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I'm still not entirely convinced that Mahar Arar is NOT a terrorist or someone raising money for the terrorists. Making him "Suspect of the Year" would have been more appropriate.
Please substantiate your absurd remarks!
If you have some concrete accusations to make do so, otherwise please remember this is Canada and we try not to punish people based on their ethnic background and the colour of their skin.
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It is absolutely unacceptable that the cattle industry was able to lobby the federal government into firing those scientists for as it turns out: TELLING THE BLOODY TRUTH ABOUT THE UNSAFENESS OF THE CATTLE INDUSTRY.
NF....I agree that full testing is long overdue. It should have been implemented a long time ago, especially after all the problems they have had recently in the UK with BSE.
This is one sick industry where there is very little protection for the consumer. The only solution is to stop eating beef in Canada until these greedy folks can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt Canadian beef is safe. Until then all countries, and all Canadians, should ban Canadian beef.
Actually vegetarians live approximately 7 years longer, so perhaps it is in all our interests to lose the Candian beef from our diets once and for all.
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You now eat beef at a serious risk to your health in Canada. The governments both federal and Alberta governments are in cahoots with the cattle industry and people's well being is at stake here. they have screwed around with this situation long enough, it is time for consumers to have their say. We cold start by rehiring the scientists that were fired who stated that beef was no longer safe in Canada because of our lax testing methods.
Klein urges farmers to follow rules after new BSE case emerges
The Alberta beef cow was born in March, 1998, about seven months after the ban on feeding protein made from cattle and other ruminants to Canadian herds went into effect. The 1997 Ruminant Ingredient Feed Ban prohibited feeding a ruminant animal with material that originated from a mink or ruminant. Milk, blood, gelatin, rendered fats and their products were exempt.Charlie Angus, the New Democratic agriculture critic, attacked the government Tuesday, saying that the latest case raises his suspicions about the ability of the federal government to deal with BSE.
"Canada continues to lag behind the standards set in other regions that have dealt with BSE," Mr. Angus said in a statement. "Still, the Agriculture Minister is scrambling to prove that the status quo is good enough."
The case represents the third known incidence of the brain-wasting disease found in Canada in two years. The first case occurred in the spring of 2003 and caused a crisis in the cattle industry, with borders slamming shut and markets drying up. The more recent case was confirmed barely a week ago.
Both of the other cows were born before the feed ban.
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Williams reinstates Canadian flag
Williams has blinked. His strategy has obviously backfired.
Although I believe PM Martin & Finance Minister Minister Goodale misled people during the last election concerning offshore resource revenue, I think Premier Williams made a serious mistake to use these kind of tactics such as lowering the Canadian flag.
Having said that I believe that the federal government should live up to its word - it is not like they don't have the bucks!
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One year after the first case of mad cow disease in the U.S. was confirmed, promised food safety reforms have yet to be instituted. And they never will be, if the cattle industry has its way.
What a joke! This whole scenario is a farce with little serious attention paid to consumer protection. Anything to make a buck it seems. Well we will pay the price for these transgressions just like Canadians are now paying the price for the sellout to the drug industry.
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Nfld's flag flap raises ire among some Labradorians
Finally some common sense coming from NFLD & Lab!
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Record-breaking $100M settlement in California clergy abuse cases unsealed
Why should this scum of an organization be allowed to continue to exist? I think it is time to abolish the RC church, seize all their assets, and distribute them amongst the world's poor.
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The dozens of TV and radio series and specials that Suzuki has hosted strike a layman’s balance between education and entertainment. He is best known as the long-time moderator of the highly successful CBC TV science magazine show, The Nature of Things, which airs in more than 40 nations. His 1985 series, A Planet for the Taking averaged 1.8 million viewers per episode and earned him a United Nations Environment Program Medal (1988).
After geneticist and broadcaster David Suzuki became a noted world authority on the fruit fly, he devoted himself full-time to environmental concerns and, in doing so, popularized science for millions. His latest volume, The Sacred Balance (1997), reinforces this theme. [Photo, courtesy Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]
Described as “one of the world’s most effective popularizers of science, alongside Carl Sagan and Jacques Cousteau,” Suzuki has considerable charm and intelligence. His social consciousness is as sharp as his piercing eyes. Jerry Bruckley observed in International Wildlife, “He’s passionate, driven, irreverent, brilliant, charismatic, and controversial, and usually in the same sentence.”
What do think accounts for Suzuki's popularity amongst Canadians, heck amongst the peoples of our planet?
40 nations, eh!
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I heard a story about Suzuki, and apparently it's true. He had enrolled in an economics course at university. On the first day of classes the lecturer was going on about a business economic equation and so Suzuki asked how the impact on the environment was factored into the equation. The instructor said it wasn't. Suzuki resigned from the course the same day, stating that the course was absurd.
How moronic and what a tragedy for all of us that this is the mentality our future business leaders are learning.
That's why business schools are BS and need to be put out to pasture.
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What's driving this race to the bottom? Witnesses are telling the senators about the usual suspects. Chain ownership. Convergence -- the absurd idea that one reporter can tell the same story in a newspaper, on TV and on the Internet. The collapse of competition among owners.
How to fix it? A lot of you won't be happy with Waddell's suggestion, but I endorse it entirely: drive up the value of Canadian media properties and the level of competition by busting the protection racket of Canadian ownership. Let foreign owners into the Canadian newspaper market.
I can hear the squealing from the vested interests already. My first question for them isn't economic, it's moral: apart from getting rich and gutting newsrooms, what have Canadian owners done in the past 15 years to deserve further protection?
So Wells is acknowledging what more leading intellectuals in Canada have observed for some time now, that the quality of our private media is very poor. Actually private media has failed Canadians big time! Thank goodness for the CBC!
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On the other hand, women faced with a list of potential male castaway companions selected brains over beauty, athleticism or power. Environmentalist David Suzuki was the top choice at 46 per cent, distantly followed by Ben Mulroney at 12 per cent, then Paul Martin, Peter Mansbridge and Jarome Iginla. "Oh my God, where the hell were all these women when I was a teenager?" says an incredulous Suzuki. "I guess it's a confirmation that women are more interested in ideas than looks or a good body." Suzuki was the choice in every region of the country, scoring highest in conservative, oil-rich Alberta with 55 per cent. It's not clear if those respondents were fantasizing about getting to know him better, or having a secluded location to bury the corpse.
I hate to burst your bubble folks!
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New mad cow case no threat: U.S., Canada
What a bunch of clowns - as if anyone is going to believe anything they have to say!
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Canadians are extremely privileged to man of Suzuki's stature in our midst.
Take the nature challenge:
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U.S. Consumer Groups Against Canadian Cattle Imports
Oh, Oh. Trouble in paradise?
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15-year study shows strong link between fast food, obesity and insulin resistance
A lot of people treat their bodies the same way a lot of people treat the environment. Disrespect either one at your peril!
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Christmas complaints miss the point
This world we've created is hard on the planet and it's hard on ourselves. We've tried to isolate the human experience from the rest of nature, but it's an impossible task. Humans are a part of nature. Whether we like it or not, our bodies respond to changes in the natural world. The more we try to deny who we are, the less connected we will feel and the more damage we will do to the planet.In the absence of God or spirituality, in the absence of a capacity to respond to seasonal patterns and natural rhythms, and in the absence of meaningful social rituals, people are grasping onto whatever they can to help ground them in their communities. If that means spending days at a time in a crowded mall, then that's what we do. That becomes the ritual. That becomes Christmas.
I think people are hungry for change, but feel trapped. We are yearning for meaning, but accepting baubles and trinkets instead. Until we stop denying our biological roots and embrace our humanity, we will never find the meaning we seek. It's just not something you can pick up at the mall.
Too bad more people just don't grasp how they are being manipulated. Kind of sad really.
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more appealing and less biased
huh?
Which is it?
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Fortunately there are still some of us who still believe in the scientific method as opposed to the voodoo theories proposed by most posters here at mapleleafweb.
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Canada Confirms Second Mad Cow Case
As I have already said - Get used to it: MAD COW IS HERE TO STAY.
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Don't you find it more than a little strange that when the US gets initial results that suggest mad cow it comes back negative but when Canada does the same thing it come back positive?
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The destruction and havoc that has happened in Asia this past week as a result of the earthquake and tsunamis has left many, many people in dire straits. For once there is no villain that caused this tragedy.
Yes the Canadian governemnt and governments around the planet are helping, and perhaps eventually we will need to raise taxes in Canada to help, but in the meantime what are you doing personally to assist these impoverished people?
There are many things you could do but the relief agencies' primarily need is financial contributions. Have you personally made a financial contribution, and if not, why not?
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slavik44....I see you are starting off the new year with the same approach you leftoff during the last year. Nothing of any significance to contribute. You and the other right wingers might gain some credibility here if you had something of consequence to say. Too bad you don't.
Obviosly our younger generations are concerned for their future and we adults ignore the significant issues at their peril. What a legacy we are leaving for our children and grandchildren. Pitiful!
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How many of you had an opportunity to see the CBC 's documentary with David Suzuki and our students over the holidays?
In 1930 when Suzuki was a kid the only people who had heard of the word asthma were doctors. In 2004, 25% of all student absences from school are due to asthma. We obese adults driving around in our SUVs are robbing our future generations of their right to a healthy life.
By far the number one issue for our youth, age 18-25, is the environment yet it was not an issue during last year's election campaign. No wonder kids have tuned out of the political process.
The CBC recently did a program on the greatest Canadian. If we had just been dealing with currently living Canadians, Suzuki would have easily won. Canadians are privileged to have both Sukiki and the CBC in our midst.
As a new year approaches and brings environmental challenges, some advocates are urging people to think big as they make their 2005 resolutions."We want them to sweat the big stuff," said Rich Hayes, spokesman for the Union of Concerned Scientists.
"While it's good to think about paper or plastic, the car you drive has a much bigger impact on the environment."
An analysis done by members of the Union of Concerned Scientists found that Americans' transportation choices - specifically the widespread reliance on the car - accounted for the biggest environmental impact.
Somebody special has passed away...
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Finally, something of substance out of Alberta. the China Clipper appointed Lieutenant-Governor. This guy was the greatest fullback ever to play footaball in Canada.
Perhaps Alberta lost Wayne Gretsy to Hollywood, lost their cattle industry to BSE, and will probsably be commiserating Stephen Harper's loss in the next federal election, but having Normie Kwong as their Lt-Gov has to count for something!!!