Monthly Archives: November 2011

Coyne: Decency alone can’t save Parliament

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Jack

This year’s Parliamentarians of the Year awards were, as ever, a grand occasion, and while I’d quibble with one or two choices, the recipients were all deserving enough. The premise of the event is a good one: there are decent, … Continue reading →

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Morning Update November 30th, 2011 (10)

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Jack

CANADA #1 — CNews | Turmel appalled by Attawapiskat living conditions  TIMMINS, ONT. – NDP interim leader Nycole Turmel says she has never seen the kind of impoverished living conditions she witnessed on a visit to a northern Ontario First Nation … Continue reading →

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McParland: Grizzled Sheila Copps recasts herself as the voice of change (1)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Jack

The Liberals, as is well known, have launched themselves on a fundamental rethink of the party and all it stands for, searching the ashes of the historic drubbing they took in May for a clue to explain their precipitous fall … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Update November 29th, 2011 (10)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Jack

CANADA #1 — CNews | Cop guilty of sexual misconduct with teen employee  KAPUSKASING, Ont. — A Kapuskasing Ontario Provincial Police constable was found guilty Monday of three counts of sexual misconduct involving a teenage employee of the force. [...] #2 … Continue reading →

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Hannan: Zone Out the Euro (19)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Jack

Never mind Spain or Italy or even Belgium; the euro crisis has spread to Germany, which is struggling to sell its bonds. The Corner’s Mark Steyn likes to say that, if you take a quart of ice cream and a quart … Continue reading →

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Afghans say commando unit was attacked before airstrike was called on Pakistan

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Jack

The latest U.S.-Pakistan crisis threatened Monday to undo months of efforts to mend an increasingly frayed relationship and to undermine the Obama administration’s strategy for gradually ending the war in Afghanistan. Administration officials did not respond to Pakistani demands for … Continue reading →

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Ottawa physicist uses laser and diamonds to foil hackers

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Jack

An Ottawa physicist has developed a way to generate random numbers, the key to encrypting data in ways that hackers can’t figure out. Ben Sussman builds quantum technologies at the National Research Council. He’s tapping into the fact that at … Continue reading →

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Ivison: The rising toll of a ‘failed experiment’ with isolated reserves

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Jack

Canadians are accustomed to the Red Cross sending emergency aid to Haiti and the Horn of Africa. They are less used to the organization sending blankets and winter clothing to impoverished native Canadians living in tents. In the stricken northern … Continue reading →

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Beleaguered RCMP wrestles with bloat at the centre

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Jack

Staff at the RCMP’s head office in Ottawa has doubled over the past 10 years, prompting senior officials to complain the national police force is becoming bloated and excessively bureaucratized. The growth at the centre comes at a critical time … Continue reading →

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