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Ed007Toronto
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Considering all the things they've gotten away with so far I'd say 99% infallible.
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Darkstar416
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Point taken.
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shumoon
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Until China, India and the USA decide to cut their emissions, anything Canada does or does not do is not going to affect global climate change.
Think globally and act locally. We may not be able to save the world by ourselves, but we must at least do our part. Who knows? We might just set an example the rest of the world can follow.
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bizorky
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There is no excuse to not act on identified greenhouse emissions that are directly related to pollution - anywhere.
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spmarshall
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Another Bush-like move from Harper - banning the publication of coffins of dead soldiers.
Tories keep media away from coffins
Apr. 24, 2006. 08:31 PM
CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — The Conservative government has taken steps to keep the public from seeing images of flag-draped coffins when fallen soldiers are returned home from Afghanistan.
For the first time since the Afghan mission began, the government will shut down an Ontario airfield when the remains of four soldiers killed over the weekend are returned Tuesday.
Government officials said the new directive is permanent.
It echoes a policy attempted by the Bush administration. Concerns that a stream of images of coffins draped in the Stars and Stripes would diminish public support for the Iraq war prompted the White House to impose a publication ban.
With Canadian public opinion evenly divided on the Afghan mission, it appears the federal government may have similar political concerns.
The move comes after Canada suffered its worst one-day combat loss since the Korean war, when four soldiers were killed last weekend in a roadside explosion.
Defence Minister Gordon O’Connor insisted politics had nothing to do with closing the Trenton air base for Tuesday’s return ceremony.
“I have made the most appropriate decision during this most emotional time for the families,†O’Connor said.
“The repatriation of our fallen soldiers back to Canada is a private and solemn event between the families and the Canadian Forces.â€
Senior government officials said the decision to restrict access to CFB Trenton was O’Connor’s.
But other government sources said the edict came directly from Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office, and that defence brass were ordered to keep the media at bay.
A source at the Department of National Defence said that the request for privacy did not come from the military, and flew in the face of longstanding Canadian Forces practice.
Canada’s death toll in Afghanistan has reached 17, and Conservative government officials fear the mounting casualties could present a political problem.
The government took a pounding from the opposition Monday for ending the Liberals’ recent practice of lowering Parliament Hill flags when soldiers are killed.
Liberals called the move “callous.†And they said the decision to restrict viewing of soldiers’ caskets was unprecedented for a Canadian prime minister.
“He has lifted a page from the Bush book and borrowed the Bush modus operandi,†said Liberal defence critic Ujjal Dosanjh.
“Dare I say president Harper is following in the footsteps of President Bush?
“(He wants the tragedy) out of sight, so that possibly it might remain out of mind.â€
MP Robert Thibault, who supports the Afghan mission, said an increasing body count is no reason to stop lowering the Peace Tower flag or shield Canadians from the human cost of the conflict.
But Conservative MP Brian Pallister said the situation in Afghanistan has changed, and so must the government response.
Canadian soldiers are “closer to the action†that at any time in recent years, he said, and the impact of casualties returning home must be taken into account.
“That really is the challenge in this: how do you give credit and honour those who made a sacrifice, on the one hand, without hyping the fear of more casualties in the future in the minds of Canadians?â€
On the weekend, retired major general Lewis MacKenzie predicted ``an adjustment in the political reaction†given the increasingly likelihood of more frequent casualties.
“You don’t have to have the entire symbolic leadership of the forces and the nation for the fatalities coming back,†said MacKenzie, a one-time federal Progressive Conservaive candidate.
“I don’t know how you scale back the media,†he added.
Tories keep media away from coffins
Apr. 24, 2006. 08:31 PM
CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — The Conservative government has taken steps to keep the public from seeing images of flag-draped coffins when fallen soldiers are returned home from Afghanistan.
For the first time since the Afghan mission began, the government will shut down an Ontario airfield when the remains of four soldiers killed over the weekend are returned Tuesday.
Government officials said the new directive is permanent.
It echoes a policy attempted by the Bush administration. Concerns that a stream of images of coffins draped in the Stars and Stripes would diminish public support for the Iraq war prompted the White House to impose a publication ban.
With Canadian public opinion evenly divided on the Afghan mission, it appears the federal government may have similar political concerns.
The move comes after Canada suffered its worst one-day combat loss since the Korean war, when four soldiers were killed last weekend in a roadside explosion.
Defence Minister Gordon O’Connor insisted politics had nothing to do with closing the Trenton air base for Tuesday’s return ceremony.
“I have made the most appropriate decision during this most emotional time for the families,†O’Connor said.
“The repatriation of our fallen soldiers back to Canada is a private and solemn event between the families and the Canadian Forces.â€
Senior government officials said the decision to restrict access to CFB Trenton was O’Connor’s.
But other government sources said the edict came directly from Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office, and that defence brass were ordered to keep the media at bay.
A source at the Department of National Defence said that the request for privacy did not come from the military, and flew in the face of longstanding Canadian Forces practice.
Canada’s death toll in Afghanistan has reached 17, and Conservative government officials fear the mounting casualties could present a political problem.
The government took a pounding from the opposition Monday for ending the Liberals’ recent practice of lowering Parliament Hill flags when soldiers are killed.
Liberals called the move “callous.†And they said the decision to restrict viewing of soldiers’ caskets was unprecedented for a Canadian prime minister.
“He has lifted a page from the Bush book and borrowed the Bush modus operandi,†said Liberal defence critic Ujjal Dosanjh.
“Dare I say president Harper is following in the footsteps of President Bush?
“(He wants the tragedy) out of sight, so that possibly it might remain out of mind.â€
MP Robert Thibault, who supports the Afghan mission, said an increasing body count is no reason to stop lowering the Peace Tower flag or shield Canadians from the human cost of the conflict.
But Conservative MP Brian Pallister said the situation in Afghanistan has changed, and so must the government response.
Canadian soldiers are “closer to the action†that at any time in recent years, he said, and the impact of casualties returning home must be taken into account.
“That really is the challenge in this: how do you give credit and honour those who made a sacrifice, on the one hand, without hyping the fear of more casualties in the future in the minds of Canadians?â€
On the weekend, retired major general Lewis MacKenzie predicted ``an adjustment in the political reaction†given the increasingly likelihood of more frequent casualties.
“You don’t have to have the entire symbolic leadership of the forces and the nation for the fatalities coming back,†said MacKenzie, a one-time federal Progressive Conservaive candidate.
“I don’t know how you scale back the media,†he added.
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babulahori
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"Warmer winters, longer growing cycles, melting icecap opening up northwest passage for development, etc...are benefits of climate change."
Global warming is believed to be due to an extended hot house(inter glacial period),not a permanent one.We are essentially disturbing an equilibrium to one side,and one the system doesnt bounce back,the readjustment would be even stronger than before.This means,when glacial cycle starts(which many think is overdue already),all of those openened up developments will be submerged under glaciers in a very short time.
Infact,the scary thought is,that ontario had glaciers as well,so how much ice and snow will we get when the cold cycle returns and how will Canada and northern U.S. fight it?
Global warming is believed to be due to an extended hot house(inter glacial period),not a permanent one.We are essentially disturbing an equilibrium to one side,and one the system doesnt bounce back,the readjustment would be even stronger than before.This means,when glacial cycle starts(which many think is overdue already),all of those openened up developments will be submerged under glaciers in a very short time.
Infact,the scary thought is,that ontario had glaciers as well,so how much ice and snow will we get when the cold cycle returns and how will Canada and northern U.S. fight it?
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Abeja de Almirante
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We will adapt or perish, same as any other change in circumstances humanity has faced in the past.Infact,the scary thought is,that ontario had glaciers as well,so how much ice and snow will we get when the cold cycle returns and how will Canada and northern U.S. fight it?
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andreapalladio
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I'm going to hold tight until Dennis Quaid comes to save me. Mmm...Dennis Quaid.