The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN'S to VICTORIA.
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ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM -
The trouble with equalization
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=219847&sc=80
CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN -
Ill-advised remarks by a new senator
Senator Mike Duffy's remarks do little to advance the interests of Islanders.
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=219870&sc=103
CAPE BRETON POST -
Problem faced head on
http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=219709&sc=151
HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
A boost for volunteers: Province to help with insurance
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1105072.html
MONTREAL GAZETTE -
Free-range politicians serve us the best
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/editorials/Free+range+politicians+serve+best/1263049/story.html
And another thing ...
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/editorials/another+thing/1263050/story.html
OTTAWA CITIZEN -
Standing up for himself
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Standing+himself/1263265/story.html
Flexibility, not weakness
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Flexibility+weakness/1263266/story.html
OTTAWA SUN -
Big spending only raises false hopes
http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/2009/02/07/8299196-sun.html
TORONTO STAR -
Jobless rate shows EI reform needed
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/583750
Growing food at home
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/583752
GLOBE & MAIL -
Manufacturing is part of the future
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090206.weJobs07/BNStory/specialComment/home
Abuse – and anger
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090206.weMom07/BNStory/specialComment/home
Fresh air from France
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090206.wesarkozy07/BNStory/specialComment/home
NATIONAL POST -
A mother of a certain age
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1264374
ST. CATHARINES STANDARD -
McGuinty finally gets serious about the economy
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1425288
NIAGARA FALLS REVIEW -
We must learn to expect less from government
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1424834
K-W RECORD -
Are you an 'intravidual?'
You're not alone. Technology's tightning grasp on our lives means there are fewer boundaries between our workplaces and our homes http://news.therecord.com/Opinions/article/483823
SUDBURY STAR -
Health care a stimulus, too
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1425371
Green plan busted
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1425371
CALGARY HERALD -
It's hard to believe we're still debating free trade
http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=d26d771e-2a12-4785-bea9-63d082978a73
Kids today! they're so passive
http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=f1c266cb-954c-4c01-a574-21cc1f55f7ef
The right CEO compensation
http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=04158e4f-373c-4114-8ba1-d56491f26d78
EDMONTON JOURNAL -
Starting a family at age 60?
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/editorials/Starting+family/1264159/story.html
VANCOUVER SUN -
Rage rises when people are feeling diminished
http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=dd44951c-3112-4f09-b028-76481816843f
VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST -
Protectionism risks huge
http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=9ae6372e-c540-450d-85a4-efbd2f266dde
ISSUES
ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -
Aboriginal leaders frustrated after report finds cancer rates higher than expected
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090206/national/alta_cancer_study
AFGHANISTAN -
Canadian firms to bid on $100M Kandahar airfield upgrade
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/584027
Germany, France dodge Afghanistan troop issue
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/02/07/8304041-ap.html
Afghanistan's Public Health Emergency
http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=7476
CANADIAN FORCES -
Preserver to get refit
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1105099.html
CANUSA/USACAN -
Canadians spooked by U.S. news
http://www.vancouversun.com/Business/Canadians+spooked+news/1263678/story.html
Canadian trade talks aim to reduce dependence on U.S.
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1261493
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS -
Juggling the TFSA with your RRSP
http://www.financialpost.com/news/story.html?id=1261786
In shrinking workforce, women may surpass men
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/583904
Pros, cons of floating loonie
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=e9eed5bc-512c-4700-bf1a-674275f68441
FOREIGN AFFAIRS -
Global crisis fuels protests
As their jobs disappear, people around the world have taken to the streetshttp://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=3256
Obama's vanity shines through
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/salim_mansur/2009/02/07/8299801-sun.html
U.S. Vice President Biden says it's time to repair relations with Russia
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/02/07/8304051-ap.html
Taking on the military-industrial complex
Korb: Reducing military spending can reform the US approach to national security and military hegemony
http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=3202
HEALTH CARE RELATED -
Genetic health of the unborn: Simple test, complex questions
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090206.wbabies07/BNStory/National/home
Food bans: healthy or hysterical?
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1264369
POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES -
Williams' dukes are up - who's with him?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090206.wwilliams0207/BNStory/politics/home
Danny wants some of those loonies
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1105118.html
While markets burn, Ontario dithers
http://www.thestar.com/News/Insight/article/583736
McGuinty changes tune on use of regulations
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1264362
McGuinty wants to help cos. in budget, may include harmonized taxes
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090207/national/ont_economy_liberals
McGuinty says Green Energy Act will create 50,000 jobs
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090207/mcguinty_green_090207/20090207?hub=TopStories
FEDERAL POLITICS -
VIDEO ON BACK OUT ON CHUCK CADMAN COURT CASE
http://watch.ctv.ca/news/power-play/friday-feb-6/#clip137497
A former candidate rejected by the establishment of the CCP, received a sum of money to abandon its pursuit
http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ledevoir.com%2F2009%2F02%2F07%2F232168.html&sl=fr&tl=en&history_state0 =
Tory lead over Liberals narrows, poll finds
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/584042
Ignatieff makes gains for Liberals: poll
Party narrows 23-point gap behind Tories in two months since he became leader
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Ignatieff+makes+gains+Liberals+poll/1262975/story.html
In tough times, Tories go soft on ads
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090207.NOTEBOOK07/TPStory/Comment
PM's fate now lies with bureaucrats he disdains
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/583835
Harper must guide, not just preside
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1264358
Economic tough times to continue: former PM
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/436496
Inside Ignatieff's quest to win back B.C.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090207.BCIGNATIEFF07/TPStory/Comment
PROGRAMMES -
Jobless need more help, critics charge
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/583880
Salmonella recall list grows to more than 200
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/584066
Ottawa accused of going overboard in recalling peanut snacks
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1264366
PRESSURE POINTS -
How climate-change money went down the policy drain
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090206.wcosimp07/BNStory/specialComment/home
Should we limit family size to save the Earth?
http://www.thestar.com/parentcentral/babies&pregnancy/article/583741
OPINION AND INFORMATION -
Coalition of unintended consequences
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090206.wcomurphy07/BNStory/specialComment/home
Bailout nation: The cries for more never end
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090207.RDECLOET07/TPStory/Business/columnists
Shoah business: Never forget, but never obsess, about the Holocaust
http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/2009/02/07/8299206-sun.html
Media's rapidly shrinking mass
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/583748
Global slump hits home
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/583903
New Jobless Numbers Expose the Utter Inadequacy of the Harper Budget
http://www.jameslaxer.com/2009/02/new-jobless-numbers-expose-utter.html
Will the economy drag down Harper?
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1262359
INFOS -
Le parti conservateur achète la paix
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/02/07/232168.html
Les libéraux se rapprochent des conservateurs
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200902/07/01-825134-les-liberaux-se-rapprochent-des-conservateurs.php
Sarkozy: une «bouffée d'air frais» au Canada anglais
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-quebecoise/200902/07/01-825167-sarkozy-une-bouffee-dair-frais-au-canada-anglais.php
Harper maintient le cap
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Economie-Affaires/2009/02/06/002-chomage-canada.shtml
Le chômage met de la pression sur Ottawa
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/02/07/232247.html
Abattage de volailles - Inspection des aliments: Ottawa se déleste de certaines obligations
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/02/07/232180.html
L'opposition reproche aux conservateurs de n'avoir rien fait pour l'emploi
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/090206/N0206107AU.html
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I have become more and more convinced that "Policy Directions" is a more apt term to use rather than "Policies". Unknown variables often come into play that throw fixed policies arising out of fixed principles into the realm of the unrealistic.Policies
Rather than approaching the use of decision making power in government to bring in a "principled" view of what ought to be and acting to try and shape reality to fit it (and both right and left are like unto a Procrustean bed in setting an arbitrary standard to which exact conformity is forced.) the following is offered.
"I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times." are the words of Senator Everett Dirksen, http://thinkexist.com/quotes/everett_dirksen/
To "Progress with care", with progress applied as both noun and verb http://www.elook.org/dictionary/progress.html, is the wisest approach to determining action. Identification of the issue as it exists, consideration of all suggested alternatives, followed by implementation of what best addresses the problem in the present, with an eye on its effects into the future.
Reception of the post below stimulated the thoughts expressed above.
It's doubtful I'd be welcomed as a member of The Association of Principled Conservatives.
The invitation to seek information is on the Digest in that there may be those supportive of the positions taken at website http://tapc.ca/ .
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Subject: The Association of Principled Canadians.The Association of Principled Canadians.
Our goal is to bring better government to Canada by influencing a
majority of Members of Parliament to adopt our Principles and
Policies.
In June of 2007, a small group of conservatives met in Kingston to
discuss our disappointments and dissatisfactions with the Harper
government. We were concerned that the Harper government lost it's
way and had diverged and deviated from what we felt was fundamental
conservative concepts, beliefs and ideas. Some of us felt the
need to find a new path to better government for our nation.
The meeting was designed to discuss our concerns, and come up with
ideas. At our first meetings, we had no fixed plans as to where
this would lead, other than to hash out ideas. After several
meetings, we finalized our ideas and put together a plan and a name
The Association of Principled Canadians.
We decided that rather than start yet another right-of-centre party,
we would instead start up a group of influential individuals who
would try and influence the CPC from the inside. "A new party if
necessary but not necessarily a new party." Reflected the feeling of
some that either it would be folly to split the vote (again), or, it
would be better to effect change within the current CPC party. In
other words, we should prepare ourselves to be ready if
circumstances favour a new party, but strive to make it unnecessary
to do so!
Thus, The Association of Principled Canadians. Think of it as a
"think-tank", or may be just a group of conservative activists and
partisans who are actively thinking of ways to influence the CPC
towards more conservative governance.
We know we are just one group among many trying to find the key to
transform the yearning among Canadians into enough public support to
bring better governance to our beloved country.
We have incorporated an association as a signal of purpose and
conviction and are in the process of increasing its membership in
southern Ontario, and all of Canada.
We realize it is tremendously important to build something that will
attract millions of citizens, not just a few dozen political
activists. This is no small task and not one to be taken without the
participation of talented and dedicated people.
You can get more information on TAPC from our website: http:// tapc.ca/
Or, you can email us at: info@tapc.ca
From: Ron Thornton
Hi Joe:
In the Feb. 6 Digest you wrote "that much of the federal government's plan to save the planet from global warming is hot air." Considering that the concept of saving our planet from global warming is, in itself, nothing but a bunch of hot air, what is the problem? I mean, other than just pissing away tax payer dollars on something based on nonsense to in the end accomplish accomplish nothing?
Ron
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From: Larry Kazdan
To: Vancouver Sun LetED <sunletters@vancouversun.com>
Subject: Letter to Editor re: Liberal fundraisers outperform NDP Elections B.C. documents show, Jonathan Fowlie, February 06
- Re: Liberal fundraisers outperform NDP Elections B.C. documents show, Jonathan Fowlie, February 06
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From: "Jean Pycock"
Subject: Re: Daily Digest February 4, 2009
Please keep us posted when, and whereever, you see unscrupulous behaviour by our politicians. Jean Pycock
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Subject: To those who think the Madoff scheme was the Scam of the Millenium
From: "Efstratios Psarianos"
To those who think the Madoff scheme was the Scam of the Millenium .. there's worse. Check it out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enten_currency_investigation
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From: "Rebecca Gingrich"
Subject: This applies equally to Canada
DO AMERICANS CHERISH FREEDOM ANYMORE?
http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin490.htm
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From: "Suan H.Booiman"
Subject: missed
Charest missed chance to be a federalist
The GazetteFebruary 6, 2009
Federalists have been in a state of high amusement, not to say hilarity, over what Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France, said Monday about Canadian unity.
Sovereignist sputtering and muttering have been tremendously entertaining. "Crass arrogance," said Gilles Duceppe who with Pauline Marois has dispatched a sternly-worded letter to Sarkozy - charmingly, they had to send it via the Canadian ambassador. At the Elysée Palace this missive will surely get all the attention it deserves.
No wonder they're upset. In the abstruse calculus of separatism, French sympathy has long been a perceived - and perhaps a real - asset. France's celebrated "ni-ni" policy, now abandoned like a stale croissant, meant France would not interfere overtly in the playing out of la question nationale, but was not disinterested, either. In the context, this meant that France was quietly waiting for the glorious day to dawn, and would welcome it cheerfully. The policy left the Canadian foreign ministry quietly infuriated.
Such is the importance of the old country in sovereignist mythology and iconography that this promise of a big friend had become a beacon in separatist thinking: Jacques Parizeau made it clear, in unguarded moments, that he had been counting on France to tolerate a unilateral declaration of independence following even a narrow Yes victory in the 1995 referendum.
Now the Parti Québécois leaders will have to push the rock up that hill all over again, France's current president having proclaimed himself in favour of Canadian unity. Sarkozy sounded contemptuous of separatism, almost, as he lauded "the message of the Francophonie ... the rejection of bigotry, the rejection of division, the rejection of self-confinement, the refusal to define one's identity through fierce opposition to another."
Very nice. But all Canadians should remember that what France thinks about Quebec's future doesn't really matter very much, whether the president in question is Sarkozy or Charles de Gaulle. It does matter, however, what the premier of Quebec thinks, and the nominally-federalist Jean Charest chose this occasion to misrepresent, again, the rules of the game.
"Quebecers will decide their own future," Charest said in reaction to Sarkozy's remarks. We agree with him to the extent that the French have no role in any future discussion of Quebec's constitutional status.
But the Canadians surely do - the federal government and the people of the rest of Canada would certainly have a say, as the Supreme Court and Parliament have asserted. Why won't Charest acknowledge that?
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Sorry
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From: John Kruithof
Subject: Constitutional Crisis
Joe,
In reference to your February 6th Daily Digest, it is cold comfort that the actions of the Prime Minister and Governor General in constitutional terms will forever bear the stigma of Canadian politics at its worst.
John Kruithof
Ottawa South
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From: "Suan H.Booiman"
To: "Stockwell DayOkanagan" <Day.S@parl.gc.ca>,
Subject: please rfegister
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 13:01:18 -0800
Suan H.Booiman C.C.D.H.
204-1220 Fir Street
British Columbia White Rock V4B 4B1 Western Canada
ph.604-531-3501
February 7, 2009
The B.C.CPC Members of Parliament.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
An advertisement in the Vancouver Sun today by the
Government of Canada
"Registration of Canadians Abroad"
New Upgraded System
Is it not ironic to see the Government admitting that it does know who and where
Canadians are, not only abroad but also within the country.
It give a number of "Why and What" suggestions adding to it that information is
protected by the Privacy Act.
All information about Canadian Citizens and other foreign residents is Private within
the Government, the unfortunate part is that we have a government that has no clue
who and where people are living in this divided country. Being silent partners in this
matter does not bring us anywhere, the country is on the edge to be taken over by
minorities.
Am sure you will not now or ever pay attention, but the records will show you have
been told.
Yours Truly,
Suan H.Booiman
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From: Larry Kazdan
To: letters@thegazette.canwest.com
Subject: Letter to Editor re: Mint warns eco-group to stop defacing loonies, Judith Lavoie, February 6
- Re: Mint warns eco-group to stop defacing loonies, Judith Lavoie, February 6
Subject: Troglodytes with typewriters
From: "Efstratios Psarianos"
Mouth-breathers of the world, UNITE! You have nothing to lose but your whips and chains. (Stratos Marx (Harpo's dumb twin), 2009)
Yup, it's that time of the year, folks. Spring is coming to Vancouver, groundhogs are stickping their noses out to check the weather, and sociopathic wackos are waking up from a longwinter's torpor. This year, the wackos at Freedom Press, (aka 'The Social Institute of Correct Knowledge' ... figure out the acronym) have been locked up for months and they've got a baaaad case of cabin fever. They work it out themselves no longer by typing on yellow paper on an old Underwood with a bad type-ribbon and then snowshoeing to a post office 50 km away, but rather by Internet blog. Here's the latest example ...
(And psssstttt .. a clue: what's the link between a swastika, a hammer-and-sckle, and the Playboy bunny-logo? You'll be surprised. And no, I'm NOT making this up).
(Clue no 2: the dingdongs with the American accent you ran across recently? It's some of THEM ...)
http://www.freedompress.ca/blogs/news/768552-bunnies-and-swastikas-the-political-threat-of-pornography
Stratos (aka 'The One Immune To US Political Retch-Vomit Of All Sorts')
BUNNIES AND SWASTIKAS? THE POLITICAL THREAT OF PORNOGRAPHY
posted 2009 Feb by Freedom PressArticle originally published in the Reformed Perspective
http://www.freedompress.ca/blogs/news
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