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Debates of Oct. 29th, 2002
House of Commons Hansard #17 of the 37th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was appointments.
- Government Response to Petitions
- Citizenship Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Supply
- Arts and Culture
- Post-Secondary Education
- Kids for A Cure
- Saint-Hyacinthe Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- National Defence
- Kyoto Protocol
- Women's History Month
- Social Housing
- Queens's Jubilee Medal
- Chinese Canadians
- Health
- Brazil
- Agropur Plant in Chambord
- Diabetes
- Man Booker Prize
- Diwali
- Father Lindsay
- Canadian Coast Guard
- Kyoto Protocol
- Government Contracts
- Taxation
- National Defence
- Health Care
- Government Contracts
- National Defence
- Softwood Lumber
- National Defence
- Currency
- Student Loans
- Financial Institutions
- Student Loans Program
- National Defence
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Health
- Firearms Registry
- Foreign Affairs
- Regulatory System
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Grain Transportation
- Chinese Communities
- Presence in Gallery
- Privilege
- Committees of the House
- Supply
- Nuclear Safety and Control Act
- Canada Pension Plan
- Supply
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
Richard Marceau Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier, QC
Madam Speaker, my colleague from Châteauguay is a highly skilled lawyer, a member of the Barreau du Québec. He knows full well that the legislator does not talk needlessly.
This morning, the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons was saying that the motion moved this morning by the Bloc was redundant because appearance before a committee was automatic. He referred us, among other things, to Standing Order 111. However, when we look at Standing Order 111, we wee that "the committee shall if it deems appropriate, call". In section (2), it says: "if it should call an appointee", thus including the conditional in the Standing Order.
What does my colleague think about the government House leader's argument that this is automatic, when the Standing Order makes it conditional? Does the government House leader's argument make sense?
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
Robert Lanctôt Châteauguay, QC
Madam Speaker, it does not make any sense. My colleague just read it. One does not need a master's degree in law to know that the conditional is about conditions. Hence, as a condition, we say that, if something happens, "we will do this". This is not necessary and automatic.
It is thus urgent and important that there be immediate transparency on an issue such as this one. We are talking about 3,500 high level positions. It is not simply the Prime Minister of Canada who should decide about these positions. There must absolutely be some transparency for democracy and freedom to exist in this country. The decision about such influential positions must be removed from the Prime Minister's hands.
What I want to say to my colleague is that the response given by the government House leader shows one thing: either he has not read the motion and the amendment moved by the Bloc Quebecois, or he does not know verbs in the conditional or the definition of the word "condition". When we say that all this must—
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
The Acting Speaker (Ms. Bakopanos)
I am sorry to interrupt the hon. member, but we must now proceed to statements by members.
Arts and Culture
Statements by Members
October 29th, 2002 / 1:55 p.m.
Sarmite Bulte Parkdale—High Park, ON
Madam Speaker, last night in Toronto, the Elinore and Lou SiminovitchPrize for theatre was awarded to Montreal dramaturge Carole Fréchette.
This prestigious award goes along with a cheque for $75,000 for Ms. Fréchette and another for $25,000 for her protegée, the dramaturge Geneviève Billette.
The award was designed to be divided in this way by its founders, in order to recognize the great importance of mentoring.
We should applaud this support for mentoring and we should rejoice in the breadth and depth of the exceptional playwrights we have gracing the cultural life of our country; playwrights like Carole Fréchette.
I would also like to congratulate three of my constituents: Don Hannah, Daniel MacIvor and Jason Sherman, on being nominated for this award this year.
I also extend my congratulations to the creators of this fine prize. In particular let me salute Mrs. Elizabeth Comper who chairs the founder's committee.
Post-Secondary Education
Statements by Members
1:55 p.m.
Andrew Telegdi Kitchener—Waterloo, ON
Madam Speaker, Canadians with modest or middle level incomes are increasingly challenged to help finance their children's higher education. Steep tuition increases have greatly outstripped wage growth in the past decade and has resulted in more and more qualified students being unable to get a post-secondary education. This is a loss we cannot afford.
We live in a knowledge based economy. Canada needs more graduates equipped with cutting edge skills and learning vital to the growth of our domestic economy and to the success of Canadian business in the global marketplace.
Today students need larger loans to cover tuition fee increases and the impact of inflation on their cost of living. We must reduce the financial barriers to post-secondary education. To this end, I urge the government to increase the Canada student loan program maximum weekly loan limit and provide new debt reducing mechanisms to help students shoulder the burden of increased debt.
Kids for A Cure
Statements by Members
1:55 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
James Rajotte Edmonton Southwest, AB
Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise today and honour the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's first Kids for a Cure Day here on Parliament Hill.
Today 40 children from across Canada living with Type I juvenile diabetes will meet with members of Parliament to share their experiences as well as their hopes for a cure. These youngsters will explain how their reliance upon insulin affects their lives and will stress the need for decision makers to support innovative research advances, allowing the opportunity for research that could potentially lead to a cure.
Diabetes is a very serious disease, as we all know, and a leading cause of death in Canada. Juvenile diabetes affects more than 200,000 Canadians who require daily insulin injections just to live.
I ask all members to join with me and the Kids for a Cure in calling upon Parliament to support research such as the Edmonton protocol and beta cell replacement, so that we may finally vanquish this disease.
Saint-Hyacinthe Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Statements by Members
1:55 p.m.
Diane St-Jacques Shefford, QC
Madam Speaker, I was informed this past April by students in my riding of a serious problem being experienced by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Université de Montréal, located in Saint-Hyacinthe.
At a Quebec caucus last spring, I brought this to the attention of my colleagues and also wrote all Liberal MPs to inform them of the situation, since it is likely to occur in the three other faculties of vetinary medicine before long.
I wrote to several ministers to request their prompt intervention. In August, I met with Faculty Dean Dr. Raymond Roy, who fears the worst for his faculty. The clock is ticking. December 2003 is the deadline and he have not yet obtained the financial support to guarantee continuation of the accreditation of his faculty.
Given the urgency of reinvestment, I am begging the government to act with all possible haste in this matter. Food safety, the health of Canadians, and our world reputation are at stake. We must avoid a repetition of the crisis that has been experienced by European farmers and consumers.
National Defence
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Rob Anders Calgary West, AB
Madam Speaker, there will always be a debate over where taxpayer money is best spent. That said, it has become obvious to me, my colleagues on this side of the House and now even members of the government's own benches that the Canadian Forces need more money. Everyone but the Prime Minister agrees.
It is that simple message which was reinforced today at a press conference by Corrie Adolph, president of Canadians for Military Preparedness. She heads a grassroots organization of regular Canadians fighting for increased funding for our troops. Their goal is to change government policy by informing Canadians about the issues and by explaining how the problems facing the military affect us all.
They have started a petition calling for increased funding to the military, with a goal of one million signatories. Canadians will sign this petition because the government is putting our troops in danger. The government is letting down our allies and is putting the safety of ordinary Canadians at risk.
Kyoto Protocol
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Karen Kraft Sloan York North, ON
Madam Speaker, contrary to what the Kyoto naysayers may think, it is Mother Nature who will have the final say on Kyoto. Alberta Environment Minister Taylor and Premier Klein may come to understand this obvious point if they consulted their own experts.
On October 24 Premier Klein received a letter from Professor David Schindler, Canada's most eminent water ecologist, and 56 other Albertan scientists inviting the premier to attend a Kyoto 101 briefing. The roaring silence that has ensued suggests that the province prefers its policy of not consulting its own experts or its own citizens, preferring instead to spend money, public money, attacking the protocol.
This do-nothing strategy will ensure that the impacts of climate change costs to Alberta will be massive. The costs of climate change are not simply regional in scope, they are pan-Canadian and they are global.
Action must be taken now. A lesson from Premier Klein's most qualified experts would teach him this.
Women's History Month
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Carolyn Parrish Mississauga Centre, ON
Madam Speaker, October is Women's History Month. This year's theme is Women and Sport--Champions Forever. I would like to take this opportunity to celebrate the achievements of Nancy Greene Raine, declared Canada's female athlete of the 20th century.
Nancy Greene participated in three winter Olympics in Alpine skiing's slolam and giant slolam events and won gold and silver medals in 1968 in Grenoble, France. Her success continued as she won the World Cup title two years consecutively in 1967 and 1968. In fact, Nancy Greene was the inspiration for one personally disastrous attempt at downhill skiing, which I shall never forget.
Not only a great athlete, Nancy helped to develop the Nancy Greene ski league and entry level racing program for young children and has made significant contributions to the development of amateur sport in Canada.
Nancy and her husband, Al, have been instrumental in the development of the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort and are currently helping to develop the Sun Peaks ski resort in British Columbia.
I would like to congratulate Nancy Greene on her great accomplishments as an athlete, coach, businesswoman and mother.
Social Housing
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Diane Bourgeois Terrebonne—Blainville, QC
Mr. Speaker, as we speak, the Front populaire en réaménagement urbain de Montréal, in conjunction with the Canadian networks, is holding a rally on Parliament Hill, calling for an appropriate response to the urgent social housing needs of the population.
It is clear that the federal government is continuing to drive the people of Canada, and the people of Quebec in particular, into poverty by providing blatantly inadequate funding to meet glaring housing needs.
Now that the government is investing again in affordable housing, the Bloc Quebecois believes it is imperative that it deal with the issue of social housing, which concerns the most disadvantaged families.
The Bloc Quebecois joins all the representatives in demanding further investment, and reminds the federal government of its duty, responsibility and commitments to combat poverty and to meet the basic housing needs of the public.
Queens's Jubilee Medal
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
David Pratt Nepean—Carleton, ON
Mr. Speaker, last night I had the honour of presenting 20 of my constituents, from former politicians to local business leaders, from volunteers to veterans, with a much deserved Queen's Jubilee Medal.
Presenting these 20 community leaders with this special award was an opportunity to thank them for their years of service and contributions to our community and to Canada.
The medal recipients were: Mr. Al Bouwers; Mr. Paul Bradley; Major Deanna Marie Brasseur; Mr. Thomas Brownley; Mr. Thomas Jordan Clark; Ms. Iris Craig; Mr. Jules Deschenes; Mr. Ben Franklin; former MP Beryl Gaffney; Master Tae Eun Lee; Major Richard K. Malott; Mrs. Vera Mitchell; Mr. Thomas O'Neill; Mr. Peter Partner; Mrs. Margitha Partner; Mr. James Peaker; Mrs. Katherine Pitcher; Mr. E. Franklin Pope; Mr. Edward Smith; and former MP Bill Tupper.
I congratulate all these community leaders and thank them once again on behalf of the people of Nepean--Carleton.
Chinese Canadians
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
James Moore Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, BC
Mr. Speaker, today there was a rally by citizens who feel that the federal government has ignored their calls for a just acknowledgment of past wrongs. These citizens will be calling for an acknowledgment that the imposition of punitive payments, referred to as Chinese head taxes, from 1885 to 1923 was wrong.
We must recognize the contributions of Chinese Canadians in building our nation since before the time of Confederation, particularly in the creation of my home province of British Columbia.
We must also recognize that the introduction and imposition of Chinese head taxes was unjust. They caused a great deal of particular economic and human harm to Chinese Canadians, families and communities. They were also contrary to the Canadian value and ethic of equality before the law.
The wrongs of the past, as much as the great accomplishments that we share, are part of our common history. Thus, I encourage the government to recognize the wrongs of the past so that the Chinese community and all Canadians can have a prosperous and united future together.
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Karen Redman Kitchener Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Secretary of State for Amateur Sport, the Minister of Health, Chatelaine magazine, and the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport and Physical Activity, I would like to invite all members to participate in an On the Move Walking Club on Parliament Hill, Wednesday, October 30 at 1:15 p.m.
This two kilometre walk will begin and end at the Centennial Flame and seeks to raise awareness of On the Move Walking Clubs which encourage women to walk for fitness and improve their health. Walking remains a popular and practical activity among Canadian women, and the combination of physical activity and proper nutrition can result in enormous health benefits and reduce the risk of heart disease, obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis, stroke, depression and colon cancer.
On the Move Walking Clubs are a timely and valuable health initiative and we encourage all to join in. We hope to see a large turnout tomorrow.
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Svend Robinson Burnaby—Douglas, BC
Mr. Speaker, last Sunday the people of Brazil elected Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as their president.
The election of Lula, a democratic socialist and leader of the PT or Workers' Party in the fifth largest democracy in the world of 175 million people, gives great hope to the poor, landless and marginalized people of Brazil. Lula has pledged to build a country that has more justice, brotherhood and solidarity. He has put fighting poverty at the top of his agenda. His party, along with social movements, held a people's plebiscite last month in which 10 million people voted 85% against the FTAA. Lula faces huge challenges as the first left wing president in Brazil's history.
My colleagues and I in the New Democratic Party wish to congratulate him and his party on this historic victory. As Lula said "hope won over fear". Agora é Lula. Lula lá.


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The Society for Economic Botany
Fostering research and education on the past, present, and future uses of plants by people.
Economic Botany 2012
53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany
Ethnobotany of Mountain Cultures
Frostburg State University and Allegany College
June 3-7th, 2012, Frostburg, MD, USA
Registration | Housing | Transportation | Conference Event Schedule | Scientific Program | Poster Abstracts
About the Conference:
Frostburg State University and Allegany College of Maryland will Host the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany with a Focus on Mountain Cultures
The 53rd Annual Meeting of The Society for Economic Botany will gather the first week in June at Frostburg State University in Maryland. The theme for the meeting will be the Ethnobotany of Mountain Cultures. The conference will begin Saturday, June 2nd with a student lead service project and a photography workshop. Sunday, June 3rd, will include pre-conference fieldtrips to Dr. Jim Duke's Green Farmacy Garden, Harding's Ginseng Farm, Green Ridge State Forest, and a Nature Conservancy boreal bog. Sunday evening will feature an ACES sponsored farmers' market and entertainment by Sparky and Rhonda Rucker. The conference symposium will be held June 4th-7th and include presentations on Appalachian, Himalayan and European mountains Ethnobotany. The Open Science Network in Ethnobiology will sponsor a special symposium on Ethnobiology Education.
Additional events include the opening reception of Celebrate Forests photography exhibition by Josh Birnbaum, a student mixer sponsored by the United Plant Savers, and a presentation by Dr. W.Hardy Eshbaugh sponsored by Allegany College of Maryland
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Sunday, June 3rd
The conference begins with several field trips, an afternoon farmer's market, and evening entertainment.
Field Trips: 8 am - 4 pm including: Jim Duke's Green Farmacy Garden and a Nature Conservancy boreal bog
Farmer's Market: 1-8 pm on the Compton Lawn, brought to you by the Appalachian Center for Ethnobotanical Studies(ACES) through Allegheny Mountain Naturally. Support Mountain Maryland Farmers & Crafts people.
Entertainment: 7-9 pm Kicking things off on Sunday, June 3rd with folktales from Sparky and Rhonda Rucker, winners of the 2011 Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong Legacy Award. Listen while feasting on an old fashion outdoor pig roast (vegetatian options available).
Monday, June 4th
An Appalachian Welcome: Ginseng, Afrolachians, Appalachian Place-Based foods, American Chestnut, and Black Cohosh. United Plant Savers will present about the At-Risk List and Medicinal Plant Conservation.
Dancing the night away at the Student Mixer on Monday night to traditional bluegrass music! Hear about opportunities to be involved with United Plant Savers.
Tuesday, June 5th
Open Science Network in Ethnobiology: Technology, Networking, and Peer-Review to improve our ethnobiology curriculum and develop accreditation.
Evening speaker Dr. Hardy Eshbaugh transportation provided to Allegany College of Maryland.
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Distinguished Economic Botanist Banquet
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Queen, Hurd/Larimer Miss Cut for Semifinals
What: Day 2 of Slalom Racing at the London 2012 Olympic Games
When: Monday, July 30
Where: Lee Valley White Water Centre in Waltham Cross, just north of London
Who: qualifying heats for both Eric Hurd (Woodstock, Ga.) and Jeff Larimer (Marietta, Ga.) in Men's Canoe Double (C2) and Caroline Queen (Darnestown, Md.) in Women's Kayak (K1)
How can I watch? Taped highlights of Women's K1 will be shown on NBC at 11:05am ET and 4:45 ET. Taped highlights of Men's C-2 will be shown later on NBC at 12:50am ET Tuesday morning. Click HERE for local listings.
ERIC HURD and JEFF LARIMER, Men's C2
Place: 12th out of 14 boats
Advance: No, Top 10 C2 boats advance to Thursday's Semifinal
Best Time: 109.78 seconds (second run)
Penalty Seconds (included in Best Time): 6 seconds due to three gate touches
Behind Leader: +12.80 seconds behind Gauthier Klauss and Matthieu Peche of Germany
CAROLINE QUEEN, Women's K1
Place: 17th out of 21 boats
Advance: No, Top 15 K1 boats advance to Thursday's Semifinal
Best Time: 117.05 seconds
Penalty Seconds (included in Total Time): 2 seconds due to 1 gate touch
Behind Leader: +18.30 seconds behind Maialen Chourraut of Spain
Penalties again were enough to prevent Women's K1 Caroline Queen (Darnestown, Md.) and the Men's Double Canoe tandem of Eric Hurd (Woodstock, Ga.) and Jeff Larimer (Marietta, Ga.) from advancing. Hurd and Larimer finished 12th and Queen 17th Monday to cap off a tough two days for the U.S. Olympic Slalom Team at the Lee Valley White Water Centre.
(see below for QUOTES)
Hurd, 26, and Larimer, 30, improved upon their first qualifying heat to turn in a second run time of 109.78. Had it not been for three gate touch penalties, including a particularly tough call on Gate 12, the duo could have finished as high as 8th. The fastest of the two runs for each athlete count and the top 10 Men's C2 boats advanced to Thursday's Semifinal. Fourteen boats competed.
The C2 tandem also incurred 6 seconds of penalty time in their first run, which they finished in 112.91. That time was good enough for 12th in the first heat. Their improved second run was 9th fastest in the heat.
In Women's K1, Queen was turning in an improved second qualifying heat only to stumble late in the course. She nearly missed the second-to-last gate (#21) altogether, but was able to valiantly paddle back, much to the delight of the 8,386 spectators on hand. While the 20-year-old Olympian avoided the 50-second penalty for missing the gate, the lost time negated an otherwise fast time. She finished the second run in 136.23, including four penalty seconds.
Queen ranked 13th after a solid first heat time of 117.05, but was unable to hold off four paddlers from overtaking her with improved second runs. She finished 17th, just outside of the top 15 necessary to reach Thursday's K1 Semifinal.
On Sunday, Three-time Olympian Scott Parsons (Bethesda, Md.) and two-time Olympian Casey Eichfeld (Drums, Pa.) also narrowly missed out on advancing to the semifinals. Click HERE for a full Day 1 recap.
Beginning Aug. 7, the 2012 U.S. Olympic Sprint Kayakers will take to the flatwater of Eton Dorney for competition. Check www.usack.org for more information.
Caroline Queen on her 2nd run prior to nearly missing Gate 21:
"It was going pretty well, I had some penalties. But I think that the boat was moving well, so I think I would have been able to survive those penalties. But I think I came a little too high out of the second to last [upstream gate], the line was off, I was late in [Gate] 20. I was trying to get back on line and didn't quite do it as effectively as I ought to have."
Queen on paddling back to avoid missing the gate:
"For me, sport is a lot about heart, and that was a heart moment."
Queen on if she heard the crowd cheering her on as she paddled back:
"I was pretty in the zone, so I couldn't quite hear the buzz. But it's enough for me to want it."
Queen on if she had trouble with that gate on the first run:
"No. I nailed that on my first run, which is too bad. I did the [upstream gate] a little differently because I took a two-second penalty on my first run. But the line out should not have been different and, unfortunately, I did not replicate that."
Queen on her performance today:
"I think the preparation for the second run was really good. The first run, I think it was hard because I went kind of early. So we didn't have a chance to see exactly what was what on Gate 12, but that's the game. No regrets from this experience, that's for sure."
U.S. Olympic Coach Silvan Poberaj on Queen's performance:
"In the first run, she executed mostly the way that was planned. She had a big time error Gate 9 to 10 and 12 to 13. For the rest, the first run was pretty much what she was planning to do and it was a decent run. In the second run, she improved in those two places very well. However, she had a very big error at the very bottom. She went a little too high out for the upstream Gate 18 and it pushed her too early to the right and then she had to make the adjustment and she didn't have the right approach into Gate 20, so that was the main reason for the mistake on Gate 21."
Poberaj on how Queen can learn from this experience:
"Olympics are an experience that's different than anything else and it can be very helpful if she takes the right conclusions out of this kind of competition and makes a plan for how to go from here and not make the same mistakes and to improve."
Eric Hurd on the costly second run penalties:
We're close to the gates and we always are. They're calling them pretty strict out there. We're hitting them so light, we didn't even know we hit two of them on the first run and we didn't even know we hit two of them on the second run. We knew we took one touch, but it is what it is. I'm pretty disappointed, but still happy to be here.
Jeff Larimer on the placement of the gates for the heats:
"It's a pretty tough course. There's a lot of hard left-handed moves that we're having trouble with sliding around because we're better at right-handed moves. It's a tough course, but we certainly could have done better."
Larimer on the improved second run:
"All in all, it was faster, it's just those three touches that killed us."
Hurd on what was improved in the second run:
"The top offset move. I wouldn't say we nailed it, but it was pretty quick."
Larimer on what he'll take away from this experience:
"It's hard to say right now. We need to calm down, I'll be able to reflect on it more. But we are happy just to be here and experience all of this. It's incredible."
USA Canoe/Kayak National Teams Director William Irving on C2's performance:
"The C2, they definitely had two tough runs today, they were just dirty. I think if they would have just stayed clean, they obviously would have been fast enough to make it into the semis. They were faster on the second run, but they needed to be just that much faster and they just could not afford to have six seconds worth of penalties. I think it shows that they were fast enough. But it's the Olympic Games, they've got to be clean."
Irving on the placement of the gates for the heats:
"There are two tough sections for C2s for sure where it's forcing them to spin in an area. But overall, this is the Olympic Games, you want tough. You want to be able to paddle on the best course possible and that is what's here today."
Hurd, 26, and Larimer, 30, kick things off with the first of two Men's C2 qualifying heats at 1:30 pm GMT. The fastest of the two runs for each athlete will count and the top 10 Men's C2 boats advance to Thursday's Semifinal. Fourteen boats are competing.
The C2 tandem earned their first Olympic berth with a 9th place finish at the 2012 World Cup No. 1 in Cardiff, Wales on June 10, which was the best finish for the pair since joining forces two years ago. They clinched the boat quota slot for Team USA at the 2011 Pan American Championships in Foz do Iguassu, Brazil on March 10.
All roads to the Gold medal must go through the World No. 1 and three-time reigning Olympic championship duo of Pavol and Peter Hochschorner of Slovakia. Jaroslav Volf and Ondrej Stepanek of Czech Republic have shown steady improvement, winning bronze in 2004, silver in 2008 and then overtaking the Hochschorners to win the 2012 European Championships.
As the junior member of the U.S. Canoe/Kayak Team, the 20-year-old Queen will look to shake off any nerves in order to finish among the top 15 kayakers after heats to reach Thursday's Semifinal. The fastest of the two runs for each athlete will count. The field is comprised of 21 boats.
Queen earned the boat quota slot for Team USA with a 37th place finish at the 2011 World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia on September 9. She then clinched the spot for herself by placing 35th at the 2012 World Cup No. 1 in Cardiff, Wales on June 9. She most recently finished 17th at the 2012 Under-23 World Championships in Wausua, Wisconsin, July 11-15.
Queen will face stiff competition from World No. 1 Jana Dukatova of Slovakia, who won the Silver medal at the 2011 and 2010 World Championships. World No. 2 Maialen Chourraut of Spain won Gold medals at two World Cups this year and a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships.
USA Canoe/Kayak is a non-profit membership organization based in Oklahoma City, OK, promoting canoe and kayak racing in the United States. A member of the United States Olympic Committee, USA Canoe/Kayak is the national governing body for the Olympic sports of Flatwater Sprint and Whitewater Slalom and the official U.S. federation of the International Canoe Federation. Other paddling sports sanctioned by USACanoe/Kayak include Marathon, Freestyle, Wildwater, Stand Up Paddleboard, Canoe Polo, Canoe Sailing, Outrigger, and Dragon Boat. For more information about USA Canoe/Kayak, please visit us on the web at www.usack.org, on Twitter at @usacanoekayak and Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/USACanoeKayak.


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What do you think of Janet Picard's oil paintings?
Welcoming Janet Picard to the Walls of Stonehurst!
You may have noticed from our past blogs that a lot is happening here at Stonehurst. New driveways, new furniture, new landscapes and new… art? One of the areas we have been exploring for our showroom is displaying beautiful, handmade pieces from artists across Southern Vermont. It's our belief that our customers love the beauty and elegance of our handmade furniture, so showcasing our furniture with paintings and sculptures that evoke the same feelings just makes sense.
One of the artists that I had the chance to meet with this week and who will be showcasing her paintings in the months to come is Janet Picard. I discovered Janet's work while browsing through a few artist groups located in the Brattleboro area. The pieces above really stuck out to me because it seemed to capture everything I love about Vermont's forests.
Janet uses bright colors and expressionistic strokes to create unusual yet realistic paintings of landscapes, forests and flowers. Janet's art is beautiful to look at and is a modern take on a traditional style of painting. Janet describes her paintings as "merging actual places with imagined visions." After chatting with Janet for a while on Tuesday, Douglas and I agree that Janet will make a fine addition to our showroom and we think our customers will agree.
Janet has a showroom of her own at her studio in West Brattleboro right behind the Chelsea Royal Diner. Speaking of which, when she's not spreading oil on canvas you can find her making ice cream for Chelsea Royal, which she and her partner own. If you haven't been there yet, it's worth stopping. Their menu features ingredients grown right on their own farm! They have free-range chickens, grass-fed beef and some very well fed pigs. What better way to absorb Vermont culture than to enjoy a plate of locally-produced cuisine and then take-in some gorgeous, Vermont inspired art.
We're so excited to have Janet's work gracing the walls of Stonehurst! She's just one of a few artists that you'll be able to see on display when you come to visit our fine furniture showroom. Stop by and check it out or be on the look-out for the arts section of our website, coming soon!I'm thinking we'll put Janet's pieces up right here! What do you think?
This blog is written by your friends at Vermont Woods Studios. Check out our Vermont made furniture and home decor online and visit our showroom and art gallery at Stonehurst, the newly restored 1800s farmhouse nestled in the foothills of the Green Mountains.


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Topic: Create a button for submitting values
I need to create a button "submit" for submitting scope_id to the application which should set it globally across the application.
The script I wrote in views/index.rhtml which shows me all the scope Ids, How do I add a button?
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To join our clan, you need to post a picture of your pump, or pumps, and tell us a story about you playing pump. Some examples would be why you started playing pump, or some funny story about a time you played pump.
To make it onto the members list, you must meet the above criteria, and remain active in the thread. No fair only posting once and then leaving. If I haven't seen you in the thread for a while(probably like a months time) I'll pm you to see what's going on. If you don't get back to me, I'll take you off the members list. For all those that make it onto the members list, hopefully I will have a sweet sig for you guys if you so choose to use it.
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Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participated in an interview with Sharif Amer of Al-Hayat TV, which was broadcast on October 1 in Cairo, Egypt. Secretary Clinton and Mr. Amer discussed Egypt's democratic transition and recent events in the region. She said, "...We are very impressed and encouraged by what we see happening in Egypt. We know this is a difficult transition period and, in the great span of Egyptian history, one of the most important moments of your history. And I think it's essential that all of us look at how much has been accomplished in the last eight months and the fact that elections are scheduled, that there is a path forward for this very vibrant, new democratic change is very encouraging and we think it's on the right track."
Secretary Clinton held bilateral meetings last week with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr, Nigerian Foreign Minister Ashiru, and Portuguese Foreign Minister Portas. In each meeting, Secretary Clinton and her counterparts discussed a wide variety of bilateral and global issues. During her joint press conference with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ashiru, Secretary Clinton addressed the assault on U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford and the Embassy staff in Syria on September 29. She said, "…We condemn this unwarranted attack in the strongest possible terms. Ambassador Ford and his aides were conducting normal Embassy business, and this attempt to intimidate our diplomats through violence is wholly unjustified."
On September 30, Secretary Clinton released a statement on Iran's continuing human rights violations. She said, "The United States is deeply concerned by reports of the Iranian government's continued repression of its people. Despite statements from Iran's Supreme Leader and President claiming support for the rights and freedoms of Iranian citizens and people in the region, the government continues its crackdown on all forms of dissent, belief, and assembly. We are particularly concerned by reports that Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani is facing execution on charges of apostasy for refusing to recant his faith. This comes amid a harsh onslaught against followers of diverse faiths, including Zoroastrians, Sufis, and Baha'is."
Secretary Clinton also traveled to Little Rock, Arkansas, where she discussed renewing America's global leadership for the Frank and Kula Kumpuris Distinguished Lecture Series. In her remarks, Secretary Clinton spoke of the death of Anwar al-Awlaki, a leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. She said, "…Today we are all safer, but we recognize that the threat remains, that al-Qaida does maintain the ability to plan and carry out attacks, and that our vigilance is required. So we will, along with our partners and allies, continue to ratchet up the pressure, continue pursuing a comprehensive strategic approach to counterterrorism, and work to deny al-Qaida and its affiliates safe haven anywhere in the world."
Preventing proliferation and securing vulnerable nuclear materials remains a priority of the United States. Secretary Clinton signed the Memorandum of Understanding with Ukraine on Nuclear Security Cooperation on September 26. Meanwhile, Andreea Paulopol, a Physical Scientist in the Office of Verification and Transparency Technologies, shared her experiences as a UN Disarmament Fellow, where she is learning how the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and to the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) are integrating new measures and improved verification and compliance capabilities.
Ambassador Kurt Tong shared his experiences from the Third Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Officials Meeting and Related Meetings (SOM 3) in San Francisco, where officials have been making progress on three themes of the host year: strengthening regional economic integration and expanding trade, encouraging environmentally sustainable growth, and promoting regulatory cooperation and convergence throughout the region. In other economic news, Ambassador David Adelman traveled to the United States for the "Five-Cities-Five-Days" National Export Initiative (NEI) Outreach tour, where he met with U.S. companies in America's heartland to talk about exporting to Singapore and Asia. Similarly, U.S. Chiefs of Mission to Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Panama, and Peru visited seven U.S. cities in two groups as part of a five-day tour to promote U.S. exports to Latin America.
In other news, Assistant Secretary Eric Schwartz discussed the challenges ahead in addressing humanitarian crises around the world at the U.S. Institute of Peace, while anticorruption experts from G-20 member countries met in Paris to assess progress on the fight against global corruption.
On a somber note, Secretary Clinton released a statement on the passing of Dr. Wangari Maathai. She said, "…From early on, Dr. Maathai was a tireless advocate for the environment, for women and for all those in the developing world who are unable to realize their potential."
The State Department is committed to advancing the rights of women and girls as a central focus of U.S. diplomacy and development. In Islamabad, the U.S. Embassy is promoting IT skills for Pakistani women. In Kabul, 17 Afghan women became the thirteenth class of policewomen to graduate an international narcotics and law enforcement program. With each graduating class, the number of trained, skilled policewomen grows, setting an example for the next generation of Afghan women. Furthermore, U.S. Embassy New Delhi hosted its third annual "Women in Science" workshop as part of its efforts to encourage women and girls to pursue careers in science and technical fields.
Last week marked the 11th anniversary of World Heart Day, created to educate people around the globe about the dangers of cardiovascular disease. Krysten Carrera highlighted how the United States is committed to the fight against cardiovascular disease through global and domestic initiatives. Also noteworthy, participants in the International Visitor Leadership Program joined Peace Corps alumnae to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps.
As the Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series marks its 150th anniversary, the Office of the Historian launched an Oral History Program that will document the history of U.S. foreign relations and bring a historical perspective to current policy making.
In the week ahead, Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson will hold a conversation with Sam Worthington, President and CEO of InterAction, on the crisis in the Horn of Africa on Tuesday, October 4. Be sure to join the discussion by submitting your questions on DipNote. You can also follow the White House Tweetup for the arrival ceremony of the Republic of Korea President Lee Myung-bak October 13 on Twitter with the hashtag #WHTweetup.
To all members of the Jewish community who celebrated Rosh Hashanah this week, I would like to echo President Obama's message and wish you "a sweet year full of health, happiness, and peace."
Simona M. in Serbia writes:
BRAVO!!!&YOU; miss me in everyday reality as ordinary dear human close friend onesly-very respect You!&I like Your fresh sexy looking Lady in Red!All the BEST!
Adri D. in Indonesia writes:
Hope you guys have another good one this week
God Bless
Jonny in Utah writes:
Thanks for another fab week in review. The convenience of being able to catch up with State in one posting is great. I have to say I'm tired of the Iranian government acting like they care about human rights. The only way they can stay in office is to be against human rights.
Dr. G in West Virginia writes:
L'shana tova to you too, Hillary
M. writes:
today I with pleasure saw hear and felt the hand of Mrs. Secretary on Amanda Knox at the beginning of her speech concerning about the loss of her friend Meredith ;)
Be afraid of Justice fear it do not seek hope but pray for the gift of faith therefore faith on the guy behind the judge.
Ladygaga / BarakObamatt: Voters in a social media world only with Twitter ladygaga has world wide around 14millions follower it s a great vehicle of informations and about a million voters only in the us - that s the reason of the Idea.
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why I feel like WE are making history ?
great job Mrs. Secretary
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you see :) faith in the guy behind the judge why M. ?
Eric in New Mexico writes:
As the perverse status quo of Syria's nightmare under Assad continues unabated, it's good to have a witness, but I think it's taking one hell of a toll on the man, if this interview is any evidence;
Ya gotta wonder whether the international community will finally have seen too much to ignore without physicly intervening to put a stop to the slaughter(at Syrian protestor request and dire predicament)before the good Ambassador has seen too much and says "I've had enough, can't do this no more."
Everybody's got their limits, Assad knows none.
Time we hobbled his caboose.
(kicking the legs out from under him and letting him fall hard will amount to the same thing)
How much of this does the world want to witness anyway?
Folks be writing some pretty shameful history here if ya'all let this continue.
Regardless of what happens in the UNSC.
If no one can be bothered to drop a large rock on Assad's head, I guess he'll be reveling in his bloody entertainment for quite some time with a captive audience of silent aquiecence, from every cowardly leader on this planet who shirks their common duty to humanity.
There does come a point where in encoraging people to remain peaceful in the face of being killed by one's government, that one risks being accused of leading lambs to the slaughter, and it might be the truth.
The people are being driven to become violent out of pure survival instinct and it's not something diplomacy can control until the perpetrator of the crimes committed upon the people is stopped in his tracks.
He's been told to step aside, "get out of the way", (or get out of town...if you will) and now it's time to either bust him, or bury him.
Put him on trial in the Haugue, or let him find a hidy hole until hell catches up with him.
Then we can witness some peace.
Thanks for letting me vent like this Dipnote bloggers, they used to have this thing..."let's win this one for the gipper" ...I think we should do that for Amb. Ford in this case.
Unilaterally if we must, and against all objections..."you're either with us, or get the hell out of the way."
That'll ring a few bells and toot a few whisles and cause a few Mullahs in Iran many sleepless nights wondering if they're next, I'll betcha!
And we can do the Syrian people proud in the process. I think they know they are at the point where they need all the help they can get...as of yesterday.
Jen in Virginia writes:
Wow, another busy week for U.S. Diplomacy. Keep up the good work Secretary Clinton and team!


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Topic: What's the point of some of the shoulda matchers?
Given this example:
describe Post do
it { should belong_to(:user) }
it { should validate_presence_of(:title) }
Why are these tests even necessary when they are exact mirrors of the rails functions? Isn't that essentially testing the framework? This kind of thing seems pointless to me. If I have a method call in my Post class that says "belongs_to(:user)", why would I bother testing that?
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As regional administrator, Hudson oversees GSA's operations in support of the federal government's Washington, D.C., area workplace needs through the acquisition of office space, equipment, telecommunications and information technology. In addition, she is responsible for the entire Washington metro area federal real estate inventory of 96 million square feet in more than 80 government-owned and leased facilities that house nearly 300,000 federal workers.
Prior to joining GSA, Hudson served as a vice president of Chase Communications, where she provided proactive public relations and marketing strategy to a range of private sector clients, helping them to increase their business opportunities and public profile. Previously, Hudson served as chief of staff to Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, chair of the House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. During her tenure, Hudson assisted in advancing legislative strategy, managed office personnel, and served as liaison to the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Congressional Black Caucus.
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Hudson received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Spelman College in Atlanta and a Master of Arts in public affairs/broadcast radio and TV from American University in Washington, DC.
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Debates of June 1st, 1995
House of Commons Hansard #209 of the 35th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was quebec.
- Privilege
- Government Response To Petitions
- Department Of Health Act
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Supply
- Cultural Exchanges
- Environment Week
- Environment
- Agriculture
- Visit Of Thomas Mitsios
- The Environment
- National Access Awareness Week
- Chile's Inclusion In Nafta
- Liberal Red Book
- Regional Development
- Gun Control
- Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader
- Red Cross
- Upper Nicola Indian Band
- Sergeant Thomas Joachim Hoppe
- Parti Quebecois
- Bosnia
- Gross Domestic Product
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Unemployment Insurance Reform
- Bosnia
- Singer
- Government Appointments
- Air Navigation
- Student Exchanges
- Air-India Disaster
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Canadian Wheat Board
- The Environment
- Research And Development Contracts
- Employment Equity
- Gasoline Prices
- Contraventions Act
- Presence In Gallery
- Privilege
- Business Of The House
- Supply
- Legal Recognition Of Same Sex Spouses
10 a.m.
The Speaker
My colleagues, a short while ago the hon. member for Saint John raised a point of privilege. I had suggested to the House that we wait until we hear from the minister who was involved. Today the Minister of Health is with us and I have been informed that she has asked to make a statement.
10 a.m.
Diane Marleau Minister of Health
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to respond to a question of privilege which has been put before the House by the hon. member for Saint John.
The question concerns the inclusion of a photograph of the hon. member in a report released by Health Canada on May 19 of this year. The motion is serious and it is important that the House be apprised of the facts involved. According to the information provided to me by my officials, after looking into the matter, they are as follows.
The report contained the findings of an independent panel of experts which had been commissioned by Health Canada to assess the possible impacts of plain and generic packaging of tobacco products. I want to emphasize the independence of this panel. It was given the authority and responsibility to produce an objective and unbiased assessment of the issue. The research conducted by the expert panel included a visual image experiment. It was in this context that a photograph of the hon. member appeared.
A private company was contracted by the panel to provide test pictures for this study. The company has advised that the method by which the photograph of the hon. member was selected is widely used in consumer image research and that it is not common practice to use release forms.
In this instance images from a variety of public sources, including libraries, magazines, stock image inventories and images in the public domain were compiled by a student on work placement with the firm. These images were then sorted and filed according to certain criteria which had been established by the panel. Final selections were made by the panel after it had reviewed all of the images.
The company has confirmed that numerous images were seen throughout the sourcing and selection process by all members of the project team but that at no time did anyone recognize one of the photographs as being the member for Saint John.
There are other points which I believe should be brought to the attention of the House. These pertain to several statements made by the hon. member when she rose on this question of privilege.
The first concerns the language used in the report to describe the photograph of the hon. member. The only description of that photograph is the one on page 91 of the report. Members will find that it does not correspond to the description that the hon. member has attributed to the report in her motion.
The second concerns the suggestion that this incident is similar to a 1985 question of privilege which the hon. member cited in her motion. It is important that the House be aware that unlike the situation in 1985, the hon. member in this case is not identified in the expert panel report by name as a member of Parliament or in any other manner.
The hon. member has asked for a public apology. I can inform the House that apologies were conveyed by all concerned without delay. I spoke to the hon. member and wrote to her within hours following the release of the expert panel report. I repeat today the regret that I expressed at that time.
The company that provided the photograph in question issued a public apology as did the expert panel. Canadians were advised of these actions through a statement issued by my department to the news media that same day.
The hon. member has also asked for an explanation of the events that accounted for the use of her photograph in the expert panel report. That explanation, which I have related here this morning, was provided in a letter to the hon. member which I am tabling today for the information of the House.
10:10 a.m.
The Speaker
Colleagues, I thank the hon. Minister of Health for giving us the information. This circumstance carries quite a few ramifications for all sitting members of Parliament. As was suggested by the hon. member for Kingston and the Islands, I would like some time to review both the statements of the hon. member for Saint John and the hon. Minister of Health.
After my deliberations, I will return to the House with a decision. I thank all members for their interventions.
Government Response To Petitions
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Kingston and the Islands
Peter Milliken Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to one petition.
Department Of Health Act
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Diane Marleau Minister of Health
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-95, an act to establish the Department of Health and to amend and repeal certain acts.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Jack Frazer Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, it is my duty and honour to rise in the House to present a petition, duly certified by the clerk of petitions, on behalf of 60 individuals from the riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands and surrounding areas.
The petitioners call on Parliament to enact legislation against serious personal injury crimes being committed by high risk offenders by permitting the use of post-sentence detention orders and specifically passing Bill C-240.
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
Dianne Brushett Cumberland—Colchester, NS
Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36 I would like to present a petition this morning, which has 922 signatures.
The petition pertains to the Ministry of Human Resources Development and the objection to improving the social security policy in Canada, which is unacceptable to these nearly 1,000 students of my riding.
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
Brent St. Denis Algoma, ON
Madam Speaker, I have several petitions I would like to present this morning.
The first petition is from constituents in the Blind River area of my riding. The petitioners wish to express to the government their concerns with respect to the issue of same sex legislation.
On the same issue, there is another petition signed by folks from the area of Blind River and Algoma Mills.
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
Brent St. Denis Algoma, ON
Madam Speaker, I would like to present a petition that has to do with the rape of women in the war in Bosnia. Constituents from the Sault Ste. Marie area of the Algoma riding wish to express their concerns on the issue.
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
Georgette Sheridan Saskatoon—Humboldt, SK
Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36 I have the honour today to present a petition on behalf of certain individuals from my riding of Saskatoon-Humboldt as well as other areas in the province of Saskatchewan.
The signatories to the petition are deeply concerned about the use of BST in dairy production and urge the House to desist from passing legislation legalizing the use of BST and require that products using BST be identified on their entry to Canada.
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
Sharon Hayes Port Moody—Coquitlam, BC
Madam Speaker, it is my duty and honour today to present three petitions from people from across Canada.
Two of the petitions are signed by almost 200 individuals who call upon Parliament to oppose any amendments to the Canadian Human Rights Act or to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that provide for the inclusion of the phrase "sexual orientation".
I concur with the petitions.
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
Sharon Hayes Port Moody—Coquitlam, BC
Madam Speaker, the third petition I have the honour to present today is from people in the Vancouver area, some of whom are from my riding of Port Moody-Coquitlam.
The petitioners pray that Parliament ensure that the present provision of the Criminal Code prohibiting assisted suicide be enforced vigorously and that Parliament make no changes in the
law that would sanction or allow the aiding or abetting of suicide or active or passive euthanasia.
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
Bob Ringma Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
Madam Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition in accordance with Standing Order 36 on the subject of gun control.
The petitioners request that Parliament support laws that would severely punish all violent criminals who use weapons in the commission of a crime. The petitioners also request that Parliament support new Criminal Code firearms control provisions that recognize and protect the rights of law-abiding citizens to own and use recreational firearms.
Questions On The Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
Kingston and the Islands
Peter Milliken Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Madam Speaker, I suggest that all the questions be allowed to stand.
Questions On The Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Maheu)
Is it agreed?


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A Loss in Our Community
I am a mother and if you are a parent, you know that the greatest gift in this life is the gift of your children. There is nothing on this earth that I love more than my boys. They fill my life with joy and if anything ever happened to either one of them, I can tell you that I would be broken. When something happens to children in our community, there is an impact felt all around.
When a talented, vibrant child in our community dies suddenly, it has an effect on the community as a whole. I did not know Tyler Putnam. Many of us did not have the pleasure of knowing him. Through watching news accounts and reading the stories in the paper, though, it is easy to know that Tyler Putnam was an amazing child with so much to give and share in this world. He died Thursday of Meningococcemia, which is a form of meningitis and he was just 16–a boy with his whole life ahead of him.
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It just doesn't make sense that just two months ago a family would be celebrating this honor and that their child would have been a junior at Irondequoit High this fall. How does this make any sense at all? I really think there is no way to make sense of something so tragic. Losing a child should be something no parent has to face.
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Through our diplomacy we strive to strengthen social and economic capacity, equitable access to basic health and education, and expand trade and investment, while continuing to deepen our relationships with our Pacific partners. Each country faces unique challenges. During the course of my trip, I look forward to my candid discussions at each stop. Our relations with the Pacific have grown and strengthened over the years. This trip includes meetings with government officials, NGOs, young leaders, academics and local communities. I hope by meeting with so many individuals on the ground that we can better build our cooperation.
Our commitment to continued engagement is demonstrated by the opening of a New Embassy Compound in Papua New Guinea that the delegation will have the honor of attending. This is a physical representation of the expanding relationship between Papua New Guinea and the United States. Another example of our cooperation is highlighted by the delegation's stop to Red Beach in Kiribati to visit jointly funded waste management project by USAID and NZAID.
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Even as Pacific Partnership 2012 completes its final whirlwind week in Cambodia, planning is under way for PP13 to return to these Pacific Island Countries. Very pleased to see A/S Campbell joining our defense and development colleagues for a second high-level tour of the region, and hope he is able to visit one of the Pacific Partnership mission sites in 2013 and experience the impact of this effort.
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"Gov. Perry and Gov. Brownback, as Americans, are free to worship however they like with whoever they like," said Michael Keegan, President of People For the American Way. "But it is troubling that both are willing to partner with, and lend credibility to, people like John Hagee and the American Family Association at such a high-profile event.
"The AFA has claimed that gays and lesbians are responsible for the Holocaust, that Native Americans deserved to be driven out of their lands, and that Muslims have no First Amendment rights. John Hagee has called the Catholic Church the 'great whore' and claimed that God sent Hitler to kill the Jews. It's absolutely stunning that a man who is considering running for president of the United States is not only appearing with these extremist figures, but giving them a national stage on which to promote their views.
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