Daily Digest February 18, 2009

The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN'S to VICTORIA.
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IS SOMETHING BETTER THAN NOTHING?

I hope so since having to make that choice I chose the "something" that follows.

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• Michaelle Jean firing back at PMO over the no-media rule?
• Note that Rideau Hall seems to have beaten PMO to the punch
• as far as putting out the first official announcement on President
•  Obama's arrival.
• Protectionism poses 'huge risk' to global economy: Harper
• Canada will be watching how the United States implements the "Buy American" clause in its stimulus package, because it could quickly send the world economy from recession into depression, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Wednesday.
• PM, Obama expected to unveil environment deal Toronto Star
• Hoping to see Obama in Ottawa? Turn on your TV CTV.ca
• National Post - CityNews - TheChronicleHerald.ca - The Canadian Press
• all 1,393 news articles »
• Ignatieff expects longer meeting with Obama
• Ignatieff wants at least 20 minutes with Obama
• Rae joins Ignatieff for Obama meeting
• Obama 'will listen to us' on Afghanistan: Ignatieff
• McParland:  Harper lets down Canadians on Plains of Abraham rollovertreatment of noisy separatists.
• Charest condemns Plains of Abraham threats
• Cancelling event seen as surrender
• MP calls Tory plan to cap Senate terms a 'sideshow'
• Obama visit designed to remain Harper's show
• Economy top of agenda at Harper, Obama meeting
• Obamamania in the air as fans descend on capital
• Obama has no specific 'ask' for Harper
• Obama unlikely to wade into oil sands debate
• Mr. Obama Goes to Ottawa
• Obama's Canada Trip: Can He Undo Bush's Damage?
• Obama's helpful guide to Canada
• McGuinty expects auto sector to ask for more money
• Let's talk autos, border, climate: McGuinty
• UAW deal limits overtime, raises, bonuses
• CAW set for crunch time talks
• CAW pledges to consider labour contract changes to help automakers
• Canada could escape auto restructuring relatively unscathed: CAW, expert
• GM, Chrysler to cut 50,000 jobs
• GM needs up to $30-billion
• No shipbuilding stimulus, despite Tory promise in '08
• Around the world in $400G
• Bid-rigging charged in federal IT contracts
• Poll: Majority open to following U.S. lead
• Major Canadian government assets could be sold MORE...
• Obama authorizes 17,000 troops for Afghanistan
• Canada must pull its troops out by 2011, says Ignatieff
• Khadr, cross-border issues to top Ignatieff's chat with Obama
• Justify why libel law needs change, top court tells media
• Access-to-information laws too weak: commissioner
• Diplomats looking for signals on Afghanistan during visit
• Tight security for Obama contrast to easygoing Ottawa of years past
• PM talks tough on trade ahead of Obama visit. MORE...
• Political Correctness – A Cancer on Common Sense . MORE...
• Watch out, West: Ignatieff wants in.. MORE...
• Obama giddiness hits PMO . MORE...
• There'll be no Obama drama.. MORE...
• State visit won't enhance Harper's image .. MORE...
• Canada must work hard to hold Obama's attention. MORE...
• Joe Clark reflects on 'age of Obama'.. MORE...
• Getting shovels into the ground and money into more brains.. MORE...
• Enough with Obamamania already.. MORE...
• What Obama can learn from us. MORE...
• Why 2011 will not spell an end to Afghan mission. MORE...
• Obama and Harper... MORE..
• CAW works to save an industry in trouble. MORE...
• Humiliation on the Plains of Abraham MORE...
• Omar Khadr is Canada's headache .. MORE...
• Missing the target MORE...

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