The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN'S to VICTORIA.
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ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM -
Building cabinets
HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
Can Obama seal the deal in race for the White House
OTTAWA SUN -
Corporations should solve own problems
TORONTO STAR -
Uploading move good but slow
The shrinking TV dollar
NATIONAL POST -
A Cabinet for all seasons
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=925409
TORONTO SUN -
Corporations should solve own problems
K-W RECORD -Every vote matters
SUDBURY STAR -
Long wait for provincial relief - Editorial (add your comment)
It's
Church trying to rehabilitate Pius' standing
Fifth Avenue doyenne
Finding room for Canada
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -
Bracelets still on trial
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4244327p-4887308c.html
Last call in the car
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4244328p-4887344c.html
WINNIPEG SUN -
Corporations should solve own problems
CALGARY SUN -
Corporations should solve own problems
EDMONTON SUN -
Corporations should solve own problems
http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/Commentary/2008/11/01/7272896-sun.html
LETHBRIDGE HERALD -
Safety is the point
http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3498&Itemid=56
RED DEER ADVOCATE -
Tory climate plan is seriously flawed
VANCOUVER SUN -
Justice delayed and denied: The RCMP can no longer be left to investigate itself
ISSUES
AFGHANISTAN -
General Petraeus plans more border raids
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5062822.ece
Analysis: Amrica decides to fight and win in Afghanistane
Deaths fault of MoD, says SAS major
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/nov/02/military-afghanistan
UK minister 'horrified' by kit claim
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7704276.stm
Gates believes NATO won't send more troops
Unpredictability vital in Afghanistan: French colonel
An expanding war in Afghanistan awaits next US president
Canadians troops celebrate latest Afghanistan victories
CANADIAN FORCES
Outgoing general: NATO could work with tribes
Canada's top general in Afghanistan says NATO troops in the country could learn to work better with Afghan tribal leadership.
CANUSA/USACAN
Obama could dance all over wallflower's toes Travers: . MORE...
Choice of Palin proves McCain not fit for White House Corbella: MORE...
America votes 2008: What it means to us Walkom: . MORE...
Obama victory would validate new era Ibbitson: . MORE...
McCain: Man without a plan Frum: . MORE...
Fast-track cards a licence to smuggle, border guards fear
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081101.wbordercar01/BNStory/National/home
Get it right, America
U.S. to accept enhanced drivers' licences at border
The pain of getting across the border
A licence to complicate
U.S. envoy says Canadians need to get with passport program
Alternatives to passports at border being discussed: U.S. official
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Financial forecast: What do psychics predict?
Ottawa slammed for imprudent budgeting: Economist
Dismal stats mean Canada is recession-bound: TD
G7 faces worst recession since '30s: TD Bank
Economy shrinks 0.3 per cent
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
A messed up UN not on the job
JUSTICE SYSTEM
Federal lawyers appeal award given to killer
POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES
The two faces of Quebec Premier Jean Charest MacPherson: . MORE...
Governing B.C. Liberals gird for election fight
Ontario fears wealth-sharing shutout
Cities say immediate aid required
POLITICAL OPINION -And the next Liberal leader is ...Stephen Le Drew: . MORE...
Doubtful Harper will forgive and forget Williams' ABC campaign Stephenson: . MORE...
How Harper's Quebec strategy blew up in his face Jeffrey Simpson: . MORE...
Deficit talk is unconservative Calgary Herald: . MORE...
Please, Mr. Martin, a detail, a crumb Rex Murphy: . MORE...
Experience, not age, is what matters in our leaders Hunter: MORE...
Kinder, gentler Baird ready to play well with others Sherring: .. MORE...
Ritz again a big noise in Harper cabinet Mandryk: . MORE...
Mr. Flaherty, it's time to fix pensions DeCloet: . MORE...
Rae enters leadership fray
Leadership rules could sink some candidates
What a [Cauchon] anonymouse says in Le Devoir about Bob Rae
Rae of Hope
Sting-Rae
Finding room for Canada
Military working on system to detect enemy divers
Flaherty touts Canadian system
Cabinet picks surprisingly risky
Even Grit loves new health minister
Federal Tories get some blame
Cash-strapped Liberals fall behind NDP in fundraising
Flaherty to warn of frugal times
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=925400
PROGRAMMES
U.S. murder case poised to put Tory clemency policy to the test
Fast-track customs cards a licence to cheat, border guards fear
PRESSURE POINTS
MIT scientists baffled by global warming theory, contradicts scientific data
OPINION AND INFORMATION
The danger of seeking heaven on earth
Speaking conservatively
'Common-values' pledge gives immigrants a false impression
Bash away, silly boobs Coren: Just a typical week in the good old Christian-bashing business. . MORE...
Do we need a new voting system?
YES: PR is more democratic
NO: Don't sacrifice stability
Doubtful Harper will forgive and forget Williams' ABC campaign
INFOS
Le Parti libéral a récolté moins d'argent que le NPD
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200811/01/01-35250-le-parti-liberal-a-recolte-moins-dargent-que-le-npd.php
Succession de Stéphane Dion - Lutte en coulisse des candidats pressentis
http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/11/01/213704.html
Un Harper nouveau ?
http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/11/01/213631.html
Une question d'approche
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/ottawa/2008/11/01/001-colloque-terrorisme-securite_n.shtml
Les détenteurs de laissez-passer trichent, selon les agents de douane
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/081101/N110166AU.html
Les Forces armées canadiennes changeront de stratégie en Afghanistan cet hiver
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/081031/N103193AU.html
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From: "Brian Graff" Subject: RE: Flay "THE BAY"
Joe:
This has nothing to do with "The Bay" department stroes - it was not inside a Bay store and "The Bay" do not own the office tower in question. it is Brookfield Property Management, which owns the property called the Hudson's Bay Centre at Yonge and Bloor. The Bay does have a store there, andt he name of the complex comes from that fact. Similarly, the TD Centre isn't owned by TD Bank, but Cadillac Fairview, and so on.
see http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Brookfield-Asset-Management
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. . thanks. My aim, then, would be for "The Bay" to tell Brookfield Managament and others it leases from
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But if you read the article, it was in the adjoining office tower - The Bay have no real influence as their only involvement is that that part of the complex shares the same name... just as the Eaton Centre has the name of a defunct company and the Eaton family would have little influence over anything done there!
I am sure that the bad publicity is enough to get Brookfield to clarify their policies and make things clear to their employees - the problem is likely some 30 year old junior property manager who is ignorant about the war and how we treat veterans this time of the year.
Brian
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. . . you are correct. I'll bring these facts forward in the Digest, okay?
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sure thing, Joe.
People should email Brookfield directly, even if they don't live in Toronto - because brookfield is a company that owns more than just this one building in Toronto.
Brian
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From: Ron Critchley
Subject: Re: Flay "THE BAY"
Joe,
Yesterday, in Huntingdon Quebec, two Legion members had trouble getting the Societe des Alcools (gov't. liquor store) to allow a poppy tray. After some discussion, the store relented.
The Legionnare is a veteran. His wife, the daughter of a general, saw her father for the first time in 1945 when she was four or five years old. He had been overseas.
Ron Critchley
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From: "Jim Weir"
Subject: Re: Flay "THE BAY"
The apology from the BAY should have included a big cheque for the Poppy Fund to be meaningful.
What's your beef with "O God our help in ages past"?
James Weir, Kincardine, Ontario A 75 year old Legion Chaplain with no connection to Canadian forces.
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Not a 'beef"
The Wellington Regiment came home. They marched
with empty spaces I took for those dead or wounded.
This and singing the Hymn all gathered around the
flagpole at Torrance School are indelibly in my synapse
connections.
Very simply: the music starts; emotion swells; I cannot sing.
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From: "Mark Whittle"
Subject: RE: Flay "THE BAY"
You gotta' love Mall Security eh Joe, wanna' be cops playing high and mighty for the management? As I recall the Bay sure isn't the outlet it used to be back in the day, talk about tone deaf management. My dad Bert was a war veteran too, I'm glad he came back alive and put in a life-time of good public work. If the public goes there (the Bay), so should the veteran's selling poppies to keep the memories alive so all Canadians can appreciate them.
Mark-Alan Whittle
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Subject: Re: Flay "THE BAY"
From: Anne-Marie
Hi Uncle Joe.
I don't always get a chance to read or comment on the Digest, but today I had the time to read and now the time to comment. SHOCKING. I read (or heard about) similar instances last year with the Salvation Army Kettle collectors. A shame that common sense and decency do not prevail -- what are the children being taught? Rules are rules, respect for the elders and the decorated should not be a matter of being on a list.
There, my rant is done and I feel better.
Hoping all is well with you, Aase and all the relatives!
Anne-Marie
Ps. Thanks for the Digest.
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Subject: RE: Flay "THE BAY"
From: "Efstratios Psarianos"
Fight the power!
Since we're a nation of 30-odd million, dingdongery like this is bound to happen on occasion. That being said, the dingdongs in question deserve to get their bells rung over this.
The iniquity of some individuals will never cease to amaze me: I mean I can't even imagine myself being nasty to an 85-year-old, let alone one who's a veteran selling poppies. Time for some "sensitivity training".
Stratos
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From: Tom Brewer
Subject: Re poppies
It is obvious the security firm was doing their job. It is obvious too the security individual was not using or capable of using what God gave him that being his/her brain! It is obvious this person knew little of the poppy campaign and must have been raised in some backwoods area of this world.
Being the Bay I'm appalled! Apology, heck must be another political nerd... You just have to apologize and all is well... Right?
The only good from all of this is the fallout which I am sure helped sales otherwise. You would assume the Bay would have made a donation to offset lost sales too.
As Canadians we need to step up to the plate to ensure others don't forget how many died or were injured during the wars. We cannot forget.
Tom Brewer
Regina, sk
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From: "Rebecca Gingrich"
Subject: RE: Flay "THE BAY"
Joe--I can't but believe that it is just because it is Remembrance Day
shortly that we are all being revved up to support our Veterans. Also it
helps to make more and more people accept the farce that is our 'war' in
Afghanistan. You know, 'support the troops'? Of course we support our
troops. But that doesn't mean we have to support the war for oil does it?
As for this story--where is the outcry in the other 363 or 4 days of the
year? Our Veterans suffer 24/7/12 and are not given the support needed.
Remember the Agent Orange spray in NB? What did those poor Veterans get for
their poisoning? NOTHING!!! How hard has Matt Stoppford fought and to what
end? How many thousands of Veterans are going without but we are supposed
to get upset about this incident? This should never have happened. One
phone call to check if it was ok for poppies to be sold in the lobby was OK
with the Bay. If they had said no then something could have been written.
But this is a non-issue. In today's climate can you imagine what would have
happened to the Bay if this had not really been a Veteran?
Lets get upset and do something about things that really matter. I am
getting tired of these non-stories to rally us idiot citizens. Lets get
really concerned about the rest of the year when those who were duped or
conscripted into going to war for a lie and greed are left to suffer with
nothing.
becky
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You speak much truth.
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