Friday, January 30, 2009

Daily Digest January 30, 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 -
Lead, and then follow up
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=216871&sc=80

CORNER BROOK WESTERN STAR -
Where do they stand?
http://www.thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=216623&sc=30

CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN -
Legislative committees deserve better
When cabinet ministers are asked to appear before legislative committees, they should respond promptly
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=216977&sc=103

CAPE BRETON POST -
Worker mobility gets a new push
http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=216629&sc=151

HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
Equalization: Too many caps & flaps
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1103796.html

AMHERST DAILY NEWS -
Premier needs to stand up to PM
http://www.amherstdaily.com/index.cfm?sid=216685&sc=61

TRURO DAILY NEWS -
Trade dialogue has to be tough
http://www.trurodaily.com/index.cfm?sid=216943&sc=75

MONTREAL GAZETTE -
Economic crisis inspires a little political maturity
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/editorials/Economic+crisis+inspires+little+political+maturity/1233344/story.html

Duceppe pretends to be shocked - shocked! - at end of coalition
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/op-ed/Duceppe+pretends+shocked+shocked+coalition/1229127/story.html
 
Our Orwellian world of politics
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/op-ed/Orwellian+world+politics/1229129/story.html

OTTAWA CITIZEN -
Legitimate, even with no licence
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/editorials/Legitimate+even+with+licence/1233674/story.html
 
What money can't fix
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/editorials/What+money/1233673/story.html

OTTAWA SUN -
We have a right to know about leaks
http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/Editorial/2009/01/30/8199021-sun.html

KINGSTON WHIG STANDARD-
 A matter of interest
Family savings could be wiped out if borrowing costs spike
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1411860

We don't know what we're doing
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1411861

BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER -
Time to say 'no' to extending Afghan mission
http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1411513

TORONTO STAR -
Call the by-election
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/579492

GLOBE & MAIL -
Science becomes a parsimonious zone
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090129.weScience30/BNStory/specialComment/home

Imitating Harper
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090129.weIgnatieff30/BNStory/specialComment/home

Cherry versus Milbury
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090129.weMilbury30/BNStory/specialComment/home

NATIONAL POST -
Whither glowing hearts?
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1233407

HAMILTON SPECTATOR -
Tories can't hear opportunity's knock
http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/503755

ST. CATHARINES STANDARD -
 Budget was about Harper's survival
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1412435

NIAGARA FALLS REVIEW -
The spending is done -now comes the hard part for Ottawa
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1409925

K-W RECORD -
 Innovative environmental proposal has been cast aside
http://news.therecord.com/Opinions/article/479501

LONDON FREE PRESS -
Keep politics out of economic aid agency
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Opinion/Editorials/2009/01/30/8200961-sun.html

WINDSOR STAR -
Ignatieff's move

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff did the right thing.
http://www.windsorstar.com/opinion/editorials/Ignatieff+move/1233976/story.html
 
Trade and the economy
http://www.windsorstar.com/opinion/editorials/Trade+economy/1233977/story.html

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -

Ignatieff leaves a sulking Jack Layton at the altar
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/ignatieff_leaves_a_sulking_jack_layton_at_the_altar38687567.html

Obama wastes no time in finding his own war
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/obama_wastes_no_time_in_finding_his_own_war38687487.html

SASKATOON STARPHOENIX -
New wave of protection must stop
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/forum/story.html?id=1e60ad48-ae5f-4bd8-bff9-daaefafd580f

REGINA LEADER-POST -
Smoke-ban overkill
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/viewpoints/story.html?id=ac1fef67-bbc6-4f4e-ab1b-a835c70f0b8d

A wall between premier and PM
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/viewpoints/story.html?id=6d70d98d-9130-4038-b215-585c07d87cef

CALGARY HERALD -
If torturing terrorists is wrong, why not babies?
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=4e8cd335-72e4-47aa-b2c6-c8b22d06bea1

Money not the answer
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=8f3ac592-588e-40fb-9fd5-911ba8edbc92

EDMONTON JOURNAL -
A serious plan to end homelessness
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/editorials/serious+plan+homelessness/1234292/story.html

RED DEER ADVOCATE -
New president in too much of a hurry
http://www.albertalocalnews.com/reddeeradvocate/opinion/New_president_in_too_much_of_a_hurry.html

Presentation of environmental issues in schools needs to be balanced
http://www.albertalocalnews.com/reddeeradvocate/opinion/Presentation_of_environmental_issues_in_schools_needs_to_be_balanced.html

PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN -
Media ga ga
http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20090129172655/opinion/editorials/media-ga-ga.html

VANCOUVER SUN -
Layton loses, Canada wins as coalition dream dies
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=88b873d4-f3a1-416d-9e91-7f04292af1b6

VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST -
New decks favoured over badly needed social housing
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=8523e427-cafb-41c1-b02c-418552402b7b


ISSUES

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -          
'Fresh start' for hobbled residential schools commission
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1237201

Federal budget a mixed bag for First Nations
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/forum/story.html?id=05519ea7-0f83-48c1-bed7-f6099b1477d3


AFGHANISTAN -
Nato, go home
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/30/davos-afghanistan

A New Scheme by the Afghan Government to Prevent Civilian Casualties
http://quqnoos.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2476&Itemid=48

New U.S. strategy needed in Afghanistan - Oxfam 
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-37758520090131?sp=true

Swat Valley: Whose war is this?
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KA31Df01.html

CANUSA/USACAN -
Canada and U.S. economies in synch - and they're both diving
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090130/national/20090130_economy

Canadian pharmaceutical provider fed up with treatment by U.S. authorities
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090129/national/20090129_illinois_governor_cda_drugs

Harper to lobby U.S. over 'Buy America' policy -
the protectionist legislation could contravene the North American Free Trade Agreement
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090129/Buy_American_090129/20090129?hub=Canada

Day to raise trade concerns with U.S. at forum
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/580103

Obama's 'Buy American' plan blasted   
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/579557

Canada, US in harmony on climate change: Prentice
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Canada+harmony+climate+change+Prentice/1237094/story.html


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS -
Gross domestic product slips deeper than expected
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090130/GDP_slips_090130/20090130?hub=Canada

Calgary researchers discover gene sequences that could lead to live BSE test
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090129/national/20090129_live_bse_test

More Davos 'globaloney'
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/29/peter-foster-more-davos-globaloney.aspx


FOREIGN AFFAIRS -
Buy American, spark a global trade war
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090129.wcogee30/BNStory/specialComment/home

NATO cautions against division over Arctic
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/NATO+cautions+against+division+over+Arctic/1233655/story.html

Fallujah the hotspot once more
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KA31Ak02.html


HEALTH CARE RELATED -
Health council urges government to draft national drug strategy
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090130/national/20090130_drug_strategy

Preterm births rise; delayed child bearing, fertility treatments likely cause
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090129/national/20090129_preterm_births

No cash for ailing health facilities
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/National/2009/01/30/8198801-sun.html

Ottawa tries again to toughen product safety laws
First attempt to fortify recall rules died last fall with federal election call
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/579526

Ontario aims to counter drug firm sales pitches
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1233364


JUSTICE SYSTEM -
Top court to rule on pre-trial bans on media reporting
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090129/national/20090129_scoc_media_ban


POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES -
N.L. premier asks Ignatieff, other premiers to help delay budget changes
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090129/national/20090129_fedbudget_williams_anger

Sombre Ontario premier has stark news
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/01/30/8199996-sun.html

Suddenly McGuinty's the fiscal conservative
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/01/30/8200001-sun.html

P.E.I. joins call to delay equalization change
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/01/30/pe-equalization-sheridan.html

Opposition to premier: Prove Nova Scotia doesn't lose out in budget
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/01/29/ns-macdonald-budget.html

Quebec hopes to revive recycling industry with bailout plan
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/01/29/mtl-recycling-bailout-0129.html

Harper must act on climate, Charest says
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090130.wPOLcharest0130/BNStory/politics/home


FEDERAL POLITICS -
Some of the budget's biggest critics: Tories
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090129.wtories30/BNStory/politics/home

Layton pretending to be a 'left-wing ideologue': PM
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/01/29/harper-layton.html

Two N.L. Liberals say they'll break party ranks, oppose budget if necessary
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090130/national/20090130_fedbudget_williams_anger

Some of the budget's biggest critics: Tories
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090129.wtories30/BNStory/politics/home

Prodigal sons inherit the party's crown
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090129.wconewman30/BNStory/specialComment/home

Quebec offers latest proof of Liberal comeback 
http://www.thestar.com/columnists/article/579527

NDP heaps scorn on coalition-killer Ignatieff
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=51a27e4f-4bf3-4eed-a0d8-29fa3d9e8d24

Too much 'stimulus,' too little incentive in Flaherty budget
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=0ec9d01a-d991-450c-88b1-f8ef8cd73584

Liberals rebound in Quebec
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090130/canada/canada_us_politics_quebec


PROGRAMMES -
Tax credit may curb cash-only renovation deals: contractor
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/01/29/reno-credit.html

Federal government relaunches consumer product safety bill
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/01/29/consumer-safety.html

Nation's credibility on the line, scientists warn
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090130.wscience30/BNStory/National/home

Tories say scientific research remains key priority, despite fears to contrary
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090129/national/20090129_tories_research

Agencies feel the power of budget riches
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090130.wredc30/BNStory/Business/home

Who's entitled to regional assistance? It's anyone's guess
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090129.wcosimp30/BNStory/specialComment/home


PRESSURE POINTS -
Youth convicted in terror trial shouldn't be freed based on agent's actions: Crown
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090129/national/20090129_terrorist_trial_abuse

RCMP agent concedes key role in set-up, running of terrorist training camp
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090130/national/terror_hearing


OPINION AND INFORMATION -
The falling stock of workers
Globalization isn't about people, it's about profits
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090129.wcosalutin30/BNStory/specialComment/home

Pretend help on the way
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Pretend+help/1233672/story.html

Reintroduction of God
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/Columnists/Harris_Michael/2009/01/30/8199031-sun.html

Reality hits Harper in the face
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/30/don-martin-reality-hits-harper-in-the-face.aspx

One Liberal party was enough. We don't need two.
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/30/tasha-kheiriddin-one-liberal-party-was-enough-we-don-t-need-two.aspx

Wise words on free trade from Vladimir Putin
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/30/the-free-trade-wisdom-of-vladimir-putin.aspx

Tough times: Obama inspired, Harper insipid 
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/579357

Tax cuts: Why the opposition should have insisted on changes 
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/579356

Ignatieff and Harper squander chance to strengthen EI
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/579359

Spending ourselves silly
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/Spending+ourselves+silly/1233675/story.html

More On The New World Order
http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2009/cbarchive_20090130.html


INFOS -
Harper appelle les gouvernements à travailler ensemble
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200901/30/01-822746-harper-appelle-les-gouvernements-a-travailler-ensemble.php

Bataille des Plaines: Verner dit qu'elle ne pliera pas
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200901/30/01-822703-bataille-des-plaines-verner-dit-quelle-ne-pliera-pas.php

«Pas de taponnage» pour les infrastructures, promet Paradis
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200901/30/01-822701-pas-de-taponnage-pour-les-infrastructures-promet-paradis.php

Campagne pour dénigrer Ignatieff
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/200901/30/01-822419-campagne-pour-denigrer-ignatieff.php

Day veut s'en prendre au "Buy American" et relancer la ronde de Doha
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/090130/N0130165AU.html

En bref - Le PLC s'allie au PCC pour défaire le Bloc
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/01/30/230279.html

En bref - Sécurité des produits
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/01/30/230280.html

Deux députés libéraux feront dissidence
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/atlantique/2009/01/30/006-TNL-budget-rejet-plc-tnl_n.shtml

Le gouverneur propose une autre approche
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2009/01/30/001-Gouverneur-Kandahar.shtml

L'économie canadienne recule plus que prévu
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Economie-Affaires/2009/01/30/003-pib-canada-novembre.shtml

Un diagnostic avant les symptômes
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/sante/2009/01/30/002-vache-folle-test.shtml

De plus en plus de prématurés
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Science-Sante/2009/01/29/001-naissances-prematures.shtml

Ottawa craint le protectionnisme
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2009/01/29/002-protectionisme.shtml


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PRESSURE POINTS -

There are several pressures continually brought forward which create fear in those who accept them as being valid threats to our lives.  Terrorism is one of them.

There were no weapons charges laid against those charged with terrorist plotting in June of 2006.  I found this to be an anomaly then and have followed what has transpired since.

Two articles published to-day by the Canadian Press were posted under PRESSURE POINTS.

Would you tend to see the agent's actions as what could be considered entrapment of the 17 year old or not?

         Joe

PRESSURE POINTS -
Youth convicted in terror trial shouldn't be freed based on agent's actions: Crown
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090129/national/20090129_terrorist_trial_abuse

RCMP agent concedes key role in set-up, running of terrorist training camp
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090130/national/terror_hearing

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From: Ray Strachan
Subject: Re EI

Well Joe if people hear of executives getting paid 5 million a year and then a
bonus of 2 million.   They don't even blink. I know too dam many people who if
they hear of a single mom getting anything or people on EI, geez they go
ballastic.    That's why we have such a beautiful world. Its the same if the
subject comes up of giving to charity such as Parents Plan or Oxfam, they say,
Well how the hell do I know if the money is ever going to get to  the people
that need it. Translation, I'm too cheap to give anything.    The way I look at
it, when I give to these causes, if all the money is stolen, then that is
someone else's problem.  I did my part.   (By the way the two organizations I
mentioned, I believe have hearts of gold.

And I might as well get my money's worth from one message.    I would also like
to comment on what upsets me about the Harper Government and thus My country.
More heartlessness. When the young Americans flee their country to prevent
themselves from being sent back to Iraq, a lawless,illegal,stupid,costly,inhuman war,
our esteemed PM says oh no, gonna send you back to be court marshalled by the
Bush Bunch.  Yeh, these kids werent cowards, they just didn't want to go back and
commit MURDER in Iraq.But of course that's not a good enough reason for Harper
and His Henchmen. What a bunch of narrow minded dimwits.    We get what we
deserve. Gees I can  hardly wait for his kids to be old enough to be in the thick
of the  killing fields.Cant you just imagine the change of attitude Steve will have .
Cowards run wars of aggression.

Ray Strachan

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From: Tom Brewer

I'm appalled at our dear Minister. No-one wants to be unemployed! They want to be productive Canadians.

Too bad our politicians do not apply the same standards to themselves when they don't win an election! Oh… that would be not fair, right?

Bull… nothing but unadulterated bull. Our politicians know well they might not win so why are they treated differently than someone who was working and lost their job? Job losses today, not the fault of the worker rather politicians who cant see past their nose.

The so called golden parachutes afforded to our elected reps who loose or decide to drop out is laughable however it is not funny given we have to pay them.

Bailouts for banks (in the US) car manufacturers, etc the taxpayer only gets to pay the bill while there is massive concern as to how the taxpayer can be assured the money is not lost or socked away by some means to enrich those who should and could have addressed the problem long before expecting the taxpayer to fund them.

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From: "Esprit de Corps" \
Subject:   On Target for January 26, 2009

Canada's Diminishing Role in Afghanistan Planning
http://www.espritdecorps.ca/Ontarget%20090128.htm

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Subject: Defeat Budget! 32.4 /49.6% total 4yr incr. in Personal/Corp.Income
              Taxes with ONLY 7.5% ttl 4yr inc. in Prgm Spending is Ludicrous
From: Robert Ede
To: Thornhill Richmond Hill Liberal <newsroom@theliberal.com>, Peter Kent <Kent.P@parl.gc.ca>,
        Rt Hon Stephen Harper <pm@pm.gc.ca>, Flaherty.J@parl.gc.ca, Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca

Dear Ed,
 
It's good to see two MP's deciding to vote their own minds on the Harper/Flaherty budget -a document truly antithetical to any Reform/Alliance/CPC platform and an insult to anyone who has read it.
 
I don't fancy the 2 NFLD-Lab MP's reasoning but at least they're read the monstrosity (or been briefed I suppose)
 
Any MP who does vote for it (remembering that Iggy has killed any possibility of the 3 Stooges Coalition of 2008 - he's going to let the Rt Hon Mr Harper "wear this recession") is supporting a 2009/10 through 2013/14 " 4year recovery" that requires:
 
-- PERSONAL  Income taxes (Table 4.5 on Pg 220) to rise by 32.4% to $145.95Bn
 
PLUS simultaneously
 
--Corporate Income Tax (Table 4.5)  to rise 49.6% to $39.48Bn
 
PLUS simultaneously
 
--Public Debt Charges (Table 1.1 & 4.4) to rise 34.2%($10.1Bn) to $39.6Bn
 
while
--Total Program Expenses (includes PDCharges) (Table 4.6 on Pg 225) to rise only 10.9%($24.975 incl $10.1 PDC) to $254.1Bn over 4 years!!
So the NET increase in Program Expenditures (ie not-incl PDC) will increase only ~7.5% ($14.875Bn on ~200Bn of 2009/10 Programs) [calculated from Tables 1.1 & 4.6]
 
THAT's a GRAND total of ~7.5% increase in Program Spending over 4 Full Fiscal years or less than ~2% per annum.  
 
While Total (Personal+Corp+Other) Income Taxes rise by 35.9% (8.98% annual)
 
I think that is a truly fanciful proposal.
 
Nevermind the successive 4.6%, 6.4%, 6.2%, 5.05%GDP projections that fuel all this nonsense.
 
I think any one who votes for the Budget is hopelessly stupid or very poorly briefed ... or an MP who thinks that his/her constituents are stupid/poorly informed.
 
Who is YOUR MP?  have you discussed this with her/him?
 
Robert (Rob) Ede,
commentary - http://robertede.blogspot.com/

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From: Rubie Britton
Subject: Getting Older.

Don't laugh.....it is all true...
 
Perks of reaching 50 or being over 60 and heading towards 70! 
01. Kidnappers are not very interested in you. 
02. In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first. 
03. No one expects you to run--anywhere. 
04. People call at 9 pm and ask, did I wake you? 
05. People no longer view you as a hypochondriac. 
06. There is nothing left to learn the hard way. 
07. Things you buy now won't wear out. 
08. You can eat supper at 4 pm. 
09. You can live without sex but not your glasses. 
10. You get into heated arguments about pension plans. 
11. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge. 
12. You quit trying to hold your stomach in no matter who walks into the room. 
13. You sing along with elevator music. 
14.Your eyes won't get much worse. 
15. Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off. 
16. Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national weather service. 
17. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either. 
18. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size. 
19. You can't remember who sent you this list.

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From: Stephen M MacLean
Subject: FYI: 'Repeal Fixed Election Dates' by Senator Elaine McCoy
http://www.albertasenator.ca/hullabaloos/?article&339

Visit my research website the Disraeli-Macdonald Institute for Organic Toryism online.
 
Advocacy for Appointed Upper Chambers

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From: "Jacob Rempel"
To: <michael@liberal.ca>,
         "MP:DennisCoderreLiberalDefenceCritic" <Coderre.D@parl.gc.ca>,
         "JoyceMurray" <Murray.J@parl.gc.ca>,
         "MP;DominicLeBlanc" <leblanc.d@parl.gc.ca>,
         "MP:StephaneDion" <Dion.S@parl.gc.ca>,
         <misterc@jetstream.net>
Cc: <shniad@sfu.ca>,
         <jeff@icahd.org>,
         <geomcfet@gmail.com>,
         "AVAAZ" <info@avaaz.org>,
         "MichaelMoore" <maillist@michaelmoore.com>,
         "MP:DawnBlackDefenceCriticNDP " <Black.D@parl.gc.ca>,
         "MP:DuceppeBlocQuebecLeader" <Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca>,
         "MP:JackLaytonLeader-NDP" <Layton.J@parl.gc.ca>,
         "MP:PeterJulian" <Julian.P@parl.gc.ca>
Subject: Israel using DIME (Dense Inert Metal Explosive),  white phospherous, non-depleted uranium, and cluster bombs against the population of Gaza.

Doctors report Israel using DIME (Dense Inert M...

White Phosphorus used over Gaza.

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Israel using new explosive weapon against Pales...

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Dr. Gilbert confirms Dense Inert Metal Explosiv...

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Daily Digest January 29, 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 -
Feds giveth and taketh away
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=216367&sc=80

CORNER BROOK WESTERN STAR -
Here we go again
http://www.thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=216129&sc=30

CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN -
Spending spree no big surprise
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=216491&sc=103

HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
Grits make right budget call
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1103477.html

AMHERST DAILY NEWS -
Calculated force carries more weight
http://www.amherstdaily.com/index.cfm?sid=216522&sc=61

MONTREAL GAZETTE -
Lots and lots of money but not much vision
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/editorials/Lots+lots+money+much+vision/1224797/story.html

KINGSTON WHIG STANDARD-
Does your family budget?
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1409854

Flaherty finally gets it right
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1409833

TORONTO STAR -
Obama's Afghan priority
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/577663

Ignatieff follows responsible path
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/578810

A waste of money
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/578807

The language police
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/578809

Conservatives do a budget U-turn
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/578260

GLOBE & MAIL -
Prospect of political maturity
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090128.weIgnatieff29/BNStory/specialComment/home

Openness on bail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090128.weBail29/BNStory/specialComment/home

The right to be treated
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090128.weLesbian29/BNStory/specialComment/home

NATIONAL POST -
Ignatieff 's small demands
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1230666

Mythology of medicare keeps Canada lagging behind
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/27/colby-copsh-nnn.aspx

HAMILTON SPECTATOR -
City must get federal funds 
http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/503747

ST. CATHARINES STANDARD -
Municipalities face the tough decisions
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1410381

NIAGARA FALLS REVIEW -
The spending is done -now comes the hard part for Ottawa
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1409925

K-W RECORD -
Ignatieff scores big in budget matchup
http://news.therecord.com/Opinions/article/478786

Other views: The federal budget
http://news.therecord.com/Opinions/article/478803

LONDON FREE PRESS -
Now the work starts to get a piece of the pie
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Opinion/Editorials/2009/01/29/8185631-sun.html

WINDSOR STAR -
High-speed rail
http://www.windsorstar.com/opinion/editorials/High+speed+rail/1229637/story.html

Tory budget
http://www.windsorstar.com/opinion/editorials/Tory+budget/1225495/story.html

SUDBURY STAR -
Harper complicit in Khadr's mistreatment
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1408306

Speak up for Canadian freedom
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1408326

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -
The money's in the bank
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/the_moneys_in_the_bank38588857.html

SASKATOON STARPHOENIX -
Long deceased coalition finally given last rites
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/forum/story.html?id=18c8cb76-5f98-4644-8b3e-2ed332ee922a

REGINA LEADER-POST -
Saskatchewan's main concern: will budget cash flow quickly?
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/viewpoints/story.html?id=f5e07894-6c68-401c-8f38-3d348bb5ec49

Once a debt-fearing idealist, Harper floods nation with red ink
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/viewpoints/story.html?id=31bdfbc2-4eb1-4e19-a264-19a38be65e1c

CALGARY HERALD -
Ignatieff destabilizes with spin
http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/Ignatieff+destabilizes+with+spin/1230024/story.html

GRANDE PRAIRIE DAILY HERALD TRIBUNE -
ECONOMY - IMF casts doubt on budget projections
http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/SearchCat.aspx?catID=4510

EDITORIAL - Navigating a sea of red - Time will tell if Harper's spending spree will work
http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1410736
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FINANCE - Homebuyers urged to be wary of mortgages tied to lines of credit
http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1410727

Editorial - A budget like none other
http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1408839
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FINANCE - Harper betting stimulus package will save economy
http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1408834

EDMONTON JOURNAL -
At long last, a fresh start
  http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/editorials/long+last+fresh+start/1230166/story.html

Oh, surplus! We hardly knew ye
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/editorials/surplus+hardly+knew/1226034/story.html

RED DEER ADVOCATE -
New president in too much of a hurry 
http://www.albertalocalnews.com/reddeeradvocate/opinion/New_president_in_too_much_of_a_hurry.html

VANCOUVER SUN -
The right price
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=8c7caee4-5096-4fa6-b300-d7f6c5b1f11c

VANCOUVER PROVINCE -
Infrastructure deal has cracks
http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/editorials/Infrastructure+deal+cracks/1229403/story.html

VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST -
Feds, B.C. hope going green brings growth
  http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=0154161e-9ed3-4c15-b131-4c1bf7fb1996

Big deficits a sign politicians have quit leading
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=761d2f9b-e273-4f88-b287-445279fd2f72


ISSUES

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -          
Premier says Sask not prepared to cut revenue-sharing deal with First Nations
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090126/national/sask_aboriginal_consultations


AFGHANISTAN -
Afghan Presidential Elections Postponed
http://quqnoos.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2477&Itemid=48

Afghanistan may need a change in government to make addition of 30,000 U.S. troops worthwhile
http://blog.mlive.com/readreact/2009/01/in_a_recent_washington_post.html

'Deliberate Slip' Reveals Afghan Superbombs
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/01/aghan-superbomb.html#more

Nato split over order to strike drug smugglers
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5614564.ece

Tribesmen demand peace talks in tribal area
http://www.dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/punjab/tribesmen-demand-peace-talks-in-tribal-area-ss

Obama imposes his new plans on Iraq, Afghan wars
http://www.upi.com/news/issueoftheday/2009/01/27/Obama_imposes_new_Iraq_Afghanistan_plans/UPI-27781233076728/

Obama urged to stop drone attacks, aid Afghanistan
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=269691&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23

A battle before a battle 
http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KA29Df01.html

Faceless Taliban rule 
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KA30Df01.html

Canadian firm to hire Afghan guards as dam refurbished
http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Canadian+firm+hire+Afghan+guards+refurbished/1232510/story.html


CANUSA/USACAN -
'Buy American' Rider Sparks Trade Debate
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/28/AR2009012804002.html?wpisrc=newsletter

Canada-U.S. border back in the spotlight
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1103355.html

Politics will dictate auto restructuring, analysts say
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090126/auto_restructure_090126/20090126?hub=Canada

U.S. stimulus plan's 'protectionist' clause concerns Harper
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1231096


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS -
EI claims jump 12% in November
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090127.weiclaims0127/BNStory/Business/home

Govt. won't pay unemployed to stay home: Minister
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1232650

Little threat of deflation, Carney says
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090127.wcarney0127/BNStory/Business/home

Canadian firms brace for worsening economy
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/579093


FOREIGN AFFAIRS -
Putin Speaks at Davos
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123317069332125243.html

From insurgency to candidacy: Diyala's security dilemma
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/features/article_1455939.php/From_insurgency_to_candidacy_Diyalas_security_dilemma__Feature __
HEALTH CARE RELATED -
Clinics take legal action in fight for private health care
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090129.wbcclinics29/BNStory/National/home


JUSTICE SYSTEM -
First-time drug offender sees sentence doubled
Drug smugglers who import heroin can count on spending between 12 and 17 year in prison, Ontario court rules
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/579351

Tougher human-trafficking laws lauded by experts
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/01/29/8194236.html


POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES -
Matching infrastructure spending by feds 'only fair': McGuinty
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090126/national/throne_speech_mcguinty

Budget a windfall for Ontario, McGuinty says
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/578939

Oil patch cuts claim Alberta's high-paying jobs
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090126.wroilpatch26/BNStory/energy/home

A shot in the arm for Albertans
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Braid+shot+Albertans/1225760/story.html

Nova Scotia up in arms over budget
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090129.wPOLnova0129/BNStory/politics/home

Du fédéralisme à l'unilatéralisme Federalism to unilateralism
http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ledevoir.com%2F2009%2F01%2F29%2F230069.html&sl=fr&tl=en&history_state0 =


FEDERAL POLITICS -
Liberals rebound in Quebec
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090129/canada/canada_us_politics_quebec

MPs vote down Bloc budget amendment all 3,380 news articles » 
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/01/29/8196656.html

NDP targets Ignatieff with attack ads Listen To NDP Attack Ads Here
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/579153

NDP outlines budget positions
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/578795

Budget measures raise conflict questions over Flaherty's expert panel
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Life/Budget+measures+raise+conflict+questions+over+Flaherty+expert+panel/1228260/story.html

There may be method in Michael Ignatieff's mellowness
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090128.wcomartin29/BNStory/specialComment/home


PROGRAMMES -
Budget erases funding for key science agency
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090129.wbudgetscience29/BNStory/budget2009/home

Canada on brink of long-term deficit, watchdog says
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090128.wbudget_page29/BNStory/politics/home


OPINION AND INFORMATION -
When is a right not a right? Political Decoder decodes the federal budget on pay equity
http://thestar.blogs.com/decoder/

This sea of red ink could use a splash of vision
http://www.thestar.com/Canada/Columnist/article/578951

Tories fail to deliver funding, critics say
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/578964

2009 Federal Budget
http://www.thestar.com/federalbudget

The Democrats are in power, but the Republicans are alive and well in Canada
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090127.wcoibbi28/BNStory/specialComment/home

Missed chance to build toward Canada's future
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090127.wEBudget28/BNStory/budget2009/home

Sobriety takes hold in newly serious-minded Ottawa
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/29/john-ivison-sobriety-takes-hold-in-newly-serious-minded-ottawa.aspx

 Stephen Harper's child soldier loophole
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/29/chris-selley-stephen-harper-s-child-soldier-loophole.aspx

 Why Budget 2009 Leaves Canadians in the Cold
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/editorials/2009/01/editorial2084/?pa=BB736455&r_ID=105790

In Canada, $273,000 per 'stimulus' job
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=a1ac249a-3ca9-417f-8e66-f0173af3c48e

Jack Layton Is Now The Real Leader of the Opposition: Ignatieff Plays Hamlet
http://www.jameslaxer.com/2009/01/jack-layton-is-now-real-leader-of.html


INFOS -
Les conservateurs survivent à un premier vote de confiance
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200901/29/01-822326-les-conservateurs-survivent-a-un-premier-vote-de-confiance.php

Le NPD lance une campagne de publicité contre Ignatieff
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200901/29/01-822328-le-npd-lance-une-campagne-de-publicite-contre-ignatieff.php

Ignatieff se rallie au budget
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200901/29/01-821974-ignatieff-se-rallie-au-budget.php

Layton et Duceppe matraquent Ignatieff
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/01/29/230070.html

Le budget Flaherty - Avantage aux conservateurs
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/01/29/230003.html

Du fédéralisme à l'unilatéralisme
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/01/29/230069.html

Ottawa craint le protectionnisme
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2009/01/29/002-protectionisme.shtml

Les méthodes du SCRS critiquées
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2009/01/27/002-SCRS-rapport-critique.shtml


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lucrative
adjective profitable, rewarding, productive, fruitful, paying, high-income, well-paid, money-making, advantageous, gainful, remunerative http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lucrative

Even though possessing banking experience I'm very poor at mathematics.  So please check out the figures that follow.

Present maximum Employment Insurance payout is $447 a week which equates to c.$1 922.00 per month, $23 068.00 a year.

The corresponding figures for an increase from the present maximum payout of 55 per cent of previous earnings to 60 percent, each additional one percent being $8.13, would be c.$488.00 a week, $2 113.00 a month, $25 357.00 a year.

With all due respect I disagree with Human Resources Minister Diane Finley who is quoted as saying "We do not want to make it lucrative for them to stay home and get paid for it, not when we still have significant skill shortages in many parts of the country.". Consequently they aren't going to raise the $447.00 maximum a week to $488.00.

I disagree with Minister Finley when she says $488.00 a week would be too much, be too lucrative, for the unemployed, particularly anyone with a family.

Place yourself or someone close to you in the position of being jobless and let me know whether or not you support her position.

         Joe

The quote and information regarding existing payout and that asked is from "Govt. won't pay unemployed to stay home: Minister"
  http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1232650

limit on the maximum payout to 55 per cent of previous earnings or $447 a week,

At last count there were about 1.2 million unemployed people in Canada, with 506,230 collecting EI benefits.

The Canadian Labour Congress and other groups have sought . . . an increase in the maximum payout to 60 per cent or more of insurable earnings.

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From: "Phyllis Wagg"
Subject: RE: Budget related January 28-29, 2008
 
             I agree with those who refer to the budget as a "political budget" but it is also strongly ideological in its longer-term implications.  The reason that conservatives do not necessarily agree about the budget is that not all conservatives are the same.  The budget is one that makes "corporatist conservative" or economic conservatives happy.  Economic conservatives seek to conserve the economic hierarchy and to augment their economic and social power.   The budget is designed to re-create conditions for their "new world order." 
 
            It is not a budget that fiscal conservatives find satisfactory.  Fiscal conservatives understand that money borrowed has to be repaid by someone generally by them. The idea of borrowing money to provide tax-cuts is similar to the strategy adopted by the Bush Administration in the United States.  That strategy has left the United States in an extremely vulnerable position.  But remember that the Harper Administration has defined it as an economic conservative not as a fiscal conservative government.  Fiscal conservatives are not opposed to social spending but they believe that it must be affordable and that deficit financing can be a long-term threat to existing social programs.
 
            The Canadian government has adopted a financial plan that will mean hardship for the majority of Canadians down the road.  They have not only agreed to a $34 billion deficit which probably will be much higher by this time next year.  It has also put another $200 billion dollars of fiat money into the economy.  Fiat money is money that is created by government, much the same a printing more money.  The money that has been removed from the economy by the financial sector has not disappeared but only disappeared from circulation because those who control it have lost confidence in each other and the system in general.  Those who already have the money will eventually have to do something with it because in the long term hording will do nothing for them.
 
            The eventual impact will be too much liquidity in the system, not too little as we are being told is now the case, and the value of money will decline causing inflation.  Inflation will cause central banks to increase interest rates to remove money from the system and bring down inflation.
 
            The individual taxpayer gets hit with having to pay the debt at a higher rate of interest at the same time as their personal living costs are escalating.  This is a return to the situation that the Mulroney and Chrétien Governments found themselves in the late 1980's and early 1990's.  If you look back at that period the solution of "economic conservatives" was to eliminate social programs.  Depending on how extreme their position was, they proposed things like the elimination of public pensions, privatization of all health care services, privatization of education, elimination of unemployment insurance, elimination of corporate taxes, privatization of roads and bridges, and so on.  All of these would be assumed by private corporations.  Basically, the idea is the privatization of government, a concept economic conservatives have continued to advance by creating exclusive advisory bodies, made of like-minded individuals, to direct government action. 
 
            While this is a political budget, it does have within it the ideological components of the hard right agenda.  Remember that the objective of neo-conservatism is to make it impossible for future federal governments to intervene in the economic or social well-being of citizens.  Driving the country into huge deficits and debt is a stage in the process.  These ideologues left the Progressive Conservative government because they believed that it had sacrificed its opportunity to carry out this hard right wing agenda and now the hard right sees a new opportunity to re-create the same conditions so they can try again to privatize power and destroy any semblance of liberal democracy in the process.

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From: Rubie Britton
Subject: Fw: Brasscheck TV:   Killing progress

How would you like a car that runs for
the equivalent of 60 cents a gallon?

That you can "gas up" in our own garage?

That has zero emissions and is super easy
to repair and maintain?

GM made and sold such a car in the late 1990s.

Then they pulled it off the market and tried
to obliterate it

Details:

  Killing progress: Why GM is broke
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/545.html

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From: "Suan H.Booiman"
Subject: stimulating, together we can do it.

amazing that so few have comments of the stimulating
                                        BUDGET
guess most expected "your cheque is in the mail", like
the Liberals wants quarterly reports, they have never
provided under their own administration, special not
when Chrétien closed the door on the millions that
where not accounted for.
 
Suan

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From: Larry Kazdan
To: letters@globeandmail.ca
Subject: Letter to Editor re: A new America, a new UN?  Louise Fréchette, Jan.  28

Re: A new America, a new UN?  Louise Fréchette, Jan. 28
 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090127.wcomulti28/BNStory/specialComment/home

Millions around the world wished they could have voted for Barack Obama.  Unfortunately there is no process that allows citizens to vote for world leaders including those in the governing bodies of the UN.  If the United Nations is to have true legitimacy, it must have more elements of representative democracy.  Europe now has a Parliament whose members are elected by over 490 million people, and the UN could have the same by starting as the European Union did - with an advisory body called a Parliamentary Assembly that gradually transitions into direct elections.  It took generations to convince that women should have the vote - and not just their husbands.  How long will it take before citizens get the vote at the United Nations - and not just their governments?          

Larry Kazdan, Vice-President,
World Federalist Movement Canada – Vancouver Branch

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Subject: $72.8 Billions of Debt - Added Since March 08 - Free Vote on this LSE-laced Budget
From: Robert Ede
To: "Letters (National Post)" <letters-2@nationalpost.com>, nationalpost <letters@nationalpost.com>,
         "Corcoran, Terry (National Post)" <TCorcoran@nationalpost.com>
Cc: Rt Hon Stephen Harper <pm@pm.gc.ca>, Governor General <Info@GG.CA>, Peter Kent <Kent.P@parl.gc.ca>, kentp@parl.gc.ca

Dear blithely trusting Canadian,

Don't worry about the Budget ... be happy ... the gov't is taking care of you.
 
The (blowhard amended) 2009-10 Budget (written to placate the pink/red side of the House) forecasts to add only a few Billion per month in worth-while boondoogles (things the public thinks are good, regardless of whether that impression is true/ possible/likely or totally wrong)
 
Check the Fiscal Monitor .pdf Pg 8, Table 6 - check 3rd column "Change" in "Total interest-bearing debt" line item ---- it's $72,832 ..... additional debt (mainly T-bills ... the most  volatile type of borrowing ... but enjoying lots of fees payable to brokers)
(PS the pdf has a typo (54,696 s/r 654,696) on the Nov 30/08 total on that line but it's correct here)
 
And that's just from Apr1/08 to Nov 30/08 .... 8 mths -only 2.5 of which were in "bust" phase... so who knows what it is now ... almost another 2 mnths of "bust"
 
WE need much more careful scrutiny of this Budget than 3 after-the-fact semi-official reports with no built-in penalties or remendies for failure.
 
We need everyone who approves this horrible bit of Pelozi-pap drizzled with LSE-gene-modified maple syrup ... to be accountable for that action.
 
We need every elected MP to vote THEIR CONSCIENCE on this budget and be responsible for their vote.No hiding behind party discipline
 
We need a FREE VOTE on this Budget.
--
Robert (Rob) Ede,
commentary - http://robertede.blogspot.com/

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From: "Efstratios Psarianos"
Subject: Economic nationalism .. Here we go again

Economic nationalism rears its ugly head
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13031019

Subject: I'm happy to report that life is back to normal

Canadian musicians who should run for office
http://inmusic.ca/Canadian+Musicians+for+Prime+Minister/photos/themes/Articles/musicians_for_prime_minister.htm?isfa=1
 
'American Idol' beats Obama in TV ratings
http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/TVNews/Articles/090128_idol_beats_obama_DW
 
Cheers!
Stratos

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From: Larry Kazdan
To: letters@thecitizen.canwest.com
Subject: Letter to Editor re: Layton the loser,   January 29

Re:  Layton the loser,   January 29
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/todays-paper/Layton+loser/1229243/story.html

Well, well now.  The Ottawa Citizen does not want to 'delay the spending' that is in Canada's best interest.  I guess your editors need to thank Jack Layton, the one who forced Stephen Harper to do cartwheels and stand on his head.                

Larry Kazdan,
Vancouver, B.C.

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From: Ray Strachan
Subject: Ignatieff

Joe

Gee,Harper has to report 3 time in the next year.    That Iggy is a tough
customer.   I guess it is as tough as he can possibly be considering that he
is now run entirely by non political external forces.   Now, who could that
be, lets see, who was it he has had to apologize to 7 times in the past
year.Oh well that's just the way it is. Its perfectly normal in this DEMOCRACY
of ours.

Ray Strachan

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Budget related January 28-29, 2008


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These are Budget related others will come later.

         Joe

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