Manitoba Open for Business as Saskatchewan Predicted to Surpass
A Winnipeg Free Press read outlines Manitoba vs Saskatchewan economic signs with GDP figures for 2005 and forecasts for 2006 07. It notes Manitoba building permits rising 24 percent while Saskatchewan improves 32 percent and compares tax rates payroll and sales taxes to gauge future population shifts and business location incentives.
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Roughrider
Winnipeg Free Press
Thad
Langenburg
Eldon
Jim
Terry
Dianne
Ward
Linda
Saskatchewan
Free Press
Inky
Manitoba
Canada West Foundations
Imy Buddy Inky
Saskatoon
T.V
T. V
Phony campaign sparks Manitoba Wheat Board vote altercation
The Edi Derkach letter triggers government reaction as Manitoba farmers vote 65 percent to keep the Wheat Board as a single desk. Tory Len Derkach calls it phony while Len McFadyen urges federal focus and Chuck Strahl reverses to allow a prairie producer vote. Cont. on page 11.
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Len Derkach
Manitoba
Wheat Board
Hugh ‘McFadyen
Chuck Strahl
Prairie Wheat
Canadian Wheat Board
Russell
Letter to the Editor on Strahl’s wheat board change
Niagara Falls Ontario resident objects to Strahl’s plan to replace the Wheat Board with market choice for barley. The writer argues no economic analyses support the change and warns against destroying a functioning system in the name of conservatism.
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Mr. Strahl
Strahl
Letter to Editor Questions Arar settlement and Canada
A reader critiques the 10 million dollar settlement and apology to Maher Arar as unjustly swift compared with Indigenous peoples’ experiences of torture detention and killings. The writer highlights racial disparity and notes Canada’s Pickton trial as the current big news in British Columbia.
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Maher Arar
Canada
Arar
Pickton
British Columbia
Birth rates rise in France while Japan lags and Russia acts
French birth numbers hit 830,000 in 2006 with fertility at 2.0, aided by family friendly policies and day care. Japan's rate remains at 1.26, while Russia offers incentives like 250,000 rubles for a second child and higher first child benefits to curb population decline. Gwynne Dyer notes policy differences shape trends and warns global population pressures remain a concern.
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Hakuo Yanagisawa
Matsue City
Japan
Yanagisawa
France
Europe
Jean-Michel Charpin
National
Insee
Segolene Royal
Russia
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Siberia
Russian Far East
China
Moscow
Vladimir Putin
Putin
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Niagara Falls, Ontario
Westpark Realty
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Amy Penpy
Beau
Boor
Andy
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Uist
Bob Ross
Joan Montgomery
Angie Esplen
Gwynne Dyer
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