Canadian Daily Digest

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

ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM -
Twit or Tweet

CORNER BROOK WESTERN STAR -
Will there be anyone left?

CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN -
More H1N1 lessons

CAPE BRETON POST -
Meal bills strike a nerve

HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
NDP's clean energy plan heading in right direction

Hunger levels dangerous for U.S. politicians

AINT JOHN TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL -
Broadcasters must make guarantees to public
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/862140

Canada's own power despot
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/862141

The great debate begins
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/862138

MONTREAL GAZETTE -
Passengers' bill of rights: tempting but unwise
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/editorials/Passengers+bill+rights+tempting+unwise/2239055/story.html

OTTAWA CITIZEN -
Disordered communities
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Disordered+communities/2239237/story.html
 
Decision for Quebecers
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Decision+Quebecers/2239238/story.html

Indian embrace
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Indian+embrace/2235346/story.html

BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER -
Time to bring our troops home

TORONTO STAR -
Karzai faces his moment of truth
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/727717--karzai-faces-his-moment-of-truth

Shed light on no-fly list
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/727715--shed-light-on-no-fly-list

GLOBE & MAIL -
Give, in the downturn
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/give-in-the-downturn/article1369237/

Investing, not grabbing
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/investing-not-grabbing/article1369236/

Peace on the home front
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/peace-on-the-home-front/article1369132/

NATIONAL POST -
rom the government, a new racist stereotype
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2239821

 Hold sponsors to their word
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2239820

HAMILTON SPECTATOR -
Prime time TV theatrics 

ST. CATHARINES STANDARD -
  The artless retail years

NIAGARA FALLS REVIEW -
Space cadets should avoid 2012 hysteria
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2182783

K-W RECORD -
Public board erred with plan to distribute Gideon bibles 

WINDSOR STAR -
HST debate
http://www.windsorstar.com/opinion/editorials/debate/2239633/story.html

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -
Let Riel rest in peace
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/editorials/let-riel-rest-in-peace-70353032.html

Pepper us with facts on salt
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/editorials/pepper-us-with-facts-on-salt-70353002.html

Harper gives Karzai's swearing in a flyby sneer
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/harper-gives-karzais-swearing-in-a-flyby-sneer-70447917.html

'You first' stance on climate change killing Canada's credibility
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/you-first-stance-on-climate-change-killing-canadas-credibility-70447877.html

Paranoid political posturing over the Games
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/paranoid-political-posturing-over-the-games-70447732.html

HST -- short on facts, long on friction
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/hst----short-on-facts-long-on-friction-70447717.html

EDMONTON JOURNAL -
Doomsday films are always near

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/editorials/Doomsday+films+always+near/2240303/story.html

LETHBRIDGE HERALD -
Prison problems need addressing          
http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/content/view/116427/149/

RED DEER ADVOCATE -
Premier Ed isn't listening

You are in control of your financial destiny

VANCOUVER PROVINCE -
 A movie with a sad ending
http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/editorials/Editorial+movie+with+ending/2239391/story.html

VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST -
Harper missed chance on Afghan corruption

Child's journey to Canada life-changing opportunity


ISSUES

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -          
B.C. First Nation approves private property rights
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2241048

Why do we accept native violence as normal?
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/19/kelly-mcparland-olence-we-re-supposed-to-accept.aspx

Waiting for an apology in the Far North
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/waiting-for-an-apology-in-the-far-north/article1368840/

Internal border report warned of violence if guards armed on Mohawk land


AF-PAK PROBLEM -
Cannon attends Afghan president's inauguration in show of supportT

'Liberation was just a big lie'

Strategic Towns: Why General McChrystal's Plan Will Fail

Taliban tap into Afghanistan's roots 

Nuclear fallout rocks Pakistan
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KK20Df08.html


CANADIAN FORCES -
New general takes over command of Canadian troops in Afghanistan

Canadian strategy in Kandahar in for shakeup as new general takes charge

No Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan after July 2011 TRANSLATION

Canada shamed on Afghan prisoner torture
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/afghanmission/article/727879--canada-shamed-on-torture?bn=1


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS -
New conduct code for credit, debit
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/new-conduct-code-for-credit-debit/article1369712/

Canadians left in the dark on car mat danger

Retailers launch deep discounts to lure in shoppers in stagnant holiday season


FOREIGN AFFAIRS -
Meanwhile in Absurdistan
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/douglas-bell/meanwhile-in-absurdistan/article1362328/

Turning India's goodwill into trade dollars
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/turning-indias-goodwill-into-trade-dollars/article1369050/

Unfair to portray India as a nuclear villain
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/727740

 The meaning of 'pro-Palestinian'
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/19/terry-glavin-the-meaning-of-pro-palestinian.aspx


HEALTH CARE RELATED -
Push is on to inoculate everyone against H1N1
http://www.thestar.com/healthzone/newsfeatures/swineflu/article/727896--push-is-on-to-inoculate-everyone-against-h1n1

Ontario considers new painkiller rules
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-considers-new-painkiller-rules/article1369804/

Deaths not linked to H1N1 vaccines: WHO
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/swine-flu/story.html?id=2240853


JUSTICE SYSTEM -
Caregiver jailed for abusing elderly war vets

Former Nazi's revoked citizenship to be reviewed, appeal court orders


POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES -
Tax harmony leads to Conservative discord

Power Trifecta: Hydro Quebec eyes Nova Scotia Power 

Tories grill Liberals over NB Power deal

High court protects secrecy of informant's identity in BC legislature raid case

N.B. premier says he'll correct misinformation from N.L. premier on power deal


FEDERAL POLITICS -

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                  Revisiting: Torturers WE

Cannon denies detainees tortured by Afghans
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2241345

• Canadians knew Afghans were tortured: diplomat
•   NATO hands Canada more Afghan responsibility

 DP demands public inquiry on torture allegations
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/ndp-demands-public-inquiry-on-torture-allegations/article1369765/

Torture fallout and China
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/torture-fallout-and-china/article1369436/

We need a public inquiry
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/spector-vision/we-need-a-public-inquiry/article1369416/

Tories reject call for Afghan torture inquiry
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/11/19/afghanistan-torture-colvin-inquiry.html

Canada's military learned lessons from prisoner-torture controversy: Menard
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hI_Y3jDoaDgPJcAp0BjGSVEgxKdA

Tories attack credibility of diplomat who blew whistle on torture
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-attack-credibility-of-diplomat-who-blew-whistle-on-torture/article1369993/

Liberals stand by Israel: Ignatieff

• Liberals say Tory leaflets suggest the Grits are anti-Semitic, demand apology
• Opposition decries Tory attack ads sent to Jewish voters http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/opposition-decries-tory-attack-ads-sent-to-jewish-voters/article1369244/
• Tories deny branding Liberals as anti-Semitic
• PM's Jewish pitch hits a new low, critics say
•  Dropping the A-bomb  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/silver-powers/dropping-the-a-bomb/article1369546/

Tories silent on who flew on executive jets

Another story from the PM's India trip

Liberals attack 233 Conservative plum postings
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/liberals-attack-233-conservative-plum-postings/article1369821/


PRESSURE POINTS -
Naked truth on scanners

How Canada can restore its reputation on climate change
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/how-canada-can-restore-its-reputation-on-climate-change/article1368818/

Green police target the flat-screen TV
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/727871--green-police-target-the-flat-screen-tv

Melting sea ice dilutes water, endangers sea life


OPINION AND INFORMATION -
Bracing for a stimulus scandal
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/727821--travers-bracing-for-a-stimulus-scandal?bn=1 -

It's only been a decade, but the conservative way is redefining us
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/its-only-been-a-decade-but-the-conservative-way-is-redefining-us/article1368762/

A record of conservative achievement
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2239843

Harper's job is safe
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/862139

Karzai deserves strong snub from Harper
http://www.calgaryherald.com/columnists/Karzai+deserves+strong+snub+from+Harper/2240549/story.html

Can't we all drink from the same cow?
Can't we all drink from the same cow?

Scrap the Parliamentary Budget Office
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/11/18/scrap-the-pbo.aspx

When flu is gone, will we scrub all this scrubbing?

Entitlement knows no bounds
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/entitlement-knows-no-bounds/article1370183/

INFOS - JEUDI 19 NOVEMBRE 2009

Lire les actualités en Français

L'opposition réclame une enquête publique
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/International/2009/11/19/008-npd-prisonniers.shtml

Assemblée nationale
Échanges électriques  (48) »
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2009/11/19/003-Marois-Bechard-echange.shtml

Mission canadienne en Afghanistan
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/International/2009/11/19/003-afghan_menard_torture.shtml

Cartes de paiement
Flaherty opte pour un code de conduite  (3) »
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Economie/2009/11/19/007-code-cartes-paiement.shtml

De graves lacunes en santé mentale  (2) »
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2009/11/18/001-Prisons-sante-mentale.shtml

La recherche publique contrôlée par l'industrie?
http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/science-et-technologie/277554/la-recherche-publique-controlee-par-l-industrie

Afghanistan - Le Canada a envoyé des innocents à la torture
http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/277550/afghanistan-le-canada-a-envoye-des-innocents-a-la-torture

Détenus torturés: l'opposition exige une enquête publique
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/dossiers/le-canada-en-afghanistan/200911/19/01-923152-detenus-tortures-lopposition-exige-une-enquete-publique.php

 Les libéraux accusent Harper de multiplier les nominations partisanes
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200911/19/01-923202-les-liberaux-accusent-harper-de-multiplier-les-nominations-partisanes.php

 Le Bloc presse Ottawa d'être actif à Copenhague

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/environnement/200911/19/01-923092-le-bloc-presse-ottawa-detre-actif-a-copenhague.php
PC- PLC
Controverse autour de dépliants
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2009/11/19/002-liberaux-conservateurs-deplian.shtml

PLC · Ignatieff prend la responsabilité «des moments difficiles»

19h45 - Détenus afghans · Ottawa a ignoré les allégations de torture, dit un diplomate

19h40 - Canada · Pas question de couper pour rembourser la dette

15h46 - Ottawa · La dette atteindra 500 milliards dimanche soir!

12h14 - Politique · Une députée libérale s'excuse

10h48 - Asie · Stephen Harper conclut sa visite en Inde


The "latest in Canadian politics" has nothing (or virtually nothing) to do with Canada or the vast majority of Canadians.

It has to do with Conservative Members of Parliament using tax paid mailings to target ridings in which a strategy is being played out. The strategy, switching voters from being Liberals to supporting the CPC by comparing themselves as supportive, the Libs as anything but.
"Normal morality is often suspended in extreme circumstances." is a definition of the saying ""All is fair in love and politics".

What are the "extreme circumstances" making such a measure necessary?

How does this  action relate to the slogan"STAND UP FOR CANADA"?

One last thing, just how does believing (based on empirical evidence) that the Israeli Defence Force went too far in Operation Cast Iron lead to the accusation a person is anti-semitic?

         Joe
From: Larry Kazdan
Subject: Letter to Editor re:  Politics must never trump the law, Kelly McParland,  November 18

Re:  Politics must never trump the law, Kelly McParland,  November 18

http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2234606

Kelly McParland argues that politics should never trump the law, but I wonder if he means only when authorities deal with natives.  McParland is no doubt aware that Canada is a signatory to the Convention on Torture and is obliged to arrest anyone credibly accused of violating its provisions.  I look forward to his call next time George W. Bush ventures onto Canadian territory.

Larry Kazdan,

Vancouver, B.C.

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From: Rebecca Gingrich
Subject: DD

This is an excerpt from QP yesterday wherein the CPC states if finds the theft of land from Palestinians(settlement expansion) by israel 'unhelpful'!!!.   Not criminal or an act of war, but 'unhelpful'??

After reading the G&M article posted on the DD(also posted on Rense) I cannot contain my disgust for our government and a country that cannot call this action criminal.  We are killing and being killed in Afghanistan to 'bring them democracy' and yet we condone these actions by Israel against the Palestinians???  How can our government pretend there is a 'peace process' ongoing when things like this happen and they don't have the courage to say NO???

Becky

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From: "Mahmood Elahi"
To: "Letters \(ott\)" <letters@thecitizen.canwest.com>
Subject: "Buy American" will not save American jobs

 The Editor
The Ottawa Citizen
 
"By American" will not save American jobs
 
Re Letter: "U.S. protectionism grounds the shopper," by Ken Herbert (Nov. 17).
 
Few months ago, I bought a laptop computer from Hewlett-Packard --- an American company --- marked "Product of China." How can a product of an American company end up as a "Product of China?" Clearly, it is the outcome of so-called outsourcing because  cheap Chinese labour  makes it possible for these American companies to multiply their profits while laying off well-paid American workers at home.
 
The logic behind this has been that international divisions of labour allow labour-intensive industries to be located in countries where labour is abundant and capital-intensive high-tech jobs  in countries with well-paid skilled labour. But with the growing outsourcing of high-tech industries like computers and consumer electronics to China, the companies have found a place where they can outsource even high-tech industries while paying low-tech wages. This is why HP laptop computers bear the mark: "Product of China."
 
The results have been not only job losses in the United States, but also growing U.S. trade deficits  vis a vis China. In fact, China is bankrolling America's trade and budget deficits. China is now lending the Americans to buy the American products made in China, creating jobs in China and allowing the American corporations multiply their profits.
 
This is why "Buy American" policy will not save jobs in America. If the United States is serious about saving American jobs, it should treat those companies that outsource production as foreign companies for tax pupose. China taxes heavily foreign companies because it knows these companies will flock to China to take advantage of China's huge skilled and low-paid workforce. The United States should also treat these companies as foreign companies and tax them accordingly. This will force them to maintain two operations -- one in China for the Chinese consumers and one in the United States for the American consumers. "Buy American" policy is counterproductive as there are so few things made in America to buy.
 
MAHMOOD ELAHI
Ottawa

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From: Ray Strachan
Subject: Fwd: Vietnam, Afghanistan etc.

Wars of Attrition.

It is often said that guerrilla warfare is primitive.

This generalization is misleading and true only in the technical sense.

Guerrilla war is not dependent for success on the efficient operation

of complex mechanical devices,highly organized logisticalo systems ,

or the accuracy of electronic computers.

It can be conducted in any terrain,in any climate,in any weather, in swamps,in

mountains,in fields.

Its basic element is man,and man is more complex than any of his machines.

He is endowed with intelligence,emotions and will.

Guerrilla warfare is therefore suffused with,and reflects,mans admirable

qualities as well as his less pleasant ones.

While it is not always humane,it is human,which is more than can be said

for the strategy of Extinction.

Quote by Mao Tse-tung.

Translation by Samuel B.Griffith II

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From: John Halonen
Re: Tory flyers targeting Jewish votes raise hackles

        This seems to be the wrong way for our Tories to reach a majority.   Financially it may be a benefit, however in all reality there may be three negative votes for the one that is added.

        Association at times does not always produce the desired results.  Canada is ranked No. 1 in a new world popularity poll that looked at attitudes toward 12 major nations. Israel received the worst rating of the group.

John Halonen

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From: "John Feldsted"
Subject: Afghan detainees surrendered by Canada were tortured: Envoy

What a load of absolute rubbish! NATO troops are in Afghanistan to remove the Taliban, not to take over and run the nation. Canadian soldiers who capture Afghans in their efforts to fulfill the NATO mandate must turn over captured Afghans to local authorities. They are not there to baby-sit captured combatants.
 
What the Afghans did or do with captured combatants is none of our business. If Richard Colvin has a problem with Afghan authorities he can take it up with them. Trying to make Canada's military responsible for civilian Afghan actions is reprehensible.
 
Colvin should be before a Commons Committee to answer for his allegations and then tried for treason.   

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EDITORIAL PAGEs

ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM -
In excess

CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN -
Ontario got a better deal 

HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
Terror prosecutions: Sea change in handling of detainees

AMHERST DAILY NEWS -
Group effort needed

SAINT JOHN TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL -
What is N.B.'s big strategy?
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/860823

Start again with a public inquiry
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/860820

MONTREAL GAZETTE -
One form of lobbying we're happy to see gone
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/editorials/form+lobbying+happy+gone/2235160/story.html

OTTAWA CITIZEN -
Indian embrace
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Indian+embrace/2235346/story.html

Our strategy must change
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/op-ed/strategy+must+change/2235351/story.html
 
The flu fight should be federal territory
  http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/op-ed/fight+should+federal+territory/2235353/story.html

BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER -
McGuinty up to same old tricks

TORONTO STAR -
Promise to world's children remains unkept after 20 years
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/727122--promise-to-world-s-children-remains-unkept-after-20-years

Harper reboots our India ties
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/727092--harper-reboots-our-india-ties

Parizeau is at it again
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/727094--parizeau-is-at-it-again

No heroes in television cage match
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/727123--no-heroes-in-television-cage-match

Putting the elderly, not the system, first
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/727124--putting-the-elderly-not-the-system-first

GLOBE & MAIL -
Inseparable threats
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/inseparable-threats/article1367545/

Clashing trends
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/clashing-trends/article1367544/

Patchwork of policies for children
Ihttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/patchwork-of-policies-for-children/article1367422/

NATIONAL POST -
Ban the ten-percenters
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2234638

HAMILTON SPECTATOR -
Winds of doubt swirl around Harper

ST. CATHARINES STANDARD -
  Keep your Christmas shopping local

K-W RECORD -
Currency issues must be resolved

Schools can do more to improve student fitness

THUNDER BAY CHRONICLE JOURNAL -
An experiment in progress

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -
Procurement exemption will backfire
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/procurement-exemption-will-backfire-70352972.html

Cold War is over. Where are dividends?
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/cold-war-is-over-where-are-dividends-70352847.html

WINNIPEG SUN -
Workers hungry for higher wages
http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/editorial/2009/11/18/11786541-sun.html

SASKATOON STARPHOENIX -
PM's Asia tour offers promise
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/opinion/Asia+tour+offers+promise/2235612/story.html

CALGARY HERALD -
Canada's role in Afghanistan reliant on U.S.

Jews are not the other --the haters are

Not bloody oil

ED DEER ADVOCATE -
Allergies are not myths 

VANCOUVER SUN -
Complexity means climate accord is going to take time

What's acceptable in Canada

VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST -
Songhees' claim deserves hearing

Enough junk mail from the Conservatives


ISSUES

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -          
Canadian land treaties would boost economy: study


AF-PAK PROBLEM -
Afghan violence at highest level since invasion
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2234634

Afghans say poverty, not Taliban, main cause of war
http://www.e-ariana.com/ariana/eariana.nsf/allDocs/7BFE3A36A11E57E687257672005ADB0C?OpenDocument

ATO leader 'confident' troop increase coming
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2234636

Afghanistan runs on well-oiled wheels
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KK19Df01.html

Militants change tack in Pakistan
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KK18Df02.html


CANADIAN FORCES -
Lurking Taliban watch Canadian troops
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/afghanistan/article/727572--lurking-taliban-watch-canadian-troops

Next ROTO Getting "Psychological Resilience" Training - Maybe This Video's Part of It?
Next ROTO Getting "Psychological Resilience" Training - Maybe This Video's Part of It?


CANUSA/USACAN -
U.S. stops Canadian canola meal shipments at border because of salmonella

Canada must move now to overcome Buy American provisions: analyst
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2233953

harity sending money to Canada is an Iranian front: U.S.
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2234603

Harper becoming deft at Canada-U.S. relations
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Harper+becoming+deft+Canada+relations/2235173/story.html


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS -
DEBT CLIMBING TO $500B
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2234577

Flaherty says economy has not recovered

Canadian charities benefit from Globalive's dilemma

Canada consumer prices begin climbing again in October


FOREIGN AFFAIRS -
In Nod to Global Warming, U.S. Navy Preps for 'Ice Free' Arctic
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/

arper touts benefits of Canada, India nuclear deal
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2234608

Disagree with India on nuclear power
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/277483/pas-d-accord-avec-l-inde-sur-le-nucleaire&sl=fr&tl=en

Terror file highlights risk of nuclear deal with India
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/terror-file-highlights-risk-of-nuclear-deal/article1367210/

• Terror suspect: Consultant with suspicious footprints ends up on Harper's agenda
• Ottawa Notebook: Canadian reporters make Indian headlines

.S., China firm up relations
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2234626

Peace effort stalls after Israel OKs settlements
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2234635

Breaking Israel's Occupation Addiction


HEALTH CARE RELATED -
Vaccine shortage? H1N1 Shots offered at a pub
The shots were on the house at a pub in Halifax on Saturday. H1N1 vaccine shots, that is.

Feds can't promise H1N1 shot for all Canadians by Christmas

JUSTICE SYSTEM -
olitics must never trump the law
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2234606

Ont. court rules on use of 'two beer' defence


MIGRATION -
Court lets sponsors off hook for immigrants
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2234580


POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES -
Fries with your nanny state?
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/13/matt-gurney-mcguinty-asks-do-you-want-fries-with-that-nanny-state.aspx

Look to Quebec on early childhood education, expert urges
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/look-to-quebec-on-early-childhood-education-expert-urges/article1364533/

McGuinty rejects public hearings on HST; expects new tax to be election issue

Cabinet minister may oppose NB Power sale


FEDERAL POLITICS -
Tory flyers targeting Jewish votes raise hackles
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/tory-flyers-targeting-jewish-votes-raise-hackles/article1368457/

Liberals say Tory flyers accuse them of anti-Semitism
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/727587--liberals-say-tory-flyers-accuse-them-of-anti-semitism

Tories, Liberals spar over 'shocking' mailouts on Israel
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2238254

Tory MPs assailed over mailing costs
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tory-mps-assailed-over-mailing-costs/article1365837/

Liberals get 'realistic' on gun-registry
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/liberals-get-realistic-on-gun-registry/article1368417/

Ignatieff tells Liberal faithful he takes responsibility for "tough time"

John Baird says he didn't pander to airlines with passenger bill

Airlines helped craft Canada's air passenger bill of rights: Documents
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/Airlines+helped+craft+passenger+bill+rights/2236241/story.html


PROGRAMMES -
Documents show Cannon brought airlines in on disputed public policy
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2236269

Destroy detainee abuse paper trail, diplomat told
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2238164

• General vows to find diplomat's reports warning of Afghan torture
•   Ottawa warned about Afghan detainee abuse: ex-diplomat
• Question Period: 'Huffing and puffing' on torture
• Message control: Diplomats told to keep quiet on torture allegations, sources say
• Watch video: Liberal MPs question government
• Transcript: Testimony on Afghan detainee

                 The Commons: 'There is no evidence'
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/18/the-commons-there-is-no-evidence/

rejudices land Canadians in crime database
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/prejudices-land-canadians-in-crime-database/article1366344/

'No-fly' watchdogs blasted
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/727268---no-fly-watchdogs-blasted

CRTC blamed for empowering cable firms
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/727435--crtc-blamed-for-empowering-cable-firms

CRTC blamed for empowering cable firms, putting broadcasters at death's door

Federal Bridge Corp., still awaiting a report on two board members who went to Tory fundraiser
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/70406092.html


OPINION AND INFORMATION -
The ethnic politics behind Harper's Golden Temple visit
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/18/tarek-fatah.aspx

PM's Indian trip: off the (Canadian) record
http://thestar.blogs.com/politics/2009/11/pms-indian-trip-off-the-canadian-record.html

Harper keeps distance from corrupt Karzai regime
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/18/don-martin-harper-keeps-distance-from-corrupt-afghan-government.aspx

The search for a moderate terrorist
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/18/raphael-alexander-the-search-for-a-moderate-terrorist.aspx

Our politicized bureaucracy
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/spector-vision/our-politicized-bureaucracy/article1367776/

The Pied Piper of Quebec
Jacques Parizeau's 'happy ending' ignores the Supreme Court's onerous conditions for secession
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-pied-piper-of-quebec/article1366946/

A clean Afghan handover is a long way from reality
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-clean-afghan-handover-is-a-long-way-from-reality/article1367088/

Stimulus tab ugly sign for taxpayers
http://www.calgaryherald.com/columnists/Stimulus+ugly+sign+taxpayers/2234807/story.html

 
http://www2.macleans.ca/category/blog-central/canada-blog/capital-read/

INFOS - MERCREDI 18 NOVEMBRE 2009

Lire les actualités en Français

Harper complète son séjour en Inde
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200911/18/01-922889-harper-complete-son-sejour-en-inde.php

Pas d'accord avec l'Inde sur le nucléaire
http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/277483/pas-d-accord-avec-l-inde-sur-le-nucleaire

 Le PC aurait émis des dépliants accusant le PLC d'antisémitisme
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200911/18/01-922911-le-pc-aurait-emis-des-depliants-accusant-le-plc-dantisemitisme.php

 Insultes sur Twitter: une députée libérale s'excuse
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200911/18/01-922824-insultes-sur-twitter-une-deputee-liberale-sexcuse.php

Une nouvelle équipe pour relancer Ignatieff
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200911/17/01-922465-une-nouvelle-equipe-pour-relancer-ignatieff.php

Deux programmes préoccupent la commissaire à la vie privée
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200911/17/01-922469-deux-programmes-preoccupent-la-commissaire-a-la-vie-privee.php

Quebecor pour un partage des redevances
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Economie/2009/11/18/014-crtc-audiences-mercredi.shtml

Complicité canadienne et culture du secret
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/International/2009/11/18/009-colvin-temoignage.shtml

Une fin de voyage à saveur spirituelle
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2009/11/18/002-Harper-fin-visite-Inde.shtml

La commissaire à la vie privée s'inquiète
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2009/11/17/002-commissaire-antiterroristes.shtml

19h45 - Détenus afghans · Ottawa a ignoré les allégations de torture, dit un diplomate

19h40 - Canada · Pas question de couper pour rembourser la dette

15h46 - Ottawa · La dette atteindra 500 milliards dimanche soir!

12h14 - Politique · Une députée libérale s'excuse


A recent analysis by Montreal's Le Devoir found Tory MPs have spent $6.3 million to paper ridings with the brochures.

Liberal MP Bob Rae said parliamentarians should reconsider whether such pamphlets - symptomatic of what he called "a new kind of gutter politics" - are the best use of taxpayers' money. He favours banning MPs from sending mass mailings to voters outside their own ridings http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/091118/national/liberals_tories_jewish

Any opinions on banning mailings outside M.P.'s own ridfings or allowing what has become current practice to continue?

From: Rebecca Gingrich
Subject: foreign ownership and the airwaves

Joe--if companies believed in competition they wouldn't be concerned about other companies moving in.   I do not like foreign ownership of Canadian institutions like the HBC etc.  but our government saw nothing wrong with that, did they?  I noticed you slipped the CWB in as an example.  The CWB is only similar in that farmers have to sell through the CWB whether they want to or not.  I care not who is on the board--the fact that farmers are not free to sell their product privately in a democracy is reprehensible.  And don't forget that Cargill is the biggest customer of the CWB so who do you think calls the shots for the CWB?  This is the same mentality that controls the CRTC.  They decide what services we can have.  They agree to raise prices for the companies that ask for it, and even have us paying for the CBC which is against all things we are supposed to be in a free market country.  The only thing that talks in any of these so called discussions is money--something the peons don't have, so the CRTC will only decide in favour of whoever has the most money and clout.

If our costs are increased by one red cent I will cancel my cable and not watch TV.  There is really nothing on that is worth watching anyway.  This circus is nothing more than the companies trying to get more money from the taxpayer or the user.  Maybe without any onf them we wil actually start using our brains instead of being fed pablum?

Becky 

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From: The Natroses

Hi Joe,
"Time to reel in phoney fish sales" is timely. http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/editorials/Time+reel+phoney+fish+sales/2225465/story.html
Besides having a laugh, it is pretty sad to think that the only way to get the attention of a mainlander is at their stomach. The article solution is simple but foolhardy. "Other jurisdictions, particularly in the U.S. and Europe, have been cracking down on this global phenom and it's about time federal and provincial inspectors, not to mention retailers, begin to protect us from this nonsense." It has been going on for years with the 'big guys', the deceptive practice of replacing high price fish with a cheaper fish product. The big guys are getting away with this, in Canada because the smaller independent fishermen, or small fish processor are not allow to ship or sell product outside the province. For example, a few fishermen found a market inside Toronto, that wanted fresh fish. The fishermen have the means of transporting the fish to the big T.O. , they agree on a price that is much more favourable than anything in the province, and everyone is happy. The reality is the small independent  fishermen are force to sell its caught product to the processors (which in most cases are the big guys), at a per-determine price, that is influence heavily by a panel that is made up of government and the big guys. This is one of the many reasons, that our fishery is in crisis. Our small independent fishermen cannot look to other markets outside the province, and so the big guys take advantage of the fact, that most outside the fishery industry does not have the knowledge and be able to tell the difference between cod, halibut and other fish species. If Small independent fishermen  are allow to seek out their own markets, the likelihood of switching would not happen as much, if at all; since it would be a dear price to pay. The loss of income and a market. It does not happen with the big guys, because of how the fish market is set up. There is no regulations regarding where the fish was caught, if farmed, what country, and so forth. So, a cod caught in the Pacific, could be a cod that was marketed as a cod from the North Atlantic. There is a taste difference, but most would not know what to look for. At least with an independent, the buyer would get a little bit of old-fashioned service with a smile, and a much better price. You see the big guys also operate and manage the supply and prices of seafood. Their motto is, the lowest price for raw product and the highest retail price that the market can bare. If anyone is eating cod tonight in the mainland, and if the cod was caught in Newfoundland waters; be aware what the big guy paid the fishermen, the top dollar of fifty cents a pound. Now tell me, what is the latest price of cod at the retail counter? I bet it is dear, compare to other fish.

Hi Joe,
Another topic on education, but this time on education in India. My interest was pique, when reading the Star's articles on dowries, than a news item where it was stated, that most slum kids of India do not go to school.

A question that I have, why are countries like India - an economic powerhouse and democratic country, are not pressured by the world to improve their education system. Why are we outsourcing jobs to India, when only 33 % of the student population actually receives an education? ÂIndia spends 3.3 % of their GNP, to education. The main bulk of education spending, takes place at the high school level and beyond. For many children, they do not qualify to obtain a high school education or beyond because most of them are illiterate.

Below is a list on links for readers to see for themselves.

The next time I am on the phone, and by chance I am talking to some Indian person at a call centre, I will be asking a lot of questions on the caste system, and everything else on India cultural practices that prevents the large bulk of their population from receiving an education. I really resent outsourcing jobs to countries to economic powerhouses, where little or none of their wealth goes to education of ALL their people.

Here we wonder why, countries like India have cheap labour?  Very easy to do, when the majority do not have a basic education.
 http://www.unesco.org/en/efareport/reports/2009-governance/
http://www.k4d.org/education/school-education-in-india-more-expensive-than-university-unesco

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From: "Raymond Denson"
Subject: Armaments and War

At this season of sad remembrance it is pertinent to recall that, after the Battle of the Somme in 1916, the German government offered peace terms which were hastily and summarily rejected by the British prime minister, David Lloyd George. The proposed terms included withdrawal to the pre-1914 frontiers of Germany and were so embarrassingly generous that they had to be concealed from the British public.
Britain fought on until Germany collapsed in chaos and the number of British dead approached one million. The major beneficiaries of this holocaust, like those of the current conflict, were the manufacturers of armaments, who were suspected of doing all they could to prolong the hostilities.
This brings me to a consideration of 9/11. Who have been the principal beneficiaries? Certainly not the Moslems, who have died in tens and hundreds of thousands. Is it naive to believe that those who stood to benefit most from 9/11 had a hand in bringing it about?
            
          Raymond Denson

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From: Immanuel Giulea
Subject: December 7 event in Ottawa - for your distribution list

Hello Joe,

Could you forward the details below to your distribution list, it has the full details of my Ottawa event, the panel discussion organized by the Société Macdonald-Cartier Society.
Here are the full details, if you would please send this to your list as well, it would be very appreciated.

- Title of the event
The conservative movement at a crossroads: Lessons from the past, directions for the future
Looking back on the last six years, looking ahead for next six.
Four speakers reflect on the past, present and future of the conservative movement in Canada.

- Name of sponsoring organization
Société MacDonald-Cartier Society

Panel speakers and short bio:
- Gerry Nicholls
Former Senior Executive with the National Citizens Coalition and publisher of LibertasPost.ca)
- John Robson
Radio commentator and Ottawa Citizen columnist
- Joseph C. Ben-Ami
President of the Canadian Centre for Policy Studies
- Don Lenihan Ph.D.
Vice President, Engagement - Public Policy Forum

Moderator
- Waller R. Newell, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science and Philosophy and co-director of the Centre for Liberal Education and Public Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada

- Time and location
December 7 2009, 6 to 9pm
Parliament Pub, 101 Sparks St (There is also an entrance on Wellington St)

- Ticket price - includes appetizers
$10 regular / $8.50 student

Notes:

- Mr Nicholls, Robson and Ben-Ami will also be panel speakers at the
Free Speech and Liberty Symposium
http://freespeechandliberty.ca/

- Prof. Newell is also the author the article "Understanding Canadian conservatives" published in the Citizen SpecialJuly 23, 2009
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Understanding+Canadian+conservatives/1818554/story.html


For more information and RSVP please contact Immanuel Giulea, Executive Director of Société Macdonald-Cartier Society at macdonaldcartier@gmail.com or 514-577-2669

Poster available here: http://macdonaldcartier.tk/

Immanuel Giulea
Brossard, QC

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From: "Paul Downie"
Subject: Info on H1N1

 Dr. Vinay Goyal is an MBBS,DRM,DNB (Intensivist and Thyroid specialist), having clinical experience of over 20 years.  He has worked in institutions like Hinduja Hospital, Bombay Hospital, Saifee Hospital, Tata Memorial, etc.  Presently, he is heading our Nuclear Medicine Department and Thyroid clinic at Riddhivinayak Cardiac and Critical Centre, Malad (W).

   The following message given by him; I feel it makes a lot of sense and is important for all to know.

   "The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat.  In a global epidemic of this nature, it's almost impossible not coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions.  Contact with H1N1 is not so much of a problem as proliferation is.

   While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps, not fully highlighted in most official communications, can be practiced (instead of focusing on how to stock N95 or Tamiflu):

    1.  Frequent hand-washing (well highlighted in all official communications).
  
   2.  "Hands-off-the-face" approach.  Resist all temptations to touch any part of face.
    
    3.  *Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (use Listerine if you don't trust salt).  *H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms.  Simple gargling prevents proliferation.  In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected one.  Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.

   4.  Similar to 3 above, *clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm salt water.  *Not everybody may be good at using a Neti pot, but *blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton swabs dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.*
  
   5.  *Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C.  *If you have to supplement with Vitamin C tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to boost absorption.

   6.  *Drink as much of warm liquids (tea, coffee, etc) as you can.  *Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction.  They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm.
   
   I suggest you pass this on to your entire e-list; you never know who might pay attention to it - and STAY ALIVE because of it -
 
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From: "Phyllis Hubeli"
Subject: Re:  DD

I totally agree with you, Becky.  It is high time MPs began to vote in the best interest of their constituents instead of in the best interest or current whim of the PM.  It is also time that the media get the message, put their brain back in action and instead of finding an MP who actually does vote in the best interest of his/her constituents "despicable". feels it is high time those MPs who do are applauded in print, on TV and radio.  Let's have a democracy in actual fact rather than the myth of democracy that exists in this country today.
 
Phyllis

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From: Joseph <joseph@commonground.ca>
Subject: Harper's visit to Mombai is selling Atomic Bombai as "civilian nuclear technology"  CBC

heard a news clip on CBC the other day about Prime Minister Harper's visit in India, Mombai .

the clip made me cringe

they said PM was over there to open more trade .... then they said he was promoting the sale of Canadian civilian nuclear technology

interesting the news release that CBC sourced from had the term "civilian nuclear technology"  I guess they are sensitive to this issue of atomic bomb and had included the term "civilian nuclear technology"

as different and distinct from , what would you call it, non-civilian nuclear technology, or atomic bomb civilian nuclear technology, or military technology  because you can do it all with our Candu atomic reactor technology.

But, for example, when you sell a sledge hammer to a customer you can't really check up on every thing they use the hammer for, can you now?

So this term just slipped by like a silent fart "civilian nuclear technology", as if there would be no problems because it is labeled nice civil civilian nuclear technology.

Remember that Canada sold India a NRX research "civilian nuclear technology" that helped them produce and explode their first atomic bomb, but that was ok I guess if India called it a safe peaceful "civilian nuclear technology" test.

We need to watch the weasel words that the sellers of atomic reactors and their front men are using.

We need to hold to account these political promoters when the deceive the news reporters and the public.

Joseph

PS  Harper's visit to Mombai is selling Atomic Bombai.

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From: Rebecca Gingrich
Subject: The truth dare not be spoken?

ADL covering up for crimes of financial elites
http://www.examiner.com/x-9462-LA-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m11d16-ADL-covering-up-for-crimes-of-financial-elites

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From: Larry Kazdan
To: torsun.editor@sunmedia.ca
Subject: Letter to Editor re:  European battlefield foes discover friendship in peace,  Eric Margolis, 15th November 2009

Re:  European battlefield foes discover friendship in peace,  Eric Margolis, 15th November 2009

http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/eric_margolis/2009/11/15/11751586-sun.html

France and Germany were able to transcend decades of enmity by enmeshing themselves in European-wide political institutions.  For example, Europe now has a directly-elected Parliament where members organize not along national but according to party views.  This European Parliament began as an advisory body some 57 years ago and helped countries develop trust and overcome constitutional logjams.  The United Nations could learn from the EU experience.  Establishing a consultative United Nations Parliamentary Assembly under Charter Article 22 would give the world a symbol of unity, a conscience to do the right things (such as fulfill the Millennium Development Goals), and provide a lever for further democratic UN reform.  Europe has learned that there are better ways to make decisions than having catastrophic wars - a lesson the world community must heed and must institutionalize if we are to survive.

_____________________________
To: Letters@globeandmail.com
Subject: Letter to Editor re:  B.C. paramedics back to work after weekend of disarray, Nov 16, 2009

Re:   B.C. paramedics back to work after weekend of disarray, Nov 16, 2009

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-paramedics-back-to-work-after-weekend-of-disarray/article1365872/

Health Minister Kevin Falcon accuses paramedics of putting people's lives at risk over labour issues.  This from the same B.C. Liberal Government that deregulated child labour rules in 2003 to allow children under age 15 to work outside the home in fields such as construction.  Since that legislation was implemented, there has been a dramatic increase in work-related injuries to children aged 12-14.   If the Health Minister is truly concerned with the safety of vulnerable people in our province, then stop using young people as cheap labour.

Larry Kazdan,

Vancouver, B.C.

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From: Joseph <joseph@commonground.ca>

VIDEO: Harper wraps up Indian tour, visits Sikh Golden Temple
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091118/harper_india_091118/20091118?hub=TopStoriesV2

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From: Ray Strachan
Subject: If I Knew

If I knew something that was useful to me,but it would hurt my family,I would
evict it from my thoughts.
If I knew something useful to my family,but not to my nation,I would try to
forget it.
If I knew something useful to my country,but harmfull to the human species,
I would consider it a crime.

Montesquieu

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

EDITORIAL PAGEs

ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM -
Stop, thief

CORNER BROOK WESTERN STAR -
House not a home

CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN -
Respecting the heritage of a lighthouse

CAPE BRETON POST -
Health changes noisy and quiet

HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
Balancing the budget: Bad promise, good advice

N.S. deficit a Tory gift that keeps on giving

AMHERST DAILY NEWS -
Promise made far too early

SAINT JOHN TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL -
Put the public before politics
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/859611

MONTREAL GAZETTE -
Climate accord is going to take time
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/editorials/Climate+accord+going+take+time/2231167/story.html

OTTAWA CITIZEN -
Labels that mislead
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Labels+that+mislead/2230652/story.html
 
Harper hatred
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Harper+hatred/2230653/story.html
 
Courting a reluctant partner in India
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/op-ed/Courting+reluctant+partner+India/2230659/story.html

KINGSTON WHIG STANDARD-
Handling of H1N1 vaccination effort enough to make you sick

TORONTO STAR -
Harmonized tax deserves support
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/726501--harmonized-tax-deserves-support

Recession vs. charity
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/726502--recession-vs-charity

Good news on diversity
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/726509--good-news-on-diversity

Illegal cigarettes can't be ignored
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/726168--illegal-cigarettes-can-t-be-ignored

 Financial elite back in the saddle
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/726526--mcquaig-financial-elite-back-in-the-saddle

From Tehran to Toronto for the Times
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/726527--cohn-from-tehran-to-toronto-for-the-times

Northwest Passage name game just spells trouble for Canada
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/725704--northwest-passage-name-game-just-spells-trouble-for-canada

Goar: All dressed up and nowhere to volunteer
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/725702--goar-all-dressed-up-and-nowhere-to-volunteer

GLOBE & MAIL -
Time is running out
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/time-is-running-out/article1365974/

No need for defeatism
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/no-need-for-defeatism/article1365973/

Willpower and the adaptive brain
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/willpower-and-the-adaptive-brain/article1365889/

Time for a bigger TV picture
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/time-for-a-bigger-tv-picture/article1364532/

Back to the rule of law
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/back-to-the-rule-of-law/article1364534/

De-emphasizing stability
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/de-emphasizing-stability/article1364531/

NATIONAL POST -
A tax change for the better
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2230435

 How Halloween became a cultural battleground
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2230437

H1N1 no deadlier than regular flu: top doctor

  Parizeau's political will and testament

  Custody battles in the age of Internet chats

  Transport minister tried to kill passenger rights bill despite publicly supporting it

  Mortality From H1N1 'No Worse'

HAMILTON SPECTATOR -
Terrorists on trial 

ST. CATHARINES STANDARD -
  Province has become a vaccination hindrance

NIAGARA FALLS REVIEW -
Columnist questions timing, impact of HST

K-W RECORD -
Currency issues must be resolved

Schools can do more to improve student fitness

WINDSOR STAR -
Olympic torch
http://www.windsorstar.com/opinion/editorials/Olympic+torch/2227494/story.htmlPublication bans should be banished to the past

SUDBURY STAR -
Publication bans should be banished to the past

THUNDER BAY CHRONICLE JOURNAL -
TV wars and dollars

First auto, now home

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -
U.S. 'weakness' encourages Iran, Turkey
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/us-weakness-encourages-iran-turkey-70262392.html

REGINA LEADER-POST -
New Canadians will get a Riel history lesson
http://www.leaderpost.com/opinion/editorials/Canadians+will+Riel+history+lesson/2217320/story.html
 
Action must flow from child welfare report
  http://www.leaderpost.com/opinion/editorials/Action+must+flow+from+child+welfare+report/2213391/story.html

CALGARY HERALD -
To get the shot or not-- cutting through the hype

What did the byelections really mean?

Smile, You're On Spy Tv
"
Snuffing Out Smokes

CALGARY SUN -
Tax on poppies pure poppycock
http://www.calgarysun.com/comment/editorial/2009/11/16/11759121-sun.html

GRANDE PRAIRIE DAILY HERALD TRIBUNE -
Tax on poppies is pure poppycock
 
LETHBRIDGE HERALD -
Food banks getting busier
http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/content/view/115903/149/

RED DEER ADVOCATE -
PM telling the truth
http://www.albertalocalnews.com/reddeeradvocate/opinion/PM_telling_the_truth_70278082.html

Achievement tests are worth keeping
PM telling the truth

Achievement tests are worth keeping

VANCOUVER SUN -
Salt shakeup: We need to know what's in our food

Federal winds of change

VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST -
Politicians should heed immigrants' guide

A warning siren on growing debt
 
Thumbs up/ thumbs down

Quebec is losing its national influence

The keys to successful all-day kindergarten


ISSUES

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -          
Aboriginal leaders demand RCMP to release video footage of dead man's arrest
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/091116/national/taser_death_video

Feds neglecting First Nations children


CANADIAN FORCES -
Senator finds post-2011 plans for Afghanistan don't make sense
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Senator+finds+post+2011+plans+Afghanistan+make+sense/2231674/story.html

South key to fate of Afghanistan: Canadian general
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2233745

Military officials mull new urban camouflage
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2230410

The taking of Haji Baba highlights new challenge for Canadians in Kandahar

Canada spending millions on private security in Afghanistan

Kandahar field officers given wide powers over military spending

New building ready in time to turn off lights

Taylor: Comparing Afghanistan to Nazi Germany inane


CANUSA/USACAN -
Plan to move Guantanamo detainees to rural U.S. jails sparks interest, debate


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS -
Recession forcing more Canadians to food banks, many for the first time: report

October home sales improve 41.5 per cent year-over-year, marking monthly record

Statistics Canada says charitable donations dropped 5.3% last year

Offer Canadians low-cost skinny TV package, CBC tells cable firms

Fees will harm consumers: Bell TV

CBC pushes cheaper cable package 


FOREIGN AFFAIRS -
Why the Israeli-Palestinian conundrum is playing to pessimists
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/why-the-israeli-palestinian-conundrum-is-playing-to-pessimists/article1365662/

srael threatens to annex more land
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2230432

Canada works with U.S., India on terror probe, expresses faith in India nukes

Harper's trade hopes for India are up against the realities of the street

Canada eager for renewed nuclear trade with India

Canada least corrupt in the Americas: Report

Canada pushes wealthy nations to keep food aid pledges 


HEALTH CARE RELATED -
Health Canada recalls baby teethers
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2231912

B.C. see spike in severe reactions to flu shot
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/h1n1-swine-flu/bc-see-spike-in-severe-reactions-to-flu-shot/article1367348/

Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine

Adverse reactions seen in 36 Canadians after H1N1 shot: official

About 1 in 5 Canadians immunized against H1N1: chief health officer

Feds can't promise H1N1 shot for all Canadians by Christmas


JUSTICE SYSTEM -
Police hope video footage identifies person responsible for anti-Semitic messages


POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES -
HST a hard sell for new converts
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2230391

Ontario's HST changes: a primer
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2230417

ntroduction of HST nothing to fear, experts say
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2230419

Fight against tree-killing mountain pine beetles gets $25M from Alberta, Ottawa

Ontario Lottery Corp. launches countersuit over $81M plant for Windsor casino

BC court rules Vancouver private for-profit health clinics can be audited

Protesters denounce NB Power sale to Quebec as N.B. throne speech touts deal

HST exemptions to cost Ontario $1.89-billion

Weary of Teflon Man, Ontario voters eye Little Mike


FEDERAL POLITICS -
Ignatieff returns to climate
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/ignatieff-returns-to-climate/article1367081/

Tory MPs assailed over mailing costs

Harper praises awakened 'South Asian tiger', promotes economic links to Canada

Tory MP Stanton's former aide refutes reason for ouster 

Tony Clement warned over Globalive 

Transport minister opposed passenger rights bill contrary to public stance
http://www.canada.com/news/Transport+minister+opposed+passenger+rights+bill+contrary+public+stance/2229449/story.html

Ignatieff's inner circle gets new look after major shake-up

• Wells: It's a very vertical DonOLO: adult supervision arrives in the Ignatieff shop
• O'Malley: DonoloWatch: Somehow, this just isn't as exciting when it isn't Langevin
• Barton: Forward to the past!
• Taber: Back to the OLO's future

Liberals say Harper government wasting taxpayer money on signs about signs

Tories move to dampen spending expectations

Liberals' faint hope is that the Tories trip
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/liberals-faint-hope-is-that-the-tories-trip/article1363170/

A second public biography of Senator Leo Housakos is changed after press calls

Three associates of Senator Housakos appointed to federal positions 

Transport minister opposed passenger rights bill contrary to public stance


PROGRAMMES -
Privacy commissioner sounds alarm on financial data
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/privacy-commissioner-sounds-alarm-on-financial-data/article1366344/

Canadian diplomats ordered to hold back information on Afghan prison torture: sources

Terror financing detection, no-fly list come under commissioner's scrutiny

CRTC blasts bull-headed broadcasters and cable firms over television tax issue

Canada must wait to regulate greenhouse gases: Prentice

Financial crime watchdog budget trimmed despite growing demand

Ottawa holds back climate rules pending global deal

Ottawa cracks down on Crown lobbying

GM payback: It's up to the value of those shares


OPINION AND INFORMATION -
What is expected in Canada
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/columnists/What+expected+Canada/2230655/story.html

PM's Asia tour masks harsh reality
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/726554--pm-s-tour-masks-harsh-reality

Spend now, pay and pay later
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/17/don-martin-jean-chretien-s-half-trillion-dollar-debt-club-gets-a-new-member.aspx

Jean Chretien's half-trillion-dollar debt club gets a new member
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/17/don-martin-jean-chretien-s-half-trillion-dollar-debt-club-gets-a-new-member.aspx

No fat jokes, please
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/no-fat-jokes-please/article1366961/

The wear and tear of our daily lives
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-wear-and-tear-of-our-daily-lives/article1363167/

New citizenship guide: Good, bad and ugly
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/726261

Clear Louis Riel of treason: Manitoba MP

Liberals and Tories in the same boat: They're victims of their own success
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/726607--travers-liberals-and-tories-in-the-same-boat-they-re-victims-of-their-own-success

Political storm whips good ship Grit

Harper cashing in on a little Bollywood cachet

A year later, who's the man? Harper, actually
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-year-later-whos-the-man-harper-actually/article1365596/

Crafty Harper succeeding at making us feel good
http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/comment/article/370948--crafty-harper-succeeding-at-making-us-feel-good

Liberals need to find new H1N1 message

Activists call on Canada to toughen rules for mining companies operating abroad

Former PQ leader Parizeau calls for more Quebec sovereignty talk in his new book

Child brides: A vicious cycle

 The good bad & ugly of stimulus programs

 
http://www2.macleans.ca/category/blog-central/canada-blog/capital-read/

INFOS -
MARDI 17 NOVEMBRE 2009
Lire les actualités en Français

Harper en Inde
Une journée marquée par le nucléaire
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2009/11/17/001-inde-harper-mardi.shtml

La commissaire à la vie privée s'inquiète
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2009/11/17/002-commissaire-antiterroristes.shtml

Ignatieff réorganise son cabinet
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2009/11/17/002-ignatieff-garde-rapprochee.shtml

Les conservateurs restent vagues 
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2009/11/16/003-khadr-opposition.shtml

Les effets secondaires du vaccin
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Science-Sante/2009/11/17/005-reactions-vaccin.shtml

Harper prend trois jours pour tenter de relancer les affaires avec l'Inde
http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/273507/harper-prend-trois-jours-pour-tenter-de-relancer-les-affaires-avec-l-inde

Une nouvelle équipe pour relancer Ignatieff
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200911/17/01-922465-une-nouvelle-equipe-pour-relancer-ignatieff.php

 La commissaire à la vie privée préoccupée par deux programmes fédéraux
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200911/17/01-922469-la-commissaire-a-la-vie-privee-preoccupee-par-deux-programmes-federaux.php

 Khadr: Ottawa va ignorer la Cour suprême, dit l'opposition
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200911/16/01-922229-khadr-ottawa-va-ignorer-la-cour-supreme-dit-lopposition.php

Louis Riel: le NPD demande la correction d'une erreur historique
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200911/16/01-922282-louis-riel-le-npd-demande-la-correction-dune-erreur-historique.php

Canada · Des fonctionnaires de l'Agence du revenu sous enquête

17h56 - Médias · La Presse est prête pour sa fermeture

12h25 - Absentéisme dans le réseau de la santé · Les problèmes psychologiques frappent le personnel médical

12h00 - En mars 2009 · 800 000 Canadiens ont eu faim

10h17 - Santé · Mammographies inutiles avant 40 ans?

09h59 - Controverse · Double paye dans l'armée


tThere are those who have concern for the continuing loss of decision making to non-Canadians - there are those to whom this is no concern.  The market should be open.  Capital and management should be in the hands of the successfull with no restrictions .

Cabinet will short6ly make a choice between the views of Industry Canada and the CRTC. as developed below.

Which choice would you make if you were at the table and what would be your arguments to other Ministers?


Quotes:
Policy makers believed that domestic control of telecom was key to maintaining the country's identity and sovereignty.
Accordingly, the new Telecommunications Act attempted to strike a balance between promoting Canadian control and fostering competition. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/globalive---the-minnow-in-the-shark-tank/article1293594/

Industry Canada has approved the company's structure after it made changes recommended by the department. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/23/crtc-globalive-foreign-ownership-hearings.html

Mr. Clement is trying to decide whether to ask the Harper cabinet to overturn the CRTC decision and allow Globalive to launch its cellular service. He's set a deadline of Nov. 18 for submissions on the matter. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/tony-clement-warned-over-globalive/article1365582/


Questions:
Industry Canada considers a company with 65% foreign ownership as meeting Canada's ownership rules.

The CRTC did not.  Had they "it would have been tantamount to the CRTC saying we don't have any foreign ownership rules in Canada." http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/globalive---the-minnow-in-the-shark-tank/article1293594/

"Will the Cabinet follow the rule of law or not? " is the question. Which will take precedence, Canadian ownership of critical institutions or increasing competition through globalization?

Stelco, Inco and Nortel are no longer Canadian owned.  Despite western farmers twice voting four our of five directors into office favouring continuance of the Canadian Wheat Board single desk marketing of the grain, this has not been accepted.

Cabinet overriding the CRTC would effectively circumvent the foreign ownership rule.  It would open wide  wireless communication to foreign ownership. Ought such a change in direction be considered by Cabinet without an Act of Parliament?

Might Cabinet choosing to follow Industry Canada's view rather than that of the CRTC and permitting  Globalive Wireless Management Corp to enter the market add an issue to the election when it comes?


RELATED ARTICLES
Wireless players circle Globalive Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 12:00AM EST
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/wireless-players-circle-globalive/article1364573/

Clement canvasses telecom players Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 12:00AM EST
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/clement-canvasses-telecom-players/article1357474/

Globalive phone battle headed to cabinet Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 08:15PM EDT
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/globalive-phone-battle-headed-to-cabinet/article1344331/

Globalive wireless aims to look Canadian Wednesday, September 23, 2009 | 5:55 PM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/23/crtc-globalive-foreign-ownership-hearings.html

Globalive - The minnow in the shark tank Friday, Sep. 18, 2009 07:35PM EDT
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/globalive---the-minnow-in-the-shark-tank/article1293594/


To: Publisher comments
Subject: Publisher comments

Publisher is Alan Heisey, 38 Avoca Avenue, L.P.H #6, Toronto, ON, Canada, M4T 2B9
Phone 416 923 5381, 705 756 3289, <hize@earthlink.net> Emailed from Naples, FL.

Publisher comments

The publisher reminds readers that he welcomes your assistance in growing this current email list of
some 1,400 conservative-minded people in the city, province and country. Please forward names of activists,
preferably with eda of residence, and email address and all will receive an opening page which
shows how to promptly be removed from this mailing list! Would be pleased to identify you as the introducer
but only if you wish!cz

Publisher comments
Open letter to party interim president: candidate data, please!

This reporter is delighted that the votes by the eleven Nova Scotia constituency
presidents for the party's new national councillor from Nova Scotia were fully reported
on the national party's web site shortly thereafter. I address the details of this
breakthrough from traditional secrecy about elections within the party structure in
detail in the next '"worm" headline:

More important, however, is the desirable precedent for parallel, full information
about other coincident elections for the national council. And this breakthrough in
transparency lead me to recently write an open emailed letter, (after phone notice
that it was being sent,) to our interim national president, Kara Johnson, and to
the national council members, insofar as I know who they are. Even though only
e.d.a. presidents participate in elections for the various provincial candidates for the
constitution and policy committees, I plain would like to know who are the declared
candidates for each of the slots, their c.v.s, and any platforms they may bring
to their runs for office. Hence this email:

kara, may party headquarters keep up the good work! an open letter from alan
heisey to be published in next sunday's edition of ""worm".cz
09 11 10 i confirm my phone message to you on the weekend. i begin by extending my congratulations
on your assisting our party's good works by carrying out the responsibilities of interim
president!

one of the gta watchers of headquarters and the national party web site is doug hawkins. he
told me recently about the big leap forward in terms of the openness of party processes in the
election results for a new councillor for nova scotia. i think the full reporting of the voting preferences
of the presidents participating is such dramatic progress that i will include a separate
item about it in the next issue of '"worm" and about my conversation with a nova scotia eda
president. i even think it should have been page one news on the party's web site!
but as a lay member of the national party who does not watch our web site very often, preoccupied
as it's front page is with the national parliament, i write to ask if it would be possible for
the national party's membership at large to be kept informed of the declared candidates for the
upcoming election of the presidency of the party, and also for parallel advance information, as
well as detailed results for the other national council positions which i assume were filled at the
same time as nova scotia's.

i am particularly interested, as well, in knowing who are declared candidates from ontario for
the four positions yet to be elected, as i understand it, for the policy and constitution committees.
while i amentirely supportive of the methods of election by eda presidents from ontario for
the ontario slots, i think knowing, as they declare, who has declared, would materially assist in
seeing candidates elected who share my - and others' - values and priorities - to whatever extent
they may choose to advise the party laity of their positions on assorted party processes and issues.
i think for example, you are aware of my views that ontario's population alone should justify the
addition of a fifth councillor and counterparts in the national council and the two designated
committees. I also strongly favour the division of the province into five regions of equal population
so that each candidate is responsible to a particular and unique region and the comparative
powerlessness of all being elected at large from across our entire population is overcome.
as a courtesy to other members, and recent members, of the national council, to the extent that
i have their names and email addresses at hand i forward them all a copy of this letter as i email
it to you.

because i think the election of a new, salaried national president for our party should be the subject
of substantial public interest and awareness, even though restricted by our current constitution
to being the chosen decision of only a comparative small number of national councillors,
i also forward copies of this letter to the four toronto dailies and to the cbc.
respectfully submitted, (as always) ! cordially,

The sole response to the email was the following rejoinder from Menno Froese, national
council regional vp west and councillor for British Columbia:

I am very disappointed that you feel necessary to discuss internal Party organization and improvements
with non-members and non-supporters. That does little to encourage more openness
and transparency, my friend!

To which I replied: m, thank you for writing. my view is that our party functions in a public
way for the public purpose. i favour lively public discussion of our party organization and improvements
since i think it builds awareness, confidence and participation. honourable differences
between you and me. cordially, alan heisey

Our party's web site report of Nova Scotia councillor votes

What follows is apparently a direct, if somewhat cryptic, "lift" from the
national party's web site of results of the election by eleven Nova Scotia
e.d.a. presidents for the Nova Scotia councillor position made vacant by
the election of the former councillor to the senate.
"Name Electoral District Richard Clark Cameron MacKeen Hugh Roddis
Bill Morris Dartmouth/Cole Harbour 3 1 2
Sonja Lifford West Nova 2 3 1
Paula Henderson Halifax West 3 2 1
Jeffrey R. Hunt Cumberland Colchester Musquodoboit Valley 3 1 2
Todd Graham Sydney Victoria 3 1 2
Chris Lydon Halifax 2 1 3
Sandra Richards South Shore St. Margaret's 1 3 2
Bud Baker Sackville Eastern Shore 3 1 2
Herman McLellan Kings-Hants 3 2 1
Donald P. MacNeil Cape Breton Canso 2 1 3
Peter Kay Central Nova 3 1 2"
In a littlemore generous use of web space itmight have beenmade clearer
that the first line consists of the name of the eda president who voted, the
name of the electoral district and each president's choices, first, second or
third for the three candidates, Clark, MacKeen and Roddis. Left to your
own devices you will quickly recognize that low vote total wins, namely
Cameron MacKeen!

I checked the Elections Canadawebsites for each of these ridings and found
that they listed a different name as the president (or chief executive officer,
how grand!) for the first, third, sixth, eighth and ninth of the 11 ridings! I
thought this indicated slovenlyness somewhere, either edas not bothering
to update their Elections Canada listings or the minister responsible not
keeping the heat on for accurtate listings by all parties in all districts, or
possibly some other reasons!

Also phoned Peter Kay, last president on the list for a little perspective. He
said the winning candidate visited the other presidents, whereas the others
phoned, also that his understanding was that the voting process and
publicizing came from Ottawa and seemed satisfactory to his fellow presidents.
I am hugely impressed by this detailed, party, electoral reporting, since in
my own case, as a still-would-be member of my own St. Paul's federal
board I like the idea that win or lose I have a right to know the number of
votes I might achieve compared to other of the candidates for the board.
Further, I like, no love ,the idea, that there should be contests for the presidency
in most board selection processes and that the winners and losers
and all involved would know exactly the total votes for each candidate.
Carry this exact concept on to the upcoming election of a new president,
yawn, for the national council. There are said to be several councillors declared
for the top slot and how desirable it is that all party members know
in advance who they are, and then exactly how they and others did in the
comparatively small circle's voting so that plans for future "initiatives"
could be better based on known, public bases.

Of course the presidency of our national party used to be a powerful position
with elections at large across the delegates at national meetings. The
then successful candidate had a substantial standing in party and public affairs
when he or she could resolutely represent the interests of what I jestingly
call "the laity", the amateurs, faced up on those few necessary
occasions against the professionals, the leader, (gasp!) the inner and outer
cabinet circles, the backbenchers but still elected M.P.s, and the awsome,
layered apparatchiks of the PMO!

Year-end events to come, and gone forever, apparently

For whatever reason this year I have not sent my sometimes substantial
annual contribution to the national party's coffers.Withmy local federal association
husbanding (and spending so very little) some $140K in the bank,
I felt no pressure, nor pleasure there, though I did send Sue-Ann Levy's
provincial campaign a coupla hundred. Thus I do not realistically expect to
receive a copy of the national leader's annual calendar, replete with endless
perspectives of hizzoner on theworld, national and local stages. sometimeswith
lieutenants identified, rarely with us spear carriers, in moments
of reflection.

I still hope that some h.q. flak can penetrate the page one mentality of our
partyweb site with endless pictures of the leader as the party and the party
as leader, and me unpersuaded by it all. I make the case, again, for the January,
2010 calendar page to be Joe Lunchbucket and Mrs. in their kitchen,
with the weeks's groceries still bagged and our national first minister just
happening to knock at the backdoor.....

Other year-end event apparently gone forever was the Toronto annual December
Sunday brunch out by the airport with lots of federal and provincial
and municipal mucky mucks and national costumes and hundreds in
attendance. That event, run on for literally a quarter century, coincided
with us winning chunks of local federal and provincial seats, but nowthere
is no federal party structure stringing together the 23 T.O. seats, beside one
younger organizer, holding the fort!

Reflecting on that loss of occasion I pulled back into the subsconcious a
variation of a St. Paul's families' winter luncheon on the Saturday between
Xmas and NewYears under the St. Clair bridge, with charcoal braziers and
each group required to sing one verse of a favorite song - possibly with the
grits and crats on the other side of the same creek, hurtling campaign signs
or jollies at the other guys! No?? Your turn!

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