Board hears Lawrence Heights' concerns over redevelopment
Ban on corporate and union donations could be final by the fall
The approach to combatting the drug mafia in Afghanistan has spurred an open rift inside NATO. According to information obtained by SPIEGEL, top NATO commander John Craddock wants the alliance to kill all opium dealers, without proof of connection to the insurgency. NATO commanders, however, do not want to follow the order.
A dispute has emerged among NATO High Command in Afghanistan regarding the conditions under which alliance troops can use deadly violence against those identified as insurgents. In a classified document, which SPIEGEL has obtained, NATO's top commander, US General John Craddock, has issued a "guidance" providing NATO troops with the authority "to attack directly drug producers and facilities throughout Afghanistan."
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But the chain of people profiting from the drug trade goes a lot further -- reaching day laborers in the fields, drug laboratory workers and going all the way up to police stations, provincial governments and high-level government circles that include some with close proximity to President Hamid Karzai. If Craddock's order were to go into effect, it would lead to the addition of thousands of Afghans to the description of so-called "legitimate military targets" and could also land them on so-called targeting lists.
The current economic crisis has generated much discussion on how to avoid a major downturn. Implicit in most of the commentary is the assumption that economic well-being requires us to keep the economy growing much like it has in the past. Yet global warming and other environmental challenges have alerted us to the need to dampen our impact on the planet's ecosystem.
Ideas about steady state economics have attracted increasing attention. Herman Daly, who calls himself an ecological economist, has been writing about steady state economics for three decades. The magazine Adbusters named Daly their Person of the Year for 2008 and featured accessible articles by and about him in the latest issue: Big Ideas for 2009 (#81). These articles will be the focus of our next political discussion.
One of the members of the Parkdale-High Park NDP Education Committee will provide a brief introduction to the topic and an open discussion will follow.
Here are the details of the meeting:
Topic: Steady State Economics -- Necessary Policy or Utopian Fantasy?
Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: 2545 Bloor West, West of Jane Station, Condominium Meeting Room, First Floor.
Light refreshments will be served.
The websites below contain the articles that will be discussed.
Paper copies of the articles are available for pickup, free of charge, at Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Ave.
Herman Daly: Adbusters' Person of the Year
Another version of Daly's article appearing in Adbusters can be found at The Oil Drum
For purposes of ensuring adequate refreshments, please let me know if you plan to attend.
Terry Burrell
Secretary, Parkdale-High Park NDP Riding Association
terryburrell@rogers.com, 416-533-6660
Hello all,
If you haven't heard, UofT NDP is hosting an Obama Inauguration pub night on Tuesday January 20th starting at 8:00PM located at the Regal Beagle on 335 Bloor St. West, near St.George and Bloor intersection, next to the Bata Shoe museum. Come out for a drink, and chat with fellow NDPers and MP Olivia Chow!. If you've been thinking to get or renew your NDP membership there will be forms available, or just come out for a good time! Cheers,
Sally Elabasery
UofT NDP Co-Chair
executives@utorontondp.ca
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Yonge Subway Extension
Upcoming Public Consultation Meeting:
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Open House: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Presentation: 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Multi-Purpose Room
North Toronto Memorial Community Centre*
200 Eglinton Avenue West
Toronto, Ontario M4R 1A7
* Paid parking available under Community Centre
A Notice (PDF) has been published in the Metro and Toronto Star.
Contact Carolyn Embury at 416-397-8685 for more information.
Proposal for a terraced 11-storey residential condominium with ground floor
retail fronting on Dufferin St, and a separate block of 3-storey townhouses for a
(no further info listed)
New guidelines for the rejuvenation of Toronto's Yonge and Eglinton area that would allow for 40-storey office towers or condominiums were approved by city council's planning and growth committee yesterday.
The guidelines, largely supported by local councillors who have fought previous high-rise developments, would see the tallest buildings allowed only at the intersection, with heights farther away from the main streets scaling downward, and a new park.
The Toronto Transit Commission's former Eglinton bus garage in the area is seen as a key site for redevelopment that has been poorly exploited by the city, which is also considering using a new tax-break scheme to spur investment.
The intersection sits on top of the Yonge subway line at the centre of one of the city's most desirable residential and commercial areas, and is slated to become a major transit hub if the planned Eglinton light-rail line, which would be partly tunnelled under the road, goes ahead.
Whereas the population that is need of personal sanitary products (diapers, sanitary pads) is made up of children, women, seniors and people with special needs;
And whereas, the majority of these consumers are either income dependent or of a limited income,
Be it resolved that Ontario New Democratic Party
Call on the Provincial Government to eliminate the provincial sales tax on all personal sanitary products including diapers (all sizes), sanitary pads and tampons, and adult incontinence products.
Regular $310
Early bird fee (before Jan. 16) $285
Non-gainfully employed and unwaged youth $50
Alternates $50
Observers (NDP nembers) $50
Observers (Non-members) $500
Non-negotiable conditions key to council's support of York extension
New bylaw enforcement to make sure repairs are made to 186 of Toronto's worst buildings
City approves new 5-cent fee for each new plastic shopping bag used
Service will be increased during the evenings on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. The combined service will operate every 22 minutes 30 seconds.
New service will be operated during the evenings on the 109C RANEE (Eglinton West Station–Neptune via Marlee and Varna) branch. With this change, service will be operated all day, every day, on both the 109B RANEE (Eglinton West Station–Neptune via Marlee and Flemington) and 109C RANEE (Eglinton West Station–Neptune via Marlee and Varna) branches.
Thursday, January 15, 2009 7:00 pm
Barbara Frum Library
20 Covington Road
North York
(just west of Bathurst and north of Lawrence)
Ontario NDP Convention 2009
Hamilton, March 6-8, 2009
We will be meeting to select delegates for the convention
and to debate policy resolutions.
There has been one resolution proposed (see over). If passed by our riding association, this will be forwarded to the party to be brought to the floor of the convention.
Is there an issue important to you that the Ontario NDP should take a strong position on? If you would like to propose a resolution, please get in touch with us.
Also, let us hear from you if you are interested in being there in person for the excitement of a leadership convention.
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