not informing   
someone with whom they intend to have sex     
is a criminal offence?                                          

Tuberculosis and syphilis are considered reportable diseases by the federal immigration department, but HIV has only been designated a "notifiable" disease. There are no mandatory conditions for follow-up for immigrants who test positive for HIV. However, every province and territory lists HIV as a reportable disease.

Between 2002 and 2006 there were 2,567 immigration applicants who tested positive for HIV during
their medical exams among the 1.2 million immigrants to Canada accepted during the same period.

Of those HIV-positive applicants, 89 per cent were determined to be medically admissible to Canada.
http://healthzone.ca/health/article/462659

Resources for Community Based AIDS Organizations
http://www.aidslaw.ca/publications/interfaces/downloadFile.php?ref=36

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From: "Claudia Hudson" <hudcom@sympatico.ca>
Subject: The Wrecking Crew

Subject: The Wrecking Crew
http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/07/wrecking-crew.html
 
In the August issue of Harpers is an essay compiled from Thomas Frank's latest book The Wrecking Crew. Jack Abramoff's rise to fame among the campus youth and his 'political entrepreneurship' which took over Conservatives and Washington is a telling background to where the US is today.
 
 What of the rippling effect for Conservatives in Canada who should examine this legacy together with that of the 'Crazies'  as Wolfiwitz, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush SR were called in their halcyon days under a Regan administration. It is important that Canadians connect the dots back to themselves. Napoleon said that to know a nation's foreign policy is to study its geography. Well, we know who our neighbour is but must we emulate its stupidity full stop?
 
In the US, we see a Republican (conservative) Party having been hijacked and far removed from its earlier days with leadership which has brought the US to dangerously new lows.
 
In Canada we see a conservative party whose leader (our Prime Minister) is influenced by the Calgary School of thinking based on  the philosophy of Tom Flanagan with his American Republican roots. It seems that our Prime Minister is guided by a few individuals who appear quite ready to have Canada brought to new lows like its neighbour with the harmonization of our standards (SPP), Bills C-51 and C-52 penalties which remove  our civil liberties and protection under law, as well as  our taxes going for perpetual war
 
Do supporters of the CPC realize that they no longer have the benefit of Burkian thinking which is compatible with a democratic process and  the well being of a  middleclass in a sovereign nation? There is no upside for the coming generations in having our own version of a Wrecking Crew as far as I can see.

IS THERE?
 
Claudia Hudson

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From: Charles Tupper
Subject: A combat veteran speaks

Take off those yellow ribbons
They're a fraud
A combat veteran speaks

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From: "Rebecca Gingrich"
Subject: How to avoid deportation from Canada
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=0cceb31a-b7f0-4e61-a760-d0d728277a79

White said the CBSA has had a removal order for Merhumkelifa for more than
10 years, but weren't able to serve him because he kept committing new
crimes.
Merhumkelifa was last released from custody in May 2007, and was then taken
into custody by the CBSA. He was detained by the CBSA until last week, when
he was finally deported.

Subject: Tax dollars at work?
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=665017

Toronto to study shade mandate
Allison Hanes, National Post

TORONTO - City bureaucrats will fan out across Toronto this summer to
analyze the angle of the sun at different times of the day, measure the
amount of direct or reflected sunlight and assess the "quantity and
usability" of shade in parks, playgrounds and pools.

The "shade audits" are part of a pilot project authorized by city council
this week that could soon result in Toronto regulating shade.

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