The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN'S to VICTORIA.
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ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM -
Joe who?
CORNER BROOK WESTERN STAR -
Madd show needs support
CAPE BRETON POST -
Green Shift story exposes big lie
http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=181428&sc=151
HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
Company pensions
MONTREAL GAZETTE -
Canada still needs Stéphane Dion
Automobile industry is vital to Canada's economic health
BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER -
Doctor's duty is to patient
Greens not worth money
Liberals shouldn't place blame on Stephane Dion
Voter turnout worth debate
TORONTO STAR -
Balanced budget no longer tenable
Sarkozy gets it right
HAMILTON SPECTATOR -
Liberals need a new leader
NIAGARA FALLS REVIEW -
Time has come to rein in federal spending
K-W RECORD -
Harper's best option might be a deficit
Woodstock Sentinel Review -
Moving away from the traditional two-party system
SUDBURY STAR -
Unite the left in the House
WINNIPEG SUN -
Time for Grits to draft McKenna
REGINA LEADER-POST -
Politically correct bailout is risky
CALGARY HERALD -
Giving birth to more choice
Gross's Passchendaele does teach one thing -- patriotism
EDMONTON JOURNAL -
Turnout worrying
LETHBRIDGE HERALD -
Alberta's climate gamble
http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=543&Itemid=56
RED DEER ADVOCATE -
Tories may find victory carries risk
PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN -
Fine time for apathy
VANCOUVER SUN -
Cool heads must prevail during these trying economic times
In defence of 'Greed'
Lessons from recessions past
VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST -
Interior's trees get a better deal
Capitalism has failed the test
Squatters have a better case this time
Homelessness brings out the need for compassion
Election was predictable, real story is coming
ISSUES
AFGHANISTAN -
Head of NATO-led troops says foreign rebels sent to wage jihad are on the rise
http://quqnoos.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1818&Itemid=48
Suicide bomber strikes NATO troops in Afghanistan
The US agrees: only a 'surge' can beat Taliban
Government inks peace agreements with Taliban in North & South Waziristan
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/10/government_inks_peac.php
CANUSA/USACAN
Rage against lack of parity pricing pays off
Notice of NAFTA Chapter Eleven Claim Submitted to Canadian ...
Ontario Applauds US Ratification Of Great Lakes Water Compact
Fencing the Border
When the parent firm comes looking for cash
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Wanted: a new financial order
Wall Street banks in $70bn staff payout
Pay and bonus deals equivalent to 10% of US government bail-out package
Harper, Sarkozy to discuss world economic turmoil
Harper says international finance rules need rewrite
JUSTICE SYSTEM
Rights complaint filed in B. C. over cancelled course
MIGRATION
U.K. cuts immigration amid meltdown
POLITICAL OPINION - all 2,401 news articles »
Green deputy leader quits party, pins blame on 'autocratic' May MORE...
Even Dion loyalists got fed up with his refusal to take advice
Don Martin: It ended up being a $300-million Dump Dion exercise. MORE...
Mr. Dion, buried alive
Rex Murphy: It is an ancient and sage observation that politics is mean and harsh. MORE...
The leadership that never was
Stephen Le Drew: The Dion Liberal leadership will be forever known as the leadership that never was. MORE...
Keeping Grit voters home works for Harper
Maher: MORE...
Only re-energized crew can bail out sinking Liberal ship
Thomas Axworthy: For three elections the Liberal party has been slowly drifting down MORE...
Campaign over, reality intrudes
Travers: A week in politics is an eternity in the life of the nation... MORE...
Stephen Harper's coming majority
Meek: LAWRENCE MARTIN, who writes for a Toronto newspaper I won't name, is one smart political pundit. . MORE...
Tories victorious, naturally
Coren: In a way the absurdity of what happened in the election was epitomized by the victory of Justin Trudeau in Papineau. MORE
Meddling in the minutiae cost Harper his majority
Corbella: Gilles Duceppe was considered by many Quebec commentators to be a dead man walking --politically anyway. MORE...
The PM's lonely challenge
David Frum: You probably know this old joke: A mother and her son are walking along the beach. MORE...
A Harper triumph
Jonas: There's no confusion about the election results in Canada, only about who won. MORE...
Stephen Harper, meet R.B. Bennett
Walkom: By temperament, Stephen Harper is a neo-conservative. . MORE...
Election of losers: New troubles begin
Surette: I CAN'T SAY I've ever seen an election – an illegal one at that, strictly speaking – where nearly everyone loses, MORE...
They've spoken: Get governing
Quesnel: Some opposition parties do not understand that even a minority government has the right to govern. MORE...
With the election circus over, I'll now say my piece
Blatchford: One night, late in the election campaign, I was drifting into sleep, TV on as usual, when a Jack Layton ad .. MORE...
Election campaign deepens the rift between Harper and Charest
Macpherson: But the prime minister would be wise to make up with Quebec's most popular leader.. MORE...
Prime ministerial attributes
Blizzard: After Tuesday's ballot box showdown a few things are clear. MORE...
Let Dion leave with dignity
National Post: Stephane Dion has been a flop as Liberal leader. . MORE...
Canada still needs Stéphane Dion
Gazette: Stéphane Dion has a lot on his mind this weekend: Should he stay or should he go? MORE...
Time to say goodbye to the CRTC era
Warren: The assault on free speech and press in Canada continues on many bewildering fronts. .. MORE...
PM changes tone on running deficit
Harper will not commit to staying out of deficit
Liberals need to look at more than Dion's leadership: Easter
Dion ready to call it quits
Charest's disapproval leaves 'scars' on Tories
How Harper let it slip away
Harper, Charest deny rift - but avoid each other
Two more ridings face recounts after tight wins
Numeric election entrails reveal Liberal brand fading
The election good, bad and ugly
Expensive reality check
Did Harper get what he deserves?
Only re-energized crew can bail ...
Stephen Harper avoids his iceberg
PROGRAMMES
Feds may freeze public service hiring
Government to replace $1B online service 'boondoggle'
Harper pledges balanced budget during current fiscal year
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=889491
PRESSURE POINTS
Inside Canada's 'secret' inquiry
OPINION AND INFORMATION
Oh Canada!
Ahead of the curve
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL: A clear conflict
http://www.sacbee.com/846/story/1322595.html
Export plight Changes needed, but logging and sawmill jobs can be ...
Award comes under fire
What's it all about Stephen?
http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1253706
Conrad Black: Harper's future is an opportunity waiting to be grasped
Jeffrey Simpson on Dion, the Bloc & federal politics
Nothing is ever enough
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081017.wcoessay1018/BNStory/specialComment/home
Harper will be gone before next voteComment
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081015.wcomartin16/BNStory/politics/home
INFOS
Libre-échange Canada-Europe: patience, disent les entrepreneurs d'ici
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/081017/N1017111AU.html
Québec ouvre grandes ses portes aux travailleurs qualifiés dîplomés en France
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/081017/N1017129AU.html
Des toxicomanes n'auraient pas distingué l'héroïne de médicaments sous ordonnance
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/081017/N1017131AU.html
Nicolas Sarkozy
La France prône l'unité
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2008/10/17/002-Sarko-Quebec.shtml
Sarkozy choisit l'unité canadienne
http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/10/18/211247.html
Canada uni: les souverainistes commentent les propos de Sarkozy
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/dossiers/francophonie/200810/18/01-30517-canada-uni-les-souverainistes-commentent-les-propos-de-sarkozy.php
Il faut apprendre de nos erreurs»
http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/10/18/211245.html
Jean-Pierre Kingsley au Devoir
Le XIIe Sommet s'ouvre sur fond de crise
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From: "Glenn Harewood" Subject: Re: The first shot in what will be a continuing campaign.
Joe:
Harper has NO mandate to do anything without input and amendments suggested by the Opposition MP's. Harper does not understand, or ignores this fact, and ignores the democratic, parliamentary, consensus-resolving attitude that MUST obtain in a minority parliament.
The idea of consensus is not part of Harper and his Neo-cons thinking. It's their way or the cry that the Opposition is blocking their proposed legislation. Harper does not want any of his legislation to be amended, and will continue to threaten to bring down his own government by making all votes a vote-of-confidence. That attitude is more autocratic than democratic. We've seen what has happened to the attempted-autocratic Bush administration during the past eight years. God help Canadians if Harper remains in power for eight years. Canada will be turned into a set of "13 city states" and the Senate will be abolished. The damage will be irrevocable.
The question which needs to be asked over and over, is: are Harper and his Neo-cons' way of seeing and doing legislation the ONLY right and best way for Canada and Canadians? Do Harper and his Neo-cons have an absolute, non-modifiable monopoly on ideas in ALL areas of concern for Canadians?
For example: Harper's completely MISUNDERSTANDS what the Fathers of Confederation intended the role of the Senate and Senators to be -- a chamber of sober second thought. If the Fathers of Confederation wanted the Senate to play the same role as the Commons, then they would have mandated that the Senators be ELECTED. However, it is obvious that The Fathers thinking was that an appointed Senator would be able to stand back from the elected Commoner, and take a second look at what legislation is sent up to the house -- to cross all the t's and dot all the i's, or, in the interest of ALL Canadians, suggest changes which the elected Commoner may have overlooked. It is an erroneous and egregious notion and doctrine that, because a Senator has NOT been elected, and that because the Commoner has been elected, the non-elected Senator cannot and does not make decisions on behalf of the Country as a whole, and that democracy is NOT served. It is a complete mis-understanding of decision-making in our modern-day democratic society.
What is so ludicrous and hypocritical about Harper's idea of the Senate (and for that matter of all those who want to push through Preston Manning's 3-E Senate, is that Harper does NOT practise what he wants to preach: is anybody in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) elected?
And are these appointed, non-elected people not making vital decisions that affect the lives of ALL Canadians?
The argument that those appointees in the PMO are working for the elected prime minister is spurious. There is ample evidence that these PMO appointees even control access to information to which the voter who elected the prime minister is entitled!! There is ample evidence that suggests that these non-elected PMO appointees even have more influence on the functioning of parliament than any elected MP.
Indeed, these non-elected appointees have the power to discipline ELECTED MP's. On the contrary, has one ever heard of a Senator controlling what MP's do and say? Or is a voter ever denied access to a Senator, or to information flowing from the Senate? Does a Senator or the Senate ever control access to information? And even if access to information is granted by the PMO, does this information then reach to public without several "black-out"portions?
These are a few examples to show that Harper is attempting to DESTROY our Canadian democratic parliamentary system by threatening that appointed Senators are useless, and that only elected MP's are capable of enacting the best legislation for all Canadians. The foundations of our whole parliamentary system are threatened by suggesting that Senators should be elected. What comes next? Should all judges be elected? and most of all, should the Governor General be elected? And even if they were elected, would that make the system any more democratic than it is now?
Why tinker with the core fundamentals of a tried-and true system which has worked well for 140 years? The notion that Senators do little or nothing is false. And by the way, there is no persuasive evidence that a four-year-revolving-door-elected MP, including the people in Harper's Cabinet [ or any Cabinet whose positions are temporary] can and do make better contemplative legislative decisions than appointed Senators whose permanent appointments provide CONTINUITY. REFLECTION, and like judges, sober second thought.
What's wrong with being appointed? Are the CEO's in the nation's board rooms ELECTED by the consumers?
Further, and finally, if Harper wants us to convert to an American style of government, I would ask if the USA system is any more democratic because the Secretaries in the President's Cabinet, unlike those in Harper's Cabinet, are APPOINTED rather than ELECTED!!! Paradox??
But, look out, Harper must have his way. He is the sole arbiter and repository of sober second thought!!
Glenn Harewood
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From: Jean Bédard
Subject: RE: Daily Digest October 17, 2008
Hi Joe,
Here are a few answers based on my reading of the agreement and other background material:
QUESTIONS
WILL THE WORKERS COME THROUGH CANADIAN IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES? YES
WILL THEY BE LIMITED TO RESIDENCE IN QUEBEC OR BE AT LIBERTY TO GO ELSE WHERE? THEIR QUALIFICATIONS WILL BE RECOGNIZED IN QUEBEC ONLY. THEY MAY BE ALLOWED TO GO ELSEWHERE AS ANY OTHER PERMANENT RESIDENT CAN DO, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO WORK IN THEIR FIELD SINCE ANOTHER PROVINCE MIGHT NOT RECOGNIZE THEIR CREDENTIALS.
A few more points:
The agreement deals only with mutual recognition of professional or trade qualifications. It does not impact on immigration rules and procedures. All it does is to allow people to work in their field once they have immigrated in the other jurisdiction.
The agreement does not apply only to French Nationals or residents of Quebec. It will apply, for example to a British or German doctor or nurse who is qualified to practice in France. Conversely a member of the Quebec Bar or Order of Engineers will have her/his credentials recognized in France although she/he may currently reside in Ontario or elsewhere.
This is certainly innovative and needless to say that it met (and probably still meets) with quite a bit of resistance from some professional orders and trade qualifications bodies. They were essentially told by the French and Quebec governments that this is the way of the future with the acute shortages of qualified people that we experience in some trades and professions and that they have to get on with the program and find a way to make it work. We are at least 24 to 30 months away before all the details are worked out. Other provinces may want to take a look at this.
Jean Bédard, Q.C.,
(also of the Quebec Bar)
Kingston, Ontario
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Many thanks
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From: "Robert Ede"
To: <pierre@bourque.com>
Subject: CANADA & EUROPE PONDER TRADE PACT
Another reason to Buy Iceland!
CANADA & EUROPE PONDER TRADE PACT
Robert (Rob) Ede,
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From: "Peggy Merritt"
Hi Joe Speaking of mergers. How about for the sake of Peace and Tranquility the Canadian Conservative Party of Canada? Peggy
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