Daily Digest October 24, 2008

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

EDITORIALs

OTTAWA SUN -
Taxpayers know it all

TORONTO STAR -
Steering around reef of recession

NATIONAL POST -
Admirably unequal
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=904658

The OECD finds Canada a country of the comfortable middle
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/24/national-post-editorial-board-the-oecd-finds-canada-a-country-of-the-comfortable-middle.aspx

TORONTO SUN -

With crime stats, no news is bad news

Rank Afghan injustice

WINNIPEG SUN -
Kids' racial slurs must be investigated

EDMONTON SUN -
Stelmach's economic plan failing
http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/Commentary/2008/10/24/7185061-sun.html
 

ISSUES

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -          
Judicial independence key to LaForme's resignation

Government to hold talks over future of residential-schools commission


AFGHANISTAN -
Two strategies, one enemy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/24/pakistan-afghanistan

Pakistan rejects 'America's war' on extremists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/24/pakistan-us-foreign-policy-terrorism

Pakistan on the Taliban: "Dialogue must now be the highest priority"
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/10/pakistan_on_the_tali.php

Pakistan Uses Tribal Militias in Taliban War
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/pakistan-to-arm-antitaliban-militias/2008/10/23/1224351449788.html

"Americans' Last Ditch Attempt" (Taliban Suggests USA Not Fund Tribal Militas)


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Inflation rate slipped slightly in September

It's not a recession: Carney

Canada teeters on brink of recession

Debate over energy plans 'exaggerated'

Oilsands plans scaled back


HEALTH CARE RELATED
Parents fear Internet addiction

'Fart gas' link to blood pressure

New light on common cold


JUSTICE SYSTEM
System not trusted


MIGRATION
New criteria alarm immigrants


POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES
Ontario cuts not really cuts: McGuinty

No tax hikes, McGuinty promises

Dumont writes off defections

Do the defections bring an election closer?

Tug of war over water

Upgraders pushed back

Critics call B.C. premier's economic plan a pre-election ploy

Copy Quebec daycare, PQ leader says


POLITICAL OPINION -
Canada bankrolls its own assassins
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/23/jonathan-kay-once-again-canadian-taxpayers-bankroll-quebec-s-separatists.aspx

Martin blasts ex-boss Chrétien MORE...

Liberals ponder history's lessons. MORE...

Dion and the cult of the leader  MORE...

The McKenna mystique. MORE...

Left wing merger lunacy.. MORE...

Merci, Stéphane, for bringing vision to Liberals.. MORE...

Ideas, leaders and money.. MORE...

Our accountant versus their poet. MORE...

Just say no to deficits" MORE...

A new low for 'human rights'. MORE...

As deficits return, be afraid -- very afraid. MORE...

Steering around reef of recession
Toronto Star: Central bankers are paid to tell it like it is. So when Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney concludes the sky isn't falling, that's good news. The bad news, to no one's surprise, is that the air has gone out of the economy. MORE...

It'll be the economy, economy, economy in 2009.. MORE...

Asbestos: Ottawa's sacred cow. MORE...

For Mario Dumont, the news just keeps getting worse. MORE...

GG flight tab soars

Hercules aircraft lack fuel tank protection

Dion admits election 'error' as defeated Liberals say goodbye

Abstaining no longer a Liberal option

Liberals won't bring down Harper on throne speech

Pollsters: Conservatives' attack ads hurt voter turnout and democracy

Jean Chretien says he was 'shocked' by low voter turnout

Harper to project competence with new cabinet

Why Steve's delaying announcing his new cabinet?

Tories chip away at Liberals' ethnic support

Chretien takes credit for strength of Canadian banks; refuses to criticize Dion

Politics factored into bank aid deal

Tories face tough decisions on budget amid downturn

PS faces money manager crisis

Federal cash kept BQ campaign afloat, report says
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PROGRAMMES
Toxic toys, jewellery recalled

Asbestos OK, Canada says, but not here

Torture inquiry pushes Ottawa to disclose details


PRESSURE POINTS
ETHANOL NO LONGER SEEN AS BIG FOOD PRICE DRIVER
http://www.forbes.com/reuters/feeds/reuters/2008/10/23/2008-10-23T180353Z_01_N23380078_RTRIDST_0_FOOD-CORN-ETHANOL-ANALYSIS.html


OPINION AND INFORMATION
Stand up for health care or risk letting it blow away

We're sorry, but they're lawyers


INFOS 
Une étude dénonce l'approche uniforme aux changements climatiques
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/081024/N102402AU.html

Les libéraux fédéraux satisfaits que Dion reste, pressés d'élire son remplaçant
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/081023/N1023183AU.html

Ottawa va créer un programme temporaire de soutien aux prêts bancaires
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/081023/N102363AU.html

Le juge Iacobucci réclame que davantage d'informations soient divulguées
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/081023/N1023193AU.html

Le Canada devrait étendre le financement au développement à travers le pays
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/081023/N1023191AU.html

Inflation
Constance dans la hausse des prix
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Economie-Affaires/2008/10/24/003-inflation-septembre.shtml

Gaz à effet de serre
La TD réclame des politiques musclées
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/environnement/2008/10/24/001-td-rapport-carbone.shtml

Élections fédérales
Les libéraux font le point
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2008/10/23/003-Caucusliberal.shtml

Les candidats potentiels placent leurs pions
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/dossiers/succession-de-dion/200810/24/01-32408-les-candidats-potentiels-placent-leurs-pions.php

Crise financière
Ottawa intervient de nouveau
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2008/10/23/001-flaherty-credit.shtml

Jean Charest frappe un grand coup
http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/10/24/212270.html

La culture d'impunité se poursuit»
http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/10/24/212267.html

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From: Tom Brewer

I am disturbed by Ian Berg's comments. It takes a lot more than one assumes to run an election campaign!

This election was foisted on Canadians. I too was considering running however the timing was not in the stars for me.

Ian should take care in his comments. Does it matter who one is should they allow their name to stand? I think not… A Canadian is allowed to run if he/she so decides.

We need to remember this election was not to happen in the first place. Harper played games and pulled the plug. The timing was in his favour no-one else's. His plan was to decimate the Liberals. His plan worked.

In my estimation we need to watch this coming House with care. Harper and his "team" are dam cocky. He has a lot to do to ensure Canadian support is not lost given the economy. His comments to "go out and buy" are not taken lightly as many Canadians are suffering given his friend Bush and the fiasco in the United States.

Harper's time will come Ian has to be patient! Haste makes waste remember?

Brewt
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From: A Nonymous

News from the Trenches.
While working on the election I received a call from a guy telling me he wanted me to come and pick up a paper.
J: "What paper" I asked?
Caller:"The one you guys left at my door" he replied.
J: "You mean the advertising about our (Conservative) candidate"?
Caller: "That's right"! "I'm an NDP'er and I don't want this so you can come and pick it up".
J: "Sir, if you don't want it why not just put it in the recycle bin or your garbage"?
Caller: "Nope, you guys put it in my door so you can come and pick it up"
J: "If you think I'm going to drive to your place to pick up advertising because you don't want it, you're an idiot".
Caller: "You can't call me an idiot, I'm a retired policeman"!
J: "Well it you expect me to pick up advertising, you're a retired policeman who's an idiot". Hung Up!
 
Caller: Phone's back and leaves a foul message on our answering machine.
 
If you're a retired policeman, wouldn't you think that leaving a recorded message like that would go a long way to proving you're an idiot?
 
Joe: Please don't use my name. I'd like to protect the guilty.

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From:Charles Tupper
Subject: Comfortably Numb - the devastating effects psychiatric drugs have on children

Comfortably Numb is a riveting short documentary that portrays the devastating effects of psychiatric drugs given to more than 8 million American children. Kids as young as two years of age are being given powerful, mind-altering drugs most of which have not been properly tested or approved for children.

Comfortably Numb pierces the wall of secrecy that surrounds the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry and exposes the flaws in a system that creates riches for some while it devastates the lives of others.

Through interviews with a young victim and her father, as well as respected medical professionals, this piece portrays the heartbreaking reality of suffering and even death that shadows the business of selling drugs for children.

Have we lost our minds in allowing this to happen, or have we simply become Comfortably Numb?

Written, Produced and Directed by Gloria Berman. http://www.cnumb.com

WATCH ...
Comfortably Numb - Part 1 of 2
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=5k3ggTYfDic

Comfortably Numb - Part 2 of 2
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=S1oeVCimRwA

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