Osprey Media Group Inc. - Brantford Expositor: "Harper gets an earful from city politicians
By Michael-Allan Marion
Local News - Saturday, July 23, 2005 @ 01:00
Conservative leader Stephen Harper got an education in the problems municipal councils face trying to keep their communities humming � and the efforts by one to revitalize a rundown core � in his visit Friday to Brantford.
The touring leader and Brant Conservative candidate Phil McColeman spent about an hour in the morning huddling in the Brantford Club with Mayor Mike Hancock, Coun. Larry Kings and three other councillors with Conservative Party memberships � Dan McCreary, Greg Martin and John Starkey.
Also in the discussion were prominent downtown developer Gabriel Kirchberger and a Laurier Brantford official.
Harper heard in spades about a fiscal imbalance between the three levels of government that leaves municipalities with not enough money to pay for their increased responsibilities, except to hit the property taxpayer with increases.
He listened while Hancock told him municipalities need a �real new deal� in permanent fiscal arrangements between the three levels of government. The federal share of the gasoline tax and the GST rebate already extended by the Liberal government are not enough, he said. "
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Saturday, July 23, 2005
Friday, July 22, 2005
Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - Shakeup for Trustee
A public victory-great QJ
Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - Shakeup for Trustee: "Justice Minister Gord Mackintosh and Health Minister Tim Sale have struck a working group to review all laws and practices that govern the Office of the Public Trustee, which could result in sweeping changes to how people have their lives taken over by the government.
The move comes after a series of stories in The Winnipeg Sun that exposed a serious lack of due process, appeals and basic rights for individuals who have their affairs taken over by the Public Trustee.
'I have some real concerns about a need for more checks and balances, natural justice or protections for the public,' Mackintosh told The Sun yesterday. 'There will be change.'
The story of Thomas Hanaway, 80, who had his life taken over by the Public Trustee last month, caused a firestorm of controversy and triggered a series that blew the lid off a system in desperate need of reform.
The Sun series also unearthed a precedent-setting court ruling last year by Queen's Bench Justice Murray Sinclair, who criticized the laws that govern the public trustee process.
The July 2004 written ruling got no publicity at the time but will now form an important part of the government probe.
'We have some serious concerns about the need to strengthen protections for those involved in this process,' said Mackintosh. 'It appears that there are some areas where due process should be improved and I want to see it improved.'
Mackintosh says one of the most important aspects of the process that requires change is how the province's director of psychiatric services appoints the Public Trustee as committee in the first place.
The Sun series showed how little investigation is done on a person before the Public Trustee is appointed, including no home visits or personal contact with the individual or family."
Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - Shakeup for Trustee: "Justice Minister Gord Mackintosh and Health Minister Tim Sale have struck a working group to review all laws and practices that govern the Office of the Public Trustee, which could result in sweeping changes to how people have their lives taken over by the government.
The move comes after a series of stories in The Winnipeg Sun that exposed a serious lack of due process, appeals and basic rights for individuals who have their affairs taken over by the Public Trustee.
'I have some real concerns about a need for more checks and balances, natural justice or protections for the public,' Mackintosh told The Sun yesterday. 'There will be change.'
The story of Thomas Hanaway, 80, who had his life taken over by the Public Trustee last month, caused a firestorm of controversy and triggered a series that blew the lid off a system in desperate need of reform.
The Sun series also unearthed a precedent-setting court ruling last year by Queen's Bench Justice Murray Sinclair, who criticized the laws that govern the public trustee process.
The July 2004 written ruling got no publicity at the time but will now form an important part of the government probe.
'We have some serious concerns about the need to strengthen protections for those involved in this process,' said Mackintosh. 'It appears that there are some areas where due process should be improved and I want to see it improved.'
Mackintosh says one of the most important aspects of the process that requires change is how the province's director of psychiatric services appoints the Public Trustee as committee in the first place.
The Sun series showed how little investigation is done on a person before the Public Trustee is appointed, including no home visits or personal contact with the individual or family."
Monday, June 20, 2005
Ethanol -the new strategy
The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association said five more plants would create hundreds of jobs, add hundreds of millions of dollars to the rural economy and produce cheaper, cleaner gas.
"We don't have large oilfields like Alberta but we can certainly produce renewable fuels here in Ontario," said executive director Kory Teneycke.
"It's the way of the future."
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation, however, predicted the cost of blended gas would go up by as much as a cent per litre.
Spokeswoman Tasha Kheiriddin called the province's plan an attempt to curry favour with the agricultural sector and derided the governing Liberals for providing businesses with a government subsidy.
"You should source that ethanol in the cheapest way possible," Kheiriddin said. "If it is cheaper to import it, then it should be imported and producers here should be more competitive to produce it at a lower cost."
"We don't have large oilfields like Alberta but we can certainly produce renewable fuels here in Ontario," said executive director Kory Teneycke.
"It's the way of the future."
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation, however, predicted the cost of blended gas would go up by as much as a cent per litre.
Spokeswoman Tasha Kheiriddin called the province's plan an attempt to curry favour with the agricultural sector and derided the governing Liberals for providing businesses with a government subsidy.
"You should source that ethanol in the cheapest way possible," Kheiriddin said. "If it is cheaper to import it, then it should be imported and producers here should be more competitive to produce it at a lower cost."
Saturday, May 14, 2005
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - Wind-farm first for the province
Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - Wind-farm first for the province: "Wind-farm first for the province
Generator comes on line
By STAFF REPORTER; PAUL TURENNE"
Generator comes on line
By STAFF REPORTER; PAUL TURENNE"
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Monday, April 25, 2005
Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - Gas from garbage
Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - Gas from garbage: "Could the rotting food scraps, grass clippings and old paper decomposing at the Brady Road Landfill be used to heat buildings, run electronic gadgets or help Canada meet its Kyoto Protocol targets? The City of Winnipeg and Manitoba Hydro are trying to find out. "
Friday, April 22, 2005
Economist.com The end of the oil age
Economist.com
The end of the Oil Age
Oct 23rd 2003
From The Economist print edition
Ways to break the tyranny of oil are coming into view. Governments need to promote them
Get article background
The end of the Oil Age
Oct 23rd 2003
From The Economist print edition
Ways to break the tyranny of oil are coming into view. Governments need to promote them
Get article background
Friday, April 15, 2005
Motorbikes Ride High on Hydrogen
Interesting idea -where are the north american on this ? Challenge
Motorbikes Ride High on Hydrogen
Motorbikes Ride High on Hydrogen
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
The Media Elite's Grip on the News is Almost Over.
This is a provocative view of a pending consumer utopia of choice . Imagine -You the individual have the choice, have the power to be heard ,have the power to speak . The democratization of thought - by breaking the push media monopoly to pull market where you control what information you want . The blog pull niche versus the push media mass marketers is very appealing and liberating to " do your own thing in your own space". Obviously this is a frightening not liberating prospect for the existing entrenched thought gatekeeprs who will lose control and die if they can not compete for your attention or interest.
Individual empowerment is nere- great. Bloggers -Give the old gatekeepers whith their stifiling agendas to thought,innovation and creativity a competitve run for their money. chuckle -PR
AIMS : Newsroom : AIMS In the Media: "The Media Elite's Grip on the News is Almost Over.
The Chronicle-Herald & Times-Transcript
Dated: 23/3/05
Brian Lee Crowley
It used to be that media was based on the 'push model' � journalists and editors produced what they wanted and pushed it at consumers. Media elites could decide what it was good for people to see, and decided what constituted the 'received opinions' that would get column inches or air time. But this is based on the old industrial model of mass production, summarized so powerfully by Henry Ford, who said that consumers could have any colour car they wished � so long as it was black.
But today the economy based on the 'pull model'. Soon virtually every car will be built to order. Dell has no stores, yet it is one of the biggest computer retailers in the world. People order the custom computer they want, and a courier delivers it to them within days. The production system is being pulled from the consumer�s end rather than being pushed from the producer�s end."
Individual empowerment is nere- great. Bloggers -Give the old gatekeepers whith their stifiling agendas to thought,innovation and creativity a competitve run for their money. chuckle -PR
AIMS : Newsroom : AIMS In the Media: "The Media Elite's Grip on the News is Almost Over.
The Chronicle-Herald & Times-Transcript
Dated: 23/3/05
Brian Lee Crowley
It used to be that media was based on the 'push model' � journalists and editors produced what they wanted and pushed it at consumers. Media elites could decide what it was good for people to see, and decided what constituted the 'received opinions' that would get column inches or air time. But this is based on the old industrial model of mass production, summarized so powerfully by Henry Ford, who said that consumers could have any colour car they wished � so long as it was black.
But today the economy based on the 'pull model'. Soon virtually every car will be built to order. Dell has no stores, yet it is one of the biggest computer retailers in the world. People order the custom computer they want, and a courier delivers it to them within days. The production system is being pulled from the consumer�s end rather than being pushed from the producer�s end."
RED HERRING | Virtual Help for War Stress
RED HERRING | Virtual Help for War Stress: "The research will build on already existing virtual reality remedies. Virtually Better, a company in Atlanta that crafts cyber environments to help phobics overcome fears of flying, public speaking, heights, and storms, will simulate the sights, sounds, and smells of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. "
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
RED HERRING | Oil Spike's Tech Impact
New technology is the answer- in the quest for cheaper fuel?
RED HERRING | Oil Spike's Tech Impact
Crude oil rose $1.61 to $55.60 per barrel in recent trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Goldman Sachs estimates the average oil price will be $135.12 per barrel by 2008, which would put U.S. retail gasoline prices at $4.30 per gallon, about double the national average of $2.15 reported this week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
RED HERRING | Oil Spike's Tech Impact
Crude oil rose $1.61 to $55.60 per barrel in recent trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Goldman Sachs estimates the average oil price will be $135.12 per barrel by 2008, which would put U.S. retail gasoline prices at $4.30 per gallon, about double the national average of $2.15 reported this week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Friday, April 01, 2005
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Friday, March 25, 2005
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Business opportunities abound -worldwide
Hi Roy, I attach copy of my first E-mail to you. Would you kindly acknowledge this message as I am unsure if correspondence is getting through to you
Kind Regards
James Fulton
ChaSan Trading
82 Two Rivers Estate
Peter Road
Ruimsig - 1732
South Africa
Tel no: +27 11 958 2519
Fax no: +27 11 958 2969
Cell no: + 27 (0) 82 783 5231
E:mail: chasantrade@telkomsa.net
----- Original Message -----
From: ChasanTrade
To: hovercentre@sprint.ca
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 4:17 PM
Subject: Dragon Fly, Skimaire Hovercrafts
This message is for Roy D. McCulloch
Hi Roy my name is James Fulton from Chasan Trading in Johannesburg, South Africa. I received your details from a Mr Keith Nevin who you have had correspondence with.
Roy, myself and Keith have started our own company dealing in Hovercrafts and we would be very interested to know the following concerning your hovercrafts Dragon Flys and Skimaires
1/ What is the price of these crafts fully built up "ex works" your factory.
2/ On your web page you mentioned that the Dragon Fly is sold in various stages of construction could you also give price "ex works" on semi-built units, is the Skimaire also for sale in semi-built stages.
3/ What would be your lead time if we ordered the units as mentioned above.
4/ Please also include any other relevant info which could be of interest.
I await your response should you have any problems getting me via E-mail I list contact details as follows,
Fax +27119582969 Tel +27119582519
Many Thanks
James Fulton
Chasan Trading
Kind Regards
James Fulton
ChaSan Trading
82 Two Rivers Estate
Peter Road
Ruimsig - 1732
South Africa
Tel no: +27 11 958 2519
Fax no: +27 11 958 2969
Cell no: + 27 (0) 82 783 5231
E:mail: chasantrade@telkomsa.net
----- Original Message -----
From: ChasanTrade
To: hovercentre@sprint.ca
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 4:17 PM
Subject: Dragon Fly, Skimaire Hovercrafts
This message is for Roy D. McCulloch
Hi Roy my name is James Fulton from Chasan Trading in Johannesburg, South Africa. I received your details from a Mr Keith Nevin who you have had correspondence with.
Roy, myself and Keith have started our own company dealing in Hovercrafts and we would be very interested to know the following concerning your hovercrafts Dragon Flys and Skimaires
1/ What is the price of these crafts fully built up "ex works" your factory.
2/ On your web page you mentioned that the Dragon Fly is sold in various stages of construction could you also give price "ex works" on semi-built units, is the Skimaire also for sale in semi-built stages.
3/ What would be your lead time if we ordered the units as mentioned above.
4/ Please also include any other relevant info which could be of interest.
I await your response should you have any problems getting me via E-mail I list contact details as follows,
Fax +27119582969 Tel +27119582519
Many Thanks
James Fulton
Chasan Trading
Destination Oman: Tourist destinations
A potential sponser of our skimaire project runs a country -chuckle . SHT - Okay Roy lets go for it . SH
Destination Oman: Tourist destinations
Destination Oman: Tourist destinations
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