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We must drastically reduce the wolf population before we are all endangered by them when they run out of deer for their main food supply.
We are still lucky that we have ample deer for their main food supply. Even though the deer have been chased out of their natural habitat and into the cities, towns and other inhabited locations such as Sawyer Lake.
I have been educated by my dad who narrowly escaped wolf disaster near Marquette in the 1930s, and his friend was killed by wolves in Minnesota in the early 1900s.
Also, locally, the Crystal Falls Mining Gazette had an article about two men taking a mining machinery part to Escanaba for repair using a team of horses and a wagon. One man went to Escanaba to get a repair part, when the wagon broke down, the other man stayed with the wagon. When the man returned to the wagon, all he found was blood and many wolf tracks in the snow.
As early as March, 1943 I felt the DNR was underestimating the wolf population when they said the wolves are near extinction with two and at the most three wolves existing in the U.P. and none below Koski's Corners.
In January 1943, I saw wolf tracks 30 miles below Koski's Corners and in May 1943, while fishing on a stream 40 miles below Koski's Corners, a wolf growled viciously at my friend and then ran across the stream, past me, four feet away.
So much for the wolf count in 1943, I hope it will be more accurate in 2013.
I have plenty of wolves at Lake Ellen, saw one on the road to my house in March three years ago, one looking into my window two years ago and howling in the woods behind me last summer.
Unless something is done soon to reduce the wolf population, the DNR license revenue and local business revenue will be drastically reduced September through November.
Also, you can forget about having venison meat drives for the hungry.
Also, in the meantime, we should outlaw killing the deer that are being driven into the cities.
Instead, we should stun-gun them and take them out to state forests for the wolf food.
I am sure the deer will be happy to live in their natural habitat if it is not inundated with wolves. I am sure those who are against reducing the wolf population will think different when the wolves start on humans for their food source.
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The Third Man (and Still Dots) ends with one of the most remarkable final images in the history of cinema, an overwhelming fusion of form and content that makes clear just how irrevocably Holly Martins' life has changed. Jeremy charted this solemn transformation on Tuesday, tracing all of Holly's medium-shots to close-ups throughout our series and discovering a man whose sense of morality has been…
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For this, our last close-up of Holly and our second last post in this series, I thought it apropos to look through the close-ups we have seen of him so far. If, as Charlie Chaplin is quoted as saying "Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot," then perhaps this […] For this, our last close-up of Holly and our second last post in this series, I thought it apropos to look through the…
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Harry Lime — the dead man who became undead, then alive again; the phantom who permeated the streets of Vienna; the name that crossed the lips of every main character in The Third Man; the unseen face (for the first hour, anyway) whose devious charisma haunted the mind and memory of his friends, lovers, and […] Harry Lime — the dead man who became undead, then alive again; the phantom who permeated the streets…
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After a long subterranean sewer chase , and many escape attempts by Harry, foiled by the team of nameless police officers who haunt every exit and underground nook and cranny, Harry's fingers are finally tasting the cool, clean air of freedom. In the tunnels below, Sergeant Paine lies dead or dying, fatally shot by Harry's […] After a long subterranean sewer chase , and many escape attempts by Harry, foiled…
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Nov 2012
One of The Third Man's most iconic images, Still Dots 98 petrifies Harry Lime on the brink of life and death: after killing Calloway's partner-in-arms and loyal companion, Sergeant Paine, Harry is himself plugged by Calloway and scrambles up this iron walkway, only yards away from the chilly open air of Vienna and, perhaps, yet another narrow escape from certain death. (Harry's affinity with…
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Nov 2012
Here he is, finally standing before us as an honest-to-God human being. Harry Lime is no longer a glossy, larger-than-life übermensch staring down upon his domains, but now a human body, wet and cold in Vienna's sewers, terrified and running for his life. Harry's rehumanization is, of course, a combination of carefully crafted stylistic and […] Here he is, finally standing before us as an honest-to-God…
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The swath of darkness and shadow we see above is courtesy of two Austrian policemen, whose unsubtitled German commands echo along the sewer tunnels to an increasingly frenzied Harry Lime. Montage editing conveyed an ensemble of nameless military policemen in Still Dots 95 — nameless but, as Jeremy noted on Tuesday, not faceless, as their momentary close-ups bestow upon these unknown men an air…
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Deep in the subterranean world beneath Vienna, be it the city's unconscious mind or the ancient Greek border between life and death, we are completely submerged in this nearly wordless world with a partially new cast of characters. Before us today stands one of them, one of nearly a dozen shots of nameless, wordless characters […] Deep in the subterranean world beneath Vienna, be it the city's…

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CO and WA's pot laws – what's going to happen?
Colorado and Washington had referrendums on their ballots this past election day in which growing pot for one's own use was legalized. Much like home brewing laws, users were given the go ahead to grow enough marijuana for their own, private use.
So what does that mean in the big scheme of things? Certainly it will mean that at a state level, given the new law, state and local police aren't going to be looking for small time users or growers. And the Fed certainly doesn't have the manpower to go after them.
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But it's unrealistic and unwise to expect federal officials to pick up the slack left by state law- enforcement officers who used to enforce marijuana prohibitions against pot users and small-time growers. Unrealistic, because it would require lots more resources.
Resources they don't, frankly, have.
So here we have two states acting as sort of "labs" for freedom. You know, trying something out as we were told states should do under a "federal" system.
Now, you may not agree about this particular application, but that's how this system was supposed to work, wasn't it?
The next obvious question then is will the Federal government allow that to happen or will it attempt to stop it. My guess is even the Federal government knows it can't stop it physically, so it will likely resort to legal means (i.e. somehow have the laws declared invalid, thereby again making Federal law supreme and requiring LEOs to enforce them). But that could be a very long and protracted process.
For once (is there a blue moon out there?) in a very long time, the Washington Post and I agree for the most part:
[W]e favor decriminalizing possession of small amounts of pot, assessing civil fines instead of locking people up. Also, for that reason and others, the Justice Department should hold its fire on a lawsuit challenging Colorado and Washington's decision to behave more leniently. And state officials involved in good-faith efforts to regulate marijuana production and distribution according to state laws should be explicitly excused from federal targeting.
It's not yet clear how a quasi-legal pot industry might operate in Colorado and Washington or what its public-health effects will be. It could be that these states are harbingers of a slow, national reassessment of marijuana policy. Or their experiment could serve as warning for the other 48 states.
For now, the federal government does not need to stage an aggressive intervention, one way or the other. It can wait, watch and enforce the most worrisome violations as they occur.
Where we disagree is the next to last sentence. If you're going to stay out of it now, stay out of it later. You can't "leave it up to the states" until you decide not too. And, it would be a nice decentralization of power – you know, federalism – which allow the states what they were originally supposed to enjoy – a certain level of autonomy (remember, the federal government was originally supposed to be mostly focused externally while the states, within Constitutional limits, pretty much looked after themselves.).
It would be a nice change from the constant attempts by the Fed to accrue power.


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There is a great demand towards Internet-enabled devices on the emerging markets, where there is wireless broadband network coverage, but even low-cost netbooks may be too expensive for those markets, partly because they require additional equipment to connect the Internet. Qualcomm on Wednesday announced a new PC alternative to make high-speed wireless Internet access more widely available and affordable in emerging markets.
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To the Readers' Forum:
Kendra's Law sounds good but it is hard to implement. Where do you look to find the mental patients who are getting worse but are not getting treatment? How do you give them assisted outpatient treatment when these agencies and clinics are very understaffed and few and far in between, as mentioned in a recent front page of The Post-Journal?
How long do mental patients have to endure treatment or bad medication or incarceration before they are well? Are they ever well or does the list of patients just grow longer and longer, and, how will this be funded? What if all these people have no insurance or are poor? Shall we spend money building hospitals for the dangerous mentally ill? Is a person always dangerous or can they be well before or after being in a bad mood swing? Where will we get the number of doctors and nurses, aides and counselors that we need? There aren't enough.
Some mentally ill get their diagnosis changed as medicine works or fails. Whom will we choose to punish with treatment? After treatment may will be declared well, then decompensate over time without ongoing treatment. Isolation,unemployment, bad health, bad medication, all contribute. How will we know which pill to prescribe? Right now it is trial and error.
Are politicians equipped with the education to sort out these problems? They seem to be scared of almost all mental patients, when these poor people often are meek and mild.
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Gary Vinson's Two-Tone '72 Chevy Cheyenne
There were probably a few moments when he didn't think he was going to have the truck finished in time for its first show. Gary Vinson told us that the most memorable experience he had during the six-month build-up of his Chevy pickup was seeing it finished the night before its first show.
Parts had been piling up for a '71 GMC project that Gary was planning when his attention shifted. It happened the day his friend Larry told him about the '72 Chevy Cheyenne Super owned by his neighbor. The GMC was "a little too far gone," as Gary put it, and he had always liked '72s. So he made the 30-mile trip from Gadsden, Alabama, to Oxford to see the Chevy and fell in love with it. The condition was fair, with a little rust in the bottom of of the doors, but it was a better starting point than the GMC (and would accept a lot of the parts he'd already collected), so Gary gave the owner $7,500 for the truck. "The guy's wife wasn't too happy when she got home and found out about it," he remembers.
Gary worked on the Chevy and drove it for several years. After going through a divorce, he had to buy the truck from his ex-wife, again paying $7,500 to get it back. When the 350 engine dropped a valve, Gary says he "got a wild hair" and located a Chevy 402 that had powered a race car, ambitiously planting that between the fenders of the '72. With Brodix heads and 11.5:1 compression, the big-block turned out to be a whole lot more motor than the truck needed. As luck would have it, the guy who originally built the engine wanted it back and was willing to trade a milder 383 to get it.
The 383, machined and assembled at Prater's Auto Machine Shop in Fort Payne, Alabama, is well-suited for the pickup. The aluminum cylinder heads are from Holley, along with the intake and carb. The aluminum air cleaner sits way up on a riser atop the Holley Performance 770 Street Avenger carb, separated by a spacer plate from the street dominator intake manifold. A pair of Hooker Super Competition headers carry the exhaust to polished stainless exhaust pipes and mufflers. Zoops brackets and polished aluminum pulleys provide some shiny eye candy at the front of the engine.
Backing up the small-block is a column-shifted Chevy TH350 transmission with a B&M Holeshot converter. At the distant end of the driveshaft is a Chevy 12-bolt rearend.
The stock rear suspension was modified with 3-inch dropped springs.The front suspension is also stock with the exception of 2½-inch drop spindles—keeping things simple while improving the stance.
During the process of the build-up, Gary connected with Will Posey, Jimmy Posey, Jason Latham, Barry Alford, Gavin Graham, and Joseph Smith at Big Oak Garage in Hokes Bluff, Alabama. He credits everyone at the shop for taking the Chevy to the next level.
Barry and Gavin restored the exterior sheetmetal to new condition, keeping the stock headlights and taillights, bumpers, and door handles. New chrome on the grille and a Goodmark steel cowl induction hood improve the first impression when the truck's coming up in your rearview mirror.
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It was the crew at Big Oak Garage, incidentally, that suggested a nickname for Gary's Chevy: Double Down. It's not a reference to the truck's two paint colors, but to the fact that he had to buy it twice.
Wheel choice might have been an easier decision than paint. A set of 20-inch Foose Legend chrome five-spokes fill the wheel openings and help set the overall style of the truck. Low-profile 295/45R20 BFGoodrich g-Force radials wrap around the 20×10 rear wheels, with 255/35R20 tires on 20x8s in front.
With all that black and white on the outside, the Cheyenne really benefits from the injection of color on the inside. Hudson's Rod & Customs in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, did a beautiful job covering the bench seat and door panels with pure red leather. The steering wheel, a Stiletto model from Billet Specialties, got the same treatment. The rest of the modifications are appropriately mild, including some under-dash instruments. The stock air conditioning was improved by a conversion to R134 refrigerant and a Sanden compressor underhood.
We like to ask people to tell us the most challenging part of their truck project. For Gary, it was "trying to find a stopping point." Looking back, the night before the show was probably a great stopping point. The 200-mile trip from Gadsden to Nashville was the first of several road trips Gary's taken with the truck since it's been finished—and the Goodguys Nashville Nats was just the first of several national events where the '72 Chevy has gotten a lot of attention. There will be more. CCT


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Council OKs bringing upholstery business to town
NEW ULM – The New Ulm City Council approved a $110,000 loan Tuesday to PC Properties, LLC as part of an effort to bring Commercial Upholstery to town.
PC Properties is negotiating a purchase of the former PGI Mailers building at 2009 N. Broadway St. United Commercial Upholstery will occupy the building. The business, which has been located in Nicollet for the past 13 years, does upholstery for golf cart seats and furniture for the marine industry. Seventeen jobs will move from Nicollet to New Ulm. The move provides space for growth of United Commercial Upholstery.
The City loan will be the third debt in purchasing the building. The total for the three loans is $1.1 million, with the other financing coming from a bank and the Small Business Administration. The City's loan of $110,00 will have terms of 3.6 percent over 20 years, with possible adjustments in five, 10 and 15 years. The City traditionally sets 10-year loans, but SBA?requires that all subsequent loans match its 20-year terms. The City funds come from its Revolving Loan Fund.
The terms of the loan will require United Commercial Upholstery to add seven full-time jobs and one clerical position at a minimum of $12.50 per hour within the next two years. These jobs are beyond the 17 existing jobs.
TIF district
The Council approved modifying a TIF District for the 42-unit Winkelman Building Corp. apartment building project at 2107 N. Highland Ave, which is near the former Kmart site. The TIF is limited to 25 years and reimbursements cannot exceed $550,000. To comply with TIF requirements, 20 percent of the apartments must be rented to people making less than 50 percent of the Brown County median income. The modification was necessary because the number of apartments increased from 35 to 42 units.
Bond approved
The Council approved issuing a $4.6 million bond on behalf of Highland Regency House, LLC to help finance its 50-unit apartment project at 1520 Sunset Ave. The bond will be loaned to Highland, and the company will be completely responsible for it. The bond does not count towards the City's normal bond limit for city operations.
Plat split
The Council approved the final plat for Airport Industrial Park No. 2 at 6 Somsen St. The request came from Brad Finstad, who runs Frontier Labs MN on that location. The plat division will allow the unoccupied portion to be sold to a developer. The potential developer was not named.
The terms of the approval include a 50-foot access and utility easement for Lot 2 and no vehicular access to that lot from North Highland Avenue.


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MBIA, Bank of America Settlement Brings Life to Quiet Market
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- MBIA
The S&P 500 added 0.19% to 1,617.50 after the index surged past 1,600 for the first time Friday as job growth in April eased concern that the world's largest economy was unable to translate corporate profits into lower unemployment.
"We continue to find it encouraging that after some disappointing news in April, including March's employment report, the market only hesitated for a few deep breaths and is up 3%, again, exhibiting the resilience which has characterized this market," Laszlo Birinyi, founder of Connecticut-based research firm Birinyi Associates and the firm's director of research, Jeffrey Yale Rubin, wrote in a note.
Shares of MBIA popped 45.4% to $14.29 after the company announced, along with Bank of America, that the two parties had reached a settlement that would pay MBIA about $1.6 billion in cash. Bank of America was jumping 5.2% to $12.88 a share.
"As part of the settlement, Bank of America will pay MBIA approximately $1.6 billion in cash and remit to MBIA all of the outstanding MBIA 5.7% Senior Notes due 2034 that Bank of America acquired through a tender offer in December 2012," Bank of America said in a statement.
The top gaining stock on the S&P was Cliffs Natural Resources
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.03% to 14,968.89 while the Nasdaq rose 0.42% to 3,392.97.
Tyson Foods
The U.S. economic calendar is empty Monday in a week relatively quiet on economic releases.
Meanwhile, investors will be watching Wednesday to Friday with interest as a number of Fed officials will be speaking, including Jeremy Stein, Jeffrey Lacker and Esther George.
Written by Andrea Tse and Joe Deaux in New York
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Up until a few months ago I had never heard of sudden unexplained child death. A mother on an online group i frequent just lost her 18 month old son to sudden unexplained child death (I am sorry if I am calling it by the wrong name) This has really scared me, and saddened me. I cannot begin to image what this mother is going through, it is just too sad. Now I tried to look this topic up, but could not find much about. I still cosleep with my daughter, would that add some minimal protection from this? I have read the studies by Dr. James McKenna pertaining to SIDS, does this fall into that category? Has this at all been researched pertaining to bedsharing? How often does this happen? Can anyone give me some info? How do you comfort someone after something like this happens? Sorry I know this is a lot of questions!
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Debates of Oct. 6th, 2000
House of Commons Hansard #128 of the 36th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was transportation.
- Civilian War-Related Benefits Act
- Message From The Senate
- Sids Awareness Month
- Crime
- Mental Illness Awareness Week
- The Late Dr. Michael Smith
- Labour Market
- Taxation
- Fednor
- Farming Family Of The Year
- Canadian Firearms Centre
- Chinese Canadian Community
- Saskatchewan
- Yannick Nezet-Séguin
- Debt Reduction
- Nova Scotia 4-H Pro-Show
- Northern Ireland
- Health
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Mosel Vitelic
- The Middle East
- Health
- Market Revenue Insurance Program
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- World Trade Organization
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Employment Insurance
- Grain Transportation
- Women's Poverty
- Health
- Species At Risk
- Agriculture
- National Defence
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Infrastructure
- Gun Registry
- International Free Trade Zone At Mirabel
- Employment Insurance
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- The Environment
- Presence In Gallery
- Points Of Order
- Government Response To Petitions
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Committees Of The House
- Criminal Code
- Income Tax Act
- Criminal Code
- Committees Of The House
- Petitions
- Questions Passed As Orders For Returns
- Marine Liability Act
Mental Illness Awareness Week
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Stan Dromisky Thunder Bay—Atikokan, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to inform the House and all Canadians that October 2 to 8 is Mental Illness Awareness Week.
This national public education campaign was launched in 1992 with the objective of de-stigmatizing mental illness, providing information on mental illnesses and their treatment and promoting public discussion and informed decision making about mental illness. The motto of Mental Illness Awareness Week is "Let's unmask mental illness".
According to Statistics Canada, one in eight Canadians will be hospitalized for mental illnesses, such as major depression, thus impacting substantially on the lives of those affected.
Mental Illness Awareness Week provides an opportunity for Canadians to increase their awareness and understanding of mental illnesses and overcome the stigma often faced by persons with mental illness.
Let us all join in wishing those organizations every success.
The Late Dr. Michael Smith
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Karen Redman Kitchener Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Dr. Michael Smith, Canada's leading scientist and 1993 winner of the Nobel prize, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 68.
Dr. Smith immigrated to Canada and joined the Department of Biochemistry at the University of British Columbia. In these early days of the genetics revolution he developed a critical technique that has become central to the field of biotechnology. His dedication to leading edge science continued, particularly through his leadership in the creation of the B.C. genome centre and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Dr. Smith's work has paved the way for new treatments offering hope to Canadians and people around the world. He was dedicated to Canada and inspired the next generation of researchers. He donated his Nobel prize award to schizophrenia research and to an endowment for women in science.
It is appropriate for all of us in the House to take a moment to reflect on and recognize this truly great Canadian.
Labour Market
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Mark Assad Gatineau, QC
Mr. Speaker, there is good news for the economy this morning: according to Statistics Canada's most recent report, the unemployment rate in Canada dropped to 6.8% in September. Employment rose by 56,000, divided almost equally between full and part time jobs.
Despite what the Canadian Alliance leader had to say yesterday, the direction to take is definitely that recommended by the Liberal government.
These encouraging labour market figures from Statistics Canada have ramifications for the Canadian economy as a whole, and benefit Quebec as well.
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Ken Epp Elk Island, AB
Mr. Speaker, let me tell you how the Canadian Alliance tax plan is better for taxpayers.
The Liberals tax single people when they earn over $8,000. The Canadian Alliance will let them earn their first $10,000 tax free.
The Liberals give a spousal exemption of only $6,140. The Canadian Alliance will allow $10,000.
The Liberals tax middle income earners at 23%. We would tax them at only 17%.
The Liberals extract over $1,000 in taxes from a family of four with a $26,000 income. We would let them go tax free.
The Liberals love their gasoline tax and the GST on top of the tax. We would reduce the federal excise tax by at least three cents per litre.
Instead of soaking employers and employees at $5.76 per $100 of earnings for EI, we would reduce that to $4.80.
There is much more, Mr. Speaker, but you can see that everyone would be better off under the Canadian Alliance plan.
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Raymond Bonin Nickel Belt, ON
Mr. Speaker, yesterday afternoon the secretary of state responsible for FedNor and the members of the northern Ontario caucus gathered to announce federal support of over $250,000 for Laurentian University's office of health initiatives.
This funding will provide our northern Ontario communities with the resources to develop the best model and proposal to convince the province of Ontario to establish a northern and rural medical school in our region. This school will provide a real long term solution to the doctor shortage in northern Ontario.
The $250,000 in funding was provided by FedNor. Because of good projects like this one, the northern Ontario Liberal caucus fought to make FedNor a permanent program with increased resources.
By the way, the reform alliance announced last night that it would cancel FedNor. I guess it is true that the reform alliance has no consideration whatsoever for the needs of northern Ontario.
Farming Family Of The Year
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Odina Desrochers Lotbinière, QC
Mr. Speaker, during a recent ceremony in Lévis, the Fondation de la famille terrienne selected the family of Lucille and Hector Lebel, who live in Saint-Épiphane de Rivière-du-Loup, as Quebec's farming family of the year.
This prestigious award is given in recognition of strong personal and work ethics and will be presented to the family at a solemn mass at the parish church of Saint-Épiphane, on October 28.
This fine family from our riding stands out for its commitment to excellence, its farming expertise and its unstinting involvement in our community life.
The Bloc Quebecois members are proud to congratulate the family of Lucille and Hector Lebel on receiving this much-deserved award for the year 2000.
Canadian Firearms Centre
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Garry Breitkreuz Yorkton—Melville, SK
Mr. Speaker, on September 22, 1994 the justice minister addressed a rally on Parliament Hill, promising the 21,000 fed up responsible gun owners "We do not want to take away your hunting rifles or discourage people from the responsible use of firearms for hunting and shooting".
This week the retired chief of police, Phil Morlock, sent me a sad letter. I will quote:
I have a 16 year old daughter who wishes to hunt this fall. She has passed the Ontario hunter safety and federal firearm licensing courses (97% in both) but the new law says she must also have a Minors Permit.
I phoned the Canadian Firearms Centre where I was informed that they do not have any capacity, staff or mandate to handle Minors Permits at the federal level as that is now the responsibility of the Chief Firearms Officer for each province. I phoned the C.F.O. contact number for Ontario. The answering machine instructed me to leave a message with the assurance that `someone would get back to me'. Someone did call back—from the Canadian Firearms Centre—telling me that they did not have the capacity or staff to handle Minors Permits at the federal level.
If that is not discouraging hunting, what is?
Chinese Canadian Community
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Mac Harb Ottawa Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, last week the member for Kootenay—Columbia deeply offended all Canadians by calling Canada's Chinese community a threat to national security.
Following question period on September 20, I received a letter from the president of the Federation of Ottawa-Carleton Chinese Community Organizations condemning the member for Kootenay—Columbia.
We already know that the leader of the Canadian Alliance said nothing when members of his party insulted the work ethic of Atlantic Canadians. Now we can add Chinese Canadians to their hit list.
Let us call a spade a spade. The Reform Party may have changed its name but it represents nothing more than a thin veneer of intolerance. In fact, leaders in the Chinese community are asking if the intentions of the member for Kootenay—Columbia are simply racist, insane or both.
Chinese Canadian Community
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Some hon. members
Oh, oh.
Chinese Canadian Community
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
The Speaker
Order, please. I ask the hon. member to withdraw the word "racist".
Chinese Canadian Community
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Mac Harb Ottawa Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I will withdraw the word racist. I have the letter from the community to—
Chinese Canadian Community
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
The Speaker
The hon. member for Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre.
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
John Solomon Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK
Mr. Speaker, we have heard this song before. In 1982 Saskatchewan voters elected a youthful, athletic sloganeer named Grant Devine on promises from his right wing political alliance to cut taxes for the rich and still somehow improve services like health care and education.
What was the result? Nine years later our taxes have doubled and our services have been gutted. The free dental plan for children and the prescription drug plan that covered every resident of the province have been wiped out. Medicare is in shambles. The alliance also left the people of Saskatchewan carrying a debt of $15,000 for every man, woman and child.
Those conservative alliance people in Saskatchewan left a 60 year mortgage for working people and farmers. They milked them dry to pay for a one time tax party for the rich. Those same people in Saskatchewan are now part of the Canadian conservative reform alliance. Their policies nearly ruined Saskatchewan. Canadians should not be tricked into believing they will work for Canada. We should remember the lessons of history so we do not get fooled again.
Yannick Nezet-Séguin
Statements By Members
October 6th, 2000 / 11:05 a.m.
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral Laval Centre, QC
Mr. Speaker, on September 24, the audience of 3,000 who had come to hear Verdi's Requiem at the salle Wilfrid-Pelletier had the pleasure of seeing Yannick Nezet-Séguin awarded the prestigious Virginia Parker Prize presented annually by the Canada Council.
This young orchestra conductor, whom Claude Gingras readily describes as a brilliant talent and a veritable phenomenon, joins other famous recipients of this award from Quebec, including Louis Lortie, Sophie Rolland, Marc-André Hamelin, Karina Gauvin, Alain Trudel and Richard Raymond.
Barely 25 years of age, he has been the assistant conductor and chorus director with the Opéra de Montréal since 1998. He was the guest conductor of the Orchestre métropolitain de Montréal in 1998 and is now its artistic director and principal conductor.
Mr. Nezet-Séguin, the extraordinary ovation that followed the performance of Verdi's Requiem was in tribute to your youth, your talent and your sensitivity. It is clearly the prelude to an international career. The Bloc Quebecois salutes you with pride.
Debt Reduction
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Roy Cullen Etobicoke North, ON
Mr. Speaker, the Alliance has been calling for debt reduction but as with so many other issues, like its tax policy, it keeps changing the numbers.
It originally called for an annual payment of $3 billion on the debt. It has now changed its mind and called for a debt pay-down of $6 billion annually.
It is time for the Alliance to wake up. The train has left the station and the Alliance is not on it. The government has already paid down more than $6 billion of debt per year over the last three fiscal years, for a total of $18.7 billion. By making these payments we are freeing up more than $1 billion annually in interest payments, which can be used to address the needs and priorities of Canadians.
This action on our debt is yet another dividend from the responsible fiscal management that the Liberal government continues to provide to Canadians. Under our leadership things will just keep getting better and better.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (209 votes).
In short: Good course ruined by the bag retrievalIn full: This was my third trip out to Reading and the first time I've ever had to queue up longer than it took me to run the race. It really took the gloss off what is a good course with lots of support. Even in the pouring rain last year there wasn't such a horrendous queue. I'll not be returning to Reading given how expensive the race entry is. Plenty of other pre-marathon halfs to choose from!Date of review: March 3, 2014
In short: Great support, great medal!In full: First time at Reading for me. Was very impressed with organisation pre-race. I was in the red zone and seem to miss a lot of the problems that others had. The course was fast and after initial congestion thinned out to allow me to push on to a PB time. Loved the stadium finish and the medal is very impressive. I'd happily do this one again.Date of review: March 3, 2014
In short: Still a favourite butIn full: This was my 3rd Reading Half Marathon. I enjoyed the race but not the new starting procedure. I arrived at 0930 (as organisers suggest) for the scheduled race start at 1015. In the new Pink pen (at the back), I actually started at 1041. It was a long wait in biting cold with, as one competitor commented, brain-washing from a dreadfully repetitive commentary by Michele from Heart FM. Amazing, it wasn't. I also found more congestion in the initial stages of the race so for me, the new starting procedure was a flop. As ever, though, the atmosphere was very good and the people of Reading came out in droves to support the runners, even those of us down the field. It makes such a difference.Date of review: March 3, 2014
In short: Good Vibes on the Course Bad Vibes in Finish AreaIn full: I am a big fan of this race and this was my sixth in a row. I love the course and the support and the stadium finish but post-race really is a drag - the shuffle out of the stadium is really slow but bag pick up was awful. Just when you don't need it you have to wait in incredibly long queues. I am sure logistics could be better.Altogether just getting bag and leaving car park took far longer than the race itself. I don't want to moan though because there are so many great things about this race - thank you especially to the pacers and helpers, both of whom are magnificent. And yes, overcrowding aside this is a great race for attacking your PB. Sweatshop/RHM peeps - sort out the post-race stuff out. Date of review: March 3, 2014
In short: Didnt want it to end!!!!!In full: This was simply the best race I've ever done. Fantastic support, superbly organized and considering the volume of runners the volunteers did an amazing job. Only queue I had was 10mins to get my bag which is absolutely nothing when you take into account the 1500 runners taking part. Defo be back and thanks again to all the volunteers, supporters and bands that played in sections around the course really lifts you :)Date of review: March 3, 2014
In short: too big and underorganised In full: well I have waited 24 hours to see if anyone will send an email apologising to the runners for piss-poor organisation, but it hasn't arrived. While I liked the course and the people of Reading were fantastic, and the stadium finish is cheesily great, plus for once plenty of loos, thanks for that...the organisation as not good at all. No coach parking for our club bus, we had to wait longer than we were supposed to for the start, the men had to queue for ages at their baggage tent while (thankfully) the ladies tent was virtually empty, But the wait for the shuttle bus - over an hour in drizzle and wind, after we have been running and we are stiffening up gee thanks! I think its just getting too big, even with staggered starts I found myself weaving around too many runners on the course. So even though the medal was lovely and the stadium finish is unique I wont do this Half again. Date of review: March 3, 2014
In short: First Half Marathon and will definitely be back next year, and great support.In full: This was my first Half Marathon and I had a wonderful time. Finished in 2:02:26 which was below my target of 2:05, but maybe could have gone faster if I wasn't dodging so many people. Bag queues were not an issue for me, as with my "slow" time and then hanging around in the stadium, by the time I got to bags I walked straight up and got mine. Also I was staying at a hotel, so can't comment on the shuttles/car park situation.The race itself is great with some phenomenal support along parts of the course and a huge kudos to the people of Reading for coming out, and all the impromptu water and jelly babies stops en route. I'm sure if the weather had been kinder we would have seen even more. It was a great goody bag with t-shirt, snacks, drinks etc and the medal is excellent and solid.The only downside for me was the stadium finish as the music was playing so loud you couldn't hear the crowd noise, plus you actually spend little time in there. It would be better if you could do a lap of the pitch, rather than just running down the short side.Regardless I will definitely be back next year!Date of review: March 3, 2014
In short: Let down at the endIn full: I had a great time at this event. As part of a running club with a coach for all of us I was suprised the organisers wouldn't give us any form of parking permit so had to get ourselves to Reading train station to then get another bus to the stadium. If I remember correctly the stadium is a park and ride for Reading so why wouldn;t they allow any form of parking?Race was great and very supportive and the finish was alos a lot of fun. However the baggage area was arranged in such a way that everybody finishing at similar times had to all queue at the same tent resulting in massive lines. I waited about 30 mins to get my bag in the rain and wind. Then the queue for the buses was even worse. Didn't even make it to the front when after an hour we gave up and walked back to Reading. Took over 2 and a half hours from race finish to getting back to the station 3 miles away.Date of review: March 3, 2014
In short: Great atmosphere, great medal, great timeDate of review: March 3, 2014
In short: Fantastic course as always, followed by baggage nightmareIn full: I've run Reading five times now, and there's no doubting that the course itself, the support and the pre-race organisation are all fantastic. It's a great course, not that challenging barring a couple of minor hills, and definitely has great PB potential. The support on the route is extensive throughout the race, and the water stations/lucoazade stops are plentiful.This year was the first year that I've had to drop a bag at the baggage tent. Whilst before the race, there was no problem. Like many others with race numbers 1-5,000, I experienced the pretty terrible problems of collecting baggage. Being left out in the cold wind for 45 minutes after completing a half marathon is far from ideal. The number of people shivering, myself included, was frankly worrying. All the more baffling was the fact that the women had their own tent, which had zero queues, and numbers 5,000+, at this time, were completely empty too. I saw the queues for the buses, and decided to walk to the station, which seemingly, was just as quick.It's a shame that such a simple thing as this can tar a really good, mass participation race, but I'll be back next year I'm sure after contacting the organiers. Hopefully without a bag!Date of review: March 3, 2014
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