Farmers warned by editor on CWB election candidates
A reader urges farmers to view anti-CWB or dual market candidates with suspicion. The letter accuses them of hiding support for single desk marketing and warns of past losses like the Crow Rate and Sask Wheat Pool, urging vigilance to avoid being duped again.
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Kevin Hursh
Canadian Wheat Board
CWB
Kevin
Canadian ‘Wheat Board
Jenny’s Canadian citizenship odyssey from military roots
Jenny, mother of four, faced a long quest through Ottawa and Nova Scotia to validate her Canadian citizenship. Though born on a German air base to Canadian forces, a Defence Department birth certificate wasn’t accepted for a passport. After years of uncertainty, she finally received word her citizenship docs were in the mail, prompting readers with similar military-foreign births to check their status.
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Jenny
Germany
Ottawa
Department of National Defure
Ozawa
Department of National Defence
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
Ana
Sneaia
Bipole II in Perspective Opposes West-Side Route
Dear Verne, a letter argues Manitoba should not reverse Bipole II to a west-side route. It claims east-side alignment remains viable, cites UNESCO designation doubts, asserts west side delays and higher costs, and says final routing decision is due by 2012 with potential faster completion and US export benefits if east side used.
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Verne
Greg Selinger
Manitoba Hydro
Russell
NDP
Rosann Wowchuk
West Side
Easter Boreal Forest
United Nations
Banff
Verter
Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg
Sinor
Small acts of resistance against airport security
Gwynne Dyer argues that airport security has grown absurdly, turning people into targets of a vast security apparatus. He cites the Paul Chambers Twitter case where a joke about bombing an airport led to arrest, conviction, and job loss, followed by public backlash and re tweets. The piece questions the efficacy and ethics of security measures and suggests minor resistance may only waste resources while offering a fleeting sense of empowerment.
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George W. Bush
Paul Chambers
Northern Ireland
Snow
Nottingham
Robin Hood
Jacqueline Davies
Chambers
Britain
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