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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 04, 2008
Page
5
A letter to the editor argues Stephen Harper and Jim Flaherty presided over growing deficits and debt, claiming federal policy aims to weaken government power. It cites the Augusta Fiscal Monitor and warns of a damaged Canada unless fiscal restraint changes.
A editorial piece from Russell Banner humorously lists what the paper is and isn t and what it does or doesn t do. It jokes about ad deadlines, publication origins, directory roles, courier fate, court ties, and staff quirks while noting occasional mistakes and bets on reader calls.
A Letter to the Editor argues poverty issues are deemphasized by Harper’s Conservative government and international bodies like the World Bank and IMF. It contends elites minimize poverty to prove system efficiency, urging public voices to push poverty and inequality higher on policy priorities.
Letter writer Harry Siemens, a Manitoba farm journalist, reports being barred from CWB news conferences. The Wheat Board claims no accreditation and then asserts the right to select reporters, curbing farm coverage and signaling a broader erosion of press freedom and advisory governance.
Gwynne Dyer condemns the British Foreign Office for a decade long legal fight to bar Chagos Islanders from returning. He traces expulsions in 1967 and court battles up to a Lords ruling backing the government allowing denial of resettlement citing US veto power over Diego Garcia. He calls for a bolder British stance while noting US influence.
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