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Haim Saban is sitting at the head of the table in his conference room on the 26th floor of his Century City tower offices. Here, he is kingpin, an image strongly reinforced by where he sits, as well as the attentiveness of his traditionally dressed office butler, who ducks in and out of the meeting continuously, pouring Pellegrino and serving cappuccinos.
Saban wears a white dress shirt and black sport coat with thick gold buttons. He has a broad, brawny stature and a deep, sonorous voice. His 66-year-old face is full of the sharp etchings of time, which makes him appear expressive even when he is not displaying emotion. He is naturally authoritative, though this, too, is reinforced by the austere decor — a dark, wood-paneled office with sweeping city views, from the Wilshire Country Club immediately below to the hills and sea in the distance.
On this afternoon, Saban is meeting with a roomful of representatives from the Israeli Leadership Council (ILC) who have come hoping to draw from the well of their favorite sugar daddy.
Lesson No. 1 in how to pitch to a billionaire: Speak a common language — or two.
"B'ivrit or b'anglit [Hebrew or English]?" Marissa Sharpe, director of operations for the ILC asks Saban. She is about to pitch the ILC's latest initiative, "Netina" (giving).
"Anglit," Saban tells her.
"So, the idea behind Netina is to create bridges between the American Israelis and the Jewish Americans through volunteering," Sharpe says. "The idea is to create a large community that will transcend all kinds of different opinions, because everybody believes in doing good. By April, we're going to have a special event, and the only way to come to the event is by volunteering at least four hours."
"There's no such thing in the Jewish community," adds Eli Tene, ILC co-chair and a member of its board of directors.
"What do you think about the concept?" asks Shoham Nicolet, the ILC's executive director.
Saban sits quietly and upright, intensely attentive. "You know, it's a great concept," he says. "I like the idea that you're tapping into primarily the Jewish and Israeli communities, but that you're offering a service to not only Jewish causes, which I think is ...
"It's a must," Tene interjects.
"Well, I wasn't going to say 'it's a must,' but you're right in saying it's a must. I think it's very great for Israel's image, and as we know, Israel totally unjustifiably has an image problem. So. from that point of view, I think ..."
"I'm sorry to interrupt," says Danny Alpert, the ILC's other co-chair and a manufacturer of diamond jewelry. "But Israelis, too, have an image [problem], you understand? An image that they're not giving back. Even in the Jewish community. That's what we're trying to change."
Lesson No. 2: Ask for advice.
"What do you think are the challenges of this program?" Nicolet asks Saban.
"Challenge No. 1 is you gotta raise $382,000. That, you're aware of — klum hadesh lecha [nothing new to you]. And I appreciate that you're not here just to get my creative input, b'seder [OK]?"
Lesson No. 3: Don't actually ask for the money; let the billionaire offer it.
"We're not here to ask you for money, Haim, I'm being serious," Nicolet says.
"Maybe not today," Saban answers animatedly, his voice trilling with enthusiasm, "but eventually ...!"
There is an eruption of laughter, and Saban, who is quick to sense an opportunity, showcases his good humor: "Eventually, Eli, at lunch, will generously pay, as he always fights to pay for lunches when we have our lunches on Fridays" — these gatherings are known within their circle as "Israeli parliament" — "and he's going to say, ''Bo nishteh café [come, let's drink a coffee].' "
Lesson No. 4: Flattery will get you everywhere.
"Haim, I like very much the letter that you sent to Time [magazine]," Alpert says during a pause in the Hebrew banter. He is referring to the magazine's recent cover story declaring, "Why Israelis Don't Want Peace," a subject that, not surprisingly, gets Saban's blood boiling.
"What I wrote was much tougher," Saban said, explaining that the magazine's editor, Richard Stengel, is not only Jewish, but a friend. "I e-mailed him and said, 'Are you out of your friggin' mind, Richard?! Are you crazy?? Why Israelis don't want peace?!' He said, 'What are you talking about? We showed all these wonderful things about Israeli people hanging in the sun.' I said, 'If you read [the article], you read that basically Israelis are a bunch of beach bums! Maybe there are two or three Israelis that are like that, but the vast majority of Israelis don't want peace? It is a distortion of reality."
Saban's assistant enters to tell him his next meeting is waiting in the other conference room.
"I guess you're going to raise money for this," he concludes. "I will contribute the last $150,000."
For the majority of Los Angeles' Jewish philanthropists and fundraisers, odds are that they either know Saban or have been the recipient of his generosity. He is the chairman and part owner of Univision, the nation's largest Spanish-language media company. He's also one of the largest individual donors to the Democratic party. According to the Federal Election Commission, Saban has donated at least $13 million to Democrats since 1998. But he is probably still best-known as the man who brought the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" to the United States from Japan. In 2001, Saban sold the franchise to Disney for $5.3 billion under the banner sale of Fox Family Worldwide, a company he co-owned with Rupert Murdoch. Last May, Saban Brands bought the "Power Rangers" back from Disney for an undisclosed sum, and the company is currently in the process of repackaging the brand for an international relaunch. According to Forbes, Saban's personal fortune is estimated at $3.3 billion.
But the Saban name also has become synonymous with serious, focused philanthropy. He and his wife, Cheryl, to whom he has been married for 23 years, are among Los Angeles' most high-profile givers, and they approach their philanthropy as meticulously as they would a business. The Sabans give primarily in two categories: Israel, which is Haim's passion, and health care, which is Cheryl's. Their philanthropy is motivated in no small measure by goodwill, but it also is driven by an overarching worldview in which Israel is central. For Saban, Israel's sustained secure existence and a strong U.S.-Israel relationship are paramount, and toward that end he has cast himself among Israel's staunchest advocates and fiercest protectors.
Saban's friends joke that if AIPAC is the most important organization affecting the U.S.-Israel relationship, Saban may be the most important individual advocate: "He's the prince of the Jewish people," said Shai Waxman Abramson, speaking from her home on Moshav Neve Ilan, outside Jerusalem. She is the daughter of Los Angeles Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman, and she helped to grow the Saban Family Foundation, which was established in 1999. Since 1988, the Sabans have given $16 million to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF), making them the largest donors to the organization in the United States; in 2002, they donated $13 million to establish the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C.; and through AIPAC, they endow the Saban Leadership Seminar, a twice-a-year educational and advocacy program aimed at college students. (Full disclosure: This writer attended the winter segment of that program in 2002.)
Their generosity to medical institutions is equally ambitious: In 2003, the Sabans' $40 million established The Saban Research Institute at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles; in 2008, they gave $10 million to the Los Angeles Free Clinic, now renamed the Saban Free Clinic; another $5.2 million went to the Soroka University Medical Center in Be'er Sheva.
There is a third category, which Saban approaches with considerably less zeal, and which he says includes dozens of smaller annual gifts, ranging in size from $5,000 to $100,000. The Jewish Federation, for instance, falls into this category. Sometimes, the Sabans break their own rules: They provided the $5 million anchor gift to Temple of the Arts for the preservation and restoration of the Fox Wilshire Theatre, a historic art deco building on Wilshire Boulevard (since renamed the Saban Theatre), and another $10 million in honor of their close friends Bill and Hillary Clinton, to Clinton's Presidential Library and Foundation.
This focused giving, however, has led to criticism that Saban does not give enough to established Jewish organizations — that he prefers to support causes that bear his name rather than support community institutions. Some call this selfish; others call it smart philanthropy: Waxman Abramson, who served as the Saban Family Foundation's project manager from 2002 until 2005, said, "He wants to have as much impact as possible, and that's all about targeted philanthropy. A smart philanthropist stays within their focus."
Even when it comes to giving, Saban has trouble shedding his business skin. "I look at philanthropy from an ROI point of view — return on investment. So if we build a research center, a children's hospital, it's not exactly 'our' cause. If we funded the Free Clinic so people who don't have health care can get health care, it's not exactly 'our' cause," he said a bit defensively.
"We have given a lot more to third-party causes than so-called 'our own.' Yes, we have a center in Washington, and, no, we don't give a lot of money to classic Jewish organizations like The Federation because we can't see the return on investment. We don't know where the money is going."
Jay Sanderson, president of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, said he is neither offended nor disappointed at hearing this. "Haim Saban is challenging The Federation to do more focused, strategic work, and I applaud him for it," Sanderson said. "Haim's concern is a valid concern, and it's my No. 1 responsibility to address it."
Saban said he and his wife "decide everything together," an approach affirmed repeatedly by others involved in their charity work. She is the author of a self-help book for women — "What Is Your Self-Worth?" — and the founder of the Women's Self-Worth Foundation. She could not be reached in time to be interviewed for this article.
To understand what drives Haim Saban's philanthropy, it is helpful to understand his background. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1944, where his father worked as a clerk in a toy shop and his mother was a seamstress. Following the 1956 Suez crisis, Jews were ordered out of the country, and Saban's family — his parents, grandmother and younger brother — fled to Israel. Haim said the family was allowed only $200 to emigrate. Israel became its refuge.
"Here's a country that took us in with open arms because we were Jewish," he said. "I will never forget that." He spent the next 17 years there, then, following his service in the army, he moved to France, where he spent eight years building his career as a talent manager and record producer. Eventually he discovered an untapped resource in music publishing: In exchange for publishing rights, he would provide free music compositions for cartoons. He acquired his first fortune this way, before moving to Los Angeles in 1983.
It has been more than 30 years since Saban counted himself a resident of Israel, yet, even now, it is difficult for him to come to grips with how deeply it drives him.
"I can try and logicalize it," he said. "I can try and lay out reasons — and I may even come across as convincing, but frankly, it's a very emotional issue for me. My ties to Israel are more on the emotional than on the rational level."
In some sense, Saban still sees himself as a Jew in exile, taken in by countries that, to him, represent the pinnacle of freedom and democracy. The foyer of his office is lined with photographs of immigrant Jews on boats; in one scene, they're approaching Ellis Island, in another, the port of Haifa. And in his conference room hang four large portraits of leaders Saban admires: John F. Kennedy, Theodor Herzl, David Ben-Gurion and Abraham Lincoln. "I'm blessed, I have two homes," he said, gazing at the photographs. "This is who we are. 'We' meaning our family; we're true Israeli Americans."
Reflecting on Israel's trajectory from besieged startup nation to modern world power, Saban said, "I'm in awe." And yet, he doesn't consider Israel above criticism, though on that subject he chooses his words exquisitely carefully.
"I'm in awe of [Israel's] achievements, and I'm perplexed by some of the actions taken by some of the leaders of the country that are sometimes ... counterproductive. I can't figure out how a nation that can bring so many scientists to the world, so many Nobel Prize winners, so much talent in the high-tech world, can't figure out at the leadership level — and I'm talking about the ruling parties and the opposition combined, I'm talking about the Knesset in general — leadership that is, I would say, more ... inspiring.
His voice softens a bit, and for a moment, his guard is down.
"I'm not inspired."
Saban doesn't have the reticence about criticizing Israel common among American Jews. He isn't afraid that some healthy disapproval might compromise his Zionism.
He also never worried that marrying outside the religion would compromise his Judaism. Saban blithely refers to his wife as a "shiksa," a term that for him is not so much disparaging as it is symbolic. "I don't believe in imposing religion on anybody," he said, explaining why he never urged his wife to convert. "What was important to me was to keep a Jewish home, and we do keep a Jewish home." The Sabans host family Shabbat dinners every Friday night. There are usually 14 people in attendance, including Haim's in-laws, his grandchildren and his four children, ages 19, 22, 36 and 38.
"That's what I call being Jewish," he said. "A friend of mine once asked Shimon Peres at an event that we had for Peres — in the middle of the debate that was in Israel about conversion — 'Who is a Jew?' and Peres answered in a manner that I have adopted in my life, which is, 'Tell me how you bring up your children, and I will tell you whether you're Jewish or not.' "
Saban's strong opinions and his authoritative voice give the impression of a man used to getting his way. Not surprising, coming from someone who has catapulted himself out of poverty and into enormous economic and political power. Saban is truly a man on a mission, and his goals are anything but modest. His "ultimate" aim, he said, is to help bring peace to the Middle East.
The fact that he counts the Clintons as friends is a testament to his formidable political ties, but in the wake of Clinton's failed Camp David peace negotiations, Saban realized that no peace would be possible without fresh ideas or policy influence.
Addressing the paucity of innovative thinking toward the region, Saban created the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings, where experts analyze American foreign policy toward the Middle East and make recommendations to the U.S. government. But even there, Saban's influence has limits. Kenneth M. Pollack, the center's director, said that despite Saban's obvious pro-Israel position, he has never interfered with or tried to influence the center's policy recommendations. "He knows that Brookings is fiercely non-partisan," Pollack said by phone from Washington, "that we fiercely control our own agenda, and we would never allow anyone to tell us what to write or what conclusions we should pick. I suspect he doesn't necessarily agree with every single thing we write. But to be honest, I don't make it a habit of keeping track of everything Haim says."
Every year, the center puts on the Saban Forum, a three-day gathering of very high-level officials from the United States and Israel, who come together to discuss pressing economic, social and political issues. In this arena, there is no one Saban admires more than the Clintons. When he talks about them, it is clear he idealizes them. "Both Bill and Hillary Clinton are very inspiring leaders," he said. "Look at what Bill Clinton is doing out of office. And look at her — she ran for president, she didn't get it, and she takes on this job that is just a grind like no other. These are people that were born to serve. And to lead."
Like him?
"No. I'm a lot more selfish than that," he says, laughing.
And yet, Saban's politics bespeak deep personal convictions more than any self-interested agenda, which, some say, makes him even more threatening. He can be fierce when crossed, partly because everything is so personal for him. After The New Yorker published a lengthy profile of him last May, Saban was livid. The writer, Connie Bruck, had interviewed Saban's former tax attorney, Matthew Krane, extensively; Krane is currently awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to tax evasion in 2009, charges that stem from a $36 million kickback Krane acquired in creating a tax shelter for Saban's $1.5 billion profit on the Disney sale, which was, in essence, a tax dodge. Krane alleges Saban put him up to it, but a 2006 Senate subcommittee investigation ruled Saban was a victim of Krane's deceit. Saban was eventually ordered to pay $250 million in back taxes and penalties, according to The New York Times.
Needless to say, Saban didn't like seeing any of that in print. He claims Bruck misquoted him and others, "editorialized" frequently and wrote a "disjointed" piece. At a mention of the story, he raised his eyebrows and his eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. It was intended as a comical look, which suggests that, months later, he has a sense of humor about the whole thing — sort of.
"It was a mistake to talk to her," he said of Bruck. "She has a problem with success. This guy that stole $36 million from me? She calls him 'brainy' and 'engaging.' She doesn't say one nice thing about me in the whole article. She says I'm manipulative."
Asked whether the article embarrassed him, he replies: "I was more disappointed in myself that I opened myself so much to her.
If Saban does not take well to criticism, in the philanthropic world, at least, he doesn't have much reason to worry. Unfettered, even gushy praise of him pours forth at every turn, and anything remotely unfavorable was asked to be kept off the record. As one prominent philanthropist, who asked not to be named, put it: "People are petrified of saying anything negative about him. They never know when they're going to need him for something." And even that criticism came with a qualification: "Frankly, I think most people respect him a lot."
"Haim is a very interesting combination," Waxman Abramson said. "He is, on the one hand, the greatest strategist; and then you combine that with the fact that he can be a lamb, a kind gentle lamb, but the moment he needs to be, he can turn into a lion."
Miri Nash, executive director for the Western Region Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, remembers when she was invited by the Sabans to visit the Palmachim Air Force Base just south of Tel Aviv for a private briefing. In was then that a senior deputy commander received a phone call that Asaf Ramon, son of Ilan Ramon, the Israeli astronaut killed in the Columbia space shuttle accident in 2003, had crashed an F-16 and was presumed dead. Nash looked over at Saban, who was stricken.
"You saw the tears coming down his face," she recalled. "This was genuine, this was real. This wasn't the Academy Award."
Saban's stake in Israel's wellbeing extends far beyond the welfare of his own intimate circle. Israelis in Los Angeles have taken to calling him "the Israeli godfather," a nickname that reflects his paternal role in the Israeli community.
Through the FIDF, the Sabans have paid for 220 Israeli soldiers to attend four-year universities. They also recently provided a $5 million anchor gift to create the Saban Soldier's Home in Jerusalem, a $15 million building that will become a recreational facility and shelter for up to 650 soldiers at a time.
Metuka Benjamin, director of education for the Stephen S. Wise Temple and Schools, once solicited Saban's help in funding a cafeteria for Shevach Mofet, a high school in a low-income Tel Aviv neighborhood. In 2001, the school lost seven students in a terror attack outside a Tel Aviv nightclub and the student population, composed mostly of Russian immigrants, was plunged into grief and despair. "Morale was so low," Benjamin recalled. "Four-hundred youngsters couldn't afford to buy a hot lunch. Secretaries were sharing their food with them." With Saban's help, Benjamin came to their rescue, with plans to build a library in memory of the students who were killed, as well as a cafeteria. Saban, whom she knew as a parent at Milken Community High School, agreed not only to build the cafeteria but also to provide students with meal vouchers for the next several years.
"This was very powerful for him," Benjamin said, "because as an immigrant, he identified with them."
But away from the spotlight, Saban is also prone to private kindnesses. Waxman Abramson remembers a time when Saban's private plane malfunctioned before taking off for Israel. Saban wound up flying commercial — in coach — beside an Israeli woman and her son. Making conversation with the stranger seated next to him, he asked the woman what she had been doing in the United States. She told him she had been in medical consultations regarding her son's chronic condition. Treatment was going to cost nearly $100,000.
"Who has $100,000?" Waxman Abramson remembers the woman saying.
Saban took out his checkbook.
"He has such a heart of gold," Waxman Abramson said. "He has dedicated his life to trying to make sure that [Jews] are safe, and that we have a home, and I think that the more money a person has, the more weight and influence they have. And Haim understands that full well."
"Everything he does is dedicated to a singular goal. I'm his greatest admirer."
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Debates of April 1st, 2008
House of Commons Hansard #69 of the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was english.
- Question Period
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Government Response to Petitions
- Food and Drugs Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Business of Supply
- Guelph Greenbelt
- Dartmouth Work Activity Society
- Refrigerator Recycling Program
- Victoria Emergency Responders
- Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
- Canadian Coalition Against Terror
- Dextre
- Quebec City, spring of 1918
- Gerard Kennedy
- Immigration
- The Bloc Québécois
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Arctic Winter Games
- Quebecor World
- Sudan
- Immigration
- The Quebec Nation
- Multiculturalism
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Afghanistan
- Telecommunications
- Seal Hunters
- Ethics
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Space Industry
- Afghanistan
- Seal Hunters
- Foreign Affairs
- Food Safety
- Housing
- Aboriginal Affairs
- The Environment
- Government Flyers
- The Environment
- Tibet
- Presence in Gallery
- Point of Order
- Privilege
- Business of Supply
- Court Challenges Program
Interparliamentary Delegations
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Rob Merrifield Yellowhead, AB
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 34(1) I have the honour to present to the House, in both official languages, the report of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group respecting its participation at the National Governors Association winter meeting in Washington, D.C., from February 23 to 25.
Interparliamentary Delegations
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
I see the parliamentary secretary to the government House leader rising. I think he will be asking for unanimous consent to revert to tabling of documents. Is that agreed?
Interparliamentary Delegations
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Some hon. members
Government Response to Petitions
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre
Tom Lukiwski Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order 36(8) I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to three petitions.
Food and Drugs Act
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Christiane Gagnon Québec, QC
moved for leave to introduce C-529, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (durable life date).
Mr. Speaker, as the Bloc Québécois' critic for health, I want to introduce today to the House a private member's bill to amend the Food and Drugs Act. The bill's objective is to prohibit the sale of prepackaged or canned food that does not indicate a durable life date.
Right after Nutrition Month during which we celebrated World Consumer Rights Day, and on the very day the Canadian Food Inspection Agency admits that unsafe food can find its way onto the market, it is crucial to base all federal regulations concerning labelling of food products on comprehensive information that allows consumers to make healthy and safe food choices. That is the goal of this bill.
I call on all members to support the bill because, as protectors of the public interest and as informed consumers, they are doubly accountable.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Human Trafficking
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Joy Smith Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
Mr. Speaker, today I would like to present petitions from across Canada. The petitioners are asking that the government continue its good work to stop the horrendous crime of human trafficking. As we know, this is a crime that is having a rising impact on Canadians. It is my honour to present these petitions today in this House.
Unborn Victims of Crime
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Ken Epp Edmonton—Sherwood Park, AB
Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to again rise in the House to present more petitions on Bill C-484. This bill has immense support out there. Every day, I am getting a thousand or more names on petitions in support of the bill. This time, they come all the way from Kelowna to Kanata, from all points in between, and from points beyond.
I am very pleased to present this petition in which the petitioners ask that Parliament enact legislation to protect and recognize unborn children when the mother wants them. It is very clear to them what the meaning is. I hope parliamentarians pick up on that.
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
April 1st, 2008 / 10:05 a.m.
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre
Tom Lukiwski Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform
Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
Is that agreed?
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Some hon. members
Opposition Motion—Compliance with the Charter of the French language regarding enterprises under federal jurisdiction located in Quebec
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:05 a.m.
Pierre Paquette Joliette, QC
That, in the opinion of the House, following the recognition of the Quebec nation by this House, the government should move from words to deeds and propose measures to solidify that recognition, including compliance with the language of labour relations of Quebec's Charter of the French language regarding enterprises under federal jurisdiction located in Quebec.
Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to open the debate on this motion, which I will read again—and I thank the member for Québec for her support.
That, in the opinion of the House, following the recognition of the Quebec nation by this House, the government should move from words to deeds and propose measures to solidify that recognition, including compliance with the language of labour relations of Quebec's Charter of the French language regarding enterprises under federal jurisdiction located in Quebec.
In bringing forward this motion, the Bloc Québécois is doing again today the work for which, since 1993, election after election, Quebeckers have been sending a majority of Bloc members to Ottawa, that is to represent them in the House of Commons.
At the outset, let me remind members of this House and everyone who is watching us that we are sovereignists. The Bloc Québécois is convinced that the best way for the Quebec nation to take control of its overall development, be it from a political, economic, social, environmental or cultural point of view, is to achieve sovereignty.
Being sovereignists, we are the only ones in this House who can defend without any compromise the interests and values of the Quebec nation. This work performed by the Bloc Québécois is directly related to our party's mandate, which is to promote Quebec's sovereignty. All other parties in the House, whether it is the Liberal Party, the Conservative Party or the New Democratic Party, are Canadian parties that represent the interests and values of the Canadian nation. The only party capable of representing exclusively the interests and values of the Quebec nation is the Bloc Québécois.
It happens sometimes that both the Canadian and Quebec nations share common interests and it is indeed possible for a Canadian party to agree with the Bloc Québécois, or vice versa, to defend a particular cause, whether it deals with social, political or environmental issues.
I know that the debates within the Canadian parties reflect the debates going on within the Canadian nation. For example, the Liberals and the NDP have been able to work with the Bloc Québécois on some measures concerning compliance with the Kyoto protocol. But when the interests of the Quebec nation differ from those of the Canadian nation, it is amazing to see how the three Canadian parties can unite, despite their ideological differences, to defend the interests and values of the Canadian nation, at the expense of the interests and values of the Quebec nation. We must remember that in this House, we are the only exclusively Quebec party that represents the Quebec nation and that is able to defend its interests and values.
Because we are a sovereignist party, we want to facilitate Quebec's transition from provincial to country status. That is why, unlike what a number of federalists believe, we do not attempt to block things, as some of my colleagues like to joke. On the contrary, we think that the more progress Quebec makes within the Canadian federation, the stronger it will become, and therefore there will be a greater appetite for sovereignty among the people of Quebec and within the Quebec nation.
Unlike what some columnists and members of this House think, the Bloc Québécois, the Quebec nation, and all of Quebec have an interest in making progress within Canadian Parliament, and this is what the Bloc has been working towards since 1993. Having the House of Commons recognize Quebec as a nation on November 27, 2006, was a victory for the Bloc Québécois, for Quebec and for all Quebeckers, federalists and sovereignists alike, and it also helps Quebec's transition towards sovereignty.
I remind members that during discussions, people ask us why the House of Commons recognized the Quebec nation. First of all, the Quebec nation did not need to be recognized by the House of Commons in order to exist.
It existed already. All of Quebec's civil society is well aware of that fact. The National Assembly had already adopted motions to this effect. We did not need the House's recognition in order to exist. I am always delighted to say, since it is the truth, that the Canadian government is the first foreign government to have recognized the Quebec nation. When Quebeckers make a decision about their future, I expect the Canadian nation, through its Parliament, to accept the democratic choice Quebeckers have made and not to interfere with the democratically expressed will of the Quebec nation to achieve sovereignty. In that context, the decision made on November 27, 2006 is very important for the Bloc Québécois.
We now need to give this motion tangible form, and that is where the problems begin. Clearly, many of the members who voted for this motion—265 voted in favour of the House recognizing the Quebec nation, and 16 voted against—thought it was a symbolic recognition, except obviously the Bloc members. In fact, it is not really clear. Who did we recognize? Did we recognize the Quebec nation, French Canadians in Quebec or the whole Quebec nation as Quebeckers perceive it? That debate seems to have taken place amongst the federalists, but not amongst the Quebec federalists and in Quebec society as a whole.
Now we have to move from words to deeds, which means many things. My fellow Bloc Québécois member for Drummond tabled a bill about the Canada Labour Code and the application of the Charter of the French Language for employees working in businesses under federal jurisdiction in Quebec. This bill would ensure that they have the same privileges and benefits as all workers in Quebec, meaning that they can work in their language, French, within Quebec society and within the borders of Quebec. This bill is currently being examined in the House.
Another bill has been introduced about multiculturalism, because the Canadian Multiculturalism Act is an obstacle, an impediment. It runs flatly counter to Quebec's vision regarding the integration of newcomers. That bill seeks to exempt Quebec from the Canadian Multiculturalism Act so that Quebec can fully develop its integration model for newcomers. I will come back to this.
It goes even farther than that. Recognition of the Quebec nation must also start with a permanent resolution of the fiscal imbalance. It is not true that the fiscal imbalance has been resolved. Everyone in Quebec agrees on this. The National Assembly, Action Démocratique—the Prime Minister's friends—and its leader, Mario Dumont, Jean Charest, Monique Jérôme-Forget, the Parti Québécois, Ms. Marois and François Legault have reiterated this: the fiscal imbalance has not been resolved. Recognizing the Quebec nation therefore also means recognizing the permanent resolution of the fiscal imbalance, so that the National Assembly—the Quebec nation—has all of the economic and financial tools for implementing the decisions it democratically makes, which is not the case at present.
How many years did we have to fight to get back the job training measures? It took over 30 years. We got them back largely because of the Bloc Québécois members and the pressure brought to bear by all parties in the National Assembly and by unions and employers in Quebec. After a pointless 30-year battle, we got what was owing to us in the first place.
The same thing applies to the fiscal imbalance: it will never be resolved as long as the federal government does not give up its power to spend in areas under Quebec's jurisdiction. That means the right for Quebec to withdraw with full compensation and no strings attached. Everyone wants that, but the government refuses to do it. We have seen two or three times before references made in the budget to measures relating to eliminating the spending power in shared-cost programs. Not any more.
No one is fooled when we look at what is going on here. The Canadian parties really do not want to give the Quebec nation the opportunity to give tangible expression to all of the powers it should have, through the decisions that would be made here. It is extremely important to point out that identity bills have in fact been introduced. We will be coming back to them. But there are also financial and economic factors to be considered.
I would also add that the development model that the government is adopting impoverishes Quebec and the Quebec nation. A development model based on oil or the oil sands, which are in fact major greenhouse gas producers, impoverishes Quebec because Quebec imports all of its oil. In Quebec, we want to develop a model that no longer depends on oil, or that depends less and less on it. This runs counter to the interests of the Canadian nation, because that is very clearly what drives the Canadian economy.
As can be seen, this is very far-reaching. Before returning to the bills or examples dealing more specifically with Quebec's identity, I want to say that we need to give concrete expression to the recognition of the Quebec nation, not just on the financial and economic levels but also in regard to its international aspirations. Do not say that progress has been made at UNESCO because it has been shown and proved that nothing has changed insofar as Quebec's UNESCO delegation is concerned. It consists of a public servant who is on the delegation but does not have any real powers, and when Quebec and Canada disagree, it is the Government of Canada that wins out. The only progress that has been made is an administrative memorandum that is sent to Quebec explaining the reasons for the disagreement.
This motion is extremely important, therefore, and I would not want to see anyone try to trivialize it. Moving from words to deeds is not limited to the example given in the motion, that is to say, the application of the Charter of the French language to employees under federal jurisdiction, which would entail changes to the Canada Labour Code. It is also a question of recognizing that multiculturalism is a hindrance to our method of integrating newcomers into Quebec society. It also means recognizing that there is a Quebec culture, with which the Government of Canada is still not very familiar. This can be seen in the way budgets are handled. They speak about francophones and anglophones. But that is not the Quebec reality. There is an anglophone linguistic minority in Quebec, but it is an integral part of the Quebec nation and we fight for it too here in the House. There is a common language, though, and it is French. Multiculturalism policies based on bilingualism are a hindrance, therefore, to Quebec's integration model.
We should recognize Quebec's culture, therefore, and also give it the tools it needs. This means transferring responsibility for such things as telecommunications, all radio and television broadcasting, and all the new information technologies to the Government of Quebec—something that Duplessis was already demanding back in the days when radio was starting to become an important means of communication.
This is, therefore, a very significant, very far-reaching motion. We hope it will pass because we think that all the progress that is made will help to further strengthen the nation of Quebec and Quebec society and this gathering strength will give them an ever increasing appetite for sovereignty. Finally, this progress will facilitate Quebec's transition from the status of a province to a country. As I said earlier, we hope in all sincerity, therefore, that the Canadian parties will pass this motion and, by so doing, respond favourably to the requests I have been making.
In the little time that is left, I want to return to the specific example provided in the motion. In our view, the thrust of the motion is to move from words to deeds and solidify the recognition of the Quebec nation. This is a very far-reaching subject involving major changes to the relations between Quebec and Canada. As I have been saying, though, we wanted to provide just an example here, namely, when it comes to the language of labour relations, the Charter of the French language should apply to employees of companies under federal jurisdiction located in Quebec.
This specific example was used because a bill has already been tabled by my colleague from Drummond—I mentioned that—to ensure that the members of this House will have an opportunity to give solid form to the recognition of the Québécois nation, in this field at first.
It is completely unfair that employees and workers in businesses under federal jurisdiction do not have the same rights as workers who are governed by the Quebec Labour Code. That is totally anomalous. How can one explain that 275,000 workers in Quebec do not have the right to work in French? That is what the Charter of the French Language does. It enables francophones and others who want to work in French to do so. I know very well what they are going to tell me. It is what the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages has replied several times: that they are promoting both of Canada's official languages, French and English. That is the illusion. The reality is something else. Everyone knows it and, once again, the statistics are available. Based on the 2006 census, Statistics Canada has shown that the French language is in decline everywhere else in Canada and is very fragile in Quebec.
Thus, the federal government should send a very important message, namely, that it recognizes that, since French is the common language of the Québécois nation, and its sole official language, workers should have the right to work in French in Quebec, Yet, that is not the case. I know people who work in airports and, who, as part of their work, are obliged to speak English. People who work in banks must often work in English. That is not normal and it sends a very bad message.
Between now and the end of April, we will have a chance to debate a bill on this subject at third reading and to adopt it. It is extremely important to send a message that the Canadian nation understands very clearly that the Québécois nation, for whom French is the official language, the common language, needs a little, additional symbolic support. We are talking about 275,000 workers. This is not a revolution. We need this little, additional support to reinvigorate the role of the French language among the people of Quebec. Unfortunately, an examination of the figures from the latest surveys was not conclusive regarding the possibility that there has been some stagnation in the efforts to promote French, especially in business.
Yesterday, moreover, the Quebec Minister of Immigration announced new measures relating to this. Even with these new measures in place, we will run into problems if we remain within the framework of Canadian multiculturalism, with two different discourses: one promoting bilingualism and the other French as the common language. This has created confusion and will continue to create confusion. It will weaken the efforts of the Quebec nation to ensure the harmonious integration of newcomers.
Perhaps the Minister of Labour will tell us it is extremely complicated to ensure application of the Charter of the French language to enterprises under federal jurisdiction. It is not all that complicated. Firstly because, as I have said, we are dealing with 275,000 workers in sectors that are extremely strategic to the economic future of Quebec. These include aerospace, telecommunications and the financial sector. These are sectors where French ought indeed to be the predominant language of work.
Taking as my example, the matter of minimum wage, if it were as complicated as all that, I would have trouble understanding how agreement was reached through administrative provisions to bring the minimum wage for enterprises under federal jurisdiction in line with the Quebec minimum wage set by the Government of Quebec, the Commission des normes du travail. So it is possible technically. What is lacking at the present time is the political will.
Let us hope that recognition of the Quebec nation will be solidified by real actions, such as adoption of this motion, of the bill tabled by my colleague for Drummond, of the multiculturalism bill introduced by myself which will be debated in April, and of other bills to be introduced by the Bloc Québécois. Otherwise, everyone in Quebec will understand what a number of us already suspect: that what was done in November 2006 was nothing but a political ploy and not any true recognition of the Quebec nation. The basis of the Canadian problem is that Canadians and their political representatives have never accepted the fact that other nations exist within the Canadian political landscape. The Quebec nation, the first nations, the Acadian nation, all these are nations with their own specific characteristics.
Given this non-recognition of the Quebec nation by the Canadian nation, the bottom line for the Bloc Québécois is that the only real solution remains the sovereignty and independence of Quebec.
Opposition Motion—Compliance with the Charter of the French language regarding enterprises under federal jurisdiction located in Quebec
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:25 a.m.
Bernard Patry Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC
Mr. Speaker, in his speech, the member for Joliette mentioned Bill C-482. This Bloc bill would amend the Canada Labour Code to make sure that companies doing business in Quebec, which are already subject to the federal act, would also be subject to the Quebec's Charter of the French Language. However, section 34 of Part V of the Official Languages Act states that:
English and French are the languages of work in all federal institutions, and officers and employees of all federal institutions have the right to use either official language in accordance with this Part.
What does the member for Joliette have to say in response to the concerns expressed by the Commissioner of Official Languages, Mr. Graham Fraser, who said that this bill could threaten English-speaking minority rights, particularly in the area of service delivery?
Opposition Motion—Compliance with the Charter of the French language regarding enterprises under federal jurisdiction located in Quebec
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:30 a.m.
Pierre Paquette Joliette, QC
Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for this question which allows me to make it very clear that we are talking about private businesses that are covered by the Canada Labour Code and not about the entire federal public service. There is separate legislation covering that aspect. However, we are not dealing with that act, but rather with private businesses that are under federal jurisdiction, a sector that includes 275,000 workers in areas like airports, banks, interprovincial transportation and telecommunications.
We must understand that what we are giving here is only a right to work in French. It is not a matter of forcing all workers to work in French. This has to be very clear. Since the majority of the Quebec population is French speaking, the French language should of course be the language used at work. We are however talking about rights and not about obligations regarding the Charter of the French Language.
As far as the Commissioner of Official Languages' comments are concerned, I would say that he had misread the bill introduced by the Bloc Québecois, that again only deals with private businesses under federal jurisdiction.
Opposition Motion—Compliance with the Charter of the French language regarding enterprises under federal jurisdiction located in Quebec
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:30 a.m.
Jean-Pierre Blackburn Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
Mr. Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to participate in the debate. I will be sharing my time with my hon. colleague, the Parliamentary Secretary for Official Languages and member for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell.
Thank you for this opportunity to respond to a motion calling on the government to take action that is at odds with the scope and purpose of existing federal legislation.
I would like to focus my comments on the proposed amendments to the Canada Labour Code and how they are predicated upon an obvious misunderstanding of the Canada Labour Code and its intent, or, in practical terms, what can and cannot be done under the Canada Labour Code.
I would point out that these amendments were put forward previously under private member's Bill C-482, which asks that "any federal work, undertaking or business carrying on activities in Quebec [be] subject to the requirements of the Charter of the French Language".
What is the purpose of the Canada Labour Code? It comprises three parts. Part 1 deals with labour relations; part 2 addresses occupational heath and safety and part 3 concerns labour standards. Let us take a more detailed look at that last part.
It would certainly be a first in labour law history if such a measure were adopted by the House. The Bloc Québécois motion, that is. Indeed, to my knowledge, no labour code, not even at the provincial level, covers language rights. Not even the Quebec Labour Code refers to language. Like the Canada Labour Code, it deals exclusively with labour issues.
I want to be unequivocal here to leave no room for confusion: the Canada Labour Code deals exclusively with labour issues. Language is not its business. The federal government has other, more appropriate laws in place to address questions of language.
When it comes to the Canada Labour Code, the proposed changes are therefore completely inappropriate given the purpose of this legislation. For this reason, we cannot condone the measures being put forward by our well-intentioned but misguided colleagues today.
What can the Canada Labour Code do? I think we should spend a few minutes reviewing what the code can do for employers and workers in federally-regulated industries such as the banking, communications and rail, sea, air and interprovincial transportation sectors. All these sectors are federally regulated. The Canada Labour Code is a critical piece of legislation with an important mandate.
The code is applied equally and consistently within all provinces and territories of Canada—including Quebec—to all the businesses I mentioned earlier operating under federal jurisdiction. The Canada Labour Code serves and protects workers in Nova Scotia and British Columbia in exactly the same way that it serves and protects workers in Quebec. Similarly, each province and territory has its own labour legislation to support both employers and employees who fall under their particular jurisdiction.
In Quebec, the Canada Labour Code protects the rights of more than 180,000 Canadian workers. Across Canada, almost 10% of Canadian workers—or 1.3 million people—are protected by the code under our federal jurisdiction.
What does the Canada Labour Code do? It defines employer and employee rights and obligations related to industrial relations, workplace health and safety, and minimum employment standards. All of these ensure that Canadians benefit from safe, healthy, fair and productive conditions of employment.
Proactive relationships between managers and employers foster positive workplace environments and, ultimately, benefit the bottom line of any business. This benefits both employees and employers. When working conditions are healthy because they are good, employees are happier, pleased to do their work and more productive. For the employer, there are fewer disputes and interruptions in work, which is more beneficial.
Part I of the Canada Labour Code defines good workplace relations and helps parties resolve collective bargaining and other industrial disputes. It is a key piece of legislation in defining unfair labour practices, as well as the grounds for arbitration and resolution.
Let us now talk about workplace health and safety, or Part II of the Canada Labour Code. All Canadians have the right to remain safe and healthy while on the job. Workplace health and safety is becoming more and more of an issue. It is a serious matter. An employer must take the appropriate measures to ensure that working conditions are safe or risk receiving formal legal complaints. The employer knows that he or she must take measures to guarantee a safe working environment for the employee.
Part II provides guidance intended to prevent accidents, injuries and work-related illnesses by describing the measures employers and employees can take and regulating safety standards to minimize occupational health and safety risks.
Let us now look at Part III of the Canada Labour Code. Federal government officials, business leaders and unions have long relied on Part III of the code to negotiate fair and equitable employment standards for federally regulated employees in Canada. These standards define the minimum wage, which the Bloc Québécois mentioned earlier. Minimum wage varies from one province to the next. Not wanting to put pressure on the provinces, the federal government instead has tried to be respectful of them, and federally regulated employees who work in a province will receive the same minimum wage as established by that province or territory.
So, these standards define minimum wage, for example, overtime pay, hours of work, holidays, vacations, parental leave, layoff procedures and severance pay. This is all set out in Part III of the Canada Labour Code. It protects worker rights by informing employers of their obligation to provide at least the minimum acceptable standard in these areas by monitoring compliance.
What do we mean by compliance? All of us want good laws for the workplace. But our laws are only effective if they are respected by employers and by the public. It is not good when a law is not respected. Thus, our laws are only effective if the public complies with them and they are backed by enforcement.
Our government's approach to the enforcement of labour laws emphasizes internal responsibility and labour-management collaboration. These are the best tools we have in the modern world for achieving the results we want. To this end, we are investing in education, which presupposes the sharing of best practices. We also provide dispute resolution expertise, and conduct audits and inspections targeted to high-risk workplaces and companies.
I would like to point out that the Canada Labour Code, and the regulations and guidelines that support it, are a model of best practices for all countries around the world as they develop their own labour legislation. For example, through our labour cooperation agreements with countries in the Americas such as Chile, Costa Rica and Peru, we are providing technical assistance based on almost 60 years of experience with the Code to foster cooperation on labour issues and assist governments in legislating the protection of workers' rights.
To conclude, we should be proud of Canada's international reputation with respect to the Canada Labour Code, its legislation and its efforts to promote in other countries the best possible protection of workers' rights.
This issue falls outside the scope of the Canada Labour Code. Moreover, we know that people speak English in Quebec and they also have the right to receive services in the language of their choice.
Furthermore, when an employer conducts business abroad or in other provinces, it may very well be that employees have to speak English to meet the requirements of our country, which recognizes two languages: English and French.
We are presently dealing with the Canada Labour Code and we therefore deem the Bloc Québécois motion to be inappropriate.
Opposition Motion—Compliance with the Charter of the French language regarding enterprises under federal jurisdiction located in Quebec
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:40 a.m.
Marc Lemay Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC
Mr. Speaker, I listened to the labour minister's speech and think in some regards that he cannot be living on the same planet as we Quebeckers. He seems to find it hard getting on the same wavelength as the people. If the minister flew regularly out of Dorval airport, he would see that all the security officers address people in English only, at all times and without exception. He would only have to ask the person who welcomes the public to security in order to find out. This position is under federal jurisdiction, unless Mr. Duchesneau, about whom we were speaking earlier, is not any longer. Regardless of that, airport security is definitely a federal jurisdiction.
Getting back to the company that manages the security officers, I can assure the minister and he should go through Montreal to see that the public is welcomed in English only. I am talking about Montreal here and not Quebec City or Val-d'Or or Rouyn-Noranda or Sept-Îles. I mean Montreal, one of the biggest airports. People are welcomed in English. Members of the public have to start speaking French on their own, and very often, the officer has difficulty answering.
This is what the motion is aimed at. It is as simple as that. Do not start talking about effects on the Canada Labour Code or on this or that. Through our motion, we want the government to pass from words to deeds. Is the minister capable of making his troops understand that we want the motion recognizing Quebec as a nation to be clear and specific and turned into actual fact?
Another example is the National Bank or the CIBC, which is another bank. When someone phones the bank, the first person who answers on the other end of the line generally speaks English. We only need to phone and ask about our VISA accounts to find out. If this person is asked where the call centre is located, they will say it is in Montreal. If they are asked whether they speak French, they say they have certain rules to follow.
The minister should realize that the objective of the Bloc motion is to ensure that after having passed the motion recognizing Quebec as a nation, we must now move from words to deeds.
Is the minister prepared to take action—and this is in his area of jurisdiction—to ensure that people who work in the Montreal airport, for example, can welcome people and speak to them in French and to ensure as well that bank employees address clients in French, not just on the telephone but also by fax, because their faxes are generally in English? It is as simple as that.


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County Executive Candidates Talk Recent County Home Proposal
Both candidates for county executive want to do their due diligence when it comes to analyzing the new offer for the County Home.
On Wednesday, Martin and Edward Farbenblum and Shannon Cayea of VestraCare made an 11-minute presentation to the county legislature. The county received VestraCare's $16.5 million bid Monday. On Wednesday, the group toured the County Home.
"We are putting forth an offer to purchase the nursing home, which I understand is a contentious matter," Edward Farbenblum said Wednesday. "We want to introduce ourselves, who we are."
The group currently owns two other facilities: one in Broome County and the other in Ulster County.
Vince Horrigan, Republican candidate for county executive, is encouraged by the recent County Home proposal to increase private investment and grow jobs in the northern part of Chautauqua County.
"After listening to the new ownership team at the legislature meeting last evening, I am optimistic that the new offer from Mr. Farbenblum will actually expand health services and grow our jobs through the addition of assisted-living options as well as other health care-specialized services while eliminating the need for taxpayer subsidies," Horrigan said. "I was heartened to see that they will be working closely with our area hospitals and that they have extensive experience in working with CSEA which is the labor union that currently represents our Chautauqua County Home workforce."
Ron Johnson, Democratic candidate for county executive, said as a businessman, you don't sell important assets without thorough analysis.
"I urge all those concerned to exercise 'due diligence' in evaluating any and all offers to purchase the County Home," Johnson said.
Johnson said because he has been in the nursing home business for years, he knows the County Home can be returned to financial sustainability. Johnson is the chief executive officer of Human Services Management Inc., which owns and operates Johnson Adult Homes of Forestville and Underwood Manor of Hinsdale. The candidate questions how the purchasing price of the County Home is being used to market the facility.
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Horrigan said he will be visiting Farbenblum's facility to research how the company handles operating a nursing home.
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Skip to comments.Hannity Moderates Heated Clash Between Michelle Malkin And Sally Kohn
Posted on 06/07/2012 9:44:37 PM PDT by Nachum
Sean Hannity hosted a discussion on his radio program on Thursday between Sally Kohn, a liberal columnist, and conservative pundit Michelle Malkin. A fight over a column by Kohn that took Malkin to task for hypocrisy quickly escalated into a series of personal attacks between the two pundits.
Kohn took on Malkins assertion that Mitt Romneys campaign was being too nice in his campaign against President Barack Obama. She said that there was a measure of hypocrisy in her suggestion that Romney get more aggressive while at the same time admonishing the left for exhibiting a lack of civility.
I think we can disagree without being disagreeable, said Kohn. No sooner did she make this assertion than the conversation descended into a name calling and screaming between the two pundits.
I think that Sally has made quite a nice name and career for herself casting herself as the voice of reasonableness and mistaking her own smugness as civility, responded Malkin. I really dont need lectures from her or anybody else about having to get along with liberals and progressives.
(Excerpt) Read more at mediaite.com ...
Obviously the writer failed to see the irony in Malkin's responses.
Malkin - 1 Kohn and Rothman - 0
I've stopped watching Meghan K. at noon because she (Kohn) is a regular guest on her show. I cannot STAND her!
The author of this article fails to see the irony in Malkin's comments.
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Oh no. That is NOT what this is about. This is an attack on Michelle Malkin and anyone like her by another operative JournOlister. Her job is "Kabuki Theater" to de-fang the legitmate reporting of the ongoing personal attacks used by the left and specifically the Democratic party.
Michelle is spot on here. We need to take notes and keep our powder dry.
Apologies for the double-post. PC crashed.
Is Sally the liberal looking for a Conservative husband? A shame I'm already commited. Well, there's some lucky single Freeper somewhere who could be tweeting her right now.
You comment is my point exactly. The fact that Rothman accuses Malkin of leveling ad hominem attacks is so ironic it's comical. Kohn's claiming that Michelle Malkin for her "hypocrisy"?!
Boy, that Kohn is a real astute cookie. (saturated w/sarcasm)
She is very smart. Do not underestimate her. This is an act. It is intentional.
Malkin did a decent job.
I only wonder whether the total lesbo Kohn has any mind of her own. What a disgusting (woman/man).
I draw a distinction between smart and clever. Kohn is clever. Michelle is smart.
Michelle's husband is a lucky guy.
For me~Kohn is so repulsive, I change the channel where ever I see her!
Michelles Hot
Good post!
Michelle ripped her up one side and down the other. Kohn proved herself to be a lightweight. Bob
Moi aussie! Isabelle, she makes me nauseous! I was listening to this on magic radio while driving and I had to shut it off!!
"oh, I am sorry if I truly offended you" Puhleeze!
Hannity acted like a total pussy and failed to defend Michelle. That lez skank is a Maddow wannabe.
"Fox News ALERT" overdose, have you? I think she's been drinking Shep Smith's Kool-Aid. Can't stand her!
Is that pic from his Peter Pan audition? (Uhhh, hers)
That's Jaws from the bond movies before the meth took over.
'_______Kohn is so repulsive________'
Ditto - First time I saw 'her,' wasn't sure what I was seeing.
Okay - give it a shot - but then, when listening, instant dislike.
What is it with FOX and Michele M.?
Isn't it true she has not appeared for ages with O'Reilly because he did not defend her over something or other?
Malkin was impressive. The Liberal is such a hypocrite. She attack Malkin for not holding the right side to civility while calling her names at the same time and REFUSES, REFUSES to hold anyone on the left to civility. Gawd was she clueless and sanctimonious
Thats Jaws from the bond movies before the meth took over.
Hah! You beat me to it! That's EXACTLY who I envisioned when I saw that picture! Must be Jaws' kin in some way.
Look up smugness in the dictionary and this picture appears.
Isnt it true she has not appeared for ages with OReilly because he did not defend her over something or other?
Malkin and Geraldo were both on the Factor set at the same time. I don't even recall the specific subject (perhaps illegal immigration?), but during the crosstalk Geraldo called Michelle a whore and said that if he happened to see her on the sidewalk he would spit on her. BOR sat there like a post turtle and said nothing in defense of Michelle. .........She hasn't guest hosted the Factor since then, but does frequently show up as a contributor on other FNC programs. .......BOR and FNC showed a lack of balls when they let that POS Geraldo get away with his racist tirade and then shunned Malkin for awhile.
Michelle Malkin is one of the great conservatives of our time.
I enjoy listening to the pudnuts that actually add intellectual content to the debate. Rush obviously, Michelle, Boortz, Levin, Coulter, Dana Loesch. I often don't agree with them on things, but I enjoy the enrichment of the discussion and challenging my own opinions. I am really turned off by guys like Hannity that just increase the volume in the echo chamber.
Sally Kohn is a deep-voiced heeshee. For a spouse she might be looking to hook up with a lipstick lezzie like Ann Heche, but even that one turned straight & bailed on Ellen Degenerates.
What is it about lesbians & liberalism? Yes, there is Tammy Bruce, but she is the exception which tests the rule.
Anyway, Michelle Malkin is attractive, smart, and a blessing to the conservative movement. She is such a pleasant contrast to strident dyke Sally that I hope they do point/counterpoint more often.
Good that she is on OUR side.
Maybe George Soros or his minions have an influence there. Afterall, how did Glen Beck get fired?
They have Geraldo/Jerry Rivers on Fox & Friends and he ruins the segment with his far leftist commentary.
Do Not allow Progressives to frame the discussion nor the issue
Is this Lurch's son?
Kohn is FOX's answer to MSNBC's Maddcow...
Hannity has a lot of critics here on FR and I know he's not as "intellectual" as some of the others you mentioned, but he's a strong, hard-working, straight-talking patriotic conservative American who is honest and plain-spoken and mostly always on the right side.
Hannity has a lot of critics here on FR and I know hes not as intellectual as some of the others you mentioned, but hes a strong, hard-working, straight-talking patriotic conservative American who is honest and plain-spoken and mostly always on the right side.And one more thing about Hannity. He's very loyal to other conservatives. I remember when some punk-a$$ pundit tried to get him to criticize Rush and Hannity read him the riot act.
Hannity is a good guy and we're lucky to have him on our side.
Michelle was brutal and cutting in taking apart Sally Cohn. I think I missed part two with the yelling and name calling. Dang!
Fox has jumped the shark.
--- Sean is a homer. He always roots for the home team. The conservative side
--- Sean is at his best in the run up to elections. Right now he has the "Stop Obama Express" with a daily countdown to election day
I agree. I also think he's been doing some studying - he's improved quite a bit with his depth of knowledge.
Yup...as someone else posted, she's on Meg Kelly's show a lot.
The first time I saw her, I thought of Maddcow, looked her up on Google and all presumptions abt her libness, lesbo-ness and "partnership" we're confirmed.
Jeez, Laz, these days, it's so hard to figure out if it is "hit able" or not...
I totally agree. I heard this live yesterday, and Michelle sliced and diced Cohn with surgical precision, no name-calling or yelling needed. Michelle is one of our brightest pundits.
In the background you can hear Kohn giggling, but by the end Kohn was reduced to a stuttering, "um er um y'know"-gibbering rhesus monkey at several times.
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Dr. Abijit Das
Musculoskeletal Injury Physiotherapy
Range Of Motion Exercise Treatment
Prolotherapy Treatment
Post Surgery Rehabilitation
Sensory Integration Therapy
Treatment Of Meniscus Injury
Neuro Physiotherapy Treatment
Computerised Traction Procedure
Column Traumatology Procedure
Pediatric Physiotherapist
Treatment of Mckinzie Treatment For Spine
Rf Neurotomy Procedure
Manual Therapy Treatment
Orthopedic Physiotherapy
Orthopaedic Physiotherapy
Treatment Of Lumbago
Rehabilitation Cardiopulmonary
Custom Splinting Bracing Procedure
Achilles Tendon Rupture Treatment
The sciatic nerve is one of the largest nerves in the body. It goes from the lower back all the way down to the base of the leg. When there is a disorder associated with the sciatic nerve, it is known as Sciatica.
Sciatica, however, does not necessarily need a surgery or a very elaborate procedure to fix the problem. Most commonly, it is treated simply by practicing a number of simple exercises. Here are some of the most common exercises prescribed to treat Sciatica:
- Reclining pigeon pose: There are three main forms of the pigeon pose. These are sitting, reclining and then forwarding. It is recommended that if you have very recently started your treatment for Sciatica, then certainly you should go for the reclining pose. In this pose, you are supposed to hold your left leg in the air at a right angle to your back. Then, hold your ankle against the knee. Finally, repeat this stretch with the right leg as well.
- Knee to opposite shoulder: In this stretch, the starting position is on your back side. You have to have your legs out and feet upwards. From this position, try to bring your right leg towards your left shoulder. Hold this for 30 seconds and then release and relax. Repeat this activity three times and repeat the whole procedure with your other leg. Only take your leg as far as it goes.
- Sitting spinal stretch: At the start of this exercise, sit on the ground with your legs going straight outwards and your feet flexed in the upward direction. Pull your left knee and put it on the outside of your right knee. Finally, place your right elbow on the left knee, so that your body turns to the left. Hold for 30 seconds and then relax. Repeat the procedure with the other knee.
- Standing hamstring stretch: Put your foot on an elevated surface such that it is above the floor, but not above hip level. Flex your toes forward such that your feet and legs are nearly in a straight line. Bend as far towards the foot as possible. However, do not stretch so far that you feel pain. Finally, repeat this procedure on the other side after release.
Health Tip Knee Pain and Exercise Therapy
Knee pain is second most pain next to back pain in middle age. It could be due to physical injury or by pathological reasons. And correct alignment should be maintained in sitting walking or standing involving body pressure to the limbs expecially to knees. In case of pathological causes should be watched and followed to control infections or to improve immunological components in the body to support the efficiency in managing the resistance against all agents
Exercise science or therapy plays a very vital role in controlling the pain and to reduce symptoms. The foremost exercises are to strengthen the quadriceps and hamstring muscles, which could be done by keeping a pillow or small bedsheets preferably cotton beneath knee and pressing hard for 5 to 7 seconds and repeating the same for 15 times resting for 3 second in every repitations (see the pic attached). And hamstring muscle strengthening by lifting straight into 90% without bending the knees and holding the same for 3 to 5 seconds as possible and repeating it for 10 to 15 times for one duration, better to do for twice daily in stipulated time regularly, along with calcium rich and vitamin d3 in sufficlient level.
For pain even hot and cold water fomentation for thrice a day for 5 days regularly can be given to receive locally, for worst pain management physiotherapy interferential therapy (ift) and vacuumtherapy can be given for 7 to 10 days followed by strengthening exercise under guidance from physiotherapist
I am feeling uneasiness around underarm area, while lifting left hand I am getting pain in my shoulder, Kindly suggest.
I have back pain from last 2 to 3 days also I get burps in early morning sometimes and my vitamin d is 13 and sugar is fasting 134 and pp is 191 and hemoglobin is 10.3 and taking thyroid medicine as thyronorm 25 mcg .wanted to know reason for my back pain.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a painful disorder of the hand caused by pressure on your median nerve as it runs through the carpal tunnel of the wrist. Symptoms include numbness, pins and needles, and pain (particularly at night). Anything that causes swelling inside the wrist can cause carpal tunnel syndrome, including repetitive hand movements, pregnancy and arthritis.
Cause of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome symptoms begin when the pressure inside the tunnel becomes too high. This results in your median nerve becoming compressed as it passes through the small tunnel.
The carpal tunnel pressure increase occurs when either of two things happens:
- The tunnel space decreases, such as when the wrist swells eg after a traumatic injury, partial subluxation of the carpal bones or fracture or tenosynovitis.
- When the contents of the tunnel (median nerve, blood vessels and tendons) enlarge.
- Both of these situations increase the pressure on the nerve, leading to the carpal tunnel symptoms.
Symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) sufferers will usually experience the following symptoms in their hand or fingers:
- hand pain or aching
- pins and needles
- numbness esp at night of with wrist flexing
- burning
- weakness or cramping
- perceived swelling
The symptoms are usually worse at night and your grip will weaken as the condition progresses. Eventually you will notice muscle atrophy of the thenar (thumb) muscles and loss of hand function or clumsiness. If this sounds like you, suspect carpal tunnel syndrome.
Physical Therapy Treatment
- Gliding Exercises: Moving your fingers in a specified pattern of exercises may help your tendons and nerves glide more smoothly through your carpal tunnel. While there's some evidence that gliding exercises can help relieve symptoms when used alone, these exercises appear to work better in combination with other treatments -such as splinting.
- Graston Technique/Manual Therapy: The Graston Technique incorporates a patented form of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization that enables clinicians to effectively detect and treat scar tissue and restrictions that effect normal function. Manual therapy techniques such as myofascial release or Active Release Technique are hands-on techniques that release tight tendons and musculature.
- Ultrasound: Deep, pulsed ultrasound directed at the carpal tunnel can reduce pain and numbness, and improve hand strength. Continuous superficial ultrasound doesn't help.
- Traction: Some people obtain relief from carpal tunnel symptoms by using a hand traction device, called C-Trac. You might try this device, which can be purchased for home use, if other conservative treatment options have failed.
- Splints: Splints (braces) are the most commonly used nonsurgical treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome. Splints that immobilize the wrist in a neutral (unbent) position are most likely to relieve discomfort. An unbent wrist maximizes the size of the carpal tunnel, which reduces pressure on the median nerve, relieving your symptoms.
Backs are stabbed by the postural deformities and irregular lifestyle. In our hectic lifestyle, we come accross many wrong postures everyday which are hampering our back and lifestyle in day to day life and this is causing back pains to all of us.
These might be the luxurious couches or the uncomfortable chairs in office or just a simple foot-slip in bathroom, anything can cause this kind of distress or pain. Generally all back pains start very mildly and these keep on aggravating with the time and start causing different problems in life. If we look at the data from the different pharmacies, pain killers are most commonly sold for back pain. We all keep on taking these painkillers to relieve from the pain, but we never understand and believe that these are some solution.
Ayurveda treats all types of back pains and also have researched that there are several causes behind the back pain. In some cases, we all fee that …ohh!! this cannot be the cause of the back pain! Here is the list of the reasons-
- You comfortable Sofa or chair, on which you slouch daily: this deforms your back muscles and also makes you a patient of spondylosis.
- Your habits of walking very fast- chances of injury are very high in such cases.
- Heavy intake of dry foods in other language lack of proper unctuousness which can maintain the smoothness of your muscles and keep the rigidity away from you.
- Bad digestion and excess of intestinal gases in your body.
- A heavy sneeze, which you supressed because you were sitting somewhere in a meeting?
- A wrong way to pick the weight.
- Postural irregularities during pregnancy
- History of injury or accident
These are most common causes we have found in different patients but in almost all the cases we have found that this is the stiffness of the back muscles, which caused the problem. To give an add on many of the patients, just get into bed on recommendation of some physicians and this Bed-Rest proved BAD for most of them, because it increased the stiffness of the back over all.
Regular use of painkillers might give us a pleasant feeling of- "absence of pain" for a while but the same pain killer keep on worsening the health regularly and after years we feel- cheated, because we used the painkillers to just get rid of a sensation. We at Sukhayu Ayurveda are treating the cases of Back Pain since years. Among all these cases, if we talk scientifically, there were many patients of-
- Protrusion of Intervertebral Disc
- Herniated Disc
- Bulged disc
- Annular Ligament Tear
- Ruptured Disc
- Degenerative Disc Disorder
- Scoliosis/Kyphosis
- Spondylosis and Spondylitis along with Spondylolisthesis.
Ayurveda has been curing all types of back pains. This was not relief for two-three days or months, patients are free from all the symptoms since seven years now. So if you are suffering from back pain since years and want to get rid of this, visit a specialized ayurvedic consultant and find a permanent cure for your back pain with Ayurveda.
I am 20 year old and my left hand fracture when I was 12 year old. I started gym last 3 days and I feel little bit pain in joint part of elbow than the other hand. So I should take calcium tablet or any other medicines please suggest me.
Weakness of the muscles due to a genetically inherited condition is known as muscular dystrophy. This condition prevents the body from producing the required protein that can help in building muscles. This protein is also responsible for making the muscles strong and stable. This is most commonly seen in children who may seem clumsy as they begin to grow up and indulge in varied kinds of movements. Let us learn more about this condition and the ways in which it may be treated.
- Symptoms: In order to better understand the ways of treating this condition, it is important to take stock of the varied signs and symptoms that are associated with the same. The main symptom of this condition includes difficulty in walking as well as constant slips and falls that may be endured by the child. Also, the children suffering from this condition will have trouble in lifting the leg and foot in a normal way.
- Other Complications: This condition can also affect the heart and lungs by making the muscles in these regions weak. Also, this condition can lead to a number of serious breathing problems that will need immediate medical intervention so that it does not become fatal. It may also lead to accelerated heart beats and affect the hands and feet of the patient in an adverse manner. This condition can be found in different types, each of which will affect the patient in a different manner.
- Physical and Occupational Therapy: One of the most effective ways of dealing with condition in the long run is to indulge in physical and occupational therapy. With the help of a physiotherapist and other specialists, the patient will be taught to move in a more deliberate and normal manner without falling too often. Also, the patient will be eventually trained to go about life and various functions with certain kinds of movements that will be limited to the issues that the patient may be facing. Bracing will also be required so as to help the child cope better in the physical sense.
- Prednisone: This medicine may be prescribed by the Pediatrician to ensure that the progression of the heart issues may be slowed down. This will ensure that the heart may function in a more normal manner despite the muscle issues that it may be facing. The doctor will usually recommend that the medicine should be started when the child is around five or six years old.
- Spinal Fusion: This surgery can lessen the pain and reduce the severity of the symptoms, which can lead to better chances of moving in a normal manner. This will also give the child better posture so that the child may breathe normally.
In the technologically advanced era one lives in, it is pretty much easy to use up one's entire day glued to the digital screens; right from checking the social media updates while commuting to sitting before the computer for everyday work. Yet nobody is aware of the fact that apart from creating a social gap, these electronic gadgets can take a toll on their postures too.
- You lean against your desks with your neck leaned forward in an attempt to grasp what is on the computer screen and your hand on your mouse scrunched up on one side. Sadly, human body was never designed to pose in such a consorted way resulting in adverse side effects.
- The head usually weighs 10 to 12 pounds on an average when it is balanced evenly over the shoulders. However, with each extra tilt forward, the weight on your spine might escalate up to 60 pounds and even beyond that. Excessive weight on the spine can lead to its subsequent collapse.
- Too much use of tablets and smart phones for swiping or texting can cause inflamed index fingers, thumb joints and tendons. You tend to suffer from wrist pain, enfeebled grip or popping sound while moving the fingers. Typing with one thumb without giving considerable breaks in between can also exert stress on the fingers.
- Hunched over, shoulders slumped and necks bent down are the ways majority of the people use their electronic gadgets. This can trigger misalignment of the spine aggravating your health. Spine protects the nervous system, coordinating and controlling various functions of the body. Any sort of disruption might render a drastic consequence.
- Poor posture impacts the ligaments and muscles in a negative way giving way to a series of complications such as gastrointestinal problems, back or neck pain or severe curvature of the spine, heightening the risk of arterial or pulmonary problems.
Pain related sleep disruption has affected a large number of people around the globe. Statistics has it that, in India, about 25% of the population suffers from pain-related sleep deprivation. Studies call it 'the vicious cycle of pain and sleep' as pain affects your ability to sleep and lack of sleep makes the pain even worse.
Back pain and arthritis are examples of some common pain-related medical disorders. People with these types of chronic pains have reported persistent sleeplessness or have had immense trouble falling asleep.
The following are the primary sleep disorders associated with chronic pain:
- Insomnia: It is a medical condition that is characterized by an inability to fall asleep no matter how physically exhausted you are. Insomnia can be acute (lasting for one night to a week) or chronic (that lasts for more than 3 weeks).
- Hypersomnia: It is a condition wherein you tend to sleep excessively; in this condition, you will have trouble being awake throughout the day or can fall asleep at any point of time.
- Sleep Apnoea: This is a sleep disorder wherein breathing pauses and resumes repeatedly. Risk factors include obesity, age and gender; it is more commonly observed in men. This condition can be chronic with symptoms such as snoring loudly or feeling very tired even after one has had a night's sleep.
- Restless leg syndrome: It is a sleep disorder wherein you continuously move your legs while sleeping. However, this condition can also cause you to move your legs even if you aren't sleeping.
Some of the causes of sleep disorders due to chronic pain are:
- Pain
- Worry and anxiety
- Sweating at night
- Depression and other mental disorders
A pain and sleep disorder should be simultaneous as both the components of it, pain and sleep, are interrelated. Some of the ways people with chronic pain can still have a good night's sleep are:
- Limiting caffeine intake
- Abstaining from alcohol and smoking, as these disrupt the sleep cycles, thus aggravating the existing pain.
- Practicing meditation and other relaxation techniques
- Pain killers or sleeping pills can be administered, but only with the doctor's advice.
- Hot water fomentation over painful area during night, for better sleep.
I have been playing badminton from the last 2 days, and after playing the right side of my back starts paining very badly and the pain increases as I breath. Is it normal coz I have been playing since the last 2 days.
I have back pain from few days. I think it is due to continuous sitting. I took calcitas d3 & nurokind lc last night but these tablets causing headache.
Hi, I have developed post natal lower back pain. I had a caesarean 5 months back and local anesthesia was administered. Do you think it can be treated with Ayurveda? Is holistic treatment possible?
Hi sir I was suffering last one week in neck pain and shoulder pain wen I take pain killer tablet then ok and next started pain again so pls tell me what I do now.
Hello Doctor, I have a pain in my feet for 3 days after running with wrong shoes. Please help cure this issue.
Since past one month or so I'm having an on and off pain in my right bicep. Sometimes it gets difficult to bend my arm backwards and sometimes it's normal. Please advise.
I'm 21 year old .My knee is paining since a month. The thing is I felt from Train platform but immediately I didn't take any healing measure. Now I could feel the pain little for a week .I'm applying ointment Winclofen (Complete Pain Remover. Please Suggest me what I've to do next. Thank you,
When a blow or a fall causes an injury, where the top of your arm bone pops out from your shoulder socket, it's called shoulder dislocation. It is a very painful condition and you need to get this relocated to its position immediately. The tissues and bone related to that particular joint get damaged.
If you ignore this situation or keep the shoulder like this, it will be more harmful and painful for you. There may appear a bump in front or at the back of your shoulder that hurts.
What can lead to a dislocated shoulder injury?
- Sharp or a very fast twist of your arm.
- Falling down on a hard surface.
- A sudden hurt or hit.
- It may also happen when you fall down and try to save yourself using your hand. The force of the hit indirectly gets into the shoulder and your shoulder joint may slip from its place.
In some of the outdoor games, there are high chances to get hurt in the shoulder. Hockey, football, rugby, rock climbing, volleyball etc. bring in high probabilities of injuring the shoulder, thereby resulting in a shoulder dislocation.
What is the treatment or therapy of a dislocated shoulder?
The dislocated shoulder should be very urgently treated. As this injury of the shoulder is very painful, you should go to a specialized orthopaedist as fast as possible to fix up the shoulder to its proper joint. As it is very painful and swollen, the faster the treatment, the better it is. When your doctor fixes your shoulder in its actual place or the bone of your arm comes back to the socket, most of your pain will go away and you get huge relief from pain. After the shoulder bone is relocated, you can use further conservative treatment to reduce the pain and swelling of that place. Dislocated shoulder may take 3 to 12 weeks to recover. But this is the approximate time and it depends on the seriousness of the injury.
After the treatment, when all the symptoms are gone, the doctor will suggest some exercises for better results and normal shoulder movement and to prevent future shoulder injury. Ones the shoulder is dislocated, the chances of dislocation in future is further increased as the tissue supporting the head of humerus into its socket is torn. Such patients may land up with recurrent dislocation of shoulder wherein shoulder dislocates easily on specific movement and patients are afraid to do over-head activities. The problem is best diagnosed by MRI Scan.
The best treatment for this is Arthroscopic (Key-Hole Surgery) Bankart's Repair. Following operation shoulder is kept at rest for 2 weeks then Physiotherapy is started. Day to day activities are started after 2 weeks and sports activity is started after 3 to 5 months.


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