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Eroding Americans' privacy, liberty
Government officials' reactions to revelations the privacy of millions of Americans has been invaded would be laughable were the situation not so serious.
Among other questionable activities, the National Security Agency has been secretly seizing telephone records of millions of Americans – and monitoring many calls.
NSA officials say there is no cause for worry. After all, they assured the public, the agency has the technical ability to avoid illegal spying on Americans.
Well, yes. Of course the NSA is capable of protecting privacy. One method we might suggest would be to refrain from poking around law-abiding citizens' phone records in the first place.
But that isn't what the NSA has in mind. One example of safeguards the agency cited was destroying records it obtained improperly. And there are complex computer programs to sift through data to identify things with security implications.
That isn't the point, of course. Being capable of safeguarding Americans' liberties and actually doing so can be different things.
The NSA has crossed a line simply by obtaining private information. That infringement cannot be undone – and government claims that the records will not be used illegally are no comfort to Americans worried about basic liberties.
Virtually every time a totalitarian regime has subjugated its own people, the process began by warning them dire consequences would result if the government was not permitted to take small steps to safeguard the nation and its people. Objectors were told times had changed since their countries' founders had installed safeguards for personal liberties.
Now President Barack Obama is telling Americans, "We have to make choices as a society."
He is right, but not in the way he intended.
Obama was responding to criticism of the government's action in secretly seizing telephone records on millions of Verizon customers. There is an excellent chance your phone records were included. Really.
What the president meant was that Americans, in his opinion, should make the choice to give up some of our privacy in exchange for government's promise to protect us. The phone records were needed to investigate potential terrorist threats, we have been told.
Nonsense. Anyone in law enforcement understands looking at that many records is a fishing expedition – an investigation in the hope of catching someone doing something wrong, but without specific evidence.
Americans already have given up some of our precious liberties. Now Obama demands even more.
He's right. It is time for us to make a choice – to take back the freedoms that make us Americans.


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Do we want more taxes?
To the Editor:
Both the Minnesota House and Senate have now approved tax increase proposals, and soon all hardworking taxpayers are going to pay the price.
During the campaign, the Democrats told the public they were only going to tax the rich. But now that both legislative bodies have approved their omnibus tax increase proposals, it's clear that every Minnesotan is going to pay more for a larger, inefficient government.
In the Minnesota House, Democrats have approved a nearly $2.7 billion tax increase proposal that raises taxes on income, Internet purchases, sports memorabilia, cigarettes and alcohol, to name a few.
If you figure in the hundreds of millions in fee increases that are also included in other spending bills, you're basically asking every man, woman, and child in this state to pay an additional $550 to state government.
In comparison, the Senate Democrat tax increase proposal averages an extra $341 for every man, woman and child in Minnesota.
This bill will increase the top personal income tax rate by 20 percent if you make just over $79,000 as a single filer, or nearly $141,000 as married filers. Their plan would also reduce the sales tax rate to 6 percent, but it would extend the tax to clothing and prescription medications, and services like auto repairs. Cigarette taxes would also increase.
House and Senate Democrats will soon meet in a conference committee to work out a compromise, and decide which taxes to raise and how high to raise them. This group could even decide to add other tax increases to the compromise, and could pick from any of the following Democrat-introduced proposals from this session: beer tax, energy rate tax, snack tax, auto insurance tax, metro area transit tax, sales tax, estate tax, mortgage and deed tax, vehicle excise tax, tobacco tax, health insurance premium tax, electricity surcharge tax, solar tax, babysitter tax, surgical procedure tax, vehicle wheelage tax, sand mining tax and gas tax.
You can't try to raise government spending by $4 billion and pay for it by taxing the incomes of the wealthiest Minnesotans. Democrats are trying to convince Minnesotans that they need more government, and they need to pay more for it. They are focused on wasteful spending, and when this session ends, every hard-working Minnesotan will end up spending more for something they did not want.
State Rep. Bob Gunther,


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Brush fire burning near Highway 155 in Omak
OMAK, Wash. - Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers reports a brush fire is threatening several homes near Highway 155 and Mission Turnoff Road near Omak.
The fire started around 5 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.
Sheriff Rogers said the fire is being whipped up by 40 mph winds in the area.
Both the Pasco and Indian School areas have been evacuated and some houses are threatened by the fire.
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As the hypnotist sees it, the mind is separated into three sections: Conscious, subconscious and unconscious. While the unconscious and subconscious are often used interchangeably, this is not an accurate use of the terms. While the subconscious is easily accessible to the conscious mind, the unconscious is not. The subconscious might be where a phone number is stored, whereas repressed memories hide in the unconscious. In this video, WatchMojo.com speaks with consulting hypnotist Stephen Gruber, who shows us how a hypnotist views the inner workings of the mind and what impact this has on behavior. (Part 1 of 4.) For more information click Here


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Ince, Thomas H.
Ince, Thomas H. 1882-1924
(Full name Thomas Harper Ince) American filmmaker.
A prolific director and producer of the silent film era, Ince is regarded as a pioneer in the motion picture industry and generally credited with streamlining the modern method of studio filmmaking. He is principally noted for his introduction of very detailed, written "continuities"—later known as shooting scripts—into the filmmaking process, an innovation that greatly improved efficiency and quality in Hollywood films. Also among his accomplishments, Ince is thought to have elevated the film genre of the Western to the level of true art with his production of The Aryan. While Ince personally directed many of his features at the beginning of his career, including his early triumph The Battle of Gettysburg, and produced hundreds more, he is generally remembered for his work as the executive producer and creative force behind a multitude of motion pictures, including the antiwar film Civilization.
Biographical Information
Ince was born in Newport, Rhode Island on 6 November 1882. His father was a comedian, and from his youth Ince took acting jobs in vaudeville and stage dramas. Later he defected to the new medium of film, performing for Carl Laemmle's Independent Motion Pictures (IMP) Company and others. Ince directed his first motion picture, entitled Little Nell's Tobacco, for IMP in 1910. After completing several more films for Laemmle and agreeing to direct a series of movies starring Mary Pickford, Ince signed on with the New York Motion Picture Company in late 1911, and began making pictures, mostly Westerns, in Los Angeles. With some hundred shorter films to his credit, Ince began work on his first full-length feature, The Battle of Gettysburg. After completing the film in 1913, Ince ceased the work of direction himself for all but a few projects, delegating this responsibility to such notables as Reginald Barker, Fred Niblo, Lambert Hillyer, William S. Hart, Roland Lee, and Frank Borzage. In 1915, Ince and his business associates formed their own production company, Triangle. The success of his works with Triangle, including Civilization, allowed Ince to build a large studio complex at Culver City in 1916. Ince departed Triangle in 1918 to form his own production company. He eventually joined Associated Producers, Inc. in 1919 and continued to produce a great number of films for the next several years after Associated Producers was absorbed by First National in 1922. In November of 1924, Ince attended a party on the yacht of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst. He was carried off the boat and died of heart failure two days later amid unsubstantiated rumors of scandal and foul play.
Major Works
Critics have found Ince's contribution to the motion picture industry somewhat difficult to evaluate. From 1910 to 1913, when he was still directing his films, he created a series of popularly successful, realistic Westerns, most notably War on the Plains and the well-regarded Civil War picture The Battle of Gettysburg, a film that no longer exists. A collaborator for the majority of his career, Ince's credit on most of his later films is as executive producer. Fulfilling this role, Ince insisted that his directors follow strict shooting scripts, which included detailed commentary on sets, costumes, camera angles, and the various other minutiae of filmmaking, factors which are generally left in the hands of individual directors. Ince is also generally credited with the technical innovations of such films as The Bargain, which features a series of powerful exterior shots of a picturesque Arizona canyon. Again as a producer, Ince is said to have infused the genre of the Western with the grandeur of legend in The Aryan. Considered Ince's greatest production, the propaganda film Civilization dramatizes the evils of war in grandiose spectacle. A submarine commander unwilling to torpedo a passenger ship, the hero of Civilization opens the way to mutiny and precipitates the destruction of his sub. Following his death, his soul travels to Purgatory and to Heaven, where he is redeemed by Christ.
Critical Reception
In the early days of film, many of Ince's motion pictures were immensely successful and lucrative ventures. In the years since his death, critical speculation as to Ince's legacy in the history of film has been the source of considerable contention. Scholars in America have generally acknowledged Ince's business acumen, eye for talent, and innovative systemization of the filmmaking process. A contingent of European film historians, however, have taken a broader view. Led by the influential French critic Jean Mitry, European commentators have viewed Ince as an original artist whose influence rivals that of filmmaker D. W. Griffith. Mitry has remarked, "If Griffith was the first poet of an art whose basic syntax he created, one could say that Ince was its first dramaturgist. His experiments, in fact, were based on the composition of original themes, on the expression of ideas. . . . He was able to guide and discipline his collaborators only because, like them, he was a director, and superior to them."
*Principal Works
Little Nell's Tobacco (film) 1910
A Manly Man (film) 1911
The Aggressor (film) 1911
Artful Kate (film) 1911
Behind the Stockade (film) 1911
The Dream (film) 1911
The Fisher-Maid (film) 1911
For Her Brother's Sake (film) 1911
Her Darkest Hour (film) 1911
In Old Madrid (film) 1911
In the Sultan's Garden (film) 1911
Maid or Man (film) 1911
The Message in the Bottle (film) 1911
The New Cook (film) 1911
The New Cowboy (film) 1911
The Silver Dollar (film) 1911
Sweet Memories of Yesterday (film) 1911
Their First Misunderstanding (film) 1911
The Winning of Wonega (film) 1911
A Double Reward (film) 1912
Across the Plains (film) 1912
The Battle of the Red Men (film) 1912
The Colonel's Ward (film) 1912
The Crisis (film) 1912
Custer's Last Fight (film) 1912
The Deserter (film) 1912
For Freedom of Cuba (film) 1912
The Hidden Trail (film) 1912
The Indian Massacre (film) 1912
The Invaders (film) 1912
The Law of the West (film) 1912
Lieutenant's Last Fight (film) 1912
On the Firing Line (film) 1912
Renegade (film) 1912
War on the Plains (film) 1912
When Lee Surrenders (film) 1912
A Shadow of the Past (film) 1913
The Ambassador's Envoy (film) 1913
The Battle of Gettysburg (film) 1913
Bread Cast upon the Water (film) 1913
The Boomerang (film) 1913
Days of '49 (film) 1913
The Drummer of the Eighth (film) 1913
The Mosaic Law (film) 1913
The Pride of the South (film) 1913
The Seal of Silence (film) 1913
With Lee in Virginia (film) 1913
A Relic of Old Japan (film) 1914
The Golden Goose (film) 1914
The Last of the Line (film) 1914
Love's Sacrifice (film) 1914
One of the Discard (film) 1914
The Despotier (film) 1915
The Aryan [producer] (film) 1916
Civilization [producer] (film) 1916
*Ince collaborated to some degree on nearly all of his films. The Principal Works list includes only those works (except for Civilization and The Aryan) for which he is named as the principal director.
Peter Milne (essay date 1922)
SOURCE: Chapter XV and Chapter XVI, in Motion Picture Directing: The Facts and Theories of the Newest Art, Falk Publishing Co., Inc., 1922, pp. 136-51.
[In the following excerpt, Milne describes Ince's strict film production process and lists several studio directors who successfully used his methods.]
As a general rule there is no love lost between directors and scenario writers. This is particularly the case in the big producing companies where directors work more or less on a schedule, an elastic schedule to be sure, but nevertheless a schedule. In these companies a director seldom has a chance to co-operate with the scenario writer on the construction of a continuity. Sometimes he has complaints on it which are never taken up and discussed due to lack of time. As a result the director blames the scenario writer for the mistakes in the finished picture.
With the case of the directors who have proven themselves in an artistic way, it will be found that the majority of them have much to say about the handling of their stories in continuity form. They either actually co-operate on the writing of the continuity from which they are to work or they claim to discard continuities altogether and work from notes, a brief synopsis or—from the head.
Both the De Milles have much to say about the writing of continuities from which they work. As a consequence when it comes to the actual task of directing they are dealing with their own ideas. It has been related how D. W. Griffith prefers to work without a continuity and his reasons therefore. Frank Borzage is a champion for the continuity synopsis, a running account of the plot, undivided into scenes. Many other directors prefer this method, dividing their pictures into the desired and natural number of scenes during actual work. All such directors claim that to follow a scene numbered continuity through directly results in a mechanical picture. Like the De Milles they claim that to produce such a picture well, they must also have a hand in the writing of the mechanical continuity.
On the face of it the arguments of these directors seem sound. But it is easy enough to take the other side of the question and riddle the arguments completely. The stand can be taken that the motion picture director performs no other functions than those performed by the stage director. And many and many a stage director has turned out productions of artistic worth by merely following the author's manuscript. Few stage directors decline to direct a Shakespearean production for the reason that they didn't have a hand in the writing of the play.
Which brings up the methods employed by Thomas H. Ince, probably the most successful producing-director in the entire field of motion pictures. Mr. Ince is at the head of a number of producing units. He has a certain number of directors making pictures for him. Over the work of these men he exercises an actual supervision. And when a director works for Mr. Ince he does what Mr. Ince tells him to do.
Mr. Ince is one of the veterans of the picture producing craft. He has developed more stars, perhaps, than any other man in the field today. William S. Hart, Charles Ray, Dorothy Dalton and Louise Glaum are the brightest of those he has brought out. And the secret of Thomas H. Ince's greatness, whether he admits it himself or not, is the minute attention he pays to the matter of preparing the continuities of the pictures from which his directors work.
Probably Mr. Ince pays more attention to this preparation of a continuity than does any other producer. In his opinion the greater part of the work of producing a picture has been completed when the continuity is in final shape to hand to the director.
Equipped with the power of visualization to a remarkable degree Mr. Ince and his production manager thoroughly scrutinize the continuity when it is handed them by a member of the scenario department. Every point in the story, and every point in its development at the hands of the continuity writer is discussed. As a rule when the continuity is returned to its author there are a number of alterations and changes to be made. And when these are made Mr. Ince goes over the script again. Sometimes this interchange of ideas is carried on between Mr. Ince and his scenario department for six or eight times before the continuity is in final shape for the director.
Then when the director finally does receive the manuscript he finds some such order as this stamped across its face: "Produce this exactly as written!" This, however, is not the arbitrary demand of an autocrat. If the director sees a place where a change will work some good to the story he has the privilege of placing the matter before Mr. Ince himself. But for the most part the Ince continuities are so thoroughly gone over before placing them in the hands of the directors that few if any changes for the better suggest themselves.
Therefore when the Ince director starts to work on the picture he is carrying out the ideas of the continuity writer and his chief to the most minute detail. His is the business of directing the picture, not of creating it in the broadest sense of the words.
Now according to other directors who insist that such a method of procedure produces mechanical results, is responsible for a work lacking in inspiration and all the finer qualities that go to make a picture, and degrades the director into the position of a mere clerk, Mr. Ince's pictures would be the worst the art has to offer. The fact that they are the most consistently meritorious that the art has to offer would seem to refute the arguments brought up by these others completely.
So what is the answer? Griffith produces good pictures after his method. Borzage and a number of others produce good pictures after the same methods, or methods practically the same. And Mr. Ince, hands his director a continuity divided strictly into scenes, each camera angle is numbered and for a purpose, for the director to go out and make all these camera angles, these scenes, just as Mr. Ince ordered him to.
The answer is, after all, quite simple. Mr. Ince has capabilities matched by no other director in the producing art. One of his capabilities may be matched here and there but never all of them by another individual. Thus Mr. Ince and his scenario department are the creators of Ince pictures. The directors he employs carry out his ideas. And these directors, while the above...
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Thomas H. Ince (essay date 1925)
SOURCE: "The Challenge for the Motion Picture Producer," in The First Film Makers, edited by Richard Dyer MacCann, The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1989, pp. 110-14.
[In the following essay, originally published in 1925, Ince expresses his desire for clarity, continuity, intensity, and above all realism in motion pictures.]
We are living in an age when the white light of criticism is turned upon accepted and established standards in all phases of life. The old order of things has passed, and all over the world worn-out traditions and methods are toppling. We are in the grip of another renaissance, a revolution of ideals. Like the phoenix of mythology, the new world order is...
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George Mitchell (essay date 1960)
SOURCE: "Thomas H. Ince Was the Pioneer Producer Who Systematized the Making of a Movie," in Films in Review, Vol. XI, No. 8, October, 1960, pp. 464-84.
[In the following essay, Mitchell details lnce's life and career as a film director-producer.]
Thomas H. Ince, one of the more important of the pioneer filmmakers and one of the most interesting of the early producers, was only 43 when he died, suddenly, in 1924.
Today film historians are divided in their estimates of him. Some dismiss him as merely a commercial producer, who contributed nothing of lasting significance. Some praise his contributions to scenario construction and film editing,...
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Jean Mitry (essay date 1965)
SOURCE: "Thomas H. Ince: His Esthetic, His Films, His Legacy," in Cinema Journal, Vol. 22, No. 2, Winter, 1983, pp. 2-17.
[In the following essay, which was first published in 1965, Mitry evaluates Ince as an artist rather than as a businessman or technical innovator.]
If D. W. Griffith can be called the earliest poet of an art whose basic syntax he elaborated, then Ince can be said to be its earliest dramatist.
Indeed, his explorations of the medium dealt far more with plot construction, with original subject matter and with the expression of ideas—allowances being made for the means at his...
(The entire section is 7331 words.)
Janet Staiger (essay date 1979)
SOURCE: "Dividing Labor for Production Control: Thomas Ince and the Rise of the Studio System," in Cinema Journal, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Spring, 1979, pp. 16-25.
[In the following essay, Staiger argues that although Ince may be seen as an innovator in the film industry his improvements generally reflect the adoption of scientific management and the division of labor to the process of filmmaking.]
Thomas Ince was a classic case of a stage actor who, during a brief period of unemployment in 1910, turned to the fledgling movies as a source of income.1 Yet his long-term impact on filmmaking would be very great indeed. Working first for IMP and then Biograph, he...
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Further Reading
MacCann, Richard Dyer. "Ince and Hart." In The First Film Makers, pp. 61-114. Metuchen, N. J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1989.
Collection of essays on Ince's filmmaking technique by various contributors, including the actor-director William S. Hart.
Pratt, George C. "Thomas H. Ince." In Spellbound in Darkness: A History of the Silent Film, pp. 143-75. Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society Ltd., 1973.
Includes a brief biographical sketch of Ince, along with commentary on the films The Bargain and Satan McAllister's Heir produced by Ince. The balance of the article reproduces a detailed shooting...
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Marlin Stutzman on Free Trade
[Explanatory note from Wikipedia.com "Exchange Rate"]:
Between 1994 and 2005, the Chinese yuan renminbi was pegged to the US dollar at RMB 8.28 to $1. Countries may gain an advantage in international trade if they manipulate the value of their currency by artificially keeping its value low. It is argued that China has succeeded in doing this over a long period of time. However, a 2005 appreciation of the Yuan by 22% was followed by a 39% increase in Chinese imports to the US. In 2010, other nations, including Japan & Brazil, attempted to devalue their currency in the hopes of subsidizing cheap exports and bolstering their ailing economies. A low exchange rate lowers the price of a country's goods for consumers in other countries but raises the price of imported goods for consumers in the manipulating country.
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IN Gubernatorial:
Mike Pence
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Daniel Coats
Joe Donnelly
Left 113th Congress, 2013-2014:
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FL-13:Bill Young(R,deceased)
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Where would be great places to look for local events and big-games or ones that are within a reasonable distance??
Where to find Big games and events?
Started by bag06a, Apr 22 2012 06:55 PM
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:01 PM
cheap out breakaway paintball, the siege, and brew city my friend
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:03 PM
Breakaway paintball man. It always feels like a big game even without one being scheduled. I know siege does them but they never get enough people.
Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:26 PM
Was at brew city last friday and it was pretty fun. There were probably like 50 people there that night. Somewhat of a small field for anything really "big" or Capture the flag or anything. I do definitely like brew city though.
Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:33 PM
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Millions of Americans are unable to provide their own transportation or have difficulty accessing public transportation. Individuals who are "transportation disadvantaged" may include people who are elderly, have disabilities, or low incomes. In 2003, GAO reported that eight federal departments had 62 programs providing transportation services to this population. At that time, GAO was unable to identify spending on transportation services for more than half of these programs. However, spending for 29 programs totaled more than $2 billion in fiscal year 2001.
Following GAO's recommendation to increase federal agency participation, a 2004 Executive Order expanded the existing Interagency Transportation Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility to include 10 federal agencies and charged it with promoting interagency cooperation and establishing mechanisms to minimize program duplication and overlap. A 2004 GAO report found that some federal agencies were developing guidance and technical assistance for transportation coordination as recommended by GAO, and the Coordinating Council had launched the "United We Ride" transportation coordination initiative. These actions notwithstanding, program overlap and fragmentation continue today.
Agencies providing transportation services to transportation-disadvantaged persons often provide similar services to similar client groups, leading to potential duplication and service inefficiencies when coordination does not occur. Interagency forums for coordination at the federal, state, and local levels have expanded in recent years, but participation has varied among federal departments and program requirements have not been aligned to facilitate coordination. To improve cost-effectiveness and transportation services, federal departments should facilitate coordination by identifying and assessing programs, collecting information on expenditures, and developing or disseminating guidance and policies.
GAO and others have reported that the variety of federal programs providing transportation services to the transportation disadvantaged has resulted in fragmented services that can be difficult for clients to navigate and narrowly focused programs that may result in service gaps. Further, services can be costly because of inconsistent, duplicative, and often restrictive program rules and regulations.
As in prior work, GAO could not determine the total amount spent, because agencies often do not separately track transportation costs from other program costs. However, GAO obtained fiscal year 2009 funding information for 23 programs, which spent an estimated total of $1.7 billion on transportation services that year. Further, the Medicaid program in the Department of Health and Human Services spent $704 million in fiscal year 2010the first year for which such information was available.
Number of Programs GAO Identified That Provide Transportation Services to Transportation-disadvantaged Persons, by Federal Department, as of October 2010
Federal department
Number of programs identified
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Housing and Urban Development
Veterans Affairs
Source: Federal departments and GAO analysis of the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (October 2010).
aThe Corporation for National and Community Service-an independent federal agency-also funds three programs that provide transportation services.
The Interagency Transportation Coordinating Council on Access and Mobilitythe venue charged with promoting interagency coordinationhas developed an action plan and a policy statement to encourage and facilitate coordination, but action by federal departmentsindividually and in concertwill be necessary to better coordinate programs and eliminate duplication and fragmentation at the federal level. For example, because neither the Coordinating Council nor most federal departments have an inventory of existing programs providing transportation services or their expenditures, they lack the information to identify opportunities to improve the efficiency and service of their programs through coordination. Available information is outdated and incomplete. Additionally, departments have not aligned program requirements. For instance, a 2009 report by the National Resource Center for Human Service Transportation Coordination found that three federal departments providing transportation services-the departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Educationhad yet to coordinate their planning processes or requirements with the Department of Transportation.[2]GAO found that these steps still had not occurred as of the end of 2010. These departments account for 50 of the 80 existing programs identified.
With limited interagency coordination and direction at the federal level, the "United We Ride" initiative and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) have encouraged state and local coordination. For example, certain FTA transit programs require that projects selected for grant funding be derived from locally developed, coordinated public transit-human service transportation plans.[3]The National Conference of State Legislatures reported in 2010 that 25 states had created councils to improve coordination among state and local grantees.[4]Some states also have regional or local councils. These councils are generally responsible for identifying available transportation services, conducting needs assessments, and determining how gaps should be filled. However, participation by non-FTA granteeswhich is optionalhas varied, limiting these efforts.
[1]Two new programs in the Departments of Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development have not yet awarded grants, but will have transportation as an eligible use of funds. These have not been included in the count of programs.
[2]See Report to the Secretary of Transportation, National Resource Center for Human Service Transportation Coordination (March 2009).
[3]SeeFormula grants for special needs of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities, 49 U.S.C. § 5310(d)(2)(B); Job Access and Reverse Commute formula grants, 49 U.S.C. § 5316(g)(3); New Freedom Program, 49 U.S.C. § 5317(f)(3).
[4]National Conference of State Legislatures, State Human Service Transportation Coordinating Councils: An Overview and State Profiles (Denver, Colo., February 2010).
Federal coordination of transportation services can lead to economic benefits, such as funding flexibility, reduced costs or great efficiency, and increased productivity, as well as improved customer service and enhanced mobility, as GAO and others have reported. To realize these benefits, GAO now suggests departments undertake actions in two key areas to help identify opportunities to eliminate duplication and fragmentation and improve coordination:
In 2003, GAO discussed three potential options to overcome obstacles to the coordination of transportation for the transportation disadvantaged, two of which would require substantial statutory or regulatory changes and include potential costs: making federal program standards more uniform or creating some type of requirement or financial incentive for coordination. As a result, at that time GAO recommended expanding the Coordinating Council and better disseminating guidance. Subsequently, the Coordinating Council was expanded and several coordination initiatives were launched, and progress has been made in coordination efforts, particularly at the state and local level. However, to assure that coordination benefits are realized, Congress may want to consider requiring key programs to participate in coordinated planning.
GAO reviewed prior work listed under the "Related GAO Products" tab on the coordination of transportation services and the Job Access and Reverse Commute program. GAO interviewed department officials with the FTA and United We Ride and contacted the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, Justice, Labor, and Veterans Affairs. GAO also spoke with the National Resource Center for Human Service Transportation Coordination, the National Council on Disability, American Association of Retired Persons, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and Project ACTION, and reviewed relevant reports. Finally, GAO searched the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance for 2010 to confirm that programs identified in 2003 still exist and offer transportation services and to identify new programs funding these services. Program information was verified with department officials, who provided spending data.
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A place to declare your weekly results
I know there are loads of weight loss threads out there but i wondered if anyone wanted a place where we could briefly own up to our gains or losses? I think it would help me if i knew that any slip had to be owned up to, but also to provide motivation when we lose some.
So here goes.
Julia T, started last week at 12 stone 11lb, lost 2lb this week so now 12 stone 9lb
Just thought i'd start with a positive. I ate lots of fruit and veg this week but we need to buy pegs
Hi Julia
I am now a frightening 13st 3lbs at one point this year i was under 12st but have over the last 2 months put all this weight on we are havening a meal tonight so will have to start the weight loss as from tomorrow
Hi there
I have been trying to loose weight since June this year. I started at 13 stone 7 lb and amnow 11stone 10.
That's the good news....the bad news is my weight loss seems to have slowed down..and now stopped For ages I was lossing 2 lb a week, then the last few weeks it has gone down to 1lb, then last week I lost NOTHING...not an ounce! and that is despite eating less and running more! So feeling a bit miffed at the moment, but hoping for more encouraging news from the scales on Friday! 2 stone still to go, so I need to keep loosing!!
Hi all,
I like the idea of a RW weight watchers thread!!
I lost 3 stone last year but have been stuck at 11 stone since about May, I'd really like to lose another stone but my will power has been off lately. For example today I had a normal breakfast, salad for lunch and a chicken and veg based supper, no potatoes etc. BUT I also ate 6 Cadbury Roses chocolates and half a Manor House cake - gross (but very tasty) . So, I really must regain my motivation and stop snacking on the crap! New start starts tomorrow.....
HHHmmmm where shall i begin...
10st at 8 yrs old
14st at 11yrs old
16.5st at 15yrs old
11.5st at 15.5yrs old
12st at 20yrs old
15st at 21yrs old
12st at 22yrs
14st at 26yrs old
17st at 30yrs old
12.5st at 31yrs old
14.5st at 33yrs old
11.75st at 35yrs
13.5st at 37yrs old
Is that what's called yo yoing?
Do i win a prize?
Morning all
Well the meal went well so now to start losing this weight really could do with losing 2st but am weak, weak person so am really hoping that a name and same will be good for me
Is every one following a diet or a plan of some sort and would be interested in health meal recipes i try to cut down on the size of the meals i eat rather that cutting anything out as that way you don't crave anything
but i have to cut out the picking between the pickingI tended to eat more when feeling down or perhaps things aren't going well will life in general the phrase comfort eating I believe
I am suffering from an injury at the moment and know the extra weight i am carrying at the moment can't be helping so another good reason to lose the weight
Sluggish Wonder well done to you for losing nearly 2st I have been told that there are times you will Plato and weight will not come off there is no magic solution we just have to keep plugging away am afraid but keep going what a tremendous result so far
Puffin1 3st last year what a result yes those Cadbury Roses chocolates will do that to you they sit there going eat me eat me are they in the house or did you buy them when you were out I have put a ban crisps form coming into the house and also Kellogg's crunch nut cornflakes as the theory is if there not in the house I can't snack on them
Lardarse so what are you at the moment
I want to lose about half a stone and have come to the depressing realisation that running and eating what I like won't achieve this (even tho it got rid of the 1st half stone)
Do you all weigh weekly or more often? Time of day?
So 11 st - want to be 10.5
Good luck everyone
welcome slowsal
Love the idea of this.
I will weigh myself first thing tomorrow morning to try to get an accurate figure, but off out to dinner tonight!
I managed to get down to 10st 5lbs for my wedding earlier this year, but unfortunately up back up to about 11st 3lbs (will confirm actual weight tomorrow).
Cheese and alcohol are my downfalls, so I think I'm going to have to go with not keeping any of them in the house.
C x
Toby3 - Regarding the weighing yourself every day, I do exactly the same thing. I always weigh myself after getting home from work before going out on a run. Most people say weigh yourself no more than once a week or less but its become a bit of a habit for me, one that I need to stop!!
Anyway at the moment I weigh 13st 8lbs, well I did last night anyway, that may have changed when I get on the scales tonight. Ideally I want to get to around 13st. My biggest vice is beer, I don't drink during the week but I tend to have an all day session on saturdays when going to watch football which tends to ruin what I've worked off during the week. I eat fairly well during the week aswell but having a serious look at all the little bits and bobs I shove down my gullet each day makes me realise my diet could be a lot better.
I think it'll take me a long time to get the last 8lbs off, I weighed 16st just over a year a go when I started running and now pretty much all my belly fat has gone so the weight loss has slowed right down but I like the post and will try to remember to post every week.
I've been told that weighing everyday increases the average weight people lose. I think the idea is to focus yourself on your eating and exercise goals throughout the week. I'd say that first thing in the morning is best after ablutions. My theory is that if you weigh your lightest with as few variables as possible the results should be more consistent.
I've done quite well in the past but gone back up to nearly 16 st after a 18 month period when I stopped running through injury followed by lethargy. I'm now down to 14st 11lb but I've been around that for a few months now. Getting back into running is the key for me, I find as I focus on getting fit my attitude becomes a lot healthier generally. I hope to return to doing 6 mile runs 4 times a week by the turn of the year.
Toby3 the Roses were at work, thankfully they're all gone now. I too try to avoid eating junk by not having it in the house, the only problem is sometimes my will power slips and then I tend to eat loads in one sitting and feel really guilty. being bored or on my own seem to be triggers for me. My OH is out tonight so I need to stay strong not to eat more because I'm on my own.
Jon Boy - agree with the training thing, the better I am running the less I worry about eating and feeling healthy means i want to stay like that.
My plan is to weigh myself weekly and try not to at other times to avoid the daily changes.
Hurrah! I don't feel so alone now, it really helps to know how many other people struggle to lose it!
I reckon we can post what we like. I initially thought of it as a place to post results but and support and motivation is a great idea if you ask me.
Toby fancy seeing you here! Crunchy nut cornflakes eh? And definitely only get on the scales once a week. I got on the scales before and after my long runs during marathon training and lost up to 7lb in just a few hours, so much is down to fluid. It doesn't sound like you put masses on tho considering your injury.
Sluggish Wonder is it possible that your metabolism has slowed down? I would say spend the next week writing down everything you eat just in case you are missing something somewhere. If you are eating under 2000 cals a day then perhaps you need to eat a bit more for a little while just to ward off that starvation mechanism thing we have? Well done on the 2 stone loss by the way
Puffin well done on losing 3 stone that's fab I know what you mean about losing control! I've tried to just have a bit of nice stuff now and then but it doesn't work with wine and chocolate Stay strong tonight, you need a distraction. If you are female how about painting your nails. Knitting? a nice soak in a bubble bath. Sorry that was very sexist, no reason not to do any of those things if you are male. Airfix model?
Ha ha Lardarse, that's a bit like me! I was always between 16 and 18 stone apart from the 2 times i got married when i managed 10 stone. Then luckily 2 and a half years ago i found running and managed to shift loads........but just that last bit to go.......
Waves to Sal. Yes it's too easy to say 'oh, i ran * miles today so i can eat that. and that. and that' isn't it!
Lobes thats great that you have a london place I applied last year and didn't get in so did Brighton instead (with Toby) and that was so good i am doing it again next year. Do you think we should get out our tape measures as well? Although doing up my zips again will be a good indicator for me
Corrah enjoy your meal tonight. It will be like the last supper. oooo and stilton. brie. wensleydale. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm sorry. hope that didn't send anyone off to the fridge
Jamie well done on your weight loss too. I have the same habit of being good all week then blowing it on saturday night.
Jon Boy that is when i get on the scales too. Well done on your weight loss, i think running makes me less likely to eat rubbish, if i run the day after a pig out i always feel blobby and that makes me crave healthy food.
Right, off to wash up now ((((((((((((takes last sip of gin and SLIMLINE tonic))))))))) and heads off
Julia - tonight was not too bad, I had too bigger portion of pasta but no real naughties and I went running after work so had no time for sitting around eating!
Zara - I had that when I first started running, it took ages for weight to start coming off although like you I did tone up first. It's actually surprising how few additional calories are burnt running especially when you're starting out so aren't going very far or very fast. It's very easy to overcompensate and not lose any weight. Have you tries writing down everything you eat and drink for a week to see if your calories in/out are right. I found that I had to cut down a bit more with food and start speeding up my running before the weight came of properly.
hi all new to this forum
i used to weigh myself weekly but got fed up of not seeing any real loss. now i do it fortnightly started of at 100kg a couple years ago got down to 90kg this feb but have slowly crept up to around 92kg last weigh in was tuesday at 91.5kg my aim is to get under 90kg and take it from there.
i prefer metric as it makes me feel lighter after all lugging over14st around is hard work but kg's feel lighter.
like Zara ive noticed size loss but not weight i know muscle is heavier than fat
see you in a fortnight
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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
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Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
Government Orders
1:25 p.m.
Wendy Lill Dartmouth, NS
Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Churchill. It is a pleasure to rise today to speak to Bill C-19, an act to amend the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, at second reading. For the record, the New Democratic Party will be opposing the bill and will be voting against it at second reading.
Currently the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act does not go far enough to protect our environment. The changes proposed in Bill C-19, unfortunately, would only further weaken the legislation. The bill is an attempt to streamline and speed up the environmental assessment and review process to benefit developers and industry instead of protecting the environment.
This enactment would implement the results of the statutory review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act conducted by the Minister of the Environment. It would establish a federal environmental assessment co-ordinator for projects that undergo screening or comprehensive study level assessments. It would modify the comprehensive study process to prevent a second environmental assessment of a project by a review panel while extending the participant funding program to comprehensive studies.
This enactment would expand existing regulations, making authority for projects on federal lands, provide the new use for class screening reports as a replacement for project specific assessments and makes follow up programs mandatory for projects after a comprehensive study or review panel. These amendments would provide Canadians with access to information about the environmental assessment of a specific project.
This enactment would create the Canadian environmental assessment registry. It would require that the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency establish and lead a quality assurance program, promote and monitor compliance and assist relevant parties in building consensus and resolving disputes.
New Democrats believe that we need measures to strengthen and improve safeguards to protect the environment and this bill unfortunately does not go nearly far enough.
Canadians are increasingly concerned about the state of the environment in their communities and around the globe. They worry about the quality of the air they breathe and the safety of the water they drink. They are deeply concerned about the kind of ecological legacy they will be leaving their children.
The question is: What kind of measures are we talking about? At the present time outside the House of Commons we have a demonstrator from the Sierra Club, Elizabeth May, who is on her 14th day of a hunger strike. She is trying to force the federal government into taking action on the environmental travesty at the Sydney tar ponds. She wants to force the government to permanently relocate the many people who are living in the area directly around the tar ponds who have experienced colossal health problems for decades because of the pollution in their environment. This is a very concrete example of a measure that the government could take right now to ensure the environmental and health safety of many Canadian citizens.
Another very important measure in my mind is the Halifax harbour clean up. I come from a community that has been dumping raw sewage into the harbour for many decades. The only benefit is that we have ocean currents that continue to move the sewage around at quite a pace, but we have a huge job ahead of us.
The Halifax regional municipality has worked very hard to get both the provincial and the federal government on side to work on that essential infrastructure project. Something of that size has to be done on a three way split. Each level of government has to be involved because of the cost and the scope of the project. At this point in time the federal government is nowhere near offering the kind of money that is required from its side of the equation. That is another measure the government could take right now.
Clearly it is time that Canada implement comprehensive, enforceable and understandable standards for water and air quality and food safety. The government should be investing in services that clean up the water and the air, stimulate green investment and expand public transit. It should also take action to make work places safer. The government's record on the environment is a litany of neglect, delay and broken promises.
The NDP believes that we should protect the environment in some very specific ways. I will put forward suggestions for the government to take into account when it is doing further work on the act. We need to assert a strong federal presence in both environmental monitoring and regulatory enforcement. We need to implement comprehensive, enforceable and understandable standards for water and air quality and food safety. We need to develop and implement a national water strategy including development of national safe drinking water standards and a ban on bulk water exports.
It is time we institute agreements that give environmental protection precedence over trade agreements in transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and other environmentally dangerous goods. We need to ensure that a green screen integrates environmental criteria into all federal government decision making.
It is time we implement endangered species and habitat protection legislation developed in co-operation with other governments, affected communities and labour, making use of traditional aboriginal knowledge and vesting identification of species at risk with independent scientists.
We need to expand marine protected areas and the national parks system and protect the parks system from commercial development that threatens its integrity. We need to introduce tough punishment for polluters including criminal charges for corporate owners, directors and managers that break the law. We need to develop the environmental bill of rights to ensure the legally enforceable right of all Canadians to a safe and healthy environment.
In conclusion, I repeat that we will be opposing the bill. We will be voting against it at second reading. We believe that the environmental assessment act does not go nearly far enough. It needs to be strengthened. We need the federal government to invest and commit immediately and generously to an environmental cleanup that will protect our children for generations to come.
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1:30 p.m.
Bev Desjarlais Churchill, MB
Mr. Speaker, I want to emphasize, as the hon. member for Dartmouth mentioned, that the New Democratic Party is opposed to the bill and intends to vote against it. Hopefully there can be some improvements to the bill somewhere along the line, even though it is becoming clearer to most of us that the Liberal government does not follow through on its talk of being there to protect the environment and to do what is best for Canada. I doubt we will see those changes and certainly there need to be changes.
To follow on what my hon. colleague said, public services like clean water, effective waste disposal, diversion, good roads and accessible public transit are essential to strong, healthy communities. By the 1990s Canada was investing just 2.1% of its gross domestic product in public infrastructure. That was about half of what was spent throughout the 1960s and 1970s. We have had two decades of neglect. This has meant poorer public services resulting in major problems like poor water quality, pollution, and a $75 billion deficit in municipal and environmental infrastructure.
No one group has suffered more from the neglect than Canada's first nations people. We heard of the situations with water in Walkerton and North Battleford. There was little emphasis on the number of first nations communities that have boil water mandates in place on an ongoing basis. Many Canadians do not know that although there were standards in place for water treatment in communities throughout Canada, the government and the first nations communities never bypassed the bare minimum standard for anything in first nations communities. Whether it be water, sewer or housing, bar none the bare minimum standard was met. We know what happens when only the bare minimum standard is met. That is exactly what they get. As a result, with little money going into the infrastructure we have seen even greater problems in those communities.
The occurrences of stomach and gastrointestinal problems that we hear about in non-aboriginal communities are ongoing issues in first nation communities. They struggle and fight with the government to put in place ongoing funding for these programs so they do not have to go to the government. I hate to say it, but often immediately before an election the government says it will do something and then right after the election we see many communities having to go on bended knees begging the government for what should be rightfully theirs in the first place, which is quality water and sewer infrastructure and quality housing.
Ecologists warn that without major new investment and a national approach to water quality, access to freshwater will soon become Canada's worst environmental crisis. Significant public and private investments are also needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and cut back the release of waste into the environment.
Too many corporations have opposed efforts to deal with these pressing issues. The Liberals have listened to corporate Canada, ignoring the fact that no economy or society can exist independently of the environment. The Liberals have made no progress in developing a sustainable economy for Canadians.
We know the Liberals have listened to corporate Canada. We also know and fear the fact that our Prime Minister is now listening to the American president and vice-president saying they want more energy resources from Canada instead of the U.S. addressing its problems of overconsumption, greed and misusing energy when it should be putting into place conservation processes. We see our government buckling under to the U.S.
We all wants jobs and economic prosperity, but we also want to protect the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat. With leadership from the federal government working families can have both environmental and economic security. New Democrats believe Canada needs a new commitment to rebuilding our publicly owned and operated infrastructure.
The NDP has called for a multi-year national environmental infrastructure investment program to channel investment into pressing environmental concerns like water and air quality, toxic waste disposal, energy efficiency and the clean up of environmental hot spots.
A national environmental investment and infrastructure program could be used for the set up of a clean water fund to upgrade municipal water and waste water treatment plants to improve water quality, water conservation and effluent management. We cannot have another Walkerton.
We could clean up toxic hot spots like the Sydney tar ponds and the sites of the Great Lakes. I know my colleague mentioned this as well, but a number of colleagues from that area of the country over the past three or four years have constantly pushed and fought for the clean up of the Sydney tar ponds. This has made me realize just how terrible are the Sydney tar ponds. When hearing about it on a daily basis and getting all the background on it, we realize that this is a government-company sponsored environmental wasteland with no serious effort to clean it up.
The sad part is there is real concern it cannot even be cleaned up now. The least we should be doing is getting the people whose health is at risk out of that area. That is why Elizabeth May has been on a hunger strike for the past two weeks. The government has failed to address the issue of getting those families out of there. Instead it puts their health at risk.
The national environmental investment infrastructure program could renew efforts to achieve short term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the wake of the Liberals' abandonment of commitments it made at Kyoto, Japan, in 1997.
We could set up a clean air fund to back community based initiatives that reconcile job creation with the challenge posted by climate change. The fund would be used for tree planting, alternative energy and transition programs for workers displaced by actions taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We could support expansion and encourage greater use of public transit. We could put mandatory limits on sulphur content in gasoline.
We could change the federal tax system to ensure that tax policies encourage a more sustainable economy. Taxes should be reduced on sustainable activities, particularly those that involve a greater investment in labour and an increase in non-sustainable activities.
We could create a jobs fund to provide loan security for the cost of retrofitting residential, commercial and industrial buildings to meet higher standards of energy efficiency and make greater use of energy from alternative sources, resulting in reduced greenhouse emissions and lower costs. We could improve recycling, composting and recovery systems to improve the diversion of household and commercial industrial waste.
This fund could encourage dynamic environmental industries and the development of new environmental technology. We could invest as a partner in integrated and co-ordinated affordable public transit and commuter rail service in and around major urban centres. This would be part of a national transportation strategy.
Often we are criticized as New Democrats for thinking about the environment too much, for not considering the cost. I say we can never think about the environment too much. We can never put too much into the environment.
We have shown today that the cost savings are there. This is an economical opportunity for Canada. It is an opportunity for jobs, but even more so it is an opportunity to continue having the country we have now with a relatively decent environment and relatively clean air. We have some bad spots, but we have a country of which to be proud, a country to which people from all over the world want to come.
A young woman from Mexico attending university in Ottawa commented to me that it was nice to have her children go outside and play and not have to worry about their health because of the air. We have a clean environment to offer people of the world. Let us continue to offer it to them by making sure that we protect it. Let us fix the legislation and toughen it up instead of watering it down like the Liberals have done.
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
Government Orders
1:40 p.m.
Wendy Lill Dartmouth, NS
Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the member for Churchill on her excellent speech and the suggestions she made. I want to ask her a question about aboriginal people and the quality of their environment.
Over 20 years ago I was living in Kenora, Ontario, where two reserves, White Dog and Grassy Narrow, were tragically affected by mercury poison in the Grassy River system. The irony is that we see pristine wilderness that is completely polluted by external forces, by pulp and paper mills or by other industries such as mining.
How would the member for Churchill tackle that problem in her area, which is certainly a home to many native communities?
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
Government Orders
1:40 p.m.
Bev Desjarlais Churchill, MB
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to respond. Within the Churchill riding in Manitoba I actually have more than half the first nations in Manitoba. I have been to all 31 of their communities. Over my years living in northern Manitoba I knew many of the problems those communities faced. As their member of parliament I have had the opportunity to view firsthand the situations they live in.
We often hear members of the House criticize why first nations live in such conditions. The people in those communities do not want to live like that. That was not the bargain they made with the Government of Canada when they made a decision to share the land and in return receive certain benefits from the government.
They do not get specific funding to ensure that they have water and sewer services in every house. They do not get specific funding to ensure that they will have fire hydrants in their communities. The amount of funding for housing for all first nation members is so limited that we see literally a third of their populations leaving their communities because they do not have houses to live in.
Although we will hear great criticism of why first nations people live like they do, the criticism should be directed at the governments of Canada which over past number of years have not sufficiently supported first nations people.
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Rick Casson Lethbridge, AB
Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the member. I know she has close ties to the aboriginal community and environmental issues. She mentioned the Sydney tar ponds. I had an opportunity to view that disgraceful mess and I would sure like to see something started there to clean it up and get the people living nearby who have been exposed to it away from it.
Is the member aware of anything the government has done in the last few years to clean up some of the messes that were left in northern Canada by military bases, air force bases, the DEW line and things like that? I know that some were pretty bad. Could she comment on what has happened in that area?
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
Bev Desjarlais Churchill, MB
Mr. Speaker, I actually recall questions in the House that were specifically on the issue the hon. member asks about.
If we were listening to the answers from the government we would say yes, there was a commitment that it would clean up these areas. My understanding is that very few of those areas have been cleaned up.
To go back to the situation in first nations communities, there were diesel powered generators in a lot of the communities for the nursing stations and schools. Over the years there were huge diesel spills in those areas that affected the health of the first nations people. In some cases schools or nursing stations were moved. In other cases they were not. In most cases areas affected by diesel spills were not cleaned up. The hazards are still within the first nations communities. There are affected communities in my riding. They are attempting to continue their fight with the federal government to get it to pay for the cleanups.
Certainly the federal government has not been strong in following through on its comments about cleaning up its environmental messes.
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
John Herron Fundy Royal, NB
Mr. Speaker, as opposed to the proverbial comment we hear in the House that it is a pleasure to participate in such a debate on Bill C-19, I might actually say that every time I have had an opportunity to speak on issues pertaining to the environment I usually preface my comments by saying that it is with great sadness that I have a chance to participate in the debate.
What I am referring to is Bill C-19, which is the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. It was first brought forth as a very progressive piece of legislation by the Conservatives in June 1992 when the Progressive Conservative Party was in government. Those governments have been described by individuals such as Elizabeth May of the Sierra Club, who is outside fighting the environmental degradation at the Sydney tar ponds, in this way: the Conservative governments were the most environmentally progressive governments in the industrialized world.
The Conservatives actually developed the omnibus bill on the control and use of toxins in the environment, known as the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. It was a Progressive Conservative government that led the international community in 1987 with respect to developing a protocol known as the Montreal protocol. That challenged the industrialized world to eliminate or drastically reduce ozone depleting gases.
During that same era, Mr. Speaker, I am sure you will recall that the prime minister and the minister of environment of the day, Jean J. Charest, led a delegation in which Canada was a world leader by bringing the world together with respect to climate change and biodiversity. In contrast we now have a government that has been in office for nearly eight years and has yet to pass a single piece of environmental legislation of note. That is the record.
These are not just my comments. I can even refer to Stewart Elgie, who is the executive director of the Sierra Legal Defence Fund. These are his words, not just mine.
What we are looking at is a mandatory review, which was put in place by the Progressive Conservative government in 1992 in the first piece of legislation and which shows the understanding that what we do today with respect to environmental management will be drastically different in the very near future. That is why it is incumbent upon the government to review legislation of this sort.
In addition to this initiative, we should be doing what the minister of the day, Lucien Bouchard, said in 1990. He found three legislative gaps with respect to the environment. First, Canada essentially has a pesticide act that is over 30 years old. Second, we really do not have a framework to establish legislation to ensure safe drinking water in Canada. Last, at the time he was advocating that we have legislation in place to protect species at risk.
Here we are a decade later, after eight years of Liberal government, still waiting for those three initiatives to be brought forth to the Canadian public. However we do have some housekeeping, in that the minister has tabled in a timely manner the mandatory review of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. According to the minister's press release, the purpose of the act is essentially tenfold. I will list the ten points very briefly.
One purpose is to focus the act on projects with a greater likelihood of adverse environmental effects as opposed to having only broad screenings of issues that have less or a minor impact and could be managed more effectively and exclusively by the provinces. The Progressive Conservative Party has a proud tradition of being respectful of jurisdictional issues with respect to the provincial governments and the federal government. That is why we support the idea of harmonization, not to the lowest common denominator but to ensure that this is done in the most cost effective, time effective and environmentally effective manner possible.
On this list with respect to this new review the minister advocates: improving co-ordination among federal departments and agencies when several are involved in the same assessment, which I think is a good initiative; reaffirming and enhancing co-operation with other governments in conducting environmental assessments where jurisdictional overlaps and duplications occur, which the Progressive Conservative Party indeed embraces; and increasing certainty in the process in order to reduce the potential for project delays and cost increases. Industry will play by the rules. We can develop faster and that will help our economy grow, but industry and the provincial governments that want to take initiatives of this sort have to know what the rules are. The certainty in reducing overlap and duplication is a key component.
In the bill the minister advocates strengthening the role of follow-ups to ensure that sound environmental protection measures are in place for the project as well as improving consideration of what the cumulative effects of the project might be. One project on its own may not have an impact that would significantly degrade the environment in any way, shape or form, but the cumulative effect may come into play.
The eighth point the minister advocates is that of providing convenient and timely access to reports and other information about assessments. As well, he advocates strengthening the incorporation of aboriginal perspectives in the federal process, an initiative I strongly applaud, along with expanding public participation.
The House may be aware that within the last year a task force led by the federal government was struck to study issues with respect to environmental assessment. A myriad of items was tabled in that report. The sad thing is that in going through the legislation at first blush it seems that only a few were acted on in this revision of the act. When this gets to committee the Progressive Conservative Party wants to ensure that we have a full vetting of the committee's report. It is a report that I have not gone through in any detail, but through our research we have discovered that only a couple of the items were touched upon.
Here we are dealing with a mandatory review of a piece of legislation which the government is compelled to actually perform. We will do our process, but what Canadians want is environmental leadership across the board. As the former minister of the environment, Lucien Bouchard, said in 1990, we need new pesticide legislation. It is 30 years old. The Minister of Health said he would table it quite soon. I remember Claire Franklin, the executive director of the Pest Management Regulatory Agency, saying that framework legislation or draft legislation has essentially been in place for three years. Yet the government has not acted and does not table the legislation.
We are still waiting for a species at risk bill that will work. The Progressive Conservative Party will not support that piece of legislation for four reasons, primarily because it does not include migratory birds and it still contains the belief that politicians rather than scientists are a better fit to determine whether or not a species is at risk. It is also extremely intrusive in one regard, and very hypocritical, I might add. The species at risk legislation says that it has the capacity to force a private landowner to engage in recovery plans and the capacity to force a province to participate, but it is permissive with respect to habitat protection within its own backyard, on federal land. We will have a chance to address that bill later on.
We are a long way from being able to give a definitive answer about whether we will support this legislation in its compulsory review. We will let the committee do its job, but ultimately the Government of Canada should take up the myriad of recommendations made by the task force that studied this issue. We will do our work in committee.
Canadian Executive Services Organization
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Brenda Chamberlain Guelph—Wellington, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend the outstanding efforts of two of my constituents who have recently returned from working overseas for the Canadian Executive Services Organization.
Mr. Don Stockton went to Bangkok to advise a manufacturer of flour and starch on techniques to improve production. Don developed a repairs and maintenance system and advised the company on warehousing and small packaging programs.
Another Guelphite, Mr. John Van Esch, went to Guatemala City to suggest quality and productivity improvements for a company that produces dairy products. Among other things, John advised the company on a new formula for yogourt production and added a new flavour. The company reports that the new coffee yogourt is a real hit.
Mr. Stockton and Mr. Van Esch are just two examples of the good people we have in Guelph—Wellington doing fine things both in the community and across the world.
Census Day
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Dave Chatters Athabasca, AB
Mr. Speaker, have you mailed in your census form yet? I certainly hope so, because today is Census Day and according to the government everyone should be mailing in their forms today.
The problem as I see it is that there are large numbers of people who are very uncomfortable with the current census form and some of the questions that are asked.
I find it difficult to explain to my constituents why the government needs to know the answers to questions such as what religion they practise. It seems to me that we split church and state quite a few years ago. Other questions that have raised eyebrows include who pays the rent, how many bedrooms are in a person's home and are any repairs needed.
The government insists that our census information is absolutely private and will not be accessed by anyone other than census officials, except maybe for HRDC officials who in the past used census information to put together a list on every Canadian in the country.
By all means, Canadians should mail in their census. They just should not be too surprised if the tax collector happens to know whether a husband and wife sleep in the same bed.
Insectarium De Montréal
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Bernard Patry Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Insectarium de Montréal, which opened in 1990, is the largest museum in North America that is wholly devoted to insects.
It houses a prestigious collection of 160,000 specimens from every part of the world. In summer, there is an outdoor flight cage containing the most beautiful of Quebec's butterflies.
Every year, the Insectarium receives 400,000 visitors. Its educational programs add to the knowledge of thousands of young people about insects.
The quality of its live insect colonies and its innovative approach to museology have made the Insectarium de Montréal a model for numerous other projects throughout the world, including China, Taiwan, the United States, France and Brazil.
Until September 2, thanks to a contribution from the Millennium Bureau of Canada, the Insectarium will be presenting "Mad about Research", an interactive exhibit on the work of entomological researchers.
Take my word for it, it is an enchanting experience to discover the world of insects under the competent and professional guidance of the Insectarium staff.
Bravo, and thank you, to all those who are involved day in and day out in this endeavour.
Breast Cancer
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Carolyn Parrish Mississauga Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I wish to inform the House that the Cure Foundation is today holding its annual national denim day to raise money for breast cancer research.
This one day event asks employees across Canada to come to work dressed in jeans and to donate $5 to the fight against breast cancer.
The Cure Foundation works in tandem with health professionals, other foundations and Canadian teaching hospitals to improve breast cancer outcomes. The most frequently diagnosed cancer in 2001 will continue to be breast cancer for women. Added to that, there is a little known but lethal statistic that shows 3% of all breast cancers occur in males. By the time it is diagnosed the cancer is well on its way to killing the patient.
Health Canada is committed to improving these results and actively participates through funding for research. Funding is aimed at prevention, early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer, as well as treatment and care for those living with the disease.
Please join me in extending my best wishes for a successful national denim day.
Riding Of Québec East
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Jean Guy Carignan Québec East, QC
Mr. Speaker, in my maiden speech in this House I referred to the historical nature of my riding and to the fact that it had been represented by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Ernest Lapointe, Louis St-Laurent and Gérard Duquet.
I also pledged to do my best to follow in the footsteps of these great builders in representing my constituents in a worthy manner.
Today I would like to inform the House that a hundred or so of those same Quebecers, these same Canadian men and women, have travelled to their national capital to salute their Prime Minister and to show support for their government and their MP.
In so doing, they are demonstrating their profound attachment to their country and to their fellow citizens, and to the Canadian values of tolerance, personal freedom, equality, justice and the institutions that symbolize our democracy.
I wish all those who have come here from the beautiful riding of Québec East a wonderful day in the national capital.
Firearms Registry
Statements By Members
May 15th, 2001 / 2 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Howard Hilstrom Selkirk—Interlake, MB
Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government's gun control bill will cost $1 billion before it is fully implemented. It may cost an additional $1 billion to operate it over the next 10 years. This is $2 billion that should be spent on the real priorities of Canadians, such as health care and our farmers who are facing disaster because of foreign subsidies, drought and flood in my own province.
Canada's privacy commissioner, George Radwinski, has confirmed that information collected under this law has led to investigations based on unsubstantiated hearsay and incorrect information.
Sixty per cent of gun owners in some provinces are ignoring the law and have not applied for possession licences.
It is obvious that the Liberal's wrongheaded attempts at gun control are enormously expensive, do not help the police reduce crime and are not accepted by Canadians.
My constituents did not want Liberal gun control when it was forced through the House. They used their vote to show they did not want it in 1997 and in 2000, and they still do not want it today. The Liberals should finally start listening to Canadians.
Qikitani Inuit Association
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Nancy Karetak-Lindell Nunavut, NU
Mr. Speaker, this week the board of directors of the Qikitani Inuit Association of Baffin Island are in Ottawa for board training and meetings.
I am pleased they could be here.
The Qikitani Inuit Association is one of three regional Inuit organizations in Nunavut. As its mission statement says, the role of QIA is "to safeguard, administer and advance the rights and benefits of the Inuit of the Baffin region; to promote the Inuit language and traditions; Inuit environmental values, as well as Inuit self-sufficiency, economic, social and cultural well-being through succeeding generations; all in an open and accountable forum".
I invite my colleagues to meet with the board members at the reception I am co-hosting with the president at 5 p.m. in the Wellington Building and enjoy Inuit hospitality.
National Marine Day
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Antoine Dubé Lévis-Et-Chutes-De-La-Chaudière, QC
Mr. Speaker, today, representatives of the main components of the shipping industry—pilots, carriers, shippers, port managers and shipbuilders—are here in Ottawa to draw attention to the second National Marine Day. This event is intended to raise the profile of the important economic and social roles of the marine sector.
Last year, the marine industry carried nearly 400 million tonnes of goods, representing $80 billion, and 50 million people.
With the federal government opting out, the marine community was able to count on the Bloc Quebecois to bring the government to its senses in the business of ice breaking, and it knows the Bloc will rise up again against unreasonable fees for aids to navigation.
I encourage all my parliamentary colleagues to listen carefully to the various shipping stakeholders here today so we may one day have a real integrated shipping policy.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (142 votes).
In short: Friendly with excellent atmosphereDate of review: October 8, 2011
In short: very well organised,friendly. Kelly Holmes was a delightDate of review: October 7, 2011
In short: Weald 10k in three words: Scenic, fun and friendly!In full: This was my first race and although I found it extremely challenging, crossing the finish line and being presented with my medal by Dame Kelly Holmes put a permanent smile on my face for a week! Extremely well organised and a very welcoming bunch! Date of review: September 29, 2011
In short: Fantastic race, always a pleasure to run in your home town!Date of review: September 21, 2011
In short: This scenic race runs like clockwork. Fantastically well organised, great atmosphere on the local green and a challenging but not intimidating course. I have done this race for 3 years and I will continue to come back.Date of review: September 19, 2011
In full: Wonderful race, the most friendly 10K I have ever run! Lovely village green start, supported by a sunday service by the local church, very welcoming marshals, great atmosphere, lots of parking, lovely medal, and the magnificent Dame Kelly Homes, who had time and good grace for everyone! Will be part of my annual calendar. PS. Be ready for the last killer hill!Date of review: September 13, 2011
In short: Possibly the best race in Kent.In full: This is one of the best local races in Kent - impossible to find fault with anything. Excellent organisation, friendly helpful marshalls, plenty of parking, plenty of loos!, lovely medal and Dame Kelly giving starting the race and giving the medals out to every finisher. Brilliant, what more could you want. Keep up the good work Weald, I will return!Date of review: September 12, 2011
In short: Fantastic!Date of review: September 9, 2011
In short: excellent- one of my favouritesIn full: excellent race- nice village green start/ finish with great atmosphere- good to have chip timing this year- undulating course with a cheeky last KM- managed to run up the steep bit this year (but then I did improve 10 minutes on time from 58 to 48 mins) Getting the medal from Dame Kelly was a real buzz too- will be back next year..........Date of review: September 6, 2011
In short: Fantastic Event all round A1+++Date of review: September 5, 2011
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