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Business Directory
Public Facilities - Parks, Churches, Hospitals & Such
No matter if you are traveling to Cozumel, living on the island part time or full time, it's always good to know where people gather for one thing or another or who they turn to in times of need or celebration. Cozumel is a family oriented community filled with hard working, industrious people who are warm and friendly and typically always smiling. As with every other community, Cozumel has churches, parks, hospitals and public services to utilize for getting to know the island culture and its people.
You might be thinking how strange of us to provide the Cozumel park locations when there are so many fun, beach and water things to do on the island. It's a good point and no question Cozumel's big attraction is water sports, activities and beaches. But sometimes a community park can be a very nice, relaxing refuge from the tourist crowd. You might be a tourist on the island with your family and looking for a nice place to spread your blanket and eat that chicken you picked up! Or you may be a new resident to the island looking for great places to walk your dog. Whatever the case, this is certainly not all of the parks in Cozumel but ~ it's a good start!
In the directory below, simply select what TYPE of public facility you would like to preview and the list will sort by that topic for you!
And if you happen to need a good map to find your way to these spaces and places, we offer a good one you can purchase ahead of your trip online!
Clik HERE to order a great map!
Many public shelters are available all over the island should a hurricane arise and evacuation be necessary during July - November. While not a frequent occurance, a list of those shelter facilities and addresses are provided in the HURRICANES section of our website.
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CZM-Beachfront - Downtown Area
"Andres Quintana Roo Park"
- On the Beachfront near City Hall ~ fun for all!
All Cozumel Parks offer
FREE WI-FI internet service
Rafael E Melgar &
Calle 11 Sur
In front of Palacio Municipal
Daily - No Curfew
Visit us on Facebook!
Parque Andrés Quintana Roo was completely renovated and re-designed in 2008. With its strategic location directly in front of the Palacio, it has become a popular cultural event locale featuring music, award ceremonies, festivals, conventions and other celebrations.
"Benito Juarez Park - Downtown Plaza"
- The beautiful downtown plaza area!
All Cozumel Parks offer
FREE WI-FI internet
Rafael Melgar &
Calle Juarez
Daily - No Curfew
Parque Benito Juarez is the official name of the downtown plaza area where the famous clock tower resides and the people ferries from Playa del Carmen arrive. It's a busy bustling area all the way around the gazebo in the main park area filled with restaurants and shopping to keep a person busy for hours. The center area of the plaza though can be a nice refuge even with all the hustle and bustle. Step up a couple of steps and walk into the center area where you'll find lots of shade from big old flamboyant trees and low level, wide built walls perfect for sitting and people watching. Every Sunday evening at 8pm a band plays traditional Mexican / Caribbean music in the gazebo.
"Cozumel Retailers Carrying Franko Map Products"
- Retail Store Locations of CZM Franko Products
If you are already visiting us here on the island and need the best map of Cozumel, these local retailers provide both Franko Maps of Cozumel and Reef Creature Identification Cards. Prices start at $4.95. Products are laminated, waterproof and virtually shred proof! Why waste precious vacation time trying to navigate and find all the great spots on the island, purchase your Franko products TODAY!
CZM-Corpus Christi Area
"3 de Mayo Park of Corpus Christi Church"
- Great for strolling after Mass!
All Cozumel Parks offer
FREE WI-FI internet
Avenida 20 & Calle 15 Sur
In front of Corpus Cristi Church
Daily - No Curfew
Located just across the street from the Corpus Catholic church the 3 de Mayo Park is a beautiful space with lots of shade provided by the enormous flamboyan trees that cover it. This park is very active and filled with families and young children on Sundays following Mass as well as during the week as the day cools off in the late evening hours.
"Corpus Cristi Catholic Church"
- Big Church with big welcoming heart!
Avenida 20
Calles 15 y 17 Sur
Office Hours
8am - 1pm
5pm - 8pm
Daily Masses Monday - Saturday
8am & 7:30pm
7am 10am Noon 6pm &
8pm ~ Special Mass for Island Visitors
Check Posted Schedule
at Entry for Changes &
Holiday Events
Manuel Jesus Prieto
Corpus Cristi Catholic Church
CZM-Down Town Area
"Cozumel Downtown Cemetary"
- Peaceful Place of Remembrance
Gates Open at Dawn
Gates Close at Dusk
Avenida 5 &
Calle 9 Sur
Established over a century ago, Cozumel's downtown cemetery is a memorial to the early settlers of the island and is filled with island history. Strolling through the monuments and memorials one can recognize the names of some of the oldest island families. This area of memorial is a quiet place of remembrance so please be respectful, quiet and careful not to disturb anything. The Day of the Dead is a wonderful celebration here on the island that is shared among family members who honor and remember their loved ones that have passed on. Typically there are gatherings at each church including the San Miguel church downtown and then an honor march to the cemetery to decorate the memorials.
"Cozumel Tourist Police"
Avenida 5
Between Calle 11 & 13 Sur
Across from Chedraui Bus Stop
Cozumel Tourist Police always have some one on site that speaks English. A good place to know about should anything happen! Also you can DIAL O66 (similar to 911 in the US) but no guarantee of English speakers at this number. If you are vacationing on the island, the Tourist Police are available to assist you!
"Museo de la Isla de Cozumel"
- Cozumel History & Culture on Display!
Monday thru Saturday
9:00am to 5:00pm EST (Island Time)
Avenida Rafael Melgar
& Calle 6 Norte
Adults - US $4.00
Children (under 8) - FREE
Exhibition Halls:
Hall 1 - The Island
Hall 2 - The Ocean
Hall 3 - Cozumel in History
Hall 4 - Contemporary Cozumel
Mayan House
Bilingual guides, bookstore, library, restaurant
The Cozumel Museum provides both visitors and locals alike with a fascinating look at Cozumel's history and natural resources. Four main galleries cover the geology, reef system and sea life, the island's Mayan history and pirate past, and the history of the founders of the Cozumel we know today. Don't miss the "Casita Maya" exhibit that enlightens visitors on the customs and home life of the early Mayans. Upstairs from the lobby is a gallery area (admission is free) that often showcases the works of local artists.
For more detailed information, click
{link http://www.cozumelparks.com/eng/museo_isla.cfm Museo De La Isla De Cozumel}
to access their website!
To visit the Museum's Facebook page, click
{link http://www.facebook.com/MuseoCozumel HERE}
Don't forget to patronize the lovely roof top restaurant before or after touring the museum.
CZM-Mid Town Area
"Airplane Park"
- Leavin' on a Jet Plane!
Daily - No Curfew
Colonia San Gervasio
Avenida 135 Between
Calles 5 Sur & Hidalgo
This park probably has a different name but you'll know it when you get there as it is the only place you'll find a full size airplane sitting upon a pedestal and open for exploration. Here you will also find swings and see saws and such as well as plenty of park benches and a fenced in soccer court with bleachers as well as a small band stand type shell for community events. The park is very well kept , has a handicapped ramp and elevated sidewalks for strolling around the park. Nice place to walk the dog or try exploring the airplane.
"Airport Road Park"
- Lovely pocket park ~ kid friendly!
All Cozumel Parks offer
FREE WI-FI internet
Airport Road &
Avenida 20
Daily - No Curfew
This cute little park probably has a name but there is no sign or plaque that we could find. Given its triangular shape and small size, seems like the park was formed as Cozumel re-aligned it's streets "back in the day." The park is very clean and well kept and has very good lighting at night. There's plenty of shade from huge, old trees, lots of park benches, some play gear for the kiddos and a lovely little gazebo as well. This would be an excellent stop to eat that chicken or those sandwiches on an "around the island" adventure!
"Church of Christ"
Avenida 55
A.R. Salas &
Calle 3 Sur
Sunday - 11 am
Wednesday - 7:30pm
Church of Christ on 55 Avenida
"Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints"
Avenida 40 &
Calle 4 Norte
Sunday - 1 pm
Lovely Mormon church filled with lots of friendly patrons.
"Cozumel Horse Sanctuary / Rancho Universo A.C."
- Healing Souls and Builing Confidence!
Afternoons and By Appointment
Horse Sanctuary & Rescue
Horse Therapy Center & Clinic
Carretera Transversal Km. 11.3
The mission of Rancho Universo AC Horse Sanctuary and horse assisted therapy center is to create awareness and to educated people by allowing them access to horses in a semi-wild state. The healing power that is the result of the interaction between these beautiful animals and people is such a rewarding experience.
The sanctuary depend on donations to survive, so if you pass by their facility, stop in for a tour and please, donate to help them continue their services and assist them in the care of these beautiful creatures that have been saved from abuse.
"Cozumel Public Library (Biblioteca Publica)"
- Free WI-FI here!
FREE WI-FI internet
Avenida Pedro Joaquín Coldwell
(formerly Avenida 30)
& Calle 8 Norte
Monday - Friday
8 am - 8:30 pm
8 am - 1 pm
Closed Sunday
Fiction, non-fiction, reference books, Internet, children's book, videos
The Gonzalo de Jesus Rosado Iturralde Public Library is at the service of the people of Cozumel, offering access to books, videos and the Internet free of charge. Patrons wishing to take books home may sign out three books at a time for a 1 week period after providing identification. The library also conducts free English classes for kids on Saturdays from 9am - 12pm throughout the year.
The Cozumel Library is always in need of children's books in English to help with teaching classes. Consider bringing some extra children's books in English to donate to the library!
"Ebenezer Presbyterian Church"
Sunday - 9 am - English
Sunday - 10 am - Spanish
Wednesday - 7:30pm - Spanish
Friday - 7:30pm - Spanish
Avenida Pedro Joaquín Coldwell
(formerly Avenida 30) between
Calles 8 and 10 Norte
Gamaliel Vivas
Israel Mendez
Alba Pech (bilingual)
Eben Ezer Presbyterian Church offers services in English and Spanish.
"Environmental Park of Cozumel (Parque Ambiental)"
- Nature, Jungle and Huge Cenote!
Calle 31 Sur &
Avenida 8 de October
(Formerly Avenida 65)
Monday - Saturday
9am - 6pm
Closed Sunday
Visit us on YouTube!
My neighbors (Sherri's) owned this land for decades and every weekend invited friends and family to join them for a day of play and fun around the cenote. Just a few years ago the City approached the family about trading the land and allowing them to develop a public park for all to be able to enjoy the park. While that process is a different story entirely, the results have been that the City received some grant money to develop this park and it is now open for the public to enjoy its beauty.
This lovely park is now home to the City's Department of Ecology as well so there are always City employees maintaining it and keeping it clean. In addition, UQRoo University now utilizes it as a training facility for the students studying tourism. So frequently as guests visit, there will be students there serving as guides to practice their English and share their knowledge of the flora and fauna of Cozumel.
It has an enormous cenote and lots of walking paths through the interior as well as park benches and soft music playing in the background. In addition, little life-like ceramic animials have been placed in the trees and ponds and such to facilitate learning of those species indigenous to Cozumel. It's a beautiful place for the entire family to stop, relax and enjoy. Please note though that there are no children's playground features here like at other Cozumel parks as this one is all about nature! Take a look at {LINK http://youtu.be/s_mu2T6DQko INSIDER video of the Park} until you can get there yourself!
"FP&M Cenote Corner Park"
- Playground from the 60's with Monkey Bars!
Daily - No Curfew
Calle 19 Sur &
Avenida 70
The Fundacion de Parques & Museos (FP&M) assisted with the establishment and adornment of this nice little corner park which is adjacent to the rustic Cenote area mentioned in the other listing. This is a great park to take the kids and have them experience a "60's style" playground where kids played hard and had the equipment to make them tough! Colorful, indestructible metal swingset, a big slide, monkey bars and metal framed see-saws are fixed throughout the park as well as a half court basketball area and a large gazebo. Lots of shade trees and benches, too. Great place to relax with a nice picnic meal!
"IslaMed Medical Clinic"
AR Salas Between
Ave. 85 & 85 Bis
Colonia Flores Magon
24/7 Emergencies
Labratory Work
Ultrassound 4D
Internal Medicine, Gynocology, Pediatrics, Surgery, Cardiology, Phsycology, Trauma
This medical clinic has a well-trained staff of doctors and nurses.
"Jehovah's Witness Churches"
Avenida 65 & Calle 7 Sur
Avendia 115 & Juarez
Daily 7pm - 9pm
Additional Services:
Tuesday's is translated for deaf & blind
Saturday 5pm - 7pm
Sunday - 12 pm - 2pm
Members are loving, kind and welcoming to all!
"Library Park"
- Lovely park next to library !
All Cozumel Parks offer
FREE WI-FI internet
Avenida Pedro Joaquín Coldwell
(formerly Avenida 30) between
Calles 8 and 10 Norte
Daily - No Curfew
Sitting right next to the Cozumel Library on one side and a church on the other, one would imagine this park to be very busy but often it's not. The convenience of this little park makes it a nice option after a trip to the library or after church or before crossing the street to shop at the Soriana Supermarket. The park is filled with palm trees that provide lots of shade, as well as park benches, a slide and playhouse in back and a gazebo. Buy some snacks at the supermarket across the street, sit back, relax and enjoy the view or read book in this lovely park.
"Prince of Peace Church"
Sunday - 10 am - Sunday School
Sunday - 6 pm - Evangelical Service
Wednesday - 7 pm - Prayer Service
Thursday - 7 pm - Family Service
Saturday - 7 pm - Youth Service
Avenida Pedro Joaquín Coldwell
(formerly Avenida 30) between
Calles 4 & 6 Norte
Prince of Peace Church has friendly smiling faces that welcome you!
"Red Cross"
Avenida 65 &
Calle 27 Sur
Across from
Ministerio Publico
Medical Clinic &
Red Cross of Cozumel provides immediate access to their ambulance and medical clinic for anyone in need. The ambulance service is usually the first on the scene of any island emergency and transports directly to its clinic. The services depend on donations to survive and was the only ambulatory service on the island for many years. Pass by their new facilities for a tour and always consider donating!
"Secret Cenote Pocket Park"
- Rustic Cenote Refuge!
Clean but rustic
Calle 21 Sur &
Avenida 75
Daily - No Curfew
Cenotes are all over the island and with the sprawl of the city continuing to grow, more and more of these will pop up in different neighborhoods. This small cenote and the surrounding area are maintained by the neighborhood in an attempt to deter vagrants from taking up residence there. The little park is very clean with pathways around the cenote but rustic and natural in every sense of the word. There are no amenities other than some basic handrails halfway around the cenote and a small pier where one can walk out over the water for better viewing. A nice place to enjoy lunch under the big shade trees and enjoy the view! AND...there is a real play park adjacent to it as well ~ see the other Cenote Corner Park listing.
"The D.I.F. Park on 55 Avenue"
- Big Park with Daily Senor's Activities!
All Cozumel Parks offer
FREE WI-FI internet
Avenida 50 Bis &
Calle 3 Sur
Daily - No Curfew
A huge park in mid-town Cozumel that has a baseball field as well as 2 full soccer fields all surrounded by big beautiful trees. There is a play area for kids, lots of benches and a half basketball court. The park has been a neighborhood staple for decades but in 2006 the park was designated by the City Mayor, Gustavo Ortega, as the D.I.F. Park and several small buildings were constructed. One of the buildings is utilized for Senior Citizens of Cozumel to register and receive State retirement benefits. Another building has various rooms where Seniors can paint, do needlework, string hammocks as well as other arts and crafts. Dance lessons take place as well as singing and games among the Seniors. This park is only 1 block from {LINK /ISLAMAR Sherri's IslaMar Villas!} and is a frequent people watching hangout for guests staying in the villas!
CZM-West Coast - South Zone Area
"Chankanaab Beach Adventure Park"
8:00am to 4:00pm
Carretera Costera Sur Km. 9 past Fiesta Americana Hotel
Food Service:
2 restaurants (Laguna & Bucaneros).
Visit Our Website
Follow us on Twitter!
Adults: $US 21
Kids 3-11: US$ 14
Kids under 2: FREE
This includes:
Sea lion show
Dolphin presentation
Manatee Exhibit
All Facilities
Two restaurants, a snack bar, gift shops, bathrooms with showers, lifeguard, 3 dive shops with equipment rental, lockers, hammocks area, children's playground and other beach activities
Visit us on Facebook!
Visit us on YouTube!
Cozumel's oldest National Park area.
Down Town Area
"Centro de Salud"
Approximately US $2.50 for a consultation
Avenida Andrés Quintana Roo (formerly Calle 11 Sur) and Avenida 20
This clinic has a well-trained staff of doctors and nurses.
"Cozumel International Clinic"
Calle 5 Sur #21 between Avenidas Rafael Melgar and 5
(987) 872-1430 or (987) 872-1431 Fax: (987) 872-1848 or 01-800-700-2666
Cozumel International Clinic is part of the first and largest hyperbaric network worldwide. They have a medical Specialties, 24 hours emergency services, diving medical specialists, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, modern x ray facilities, bilingual staff.
Mid Town Area
"Cozumel Fire Department"
Corner of Avenidas Benito Juarez and 60
(987) 872-0800
Fire Department
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Riddick 220 allows researchers to observe interviews with the protection of invisibility and capture all video/audio from the interview session. Additionally, it provides the flexibility to:
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- minor video editing with EyeTV software,
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Rescued bald eagle continuing recovery
SPOKANE, Wash. - It started out as a picture on Facebook showing Robert Hutton rescuing an injured eagle from a busy Spokane street. But now word of the bird's plight has spread from Spokane to the East Coast.
"And the publicity of this is just overwhelming," Hutton said.
"Well we had a call from New York this Morning, ABC News. Somebody from California called," Mt. Spokane Veterinarian Randolph L. Scott said.
But the bird of prey, which picked up the name Glen, is still fighting to stay alive.
"They'll make a rally and then crash again so it's really hard to tell," said Scott about Glen's chances of survival.
Luckily Glen the eagle landed at Mt. Spokane Vet Clinic where they see plenty of eagles each year.
"They're more active. They've migrated back to this area and things happen to them," said Scott.
Glen has no broken bones so veterinarians think he ate something toxic. He hasn't been able to keep food down so they're continuing to flush his stomach with water. His chances are about 30 percent.
"He's moving; that's a good sign. He tries to move away when you go in there," said Scott.
The staff at the vet hospital named the eagle, however Glenda might be a little more appropriate than Glen. It's really hard to tell an eagle's sex because the organs are on the inside. The doctor has measured the pelvis because females usually have a larger pelvis but right now it's anyone's guess on whether the eagle is Glen or Glenda.
Despite the sex, naming rights go to the staff member who spends the most time with the patient.
"Bobby the barn owl or whatever and we've had Mickey the Moose," one of the vet techs said.
And while the patients may disagree on the names they get, everyone there hopes Glen -- or Glenda -- pulls through and leaves his mark where other eagles have recovered before.
"Hopefully he's gonna be flying around in here in a week or so and he'll be able to be released; that's the hope," Scott.


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Debates of May 15th, 2001
House of Commons Hansard #62 of the 37th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was federal.
- Auditor General's Report
- Government Response To Petitions
- Committees Of The House
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Motor Vehicle Transport Act, 1987
- Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
- Canadian Executive Services Organization
- Census Day
- Insectarium De Montréal
- Breast Cancer
- Riding Of Québec East
- Firearms Registry
- Qikitani Inuit Association
- National Marine Day
- Caveat
- Marine Industry
- Marijuana
- International Day Of Families
- Police Week
- Missile Defence System
- National Mining Week
- The Economy
- Missile Defence Shield
- Infrastructure
- National Defence
- Justice
- North American Free Trade Agreement
- Justice
- Marine Industry
- Multiculturalism
- Para Transpo
- The Economy
- Missile Defence Shield
- Bulk Water Exports
- Marijuana
- Canadian Coast Guard
- Veterans Affairs
- Tomato Industry
- Haroun M'Barek
- The Olympics
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Pyrite
- Aboriginal Affairs
- National Defence
- Presence In Gallery
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
- Nuclear Fuel Waste Act
- Business Of The House
- Nuclear Fuel Waste Act
- Private Disability Insurers
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
Government Orders
3:05 p.m.
Some hon. members
Nuclear Fuel Waste Act
Government Orders
3:05 p.m.
Ralph Goodale Minister of Natural Resources and Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board
moved that Bill C-27, an act respecting the long-term management of nuclear fuel waste, be read the second time and referred to a committee.
Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased today to present Bill C-27 for second reading. This is an act respecting the long term management of nuclear fuel waste.
The nuclear energy option has been part of Canada's energy supply mix for over a quarter of a century. Canada and, in particular, Ontario have benefited from this production. With these benefits, however, comes the responsibility of properly managing the resulting waste.
The waste in question is solid fuel bundles discharged from reactors built with our own Canadian Candu technology. Existing waste is currently stored safely at the reactor sites and await a long term management strategy. The development and control of the nuclear energy option falls under federal jurisdiction and the Government of Canada has a duty to assume its responsibilities in this area, which includes the very critical matter of oversight functions.
The proposed legislation in Bill C-27 is a major step forward in dealing with the management of nuclear fuel waste in Canada over the long term. The bill is the culmination of many years of research, environmental assessment and extensive consultations with stakeholders, including waste owners, the provinces, the public and aboriginal organizations.
Canadians want a solution to this issue and are looking to the Government of Canada to establish a clear, fair and comprehensive strategy to make effective progress. Bill C-27 provides a legal framework for such a strategy and sets the course for years to come.
This federal initiative builds on the government response to the nuclear fuel waste and disposal environmental assessment panel. The panel, also known, for short, as the Seaborn panel, carried out a comprehensive, decade long review while consulting with Canadians from Saskatchewan to New Brunswick. I commend the panel on its efforts to come to grips with this very important issue.
In March 1998, the panel submitted its recommendations to the Government of Canada. In December 1998, the Government of Canada provided its response. In the response, the government agreed with the large majority of the panel's recommendations. In particular, the government agreed that federal oversight was needed to proceed with the long term management of nuclear fuel waste, and we stated three policy objectives for that oversight: first, that it must ensure that a segregated fund be established by waste owners; second, that it must ensure a reporting relationship between the Government of Canada and a waste management organization to be set up by the waste owners themselves; and third, that it must ensure a federal review and approval mechanism, including the issue of access to the fund.
In 1996 the Government of Canada announced a policy framework for radioactive waste which highlighted that:
The federal government will ensure that radioactive waste disposal is carried out in a safe, environmentally sound, comprehensive, cost-effective and integrated manner.
The Government of Canada has already provided oversight to ensure that the safety and environment of Canadians are not unduly affected by the nuclear energy option. This has mainly been carried out pursuant to the 1945 Atomic Energy Control Act which was replaced in 2000 by the new Nuclear Safety and Control Act. The proposed nuclear fuel waste act is now needed to complete the fulfilment of government responsibilities by ensuring that long term waste management activities are carried out in a comprehensive, cost effective and integrated manner.
Bill C-27 ensures: that all nuclear fuel waste to be managed in Canada is addressed under a consistent and unified approach; that all nuclear fuel waste owners fall within the same legal framework; that waste owners will start setting aside funds to fulfill all their financial responsibilities over the long term; and that waste owners will work together in complying with all relevant Government of Canada policies considering technical, socioeconomic and ethical aspects.
The proposed nuclear fuel waste act and the existing Nuclear Safety and Control Act would be complementary. Together they set the foundation for fulfilling federal jurisdictional oversight responsibilities for the long term management of nuclear fuel waste.
What are the main requirements of Bill C-27? First, the bill requires the establishment of a waste management organization by the main waste owners in Canada, which includes primarily the operating nuclear utilities. The organization would be responsible for carrying out government approved waste management operations. This is consistent with the regulatory philosophy adopted in Canada which places the primary responsibility for safety within the nuclear industry.
The safety record of our Canadian nuclear utilities is unparalleled. It is recognized internationally. These utilities understand the need for excellent performance and they understand the need and desirability of public participation in the decision making process. They must, in short, earn the public's trust. The proposed legislation would ensure activities of the waste owners and of the waste management organization are subject to public scrutiny and reviewed annually by the government.
Second, the bill requires the waste management organization to submit to the federal government options for the long term management of nuclear fuel waste. It is important to understand, and I underline this point very clearly, that no decision has yet been made on which management method will ultimately be adopted. The Government of Canada agreed with the Seaborn panel that more work needed to be done in this area before any decisions could be made. Bill C-27 provides a legal framework to carry out that work. The bill requires that the waste management organization examine three options: deep geological disposal, onsite storage or central long term storage. In addition, the waste management organization can propose any other option as well. The bill makes clear that the government will make the final decision on an approach to be adopted for Canada.
Third, the bill requires the main waste owners to put aside real money in a segregated trust fund managed by a third party. Canadians want to be assured that when the time comes, money will be available to fund all long term waste management activities and the Canadian taxpayers will not be called upon to shoulder that financial burden. This is entirely consistent with the polluter pay principle. Therefore, upon entry into force of this legislation, it is expected that deposits as prescribed in the proposed nuclear fuel waste act would start the accumulation of the money that is needed in the trust fund.
The challenge for the government in developing this legislation was to be fair to all of the stakeholders and to strike an effective balance in the public interest. I firmly believe that the proposed legislation fully meets that challenge and it is supported by initial reactions that have been received on Bill C-27.
The main owners of nuclear fuel waste have conveyed to me that they welcome the increased regulatory certainty provided by the legislation, that it provides them with a clear framework to fulfil their public responsibilities and that it does not create an unmanageable financial burden. Small waste owners will note that the new waste management organization would be required to provide them, that is, the small owners, with long term management services at reasonable cost.
In developing this legislation the Government of Canada of course consulted with the affected provinces, that is, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. We addressed many of their concerns and showed as much flexibility as possible without compromising that fundamental point about federal oversight. The provinces recognize that the development and control of nuclear energy is indeed within federal jurisdiction and they are supportive of the direction that we are taking in this legislation.
Government oversight in the legislative scheme provides for mandatory transparency. This was recommended by the Seaborn panel and agreed to by the Government of Canada for increasing public confidence. For example, all waste management organization reports submitted to the Minister of Natural Resources are to be made public. The waste management organization must carry out public consultations at every stage of its process. An advisory council must be established by the waste management organization, whose comments on the organization's activities would also be made public. In addition, over the life of the project the government would exercise additional oversight as required through the Nuclear Safety and Control Act and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.
Care was taken in putting all of this together to avoid overlap and duplication while ensuring that all requirements are fully met. Therefore, as recommended by the Seaborn panel, there are multiple government oversight mechanisms at play here which would ensure that the process proceeds effectively and democratically.
Aboriginal people have shown considerable interest in this important initiative. I have sought their active participation in decision making on the long term management of nuclear fuel waste. They participated extensively in the Seaborn hearings. I have met with a number of aboriginal leaders to discuss how they wish to be further consulted on next steps. This active involvement of aboriginal people has been recognized and ensured in Bill C-27.
In addition the government will continue to carry out related activities pursuant to its fiduciary responsibility toward aboriginal people and recognizes the valuable perspectives and insights of aboriginal peoples which can usefully inform and influence all future steps.
I would make the point that in any of the dialogue that I have had with aboriginal leaders, whether verbally or in writing, whenever we have discussed this matter we have not discussed the issue of where any particular future disposal sight might hypothetically be located. That has not been the topic on the agenda. What we have talked about is how they wish to be consulted in the process, how they wish to have influence on and input into the process. It has not been any form of negotiation. It has been a respectful solicitation of their advice and their insights, because they do have a great deal to offer in this decision making process.
What of the administration of the nuclear fuel waste act? Under the proposed legislation the main decisions would be made by the governor in council. The designated minister for the administration of the legislation would be the Minister of Natural Resources. As such, the Department of Natural Resources would be charged with carrying out ministerial responsibilities under the act.
The department would provide the focal point for interdepartmental, technical, financial, social and ethical reviews and for any independent reviews that might be necessary. The department would provide the government's direct and regular liaison with the waste management organization, the public, the provinces, aboriginal peoples and other interested parties. The department would ensure that the nuclear fuel waste act is complied with and thus would manage all auditing, verification, inspection and enforcement measures.
Bill C-27 was not established in a contextual vacuum. The evolution of policy was guided by consultations with stakeholders and by experienced gained in other countries, together with the invaluable work that was done by the Seaborn panel. The bill adopts a phased, step-wise approach allowing for all planned and executed waste management activities to be reviewed and for the public to participate effectively at every step along the way.
The process would take many years to complete and would possibly affect future generations. The legislation focuses on this generation's responsibilities but is flexible in allowing decision making by future generations if that turns out to be the case.
Canada can now move ahead effectively toward an appropriate solution for the long term management of nuclear fuel waste which takes into consideration not only technical safety matters but incorporates, in a very integral way, the social and ethical values of Canadians. I commend the legislation to the House.
Business Of The House
Government Orders
3:20 p.m.
Richard Marceau Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier, QC
Mr. Speaker, following consultations among all parties, I believe you will find unanimous consent for the following motion:
That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Transport and Government Operations.
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The Speaker
Is it agreed?
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(Motion agreed to)
The House resumed consideration of the motion that Bill C-27, an act respecting the long-term management of nuclear fuel waste, be read the second time and referred to a committee.
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3:20 p.m.
Jacques Saada Brossard—La Prairie, QC
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Following consultations among all parties, I believe you will find unanimous consent to adjourn the debate on Bill C-27 now.
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Is it the consent of the House?
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Jacques Saada Brossard—La Prairie, QC
Mr. Speaker, again, following consultations among all parties, I believe you will find unanimous consent to proceed to the consideration of private members' business now.
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Is there unanimous consent of the House to call it 5.30 p.m.?
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It being 5.30 p.m. according to the fiction we have adopted, the House will now proceed to the consideration of private members' business as listed on today's order paper.
Private Disability Insurers
Private Members' Business
3:20 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Jim Abbott Kootenay—Columbia, BC
That, pursuant to Standing Order 68(4)( b ), a legislative committee be appointed to prepare and bring in a bill that would create the position of ombudsman to oversee private disability insurers in Canada.
Mr. Speaker, this is a very interesting topic because of the amount of time that it ends up taking up not only in my office but, I am sure, in your office and the offices of all of the other members of parliament.
Most MPs who come to Ottawa try to raise issues of importance to their constituents, which is what I am doing. However, as I say, the beauty of this one is that I think it is an issue of importance to all Canadians and all members of parliament trying to represent them at the national level. Today I want to raise the issue in the House with this motion:
That, pursuant to Standing Order 68(4)(b), a legislative committee be appointed to prepare and bring in a bill that would create the position of ombudsman to oversee private disability insurers in Canada.
There is a terrible injustice being inflicted upon some Canadian citizens by private insurance companies that are refusing to honour their policies and pay benefits to people who suffer with long term disabilities.
Some of these cases involve Canadians who have put their own lives at risk in careers with the armed forces, the RCMP and the peacekeepers. Others are what we would call ordinary Canadians who have worked hard at their jobs as nurses, teachers and loggers to provide for themselves and their families.
In a nutshell, the problem is that Canadians in the workplace who find themselves with severe illnesses or disabilities which prevent them from performing their duties of employment and who then turn to their insurance companies, under which they believe they have insurance to assist them in such unfortunate circumstances, suddenly find the support is not there. Thus, the stress and anxiety they are under from their illnesses or accidents, along with the reality that they can no longer work to provide for themselves and their families, is multiplied by the process of and treatment by their insurance company.
Of course one must preface this by saying that it is not true of all claimants and not true of all insurance companies, but surely all members who are listening would agree with me that two, three and four times a week in every one of our constituency offices it happens that people are having difficulty with their disability insurance.
This is what my constituents have told me about processing their claims. First they are informed that their only option is to go on short term disability, from 26 to 52 weeks, only after they can prove with medical evidence beyond any reasonable doubt that they are severely disabled and unable to perform their duties at their present employment. At the end of the short term disability period, their insurance benefits are cut off and they are again required to go through the process to prove that they are still disabled. At that point they may be allowed to go on long term disability or be granted another short term period, but even if they are granted long term disability they will be subject to a review, usually every year. That means their benefits will again be cut off and they are required to go through the whole process over and over again with the same insurance company.
Within the past month I was made aware of two cases of constituents of mine who have received foreclosure notices on their homes from their banks due to cancellation of disability insurance benefits. These were on applications that had been completed at the bank, the lending institution, on behalf of the insurance company. They have led to disqualification of benefits, resulting in the foreclosure action by the bank.
Neither the insurance company nor the bank in these cases would take responsibility for the intent of the insurance. In other words, in these cases the bank had the customer sign documents insuring the mortgage but later the insurance company claimed it was the wrong document or application and refused to accept it and process the benefit.
The bank's response in these cases has been to discipline the employees to satisfy the insurance company. However, the banks have failed their customers, who in these cases have paid the premiums attached to the mortgage for years and believed the coverage was in place should they require it.
The intent of the insurance company and the bank to provide this coverage needs to be addressed. Do they intentionally provide wrong applications to their customers? I think not, but do the insurance companies not provide proper training to the bank employees? Perhaps. Do the insurance companies not review these applications and advise the banks that they have not processed the correct application and that their clients may not be entitled to benefits as a result? With the banks and insurance companies happily accepting their clients' insurance premiums each month, does it not obligate them to pay out benefits?
Surely if the funds are flowing through to the insurance company there is an expectation, an intent. If the paperwork is incorrect that is where an ombudsman would come in, because the banks and insurance companies end up working on and detailing only the words that are on a piece of paper.
Apparently the fact that people are paying their premiums does not really make that much difference. The question is: What can we do about it? What recourse do average Canadians have against banks and insurance companies when they find themselves faced with the circumstances that I have just described? Their insurance benefits denied, their only option is to accept it or hire a lawyer and fight for their rights. Talk about David and Goliath.
Of interest to all Canadians at this point is, if the claim is approved at this point, the insurance companies require the employee or victim to apply for early Canada pension benefits thus reducing the insurance companies benefit payable. In other words, the insurance company is downloading onto the reserves Canadians have paid into for their retirement pensions. Also of interest is that at one time all pension benefits received from an insurance company were in addition to any other pensions received such as the CPP and WCB.
The insurance companies will review each stage and suggest other employment opportunities that can be pursued so they can lower their benefit. Quoting from an insurance group's policy, it states:
"Totally disabled" shall mean, for the first 30 months of a total disability, an employee is wholly and continuously disabled by illness or accidental bodily injury which prevents him from performing the essential duties of his normal occupation. After the first 30 months of total disability, "totally disabled" shall mean he is unable to perform the essential duties of any occupation for which he is reasonably fitted by education, training or experience."
Note that when the insured obtained the insurance it was insured at his present job.
The tactics of periodically discontinuing benefits or taking away our financial support mechanism and requiring one to continually prove he or she is incapable of working is in itself questionable. We are aware of cases where the insurance company has hired private investigators or sent their investigators out to spy on and record all activities of their clients for extended periods.
I would like to quote from letters from my constituents who, according to their doctors and medical specialists, were disabled but were unable to convince the bureaucrats working for the Canada Pension Act. The insurance providers look for any unfavourable decision from CPP so they can suspend or deny benefits. The letter states:
I had been on Long Term Disability—for over two years, at which point (the company) informed me that I had to apply for Canada Disability. This upset me at the time as I didn't consider my disability to be permanent. I am doing everything in my power to get better. It was explained to me that this is a necessary step in my health care management, and that I would qualify for benefits until such time as I was well. I was told (the company) would "top up" the benefits from CPP to my present level, if in effect, I qualified for disability pensions.
The next letter said:
Both companies denied my benefits, and I had to go through the appeal process. CPP has since denied my appeal, and I am awaiting (the company's) decision. I highly suspect (the company) is waiting to hear CPP's decision so that it can be used against me.
What we are looking at here is the fact that there is a patchwork quilt with which our constituents are faced. Much of the law that covers this particular activity in our society is federal law yet its administration is at the provincial level. Yet when we go to the provincial level, there is no ombudsman function on the part of any of the provincial governments. This unfortunately ends up falling between the cracks of federal and provincial jurisdiction. We recognize that getting an ombudsman is not the full answer because in effect we can still end up with fighting and delays and things getting in the way of the ombudsman to go ahead and work on behalf of the people.
The bottom line to the exercise is this, if people find themselves disabled and at that particular point no longer able to be gainfully employed, they now has a number of concerns.
The first concern is obviously their physical or mental incapacity to be able to perform at an ordinary level. That is a concern that would relate to everyone around them, particularly within their family unit.
Second, they will not have any income. Therefore, all their assets will be threatened and their ability to provide for themselves and their families will be threatened. It is a highly stressful situation because the two things work together in a symbiotic relationship to make both of those issues work. Then, if they are denied the benefits that they were fully anticipating by paying into a benefits program, there is a third compounding effect to their very difficult situation.
I am sure, Madam Speaker, as I said to the previous gentleman in that chair, that even in your office and in all our offices we deal with these things on a weekly basis.
The point of my motion is to tell the federal government that we have a problem and that there is no solution to the problem. The people who no longer have a job or the resources, and in many cases do not have the emotions to be able to handle the situation, require some help. To ask them to put down a $1,000, $5,000 or $10,000 retainer for a lawyer to represent them is absolutely facetious. It simply cannot happen.
Therefore, with the motion I am simply asking the government take a look at this gaping hole between the federal jurisdiction of legislation, the provincial enactment that relates to the legislation and find some way to help our constituents.
This is an opportunity for all of us in the House, on a totally non-partisan basis, to bring a balance to the people of Canada which balance the rights of the individual against the rights of these very large corporations that are all, I am sure, obeying the law but nonetheless represent a very formidable force in the face of ordinary citizens. I say that collectively, on a non-partisan basis, we should be working together to represent individual Canadians.
Private Disability Insurers
Private Members' Business
3:35 p.m.
The Acting Speaker (Ms. Bakopanos)
It is my duty, pursuant to Standing Order 38, to inform the House that the questions to be raised tonight at the time of adjournment are as follows: the hon. member for Kootenay—Columbia, Transportation; the hon. member for Cumberland—Colchester, Lumber Industry.


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Oh, Mindy, kiss her little nose for me! I love torties! (And orange tabbies, black cats, and every other color of cat....)
Nice, GC. That is pure, unadulterated truth.
Mindy, I LOVE Charlie. What a cutie. She's a very fortunate kitty to be moving into such a loving home.
I'm going to finish my coffee, take a shower and then go vote. I'm prepared for the worst of outcomes (Republican victories) but there have been some glimmers of hope in the past week that upsets may occur in several national races. I can only wait and see.
What really gets under my skin is that so many of these far-right candidates are so divorced from reality, yet so many dumb-ass people vote for them and put them in office.
Postscript: I also got tired of SUVs full of kids from other neighborhoods coming around for more goodies....and I noticed this year that more than half of our neighbors also don't turn on their porch lights..
I stoped handing out Trick-or-treat candy about 10 years ago, when very few children (or even grandchildren) lived in our neighborhood, and my back would not tolerate bending over to drop stuff in pillowcases and plastic pumpkins. Once I stopped doing that, my JW sister decided it was "safe" for her to stay in the house on Oct. 31, instead of sitting in the farthest corner of the back yard and freezing her ass off.
Witlesses are so weird....what's the harm of little kids dressing up like ballerinas, cowboys, or even sheet-covered "ghosts"?
I used to love Halloween, but the people who started the rumors and fears about "tainted treats" ruined it for everyone. Before I stopped handing out treats altogether, I went from homemade cookies (which people stopped accepting) to wrapped candies without chocolate just because everything chocolate gets boring after a while.
Also, it's far from a sure thing that Republicans might take the Senate:
Expect the Unexpected: 5 U.S. Senate Races Where the National Media Is Probably Misreading Polls
If you live in [Iowa, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, or North Carolina], your vote really counts.
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Mindy, the "two sides to an argument" graphic is a keeper; thanks! And it's great that Charlie is getting a wonderful home!
Cute kitten. She looks wary, but I'm sure you'll give her a good home.
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Skip to comments.RUBIO'S AMNESTY: A PATH TO OBLIVION FOR THE GOP
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Hey Ann,
Back more libs for high office and then sit stunned when the rest act like libs.
That's a winning strategy for America.
Lucy is holding the football and Charlie Brown is trusting again.
I've written dozens of emails, letters and faxes to members of congress and talk show mouthpieces. It has not been mentioned that I know of.
Democrats would surely oppose it, but Rubio (who's office I've called) has yet to mention it.
I am unchanged in my opinion that this is nothing more than democrat voter recruitment and they're gonna play Rubio like a dime store kazoo.
The donk party will be in the WH forever. Bush will go down in history as the last Republican President the US ever had.
Sure looks that way.
No, Rubio has been very forthcoming about his amnesty positions. He wants it. This is not a Dem voter drive as much as it's the GOP absolving themselves of conservatism.
An in our face 'FU'.
Rubio is a degenerate little twerp busy body lawyer and con man who never held a real job in his life.
Actually heard him utter the phrase undocumented worker on the 10 minutes of the 3 hour Limbaugh show that isnt a collection of continuous commercials for ridiculous products and services that nobody with half a brain would purchase.
So now the Washingtonians from both parties for their own selfish and nefarious reasons want to enfranchise illegal alien criminals at the expense of real Americans who work for a living and actually pay taxes.
The degenerate political class keeps pushing the productive class against the wall, mugging them via the IRS under threat of imprisonment in broad daylight.
Soon will come a breaking point.
The tyranny of the Washingtonians and their apparatchiks in the bureaucracy and their demented evil propagandists in the press must inevitably result in the collapse of the first American Republic and the rise of a second Republic.
A Republic where the Franchise is limited to responsible citizens, and the Capital in not located in DC but is rotated amongst the States that are invited to join (NY, CA, the entire Northeast and IL need not bother to apply).
The sooner the collapse happens, the better.
The Washingtonians extort 3 trillion dollars from the working stiffs paycheck every year, and will stop at nothing to continue their thievery.
The Washingtonian problem will not be solved via the electoral process.
No solutions to any of our problems will come from DC, for the political class in DC is the biggest threat to the security and wallet of the American productive class, not the barbarians in the Middle East.
Heck, if they took out DC, they would be doing us all a favor.
Marco Rubio and his immigration reform initiative can go straight to Hell.
Maybe he team up with that fake suntanned orange faggot Charlie Crist and pass a national primary seat belt enforcement law like he did in Florida.
Marco is busy, busy , busy.
Coulter also told the country that Romney was the only guy that could win, then blames voters when he didn't.
Sometimes she is just a loudmouth.
0bamugabe is going to demagogue the issue and demonize Republicans, in spite of the fact that theyre ready to cave, and Schumer, Durbin, et al are going to sucker the Pubbies in then torpedo the whole thing. The Dems are only using this to pull the rug out from under Pubbies in the mid-terms.
I like Rush's idea. Make them all legal citizens immediately, except they can't vote for the next 25 years. The dems would never go for that and hopefully the Mexican illegals would know how much the Dems "cared for them".
Boy, that's something to be proud of (do I need this? -> "/s"). I tried to hold out hope, but our generation lost the country. I'm truly sorry kids and grand kids.
Hey Ann, CAGOP tried it your way in the mid-90s. It's how they got where they did. Put up or shut-up? Where's your alternative plan?
Yes, the dems are pulling every issue out to the open for repubs so they can continue to look like "the party of NO".
Everything—the fiscal cliff, defense of marriage, women in combat, dropping DADT, immigration, tax payer funded abortion...all the issues that when repubs say no, they are made out to be evil, homophobe, racist, sexist and out of touch with reality.
Dems set the trap and repubs either step in it or join the other side.
I think that is 0bamugabe's entire strategy. Fiscal policy, gun control, immigration and whatever the next hot button issue is that he and the Dems bring up. Blow it up with wild rhetoric, create a sense of urgency, claim they want Pubbies to come in and make it bi-partisan then destroy the whole thing from within (0bamugabe's #1 job) and demonize Republicans for the 'failure.'
Ann Coulter is wrong and working for the other side.
She knows that the status quo will prevail if nothing gets done due to infighting.
Rubio insists on controlling border, visas, etc., BEFORE granting green cards to non-criminals.
However, right now we have 11-20 million illegals, no controls on the border, ruined social security, injured employment, injured health care, etc., all because the status quo prevails.
Who benefits from the status quo?
Democrats as illegals pour across the border.
Unscrupulous employers who hire non-citizens.
And apparently Ann Coulter.
If they wanted to they could use every one of these issues to rally the American people away from cammunism.
But they DON'T want that. They are playing the scapegoat intentionally. Because their actions. not words but ACTIONS, show they want it every bit as much as the Dems.
And for the excusemakers that say 'BS', it is on YOU to show how their actions since 2010 point to any other direction.
We elected a conservative house, they went full metal liberal shortly thereafter. Bohner led the charge. Those are the facts.
When is the treatment of American citizens in Mexico and their rights vs US treatment of Mexicans going to be an issue when we discuss amnesty ? What makes it necessary for US to subjugate our sovereignty because of available cheap labor ?
Ever hear of reciprocal aggrements ? These are arranged to protect the rights of American citizens working or living in other countries.
Why is it when it comes to citizens of other countries we are required to offer them the same privledges as we do to US citizens? But when it comes to US citizens who get in trouble or attempt to do business in other countries they do not get the same treatment their citizens get.
Americans cant own coast land in Mexico. And get no title to it elsewhere. If they run out of cash theyll get unceremoniously sent back or put in jail untill some relative comes up with the fresh. Thats just for starters as for granting them voting privledges yea lets give Mexican citizens that right when American citizens vote in their elections
So Annie has decided she is back to being "severely conservative" again now...
after pushing the AMNESTY Bill lovin Willard in the 2012 election...
For decades, Democrats have been working feverishly to create more Democrats by encouraging divorce (another Democratic voter!), illegitimacy (another Democratic voter!) and Third World immigration (another Democratic voter!).
HEY !!! Annie !!!
how do you explain abortion (one less Democrat)
All I've heard him say is that not securing the border is a deal breaker. That means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. This bill will get reconstructed, drafted and pushed through just like health care so that it can be passed in order to see what's in it. Democrats promising to a provision is as worthless as the oath of office they took in vain.
Once any version of this bill passes, it's "Katie bar the door". All Mr. Rubio needs to do (as I suggested when I called his Miami office) is go on national TV and ask the democrats to include that the back ground check provision will mandate pulling voter registration roles to see if felony vote fraud has been committed by applicants.
The dems would scream "racist" , but it won't happen anyway because the fix is in - count on it.
"All I've heard him say is that not securing the border is a deal breaker."
Read up on his Dream act BS.
Pisses me off.
There is absolutely no way to "legislate" this country back to Liberty.
A collapse is coming, 1, 5 or 20 years. Let's pray our Republic can be restored.
The tyranny of the Washingtonians and their apparatchiks in the bureaucracy and their demented evil propagandists in the press must inevitably result in the collapse of the first American Republic and the rise of a second Republic.
A Republic where the Franchise is limited to responsible citizens, and the Capital in not located in DC but is rotated amongst the States that are invited to join (NY, CA, the entire Northeast and IL need not bother to apply).
The sooner the collapse happens, the better.
Amen....Amen....Amen....and Amen!
Agree on all points! Even so, come quickly!
From this moment on, you will not be allowed to purchase a Sleep Number Bed, a single gold bar, rent a temporary office, or use Carbonite or Go-to-Meeting. Please, don't beg.
Former rock'n'roll DJ Rush may be, but he has achieved sainthood and is quoted daily by many of the smartest people in trailer parks everywhere. The fact that he does not question Rubio's status as a Natural Born Citizen, despite being born to two (2) non-citizens is proof positive that this issue does not matter.
As far as illegal immigration goes, it wasn't all that long ago that St. Rushmo was saying "....sign of a healthy economy ... hardworkers ... doing jobs that Ameri .....etc. etc." ad naus. In short, he was a mouth for Karl Rove and his preposterous theory of "Mexicans the Republicans of the Future."
Rush is a broadcaster of absolutely preternatural talent. Political Philosopher? Nah! His job is preaching to the choir and selling them weird stuff, which he does very, very well.
We need to get Rubio to amend the "immigration reform initiative" to include a requirement for the "illegal aliens " to forfeit their right to vote until they qualify for USA citizenship or 25 years, whichever is LESS?
Clearly this whole amnesty crap is nothing short of pandering for Hispanic votes. Disqualifying them from voting should be added to the penalties for being in the country illegally (why can't we call them what they are - CRIMINALS) and non-negotiable from the Pub standpoint. Let's see how many Rats will go for this one, which would demonstrate their true motive behind this "immigration reform initiative".
Perception is reality in politics. Politics is all about amassing power by consensus.
NOW -I would suggest that the questions being asked are not legitimately premised UNLESS there is a campaign. The Republicans are already in office -they do not have to gain power -they already have it -they own the House. No campaign necessary -in fact, campaigning is a distraction and a waste of efforts and resources. Let Obama campaign all he wants -so what!!!!
As such, no consensus is necessary and as such perception is irrelevant.
The Part of NO should remain the party of NO -NO more compromise. As well, the party of NO should become the party of NO COMMENT. To hell with even attempting to make a case for a media that is in bed with the enemy.
Republicans should ignore all the leftist diversions -ignore all the media circus -not even participate in the perception and consensus game. They should just hunker down and execute the plan -period!
Really, I could care less about interviews and statements and this or that BS -all I care about are the votes and the actions. They should just do it -no apologies or excuses or rationale is necessary to do their job no mater how many times the left demands it! The left is NOTHING -the left is not the grand arbiter that decides what is and what is not legitimate so why even entertain their questioning -tell the left to pack sand -no comment necessary!!!!
The time for a new strategy -a strategy of action rather than discussion is NOW! No bipartisanship or Obama approval is necessary...
Rubio is playing with fire.
If Mr. Rubio gets his way on immigration, he will have succeeded in doing more damage to conservative ideals - and to America's future - than a RINO like Chris Christie could ever hope to do...
Well, I guess this is a positive, Coulter is no longer being Obama Supporter going after Birthers
The Rubio-Obama bill is Amnesty...and any other description of it is just spin
I like Rushs idea. Make them all legal citizens immediately, except they cant vote for the next 25 years.
That is AMNESTY
If you are not deporting Illegal Aliens, it is Amnesty.
That idea is like letting all the drunk drivers escape DUI charges, but have to walk to bars for the next 25 years. Aint gonna happen
What a dumb statement. Does Rush really believe the courts would allow a second class of citizenship for 11 million or more people? There is no way legal citizens of this country can be denied the vote just because they gained their citizenship thru an amnesty.
Would anyone listen to Ann if she looked like Madeleine Albright or Helen Thomas? She may yearn for Krispy Kreme Christie for POTUS but would she have dated him?
Ok, that does it! I'm going to have to go to his site and check the transcript because the crap phrase in quotes, if accurate, sure would give me an "oh (BLEEP!)" moment!!!
Not because Rubio said it as a freudian slip of monumental proportions, but because Rush didn't catch it instantly and call Marco out on it. Maybe Rush's hearing problem caused this, who knows. That new TX Senator Cruz is the one Rush really should be supporting IMO, but it's his show. Aside from that it's my country!!!
Rubio wants to legalize their status immediately so they can stay and work here, It is an amnesty.
Any legislation that legalizes the status of those who broke our laws by entering our country illegally and allows them to stay and work here is amnesty. We must not only prevent the Democrats and some moderate Republicans from hijacking the meaning of the word amnesty, but the public must be made aware about the true impact of an amnesty. The Heritage Foundation concluded that the cost of amnesty would be $2.6 trillion just for increased entitlement program costs. And the number of additional LEGAL immigrants who would join those who were the recipients of amnesty through chain migration, i.e., family reunification, would approach 70 million over a 20-year period, assuming there are only 12 million illegal aliens. We cannot assimilate such numbers. An amnesty would destroy the United States of America with the stroke of a pen.
Who benefits from the status quo?
The Dems benefit with or without an amnesty. Legal immigration is actually more of a problem than illegal immigration. The legal immigrants are having far more of an impact electorally. The Dems dont need a amnesty to get more Dem voters. Every year, 1.2 million legal immigrants enter the US and the overwhelming majority of them will be voting Dem. The last decade ending in 2010 saw the largest number of legal immigrants ever to enter this country in our history13.9 million. One in 8 in this country is foreign born compared to one in 21 in 1970. Immigration is changing our electoral demographics ensuring that the Dems will be the permanent majority party. Amnesty just hastens a process that has been ongoing over the past 40 years.
Democrats as illegals pour across the border
40% of the illegals who are in this country came here legally and overstayed their visas. Securing the border only solves part of the problem.
The neo-Cons at "Commentary" and "Weekly Standard" are promoting your argument.
It makes no sense to me.
Obama has already given "Executive Order Amnesty" to 2 million illegals - those brought here as "children" and those with a legal spouse or with legal dependent family members.
Once he gets citizenship for the other 9 million, Texas will vote Democrat in 2016, and Conservatism will be dead.
The MSM has been demonizing Republicans 24-7 on every issue imaginable for the last 20 years - why would Obama have to "torpedo" immigration reform to make that happen?
If Congress doesn't vote for Amnesty, Obama will just grant Amnesty by Executive Order.
Believe it or not, Romney was the strongest anti-Amnesty candidate in the GOP Primary.
He pretty much avoided the issue during the general election.
No telling where he might have ended up on the issue if he had been elected and "matured" in office.
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Why did he have to demagogue the 'fiscal cliff' when he had just won the election? Why did he have to jump on gun control with both feet less than three hours after the shooting at Newtown? You don't think he or Schumer or Durbin really intend to work with Rubio on his plan do you? 0bama came out the day after the Schumer-Durbin-Rubio press conference and threw a wrench in their 'bi-partisan' announcement. This is a bait-and-switch IMO.
Rubio:"You know, 40% of our illegal immigrants of our undocumented people that are in this country, they didn't cross the border, they came legally. Their visa expired and they stayed and we don't track people when they leave. We only track them when they come in."
Yes, again this is why Rush is literally correct in the high nineties (percentage wise)!
I could tell by the tone of the rest of your comments on this subject alone that you probably just don't care for Rush, which is your privilege last time I checked.
He wants BOTH goals....
His political agenda as law.
And, the destruction of the Republican Party.
He doesn't need to compromise or scam.
That doesn't make sense to me. All he has done is scam since day one. Every issue he has taken up he has done in an underhanded manner. Not surprising since he has been scamming his way through life since he was a child. IMO that's the only strategy he knows.
Vote-crazed pols are concerned only w/ getting entrenched in office, and achieving higher office, on the backs of mainstream Americans---using MSM Americans for their personal gain.
We have to scare the beejezus out of 'em---let the creeps know WE KNOW what they're up to. It's appalling that a few narcissistic pols can corrupt a Nation---making unconscionable demands on the citizenry. Allowing law-breakers and foreign countries to exert a stranglehold on a free country. NOT what the Founders intended.
Hispanic pressure groups---"Voto Latino" AND other latino groups lobbying Congres for amnesty----- need immediate investigation:
(1)to determine the scope and dimension of Voto Latino and other Hispo/lobbying groups using pressure tactics on Congress (a violation of US law).
(2) Hispo/lobbying groups and Voto Latino's exchanging votes for amnesty (a violation of US law).
(3) Hispo/lobbying groups and Voto Latino's sources of funding---whether tax dollars are illegally funding legislative initiatives, and, whether foreign countries are funding their activities.
(4) whether Voto Latino is using hate-mongering against amnesty opponents to force a vote.
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PARA-MILITARY DEMOCRATS A RELIC OF CIVIL WAR Carpetbaggers---Northern invaders into the South ----were prominent in politics until 1875, but nearly all left under pressure from the Red Shirts and White Liners -----white paramilitary organizations, then-described as "the military arm of the Democratic Party", working openly to violently overthrow Republican rule, using intimidation and assassination to turn Republicans out of office and suppress freedmen's (former slaves) voting.
The Republican sheriff of Yazoo, Mississippi, received a brief flurry of national attention when insurgent white Democrats took over the county government and forced him to flee. (WIKI)
FREEPER ACTION MEMO In 1875, Hiram Revels, a Mississippi Republican--and the first African-American US Senator--wrote to then-Pres Ulysses S. Grant denouncing Northern invaders into the post-Civil War south for manipulating the Black vote for personal benefit, and for keeping alive wartime hatreds. (WIKI)
We need to get someone with integrity----like Cong Allen West (not reelected)----- to write letters to his colleagues, and to the media.
Cong West needs to do the following:
(1) decry the agitation and intimidation tactics being used by latino groups,
(2) expose latinos using hatemongering for personal gain,
(3) emphasize the illegalities WRT threateing the US Congress, and,
(4) precpitate investigations into fraud.
Are you ok with maintaining the status quo?
Mexico is pushing north at a furious pace---throwing its "pressure groups" over the border---salivating for reconquista---to takeover the SW--- financing and coaching their fifth column invasion of US borders.
The wailing and whining invaders' propaganda-----"just here for a better life, to do jobs Americanos won't do"---really "gets" bleeding heart sap-happy liberals and vote-crazed US politicians.
The latino criminal underworld on US soil has more criminal enterprises than you can shake a stick at.
<><>ICE's "documents and benefits fraud taskforce" found a common practice among "impoverished" illegals is to buy several faked identities for several thousand dollars each----the illegal then votes and rides the US gravy train under several names.
<><> Jose Madrigal---the Washington staterapist---had some 30 identities. And probably voted and collected US benefits under every single identity.
<><>June 26, 2010 An illegal using multiple identities was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay back $3 million in fraudulently obtained unemploymet compensation. Manuel Mejia Ordonez, got eight years for conspiracy to commit mail fraud........and identity theft.
<><> Hilderberto Salinas sold state drivers' licenses issued out of the states Motor Vehicle Agency in NJ to illegals with multiple identities who did not have the necessary id's....among 40 people who participated in the widespread ring. "Impoverished" illegals paid $2,500 to $7,000 apiece for the licenses---which allows them to vote.
The US State Dept once stopped taking passports from Hudson County, NJ---b/c they were mostly fraudulent. The latino HC Clerk was then given a high post in then Dem Gov Corine's admin.
Vote-crazed pols are using US gvt authority and tax dollars to foment hatred againt America and Americans.
AN EXAMINATION OF LA RAZA STUDIES---SCHOOL CURRICULUM: These shocking quotes are taken directly from A LA Raza textbook "Occupied America" (pg. 167): Supporters would execute all white males over age 16, (also known as the Plan of San Diego). LA Raza school textbook chapter from Occupied America, by Rodolfo Acuña, includes a speech given by university professor Jose Angel Gutierrez: We have got to eliminate the gringo, and if worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him, (pg. 323).
La Raza books also talk about the need for the govt of Mexico to re-take seven states in SW United States. so that the Southwest USA would become a Chicano nation. And judging by Ramos' activities---La Raza is establishing a beachhead in NJ.
YOU ARE PAYING FOR THIS In 2005 alone, $7.9 million in taxpayer funding was given to "La Raza charter schools" via the US Dept of Education grants. These charter schools stress Latino culture, the Spanish language, the re-conquest of the American Southwest, the establishment of the mythical Atzlan on US soil, and even Aztec math.
In addition to using taxpayer funds to enforce the teaching of murdering Americans and latino violence, the federally-funded La Raza organization operates 100 charter schools across America.
With the help of the liberal media the democrats are doing exactly that. They are intimidating voters and have convinced a good part of the electorate that republicans are racists who hate them, women and children.
They are doing what they can to give more poser to foreign powers and what the media frames as "minorities" that are now the actual majority.,p. Listen to the news: they are now morphing the Sandy Hook school shooting into the need to toss out the constitution. The media will beat this drum incessantly and their chance of selling it to illegals, unions and code pink is probably better than half because republicans will not stand up in opposition.
Of course not, but I am dead set against an amnesty of any kind. Why the urgency to legalize the status of 12 to 20 million illegals who are already here? The costs are enormous and by rewarding something you get more of it. If anything, the 1986 amnesty should have taught us that.
Here is my plan to deal with the immigration issue--legal and illegal:
Advocate a pro-immigrant policy of low immigration. Republicans need to provide the American people with their own comprehensive immigration reform plan, i.e., give people a reason to vote FOR something rather than just attack the other sides proposals. Such a plan should contain the following elements:
Formulate a merit based immigration system that brings in the skills and talents to keep us competitive in the global economy;
Reduce immigration levels based on need more closely approximating 300,000 a year;
Eliminate extended chain migration, i.e., family reunification, limiting it to the nuclear family,
Secure the border;
Enforce existing immigration laws to reduce the current illegal alien population and limit future illegal immigration, i.e., attrition thru enforcement. Enforcement would include: (1) ending the job magnet; (2) increasing coordination at the federal level by eliminating barriers to information sharing among agencies; (3) leveraging state and local enforcement resources; (4) fully implementing the US-VISIT Program to track and deport visa overstays; and (5) make mandatory and improve such programs as E-Verify and 287 [g] authority to assist employers and law enforcement in identifying illegal aliens;
Eliminate birthright citizenship and the visa lottery program;
Ensure that anyone who enters this nation illegally is not rewarded by being permitted to stay and work here; i.e., no amnesty;
Streamline the processing and adjudication of immigration cases;
Promote pro-immigrant measures that help newcomers assimilate and embrace the values and principles of our Founders and the Constitution.
Rubio is just acting as the salesman for the McCain-Kennedy 2007 amnesty bill. All of the elements he has mentioned are in that 2007 900 page bill, which I have read cover to cover along with the 2006 Hagel-Martinez amnesty bill that passed the Rep-controlled Senate (the Reps voted against it 32-23), and the 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli bill.
Rubio and the Gang of Eight's plan is just old wine in new bottles. The idea that we must now swoon because an Hispanic Rep is the point man is nonsense. It must be stopped. Legislators should adopt the doctor's rule, "First, do no harm." An amnesty will destroy this country with the stroke of a pen. Everything else that follows is just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
Kabar, I agree with your plan. I know, however, that it will not get passed. Ever. The power brokers committed to maintaining the status quo will see to that.
Then we're stuck with the status quo.
My hopes are simply stated right now. I want controlled entry of border, visa, etc. I want green card acceptance of current illegals instead of citizenship.
But, the forces wanting to maintain the status quo are extremely powerful. They will undermine ANY EFFORT to improve anything. That's why Rubio's plan that includes control of entry is as good as it gets.
The bottom line is this: anyone who wants too much is actually going to end up with the status quo....which they hate.
It's the classic catch 22.
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■ Nurses are often hesitant to recommend opiate use for non-cancer pain.
■ People aged 65 and above are as likely to benefit from opioids as younger people.
■ In older people with no significant comorbidity, short-term use of opioids reduces pain and improves physical functioning.
■ 25% of patients stop using opioids because of adverse events, including constipation.
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■ Older age is associated with a lower likelihood of abuse and misuse of opioids.
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