CANADIAN DAILY DIGEST February 15, 2017

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Conservative senators accused of stalling transgender rights bill
        Trudeau must act now to protect Canada from Trump�s domestic agenda: group
Billionaire firm�s updated lobbying records corroborate Rona Ambrose�s story

Government throws �strong and clear� support for anti-Islamophobia motion ahead of tonight�s debate
        Mary Ng, PMO�s director of appointments, hopes to run for McCallum�s vacant seat
Crown seeking two-year prison term for ex-Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum
        Trump blames �fake media� for treating Flynn �very unfairly�

Liberal MP keen to allay �fear and anxiety� on anti-Islamophobia motion but will not change it in face of �hatred�
        EU parliament votes in favour of trade deal with Canada
Bernier�s broad donor base still tops the Conservative leadership field
        The perils of political hypocrisy
Tories playing a high-risk leadership game � again
        It only costs $15 to thwart Kellie Leitch and Kevin O�Leary�s prime ministerial aspirations
The centre cannot hold: Canada faces a populist eruption
        Journos� lexicon needs paradigm shift or brand equity in peril
In rush to appease Trump, Trudeau is abandoning his values
        How journalism will protect our democracy in the era of fake news

Reading between the lines of the Trudeau-Trump encounter
        Don�t fear Trudeau�s proportional representation bogeymen

Aunt of drowned Syrian child Alan Kurdi to release memoir �The Boy on the Beach�
        Poll suggests Canadians more optimistic about the economy
NDP leadership candidates waiting for Conservative leadership furor to die down before entering race
        Premier Kathleen Wynne launches charm offensive with U.S. governors
Ottawa seeking to sell Coast Guard ship for $250,000, despite spending millions repairing it in 2009
        Across Canada, hundreds of criminal case suspensions sought for unreasonable delay
Trudeau offered a brilliant defence of Canada in Washington
        First date goes well for Canada
Trump was civil, Trudeau masterful. Is it all a dream?
        At Issue: First Trudeau-Trump meeting

Trudeau�s three-step plan to stay under Trump�s radar
        Smoot-Hawley�s Misguided Folly
Forced to resign as RCAF honorary colonel for criticizing Super Hornets, former Tory MP says
        Ottawa approves BCE-MTS tie-up; deal to benefit Xplornet
Terrorism, organized crime prompt millions more for border
        O�Leary, Chong, Bernier, Raitt most appealing Conservative leadership candidates to Canadians: Nanos survey
Conservatives divided on anti-Islamaphobia motion
        Vicious abuse and personal attacks on the rise say politicians
Ches Crosbie, son of John Crosbie, making run for Newfoundland Tory leadership
        B.C. Liberal government promises financial relief in throne speech

Questsions swirl about the effects of the Trudeau-Trump joint declaration
        Goodale to address border �tensions� with U.S. homeland secretary
Justin Trudeau, Donald Trump Meeting Success Came From Months Of Talks, Bonding

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Trudeau heads to Europe as trade deal finally passed - The Globe and Mail
        �We want to fix this�: Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett on Sixties Scoop ruling - CBC News
Wynne pours cash on Ontario teachers - Editorial, Toronto Sun
        Government to write off $178 million in unpaid federal student loans - The Canadian Press, Toronto Star
Michael Chong bets on carbon-pricing plan to separate him from the Conservative leadership pack - Marie-Danielle Smith, National Post
        Elementary teachers� deal gives raise, caps full-day kindergarten - The Canadian Press, Ottawa Sun
Troops prepare to leave for Ukraine amid uncertainty over mission�s future - Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press, CBC News
        In pre-election Throne Speech, B.C. says it�s payback time for taxpayers - Justine Hunter, The Globe & Mail
Ottawa hopeful United States will abandon proposed border tax - Robert Fife, The Globe and Mail
        Ontario to cap kindergarten classes, give teachers raise in tentative deal - Kristin Rushowy, Toronto Star

RRSP contributions by Canadians in prime years slipped from 2000 to 2013- The Canadian Press, Toronto Star
        After encouraging Trump meeting, firms now eyeing Canada-EU trade outcome- CTV News
Re-nude: Playboy turns page on 1-year experiment- The Associated Press, CBC News
        Less work, lagging pay: What lurks beneath Canada�s strong jobs numbers- Michael Babad, The Globe and Mail
Toshiba, the company worth more than Apple in 2004, could soon be effectively worthless: Gadfly- David Fickling, Bloomberg News, Financial Post

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Une agression mortelle diffus�e en direct sur FacebookPlus
        Trump se d�marque sur la solution � deux �tatsPlus
Le CETA approuv� par le parlement europ�enPlus
        Montr�al d�tr�ne Paris au palmar�s des villes �tudiantesPlus
Donald Trump somm� de s'expliquer sur la RussiePlus
        Le d�bat sur la la�cit� s'enflamme � nouveauPlus
Ces personnalit�s qui ont �t� empoisonn�esPlus
        Michael Applebaum: �Je le vois pleurer � la maison�, dit son filsPlus
Le Journal envoie 2 plaintes � Radio-CanadaPlus
        Arrestation apr�s le meurtre du demi-fr�re de Kim Jong-UnPlus

Voici 5 sujets � suivre aujourd'huiPlus
        Entre 10 et 20 centim�tres attendus sur le sud-ouest du Qu�becPlus
Pyongyang rejette la condamnation de l'ONUPlus
        Pr�sidentielle fran�aise: le Kremlin accus� d'ing�rencePlus
Affrontement Barrette-Francoeur: querelle de m�decinsPlus
        Barrage d'Oroville: l'ordre d'�vacuation lev�Plus
Donald Trump dans la tourmentePlus
        Martine Ouellet accus�e de d�tourner les fonds de l'Assembl�e nationalePlus
Musulmans refoul�s � la fronti�re: Goodale n'a pas abord� la questionPlus
        Les juristes de l'�tat refusent la nouvelle offre de Qu�becPlus
Denis Coderre appuie Manon Mass�Plus

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The timeline of Michael Flynn�s resignation is troubling for the Trump White House - Aaron Blake, Washington Post
        Is the Left Playing with Fire Again? - Pat Buchanan, The American Conservative
Clinton: Flynn a victim of �fake news� - Pete Kasperowicz, Washington Examiner
        Schumer tries to keep the peace as Sanders speaks out - Alexander Bolton, The Hill
The Embarrassment of President Trump - Jeffrey Frank, The New Yorker
        A Short Hop From U.S., Some Canadians Opt to Just Stay Put - Catherine Porter, New York Times
US blacklists Venezuela�s vice president for drug trafficking- France 24
        Hitler lookalike arrested in Austria- AFP, The Times Of India
Imelda Marcos loses legal fight to reclaim confiscated jewellery- Oliver Holmes, The Guardian
        Brexit: Environmental standards could be eroded warn peers- BBC News
Turkey: Hundreds detained over alleged links to PKK- Al Jazeera

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Yahoo issues new warning of potential email account breach
        Anti-Assad states to meet on Syria amid concerns over US policy
Turkish minister defends Syria 'safe zones' idea
        Pipeline exec compares Dakota protesters to terrorists
Lawyers in CIA torture case argue over secret documents
        Trump promises Israel that Iran will never get bomb
Trump rails at intelligence leaks as Russia crisis deepens
        Washington will no longer insist that any peace deal lead to a recognized Palestinian state: US official
Canada frees Air India bomber
        France's support for two-state solution 'stronger than ever'

NATO allies must pay more or US will 'moderate its commitment': Mattis
        Syria talks won't work without Kurds present: PYD
US, Russian military leaders to meet in Azerbaijan: statement
        Pope appears to back native tribes in Dakota Pipeline conflict
'Everything must be done' to preserve Mideast two-state solution: UN chief
        Anti-Islam Wilders frontrunner as Dutch election campaign begins
Trump assails US intelligence agencies amid questions over Russia
        NATO chief concerned if Russia missile reports prove true
EU Parliament approves contested Canada trade deal
        Russia tells White House it will not return Crimea to Ukraine

China warns U.S. against fresh naval patrols in South China Sea
        Kremlin dismisses report of Trump campaign contacts with Russian spies
Palestinians caution Trump against abandoning two-state concept
        British EU residents concerned about Brexit's impact: survey
In race to clean energy, emerging nations seize bigger role: World Bank

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CANADIAN DAILY DIGEST February 12, 2017.

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Pre-clearance bill would give U.S. border agents in Canada new powers

B.C. MP Peter Julian to announce NDP leadership candidacy        NDP’s Guy Caron gives up shadow cabinet role to consider leadership bidTable set for cordial talks between Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump        From polls to protests: the search for a Trump-like political movement in Canada

Conservatives offer support to Trudeau ahead of meeting with Trump        Canadians protest Liberals’ broken electoral reform promise across the countryIn Toronto, Liberals and Progressive Conservatives Tied        Passion can trump technology at the ballot boxTory hopefuls must avoid re-fighting the last election        The shattering glass house of Rona Ambrose, hypocriticizerTrump has wakened the sleeping giant of law        Donald Trump’s digital dilemma; SearsHow Christy Clark’s hacking smear backfired        Four Keys to a Successful Housing Strategy

U.S. needs to be ‘much more vigilant’ to stem flow of asylum seekers        Deepak Obhrai, Tory Party Elder, Seeks Leadership And A Little RespectNotley criticizes conservative leaders during NDP Provincial Council meeting        Military chaplain adds adviser for Indigenous soldiersConcern expressed about release of man who killed Greyhound bus passenger        Criminal courts scramble to meet Supreme Court’s new trial timelinesCollective resistance is only way to contain the Trump threat        Power Play: PM’s electoral reform ‘fear mongering’Alberta PC party careening down the tracks to leadership vote        PM Trudeau should ignore ‘dangers,’ focus on opportunity with Trump: former ambassadorDramatic increase in people having Canadian citizenship revoked since Trudeau elected        Liberals looking to eliminate many mandatory minimum sentences, justice minister says‘I’m confident,’ says Jason Kenney as PC party looks at complaint        NDP ministers scale back from international travel spending of Tories

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        Protesters denounce Trudeau’s broken promise on electoral reform - Jesse Winter, Toronto Star
Canadians are proud of our unique identity - Kellie Leitch, Ottawa Sun
        Welcome to British Columbia, where you ‘pay to play’ - Nancy Macdonald, Macleans
Rona Ambrose takes to social media to question release of man who beheaded bus passenger - CBC News
        Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains ‘definitely’ on same page as finance department - CBC News
The politics of fixing ­ and keeping ­ power : Cohn - Martin Regg Cohn, Toronto Star
        Alberta’s urban-rural divide surveyed by electoral boundaries commission - Stuart Thomson, Edmonton Journal
Bombardier sees injunction against Metrolinx’s efforts to end light rail contract- CTV News
        After largest tech merger in history, Dell comes full circle- Shane Dingman, The Globe and Mail
Ex-SNC Lavalin execs acquitted of bribery charges after wiretap evidence nixed- The Canadian Press, CBC News
        Adam Levine, Sammy Hagar join forces in new tequila-based drink- Mike Snider - USA Today, Toronto Star

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Yolande James fait le saut en politique fédéralePlus        Mexique: des milliers de personnes manifestent contre TrumpPlusQuébec solidaire annonce l'investiture dans Gouin le 26 marsPlus        Une adolescente de Sherbrooke manque à l'appelPlusLe ministre de la Défense visite la mosquée de QuébecPlus        Chefferie du NPD: la présence de Guy Caron se précisePlusL'Allemagne se dote d'un président «anti-Trump»Plus        Jusqu'à 25 cm de neige par endroits au QuébecPlusEncore un accident mortel sur l'autoroute 50Plus        70 000 évacués à cause d'une bombe de la 2e Guerre mondiale PlusMissile nord-coréen: Trump assure Tokyo de son soutien Plus        Libération de Vince Li: Rona Ambrose émet un doutePlusALÉNA: Raymond Bachand représentera les intérêts du QuébecPlus        La Corée du Nord a tiré un missile balistiquePlusLisée à la conquête des communautés culturellesPlus        Une plaque de glace détachée d'un camion explose son pare-brisePlusUne manifestation pour défendre la réforme électorale

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        Trump: I won’t allow immigration to be turned against us - Mark Hensch, The Hill
Federal Election Commission calls on Trump to share evidence of voter fraud - Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner
        The Republicans Are Off to a Pitiful Start - Brian Beutler, The New Republic
Why Democrats can’t just obstruct their way back into power - Aaron Blake, Washington Post
        13 dead, thousands caught in flooding in central Indonesia- The Associated Press, The Times Of India
India’s PM Modi faces biggest electoral test since gaining power- BBC News
        A family affair: Nepotism in French politics goes beyond ‘Penelopegate’- Ségolène Allemandou, France 24
Thessaloniki starts evacuating 70,000 over WWII bomb- Al Jazeera
        China expels South Korean missionaries amid missile defence tensions- Reuters, The Guardian

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Israel endorses bill to mute mosques: justice ministry        Protests mark cathedral's return to Russian Orthodox controlTrump administration officials may be deposed over immigration order        Swiss streamline citizenship for third-generation immigrantsPakistan retaliates after US denies politician visa        Success of EU exit bill sends strong message to upper house: UK ministerDutch populist Wilders warns of backlash if he is frozen out        Journalism key to fighting human rights violations: Canada envoy Greece, lenders risk euro zone instability if review talks drag on: EU's Dombrovskis

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From: "John Feldsted" <jfeldsted@shaw.ca>
Subject: Crocodile tears and other Liberal eyewash2017 is going to be a wild ride. We live in interesting times and maintaining an equilibrium during media inspired crisis, protests and wild rumours will require fortitude and resilience. Our federal government is adrift with nothing but vague statements and a lot of travel to show for its efforts.

Trudeau is so tone deaf that he thought he could replace a first past the post system that has served us through 23 Prime Ministers presiding over 42 different parliaments during a span of 150 years without upsetting many people. Tinkering with our electoral system is not a priority for Canadians.

Our government has promised legislation to legalize marijuana this spring. Not everyone is aboard with the legalization of street drugs, safe injection sites and equipping paramedics and police with anti-overdose kits. Apparently, asking people to refrain from ingesting potentially lethal street drugs is not adequate to protect them from themselves. There is a point when someone is determined to self-destruct that we must cease interference and prepare for a funeral. 

Trudeau has a promised carbon tax on the table. The US has withdrawn from the global warming nonsense and our government is a lonesome proponent of this new tax. Australia tried it and has put carbon tax on the scrap heap as a failed experiment. The hit on cost of living was too high, but our tone-deaf PM does not seem to care about people who earn less than the $45,000 taxable income at the bottom of his ‘middle class’.

Trudeau is going to be looking at increased defence spending for our participation in NATO. We have been derelict for decades, failing to put up our fair share of costs for the alliance. We need to step up to the plate as NATO is the only organization left trying to maintain world peace and good order.

Trudeau thinks the sun rises and sets on the UN, but it is a dismal failure. Instead of preventing wars and genocide, the UN is pleading with civilized nations to give aid to the refugee crisis it was created to prevent. The US has put the UN on notice that numerous anti-American and anti-western efforts by UN members will no longer be tolerated. The UN has about 192 members of which 79 (41%) are democracies who pay the costs of UN operations while dictators and tyrants run the place. That is not acceptable.
In Trudeau’s world, everyone with a taxable income (after personal exemptions, age exemptions, allowances for dependants, union and professional dues, etc.) between $45,000 and $210,000 is ‘middle class’. His 3% surcharge on the rich kicks at a breathtaking $230,000 taxable income. 

We want an economy that supports jobs that pay decent wages, a lower tax burden, smaller and less intrusive government. We want our elected representatives to deal with us as the adults we are. We do not need them to make choices for us or ‘for the public good’. They are not in Ottawa to rule us or to mandate what is socially acceptable and personally responsible. We want our children and grandchildren to mature into responsible adults, able to make wise choices and live comfortably in a safe and secure nation.

The political class holds up one flawed person after another as a ‘leader’ who will take us to the promised land when what we need is a competent administrator, able to provide us with needed services efficiently and effectively. The political class and elites who surround them are not on the same page as the people paying taxes and that must change. We can do without them, but the reverse is not true.


John Feldsted
Political Consultant & Strategist
Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Canadians protest Liberals� broken electoral reform promise across the country

Concern expressed about release of man who killed Greyhound bus passenger
        Criminal courts scramble to meet Supreme Court�s new trial timelines
PM Trudeau should ignore �dangers,� focus on opportunity with Trump: former ambassador
        Dramatic increase in people having Canadian citizenship revoked since Trudeau elected

Possible NDP leader candidates could energize the party
        Justin Trudeau unlikely to raise differences with Trump on Monday
Leitch rebuffs Trudeau�s shot by calling prime minister �fringe�
        Enter the dragon � How Kevin O�Leary wants to change Canada
Ambassador Sarah Palin? No, thanks.

        

Finding order in the Trump chaos will be job one for Trudeau: H�bert
Trudeau gets ready to walk a Trump tightrope

        

Collective resistance is only way to contain the Trump threat
Justin Trudeau, here�s how you deal with Donald Trump

        

Power Play: PM�s electoral reform �fear mongering�
Alberta PC party careening down the tracks to leadership vote

        

Here�s how Trudeau could say sorry for breaking his electoral reform promise

Liberals looking to eliminate many mandatory minimum sentences, justice minister says
        MPP Jagmeet Singh makes a splash in GQ
�I�m confident,� says Jason Kenney as PC party looks at complaint
        Amid Leitch furor, Trudeau defends �turning back� on electoral reform promise
NDP ministers scale back from international travel spending of Tories
        Selling SaskTel potential landmine for Brad Wall government: prof
Ontario cabinet ministers urged to trumpet trade with US in Trump era
        Alberta Premier Notley heading to Washington at month�s end to talk trade
Ex-Quebec minister will run to replace Stephane Dion in Montreal riding: source
        Michelle Rempel demands more from politics�on the left and right

Ambrose backs united provincial right; PC member files complaint against Kenney
        Ottawa took years to warn Ontario First Nations about fraud
Justin Trudeau says electoral reform is �not in the best interest of the country�
        Former Supreme Court Justice John Major to chair Liberals� firearms advisory committee

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Are Canada�s politicians starting to change their tone on immigration?

Finding order in the Trump chaos will be job one for Trudeau - Chantal H�bert, Toronto Star
        MPP Jagmeet Singh makes a splash in GQ - Robert Benzie, Toronto Star
The big issues that could be on the Trump � Trudeau agenda - Aaron Hutchins, Macleans
        Trudeau�s �canoes and paddles� remark called borderline racist by First Nations MP - John Paul Tasker, CBC News
Independent B.C. politician says premier�s hacking claims are laughable - The Canadian Press, CTV News
        Phoenix implementation a �big steaming pile� left for us, Trudeau says - Matthew Kupfer, CBC News
Electricity prices spur renewed push to have Hydro One $100,000-plus salaries on the �sunshine list� - Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star
        What tone should Trudeau adopt when he meets Trump? - CTV News
Trudeau plans to connect with Trump on jobs but steer clear of immigration ban - Robert Fife, The Globe and Mail
        Air Canada unveils new looks for staff and fleet- CTV News
Canada�s surprise job surge signals economy turning corner after two hard years- Leah Schnurr, Reuters, Financial Post

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        Motel transform� en serre de cannabis: comparution complexePlus
La fin de la reconstruction du man�ge militaire pr�vue en 2018Plus
        Accident mortel: le chauffeur d'un camion d�fectueux accus�Plus
Premi�re vague d'op�rations anti-clandestins aux �tats-UnisPlus
        Une manifestation pour d�fendre la r�forme �lectoralePlus
Ottawa investit 404 millions $ pour des v�hicules militairesPlus
        La premi�re ministre polonaise hospitalis�ePlus
Nouvelle-Z�lande: nouvel �chouage de baleinesPlus
        Un entra�neur de soccer de nouveau arr�t�Plus

R�compense offerte pour retrouver l'ex-pr�sident ToledoPlus
        Trump envisage un nouveau d�cret anti-immigration Plus
Will Baker (Vince Li) obtient une lib�ration inconditionnellePlus
        Douanes: Trudeau doit d�fendre les Canadiens musulmansPlus
Trump reconna�t la �Chine unique� et apaise P�kinPlus
        La D�l�gation g�n�rale du Qu�bec � New York �crit au Washington PostPlus
Circonscription Maurice-Richard: le combat se poursuitPlus
        Trump re�oit Abe � la Maison-BlanchePlus

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Trump gets ready for some golf course diplomacy with Japan�s Abe - Darren Samuelsohn, Politico
        Report: Trump upset at Spicer for saying Conway was �counseled� - Nikita Vladimirov, The Hill
Kellyanne Conway�s lengthening gaffe track - Sarah Westwood & Gabby Morrongiello, Washington Examiner
        What Trump could learn from George Washington�s first executive order - Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post
A Game Plan for Senate Democrats - Sarah Binder, New York Times
        Russia suspected over hacking attack on Italian foreign ministry- Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian
Trump backs One China policy in �cordial� call with Xi- BBC News
        South African lawmakers brawl during Zuma�s keynote speech- France 24
Iranians celebrate 1979 revolution with rallies- The Associated Press, The Times Of India
        Kremlin: Turkey gave target for mistaken Syria strike- Al Jazeera

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Germany to elect new president; Steinmeier the favorite
        NATO says it sees sharp rise in Russian disinformation since Crimea seizure
EU's Juncker doubts bloc will remain united as negotiates Brexit
        EU at pains to punish VW over 'dieselgate' scandal
15,000 European Kurds protest for leader's release
        Poles protest plans to expand Warsaw in apparent power grab
Fears of escalation after militias enter Libya's Tripoli
        Iran allowing Syria-bound Russian planes to use airspace: report
Turkey to hold referendum on stronger presidency on April 16
        �Alternative facts� threaten EU: official

Putin hails Slovenia offer to host Trump meeting
        Soon time to watch for rising global inflation?
Russia halts clash between Syrian army, rebels
        Trump says Israel should be �reasonable� in peace process
Making mannequins: Unlikely business in an Egypt village

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From: Andy Jones

Joe if you really want to know about Climate Change, it is not global warming anymore, here is a book for you to read.  Hubris by Michael Hart. It is a hard read but he was a negotiator for free trade and has done a great job in exposing many of the untruths that are constantly being put forward by guys like Gore and Suzuki.  

Andy

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From: Larry Kazdan
To: editorial@waterloochronicle.ca
Subject: Re:  Canada�s AAA Rating on thin ice as Trump policies threaten trade, Feb. 10
http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news-story/7124491-canada-s-aaa-rating-on-thin-ice-as-trump-policies-threaten-trade/

The credit rating agencies gave triple-A grades to investments containing sub-prime mortgages. Those investments subsequently collapsed. 

The agencies also began reducing Japan's rating in the 1990s because of its high debt-to-GDP ratio, but nonetheless investors continue to buy Japanese bonds today even at negative interest rates. Those investors understand that sovereign countries with floating fiat currencies can never be forced into default.  As former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan has stated,"The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default."

Credit ratings should be ignored  -  they have been seriously compromised by conflicts of interest and by misunderstanding of sovereign debt as applied to countries like Canada. 

Footnotes:

1. Alan Greenspan, "We can always print money..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6vi528gseA

"The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default."

2. What is the risk of sovereign default?
http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=6857

In November 1998, the day after the Japanese Government announced a large-scale fiscal stimulus to its ailing economy, Moody�s made the first of a series of downgradings of the Japanese Government�s yen-denominated bonds, by taking the Aaa (triple A) rating away. By December 2001, they further downgraded Japanese sovereign debt to Aa3 from Aa2. Then on May 31, 2002, they cut Japan�s long-term credit rating by a further two grades to A2, or below that given to Botswana, Chile and Hungary.

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In the New York Times the logic of the rating was questioned:

How � could a country that receives foreign aid from Japan have a better rating than Japan itself? Japan, with an economy almost 1,000 times the size of Botswana�s, has the world�s largest foreign reserves, $446 billion; the world�s largest domestic savings, $11.4 trillion; and about $1 trillion in overseas investments.

The Telegraph article said of Japan:

Bizarrely, securities backed by mortgages sold to people without the income to service the debt they were taking on were being judged a better credit risk than the sovereign government of Japan, with the ability in extremis both to raise taxes and print money to avoid a default.

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