Editorial NFU Linked to RCALF Rally Stirs Manitoba Cattle Debate
A Manitoba cattle letter claims MCPA fabricated a NFU RCALF tie to divert attention from NFU’s Farm Crisis report. The writer urges a public response detailing NFU analysis and a two hour panel with NFU and MCPA researchers plus elected directors from each group.
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Manitoba Cattle Producers Association
MCPA
National Farmers Union
NFU
Rancher's Choice
RCALF
Canadian Cattlemen's Association
CCA
Smuth
Writing on the wall for provincial school autonomy and funding
The writer reflects on annual budget cycles and provincial moves to curb local control. Since 2008 rules banned closing small schools, and recent steps include freezing taxes and possible school property tax controls. The piece weighs provincial oversight against local input amid declining enrollments and rising costs.
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Department of Education
Bjornson
Citizen Bush Torture Law Test in Canada Visit
The piece questions whether Canada will prosecute or extradite any person within its borders for torture and cites Supreme Court and UN positions. It notes Bush's 2004 immunity claim, cites Abu Ghraib and Rumsfeld findings, and asks if Canada will apply torture law equally to Bush during a Calgary visit.
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Bush
Canada
George W. Bush
Calgary
Canadian
U.S
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Donald Rumsfeld
Obama faces test as Guantanamo seal breaks
In his first week in office President Obama closed Guantanamo and hinted at a sweeping shift away from the Bush era. Yet U S detentions extend globally in secrecy with thousands held abroad. DOJ says future suspects may be treated under war laws but access to courts remains unresolved.
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Barack Obama
Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo
Soviet Union
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
United States
Obama
Bagram
Afghanistan
Iraq
Djibouti
Diego Garcia
Indian Ocean
Central Intelligence Agency
Egypt
Morocco
Jordan
Washington Security Establishment
John Bates
US District Court For
District of Columbia
Boeing
Bush
Justice Department
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Illing
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