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• Australia Saying Canada Is Taking In Asylum Seekers Aboard Oceanic Viking

  
  Crooked in Canada — Authority: 127
  So Canadian taxpayers, how many of you are aware that there is a rumor being floated here in Oz that says the Tamil refugees refusing to disembark from an  Australian Customs ship, will be resettled in Canada, some of them anyway. You hear about that, has the Harper government made any mention of that during ...
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• Extraordinary rendition case thrown out because it would endanger "state secrets"

  
  Corrente — Authority: 617
  Glenn Greenwald :
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• SNM applauds House action to build medical isotopes reactor in the US

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 616
  Reston, Va. -- SNM applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for its passage of H.R. 3276 -- the American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2009.
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• Our Cumbersome Constitution

  
  Blue Like You — Authority: 494
  Thought-provoking editorial in today’s National Post (The Liberals’ Rural Problem) and it comes hot on the heels of a tangentially-related column by L. Ian MacDonald detailing the health care problems unique to Canada due to the way powers are divided up between Ottawa and the provinces.By way of background, ...
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• Pomerleau To Build New Facility For C-130 Training

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 143
  The Canadian government has invested in several C-130J transports from Lockheed Martin . These are to improve their tactical and operational mobility. The aircraft are to be built in the United States but the contract has significant offset requirements so that Lockheed will have to spend money in Canada . ...
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• Asylum seekers’ success rate plunges under Tory government – Number of refugee claims approved drops 56 per cent amid immigration overhaul

  
  Faisal Kutty.com — Authority: 429
  By Bill CurryOttawa — The number of refugees gaining asylum in Canada has dropped dramatically under the Conservatives as new figures reveal the impact of the government’s efforts to transform this country’s immigration system.New statistics ... Related Posts B Canada Calling – Russian Jews Look to Canada ...
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• OTTAWA CITIZEN EDITORIAL: The U.S. can do better

  
  Faisal Kutty.com — Authority: 429
  The Ottawa CitizenAmericans viewed the attack of 9/11 as an act of war, and no fair-minded person should blame them for doing so. And because there has never been a war in which even the ... Related Posts B Torture stories win Ottawa book prize – Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of ...
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• Justice Guido Calabresi Dissents – Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Arar

  
  Faisal Kutty.com — Authority: 429
  By Scott Horton“When the history of this distinguished court is written, today’s majority decision will be viewed with dismay,” writes Guido Calabresi, the former Yale Law dean and a man widely viewed as the most ... Related Posts B No Justice for Canadian Rendition Victim Maher Arar U.S. watchdog ...
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• No Justice for Canadian Rendition Victim Maher Arar

  
  Faisal Kutty.com — Authority: 429
  Court Refuses to Hold U.S. Officials Accountable for Complicity in Torture Abroad CONTACT: press@ccrjustice.orgNovember 2, 2009, New York –  Today, a federal Court of Appeals dismissed Canadian citizen Maher Arar’s case against U.S. officials for ... Related Posts B Maher Arar Saga Not Over Yet – American ...
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• Celebrities Ban Together to Save The Seals

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  PETA just launched a celebrity filled campaign to stop the slaughter of seals in Canada. According to their website: “Each year, the Canadian government allows sealers to beat and skin hundreds of thousands of seals. Baby seals, some merely weeks old, have their skulls smashed in or are shot for their fur. Many of ...
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• Canadian Government in squabble over torture secrets

  
  Faisal Kutty.com — Authority: 429
  By Jim Bronskill OTTAWA — A dispute rages over secret portions of an inquiry report on the overseas torture of three Canadians one year after release of the document, which criticizes the actions of security ... Related Posts B Canadian Government rejects apology for torture victims Ottawa denies ...
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• Canadian Government rejects apology for torture victims

  
  Faisal Kutty.com — Authority: 429
  By JIM BRONSKILL OTTAWA – The federal government has rejected a call from MPs to compensate three Canadians tortured overseas.In a response issued late Monday, the government said it “would be inappropriate” to do so ... Related Posts B Ottawa denies responsibility for overseas torture – In newly filed ...
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• ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ – Diversity report: federal legal agents

  
  Faisal Kutty.com — Authority: 429
  By Gail J. CohenThe government of Canada’s legal agent program — wherein you’re a lawyer or law firm and do work for the federal government — clearly states that all service providers must have workplace ... Related Posts B A Legal Battle: Online Attitude vs. Rules of the Bar PMO dampens report that ...
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• Pak may be aiding Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan to hit back at India: Report

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Washington, Oct.16 (ANI): Even as the Pakistan Army is all prepared and waits for a nod from the government to launch an all out offensive in South Waziristan, the Taliban’s stronghold, many inside the Canadian government who deal with Pakistan and Afghanistan issues are suspicious of Islamabad’s efforts.They ...
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• Ottawas refusal to take Gitmo inmates irks U.S.

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 507
  An apparent snub by the Canadian government has dismayed officials on the Obama administrations task force who are working to resettle dozens of detainees here and close the prison, a high-ranking White House official told the Star.
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• Thanksgiving reflections

  
  Blue Like You — Authority: 494
  I just want to say thanks first of all for Stephen Harper. He is the best Prime Minister that I can remember.Hunter is right that he is evolving nicely in the job and that Canadians are beginning to see that he is not just smart and capable, but also very personable as we witnessed during [...]
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• Get Ready For The Great Canadian TV Wealth Transfer

  
  Vancouver Secrets — Authority: 129
  Our Canadian TV stations are in big trouble.. no one is watching them. Revenues have plummeted by as much as 98% for some stations. Maybe we are trying to tell them something? So instead of trying something novel like retiring our ancient anchors and creating programming worthy of wasting an hour watching, ...
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• Canada denies role in torture of Almalki – Government refuses to pay for imprisonment in Syria

  
  Faisal Kutty.com — Authority: 429
  By Andrew Duffy, The Ottawa CitizenOTTAWA — The Canadian government says it bears no legal responsibility for the detention and torture in Syria of Ottawa’s Abdullah Almalki and will not compensate him for his ordeal.Almalki, ... Related Posts B Ottawa denies responsibility for overseas torture – In newly ...
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• Harpers in bed with socialists and separatists - again

  
  liberal catnip — Authority: 118
  Steve, last week : ...in the candid speech given to party members in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. last week, the prime minister repeatedly stressed his aspiration to win a majority. He warned that, without one, the country would get a Liberal government propped up by "the socialists and the separatists." Steve, this ...
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• Canada sees worsening security in Afghanistan

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 507
  Security conditions throughout Afghanistan continue to deteriorate, according to a Canadian government report on the mission, with the frequency of attacks in May and June higher than in any month since the fall of the Taliban.
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