Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Daily Digest December 16, 2008


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

EDITORIAL PAGEs

ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM -
Paying the price View comments3
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=201269&sc=80

HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
We've done our part in Afghanistan
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1096150.html

OTTAWA CITIZEN
Dangerous formula
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/editorials/Dangerous+formula/1080305/story.html

Thwarting nature
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/editorials/Thwarting+nature/1080304/story.html

OTTAWA SUN -
Saving is comfortable, but spending necessary
http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/Editorial/2008/12/16/7761971-sun.html

KINGSTON WHIG STANDARD-
Canada falls short
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1347464

BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER -
Let's put political gamesmanship aside and work for all Canadian
http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1347230

Never forget our human toll in Afghanistan
http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1347235

TORONTO STAR -
Remember parts makers
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/554280

GLOBE & MAIL -
Flaherty has the title — give him the job
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081215.weFlaherty16/BNStory/politics/home

NATIONAL POST -
Canadian general predicts more Afghan violence
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1081523

 Our mission in Afghanistan
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1080101

TORONTO SUN -
Streets are now shooting galleries
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/editorial/2008/12/16/7763356-sun.html

WINDSOR STAR -
Feds' cold shoulder
http://www.windsorstar.com/opinion/editorials/Feds+cold+shoulder/1081014/story.html

SUDBURY STAR -
Public aid for auto sector worthy cause
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1348075

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -
Liberals enthusiastically up off their knees
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/liberals_enthusiastically_up_off_their_knees.html

SASKATOON STARPHOENIX -
Stimulus efforts need to expand beyond borders
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/forum/story.html?id=12a94a47-2665-483b-8c4d-ef94007b38ed

REGINA LEADER-POST -
Aboriginal education gap needs to be narrowed -- now
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/viewpoints/story.html?id=5e416852-5281-4565-8848-0a49e50a11a3

CALGARY HERALD -
Alberta Liberals face tough task
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=ae4d2cfc-1f5b-43c8-8a20-f4b23d65d768

Healing our doctor shortage
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=81a8095e-d9b8-41c6-818f-bcc72c168588

GRANDE PRAIRIE DAILY HERALD TRIBUNE -
Reducing trade barriers in Canada - Stelmach's call for less red tape makes sense
http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1348474

EDMONTON JOURNAL -
Opposition leaders make system work
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Opposition+leaders+make+system+work/1079719/story.html

VANCOUVER PROVINCE -
Labour mobility an anti-recession recipe
http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/editorials/Labour+mobility+anti+recession+recipe/1080521/story.html


ISSUES

AFGHANISTAN -
U.S. Will Arm Militias in Afghanistan (Updated Again)
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/12/us-will-startin.html

Canadian commander sees Afghan conflict peaking in 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081216.wafghancanada1216/BNStory/Afghanistan/home

Big bucks, big risks: Truckers face peril on Pakistan-Afghan supply route
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081216/national/afghan_cda_truckers

Pakistani truck strike further damages supply issue
http://quqnoos.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2230&Itemid=48

US: Afghan supply line fine, but drivers cite riskRead the original story
http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/world/us-afghan-supply-line-fine-but-drivers-cite-risk-300324.html

The Path Via Russia Is Not Suitable For Americans
http://groong.usc.edu/news/msg253557.html

Afghanistan on brink of famine, aid agency warns
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1080245


CANADIAN FORCES
First batch of used Dutch tanks arrive in Canada
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081216/national/used_tanks_arrive


CANUSA/USACAN
How U.S. controls Canadian isotope supplyComment31
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081215.wisotopes1216/BNStory/politics/home

U.S. timber coalition says B.C. violating softwood deal with pine-kill wood
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hukmCMmI8G02-993HlBcpzyMFluQ


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
When does a recession become a depression?
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081216.wdepression16/BNStory/Business/home

If you want stimulus, watch out for the traps
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081215.wcosimp16/BNStory/politics/home

Canadian households lose $191B in Q3, decline will be worse in Q4: economists
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081216/national/statscan_wealth

Conference Board urges $20-billion federal deficit to invigorate economy
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081216/national/conference_board_stimulus


HEALTH CARE RELATED
Maple Leaf unveils overhaul
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2008/12/16/7763436-sun.html

Groups urge BPA ban in all food packaging
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081216.wbisphenol16/BNStory/National/home

Canada's current healthcare funding model not sustainable
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/6991


JUSTICE SYSTEM
Suit against prostitution laws tossed out
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081216/canada/canada_us_prostitution


POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES
Limit ATM fees, Stelmach tells PM
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/todays-paper/Limit+fees+Stelmach+tells/1081072/story.html

Officials to push Baird for bucks
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1096271.html

Fed makes history, Bryant sounds alarm and calls for spending grow louder
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081216/national/economy_newspage

Ont. says it will give auto sector 'CPR' needed to avoid doomsday predictions
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081216/national/cda_auto_jobs_report

Economic troubles expected to unite finance ministers on solutions
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081216/national/economy_finance_ministers

N.L. government takes over AbitibiBowater's forest and water rights
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081216/national/nl_abitibi_expropriated


FEDERAL POLITICS
Harper: 'I've never seen such uncertainty'
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081216.wflaherty16/BNStory/politics/home
PM's provocation boosts Liberal party's prospects
http://www.vancouversun.com/columnists/provocation+boosts+Liberal+party+prospects/1080825/story.html

Harper lucky to lead forgiving party
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/554264

Once-confident Canada now awash in economic gloom
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081216/canada/canada_us_economy_gloom


Plenty of questions as 'Iggy' takes control
http://www.canada.com/surreynow/news/viewpoint/story.html?id=994554cd-a4c3-41a9-85db-c9ba0ea3f882

The Ignatieff enigma
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=e7fc8407-e063-4c92-9b85-57d711ff04b3

Is Ignatieff the Conservatives' Grinch?
http://www.calgaryherald.com/columnists/Ignatieff+Conservatives+Grinch/1081209/story.html

Good looks, noble lineage, spineless
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/554266

Liberals call for temporary Taser ban
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081216/national/taser_moratorium

Ignatieff ascension to Liberal leader favourably viewed: Poll
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081216/national/ignatieff_poll

The clock is already ticking on Michael Ignatieff's options
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/12/16/steve-janke-the-clock-is-already-ticking-on-michael-ignatieff-s-options.aspx

Layton adds another weight to Ignatieff's ball and chain
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/12/16/kelly-mcparland-layton-adds-another-weight-to-ignatieff-s-ball-and-chain.aspx


PROGRAMMES
Tories vow to get shipshape in the Arctic
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/todays-paper/Tories+shipshape+Arctic/1080291/story.html

Decision to replenish search-and-rescue chopper fleet in air
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/National/2008/12/16/7762066-sun.html

CSIS doesn't check whether details obtained by torture
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/todays-paper/CSIS+doesn+check+whether+details+obtained+torture/1079904/story.html


PRESSURE POINTS
Report decries bottom trawl fish nets
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1080085


OPINION AND INFORMATION
Who would have thunk it?
http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/2008/12/16/7761986-sun.html

Liberals must be ready to mesh social and economic policies
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1096138.html

He's got the title - give him the job
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081216.EFLAHERTY16//TPStory/Editorials

Cops, coalitions and circuses
http://www.canada.com/abbotsfordtimes/news/opinion/story.html?id=1a1cc1f3-746d-4380-afeb-57f2dbfedb44

Small Leaders, Big Problems
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/columnists/Small+Leaders+Problems/1080310/story.html

An occasional look at the Dec. 4 proroguing of Parliament, by the numbers
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081216/national/tab__prorogation_by_the_numbers

A bailout for those who can learn rather than those who can posture
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/12/16/john-ivison-a-bailout-for-those-who-can-learn-rather-than-those-who-can-posture.aspx


INFOS 
L'arrivée d'Ignatieff à la tête du PLC bien accueillie
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200812/16/01-810999-larrivee-dignatieff-a-la-tete-du-plc-bien-accueillie.php

Harper «attristé» d'avoir à nommer des sénateurs non élus
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200812/16/01-810772-harper-attriste-davoir-a-nommer-des-senateurs-non-elus.php

L'industrie forestière réclame de l'aide du fédéral
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200812/16/01-810939-lindustrie-forestiere-reclame-de-laide-du-federal.php

Flaherty aurait admis que son énoncé était trop optimiste
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200812/15/01-810637-flaherty-aurait-admis-que-son-enonce-etait-trop-optimiste.php

Industrie automobile: plus de 580 000 emplois sont en jeu au pays
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Le Conference Board recommande des mesures de stimulation fiscales de 13 milliards
http://info.branchez-vous.com/graphics/textecomplet.gif
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La rencontre fédérale-provinciale des ministres des Finances débute à Saskatoon
http://info.branchez-vous.com/graphics/textecomplet.gif

Rencontre entre le ministre des Finances et des représentants du Parti libéral - Flaherty promet un portrait plus réaliste de la situation économique http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/12/16/223586.html

Ottawa appelé à la rescousse
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Economie-Affaires/2008/12/16/005-conference-board-plan.shtml

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