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The state has finally found a buyer for Camp Gabriels.
The state sold the shuttered former minimum-security prison Tuesday to Mohammad Ibrahim of Elmont for $210,777, according to Heather Groll, a spokeswoman for the state Office of General Services.
It's unclear what Ibrahim plans to do with the property. The Enterprise could not immediately reach him for comment.
"He did not attend the auction in person," Groll wrote in an email. "We reached out to him yesterday but I do not believe we have spoken to him yet."
The agency had received a total of seven bids for the former prison. The next highest bid, $166,000, came from Adam Fine of Rockland County. The Albany Times Union reported today that Fine reportedly wanted to turn the property into a summer camp.
Other bidders included a pair of Saranac Lake residents: Ronald T. Fina, who bid $122,001, and Adrien N. Vlach, who bid $121,250. Northeast Concrete Coring and Cutting Inc. of Canton bid $121,000, Wooden Boat LLC bid $120,000, and Richard Williams offered $91,117.
The 91-acre, 332-bed facility is located on state Route 86 in Gabriels, a hamlet in the town of Brighton. The property includes 55 structures ranging from storage buildings and three circa-1927 dormitory buildings to an outdoor workout facility, a newer gymnasium and a circa-1904 chapel.
It began a century ago as a tuberculosis sanitarium run by the Sisters of Mercy. Nearby Paul Smith's College later used it for dormitories, and then in 1982 the state bought it and made it a prison camp without fences.
It was one of three prisons the state closed in 2009 as a way to cut costs amid a declining inmate population.
The Office of General Services originally put it up for bid in October 2010, asking a minimum price of $950,000, but no one bid on it. The state knocked $200,000 off the minimum in 2011, and still no one bid. This time the minimum was $90,000.


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BEIJING (AP) Vasyl Lomachenko's eye-popping brilliance certainly caught Jacques Rogge's attention. So did Alexis Vastine's anguished wails after losing his biggest Olympic boxing match on a harsh last-minute penalty.
The IOC president saw amateur boxing at its exciting best and tawdry worst from his front-row seat in the VIP section Friday at a tumultuous afternoon of semifinal fights.
And then things really got ugly. Rudi Obreja, a Romanian technical delegate from the International Boxing Association (AIBA), railed against the Olympic refereeing selection process, the sport's judging system and even the way Dr. Wu Ching-kuo was elected AIBA's president two years ago.
AIBA disciplinary chief Tom Virgets said the organization was looking into Obreja's list of allegations, but such cataclysms make up just another day at the office for Virgets, Wu and AIBA. They've been battered by criticism of the judging and refereeing in Beijing despite nearly two years of work to clean up a sport with generations of dirt on it.
"We have no reason to doubt the integrity of the judges," Virgets said. "But we have a process that we'll follow, because we take any notion of impropriety very seriously."
At least the best Olympic fighters leave nothing to the judges, the draws or politics.
Lomachenko, the Ukrainian featherweight and the Olympics' most entertaining fighter, overwhelmed another opponent to move one bout away from a gold medal. Cuba and Russia split two bouts in the long-standing rivalry between the sport's top two powers, with Cuban flyweight Andris Laffita and Russian heavyweight Rakhim Chakhkiev advancing.
Even some fighters were gracious in defeat. U.S. heavyweight Deontay Wilder congratulated Italy's Clemente Russo after winning the Americans' 100th medal in Beijing, but ensuring the U.S. boxing team's worst Olympic finish. Of the nine Americans on the team, only flyweight Rau'shee Warren showed up to cheer Wilder, with most of the others already back home.
"This isn't the way we wanted our team to go out," said Wilder, who lost 7-1. "I came here with eight guys, and I wanted to celebrate with eight guys."
But the afternoon's most memorable display came from Vastine, the French light welterweight who lost 12-10 to the Dominican Republic's Felix Diaz. Vastine's 9-6 lead had vanished into a 10-all tie when referee Rogelio Fortaleza of the Philippines hit Vastine with a two-point penalty for holding with just 19 seconds left.
Vastine screamed directly at Rogge's section when Fortaleza called the penalty, and he collapsed into waves of tears and wailing after the buzzer. He then stepped out of the ring and stretched out on his back on the floor before his equally infuriated coach led him away.
"We all saw what happened," Vastine said through more tears. "I won this bout, but it was stolen. It was unfair."
The French team said it would protest the result, but didn't do so within the allotted time after the bout.
"The penalty was good, and they should have called it earlier," Diaz said. "He was holding all day."
Diaz will face Manus Boonjumnong, Thailand's gloriously eccentric light welterweight. The Athens gold medalist frustrated Cuba's Roniel Iglesias in a fight that left both boxers complaining of foul play.
Boonjumnong, whose herky-jerky style is as hard to replicate as it is to counter, raised his arms in celebration after just two rounds. Midway through the third round, the Cuban bent his knees and then practically jumped for the ceiling during a third-round clinch, head-butting Boonjumnong with the top of his skull and earning a two-point penalty.
"The head butt was very bad," Boonjumnong said. "It is not fair play, not the sporting thing to do. I could have been hurt and it could have been the end of the fight. ... That is not the way I want to win my fights."
Lomachenko already has beaten his division's top two favorites and the Chinese featherweight. The smooth slugger brutalized Turkey's Yakup Kilic 10-1 - a score that could have been three times as bad if Lomachenko wished.
Lomachenko's final obstacle is France's Khedafi Djelkhir, who beat Azerbaijan's Shahin Imranov.
Laffita won his outstanding bout with Russia's Georgy Balakshin in dramatic fashion, scoring the decisive point in his 9-8 victory on a left hand with about 3 seconds left. Laffita and Balakshin traded impressive combinations throughout the last three rounds.
Chakhkiev won 10-5 over Osmai Acosta, who was unable to win Cuba's fifth consecutive gold medal at heavyweight. Acosta got a two-point penalty for holding in the fourth round, but was always slightly behind Chakhkiev, one of Russia's last two gold-medal hopes.
The middleweight final will feature Cuba's second-generation medal winner, Emilio Correa, against Britain's James Degale, who pounded Ireland's Darren Sutherland 10-3. Correa was nearly as impressive in an 8-5 win over Vijender Kumar, India's first boxing medalist.
"I said on my day, I am the best of anyone in the world," Degale said. "It's just silly things that stop me. Today, the tactics were there. Now, the weight is perfect, the body is perfect. If I'm right in the head ... I'm the man."

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Each year, the rival schools square off over a 2-month period to create development plans for a difficult site selected by NAIOP. The winning proposal must thoroughly address market conditions, financial returns, economic feasibility and community needs. The contest culminates with presentations to a panel of seven real estate professionals--and to a luncheon audience of 450 real estate industry professionals--where the teams reveal their plans for the site.
This year's plan addressed the Port of San Francisco-owned Pier 90-94 Backlands in San Francisco, an industrial area with concerns ranging from toxic waste clean-up to the need for job creation.
The winning school receives a check from Mechanics Bank--the Challenge for Charity sponsor-- for its annual graduate business school fundraising program to benefit Special Olympics. They also win the coveted Golden Shovel,named in honor of former NAIOP Board Member, James W. Brecht.
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Such is the case of Neal Schnall, longtime religious school principal at Valley Beth Shalom, and Dalia Frank, who has taught for over 30 years at Ner Tamid of South Bay. Then there's this year's third recipient, a spirited young woman who balances her devotion to Leo Baeck Temple with an equally strong dedication to the children of McKinley Avenue Elementary School in South Central Los Angeles.
Candace Baker grew up in Brentwood, and was -- she claims -- the only dark-haired person at Palisades High School. Her family belonged to University Synagogue; she served as a day camp counselor for the Jewish Community Centers Association, and spent weekends working at Camp Swig. Her college career began at UC Santa Barbara, but -- once again daunted by the preponderance of blondes -- she transferred to UC Berkeley, graduating with a degree in urban studies. From there it was only a quick hop into the field of elementary education. "With my personality," quips Baker, "there wasn't much choice."
In 1984 she began teaching kindergartners in Leo Baeck's Sunday School program. A large part of her curriculum there is "Gefilte, the Wish Fish," who leaves her students upbeat messages like, "Do not feel blue-ish; it's great to be Jewish." Baker freely admits that she's not deeply versed in Jewish theology. Early on, during a period of self-doubt, she confessed to then-education director Linda Thal, "I don't believe in God. You should fire me." Thal's answer: "Jews are supposed to question. Now go teach!" What Baker is adept at teaching is ethics, and "how to be a mensch." This fits in well at Leo Baeck, where the congregation is philosophically committed to social awareness.
Because of Baker, there's now a growing link between Leo Baeck families and the children of McKinley Elementary.
McKinley is one of the lowest-achieving schools in Los Angeles. Its students, all of them black or Latino, live well below the poverty line. But since her arrival there in 1985, Baker has never felt like an outsider: "It was easy for me from the beginning, because I'm funny."
Her quirky personality has helped motivate children to learn English and produce award-winning art projects. Typically, Baker credits the members of Leo Baeck for some of her own classroom accomplishments. She cites the case of her "ritzy friend," Susan Irving, whom she persuaded to come demonstrate quilt-making at McKinley. What started as a one-time visit has turned into a five-year commitment -- quilts created by Baker's students have been displayed at Barnsdall Park and at UCLA's Fowler Museum. Irving has also helped locate five computers for Baker's classroom. And each year some 30 Leo Baeck members -- including doctors, lawyers, and Hollywood writers -- trek to McKinley for the school's annual career day.
Baker is perhaps proudest that she has managed to involve her Leo Baeck children in the lives of their McKinley counterparts. Yearly, she collects mounds of "gently used" books from Leo Baeck students so that the McKinley kids can have their own classroom lending library. And last year she organized a Leo Baeck field trip to the McKinley campus where children from both communities enjoyed what she calls "Chanukah in the 'hood," complete with latkes, dreydels and a menorah. It's important for all of them, she feels, to learn to respect other people's traditions: "I don't want them to be limited, like I was, growing up in Brentwood."
Baker has always taught the McKinley children about Jewish festivals, along with holidays from other cultures. They particularly like Chanukah, when she kindles her menorah, turns off the lights and reads stories. As perhaps "the only Jewish person they'll meet," she's highly conscious of being a good role model. She recalls one little boy, a beneficiary of the Leo Baeck book drive, happily sighing, "I love the Jewish people!"
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The Battle of the Catholic Schools from Youngstown and Akron.
The Battle of the Irish from Youngstown and Akron.
Ursuline v. Akron SVSM
Youngstown Ursuline trailing by 6 with 3.05 left in the 4th start a 85 yard, 14 play drive, to tie the game with 20 seconds left. The Irish XP was blocked due to a high snap and it went to OT.
Akron SVSM was forced to kick a FG by their very talented kicker Igor ???? to make it 30-27.
Then the Irish, lead by the #1 Junior in Ohio, RB Darrell Mason, scored the game winning TD on 3rd and G from the 3 to win it 33-30.
Akron SVSM and Youngstown Ursuline will each be in the playoffs now, and each may still host in the playoffs in the first round. [UHS For sure, SVSM needs help tonight to host]


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I'll demonstrate an attack where you can remotely capture and inject audio on a blue tooth headset. Using a few snippets of linux code, I can attach to any bluetooth device, and listen to any conversation transferred through the airwaves. Any bluetooth device is vulnerable to attack.
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You have great ideas. Please send more to me.
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sounds sweet. should share the base code and hope that someone is able to build a wm program out of it


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There are 5 official catagories: open (anything goes), RT mechanical guns, non-RT mechanical guns, AT pumps and non-AT pumps. We also will challenge stock class pumpers to prove that they're a Stock Class Bad Ass by submitting a video of their best stock class ROF.
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And would the same phenomenon apply to salt and sugar in a dough?
The additional sugar would fall somewhere between 8 g and 26.5 g per 28 oz can of puree. I'm sure that can be narrowed down even more, but at least you know the minimum amount of sugar to add.


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At Herxheim-Hayna in the Palatinate, Karl-Emil Kuntz and his family have established an exclusive haven for discerning diners.
Karl-Emil Kuntz is a phenomenon – besides spending many hours at the stove in his two restaurants at the hotel his family has owned for generations, he has a personal best marathon time of 2 hours 47 minutes. Trained as a chef and confectioner, he took over the reins in Hayna in 1984 after several years of learning the ins and outs of classic cuisine under Eckart Witzigmann and Hans Stucki in Basel. These foundations are still in evidence today. Kuntz works with extreme precision, uses the best produce and never balks at a technical challenge – resulting in fine, classic, French-inspired cuisine. He has also gradually integrated regional produce into his repertoire, with fresh herbs in particular playing a starring role in his dishes, for example his bold hot smoked brook trout with potato and cucumber salad, tarragon tabbouleh and coriander mayonnaise, in which he uses little salt and relies on thoughtful herb accents instead.
Kuntz still serves his sophisticated goose liver or scallop variations, of course, but now he tends to present them in a light, contemporary form. In recent years, he has also pared his dishes to the essentials. "Every mouthful must be delicious" he says. He sees his art as creating instantaneous taste sensations, which is certainly true of his ravioli of veal cheek with parsley purée, glazed apple and onion pieces and truffle foam – melt in the mouth or 'schlutzig' as they say in the Palatinate. Kuntz's cuisine is like the maestro himself – authentic, honest and with a certain Palatinate finesse.
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Debates of Nov. 15th, 2005
House of Commons Hansard #150 of the 38th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was afghanistan.
- Question Period
- Parliamentary Delegation Report
- Government Response to Petitions
- Modernization of Investigative Techniques Act
- National Capital and Gatineau Park Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Question No. 208
- Question No. 210
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Question No. 206
- Question No. 207
- Supply
- Forestry
- South Asia Earthquake
- Canada-Philippine Friendship
- La Mosaïque
- Cambridge Memorial Hospital
- Dr. Peter Zwack
- Wildlife Protection Officers
- The Family
- Volunteer Firefighters
- Ski Bromont
- Status of Women
- Banting Homestead
- Health
- Marc-André Fortin
- Christmas Miracles
- Route of Honour
- Sponsorship Program
- Keeseekoose First Nation
- Taxation
- Parliament of Canada
- Keeseekoose First Nation
- Public Works and Government Services
- Intergovernmental Affairs
- Economic Statement
- Airports
- Equalization
- Human Resources and Skills Development
- Parliament of Canada
- Agriculture
- Taxation
- Justice
- Economic Development
- Justice
- The Environment
- Health
- Taxation
- Presence in Gallery
- Privilege
- Supply
- Privilege
- Criminal Code
- Canada's military mission in Afghanistan
Government Orders
1:15 p.m.
Dave Chatters Westlock—St. Paul, AB
Mr. Speaker, that was an interesting exchange. I was a little surprised by it, because the motion we are debating today is a reflection of the recommendations of the Information Commissioner in a draft Access to Information Act that he presented at the request of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, which I am also a member of and happen to chair.
The committee was very supportive of these recommendations when the Information Commissioner brought them to the committee. I am a little surprised by the exchange and the discussion that now comes to the House, but I guess that is the nature of this place. Certainly in terms of stakeholder groups and discussions, there will be ample opportunity for that discussion to take place.
The discussion of course is taking place here in the House today, but the discussion will also be broad-ranging and stakeholders from many different sectors will have their chance to discuss this very subject, this supply day motion being part of the broader discussion about a revised Access to Information Act. The Conservative Party intends to make this part of our accountability act, which we as the government will be introducing after the next federal election. This new Access to Information Act will be a part of that accountability act.
It is very obvious that the Information Commissioner speaks with great authority on this subject. I do not think that the draft legislation he brought forward was something that just came out of his head with ideas of how it should work. I think it was the result of years and years of doing his job as access to information commissioner and his experience in the courts in trying to pry out of this government information that rightfully belonged to the public. We know that the Liberal government did everything it could to withhold that information. The government tried in every way that it could to avoid releasing the information the public wanted, although under the current act the public is allowed to have that information.
I think it was an excellent piece of work that the Information Commissioner did and then brought to the committee. I certainly support it. I was absolutely delighted when my leader and my party adopted that draft Access to Information Act, made it part of their accountability package and promised to include it in one of the first pieces of legislation that our party would bring to Parliament to pass.
Of course, when we look back at the whole sponsorship scandal and the Gomery inquiry, I must say that I do not think there is anything any party or any government can do to prevent someone who is determined to steal taxpayers' money from doing it. As for someone who goes to great lengths to create a way to do it, all the rules in the world cannot stop someone like that. If people have that ethical standard and are willing to do that, they do not pay any attention to the rules. Their only focus is on how they hide what they are doing from the public and the authorities. We certainly saw a lot of that during the sponsorship scandal and the Gomery inquiry.
Certainly everyone in this House, everyone on our committee and I think most Canadians realize that the Access to Information Act is long overdue for an overhaul. We have been talking about it in this place for a number of years.
I heard one of the members talk about the John Bryden bill which passed through the House. It did not pass unanimously but I think only one person voted against it at the time. However the government did nothing with it and has not moved on it. Worse than that, the justice minister brought a discussion paper to the access to information committee and, in spite of the rhetoric we heard about the commitment to include Crown corporations in a new bill and a number of reforms that were badly needed for Liberal cabinet ministers, including the Prime Minister, the Liberals have done nothing to move that forward.
In the draft discussion paper that the justice minister brought to committee it in fact made government more secretive. It certainly did not meet the criteria of the Bryden bill and it fell far short of the recommended act that the Access to Information Commissioner created and brought to the committee. It is pretty clear, in spite of what we have been through in the last couple of years with the sponsorship scandal, that the government has no desire to make government more transparent and more accountable, which has been proven by the actions of the Prime Minister and the government.
While we hear promises of how the Liberals will solve this and never let another sponsorship scandal happen again, just a couple of weeks ago we heard that the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs issued a contract with specific instructions that there be no paper trail on the contract. Therefore, any kind of a reformed Access to Information Act could not follow the paper trail or follow the money under that contract. This comes from a government that says it is dedicated to making government more accountable and transparent. It is simply a game. As we have seen so many times, it is just not believable and no Canadian would believe it.
These deathbed conversions on any number of issues, including tax reduction and reform of the institution of government itself, are simply empty election rhetorics designed to fool Canadians as to what the government's agenda really is. I would warn all Canadians to discount that kind of talk. I think if they look at what the government is actually doing they can only come to one conclusion.
I want to talk about our plans to reform government, to make government more accountable, to deal with the issues that came up in the Gomery report and the promises the government has been making for 12 years and has done nothing to fulfill them.
A couple of weeks ago, my leader, the leader of the official opposition, announced his accountability act and it includes much more than just a reform of the Access to Information Act, which is certainly a key part of it, but it also addresses in great detail political donations to candidates and political parties. That was part of the sponsorship scandal because much of the hundreds of millions of dollars that were taken ended up funding the Liberal Party in an election campaign, if not two election campaigns.
Election financing is an important part of this. We would ban corporate and union donations while limiting personal donations to $1,000. We would ban ministers and their staff and senior public workers from lobbying government for five years. We would give more power to the Lobbyist Registrar, the Ethics Commissioner, the Information Commissioner and the Auditor General, all officers of Parliament.
It is pretty clear that the Liberal Party used the sponsorship program for not only unethical purposes, but criminal purposes as well, if I might say so. Judge Gomery made that pretty clear in his report.
Our objective would be to end the influence of big money going to political parties for elections and we would crack down on the lobbying culture that the current Prime Minister was very much a part of. His relationship with some lobbying firms is well-known and, quite frankly, needs more investigation. However Judge Gomery did not have a mandate to do that.
I have always believed that government, no matter which level of government we are talking about, is there to serve Canadians and, with a few exceptions, Canadians should be able to find out how their government is serving them and where their money is being spent, which has not been the history of the present government. Judging by the justice minister's proposal, that will not happen in the future. If the Liberals are re-elected, they intend to tighten up that information, thereby making it less accessible to Canadian taxpayers and the people who elect us to this place.
As I said in my opening remarks, simply changing the rules is not the only thing that needs to be done. If people do not have ethical standards, simply changing the rules will not solve the problem. The only way to solve the problem is to change the people who govern and elect people of a higher ethical standard, people who do not have the culture of entitlement that we have seen for so long across the floor.
The way lobbyists work, in my view, is pretty distasteful. I think of the latest episode involving David Dingwall, the head of the Canadian Mint. At the same time as he was in this very lucrative job of running the Mint and receiving a salary of more than $200,000 a year, he was collecting huge lobbyist fees to lobby the government, a government to which he belonged not too long ago, for a contract for a friend. The whole thing has a real smell to it and I think most Canadians do not find that acceptable. I think most Canadians would support our proposal to reform the way lobbyists work and how long they have to be out of government or out of the bureaucracy before they can engage in that kind of activity. That is an important part of the Conservative accountability act as well.
Part of the reform on the lobbyist side would give the Lobbyist Registrar more power and more ability to enforce the rules and to act on findings. In the latest cases we have heard about, the Lobbyist Registrar should have known what was going on and should have had the power to stop it, instead of helplessly sitting by and letting it happen. That is also an important provision.
We would also make substantial changes to the financing of political parties. I do not think it is appropriate for people seeking to be members of Parliament to accept huge donations from anonymous people. It makes people very suspicious, and with good reason. It leads to the creation of some of these huge trust funds that are held by members of Parliament and they are not required to disclose where the funds came from. Those members who currently have those trust funds should account for them, make it public where they came from and show how much they have. I think that as well is a good move.
Another controversial issue under this transparency act, which the Prime Minister promised to resolve when he was campaigning to be prime minister but one he has done nothing about, is the appointment of people to various positions that serve government and the country. It should be easy to understand that these officers of Parliament, the Ethics Commissioner, the Auditor General, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Information Commissioner, the Privacy Commissioner and the Registrar of Lobbyists, serve Parliament not the government and, therefore, should not be appointed by the Prime Minister.
Parliament should have a process to select these individuals and Parliament should be able to vote on the appointment of these people. I cannot understand any argument that would have it otherwise because these particular individuals are serving us as parliamentarians and are working for Parliament. Even if we do not get into a discussion about some of the other appointments, for example judges, perhaps there is an argument to be made on either side, but certainly the officers of Parliament should be hired by Parliament to serve Parliament.
Another issue with which I think Canadians are having a problem, these days in particular but for a very long time, is the whole issue of the hundreds of millions of dollars the government spends on polling and advertising. The advertising side was an integral part of the Gomery report on the sponsorship scandal. However the way governments poll and the millions of dollars they spend on polling is a huge issue because most prime ministers and most leaders discount opinion polls when they do not get the results they were looking for and then swear by them when they do get the results they were looking for. In my opinion and I think in the opinion of most Canadians these polls are very manipulative and can sway voters substantially one way or the other. I think that is what we are seeing right now in the lead up to the election that is coming very soon. We need to reform that part of it.
The last issue is that there is a need to change the way in which governments issue contracts for government services. The way in which the government chooses the same companies time and time again for single source or even bid contracts has long been an issue in my part of the country, in western Canada. I am thinking of the recent controversy over the contract to move Canada's armed forces personnel and the RCMP.
We would certainly need some changes there. I think that all of us agree that the whistleblower legislation before the House is inadequate. We need to make some real changes and provide some real protection for whistleblowers and certainly that would help prevent this Gomery thing as well.
Finally, our proposal to give more stronger powers to the Auditor General to investigate and to audit departments is absolutely crucial to where we want to go. While our access to information reform package is what we are debating today and is extremely important, I think it fits into a package of broader reforms that will make this place transparent and accountable.
Government Orders
1:35 p.m.
Mario Laframboise Argenteuil—Mirabel, QC
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Westlock—St. Paul for his remarks. I also want to congratulate him, since he is the chair of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. I gather that his health has improved, and I am glad to see him here.
My question is simple. In the motion that his party introduced, clause ( c ) states:
(c) establish a duty on public officials to create the records necessary to document their actions and decisions;
My colleague heard the Liberal members criticize the motion by saying that there were exemptions and things that should be discussed. In any case, all these exemptions are usually discussed once the bill has been introduced. That is what we want and that is the aim of the Conservative Party's motion.
I will reiterate what the Information Commission said in his October 25 presentation to the committee. He said:
None of these improvements, however, can ensure accountability through transparency unless there is a foundation of professional record keeping by public officials. The most fundamental, pivotal proposal I am making is that a legal duty to create appropriate records be imposed and that an offence be created for failure to fulfill that duty...The failure by public officials to be professional in creating records is also undermining the work of Parliament, the Auditor General, the National Archivist, the police and judicial inquiries. Conducting governance by winks and nods simply leads to poor decision-making, inept administration and corruption.
He also said that, "—there is universal acknowledgement of the reality that the right of access is being rendered meaningless by a growing oral culture in government".
Ultimately, he is saying that the oral culture and the fact that nothing is being written down anymore results in corruption. This is what the Liberal members of the House are now defending. They want the current legislation to continue to be enforced and to maintain a culture of secrecy and corruption. I want to know what my colleague thinks about this.
Government Orders
1:40 p.m.
Dave Chatters Westlock—St. Paul, AB
Mr. Speaker, that is a very good point. I cannot think of any single reason why a government would choose to operate on the basis of oral exchanges of information and planning other than to hide from the public what it is doing and hide what it is doing from the Auditor General.
The Prime Minister made all kinds of promises to end that and even as I mentioned in my speech, just a couple of weeks ago the government continued to behave in exactly the same way by issuing contracts from its departments with specific instructions to have no paper trail that an auditor or investigation could follow.
Clearly, the government has learned nothing from the Gomery inquiry into the sponsorship scandal. It continues to operate the same way. It is very clear in listening as we did to the Information Commissioner that time and again departments abuse their exemptions under the Access to Information Act claiming excuses not to release the information. The Information Commissioner time and again has to go to court to access the information on behalf of Canadians.
I have great admiration for the job that the Information Commissioner did in creating this draft legislation for us and I support it completely. I absolutely reject, as I think 99% of Canadians would, the right of a government to operate orally and hide that information from Canadians. It is just wrong.
Government Orders
1:40 p.m.
Paul Szabo Mississauga South, ON
Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by mentioning that the suggestion made by the member that there were lobbyist fees being received at the same time by the president of the Mint may not be the case and he may want to check his facts before he repeats that.
Knowing that he is the chair of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, and that the committee has dealt substantively with this motion before the House today, I believe there is one area where the member may assist the House in understanding a little more carefully the concept of public interest and what constitutes public interest to the extent that it would override certain exemptions.
There are certainly some examples I could give. One example would be the Ethics Commissioner, who reports to Parliament and is an officer and agent of Parliament. He is involved in certain matters which, although they may be of interest to the public, I am not exactly sure would constitute public interest.
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
Dave Chatters Westlock—St. Paul, AB
Mr. Speaker, I think there is a bit of a play on words there. There is a difference between being of interest to the public and being in the public interest.
Certainly, it is in the public interest that the government operates ethically and transparently, that it makes sound decisions, and that it issues contracts fairly and those kinds of things. Those are in the public interest and it would be up to the Information Commissioner to put that request for information of whether it is in the public interest.
There are all kinds of things going on in government that might be of interest to someone in the public and there are exemptions that would prevent a person from finding things out. I am thinking of the personal business information of an individual or a company that is very important to the success of a business. Revealing that is not in the public interest although it might be in the interest of someone in the public.
We can play with the words but when the Information Commissioner came before the committee, he made it very plain what he was talking about and where he would not allow those exemptions to apply because it was in the public interest that they not apply. We can play the word game, but I think most people understand that.
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
Nathan Cullen Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member's clear sincerity and energy with respect to this issue.
The member for Ottawa Centre from the New Democratic Party recently released a seven point ethics package that addresses much of what we have talked about here today. I am wondering if the member's party is supportive of the third point of that ethics package, which pertains to this issue, regarding setting spending limits and transparency conditions on leadership contests within political parties.
I know there has been some contention within parties to allow public access and transparency as to who is behind the leadership bids of various parties. I missed his leader's package, the transparency bill on good governance, but did I miss that in the bill? If it is not in there, would he be particularly supportive of such open and transparent accounting to the Canadian public?
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
Dave Chatters Westlock—St. Paul, AB
Mr. Speaker, I am aware of the issue that he raised and that the member from the New Democratic Party brought forward. That particular member was a very valuable member of our committee from the beginning of this Parliament. I would like to believe that he got a lot of the ideas that he presented on reforming government and ethics of government from the time he spent on that committee with us, listening to the witnesses who came forward.
While he presented a very interesting paper which had a lot of merit, the government accountability act that my leader presented encompassed all of the areas he included in his paper. I would very much expect that the New Democratic Party will be supporting the government accountability act for those very reasons when we bring it before Parliament after the next election because I believe it does address the issues that the member raised.
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
Odina Desrochers Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC
Mr. Speaker, I am rising in turn to speak about the important issue of access to information. For two decades, I have dedicated myself to the task of providing information. When I first came to the House of Commons, I thought it would be easy for me to get information, but I realized that government and political information was much harder to get in a parliamentary setting.
My remarks today will pertain to transparency. If all information were available, if everything were transparent in this Parliament, we would not even need the Office of the Access to Information Commissioner. Everything would function normally. Back in February 2001, after 10 years as Auditor General, Denis Desautels issued a warning, stating that the many special foundations, organizations and agencies created by the federal government made Parliament less and less accountable for overall Government of Canada spending. That was Denis Desautels' finding.
In April 2002, the person who took over from him, Sheila Fraser, singled out foundations. She again criticized the fact that the federal government continues to use foundations to deliver public programs and that the transfer of funds to those foundations was not subject to ministerial oversight and effective parliamentary scrutiny. She also noted that there were significant gaps and weaknesses, including a lack of information, in the design of delegated management mechanisms to monitor foundations. She said that her mandate was limited in terms of the mechanisms she was able to examine. That prevented her from providing the Parliament of Canada with information on whether federal funds and powers were being properly used. She went on to say that billions of dollars of public money remain in the hands of foundations for years before they are transferred to the intended beneficiaries. She said that the government had little recourse when things went bad and that Parliament had few opportunities to examine those delegated management mechanisms. The Auditor General was already questioning her work in light of a lack of information.
I had the privilege of sitting on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts in the spring of 2004. I saw that there were weaknesses regarding access to information in the Parliament of Canada. Information was made public in small doses, when it was made public at all. This is the age of communications. Information is distributed through the Internet and by satellite. However, when it comes from a minister's office, the Treasury Board or the Privy Council Office, it does not even reach the members of the committees set up to monitor federal government spending. I was in a position to see how little information was released by the many crown corporations involved in the sponsorship scandal. The Auditor General complained that she did not have full authority to investigate.
The current Access to Information Act exempts major Crown corporations like VIA Rail, the National Arts Centre, the CBC, EDC, Canada Post Corporation, Atomic Energy Canada and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board.
In addition to everything that has been said about the sponsorship scandal, there are a number of pages which meet the expectations of our friends on the other side of the house. However, if one looks at the Gomery report as a whole, these people, needless to say, cannot convince the public that they were not informed and did not know what was happening.
Indeed, this whole affair would never have happened if access to information mechanisms had existed. It is in this spirit that today the Bloc Québécois is supporting the motion introduced by the Conservative Party. We hope that, once we have the tools we need, we will be able to find out what use was made of the $4.8 million that was transferred to Option Canada during the 1995 referendum; that we will understand the decision by the Department of Justice not to lay criminal charges for copyright infringement against the Cinar company and its founders, when a report by the RCMP recommended otherwise; that we will know the name of the minister who, following the Auditor General's report, continued to defend the communications agencies and their exorbitant commissions in the cabinet communications committee.
We are working for the future. The past brought us the worst ever scandal in Canadian history. We realize that, given the refusal of the Liberals to expand the powers of the Access to Information Act, these experiences could well be repeated. Once again, I find it enormously difficult to understand the logical processes of the federal Liberals when it comes to transparency. We discussed it in committee and on that occasion, the committee agreed unanimously that it was essential to commit to a reform of the current Access to Information Act. What a surprise it is today to hear the federal Liberals say that they are not in agreement with what they themselves agreed on with the Opposition parties.
I also had one further occasion to note the weakness of the Access to Information Act when I was sitting on the Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs. Everyone will remember the tragedy of the submarine Chicoutimi . You should have seen the report provided to the members of the committee. It contained a large number of blacked out sections. We did not know what had happened. An attempt was made to have us believe that it was all to protect the public interest and the families. What we realized, in reading the actual report, was that the Department of National Defence systematically refused to acknowledge its responsibilities in this tragic affair.
I can tell you that the Bloc Québécois has long been working on a reform of access to information. In fact, I had the privilege of discussing the matter with former Liberal MP John Bryden, who is a former journalist as well. He considered this issue important.
There are lots of examples to show we need this essential tool to enable elected representatives, the media and the public to get the information they need. The government's desire to maintain the status quo would indicate once again that it has things to hide and that it cannot operate transparently.
The Liberals have the opportunity today to show they will change—pardon my skepticism—and support a real Access to Information Act, legislation that will provide the authority, the personnel and the mandate so the job can get done reasonably, legislation that will make it possible to obtain the information required.
My colleagues have told me they often requested access to information. On this, the commissioner was very clear in his justification for the delays in the case of many requests. We do not know the reason, but they do. It is the meddling by the offices of ministers and deputy ministers because of an unjustified fear with respect to the political sensitivity of the request.
What is needed is a clear desire for change in order to give the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada all the powers it needs. Auditor General Denis Desautels and current Auditor General Sheila Fraser have issued many warnings.
I will continue my speech after members' statements.
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Dick Harris Cariboo—Prince George, BC
Mr. Speaker, the pine beetle plague has now crossed the Rockies. Our Prime Minister and the federal Liberals were warned over and over again that this would happen, and over and over they ignored the warning. Now we have a pine beetle disaster on our hands that threatens to work its way across the entire country, and the federal Liberals must take responsibility for that.
Time after time, I implored the Liberals to provide the funding needed to battle the pine beetle and time after time they demonstrated that they simply did not care. Now the infestation has worked its way across the Rockies. It is in both Jasper and Banff national parks and in the forests of northern Alberta.
Under a Conservative government, $1 billion is targeted toward the pine beetle disaster. This is exactly what a responsible government should do.
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Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Jim Karygiannis Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have just returned from Pakistan and Indonesia, where I witnessed Canadians offering aid to people whose lives have been shattered by nature.
In Pakistan I visited with the men and women of DART. I saw them producing clean, safe drinking water and providing much needed medical aid. They are the face of Canada to the people of Pakistan. These men and women are doing us proud, living and working in conditions that would try the best of us.
In Indonesia, I visited with Canadian Red Cross workers who are helping rebuild lives in Banda Aceh. These men and women are designing new communities that include pipes for water and sewers, roads, homes and places for small shops. They are rebuilding communities, not just structures.
In Banda Aceh, I stayed at Canada House, where Canadians offered an oasis of peace amidst all the destruction. I want to thank Karen Foss and Joyce Loosli for their assistance.
These men and women reflect to the world the best of Canadian values. We owe them a debt of gratitude.
Canada-Philippine Friendship
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Lui Temelkovski Oak Ridges—Markham, ON
Mr. Speaker, today I attended the Canada-Philippine Friendship reception held on Parliament Hill. The reception welcomed over 250 Filipinos across the country, as well as numerous community leaders, MPs and senators. It was the first ever Filipino-organized reception on the Hill and included a luncheon, speeches, presentations and cultural performances.
The friendship reception was conceptualized by community leaders who wanted to strengthen the Filipino collective and national interest in Canada. An important part of this effort is to support Filipino heritage and the community's relationships and ties to the Philippines. It is estimated that a half million Filipinos live in Canada.
May this reception today be the beginning of an effort to organize the Filipino community in its loyalty to Canada and pride in its Filipino heritage.
Congratulations to the organizers on a very successful event.
La Mosaïque
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Maka Kotto Saint-Lambert, QC
Mr. Speaker, I rise in this House today to mark the 20th anniversary of La Mosaïque, a community agency in my riding that anchors a great chain of solidarity reaching out to the less fortunate from LeMoyne, Greenfield Park, Saint Lambert and Brossard.
This chain is made up of some 800 volunteers who, day in and day out, doggedly focus their efforts on overcoming poverty and suffering.
Over the years, more than 30 different services have been set up to help parents and children, seniors, and others who are forgotten or marginalized by society.
What is more, so strong is this fantastic team that it has inspired the entire community, thereby generating several other humanitarian agencies.
The Bloc Québécois thanks this agency for creating a brilliant mosaic of caring and sharing over the past 20 years.
Cambridge Memorial Hospital
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Gary Goodyear Cambridge, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise in the House to pay tribute to the Cambridge Memorial Hospital and its inspiring group of hard-working, dedicated staff and volunteers. The hospital is a credit and an asset to the entire Waterloo region. It is a prime example of how a publicly funded health care facility should operate.
This Saturday there will be in excess of 40,000 people lining the streets of Cambridge. A group of citizens will collect signatures protesting the backroom "who you know" deals of the provincial Liberals, deals that have taken away $70 million funding for our hospital.
For me, it is not about "who you know" but "who you serve".
Today, I implore the provincial health minister to listen to these citizens and for once keep a promise. I implore him to stand up for Cambridge and North Dumfries. I implore him to stand up for Ayr and Branchton. I implore him to stand up for the whole Waterloo region, and serve.
Dr. Peter Zwack
Statements By Members
November 15th, 2005 / 2:05 p.m.
Eleni Bakopanos Ahuntsic, QC
Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that we learned on November 8 of the passing of Dr. Peter Zwack, president of Autism Society Canada.
Dr. Zwack was a staunch defender of the social integration of disabled persons, especially those with autism.
Dr. Zwack was actively involved in numerous organizations that provided services for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder and/or an intellectual disability.
He served as president of Autism Society Canada, president of the board of directors of Miriam Home and Services, member of the executive committee of the Fédération québécoise des Centres de réadaptation en déficience intellectuelle, president of the Quebec Federation for Autism and other Pervasive Development Disorders, and vice-president of Autisme et autres Troubles envahissants de développement Montréal.
He was a great Canadian who was dedicated to issues related to autism spectrum disorders and will be sadly missed by the autism community. Our condolences go out to his family in this time of deep sorrow.
Wildlife Protection Officers
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Marc Boulianne Mégantic—L'Érable, QC
Mr. Speaker, two weeks ago, a tragedy occurred in the Chaudière-Appalaches region: a plane carrying a pilot and two wildlife protection officers went missing.
The public, ever hopeful, bravely took part in the long days of searching. It is with great sadness that we have learned that the two wildlife protection officers and the pilot of the plane died.
Officer Fernand Vachon of East Broughton and Officer Nicolas Rochette lost their lives during an anti-poaching surveillance mission. This expedition also cost the pilot, Yves Giguère, his life.
All of Quebec is in mourning over this tragic expedition. There will be a public funeral this afternoon so that people can pay their last respects. The Bloc Québécois joins with the public in offering its sincere condolences to the victims' families and friends.


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'Win It' Wednesday: Drinkwell Pet Fountain
Thanks for all your wonderful comments on this Win It Wednesday. The winner of the Drinkwell Pet Fountain is Taylor Loscialpo, along with Poopy the cat. Congratulations!
As summer approaches, humans aren't the only ones drinking more water. Our feline friends are sweating too, even if it is only through their paws, and we have a fun way to keep them hydrated and happy: the Drinkwell Pet Fountain.
In nature, wild cats drink from running streams, so why should their domesticated brothers and sisters have to drink from a stagnating puddle? This water fountain for cats keeps the water moving, which encourages persnickety kitties to drink more and helps them stay healthy.
How do you win? Tell us how your kitty companion changed your life for the better. The most heartfelt comment takes home the prize.
The contest ends on May 20, 2009, and we'll choose the most touching story as the winner on May 22, 2009. Be sure to read our privacy policy and terms and conditions, as you're agreeing to both by commenting. Check back every Wednesday for new prizes. Good luck!
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I rescued the most beautiful pug from the humane society .he had a seizure disorder order ,eventually he lost the use of his. Back legs but no one has ever loved me more .I got him a set of wheels he never complained of anything .he was the happiest little boy .I lost him April 6,2013 .my heart is breaking so bad .I. Have three others and they look for him.I adopted him and saved his life .it was the best thing I ever did for him and me.maybe he saved my life too because I have medical problems and he showed me that life was tough but giving up was not an option .he was the best thing that ever happened.
We have a rescue minpin who has just learned that he no longer needs to hoard food but water is a different story I am always trying to keep the water full for him and this would truly be a wonderful gift for him.
Our cats live to about 20.
Max my adorable orange tabby came into my life after a horrible breakup six years ago. I had talked about adopting a cat and went with a friend to Denver's Dumb Friends League. While I was looking for a kitten they showed me the adult cats. I was set on viewing other cats but the way he was pawing at the pen as the assistant was writing down my information just melted my heart. Last year he was having trouble breathing and I took him to the vet thinking that it was possibly asthma. After several tests he was diagnosed with Peritoneoperiacardial Diaphragmatic hernia which is a hernia where his small intestine omentum a liver lobe and the gall bladder were all herniated into pericardial sac. Surgery was scheduled for the following morning but the outlook was grim. I was a wreck the entire day until they called to say that the surgery was successful. While recovering he also caught an upper respiratory infection which made his healing process take even longer than expected but nearly a year later he's nearly back to his fighting self. The surgery itself was over five thousand dollars but every single cent was worth having Max around for more head butts and kisses.
My best friend my darling my love of my life a black cat named maamaa who dies suddenly and without warning on my kitchen floor beside his water bowl some 8 yrs ago was the BEst thing that ever happened to me in my life and I mean it. He was always by my side to comfort me as im a sickly person with disabilities and he never complained about me wanting to hug him to death and hold him all the time he was just the opposite he loved each second I could tell he loved me just as much as I loved him maybe more. I still cry so hard over him all these yrs later he touched me like no other ever has and made my life better I still cant understand why he had to die so abruptly so quickly I never even got to tell him good bye im starting ti cry right now I mean it its so ahrd without him I only hope when im dead and gone I will be able to see him again my hole in my heart just feels like it was yesterday when he fell over and let out his last little yelp in the kitchen but I will never be complete again.I never knew I could love something someone so much. Please maa maa know that mommy still loves you Sincerely


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Here's how RW members rated this race (476 votes).
In short: Hilly and very wetIn full: The race was impacted by attrocious weather this year with large parts of the course flooded. Still its well organised, very hilly, people are very friendly. The water was undrinkable at 4 miles. Its always a challenge to do the Marlow - but its well worth it - though dont expect a PB.Date of review: November 1, 2009
In short: Great Race Very wetIn full: Great Scenery great Tough race I would Like to say thanks to Phill for helping me to a 1.36.32 Today even though he beat me in the end!! also thanks to the marshalls great support as usual we couldnt race without them lastly nice Tshirt see you next yearDate of review: November 1, 2009
In short: Could it have been any wetter?!In full: Not sure that at the time I enjoyed the atrocious weather, hills, and flooded roads! However after a long hot shower I'm now looking back with a deep sense of satisfaction on completing the toughest half marathon I've done to date. A big thank you to the Striders for excellent organisation and to the Marshalls for keeping up the encouragement on a very soggy day!Date of review: November 1, 2009
In short: Puddle splashing!!In full: The predicted rain arrived bang on cue and turned this challenging race into a bit of a monster! Driving rain, strong winds, slippery leaves, and plenty of road wide puddles, ankle deep in places! So, great fun in the Chiltern hills!As so many people have said already, a massive thanks to Marlow Striders and all the cheerful marshalls for their support in foul conditions.The instant time board at the finish line is an excellent resource, always nice to see one's name and time up there.Only grumble is the high price for instant coffee and £2 muffins at the food tent.Date of review: November 1, 2009
In short: Looking forward to doing it in sunshine next yearIn full: Well done to the marshals who stayed cheery in awful conditions. That was SO wet. Half the skin on my toes has fallen off. Maybe the council could be persuaded to sort out the road drainage a bit in a couple of places? If you were there, you know where I mean.Date of review: November 1, 2009
In short: Tough race not for the faint hearted!In full: Wow what a morning, it could have been very easy to have stayed in bed on a day like to today. Despite the weather, the floods and those hills, it was an excellent race! Many thanks to the marshalls who cheered us on and to those involved in organising the race. Great event and top, thanks!bgDate of review: November 1, 2009
In short: Tough, but a great, well organised raceIn full: Course PB today despite the wind, so pretty pleased. A kayak would have been useful in places, but par for the course for this one for some reason! Very good organisation and top marks to the marshalls for their perseverance and good humour.After 7 times now I don't think the hill to Rotten Row has got any easier mind!Only negative is that I thought it a bit pricey at £18 for a local race (even if it is for charity) - nearly put me off, and likewise for the tea and cakes compared to most races - £2 is a lot for a post race bun! Date of review: November 1, 2009
In short: A tough course on a tough day (hideous weather, heavy rain, strong gusty winds)Date of review: November 1, 2009
In short: Absolutely Brilliant! :-)In full: Fantastic challenging course. The weather was awful, the roads were flooded, but I enjoyed every minute of it. The Marshall's were fantastic and every single one offered words of encouragement. I will definitely be back next year!Date of review: November 1, 2009
In short: Brilliant half marathon! - If you're tough enough!In full: I absolutely love this race. If you don't like killer hills, driving rain and howling winds then stay at home. However if you like a real challenge and fancy running one of the top half marathons in the UK - this is for you. Superbly organised and marshalled, thanks very much to all at the Marlow Striders for putting on another great race.Best race T-Shirt ever!Date of review: November 1, 2009
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2/1/2013 (3 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
With the coming of the Savior, Jesus Christ, God has willed that the [Catholic] Church founded by him be the instrument for the salvation of all humanity. This truth of faith does not lessen the sincere respect which the Church has for the religions of the world, but, at the same time, it rules out, in a radical way, that mentality of indifference characterized by a religious relativism which leads to the belief that one religion is as good as another" (Dominus Iesus, no.6:22).
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2/1/2013 (3 years ago)
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Keywords: Year of Faith, Catechism of the Catholic Church, John Meehan, sin, redemption, Christ, Jesus, Catholic Church, Grace
HOOKSET, NH (Catholic Online) - It is the divine-human blood shed by Jesus of Nazareth at Golgotha that unleashed the merciful love of God the Father. By that outpouring of blood, the God-Man shattered forever the power of Eternal Death, the ultimate penalty for eating of the "tree of knowledge of good and evil" (Gn 2:17).
"For the sake of suffering humanity, he came down from heaven to earth, clothed himself in that humanity, in the Virgin's womb, and was born a man. Having then a body capable of suffering, he took the pain of fallen man upon himself; he triumphed over the diseases of soul and body that were its cause, and by his spirit, which was incapable of dying, he dealt man's destroyer, [Eternal] Death, a fatal blow" (Saint Melito).
In that extraordinary act of sacrificial love, Jesus of Nazareth changed forever the everlasting character of the Mystery of Iniquity: "Our former self was crucified with him, so that the self that belonged to sin should be destroyed and we should be freed from the slavery of sin" (Rm 6:5-6).
By his own death, the God-Man made Eternal Death a thing of time, not of eternity. This fundamental change in human existence allowed the fullness of God's merciful love to envelop the whole world and empty itself out upon humanity. In other words, Jesus of Nazareth brought about a reconciliation of the human race with God the Father and, from that point in time, a new unification within the human race: You yourselves were once alienated from him; you nourished hostility in your hearts because of your evil deeds. But now Christ has achieved reconciliation for you in his mortal body by dying, so as to present you to God holy, free of reproach and blame (Col 1:21-22).
Here, a mention of social or communal living must be made. By deciding to oust the Creator's right to decide what is good for the creature, and by replacing God's orderly communion of love with a disproportionate selfish love, Adam and Eve undermined every aspect social life. In doing so, they rent asunder family life and its communal fabric. And, that fracture finds its ultimate source in the human heart: "What leads to war, what leads to quarreling among you? Is it not precisely the desires fighting inside your own selves?" (Jm 4:1).
But, sacred scripture speaks now of a new social order: You are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people he claims for his own to proclaim the glorious works" of the one who called you from darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were no people, but now you are God's people; once there was no mercy for you, but now you have found mercy (1 Pt 2:9-10).
Peaceful living - personal and communal - for the New People of God is found in the Catholic Church: "To reunite all his children, scattered and led astray by sin, [God] the Father willed to call the whole of humanity together into his Son's [Catholic] Church" (Catechism, no. 845).
One must acknowledge, therefore, the divine nature, hierarchical structure, and evangelical mission of the Catholic Church:Â "Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the [Vatican II] Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, IS NECESSARY FOR SALVATION. The one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his Body which is the Church. He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and baptism, and, thereby, affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through baptism as through a door. HENCE, THEY COULD NOT BE SAVED WHO, KNOWING THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS FOUNDED AS NECESSARY BY GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, WOULD REFUSE EITHER TO ENTER IT OR TO REMAIN IN IT" (Catechism, no. 846).
The Catholic Church, then, is not a mere earthly enterprise, a human institution subject completely to the schemes of its arrogant, disobedient, or rebellious members, be they "insiders" or "outsiders":Â "With the coming of the Savior, Jesus Christ, God has willed that the [Catholic] Church founded by him be the instrument for the salvation of all humanity. This truth of faith does not lessen the sincere respect which the Church has for the religions of the world, but, at the same time, it rules out, in a radical way, that mentality of indifference characterized by a religious relativism which leads to the belief that one religion is as good as another" (Dominus Iesus, no.6:22).
As "the instrument for the salvation of all humanity," the Catholic Church has the God-given task of breaking down the walls or barriers that set people apart from or against each other: "For [Jesus Christ] is the peace between us, and has made the two into one entity and broken down the barrier which used to keep them apart, by destroying in his own person that hostility . . . His purpose in this was, by restoring peace, to create a single new man out of the two of them, and through the Cross, to reconcile them both to God in one body; in his own Person, he killed the hostility" Â Â Â Â (Ep 2:14-16).
Jesus of Nazareth, who is Peace, offered to human beings the vocation of peace: "Christ's peace must reign in your hearts, since as members of [his] Body you have been called to peace" (Col 3:15). The vocation of peace begins when a person is baptized:Â "All of you who have been baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with him. There does not exist among you Jew or Greek, slave or freeman, male or female. All are one in Christ Jesus" (Ga 3:27-28).
In his book, City of God, Saint Augustine provides the reason for founding a new social order - a New People of God:Â "It was God's good pleasure, by means of this City [of God], to subdue the whole world, to bring it into the single society of a republic under law, and to bestow upon it a widespread and enduring peace."
As the new communal order for social living, the initial Christian community made a profound impression upon non-believing observers: "winning favor with all the people" (Ac 2:47). Non-Christians (Jews and pagans) were impressed because, among the followers of Jesus of Nazareth, "there was one heart and soul in all the company of believers; none of them called any of his possessions his own, everything was shared in common" (Ac 4:32).
The Fathers of Vatican Council II emphasized that this new social order of peaceful living is the will of God: [God] has . . . . willed to make men holy and save them, not as individuals without any bond or link between them, but rather to make them into a people who might acknowledge him and serve him in holiness" (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, no.9).
Despite the never-ending faults of human beings, and the ongoing failure of political and social institutions to establish lasting communities of peace, Jesus of Nazareth exhorts everyone not to despair or be discouraged: "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me" (Jn 16:6).
John D. Meehan has been involved in the lay apostolate of the Catholic Church since the close of the Second Vatican Council. He resides in New Hampshire with his lovely wife Elizabeth.Â
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