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12 December 2007
We are very pleased to have Marc Garneau, the Liberal candidate for Westmount-Ville-Marie, with us this coming Wednesday. While it is highly improbable that he is unknown to you, we would remind you that Dr. Garneau holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from London’s Imperial College of Science and Technology, and that in addition to his brilliant career as Canada’s first astronaut and subsequently Director of the Canadian Space Agency, he was named Chancellor of Carleton University in 2003.
We look forward to an evening of exchange on many topics and the opportunity to explore his ideas as a Star candidate and the federal representative of our riding on public policy issues such as innovation, R&D, higher education, the economy and the environment. No doubt he will also speak on the ideas he expresses in “Reconquering Canada: A new project for the Québec nation“, the new book edited by André Pratte.
Other possible topics (we will try to stay away from Mulroney-Schreiber) are listed below and there will surely be more by Wednesday; please check for new items.
We hope very much that you will join us in welcoming Dr. Garneau to Wednesday Night.
Some possible topics
Canada’s commitment in Afghanistan Please read Robert Galbraith’s wrap-up piece and his page for his reports from Afghanistan
Conrad Black’s sentence is to be handed down on Monday - no doubt there will be conflicting views at the table - no matter what the sentence is! Meanwhile CBC reports that “A defiant Conrad Black, facing the prospect of years in a U.S. prison, has chosen to remain anything but silent ahead of his sentencing”.
George Bush’s subprime rescue plan
The rescue plan will freeze interest rates for up to five years for some subprime borrowers. Others will be fast-tracked into new, more manageable private loans, or will be allowed to borrow from the government’s Federal Housing Administration. Is it a good idea? Our economists and pension specialists will certainly have views.
The Bali Climate Change Conference (see also related posts)
The [Québec] Liberal government [has] announced a new series of green measures on Thursday designed to further reduce greenhouse gas production, as part of the province’s pledge to honour the Kyoto Protocol.The measures target energy efficiency, recycling, transportation, new technology development, air quality, public education and municipal financing. And Charest calls Dumont a dinosaur (we guess that’s more politically correct than ‘girouette’) for believing environmental considerations harm the economy.
- Is this why Stephen Harper is visiting Mario Dumont’s riding???
The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded on Monday to Al Gore and Indian scientist Rajendra Pachauri, chairman on behalf of the IPCC while Percy Schmeiser, the Saskatchewan farmer who waged a long legal battle against biotech giant Monsanto, received his “alternative Nobel” prize Friday during an evening ceremony at the Swedish parliament. Schmeiser and his wife Louise [have been] awarded The Right Livelihood Award, founded in 1980 to “honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today.” The Schmeisers are being recognized “for their courage in defending biodiversity and farmers’ rights, and challenging the environmental and moral perversity of current interpretations of patent laws.”
Venus ruined by greenhouse gases (Thank you, Ron Roberston)
Once styled as Earth’s twin, Venus was transformed from a haven for water to a fiery hell by an unstoppable greenhouse effect, according to an investigation by the first space probe to visit our closest neighbour in more than a decade.
Like peas in a cosmic pod, the second and third rocks from the sun came into being 4.5 billion years ago with nearly the same radius, mass, density and chemical composition. But only one, Earth, developed an atmosphere conducive to life.
Canada is [well] above average in reading and math according to the triennial Pisa Programme for International Student Assessment (We unfortunately did not discuss this encouraging news last week).
David & Diana Thébaud Nicholson
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