Editorials
Lafleur's reputation is restored -at least in the eyes of the law
Hockey great Guy Lafleur walked out of a Montreal courtroom acquitted this week; no criminal record, no limit on travel to the U.S. or overseas. A three-judge Court of Appeal panel ruled that statements...
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For years Quebec has used just one approach to the intractable problem of staffing hospitals and medical centres in far-flung regions: We force newly-minted doctors to move to places with which they have no connection, and in which they have no interest in setting up practice.
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Don't want to go? You'll be paid less and your practice will
be restricted. No wonder so many new doctors leave Quebec.
Unlike the eternally fulminating Danny Williams of Newfoundland and Labrador,
the premier of Nova Scotia is not known for a hot temper. In fact,
after 14 months in office, New Democrat Darrell Dexter is scarcely
known at all outside his home province.
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How did the metro-car deal get so far off the track?
The plan to buy new cars for Montreal's metro system was born amid political meddling, and is evolving in a crucible of legal manoeuvring. When will common sense get a chance?
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Quebec wrong to meddle in power-cable deal
But Dexter joined forces with Williams this week, issuing his own denunciation of a Quebec attempt to get the federal government to scuttle a scheme for an underwater power cable from The Rock to Cape Breton Island. And we have to say the two Atlantic premiers have got a point.
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Pakistan desperately needs help -now
It isn't easy for Canadians to imagine the magnitude of the crisis caused by flooding in Pakistan. We must not let our lack of understanding stop us from being quick and generous to respond.
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When the West leaves Afghanistan, savagery will stay
Death by stoning. That's the Taliban's response to adultery. And for fleeing a forced marriage, you get your nose cut off.
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Pakistan desperately needs help -now
In our sprawling country of 33 million people, it seems simply surreal that as many as 2 million Pakistanis have been made homeless and at least 17 million -- a tenth of the population -- have had their lives disrupted by a natural disaster. More than 1,600 are already known to have died.
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Sundered family a sign of what's to come
To be sure, the relentless language-of-education rules are being applied, in this case, to an anglophone family. But the same imperious limitation on choice covers all Quebecers.
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Maybe Australia has the answer
They will all now have to be housed, fed, given medical care, processed, and investigated, at Canadians' expense. Then most of them will be set free while they wait to learn if they qualify for refugee status. Those rejected can launch appeals, a process that will last months or years.
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There's no need to rush on natural gas
Beneath our soil lies a substance that could flood Quebec with billionsof dollars in revenue. It could provide thousands of jobs. It could help, at least for a while, to pay for all our numerous subsidy and welfare programs.
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A new start for Kenya
More than 1,300 people died in rioting and tumult in Kenya in early 2008, as ethnic tensions boiled over after a disputed election. In a country long seen, in Africa and around the world, as one of the continent's more promising states and economies, the explosion of violence was deeply disturbing.
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There's no need to rush on natural gas
As much as 50 trillion cubic feet of natural gas lies trapped in shale rock in Quebec, much of italongthesouthshoreof theSt. Lawrence from Quebec City to Longueuil. Just 10 per cent of this trove would reportedly meet the province's natural-gas demand for a century.
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JAY BRYAN
Blueprint for a richer Quebec
Business organizations exist for the same purpose as any other special-interest group: to make sure that they get whatever goodies governments are handing out and, if possible, a little bit more than their share.
STEPHANIE MYLES
Tennis stars are all @Twitter
From the Williams sisters' mom to Andy Roddick, it seems everyone around the tennis circuit is tweeting
MITCH JOEL
Make no mistake about it: Net neutrality is a business play
Google and Verizon in the U.S. came together to propose a new direction for both the Internet and the future of wireless connectivity that seems to be ruffling many feathers within the industry and among media and technology pundits alike. Before diving into this complex debate on so-called Net neutrality, ask yourself this: Should everyone who has access to the Internet be entitled to access each and every website, blog and Twitter feed equally -at the same speed without being blocked or denied access?
DOUG CAMILLI
Erykah Badu exposes herself to a $500 fine
In April, singer Erykah Badu got naked in Dallas's Dealey Plaza -the place where John F. Kennedy was shot -during the making of a music video.
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