Saturday, 30 September 2017

CANADIAN DAILY DIGEST September 30, 2017.

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PCs Hold Clear Lead in Every Region but Toronto, where they�re tied

Far-right, anti-fascist protesters temporarily shut Quebec border crossing
Phoenix pay system backlog increased by 20,000 cases this month
Change may be at hand, or not, as NDP awaits first-ballot leadership results
NDP president predicts multiple ballots in leadership showdown

Half of Ontarians want weed regulated like booze: Poll
        BC NDP to argue Trans Mountain pipeline expansion not in national interest
Netflix deal will lead to more Canadian content, heritage minister says
        A much-needed cultural revolution that isn�t revolutionary at all
Ottawa�s Netflix deal angers culture-conscious Quebec
        Liberals� feel-good cultural policy review ignores newspaper struggles
Trudeau Liberals set their advertising sights abroad
        Donald Trump�s Bombardier bullying demands more muscle from Justin Trudeau
Obama stubbornly clings to optimism in Toronto speech
        Can fairy tale hopes for Alberta�s political centre come true?

Should Canada have been more discreet about subsidizing Bombardier?
        National Defence blames �fiscal restraints� for cutting third navy resupply ship
Singh has a 62 per cent chance of winning NDP leadership: Mainstreet
        Canada�s army looks to recruit reservists in face of dwindling numbers
M�lanie Joly�s Netflix deal fails to address the real issues for Canadian content creators
        A bold vision for Status of Women
U.S. Demands Risk Scuttling Nafta Talks
        4 tweaks Ottawa could make to settle nerves around proposed tax changes
Canada�s economy pauses in July, no growth from June, StatCan says
        Senators bristle over Trudeau�s meddling on expense disclosure

UCP candidates promise more private health care at second debate
        Oops: Jason Kenney lets UCP membership lapse, gets waiver to run for leader
Officials cite threats and fears in documents on refugee influx
        Morneau expecting more blowback once tax changes tabled

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Obama says U.S relationship with Canada �not radically changed� under Trump - Meagan Fitzpatrick, CBC News
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From: Larry Kazdan
To: letters@edmontonjournal.com Cc: jgraney@postmedia.com, egraney@postmedia.com
Subject: Re: NDP must halt 'job killing' minimum wage increase: UCP, Juris Graney, Emma Graney, September 29, 2017

http://edmontonjournal.com/business/local-business/ndp-must-halt-job-killing-minimum-wage-increase-ucp

The focus on a potential cost of a minimum wage hike (i.e. jobs not created over a period of years) unfortunately draws attention from the overall benefits: happier and more productive employees, reduced turnover and associated training costs, and a general reduction in income and gender inequality that will result in a healthier and more stable society.

Even if there should be dis-employment effects that harm a small cohort, remedial programs could be implemented. The provincial and federal governments should offer a youth job guarantee where all applicants will be paid and trained for work in energy conservation, youth recreation, and community services such as helping the aged.

Those who protest minimum wage hikes on the grounds that the most vulnerable will suffer continue a grand tradition of resisting progressive measures. As the late Canadian economist John Kenneth Galbraith opined, "��The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."

Footnotes:

1. Minimum wages 101

http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=1010

OECD (2006) finds that:

The level of the minimum wage has no significant direct impact on unemployment

2. The truth about the minimum wage

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/the-truth-about-the-minimum-wage

The research on minimum wage increases in the United States over the past two decades is clear:

[Moderate] increases in the minimum wage raise the hourly wage and earnings of workers in the lower part of the wage distribution and have very modest or no effects on employment, hours, and other labor market outcomes.

3. Seattle workers better off after significant minimum wage rise

http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=34153

low-wage workers� employment, hours and wages all rose substantially. Neighboring areas that had similar trends in these variables before the increase and that, by the way, were also bound by the highest state minimum wage in the country when the increase took effect saw even larger employment and hours gains.

4. John Kenneth Galbraith quote

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_kenneth_galbraith.html#EDL2V5OBe6ZtEEph.99

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CANADIAN DAILY DIGEST September 29, 2017.

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Bill Morneau�s town hall meeting on small business tax changes turns heated

Tory MP Candice Bergen: China denied my travel visa, Liberals were no help
Critics assail M�lanie Joly over lack of specifics in Netflix announcement
Hill security officers� labour dispute escalates, as union alleges �intimidation,� �threats� by management
Scheer: Liberals showing �intolerance� for female MP by boycotting committee vote

Ismael Habib sentenced to 9 years for attempting to leave Canada to join ISIS
        Trudeau names Isabelle Hudon new ambassador to Paris
U.S. Demands Risk Scuttling Nafta Talks
        Trudeau Liberals set their advertising sights abroad
Donald Trump�s Bombardier bullying demands more muscle from Justin Trudeau
        Accusations Morneau breached conflict-of-interest screen raise tension over tax reforms
Morneau might be a one-term political wonder
        It�s Jagmeet versus Justin, in a dream match for lefties
Morneau�s discomfort over proposed tax changes an unnecessary spectacle
        M�lanie Joly�s Netflix deal fails to address the real issues for Canadian content creators

Ottawa spent $110K in legal fees fighting First Nations girl over $6K dental procedure
        4 tweaks Ottawa could make to settle nerves around proposed tax changes
Is Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown truly in �a war� with his own party?
        Tom Mulcair says his legacy is to leave next NDP leader a truly national party
Canada�s economy pauses in July, no growth from June, StatCan says
        RCMP found guilty of one Labour Code violation, not guilty on two others
Canadian Space Agency and its partners developing plans for lunar space station

Trudeau still seen as best PM, but Conservatives �best to form government�
Government�s access to info bill a step backwards, not forward: watchdog

�We are living through an all-out assault on truth and reason,� Hillary Clinton warns adoring Toronto crowd

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        Federal government�s Netflix deal lacks details on future TV productions in Canada - Daniel Leblanc,
Mulcair looks back on his own successes as New Democrats choose his successor - Gloria Galloway, The Globe and Mail
        Canada taken aback by Trump trade team�s demands on Buy American in NAFTA talks - Robert Fife, The Globe and Mail
Province tries to allay business fears over minimum wage hike - Robert Benzie, Toronto Star
        Bill Morneau shows a flash of temper in the small-business tax battle - John Geddes, Macleans
Hitches, headaches of changing B.C.�s election format - Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun
        Equifax to offer free locking of credit files for life � unless you�re Canadian- Pete Evans, CBC News
BlackBerry reports record software and services revenue amid quarterly profit- The Canadian Press, Toronto Star
        These days Saudi Arabia is considering the unthinkable � quitting OPEC- Financial Post

Stelco eyes return to auto market, even as downturn begins- Greg Keenan, The Globe and Mail
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From: "John Feldsted" <jfeldsted@shaw.ca>
Subject: Dirty little secrets

Many Canadians are still angry with Trudeau over the $10.5 million Khadr settlement - but there appears to be much more. This story, in the Toronto Star, came out last February:

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/02/17/ottawa-to-settle-lawsuit-with-three-muslim-canadians-jailed-tortured-in-syria.html

Then in March, the CBC broke the story that an apology had been made along with a settlement for an undisclosed amount:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/abdullah-almalki-apology-ottawa-morning-1.4032265

Almalki was arrested at the Damascus airport in May 2002. El Maati was arrested at the Damascus airport in November 2001. Nureddin was stopped by Syrian officials as he crossed into Syria from visiting family in northern Iraq in December 2003. These arrests were during Liberal rule (Jean Chretien was Prime Minister).

Why are taxpayers, who must foot the bill, not informed of the settlement amount. The three had asked for $100 million in compensation or nearly 10 times the Khadr settlement.

Our MPs need to be asking some pointed questions.

John Feldsted
Political Consultant & Strategist
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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From: Robert Ede
Subject: Fwd: New FinCan - Monthly FISCAL Monitor

Still no Table 6

The following Fiscal Monitor has just been posted on the Finance Canada Site.
The Fiscal Monitor - July 2017
http://www.fin.gc.ca/fiscmon-revfin/2017-07-eng.asp
La revue financière - juillet 2017
http://www.fin.gc.ca/fiscmon-revfin/2017-07-fra.asp

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Thursday, 28 September 2017

CANADIAN DAILY DIGEST September 28, 2017.

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Morneau expecting more blowback once tax changes tabled

Justin Trudeau�s Liberals would beat Conservatives, NDP in election: Ipsos poll
Singh leading NDP race overall � including in Quebec: Mainstreet poll
Government�s access to info bill a step backwards, not forward: watchdog
Trudeau still seen as best PM, but Conservatives �best to form government�

Jagmeet Singh wants to decriminalize drugs, stop racial profiling, and to fight Justin Trudeau
        P.E.I.�s Liberal premier calls on Ottawa to delay implementing tax changes
Pot legalization plan on agenda for Trudeau�s meeting with premiers next week
        Morneau might be a one-term political wonder
Morneau�s discomfort over proposed tax changes an unnecessary spectacle
        M�lanie Joly�s Netflix deal fails to address the real issues for Canadian content creators
Time to bust the myth. Canada does not have to be in aerospace

Alberta leadership candidate Brian Jean apologizes for using slur in Quebec rant
        Former cabinet minister Judy Foote bids farewell to House of Commons
Stop the presses? Newspapers snubbed in Liberal government�s cultural policy
        Kinder Morgan�s numbers in doubt after company blog
Canada kicked tires on used Kuwaiti jets, now looking down under: Sajjan
        David Johnston feted as the people�s Governor General at farewell ceremony
When �taxes� ceased to be a dirty word in politics

New cultural road map could change landscape, but where it leads still unclear
Alberta NDP says it will bring in law to prevent Kenney from outing gay kids
Feds asks court to quash tribunal review of police raid after Hill attack

No bailout for ailing media outlets, Ottawa says
National pharmacare program would save $4.2 billion annually, budget officer finds
Judge rejects expert witness in gas plants trial of former McGuity advisers

Manitoba premier, Winnipeg mayor want �cooler heads� in Boeing-Bombardier spat
Canada set to remove drunk canoeing as an impaired driving offence

Jagmeet Singh Tells Niki Ashton He Doesn�t Have The �Luxury� To Lack Confidence
Morneau tries to reassure farmers over Liberals� controversial tax proposals
Premiers want federal tax proposals on agenda at first ministers� meeting
New citizenship oath to include reference to treaties with Indigenous Peoples
Border agency reports big drop in number of long-term detainees

Don Cherry calls media coverage of kneeling protests hypocritical

Jean Chretien says Canada is better shape to renegotiate NAFTA now
Liberals blame Harper for their failing grade on Access to Info disclosure
B.C. NDP partisan hiring spree �sickening�: Greens
New U.S. ambassador is a �listener� looking for a NAFTA �win-win-win�
Thwarted emergency debate on tax reforms not the end of the discussion
NDP raffle off chance to live like Premier Brian Pallister in Costa Rica

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Canadians might have accepted tax reforms if Liberals hadn�t ignited a class war - Kelly McParland, National Post
        Government�s access to info bill a step backwards, not forward: watchdog - Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press, CTV News
Morneau to testify at committee about Liberals� controversial tax proposals - The Canadian Press, CTV News
        Reaction to citizenship oath referencing treaties with Indigenous Peoples mainly positive - Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press, CBC News
Stop whining, America: NAFTA favours your wine - Meagan Campbell, Macleans
        Judge rejects expert witness as too biased in gas plants trial - Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star
Ontario is complicit in precarious employment - Martin Regg Cohn, Toronto Star
        NAFTA talks wrap in Ottawa but contentious issues still lie ahead - Tonda MacCharles & Bruce Campion-Smith, Toronto Star
Senator Beyak is the Liberals� bogeyman - Lorrie Goldstein, Toronto Sun
        Ottawa to unveil $500-million Netflix deal as part of cultural policy overhaul - Daniel Leblanc, The Globe and Mail

Freeland calls Bombardier ruling �a clear case of protectionism� - Staff, CTV News
        Morneau�s discomfort over proposed tax changes an unnecessary spectacle - Chantal H�bert, Toronto Star
A voice of dissent on Alberta�s minimum wage frenzy - Colby Cosh, National Post
        Tax changes will target �dead money� and boost investment, Morneau says - Bill Curry, The Globe and Mail
Teens to Trudeau: No, pot isn�t easier to get than alcohol - John Geddes, Macleans
        Trudeau �disappointed� in U.S. decision to slap 220 per cent duty on Canada�s Bombardier jets- Alex Ballingall, Toronto Star
Liberals fail to embrace diversity of opinion - Editorial, Toronto Sun
        WestJet enters discount carrier battle with new offshoot Swoop- Greg Keenan, The Globe and Mail

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        Iran may drop nuclear deal if U.S. withdraws: Foreign Minister
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Wednesday, 27 September 2017

CANADIAN DAILY DIGEST September 27, 2017.

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Why are Trudeau�s MPs giving him grief over tax reform? It�s because of Dr. Bob

Liberal tax reforms to be debated in Senate committee, which senators say is not made up of �nitwits�
Status of women committee in limbo during Tory-Liberal faceoff over chair
Conservatives want emergency debate on Liberals� proposed tax changes
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Canadian governments have been supporting those who came to power in Ukraine in February 2014

Canada's two language groups both have internal cultural protections and seek to maintain them.

Minorities in Ukraine have just had theirs removed -

OUGHT CANADA SPEAK AGAINST THIS
or give those doing it what they wish from us.

For your consideration:

Canada: Maintain cultural protections

Chrystia Freeland is to be commended for stressing the importance of maintaining Canada's cultural protections at a NAFTA dinner.(1)

As Foreign Minister this belief ought to determine her responses to Ukraine's government requests for access to Canada's satellite images (2), weapons (3) and Canadians acting on a peace keeping mission (4) while training troops for Ukraine. (5)

This action by President Petro Poroshenko, 180 degrees against Canadian cultural patterns, was signed late Monday after returning from a visit to Canada. (6)

While here he requested access to Canadian satellite images be added to our considering providing weapons to Ukraine and our training its troops being extended to 2019.

Prime Minister Trudeau would be wise to continue not committing Canada to a role in Porschenko's UN Peacekeeping suggestion. (7)

He and his Foreign Minister would be consistent with her expressed concern for Canadian culture in the NAFTA context by joining Hungary, Poland, Romania and Russia (8) in expressing dissatisfaction to the Ukrainian President over his treatment of minorities.

(1) Chrystia Freeland to stress importance of cultural protections at NAFTA dinner
http://www.cbc.ca/news/freeland-nafta-dinner-focus-on-culture-arts-1.4306539

(2) Ukraine asks Canada for access to satellite images to monitor Russian, rebel troop movements

Ukrainian president says he believes Justin Trudeau is open to sending peacekeepers to his country

     http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ukraine-canada-satellite-access-1.4306406

(3) Trudeau says government will add Ukraine to list of countries Canada exports weapons to
     https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/09/22/trudeau-says-government-will-add-ukraine-to-weapons-export-list.html

(4) The hitch in Ukraine's peacekeeping bid: Where and how to keep the peace
     http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/peacekeeping-ukraine-canada-russia-1.4306593

(5) Operation UNIFIER
     http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/operations-abroad/op-unifier.page

(6) Ukrainian President Signs Controversial Language Bill Into Law
     https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-poroshenko-signs-controversial-language-bill-into-law/28757195.html
     Ukraine's president signs controversial education law - AP News
     https://apnews.com/8de699d3efde4297a1db9bec5ef124e5

(7) The hitch in Ukraine's peacekeeping bid: Where and how to keep the peace
     http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/peacekeeping-ukraine-canada-russia-1.4306593

(8) Ukrainian Language Bill Facing Barrage Of Criticism From Minorities, Foreign Capitals
     https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-language-legislation-minority-languages-russia-hungary-romania/28753925.html-