Daily Digest January 9, 2008

The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN'S to VICTORIA.
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ISSUES

• Ignatieff vaults Liberals into tie with Tories: poll
  
  
• Brazeau steps down from Congress job
  
  
• Congress member suspended before he could raise Brazeau allegations
  
  
• The Whig: Senate posting fails smell test
  
  
• Aerospace industry says domestic contracts never landed
  
  
• MacKay defends purchase of U.S.-made military vehicles Canadian Forces getting 1,300 new trucks for use at bases across the country 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
  
  
• Alberta Crown drops criminal charge against Telus over cellphone records 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
  
  
• No longer combative, Harper calls for co-operation in drafting federal budget 2 hours, 35 minutes ago
  
  
• Federal government asks Canadians for input into pension plan rules Fri Jan 9, 6:27 PM
  
  
• Polygamy charges in British Columbia to open doors on private community Fri Jan 9, 5:24 PM
  
  
• Ontario economy barely keeping head above water in Q3, but recession looms Fri Jan 9, 4:57 PM
  
  
• Peter MacKay counting heavily on U.S. military presence in Afghanistan Fri Jan 9, 4:47 PM
  
  
• Ignatieff vaults Liberals into tie with Tories, poll suggests Fri Jan 9, 4:39 PM
  
  
• Judge brings 'unique' experience despite past brush with law: N.L. gov't Fri Jan 9, 4:36 PM Flaherty warns of future job losses and unemployment rate jumps to 6.6 per cent Fri Jan 9, 4:01 PM
  
  
• Harper supports ceasefire in Gaza in wake of UN resolution Fri Jan 9, 3:45 PM
  
  
• Ignatieff says Tory budget must meet three tests to get Liberal support Fri Jan 9, 3:38 PM
  
  
• Do more to recognize Sir John A. Macdonald's birthday, think tank says Fri Jan 9, 3:19 PM
  
  
• Harper calls unemployment numbers 'troubling' but says Canada can emerge stronger Fri Jan 9, 2:31 PM
  
  
• Some of the recent plant or mill shutdowns in Canada: Fri Jan 9, 2:23 PM
  
  
• Departing top Canadian diplomat in Kandahar most proud of police, security Fri Jan 9, 2:04 PM
  
  
• One year later, grieving, search for answers continues after Bathurst crash Fri Jan 9, 1:42 PM
  
  
• CAW president rejects U.S.-style strike bans at Canada's auto plants Fri Jan 9, 1:33 PM
  
  
• Laurie Scott gets PC head office job to give up seat for party leader John Tory Fri Jan 9, 12:19 PM
  
  
• Ottawa working to help unemployed but credit remains top concern: Flaherty Fri Jan 9, 12:16 PM
  
  
• Experts have warned Ottawa to regulate nanotechnology, Ottawa has yet to respond Fri Jan 9, 11:46 AM
  
  
• SNC-Lavalin hired to repair 'signature' dam in Kandahar province Fri Jan 9, 10:09 AM
  
  
• Canadians arrange travel after evacuation from Gaza
  
  
• Quebecers reject lure of Parliament Hill careers. MORE...
• Charest and Harper will show true colours on economy. MORE...
• Only voters have the right to decide on the coalition Tom Flanagan: . MORE...
• Their deficit, our perspective MORE...
• Something doesn't add up. MORE...
• John Tory's political life saver MORE...
• Advice for John Tory before he takes a seat: Calm down MORE...
• EI in desperate need of repair. MORE...
  
  
• Our two memorable prime ministers. MORE...
• Why the secrecy?
• Brodbeck: Rights museum brass won't release budget info. If anyone wants to know how the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights plans to spend a staggering $21.7 million a year in operating costs, they'll have to keep on guessing. MORE...
  
  
• Canadian army seeks bullets for Soviet guns
  
  
• Elite anti-terrorism units to get $10M site in B.C.
  
  
• Supreme Court OKs mortgage manouevre
• The Supreme Court of Canada gave a seal of approval yesterday to a commonly used manoeuvre that effectively makes mortgages tax-deductible, ruling the technique is legal and "unimpeachable" under federal income-tax laws.
  
  
• Toxic divisions within the force spur complete makeover for RCMP
  
  
• Flaherty hears pleas for EI reform