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Cover Story
Nader no one to give advice

by Judi McLeod, Editor

It’s not known how many Canadian voters casting ballots in June 28th's federal election will take to heart U.S. presidential candidate Ralph Nader’s message to vote socialist. In his 11^th-hour,Vote Socialist SOS dispatched Friday, Nader endorsed New Democrat Party leader Jack Layton.

The new Canadian Conservative Party, he said, would ruin Canada’s health services if elected.

The Nader message closely echoes the campaign theme of Prime Minister Paul Martin, a Liberal veering to the left.

The unsolicited vote Socialist advice comes from a self-professed white knight, whose leftwing causes rake in somewhere between $10 million to $20 million annually from unwitting American college students.

End the arrogance: Give Harper a chance
by Arthur Weinreb, Associate Editor Friday, June 25, 2004

As the federal election campaign draws to a close, it is apparent that most Canadians want change. Many are hesitant to vote for change because they have bought the Liberal Party argument that Stephen Harper is a right wing zealot with a hidden agenda.

Rasputins of the United Nations
by Judi McLeod, Editor Friday, June 25, 2004

With the media spotlight trained on scandals like the oil-for-food boondoggle, Kofi Annan and the Old Boy’s Network running the United Nations are making a cottage industry out of the occult.

Indeed, the idea of employing the occult as a means to manipulate people seems to be making the greatest UN comeback since the days when Rasputin was lording it over the Romanovs.

Kerry "moral coward" charges prominent Canadian columnist
by Judi McLeod, Editor Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Firing at the CEO of Quebecor World Inc. from the safe distance of another country has landed presidential candidate Senator John Kerry on the sharp tip of columnist Peter Worthington’s pen.

Kerry has been branded a "political and moral coward" by the Quebecor-owned Toronto Sun founding father and columnist.

World Recap and News

U.S. transfers power to Iraq 6/28/04
Death Toll in Iraq Climbs to 89 6/24/04
Media Has Yet to Sue for Kerry's Military Records 6/25/04
DEET VS. WEST NILE VIRUS 6/28/04
No EUphoria 6/28/04
Prisoners, No Dilemma 6/28/04

Canadian Recap and News

Canadians head to the polls today 6/28/04
Canada may help train Iraqi forces 6/28/04
Minority looms with today's vote 6/28/04
Harper basks in Alberta as campaign challengers criss-cross country 6/28/04

Infrastructure Report

Canadafreepress.com Commentary

No hopefulness in Laytonville
by Judi McLeod, Editor Canadafreepress.com Thursday, June 24, 2004
To this day, NDP leader Jack Layton is remembered when he and his wife Olivia Chow, making $120,000 between them from the public purse, were caught living in a taxpayer-subsidized, three-bedroom, downtown Toronto co-op, paying $800 a month rent.

How lack of education reduces crime
by Arthur Weinreb Monday, June 28, 2004
It is often said that kids should stay in school. If they drop out, they will not be able to find meaningful work and will end up hanging around on street corners selling drugs. Well, not exactly. It seems that in some schools students who have chosen to remain in the educational system don’t learn enough to prepare them for a life in the outdoor pharmaceutical business. At least this is the way it was for two teenaged B.C. girls.

Dalton’s health care pennies
by Arthur Weinreb Wednesday, June 23, 2004
When Dalton McGuinty, the "I won’t raise your taxes" premier of Ontario, raised taxes on the gullible people who swept him into office and called it a health premium, he promised that "every penny of Ontario’s new health premium will go into health care".

I told you so
by Klaus Rohrich Thursday, June 24, 2004
Most people don’t like it when someone tells them "I told you so." And while I am not the type of person that goes around saying "I told you so", the truth of the matter is that I did tell you so. On November 17, 2003, on this very site, I wondered "how many of [Dalton McGuinty’s] 231 election promises will he break in his first year in office? I’m putting what little money I have left after paying all my taxes on a bet that he’ll break most of them within the first year..."

Just say "no" to Kofi
by Klaus Rohrich Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Here’s a novel thought: the more civilized and reasonable that a country is, the more likely it is to be criticized by the bureaucrats at the UN for not being civilized enough. Or so it seems, taking the latest outrage perpetrated by the UN’s Human Rights Commission (HRC). This time around they are unhappy with Canada because they felt that 9 years was not enough time to allow an Iranian assassin to appeal deportation orders, after the Supreme Court of Canada ordered him deported.

Selling Their Souls For Silver
by Frank Salvato, editor www.therant.us Monday, June 21, 2004
James Bamford should be charged with aiding the enemy. To a lesser extent, Time Magazine, the New York Post and Doubleday Books should be charged with stupidity. Although being stupid isn’t a criminal offense and is more of a societal pox-mark some sort of collective eye-roll should be headed their way from the American people. We talk a lot about outrage, this time we should be outraged.

Campus Conservative Majority Heralds the Demise of Liberalism
by John Plecnik Tuesday, June 22, 2004
While the vast majority of Dukies, Yalies, and Harvard men are notoriously liberal, the conservative minorities at America’s highest ivory towers are making themselves heard. The Duke Students For Bush shocked the world by donning "W" (Bush) T-shirts during Blue Devil basketball. Yale Law recently played host to Dr. Mike Adams, famed conservative columnist and faculty member at UNC-Wilmington. Just last year, Brad Smith, a Harvard student, won the title of Chairman over the Massachusetts Alliance of College Republicans. Clearly the terms elite and liberal are no longer synonymous.

World News Report

Welcome to the People's Republic of New Jersey
by Alan Caruba, www.anxietycenter.com Thursday, June 24, 2004
If there is one thing politicians, whether it’s in Congress or in the States, love to do these days it is to"conserve" land. This is a mere subterfuge for getting control over vast areas of land in the name of the environment when, in fact, the real purpose is to foreclose on any development or use of that land.

"Endangered Species" Cost USA Billions
by Alan Caruba, www.anxietycenter.comTuesday, June 22, 2004
At a time when this nation is engaged in a war, putting the lives of its soldiers in harm’s way to end the threat of Middle Eastern terrorism, it would seem inconceivable that it would also be wasting billions to protect some species of salmon or the shortnose suckerfish. But it is.

UN Law of the Sea Treaty Threatens US Sovereignty
by Tom DeWeese, www.americanpolicy.org. Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Those driving the battle to entangle the United States in the United Nations’ Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) are fighting back, determined to paint any opponent as a radical who is out of touch with the way the world really works.

Pull the plug on the UN
by Henry Lamb, www.freedom.org Monday, June 28, 2004
The United States created the United Nations; now, the United States should kill it. The bloated bureaucracy has become moribund, corrupt, and is a hot-bed of anti-American propaganda. The United States should pull the financial plug, and let the institution pass peacefully into history.

War and Peace in the Sudan
by Matthew LeRiche, Wednesday, June 16, 2004
The 21 year long civil war in Sudan between southern insurgents (SPLA) and government forces appears to have reached an end. 22 months of negotiations culminated in a peace deal signed in Naivasha, Kenya on the 26^th of May. Although the peace deal heralds the end of one of Africa’s longest conflicts, war continues to rage in Sudan’s Darfur region.

Clinton and the Democrats Are No Longer Fashionable
by Kerry Marsala, Thursday, June 24, 2004
Fa, fa, fa, fa-FASHION has turned to the right and it brings about a swelling of pride and hope to America and her dreams of continued morality and freedom for many generations to come.

Political Neanderthalism Needs to Die
by Kerry Marsala, Friday, June 18, 2004
It is a male dominated society by and large and I have no qualms with this. I am not a feminist screamer, I like the door being held open for me, my chair held till I sit, feeling the protection of my male companion, but what I do not like is being overlooked by men as far as my intelligence goes.

Organic Food Has 'Significantly Higher' Contamination, Study Finds
by Marc Morano , www.cnsnews.com Wednesday, June 16, 2004
A new study on food safety reveals that organic produce may contain a significantly higher risk of fecal contamination than conventionally grown produce.

A recent comparative analysis of organic produce versus conventional produce from the University of Minnesota shows that the organically grown produce had 9.7 percent positive samples for the presence of generic E. coli bacteria versus only 1.6 percent for conventional produce on farms in Minnesota.

Huge wheat deficits feared
By Justice for Agriculture Monday, June 28, 2004
Zimbabwe will experience severe shortages of bread next year following late invitations to new farmers to venture into wheat production. The invitations came almost a month after the lapse of the deadline for planting the crop, Standard Business has established. The government last week frantically courted new farmers at the eleventh hour to take up production of the crop after it became clear that there was very little planting activity taking place. Wheat is normally planted up to May 15 and is harvested in September just before the onset of the rains. However, after realizing that very few farmers were planting the crop, the government sent an SOS message to the newly resettled farmers to take up the challenge and hurriedly plant the crop.

Media Report

The headline says it all
by Arthur Weinreb Monday, June 28, 2004
Last Wednesday, the Globe and Mail in an editorial came out in favour of the Liberal Party. The paper’s support for the governing party is not in itself surprising. Although some people think that the Globe is right wing because of its heavy coverage of business and its respect in the corporate world, the Globe and Mail is both small "l" and big "L" liberal in its editorial policy. What is striking about this particular editorial are the reasons that are given as to why Canadians should keep the Liberals in power.

The 9/11 Commission
by Arthur Weinreb Friday, June 25, 2004
A 16^th interim report was issued in mid-June by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission. Part of the findings of that report was that there were no links found between the regime of Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda regarding the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11, 2001.

Media control of election debates
by Arthur Weinreb Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Election campaigns wouldn’t be election campaigns without televised debates and this year’s federal election campaign was no different. After a lot of hype, English language and French language debates were held on June 14 and June 15 respectively. The media and not the political parties had total control over how and when these debates were presented.

Okay, Maybe a Quick One on Haroon
by Bob Tarantino,Let it bleed Friday, June 25, 2004

As usual with Haroon, it's hard to tell whether to laugh or cry:

"In separating himself from one of the most successful prime ministers ever, Martin also boxed himself into the bizarre position of: (a) running away from his own brilliant record as finance minister, and (b) crushing or sidelining Chretienites to pick the B team from the Liberal bench. Do we feel inspired by any of his ministers except for, say, Bill Graham?"

Laughing in the Cheap Seats
by Bob Tarantino, Let It Bleed Monday, June 21, 2004
I have no idea who's going to win the federal election. None. Personally, I think it would be nice if the Conservatives did, but I'm not willing to offer any predictions. Besides which, I'm sure that whoever gets in, I'll find something to complain about. In the meantime, though, I'm sure as hell enjoying the campaign, because it offers a pristine opportunity to watch the Canadian left completely lose it's frickin' mind.

True Green Report

Fast Food Attack With A Side Of Marketing Restrictions
By Consumer Freedom www.consumerfreedom.com Friday, June 25, 2004
Fat tax advocate and obesity researcher David Ludwig is at it again. He has published yet another study blaming fast food for childhood obesity -- and once more we're forced to ask: "Where's the beef?" Ludwig told Bloomberg news that his study "raises concern that fast food could be an important cause of obesity." What his study actually found was that overweight teens tend to overeat, and leaner teens don't. But this less-than-shocking conclusion didn't stop Ludwig from offering -- in the pages of JAMA (the Journal of the American Medical Association) -- a leap of logic that would call on big government to regulate advertising: "Public health measures to limit fast food consumption in children may be warranted," he concludes, including "legislation to regulate marketing of fast food to children."

Science Report

Have a Coke and a Waistline
by Steven Milloy, www.junkscience.com Friday, June 25, 2004
Let's "grab a Coke and a smile" this week as Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee demanded proof that vending machines lead to childhood obesity before permitting the state to restrict the machines in schools.

Amid the hysteria about overweight adolescents, the Arkansas Board of Education is looking for ways to reduce children's calorie intake, including targeting school vending machines.

Business

India: Mighty potential and shrinking risk
Wednesday, June 9, 2004
For many years I advised against investing outside of North America even though it was in style among brokers and investment advisors. I felt the extra risk of investing in these markets overshadowed any extra long-term growth potential they might have had.

Ramblings of a Raconteur

Toronto’s leather boy
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
It is patently not true that Coun. Kyle Rae went into a hissy fit at the sight of Toronto Mayor David Miller dressed up as a gay leather boy on the front cover of Fab magazine. Miller’s leather stunt was in honour of Gay Pride Day. No matter how hard Miller tries, he’ll never replace Kyle as Toronto’s best-known leather boy. We notice that Miller’s ever-present broom was nowhere to be seen in his latest photo op.

Editorial

Democracy, Toronto NDP style
Friday, June 25, 2004

The long-hidden finger of socialist Mayor David Miller has finally reached out to claim Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino.

It’s been a long time coming, and it comes as good news to the criminal element.

Respected Canadian journalist Michael Duffy is right, "David Miller wears rubber gloves. His finger can’t be found."

It was Miller’s activist minions, Toronto police services board chairman Alan Heisey, radical NDP councillors Pam McConnell and John Filion who did the dirty work. Fantino’s contract will not be renewed by the board come March 2005.

Editorial

Saudi Arabia and France: Two Sputtering Flags
by Marcus J. Goldman, MD Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Did Saudi security forces collude with Al-Qaeda to kidnap and slaughter Paul Johnson? Unfortunately, the kingdom is freedom-impaired and so the truth may remain elusive-and therein lies the problem: truth and transparency. As Saudi Arabia stares apathetically at its potential demise, it reaps the just desserts of its self-fractured foreign and domestic policies-policies, predicated on secret backroom deals, support for terror in other world regions and cowardice before the long sword of Wahabism. The Saudi melting pot has become a cauldron of mixed messages, disingenuous pronouncements from smooth talking Ambassadors and a resultant haven for terror that grows worse by the day. Saudi Arabia, however, has a partner in neglect.