From: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V10 #510 Reply-To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Sender: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Errors-To: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Precedence: normal Cdn-Firearms Digest Sunday, May 20 2007 Volume 10 : Number 510 In this issue: Toronto boy chased down, hit by fireworks- The Calgary Herald Philanthropist slain Hutterites stand firm in licence fight- [LETTER] Writer not flippant Re: Requirements for CCW Editorial: Alberta becoming the new power player in Confederation Editorial : Fontaine must inspire- The Calgary Herald "Letter: Environmentalists in a flood of hypocrisy-..." Extreme Intoxication Ryerson's Leni Riefenstahl? Re: A Soviet in Afghanistan- Times Colonist (Victoria) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 18:10:00 -0600 From: News@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: Toronto boy chased down, hit by fireworks- The Calgary Herald Toronto boy chased down, hit by fireworks http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=c8b252de-f5cd-4d4f-951e-8429c4d3fc15 Calgary Herald Published: Sunday, May 20, 2007 Toronto police say three teens chased down a defenceless boy and shot him in the back with a Roman candle, causing second-degree burns. The 12-year-old victim was treated and released from hospital following the Friday afternoon incident that happened in the city's downtown core. Staff Sgt. Stan Belza says the boy was walking with two friends when they were confronted by three older youths wearing ski masks, gloves and wielding fireworks that shoot off a small, colourful rocket. He says the victim and his friends scattered and ran, but the boy tripped over his shoelace and tried to hide behind a car. He was hit in the back by a rocket that was fired under the car where he had taken cover. Belza says a second firework was pointed at his face and fired, just skimming his head before the assailant ran off and the boy fled to his home nearby. "Whether it's just mischief or some youths' idea of gang fun, we don't know," Belza says. "Shooting firecrackers at each other is a great concern." © The Calgary Herald 2007 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 21:24:25 -0400 From: Lee Jasper Subject: Philanthropist slain > Toronto Sun; May 20, 2007 > > > Conservationist mourned > > > Garage slaying 'robbed Canada of a hugely important figure' > > By JONATHAN JENKINS, SUN MEDIA > > Millionaire philanthropist and avid conservationist Glen Davis, once > lauded as one of the best friends the Canadian environmental community > has ever had, was shot dead in an Eglinton Ave. E. parking garage, > police said yesterday. > > "He wasn't just philanthropic, he really believed in the work of the > World Wildlife Fund (WWF)," said friend Sonja Bata, one of the > country's most prominent philanthropists herself, who has known Davis > for a decade and served with him on the national council of the WWF. > How come these millionaire philanthropists never seem to be gun owners and hunters? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 18:26:16 -0600 From: Dave Jordan Subject: Hutterites stand firm in licence fight- Hutterites stand firm in licence fight http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=195bd612-94f9-43fe-9712-b7f82fee47f4 Image A typical Hutterite driver's licence, as it exists now with no picture of the driver, is shown above in a digitally altered photo. Ted Jacob, Calgary Herald Joel Kom, Calgary Herald Published: Sunday, May 20, 2007 On this 4,000-hectare colony just east of Lethbridge, in the two rows of identical blue-roofed and grey-walled one-storey houses, not one photo can be found. And the 60 people who live here have a message for Premier Ed Stelmach: they'd like to keep it that way. This week, two colonies -- the Hutterite Brethren of Wilson and another in Three Hills -- won another legal battle to avoid having their photos taken for drivers' licences. People here would like nothing more than to let the courtroom arguments fade away. There's a chance that won't happen. After this week's 2-1 Alberta Court of Appeal ruling in favour of the Hutterites, Stelmach said the province may appeal the decision. What's more, he added, it could end up at the Supreme Court of Canada. The Hutterites acknowledge it might happen, potentially leaving them in limbo for another year. "What has to be, has to be," said John Wurz, the colony's manager. "If they want to fight us, they have to do something." Some Hutterites interpret the Second Commandment, which in part bans "graven images," as meaning it's a sin for their photograph to be taken. The province eliminated the option of issuing non-photo licences in 2003, leading to a court battle that's seen the Hutterites win twice. Both times, the rulings said their religious rights trumped the province's wish for secure identification. The Hutterites here may ban the use of cellphones, televisions and radios, but they still use their cars for doctor's and banker's appointments in Lethbridge. They grow canola, wheat and barley and tend to cattle, hogs and sheep, all of them needing trips into town to take care of. The men, dressed in navy shirts, black pants, suspenders and white western-style hats, and the women, dressed in scarves around their heads and dotted black dresses, insist the province is being overzealous in demanding their pictures. "We admire that they want to stop criminals," said Paul Wurz, "but at the same time, a guy can't go against his religion." Some of the people here have paper licences without photos, while others have the typical card-size ones that have "Valid Without Photo" written where a picture normally sits. Even if the province drops the fight, the problems won't end. New measures for travelling to the United States will soon mean everyone crossing the border will need a passport. For the Hutterites, many of whom have family in the U.S., that could be an issue. They say they're open to fingerprinting, eye-scanning or other identification methods, but pictures are out of the question. For now, though, last week's court ruling is a nice victory, they said. Some colonies that allowed their photos to be taken for business purposes -- the ones who went "astray" -- might even revert to banning pictures, they added. "All we want is to live our life in freedom and religion, just like the other churches in the world," Paul said. jkom@theherald.canwest.com © The Calgary Herald 2007 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 17:25:04 -0700 From: vampire@istar.ca (Robert LaCasse) Subject: [LETTER] Writer not flippant Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 15:57:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Mills Subject: [LETTER] Writer not flippant (http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=29904&sc=160) Writer not flippant Bruce N. Mills Dundas, Ont. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What it has DONE is caused the registered legal gun owner, an abnormal rash of Home Invasions based on the CFRO/CPIC info they had to go on when someone with an overactive imagination farted their way.... The Spousal abuse HOTLINE was mean't to flag every legal gun owners FAC/PAL since we usually have this "registration" CFC phone number handy..... - -- Triad Productions-Fantalla(c)~EZine~ParaNovel National Association of Assault Research WWWeb>> http://reachme.at/bob ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 20:50:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Re: Requirements for CCW - --- redensign@yahoo.com wrote: > I have seen threads about CCW's available through > various states to > Canadians. > Would someone please give me the lowdown on all the > requirements, and what > hoops have to be jumped through? Which States are > Canuck-friendly? Which > states honour each other's CCW's? Any courses that > need to be taken? > What does the U.S. federal govt. say? > > Needless to say, I want everything to be LEGAL. > > Thanks! > > Red > For general info, try http://www.packing.org/ You'll have to wait for others who may have specific or first hand knowledge to respond with that. Yours in LIBERTY! Bruce ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 18:57:12 -0600 From: News@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: Editorial: Alberta becoming the new power player in Confederation Alberta becoming the new power player in Confederation http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=4791a281-0da9-4a21-8dca-a9faab17a288&p=1 Calgary Herald Published: Sunday, May 20, 2007 Alberta's economic ascendancy is great news. With huge endowments of fossil fuels in Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C., uranium deposits in Saskatchewan, hydro power in Manitoba and ample potential for grain- and forest-based biofuels, western Canada is arguably the world's premier energy cluster. While the preponderance of opportunities reside with Alberta and the lion's share of the challenges are with the rest of Canada, this is not universally the case. Alberta's economic pre-eminence does not translate into a corresponding degree of political power and influence. Role of provinces Alberta is converting a significant portion of its resource assets into research in health care, biotechnology and energy technology. Another area of opportunity relates to the provinces' advancing role. This involves innovations to the design and delivery of public goods and services, and the promotion of a pan-Canadian provincialism. The revitalization of the annual premiers' conferences into the Council of the Federation is a major landmark toward adopting pan-Canadian perspectives. Given its booming economy and its need for labour, Alberta is keenly interested in promoting internal economic union. The recent Alberta-B.C. Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement is a welcome move toward that goal. Immigration Alberta has attracted a huge number of in-migrants. Newcomers to Alberta will come from all corners of the globe. Alberta may be ready to lead in allowing the private sector to play a larger role in the immigrant-selection process. No challenge looms larger than the environment. Given the likelihood that key aspects of environmental policy will be federal policy and Canadians are likely to treat environmental principles akin to Canada Health Act principles, this sets the stage for Canada's environmental policy to be viewed by Albertans as the new NEP. California was first in unloading its own NEP on Alberta, and conveying the correct message that environmental issues have already transcended east-west Canadian politics. The good news is Alberta has the fiscal and resource flexibility to forge an environmentally friendly approach to the energy sector. To accomplish this, it will have to work with Manitoba, Saskatchewan and B.C. Alberta will not be the sole author of environmental policy relating to its energy sector. Just as Albertans kept Ralph Klein from flouting Canada Health Act principles, they will ensure Alberta falls in line with Canadian environmental principles. Dutch disease The Dutch-disease component relates to The Netherlands' experience with its North Sea oil. Alberta's energy exports will boost the value of the Canadian dollar, which will clobber the manufacturing sector in central Canada. For Alberta, the dollar's appreciation helps buffer the energy boom, since it reduces the swing of energy prices. However, the energy-related overheating of the economy is being capitalized into wages, rents, housing prices and the like. This, when combined with exchange-rate appreciation, compromises Alberta's ability to be competitive in production of goods. The greater challenge is to central Canadian manufacturing. If there is a tendency for boom-bust scenarios in global energy prices, then our manufacturing sector is likely to fall on hard times. The combination of Canada-U.S. exchange-rate volatility of the type associated with the Dutch disease and the high level of north-south trade and integration, suggests manufacturing could be better served by fixed rates with the U.S. or a North American version of the euro. Alberta could take a page out of Norway's book and invest a significant portion of its energy investment portfolio abroad. Lack of political clout How does Alberta manoeuvre on the political front when it constitutes only 10 per cent of the House and even less of the Senate? Complicating this is that the national political map tends to be dominated by regional blocs. Not too long ago, Alberta was Reform territory; 101 of 103 Ontario seats were in the Liberal fold, and the BQ dominated Quebec. One factor that made confederation work when Ontario was dominant economically was that Ontario MPs tended to view themselves as national legislators. This disregard for Ontario-related issues crossed party lines: Bay Street-based Finance minister Michael Wilson designated Montreal and Vancouver as international financial centres; Ontario Liberal MPs were openly hostile toward Mike Harris's government; successive federal governments were indifferent to the "fair-share" federalism pleas of premiers Bob Rae, Harris and Dalton McGuinty. If MPs adopt a more Ontario-first approach, it will create a greater wedge between Alberta's economic clout and its political influence. Stephen Harper's open federalism should be music to Alberta's ears, since it recognizes the constitutional division of powers. Alberta needs open federalism to exercise its fiscal flexibility to create . . . longer-term comparative advantage within NAFTA's economic space and beyond. The implementation process is bound to run into difficulties. One factor is that Alberta is drawing workers from the rest of Canada, creating challenges for many provinces, especially in terms of maintaining doctors and nurses. This is a loaded issue and it will certainly lead to increased demands for equalization on the part of the poorer provinces, to enable them to provide comparable levels of public services. There is also a problem with the equalization-energy nexus. Equalization formula Energy royalties drive up the 10-province average for equalization. Since equalization payments come from general revenues and since Ottawa cannot directly access Alberta's energy rents, the have provinces do not pay their fair share of the equalization that results from energy entering the formula. . . . About a year ago, I tried to make the case for a voluntary resource revenue-sharing pool. This attempt failed. Not only were there no volunteers, but headlines in Alberta papers claimed I was proposing another NEP. I have now shifted to a more nuanced approach. It begins by noting that equalization payments are like a guaranteed annual income (GAI) for the provinces -- they bring all of the less well-off provinces up to some acceptable standard. But if we pursue this analogy,. . . Canadians who have sufficient income that they do not qualify for what passes for a GAI have other federal transfers that are income-tested -- the Canada child tax benefit, EI payments, old-age pensions. The comparable approach for the non-equalization-receiving provinces would be to revenue-test their other transfers . . . One approach would be to claw back, say, 15 cents of a province's transfers from Ottawa for every additional revenue dollar, say, above 110 per cent of the national average per capita revenue. At first blush, Albertans would probably rule out such schemes, even though they may fall squarely in Canada's traditional approach to redistribution. This may not be an appropriate stance for Alberta, which cannot avoid becoming involved in a complex strategic game. Compromise The above proposal may or may not qualify as a strategic initiative, but it illustrates the sort of challenges Alberta will have to deal with. As Alberta's economic influence spreads beyond it borders, so must the perspective within which it frames its challenges, opportunities and responsibilities. I want to conclude with a sincere thank you to Albertans for eschewing provincial sales taxes. If Alberta had a sales tax, this would allow it to reduce either or both of its personal and corporate income taxes to problematic levels for the other provinces. There are even suggestions afoot that Ottawa should convert some of its cash transfers into a transfer of GST tax points, in the hope that Alberta will not take up the tax points. Confederation continues to work in weird and wonderful ways; Alberta is now about to take centre stage in this evolution. © The Calgary Herald 2007 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 18:41:59 -0600 From: News@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: Editorial : Fontaine must inspire- The Calgary Herald Fontaine must inspire First Nations leader's example could provide hope for youth Calgary Herald Published: Sunday, May 20, 2007 Instead of telling the Canadian public how frustrated aboriginal youth are, Assembly of First Nations chief Phil Fontaine should remind those frustrated youth that they enjoy a glorious opportunity that non-aboriginal youth don't. That is not to say there isn't cause for frustration. The appalling living conditions in First Nations communities, including overcrowding, dilapidated houses, potable water problems, higher disease and mortality rates, lack of job opportunities, remoteness and the resultant social problems are long-standing and well documented. The federal government has been abysmally slow in fixing the infrastructure problems in First Nations communities. But those conditions can't stop people from dreaming of a better future. The lifeline is there for young people to grab hold of -- the chance to go to university with tuition fully paid. Indian and Northern Affairs' Post-Secondary Student Support Program and its University College Entrance Preparation Program cover the cost of tuition for a 40-month term of education, along with books, travel and living expenses. The federal government sets aside about $273 million a year for aboriginal post-secondary education. The program has its shortcomings, as Auditor General Sheila Fraser noted in her 2004 remarks to the standing committee on aboriginal affairs and northern development: "Funding for (the student support program) to First Nations is generally based on historical levels. It is not tied to the number of students to be supported. . . . Some First Nations receive more funds than they need under the program, and some not enough. Given that First Nations have the flexibility to move funds in or out of the program, the Department does not know whether the funds earmarked for the program are sufficient to support all eligible students." Regardless, the opportunity is there for the majority of students -- they need only take the initiative. This past week, Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice moved to speed up the land-claims process, which has been progressing at mollusk speed, by giving the Indian Claims Commission legal authority to make rulings. Previously, the claims commission could only make recommendations to the government on how to resolve individual claims. This is a step toward alleviating some of the frustrations Fontaine talked about, but its effect is a generalized one for communities and band councils. It doesn't particularly affect the personal futures of young people, who need to realize that they are free to choose their own destinies. That is why it is so frustrating in turn for other Canadians to hear Fontaine talk about young people's anger and dearth of hope. "They feel a deep sense of hopelessness because conditions in our communities are so desperate," Fontaine said last week. He added that a YouTube video that demonstrates how to disrupt railway service -- and could foreshadow aboriginal protests this summer -- is proof of growing youth frustration. Yet, young people in First Nations communities have hope, and Fontaine has a duty to remind them of it. In fact, they need only look to him for inspiration. He too rose from despair, as a residential school student who was among the victims of well-publicized abuse. He went on to earn a B.A. in political science from the University of Manitoba. Blocking trains is a self-defeating act; Fontaine should be telling aboriginal kids not to derail their dreams. © The Calgary Herald 2007 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 19:05:24 -0600 From: News@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: "Letter: Environmentalists in a flood of hypocrisy-..." Subject: "Letter: Environmentalists in a flood of hypocrisy- The Calgary Herald" Environmentalists in a flood of hypocrisy http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/letters/story.html?id=e56ef030-37e4-489c-bb66-5cbd98f6a560 Image: Greenpeace activists work to build a replica of Noah's Ark near Mount Ararat in Agri, eastern Turkey. Mount Ararat is where the biblical ark is said to have landed after the flood. Calgary Herald Archive, Associated Press Calgary Herald Published: Sunday, May 20, 2007 Ark * Re: "Activists construct replica Noah's Ark," May 17. A group of environmental activists are building a wooden ark in an appeal for action on global warming. Nothing says "I don't like the way we are treating this planet" like chopping down a bunch of trees to build a useless boat, that will be perched on the side of a mountain, just for added measure. M. F. Ham, Calgary Each day, a letter that expresses a view particularly well is featured on Q. Each month, one outstanding letter will be chosen for a special prize. © The Calgary Herald 2007 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 19:23:39 -0700 From: "Jim Szpajcher" Subject: Extreme Intoxication Ed - > Actually, I was what you call a happy drunk,but I have never drunk so much > as to not be aware of what I was doing even though I was sometimes a > falling > down drunk. > ed/ontario In that case, I salute you. I can say that I have drunk enough as to be unaware of what I was doing, but I can say that I learned, and no longer indulge. For some people whose system does not tolerate liquor well, sometimes as few as three beer creates alcoholic blackouts, so the question is not how much they drank, but whether they were able to handle liquor. Jim Szpajcher St. Paul, AB ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 19:29:08 -0600 From: Len Miller Subject: Ryerson's Leni Riefenstahl? To Dave Jordan Cc Licia Corbella Film-maker Leni Riefenstahl dies Riefenstahl's propaganda films pioneered new techniques Controversial film-maker Leni Riefenstahl, who made the Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will, has died aged 101. Riefenstahl became a favourite of German dictator Adolf Hitler in the 1930s, making films for his fascist regime. Her most famous work was Triumph of the Will, a propaganda film showing a Nazi rally in Nuremberg in 1934.* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - -------- ( Gee, 1934 is when Canada instituted gun registration . . ) Where it was never shown that Leni had actually supported the Nazi regime, Our 'home-grown' Wendy pushed the hoax of gun control. She appeared and gave 'evidence' to the court in the Alberta Challenge. Though the court WAS inclined to take speculation as evidence, nevertheless it was simply speculation. And so, the court, whose duty it was to protect rights, actually took them away. Gun registration, like CAR REGISTRATION, Wendy, is the sole right of provinces . . (they register cars, don't they . . . often quoted canard ) Gun control is a cruel hoax . . an abysmal failure. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The law's a pack of lies based on a pack of lies, courtesy of the hard and diligent "work" Wendy Cukier put into it. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ---------------------------------------- Are you listening? Len Miller (1933) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 15:09:52 -0700 From: "Jim Szpajcher" Subject: Re: A Soviet in Afghanistan- Times Colonist (Victoria) Folks - Of course, there are those who disagree with the assessment below. Which is too bad, as some day the real story will come out. Mind you, there are still folks around who think the Americans could have won the war in Vietnam. It must be in the water they drink. This war is as lost as the one that the Soviets fought, and one day we'll read about this in the history books. Jim Szpajcher St. Paul, AB >A Soviet in Afghanistan > "In both Canada and the Soviet Union, the biggest mistake was the arrogant > assumption that, somehow, we were entitled to interfere in a foreign > country > and decide which Afghans were 'good' or 'bad.' Official Soviet and > Canadian > pretexts were different, but the logic was the same: We have a right to > 'bring stability' and to 'fix' whatever we believed to be wrong with > 'those > people,' especially if we decided that they are dangerous to us. Both > governments had a lot of misconceptions about Afghanistan, and both > societies were not free from Islamophobia. The U.S.S.R. took a side in a > civil war inside Afghanistan, the U.S. did the same in 2001, and NATO and > Canada followed. > > Lanine says he is dismayed by the lack of an independent Canadian policy > on > Afghanistan. "Last year, we turned our soldiers into a de-facto U.S.-led > force in Kandahar under the NATO umbrella, and now Afghans don't > discriminate between Canadian and U.S. troops. > > And now Lanine sees Canada following in the Soviets' footsteps, worsening > a > situation already made bad by the U.S. invasion of Iraq. ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V10 #510 *********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Moderator's e-mail address: mailto:akimoya@cogeco.ca List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca FAQ list: http://www.magma.ca/~asd/cfd-faq1.html and http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/Faq/cfd-faq1.html Web Site: http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/homepage.html FTP Site: ftp://teapot.usask.ca/pub/cdn-firearms/ CFDigest Archives: http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~ab133/ or put the next command in an e-mail message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca get cdn-firearms-digest v04.n192 end (192 is the digest issue number and 04 is the volume) To unsubscribe from _all_ the lists, put the next five lines in a message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-alert unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".) 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