The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN'S to VICTORIA.
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OTTAWA CITIZEN -
When every child is wanted
TORONTO SUN -
A game plan for all MPs
LONDON FREE PRESS -Time for Grits to draft McKenna
WINNIPEG SUN -
Pressure's on Glover to deliver
CALGARY HERALD -
Those who say nothing changed this election have it all wrong
Canadians need to nix the voting narcissism already
CALGARY SUN -
Now it's Harper's turn
EDMONTON JOURNAL -
Sarkozy no balm for PQ separatists
VANCOUVER PROVINCE -
Dion's English coup de grâce
VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST -
Blame provinces for health delays
ISSUES
AFGHANISTAN -
Promises of Perdition: Yet Another Afghanistan Atrocity
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Canada says national regulation alone not enough
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081019/canada/canada_us_financial_francophonie
What caused the financial crisis?
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
"Legality means precedent"
BELGRADE -- Director of the Swiss Institute for Federalism Thomas Fleiner warns of disastrous consequences if the ICJ rules that Kosovo's independence is legal. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=10&dd=19&nav_id=54340
HEALTH CARE RELATED
More people sick in Ontario E. coli outbreak
JUSTICE SYSTEM
Case of alleged HIV murder going to trial
POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES
McGuinty's Fiscal Imbalance Hypocrisy
http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=6732
Pensions down the drain
POLITICAL OPINION -
HARPER'S $300M GAMBIT HELPS HIM WITH $10B DEFICIT QUESTION
McCallum won't confirm he'll be interim leader MORE...
Canada's new conservatism MORE...
Bailout, anyone?. MORE...
Dion like dinner.. MORE...
Seeing through PM's fog.. MORE...
Liberals have lost touch with soft middle MORE...
Time for the pundits to come down and shoot the wounded MORE...
Dion and Harper: No comparison MORE...
A game plan for all MPs MORE...
Paler shade of green. MORE...
Exhausting debate
Are Canadians willing to be taxed for polluting? . MORE...
Pizza parliament passable in Canada.. MORE...
Far from settled
No scientific consensus on 'safe-injection' issue. MORE...
Same old song in Ottawa
While allies and other key players rethink strategy, Canada is missing in action. .. MORE...
The longest political season limps to a close.. MORE...
I want a system where my vote counts.. MORE...
PR: Still a bad idea.. MORE...
Sarkozy no balm for PQ separatists. MORE...
Harper pledges $100M to developing countries
Flaherty expects 'modest' surplus this year
Francophone leaders turn from economy to language
Alberta a Tory haven, but for how long?
Please ... no talk of vision statements
Sarkozy has separatists in a tizzy
Sarkozy's Quebec comments being twisted, French diplomat says
PROGRAMMES
Taxman sloppy about security: report
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081019/BC_CP_Taxman_Security_081019/20081019?hub=BritishColumbia
Feds eye partnership deal for AECL: sources
PRESSURE POINTS
The Sun Within Our Reach
Switch hitters push energy conservation
Suzuki urges youth to push for action on climate change
Sun's protective 'bubble' is shrinking
OPINION AND INFORMATION
The Second Harper Minority "Mandate"
FORMER BRITISH SECURITY CHIEF SAYS RESPONSE TO 9/11 WAS HUGE OVERREACTION
Maybe U.S. needs yard sale
Margolis: Russia could buy back Alaska or perhaps Canada could pick up sunny Florida. MORE...
Corral the fat cats
INFOS
Plaidoyer de Sarkozy: gifle pour les uns, triomphe pour les autres
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/dossiers/francophonie/200810/19/01-30738-plaidoyer-de-sarkozy-gifle-pour-les-uns-triomphe-pour-les-autres.php
Le Canada injecte 100 millions $ pour la lutte aux GES dans les pays pauvres
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/environnement/200810/19/01-30846-le-canada-injecte-100-millions-pour-la-lutte-aux-ges-dans-les-pays-pauvres.php
Ottawa songe à céder au secteur privé une partie de son énergie atomique
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/national/200810/19/01-30848-ottawa-songe-a-ceder-au-secteur-prive-une-partie-de-son-energie-atomique.php
Ottawa prend ses distances avec la «réforme du capitalisme»
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200810/18/01-30711-ottawa-prend-ses-distances-avec-la-reforme-du-capitalisme.php
Afghanistan
La guerre, no sir!
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2008/10/18/001-afghanistan-mission-manifs.shtml
Multiples réactions aux propos de Sarkozy
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2008/10/18/001-parizeau-sarkozy.shtml
La société Saint-Jean-Baptiste accuse Sarkozy d'ignorer la réalité québécoise
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/081019/N101908AU.html
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From: Ray Strachan Subject: Who needs politics
Who needs politics.
Patriotism and Religion are all mankind need to assure his demise.
These two evils are played like a fine Violin by the Warmongers.
Ray Strachan
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: "Anne Dickinson"
Hi Joe-
I thought Susan Riley had a very interesting take on Mr Dion's forced march off stage:
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=ebb1d928-c412-4f26-99eb-4fab46408391&p=1
Prior to the last couple of elections, the Liberal Party had stayed in power too long and rot had set in. One reason they stayed in so long was fear of Harper and the neo conservatives and social conservatives who surrounded. him. They were eventually tossed out because the anti-Harper vote no longer coalesced around the Liberal Party.
In this past election there are a number of reasons why the Liberals lost support.including Mr Dion's lack of leadership and communications skills and fear of the carbon tax/green shift. That these perceptions were exaggerated by the Tories relentless and in some case, truly despicable attack ads is clear, however Mr. Dion was really hung out to dry by his own party.
Reading the insiders report in MacLean's last issue just served to increase my admiration for Mr Dion; however you can sense the puzzlement on the part of the Liberal apparatchiks that he had come up with the Green Shift himself and did not want to ditch it even though they believed it would lose them an election.
Their amazement that someone would actually stand on principle and not kowtow to the party insiders, and Mr Dion's mistaken conviction that his stand would win out as it had in his fierce battle for the Clarity Act resulted in the leader and his party pulling in opposite directions.
Reports from the ghastly Mr. LeDrew and equally ghastly David Smith show men who actively hoped for Mr Dion to fail and worked toward that cause by an unending series of leaks to their preferred media mouthpieces.
If the thinking in the Liberal party is that Stephan Dion is their sacrificial lamb and that they can go back to business as usual with the same old gang pulling the strings, they may have a surprise in store.
But...if Frank McKenna decides to make a run at the leadership, then the cat will be among the pigeons for both the Liberals and the Conservatives...
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.Anne Dickinson
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From: Caspar Davis <prana4@telus.net>
Subject: Fwd: letter to defeated candidates to form a coalition
If you would like to endorse this excellent short letter, please send a message to Bo - and forward this letter to others.
Some interesting data from the past two elections:
In 2008 the Conservatives actually got 119,000 fewer votes than they did in 2006 (5,205, 334 vs 5,324,071). The Liberals got 850,000 fewer votes, and the NDP 72,000 less. Only the Greens increased their total vote - by 276,000 (from 664,068 to 940,747. The Greens also had the largest percentage increase, from 4.5 to 6.8%. The Conservatives and NDP each increased by only 0.7%, and the Liberals fell 4.0%.
Subject: letter to defeated candidates to form a coalition
From: Bo Filter <bofilter@island.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:44:05 -0700
Dear friends,
If you like the short letter below and want to add your signature, simple reply to me with your name, street address, city and postal code. Susan Clark and myself worked on this over the last two days.
Cheers,
Bo
Begin forwarded message:
From: Susan Clarke <dolcla@islandnet.com>
Date: October 18, 2008 9:42:15 PM PDT
To: Bo Filter <bofilter@island.net>
Subject: add your name and address please
Dear Stephane Dion, Gilles Duceppe, and Jack Layton
Coalition trumps Harper mandate
Canadian voters did not give Harper a stronger mandate - our electoral system has again over-represented minority support. The parties who were elected by the majority of Canadians (that's the Liberals, NDP and Bloc) need to step up to the plate rather than stand by helplessly while our country and planet are in jeopardy.
We call on you to put "ordinary" Canadians ahead of ideology and party politics and form a coalition government.
As a coalition, Canada will benefit from collaboration on these major national crises:
1. Increasing GHGs
2. Escalating military budget
3. Unrepresentative electoral system
4. Deregulation and privatization
5. Increasing homelessness
6. Increasing income gap
7. Undemocratic trade and security agreements
Restore Canada's International Reputation
World leaders are disappointed to see Canada, under Harper's Conservatives, slip further away from the global community that's trying to tackle global issues. Harper is not a collaborative leader and has chosen to block global progress on climate change.
Time is running out. Canada cannot afford a re-run of the 39th parliament with its endless non-confidence votes and dysfunctional committees.
Sincerely
Susan Clarke, 388 King George Terrace, Victoria V8S 2K3
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From: "Robert Ede"
Subject: FW: Hell, I should be president
Subject: Hell, I should be president
Everyone concentrates on the problems we're having in this country lately: illegal immigration, hurricane recovery, alligators attacking people in Florida ...
Not me. I concentrate on solutions for the problems. It's a win-win situation.
+ Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border.
+ Send the dirt to New Orleans to raise the level of the levies.
+ Put the Florida alligators in the moat along the Mexican border.
Any other problems you would like for me to solve today ?
Yes!
Think about this one:
1. Cows
2..The Constitution
3. The Ten Commandments
C O W S
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.
T H E U S 2nd C O N S T I T U T I O N
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq .... Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore. (ed. same in Canada ...)
T H E T E N CO M M A N D M E N T S
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this:
You cannot post 'Thou Shalt Not Steal,' 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery,' and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians...It creates a hostile work environment.
It wouldn't be politically correct in our incorrect political world
(ed. ... regardless of the fact that the Laws of Moses (these 10 plus the 603 others) were only EVER intended for The Hebrews/ Israelis/ Jews.
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