"...the insurgency is composed of a whole series of different components and elements. I mean this is a society that some have described as almost clan-based. It's very mountainous. There's these little communities of interest and focus. Each of them has their own political structure and dynamic and if you can begin to separate some of these organizations and groups and leaders from those that are on the most extreme end, then you can begin to weaken the insurgency through diplomacy, through negotiation. That's what we've always meant by a comprehensive approach to the pursuit of peace in Afghanistan ..."
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Monday, March 9
Fixing financial markets best help for ailing auto industry: Ford
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DavidAkin
on Mon 09 Mar 2009 08:30 PM EDT
Ford Canada's top executive said Ottawa's top two priorities to help the ailing auto industry ought to be fixing broken credit markets and improving a scrappage program that provides incentives for consumers to junk old cars and buy new ones . . . more »
MPs listen to auto industry woes all night long
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DavidAkin
on Mon 09 Mar 2009 06:46 PM EDT
I'm sititng in Room 253-D in the Centre Block of the House of Commons where, a few minutes ago, a special subcommittee of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology just got underway. This subcommitee has been set up to address the crisis faced by the automotive industry in Canada. We'll be here to 11 pm tonight listening to a broad range of witnesses from Ford, Mazda, unions, and a series of industry associations. more »
Artists say Ottawa's cuts killing jobs, hurting culture
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DavidAkin
on Mon 09 Mar 2009 05:25 PM EDT
Cuts the Conservative government made to programs that helped Canadian artists export their work now threatens Canadian jobs and puts the nation's international cultural influence in peril, several artists told MPs Monday. ... At the time the cuts were made, a senior government official told Canwest News Service the programs were being axed because some grant recipients included "a general radical," "a left-wing and anti-globalization think-tank" and a rock band that uses an expletive as part of its name ... more » |
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