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GENEVA, Switzer-
land, March 31, 2014/
African Press Orga-
nization (APO)/ The
United Nations Special
Rapporteur on the situ-
ation of human rights
in Eritrea, Sheila B.
Keetharuth, today ex-
pressed deep con-
cern about persist-
ing human rights
violations in the
country in the con-
text of the Eritrean
national service.
National service
dominates life in
Eritrea entirely,
Ms. Keetharuth
said at the end of an
ofcial visit to Ger-
many and Switzer-
land from 17 to 28
March 2014 during
which she collected
rst-hand information
from Eritrean refugees
and migrants on the
human rights situation in
Eritrea.
The bulk of what the hu-
man rights expert docu-
mented reconrmed her
earlier ndings: The
main reasons spurring Er-
itreans to ee their coun-
try are linked to the indef-
inite national service andthe constant fear of being
targeted, she said.
Young people are con-
scripted into the military
without any prospect of
demobilization. Once
they complete military
training, they are as-
Eritrea: UN expert warns about persisting human
rights violations linked to the national service
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signed to various Govern-
ment sectors, including in
the civilian administration.
A conscript who spent al-
most 14 years in national
service told the Special
Rapporteur that some
families have three or four
sons and daughters in the
national service. The sal-
ary is paltry too low to
cover the prevailing cost
of living, let alone support
family members, especial-
ly children, the elderly or
siblings.
During the interviews withthe Special Rapporteur,
refugees described in great
detail the widespread inse-
curity that every Eritrean
citizen experienced, irre-
spectively of whether he or
she was a national service
conscript.
In addition to regular
round-ups by the military,
citizens are targeted ar-
bitrarily for reasons that
remain mostly unknown
to the victims or beyond
their control, or at times on
charges of plotting to leave
the country, the indepen-dent expert explained.
Severe punishment, in-
cluding of family members
of those who ed, often
takes the form of arrest
and detention, sometimes
for prolonged periods in
inhumane conditions and
systematic ill-treatment.
Other forms of punishment
may include the payment
of heavy nes, thus depriv-
ing entire families of theirmeans of livelihood.
Harassment and intimida-
tion of family members,
including elderly parents,
is routine.
Accountability mecha-
nisms do not exist, leaving
victims without any access
to justice and perpetuating
a climate of impunity and
fear which extends beyond
the borders of the country,
the Special Rapporteurwarned.
Ms. Keetharuth also ex-
pressed concern about the
plight of 276 Eritreans de-
tained in Nagad, Djibouti,
with two having report-
edly died while in custody.
I reiterate my call on the
international community
to strengthen efforts to
ensure the protection of
those eeing from Eritrea
by granting at least tempo-
rary refuge or protection in
line with their obligations
under international refugee
and human rights law.
I request the Eritrean Gov-
ernment to demonstrate its
willingness to deal with its
human rights challenges by
taking immediate positive
steps to reverse the climate
of impunity and fear and
by inviting me to assess thesituation of human rights in
UN expert warns about . . .
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the country rst hand so as
to nd lasting solutions,
she stressed.
Eritrea continues to refuse
to cooperate with the coun-
try mandate created unani-
mously by the UN Human
Rights Council and has
not yet granted the Special
Rapporteur a visa to visit
the country.
Due to lack of access to
Eritrea, I will continue to
link up with Eritrean refu-
gees and migrants outside
of their home country, as
well as with all others con-
cerned by human rights
in Eritrea, including those
who consider themselves
to be victims of alleged hu-
man rights violations, hu-man rights defenders and
other civil society actors,
Ms. Keetharuth said.
The result of her ndings,
which will be strictly lim-
ited to the situation inside
Eritrea, will be reected
in her second report to the
Human Rights Council in
June 2014.
SOURCE
United Nations Ofce
of the UN High Commis-
sioner for Human Rights
(OHCHR)
Eritrea: UN expert warns about . . .From page 3
CIBC economist Benjamin Tal
says Canada lacks detailed in-
formation and statistics about
Canadas housing market, andthat poses a danger to the coun-
try in the long run.
In the report Flying Blind,
published Thursday, Tal pro-
vides a list of questions about
Canadas housing market where,
for some reason, theres no track-
able data. The U.S., on the other
hand, monitors many aspects of
real estate data.
What was the dollar value of
new mortgages originated in
Canada in the last quarter? Tal
asks, rhetorically. What is the
share of non-conforming loans
in the Canadian landscape?
What is the delinquency rate of
those non-conforming loans?
What is the ow of rental activ-
ity in the country? What is the
share of foreign investors in the
condominium market? What is
the average down payment?
The short answer to those and
many other questions is that we
simply dont know, Tal says.
The gap between the impor-
tance of the real-estate market
to the economy and the lack of
publicly available information
on it is mind-boggling.
Tal says that for a variety of
reasons, U.S. policymakers and
private-sector economists have
access to a much deeper pool
of information. Useful, illustra-
tive data such as the amount of
foreign buying activity, tenancy
rates and details on new mort-
gages applications are often
easily accessible on a federal,
statewide and sometimes even
city-specic level in America.
Theres simply no easily avail-
able public equivalent to a lot
of that data in Canada. Canadas
big banks often keep track ofthat data internally where avail-
able, but theres a broader inter-
est in sharing and documenting
that data more publicly.
Incomplete picture
How can you determine the
level of rate sensitivity if you
do not have information on the
distribution of mortgages by ac-
tual mortgage rates, the level of
down-payment and .. debt ser-
vice ratios? Tal wrote.
Tal does acknowledge, however,
that even having access to that
much data wasnt enough to
prevent that countrys real estate
collapse in 2007.
But the dearth of information
is bad in a number of ways, he
warns. It causes people to form
opinions on the overall market
based on evidence they can pull
together from anecdotal snap-
shots and the picture thatpaints isnt always a pretty one.
Those with no access to such
data form their (usually bear-
ish) opinion largely based on
anecdotal evidence that hide
more than what they reveal, Tal
says.
The lack of housing data also
gives policymakers an incom-
plete picture of the market. The
broad perception that the overallmarket is overheated, but slowly
cooling may in fact be the case,
but how are policymakers sup-
posed to determine what the best
policy on interest rates should
be, for example, if they dont
have a complete picture of all
the data, Tal wonders.
The situation is unhealthy, he
said.
Fortunately, Tal says Canada is
in a suddenly good position tox the problem. Canada Mort-
gage and Housing Corporation
(CMHC) and the Bank of Can-
ada both named new leaders in
the last 12 months, and with Jim
Flaherty announcing his retire-
ment, there will soon be a new
nance minister in Canada.
New leadership at each of those
nancial pillars gives Canada
an opportunity to chart a course
that [reduces] any potential risk
of a real estate bubble by mak-ing data availability a top prior-
ity, Tal says.
CBC News
Canadian housing data dangerously in-
complete, CIBC warns
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Newly unsealed police
documents show that fear
ripped through north Etobi-
coke neighbourhood as the
Dixon City Bloods Gang
dreaded retribution if thenow-infamous video that
appears to show Toronto
Mayor Rob Ford smok-
ing crack cocaine was re-
leased.
Summaries of the wire-
tapped conversations relat-
ed to the Ford investigation
were released by a judge at
the Ontario Superior Court
on Thursday. The alleged
threats were intercepted
by police in May through
wiretaps as part of a sweep-
ing drugs-and-guns inves-
tigation known as Project
Traveller.
Police documents reveal
that Fords friend and oc-
casional driver Alexander
Lisi made threats to mem-
bers of the Dixon City
Bloods, warning that their
neighbourhood was going
to get lit up un-
til the video was
returned.
Lisi called LibanSiyad, an alleged
victim of an ex-
tortion attempt to
obtain the video,
about one hour af-
ter news of the crack video
appeared on the U.S. web-
site Gawker on May 16,
2013. He asked about an
infamous picture on the
website that shows Ford
with Anthony Smith, who
was shot dead outside a
downtown Toronto night-
club last March, and two
accused gang members
who have since been ar-
rested and charged with
drug trafcking.
In a conversation recorded
one day later, the police
documents show that Siyad
warned that Fords driver
had threatened a man nick-
named Juiceman, saying:
youre f-king dead, and
everybody on your block
is dead. The afdavits say
that police do not know
Juicemans identity.
In another conversation,
Lisi tells Siyad that the
heat is on the Dixon
neighbourhood and its
only going to get worse
until the video is returned.
Lisi did not make death
threats directly in the in-
tercepted calls disclosed in
the police documents; they
were second-hand.
The Project Traveller wire-
taps captured 50 commu-
nications related to Ford
on May 17.
Fords friend El-
ena Basso, who
lives in the house
where its believed
the crack video
was lmed, com-
plained in a con-
versation recorded
May 20 that police
and Robs people
were coming every day.
She said news of the crack
video was disrupting the
drug business in the neigh-
bourhood, and she told Si-
yad that if he had the video
to bring it to her house and
give it directly to Rob.You know its going to
go down, hes the f-king
Mayor of Toronto, Basso
says.
She continues: Hes got
power. Somebody tried
to, it doesnt matter whos
right or wrong, everyones
going to go f-cking, if
were going to feel the heat
everywhere. Not just in f-
king Dixon Park, were,
were going to feeling it,
people at Weston Roads
going to feel it, people on
Jane Street gonna feel it,
everywhere.
Later in the conversation,
Basso reminds Siyad that
she had warned them about
Ford.
Rob Ford, I told you guys
hes a big f-king idiot any-
ways.
The wiretaps were part of
the Project Brazen 2 in-
vestigation, which was
launched in the fall after
police became aware of theFord video.
Ford, who is running for
re-election this October,
has not been charged with
any crimes. None of the al-
legations contained in the
search warrants have been
tested in court.
CTV News
Gang feared retribution after Ford crack video,
documents reveal
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(Reuters) Eritrea, who
have a history of players
defecting when on inter-
national duty, have with-
drawn from the African
Nations Cup qualiers, the
Confederation of African
Football said on Sunday.
They were due to play new-
comers South Sudan in oneof two preliminary round
xtures in April. South
Sudan now proceed to the
next qualifying round in
Mauritius.
Seventeen players from
the Eritrean squad, plus the
team doctor, absconded at
the 2012 East and Central
Africa Senior Challenge
Cup in Uganda.
In 2011, 13 Eritrean players
sought asylum in Tanzania
after the same tournament,while 12 members of the
Eritrea squad disappeared
and sought asylum in Ke-
nya during the regional
tournament in 2009.
Eritrea withdraw from Nations
Cup qualication
Four Eritrean athletes also
left their base and sought
political asylum in Britain
after the London Olympics
in 2012.
Between 2,000 and 3,000
Eritreans ee the small
east African country every
month, a United Nationsreport said last year.
(Reporting by Mark
Gleeson in Cape Town;
Editing by Toby Davis)
Sources tell CTV News
that it is unlikely Toronto
Mayor Rob Ford will face
criminal charges as a re-sult of an ongoing police
investigation into his ac-
tivities, while provincial
police say they turned the
case back over to Toronto
investigators after discov-
ering theres nothing left to
probe.
Toronto Police had asked
the Ontario Provincial Po-
lice in early March to as-
sume an oversight role inthe investigation.
The OPP, however, con-
rmed Thursday that
theyve handed Project
Brazen 2 back to Toronto
Police because there is
nothing for them to inves-tigate.
OPP spokesperson Sgt.
Pierre Chamberland said
Thursday that no new in-
formation has come to
light since then and thats
why the probe is back in
the hands of Toronto Po-
lice.
Project Brazen 2, a spinoff
from a separate investiga-tion into drugs and guns,
waslaunched last fall after
police became aware of
a video that shows Ford
smoking what appears to
be crack cocaine from a
glass pipe.
The investigation led to the
arrest of Fords friend and
former driver, Alexander
Lisi, who was charged with
extortion for his alleged at-
tempts to obtain the video.
Although Toronto Police
say that Project Brazen 2
continues, Ford appeared
relieved Thursday by the
OPPs decision to step
away.
Id like to thank the OPP
for doing a proper inves-
tigation, he said at city
hall. Ive said it from day
one: I didnt do anythingwrong.
Ford said he still supports
Toronto Police 100 per
cent.
In the past, he has repeat-
edly criticized Police Chief
Bill Blair, saying investiga-
tors were wasting taxpay-
ers money to follow him
and Lisi around. Ford has
also publicly challenged
Blair to arrest him.
Police documents unsealed
Thursday show that mem-
bers of the Dixon City
Bloods Gang dreaded ret-
ribution if the Ford vid-eo was released. Fords
friend Elena Basso, who
lives in the house where
its believed the video was
lmed, complained in a re-
corded conversation that
police and Robs people
were coming every day
after news of the video
broke.
With a report from CTV
Torontos Natalie Johnson
Criminal charges against Rob Ford unlikely: sources
OTTAWA -- While politi-
cians in Ottawa still cant
decide who is in the mid-
dle class, a new analysis
suggests wealth is increas-ingly gravitating to the
very top.
The report by the left-lean-
ing Canadian Centre for
Policy Alternatives shows
that the countrys 86 rich-
est individuals and fami-
lies -- or 0.002 per cent of
the total population -- are
getting exponentially rich-
er and now have accumu-
lated as much wealth as
the countrys poorest 11.4
million.
Thats more than in 1999,
when the richest 86 had as
much money as the poorest
10.1 million and enough to
buy up everything in New
Brunswick and still have
about $40 billion left over,
according to the report, to
be released Thursday.
The point of the exercise,
says economist and authorDavid Macdonald, who
used Statistics Canada data
and research from Cana-
dian Business magazine,
is to show that if income
inequality is a policy and
social justice concern --
wealth inequality is worse.
In fact, the super-rich list
of Canadian residents has
little to do with income inthe traditional sense, he
said. None of the 86 are
company CEOs -- often
the poster children of the
Occupy crowd for their
unseemly salaries and bo-
nuses. Instead, the ones on
the list are there by virtue
of being company found-
ers or related to company
founders.
The super-rich have gotten
there by creating and trad-
ing assets, whether compa-
nies, real estate or securi-
ties.
We often focus on income
inequality but thats a so-
cialist paradise compared
to wealth inequality, said
Macdonald.
The top 20 per cent only
get half of all the income,
but in terms of wealth in-
equality, the top 20 per
cent have 70 per cent of
all wealth. Its much moreextreme and the concern is
as you accumulate all this
wealth, this wealth starts to
buy you political power.
Inequality, whether in
Canadas richest 86 have as
much wealth as poorest 11
million
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Editors: Grace Cherian
Photographer: Mulugeta Zergaber
Contributors: Mohamed EdrisNaza HasebenebiMedhin Ghebreslasie, Amleset Tesfay, Bode Odetoy-
inbo, Mimi Chandy, Ken NtiamoaSubscription Costsin Canada $39 for a year and $59 for two years. In USA, it costs $45 fora year and $69 for two years.
Articles appearing in assorted columns of Meftih newspaper are intended to generate civil
& informed public discussions. You dont have to agree with opinions expressed by the writers.However, that should push you to express your own views. Through that way we generate lively
& civil discussions in the community. Rejoinders are not forums for personal insults & we want
readers to adhere to these principles.
Editor-in-chief
Aaron Berhane260 Adelaide St. E. Toronto,
ON. M5A 1N1 # 192
Tel: 416-824-8124Fax: 416-783-7850
www.meftih.ca
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income or wealth, increas-
ingly looks like it will be-
come a key issue in the
upcoming federal elec-
tion, with Liberal Leader
Justin Trudeau and NDP
Leader Thomas Mulcair
seeking to make the casethat Conservative policies
have left the middle class
behind -- with little job se-
curity, higher in debt, and
in many instances, living
paycheque to paycheque.
The government has point-
ed to the growth in net
worth most recently re-
ported by Statistics Canada
in February as an indicator
their policies are working
for everyone.
After-tax disposable in-
come has increased by 10
per cent across all income
brackets, noted Employ-ment Minister Jason Ken-
ney at the time.
But Statistics Canada also
showed wealth gravitat-
ing to the top. While me-
dian net worth rose almost
80 per cent since 1999 to
$243,800 per family unit,
the top 40 per cent pos-
sessed 88.9 per cent of to-
tal net worth, leaving the
bottom 60 per cent with a
mere 11.1 per cent of the
pie.
Eye-opening was the data
that showed the poorest 20
per cent of family units hadmore debts than assets.
The issue ared again
Wednesday after Trudeau
asked Prime Minister Ste-
phen Harper if he thought
that the problem of the
middle class was a myth.
Harper chided Trudeau for
Canadas richest 86 have as . . .
his inability to dene the
middle class.
But the issue is not going
away. The NDP has been
especially critical of the
governments decision to
severely cut corporate tax
rates, even in the middle ofa recession, and getting lit-
tle job creation or business
investment in return.
Some economists have also
argued that nations with
high levels of inequality
tend to underperform more
egalitarian countries in
terms of overall eco-
nomic growth.
The latest CCPA
analysis also suggests
that once someone
gets to the top of the
wealth ladder, they
likely stay there.
The richest individu-
als and families in
2013 were pretty
much the same peo-
ple who made the list
in 2005 and in 1999
-- well-known fami-
ly names like Thom-
son, Weston, Irving,
Desmarais and Pat-
tison.Between 1999
and 2013, the re-
port shows that the
wealthiest 86 Canadians
had enlarged their pot of
gold from $118 billion to
$178 billion on real non-
inationary terms.
Macdonald says a reason
wealth growth is increas-ingly becoming concen-
trated is that it is taxed dif-
ferently from income.
If one Canadian makes
$100,000 a year selling a
company (or shares) while
another makes $100,000 a
year working at a job, the
worker will pay twice the
tax of the business seller,
he said.
A combination of a higher
inclusion rate (for capital
gains) and higher incometaxes at the top of the in-
come scale could go part
way to offset the ood of
wealth that is accumulating
in the pockets of Canadas
wealthiest and ensure some
benets are returned to the
majority of Canadians.
Julian Beltrame,
The Canadian Press
From page 6
Prime Minister Stephen
Harper today issued the fol-
lowing statement following
news from the Vatican that
two Canadians, Marie de
lIncarnation and Franois de
Laval, have been canonized
by the Catholic Church:
Today, I welcome the very
exciting news from the Vati-
can that His Holiness Pope
Francis has ofcially pro-
claimed Canadians Marie de
lIncarnation and Franois de
Laval as Saints.
PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA RECOGNIZING THE
CANONIZATION OF MARIE DE LINCARNATION
AND FRANOIS DE LAVAL
It is entirely tting that
this recognition be given to
two outstanding Canadians
who were pillars of the early
Church in Canada and whose
lives exemplied faith and
piety.
This is a tremendous honour
for Canada and a wonderful
day for Catholics.
Saint Marie de lIncarnation,
often referred to as the
Mother of the Canadian
Church, was an Ursuline
nun who founded Canadas
rst school. Fluent in locallanguages, she taught the
children of both the settlers
and the Aboriginal popula-
tion.
Saint Franois de Laval was
the second Catholic bishop in
North America and laid the
foundations for the Church
in French Canada. As a mis-
sionary to New France, he re-
jected his familys wealth to
faithfully pursue his spiritual
vocation.
Both were
b e a t i f i e d
by Blessed
Pope John
Paul II in
1980 and
d e c l a r e d
Saints by
Pope Fran-
cis on April
3, 2014.
They served
and died in
what is to-
day Qubec
City, where
they are
buried.
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You dont care about my
feelings!, You dont un-
derstand me! Why cantyou support me?, I cant
take this anymore!. These
words, echoing sentiments
of built up resentment,
are often repeated over
and over again during the
course of heated arguments
between parents and chil-
dren, husbands and wives,
and even between friends.
Dealing with these kinds of
issues are not always easy.
Fear not though! Thesekinds of issues and many
more can be resolved or
even avoided using a few
simple yet very effective
techniques!
1. Try your best to be
positive about every aspect
of your life. Begin with
your mind and end with
your actions. The harmful
effects of negative thoughts
and feelings can have di-
sastrous consequences forones social and family
life. Once negative feel-
ing start to appear try your
best to dispel them. Look
to people and things that
teach you to be a better
human being and remove
yourself from the people
and things that cause you
to be unhappy. We all have
that friend we love because
we see them for calm after
a storm. They are sweetand happy go lucky and
we almost want to steal
their energy. We seek them
when we need that most,
but many other times we
forget them in order to
seek the company of others
whose approval we seek.
In this life we have to learn
to deal with all the circum-
stances and situations that
are brought before us. If
we cant gure out howto move past, or better yet
accept those around us we
will have a very hard time.
We should care enough to
fulll the needs of those
we love instead of neglect-
ing them. If we dont do
this, how do we have the
right to police their behav-
iours when they are not to
our liking?
2. Try to empathize
with people. As the say-
ing goes, try to be in a
persons shoes. When
people are down all they
need sometimes is just a
listening ear and a friendly
distraction. Being overly
critical and rational when
someone is emotionally
fragile is not only cruel
but also ineffective. If one
wants to really make a dif-
ference in a loved ones
life, one has to try to coun-
sel them wisely and with
patience. All people can
change but some just need
more of an effort than oth-
ers. Although we might notalways understand where
people are coming from,
we can easily recognize a
person who is deeply hurt-
ing. Just because they were
horrible to you yesterday
it doesnt mean they are
not deserving of your love
tomorrow. A simple hug
and a smile can go a long
way to cheer a person up.
I know for me chatting and
exchanging funny storiesis always good way I can
help cheer up a friend who
is otherwise down. You too
have that ability. Just look
past the outside of a person
and try to focus on their
humanity.
3. Be honest with peo-
ple. If you have a problem
with something a friend
has done you should waituntil you are calm and talk
to them about it. There is
no point in telling anyone
else you have a problem
with that person except
that person themselves.
You would save yourself a
lot of trouble and unneces-
sary negative feelings that
way. Humanity is diverse;
unfortunately, part of that
diversity entails overcom-
ing misunderstandings.
Understanding were peo-
ple are coming from helps
one accept them better. I
know for me I battled with
this issue. As I grew up I
realized that people can be
really impolite and even
borderline rude for no rea-
son. I came to the realiza-
tion though that expecting
things from people that
they cant give did nothing
but make me feel unhappy.
I learned two things from
this period in my life. 1.
I should always focus on
self- development be it
through developing coping
strategies or by giving peo-ple a chance and getting to
know them better. I came to
realize that the more I got
to know someone the easier
it was for me to like them.
Giving people a chance no
matter how they appear to
you is an excellent way to
become more accepting.
You might be handsomely
rewarded for it, you never
know. The second thing I
learned through my ongo-ing journey of self -devel-
opment is that differences
are not one of the miseries
of life but actually one of
its beauties.
4. Self -Ref lect ion
is an excellent way to be
honest with yourself about
who you are! Often times
we are excellent critics of
others (I include myself in
this category) but we sel-dom apply the same analy-
sis to ourselves. There is
no shame or embarrass-
ment to acknowledge that
one has a weakness, in
fact it, it is actually a signof great strength. If one is
always getting upset with
people and can barely tol-
erate them, it is fair to as-
sume one can improve
upon their communication
skills. Acknowledging the
problem is the rst step to
solving it. We all know that
1 + 1 equals 2 but we seem
to forget that life too has
a formula- of sorts. Posi-
tive human developmententails battling with ones
ego and learning to come
to terms with ones difcul-
ties. People who risk be-
ing vulnerable in order to
face their fears are often
admired by us because we
too wish we could do the
same. Walking around with
the weight of the world on
your shoulders and refus-
ing to show any weakness
in front of people can eas-ily cause you to have anxi-
ety or even worse, an emo-
tional breakdown.
5. Dont overwork
your mind and body with
expectations. Try your best
and leave the rest to God.
You are a human being you
are not perfect. You can
make mistakes. You are
allowed to feel unsure of
things. Develop good cop-ing techniques to relieve
stress. If you ever nd your-
self suffering from anxiety
relax yourself more. You
may have reached your
limit of tolerance and your
body is telling you to calm
down, listen to it. It is ex-
pected for all people to
feel overwhelmed at one
point in time or another.
If you are a student and
taking exams, it is betterhave to them deferred until
you feel better. If you are
a working, try to do activi-
ties and things after work
that help you to build ener-
gy and relieve stress at the
same time. Things like ex-
ercise and massages are an
excellent way to help calm
you down. I know person-
ally know of someone who
goes swimming often be-
cause they found it helps
them to relax and stop wor-
rying. Find your outlet and
stick to it. You dont want
to risk your health. Anxiety
is a very scary thing but it
can be overcome with talk
therapy. Talk therapy can
help you learn your triggers
and help you develop good
coping strategies. Dont
give up on yourself but at
the same time count your
blessings. Look to people
and things that make you
happy. Happiness is a con-
tagious energy if one is
surrounded by it and lives
by it. Your difculties can
make you a greater per-son provided you have a
positive outlook. Negativ-
ity, fear and worry drain a
person and cause them to
loose badly needed energy.
Avoid it at all costs!
This concludes my piece
thank you for taking the
time to read it. I hope it
was benecial. My only
goal with this piece was to
share some techniques thathave helped me immensely
to become happier. We are
here together on the earth
and we all need to care
about each other. I wish
you all peace and happi-
ness in all that you do. If
I could tell you one thing,
it would be that you are a
valuable member of our
community and that we all
need you to be a part of it.
Let us all come togetherand assist each other for
the greater good.
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Vancouver, British Columbia
CANADA, Mar 27, 2014 (Fil-
ing Services Canada via COM-
TEX) -- Sunridge Gold Corp.
(the Company or Sunridge)
(sgc:TSX.V/SGCNF) is pleased
to report that it has received up-
dated values from the nancial
model for the Asmara Project
Feasibility Study (the Study)
which increased the Base Case
post-tax net present value
(NPV) from $345 million to
$428 million. The increased
numbers are based on the Com-
pany receiving clarity on the tax
laws of Eritrea, specically the
application of historic expendi-
tures and depreciation in the -
nancial model. The pre-tax value
of $692 million for the Study re-
mains unchanged. The results of
the Study were initially reported
on May 28, 2013 and amended
on August 21, 2013.
The Study demonstrates that
the mining of all four advanced
deposits that make up the As-
mara Project (Emba Derho, Adi
Nefas, Gupo Gold and Debarwa)
and processing of the ore near
the large Emba Derho deposit is
economically robust with a pre-tax NPV (using a 10% discount
rate) of $692 million and a post-
tax NPV (10% discount rate)
now at $428 million. The new
post-tax number is a signicant
increase of $83 million from the
original post-tax NPV (10%) of
$345 million.
The following outlines the Base
Case Highlights from the Study.
* NPV of $692 million at a 10%
discount (pre-tax)
NPV of $428 million at a 10%
discount (post-tax)
* Internal rate of return (IRR) -
pre-tax 34%, post-tax 27%
* Base Case metal prices used -
$3.25/lb copper, $1.00/lb zinc,
$1,400/oz gold, $25.00/oz sil-
ver
Feasibility Study Report
An amended Asmara Feasibility
Technical Report which incor-porates the updated application
of Eritrean tax laws is being
completed by lead engineering
company SENET with support
from Snowden Mining Indus-
try Consultants Inc. on resource
estimation, mine design, mine
planning and economic mod-
elling in addition to work by
Knight Piesold Ltd. on water
and waste management design.
Blue Coast Metallurgy Ltd. di-
rected metallurgical test-work.
The new report will be led on
the Companys prole on www.
sedar.com within 30 days of this
press release.
Qualied Person
The Asmara Feasibility was
completed by lead engineering
company SENET under the di-rection of Pieter Theron Projects
Director and approved by Neil
Senior, Pr.Eng, an Independent
Qualied Person within the
meaning of NI 43-101.
Michael Hopley, President and
CEO of Sunridge Gold Corp. is
the Companys Qualied Per-
son responsible for the contents
of this press release and has re-
viewed the information in the
release and conrmed that it is
consistent with that provided by
the independent Qualied Per-son responsible for the Study.
ABOUT SUNRIDGE:
Sunridge is a mineral explora-
tion and development company
focused on the acquisition, ex-
ploration, discovery and devel-
opment of base and precious
metal projects on the Asmara
Project in Eritrea. Sunridge cur-
rently has approximately 210
million shares outstanding and
trades on the TSX Venture Ex-
change under the symbol SGC.For additional information on
the Company and its projects
please view the slide show on
our website at www.sunridge-
gold.com or call Greg Davis at
the number listed below.
SUNRIDGE GOLD CORP.
Michael Hopley
Michael Hopley, President and
Chief Executive Ofcer
Sunridge Gold Increases Post-Tax Value for theAsmara Project, Eritrea
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We have learned the death
of Mr. Ahmed Nasser, a vet-
eran of the Eritrean revolu-tion with great sadness and
would like to express our
sympathy and condolences
to his family, colleagues,
and the entire Eritrean peo-
ple. Mr. Ahmed Nasser has
dedicated his life to the Eri-
trean revolution and contin-
ued his struggle in the quest
for freedom and democracy
in our country. His passing
is made more tragic by the
fact that he never got the
chance to enter his belovedcountry and live and rest in
it with dignity. As we mourn
this great loss of yet anoth-
er stalwart of our national
revolution, we call up on
our generation to give duerespect to all veterans of the
Eritrean war for indepen-
dence and recognize their
positive contributions and
commitments. It is now up
to us to meet the challenges
we face as a generation and
rescue our nation from a to-
tal destruction and establish
a democratic political sys-
tem supported by the pillars
of freedom, justice, human
rights, rule of law, liberty,
respect, peace, and prosper-
ity.
EYSC, EMC, and EM-DHR Joint Statementon the Death of Mr.
Ahmed Nasser
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Swiss francs ($565,500).
Further details of the case
were not provided, but Bar-
celona said in February that
FIFA had sent a commu-nication instructing it not
to select six players who
are under 18 for its youth
matches South Koreas
Lee Seung Woo, Paik Se-
ung-Ho and Jang Gyeolhee,
Theo Chendri of France,
Nigerian-Dutchman Bobby
Adekanye and Patrice Sou-
sia of Cameroon.
The punishment, whichprevents Barcelona from
signing any players until
the summer of 2015, leaves
recent agreements with Bo-
russia Monchengladbach
goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter
Stegen and Croatian teenag-
er Alen Halilovic to join the
club in July in limbo.
Barcelona, which has
not commented on the
sanctions, has three
working days to inform
FIFA of an intention toappeal and then a fur-
ther week to provide its
reasons for challenging
the punishment.
Premier League club
Chelsea had a one-year
transfer embargo im-
posed after being found
by FIFA to have induced
teenager Gael Kakuta to
leave Lens, but it wasoverturned in 2010 by
the Court of Arbitration
for Sport.
FIFA tightened its rules
on transferring minors in
2010, to help end what glob-
al players union FIFPro
described as the equivalent
of child trafcking. FIFA
sought to close loopholes
which allowed clubs and
agents to bring youngsters
to Europe on the promise of
getting a lucrative contract,
only to abandon them with-
out a job or education.
In the Barcelona case, FIFA
stressed the interest in pro-
tecting the appropriate and
healthy development of aminor as a whole must pre-
vail over purely sporting in-
terests.
The disciplinary committee
emphasized that the protec-
tion of minors in the context
of international transfers is
an important social and le-
gal issue that concerns all
stakeholders in football,
FIFA said in a statement.
Above all, the committee
highlighted that while inter-
national transfers might, in
specic cases, be favourable
to a young players sporting
career, they are very likely
to be contrary to the best
interests of the player as a
minor.
Barcelona potentially needs
to sign a replacement goal-
keeper, with Victor Valdesout of contract at the end
of the season and ruled out
for seven months this week
following knee surgery. Ge-
rard Pique is in need of an
assured partner in central
defence with the impending
retirement of Carles Puyol.
The FIFA case threatens to
further damage the image
of a Catalan football insti-
tution that is owned by its
members and prides itself as
being more than a club. It
is currently grappling with
the fallout from last years
signing of the 22-year-old
Neymar.
Barcelona president Sandro
Rosell abruptly quit in Janu-ary as he ghts a lawsuit al-
leging he misappropriated
funds by hiding the real cost
of Neymars signing from
Brazilian club Santos. In
February, Barcelona paid
13.55 million euros (then
$18.6 million) to Spanish
tax authorities to cover any
potential irregularities over
the transfer, while maintain-
ing its innocence of fraudcharges.
The Associated Press
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OPINION
Like many, I was
excited by the new wave
of justice seekers and their
amazing energy and en-
thusiasm. I, unfortunately,
have not joined a specic
organization, but I have
observed their online ac-
tivities with what at times
can be described as enthu-
siasm and at others as sheer
disappointment. As an
observer, I have been im-
pressed with a great many
commentators and writersand the sound intelligence
with which they discuss
our national tragedy.
Some of these remark-
able people I have become
good friends with and have
developed a deep respect
for. They embody bravery
by refusing to give up on
their people and embody
resilience because they
are able to learn from their
experiences. I am positivethat there are many more
people like this out there
and look forward to getting
to know them too.
These kinds of people have
helped me feel hopeful in
the future and to start to re-
ally believe that our people
have nally realized the
value demanding justice
and political accountability
in Eritrea. It is very tragic
that it took so many lives
for many of us to wake up
and realize that supporting
a regime as oppressive as
the one holding Asmara
hostage is not a sign of
loyalty but of inevitable
death.
That being said, I want to
touch upon something that
I have noticed. Again I
want to clarify that this is
only according to my ob-servations. I have noticed
that although some have
vocalized their commit-
ment to the cause of bring-
ing justice and dignity to
Eritrea and its long suf-
fering people; their words
and actions do not mirror
it. There seems to be too
many tit for tat remarks
and commentary on is-
sues where there should be
more resolve and discipline
displayed. Political discus-
sion may cause one to feel
offended or even slighted,
but one must learn to for-
give or even forget peo-ples perceived offenses
for the greater good. The
perceived culprits many
times are not even aware
they are offensive it is just
the way they speak, so it
would be futile to engage
them using the very tactics
they have mastered. On the
ip side of the coin, there
are many people who care-
fully craft their words and
try their best not to offend
people, but end up beingoffended anyway by brash
and unrened political op-
ponents.
It is almost as though we
are battling between two
online realties. One happy
go lucky and one a deeply
hurting angry one. There
has to be a balance be-
tween these two realities
and more of a consorted
effort needs to be made
to build strong, yet em-pathetic characters within
ourselves. Good leaders
are those that master their
surroundings and circum-
stances with the intention
of achieving a goal. In our
case, what greater goal do
we have then to save our
people from the horrors
they face daily. Humility
and strength go hand when
one wants to unite a people
torn apart by hate. I would
love to see us all unite on
the basis of survival-truly!
The petty squabbles that so
evidently magnify them-
selves on computer screens
across the globe and within
chat rooms need to be ex-
tinguished.
Furthermore, if one feels
that their ego is interfer-
ing in their work to unite
our people, one needs to
be conscious enough to re-
move themselves from it.
It is not a sign of defeat to
humble oneself but a sign
of great strength. I wouldlove to see the momentum
I saw not too long ago re-
turn and for all of us to be a
part of. It almost seems to
me like a honeymoon pe-
riod has almost ended and
the nitti gritty realities of
coexistence are fracturing
our union. If we dont prac-
tice self restraint, patience
and most of all discipline
when it comes to matters
of disagreement we risk
becoming the instrumentsof our own demise. We
all need to re- shift our pri-
orities and understand that
there is nothing glamorous
or glorious about ghting
for justice. Flashy slogans
and sharp tongues will get
us nowhere good. We, the
people, are the opposition
and we, the people, have to
be just even if it is against
our own selves. Our surviv-
al depends on this. In time
all things are revealed forwhat they truly are, so we
just ought to sit back and
assess situations before we
hastily jump on any band-
wagon. We can easy be
misled enough to ride on
a bandwagon leading us
straight to hell. These are
my parting words. I will
leave you the colloquial
greeting of salam, peace.
May the struggle continue
and may we nally bring
justice to Eritrea, God will-
ing.
A View from a FarBy: Remah Ibrahim
For months, Rob Ford has
insisted he wants to debate
all comers in Torontos
mayoral race. This eve-
ning, the mayor will get
his wish, as the ve lead-
ing candidates for mayor
participate in their rst
debate from 5 p.m. to 7
p.m. on Citytv and on-
line. Mayoral contenders
Ford, Olivia Chow, John
Tory, Karen Stintz, andDavid Soknacki will each
get a chance to discuss the
three major subjects of the
debate: taxes, transit, and
leadership.
For candidates like Stintz
and Soknacki, the debate
will be an opportunity to
raise their name recog-
nition and be put on the
same platform as the three
other candidates, who pollat much more competitive
levels. But it wont be easy
to gain a lot of traction in
just one debate. Ford has
consistently exceeded ex-
pectations at these events
he participated in over 100
debates in the 2010 cam-
paignas he tends to stick
to his talking points and
deliver them with convic-
tion, which comes across
well in the format. Tory
will likely warn against an
Olivia Chow or a Rob Ford
mayoralty and say livable,
affordable, functional a
lot. And Chow will likely
argue against choosing any
of the Ford lite options,
and claim that adopting his
policies without his behav-
iour would still be a recipe
for failure.
As we follow the de-
bate, the Torontoist Truth
Squad will be on-the-yfact-checking the state-
ments and claims made by
the candidates in order to
provide more context and
establish what holds up.
Statements that we judge
to be outright wrong will
get a FALSE rating, while
half-truths and exaggera-
tions will get a QUES-
TIONABLE rating.
Desmond Cole will be fact-checking Olivia Chow and
David Soknacki, David
Hains will be fact-check-
ing John Tory and Karen
Stintz, and Christopher
Bird will be fact-checking
Rob Ford.
Let the Hunger Games de-
bate begin!
Before we begin the rst
televised debate of Cam-
paign 2014, we can take a
trip down memory lane to
Fact-Checking
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the debate on March 30,
2010. George Smither-
man was the front-runner,
and longshot candidate
Rob Ford took credit for
cleaning up Rexdale
and wanted to bring back
Julian Fantino. The more
things change.
5:04: Chow claims thatbuilding an LRT to replace
the Scarborough RT will
save a billion dollars. Even
in the most generous in-
terpretation, this gure is
overblown by about $100
million, as Daniel Dale
pointed out in his March
17 fact-check of the claim.
QUESTIONABLE
5:06: Stintz says she has
a plan to fund the Down-town Relief Line, but its a
stretch. Her plan to sell half
of Toronto Hydro would
raise only about $400 mil-
lion and would also require
a 0.87-per cent property
tax revenue increase. The
Downtown Relief Line
would cost $7.4 billion.
QUESTIONABLE
5:08: Ford has not saved
the City a billion dollars.
He has not built a sub-
way. City council has notapproved a subway for
Finch. Ford does not have
a proven track record of
building subways. And the
St. Clair streetcar line is
not an LRT. Right out of
the gate, Ford has blatantly
lied ve times in less than
a minute. FALSE
5:12 Citytv is asking view-
ers to text in the name of
the candidate they wouldmost trust to run transit in
the city, which will just end
up being a competition for
which campaign can stuff
the ballot box most. Go,
democracy, go!
5:20: Chow asks Ford
about what he would say
to people who rely on TTC
services that have been
cut. Ford immediately lies
and says he hasnt cut TTC
service, which he voted
for and got passed in 2011
when he cut numerous
route services down. He
claims he has not cut one
red cent on transit, skip-
ping the fact that the TTC
budget allocation has not
been raised along with the
rate of ination, which is
effectively a cut. He also
claims that a further transit
fare hike will not be nec-
essary, which is extreme-
ly unlikely, but everythingelse he said was FALSE.
5:21: Emma Teitel of Ma-
cleans magazine asks Tory
a specic question about
what he would do to im-
prove bus service. He does
not answer directly, saying
that a plan will come later.
He argues that we need to
focus on all road conges-
tion, and focus on trafc
signalling and co-ordi-
nating road construction.
These efforts are already
in the works at City Hall.
QUESTIONABLE
5:24 Tory: Mr. Ford is ac-
tually right that the fund-
ing of the TTC has gone
up, not down. Tory is
right that gross TTC fund-
ing has increased, but on a
per-rider basis, funding has
gone down. In 2010, the
ridership subsidy, which is
the lowest in North Ameri-ca, was $0.92 per trip. It is
now $0.79. QUESTION-
ABLE
So, the poll on Citytv says
viewers rated Chow high-
est during the transit seg-
ment. Its worth noting that
Chows campaign team has
also organized a debate-
watching party.
5:31 Ford claims he has
cleaned up Soknackis
mess, which isnt even
remotely true considering
the massive budget short-
fall thats in Torontos
immediate future. Then
he claims again that hes
found efciencies and
oh, lord, hes just not going
to stop, is he. FALSE
5:35: Stintz takes credit
for the new streetcars and
subways that the TTC has
rolled out. But these werepurchased under the previ-
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to radiofrequency elds if
there is no clear evidence
of health effects from cell-
phone use. He acknowl-
edged that its a bit of a
challenge in terms of
sounding a bit like a mixed
message. But he said the
panel heard from many
Canadians at a public hear-ing who felt they had no
control over their exposure
because radiofrequency
devices are now every-
where.
The idea was for people
who were concerned, to
give them some tools that
would at least put things a
little bit more in their own
control, he said.
Similarly, the other recom-
mendations also addressed
concerns voiced by Cana-
dians at public hearings.
Some parents were con-
cerned there was no inves-
tigation when they report-
ed problems they believed
were associated with Wi-
Fi in schools, he wrote in
an email to CBC News.
Clusters, no matter what
type of disease, are dif-cult to investigate (and, to
be honest, often leave ev-
eryone unhappy), but the
panel felt there should be
some process in place to
follow up.
Wireless radiation safety
hearing criticized
With respect to those who
reported suffering from
IEI-EMF, Demers said
there is so far no scien-
tic evidence linking theirsymptoms to measurable
radiofrequency elds.
From page 22 On the other hand, thereare people who are seri-
ously ill and seriously con-
cerned about that, he said
at the media brieng, and
we believe that this should
be a priority area for re-
search to identify just what
is causing their symptoms
and ways to properly pre-
vent those symptoms.
The panels attempts to
address public concerns
were not enough for Cana-
dians for Safe Technology,
a group that wants lower
limits in Safety Code 6.
The group said in a news
release that it was disap-
pointed in the report and
accused the panel of ignor-
ing some published peer-
reviewed science warnings
of related health risks.
Source: CBC News
Wireless radiation health . . .
most anything, said Pro-
gressive Conservative en-
ergy critic Lisa MacLeod.
This is a premier who
likes to pretend she wasntpremier for six weeks af-
ter assuming ofce. Shes
also pretending now that
she wasnt the Liberal
leader for the past year. He
worked for her.
On Tuesday, the New
Democrats issued a news
release calling on Faist to
voluntarily testify before
the standing committee on
justice.
If he does not, the party
says it would use a speak-
ers warrant to bring him
before the committee.
The NDP news release
noted that a speakers war-
rant was used to get for-
mer Ornge executive Chris
Mazza to testify in front of
a legislative committee in
2012.
NDP quite concerned
As a minority government,
the Liberals must work
with one of the opposition
parties in order to pass their
annual budget a process
that will unfold over thenext few weeks.
Should the government be
able to pass their budget,
they will be looking to the
New Democrats to make
that happen.
On Tuesday, NDP Leader
Andrea Horwath told re-
porters that her party is
quite concerned about
the events of last week and
now this week, and the
New Democrats will be
considering those matters.
When asked a follow-up
question as to whether Hor-
wath regretted not pulling
the trigger on an election
previously, the NDP leader
said she believed that the
last couple of weeks had
produced important rev-
elations in the legislature.
I think its pretty clear
that the work that weve
been doing is important,
she said. Its pretty clear
that nobody would have
known about Mr. Faist and
his participation had wenot gone through the last
week or so.
Horwath said that because
a public inquiry is not tak-
ing place, the legislature
is instead seeing informa-
tion come out in dribs and
drabs.
Nonetheless, she said that
MPPs are using that in-
formation to search for
answers in the gas-plantscandal.
The people of this prov-
ince need to know why
the government felt it was
OK to take $1.1 billion and
move two gas plants for
the purposes of saving a
couple [of] political seats,
Horwath said.
Source: CBC News
From page 24
NDP willing to seek . . .
England striker Jermain
Defoe will miss Toronto
FCs weekend game against
the Columbus Crew with a
slight hamstring strain.
Manager Ryan Nelsen says
Defoe, who had a scan
Tuesday, will be out for
the short-term.
Not a major thing but
denitely unavailable this
weekend, he said.
The 31-year-old Defoe
was substituted in the 61st
minute of Torontos 3-0
loss to Real Salt Lake on
Saturday. He went to the
dressing room, favouring
his left thigh.
Defoe has scored all three
of Torontos goals this sea-
son.
Toronto (2-0-1) is already
without Canadian mid-
elder Jonathan Osorio,
who is also dealing with a
hamstring issue.
Jermain Defoe to miss
match with hamstring strain
Barcelona was banned by
FIFA from signing any new
players for next season af-
ter being found guilty on
Wednesday of repeatedly
breaching transfer regula-
tions.
The heavy sanction, which
covers the summer and
January transfer windows,
followed an investigation
over the past year into the
Spanish champions sign-
ing of players under the age
of 18 from 2009 to 2013.
FIFA found the signing of
10 un-named players to
be in breach of its rules
covering the protection of
minors. A ne of 450,000
Swiss francs ($509,000
US) was also imposed on
Barcelona, which was giv-
en 90 days to regularize
the situation of all minor
players concerned.
The Spanish Football Fed-
eration was also found by
the world governing body
to have violated the rules
covering the registration ofminors and ned 500,000
Barcelona banned from
signing players by FIFA
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By Grace Cherian
I opened my eyes. I was lying on
the hard brown laminate oor-
ing of my living room. How did
I get there? Just a few minutes
earlier Id been sitting up on my
soft red couch reading. Then I
understood. Another fainting
spell. Im prone to dizziness
from time to time.
It was 10:00 p.m. My bedtime. I
tried to move. But my right foot
really hurt. I couldnt walk. So
I crawled into my bedroom andclimbed into bed.
When I woke up the next morn-
ing my ankle still hurt. I must
have twisted it. It was Mon-
day. I had scheduled lunch with
my friend Dea for Thursday. I
phoned to cancel our date. Deas
a nurse. Is your foot swollen?
she asked. Silly me. I hadnt
even checked. I pulled off my
sock.
Yes.
Put an ice pack on it. Twice
a day for twenty minutes. Ill
come and visit you on Thursday.
But I wont stay for lunch.
Dea arrived on Thursday with
a load of homemade soups and
mufns for me. Let me see
your foot, she said.
I removed my sock. Dea felt my
foot.
Its warm, she said.
From the blood pooling there?
I asked. She nodded.
We visited for a while. Before
Dea left she said, Youd better
make an appointment to see the
doctor. Your foot is more swol-
len than I thought.
My general practitioner, Dr.
Grundland, works at Womens
College Hospital. But she wasntthere when I went. I saw Dr.
Kraft instead. She requisitioned
an X-ray and told me to come
right back and see her. I hobbled
across Grenville Street to the X-
ray department.
Theres a reason your foot is
swollen and sore, Dr. Kraft
said. Youve fractured the
bones at the base of your second
toe. And I had been walking
with a broken foot a whole week
thinking I had just twisted my
ankle!
Dr. Kraft prescribed an air cast
and crutches for six weeks.
Crutches?? Why do I need
crutches?
You cant exert any weight on
the injured foot. And keep your
foot elevated as much as pos-
sible.
The next day my brother David
drove me to Starkman Surgi-
cal Supply on Bathurst Street.A helpful Indian gentleman
said, What size shoes do you
wear?
7M. He tted me with an air
cast and then found me a pair of
crutches. But I just couldnt get
the hang of using them.
Try this two-wheeled walker,
he said. Ah, thats so much bet-
ter.
The next week I saw Dr. Grund-land. We have to nd out whats
causing your dizzy spells, she
said. She lined up a whole series
of medical procedures for me.
Being temporarily disabled has
given me some insight into the
struggles of those with persistent
disabilities. Something as basic
as transportation for instance. I
couldnt use the TTC. I applied
for Wheel-Trans. But they in-
sist on an in-person assessment
rst. The lady who interviewedme said I would be notied by
A Taste of
Becoming
Disabledous administration, which
she has also criticized for
being scally irresponsi-
ble. QUESTIONABLE.
5:40: Soknacki keeps call-
ing the tax increase coun-
cil approved to fund the
Bloor-Danforth subway
extension the biggest tax
increase in the Citys histo-
ry. The transit portion of
the tax increase amounted
to 0.5 per cent this year, 0.5
per cent next year, and 0.6
per cent in 2016, for a total
of 1.6 per cent. After prop-
erty taxes were frozen foryears under Mel Lastman,
they rose between 3 to 5
per cent a year under Da-
vid Miller. Now, Soknacki
may be referring to the 30-
year time period during
which the transit tax will
be collected. He is correct
that the debt levied to pay
for the Bloor-Danforth ex-
tension will limit the Citys
debt ceiling, and thus, limit
borrowing opportunities.But its a big stretch to call
it the biggest tax increase
in the Citys history.
FALSE
5:41 In response to
Soknackis question about
money-saving votes that
Ford failed to show up for,
Ford again claims he has
saved the taxpayers a bil-
lion dollars and that Joe
Pennachetti says thats
correctneither of which
is trueand then he con-
ates cutting taxes with
cutting spending again, be-
cause hes Mister FALSE.
5:41 Jimmy Kimmel has
more to say about Toron-tos mayoral debate.
5:42: Stintz defends the
changes in her position
when it comes to the island
airport and Scarborough
transit expansion. Stintz
claims that her position on
the airport is based on three
principles, but its a deec-
tion; she doesnt explain
why she was against jets
then and is for them now.
QUESTIONABLE
5:48 Its worth mentioning
that this entire debate for-
mat, which simply encour-
ages candidates to shout at
one another, is completely
useless, and Citytv should
feel embarrassed.
5:50: Tory repeats his line
that hes the only candi-
date who will take the city
not left, not right, butforwards, because he is
apparently either Kang or
Kodos.
5:51 Ford lies again about
the billion dollars and
sheer fatigue is starting to
set in, but this time he says
he did what David Miller
could not do; namely, save
money through budget ef-
ciencies. However, Da-
vid Millers administration
saved an amount of money
in budget efciencies com-
parable to what Fords has.
FALSE
5:51 Rob Ford blah blah
gravy train blah blah then
claims hes created 57,000jobs in the last three years
(a) he doesnt really create
jobs directly as mayor, and
(b) the unemployment rate
has risen during his tenure
as mayor. FALSE
5:55: Chow claims that wa-
ter rates have gone up dur-
ing Fords administration.
While this is true (rates
went up 9% this year, for
example), water rates have
been going up at an iden-
tical rate for years as part
of the Citys Wet Weather
Flow Master Plan. QUES-
TIONABLE
5:55: Ford, after attacking
Tory for losing the provin-
cial election for some rea-
son, says he is a business-
man. Ford, by his own
admission, worked a very
minimal number of hours
at Deco Labels while hewas a city councillor; if he
ever was actively involved
in Decos management on
a day-to-day basis, he has
not been so for over a de-
cade now. FALSE
5:56: Ford claims that we
havent had one union
strike. Well, except for
that librarian strike in
2012. FALSE
5:56: In case youre won-
dering why this debate is
at the weird 57 p.m. time
Please see page 21
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mail within seven to
ten business days. But
I had several medical
appointments to go to.
Fortunately an agency
in my neighbourhood
called the Mid-Toronto
Community Services
drives people with
disabilities to medi-
cal appointments and
brings us home. I
phoned them up. Risa,
the Transportation Co-
ordinator made an ap-
pointment to visit me
at home. After asking
me some questions,she said I qualied for
the service. She made
it effective that very
afternoon. So I booked
all my appointments
with them.
The drivers of the Mid-
Toronto Community
Services have all been
courteous and help-
ful. They drive both
cars and vans. But the
drivers picked me up
in regular cars because
my walker is collaps-
ible and ts in the back
seat or trunk of the car
Some friends, John and
his wife Sharon, came
to visit me. The buzzer
wasnt working. So
I had to hobble out
to the lobby through
four sets of very heavy
doors and let them in.
And then I had to do the same to
get back into my apartment. Its
very hard work using a walker.
My forearms are bearing the
weight of my entire body. Be-
cause I dont normally use these
muscles, I tire very easily. I was
struggling with both hands on
the walker, trying to open four
sets of heavy doors and keep
them open long enough for me
to get through.
John and Sharon were too busy
chatting with each other to no-
tice. Thoroughly exhausted from
my efforts, I nally said, Could
you please open these doors?
Some people are completely
blind to the needs of those with
disabilities.
Friends like Dea have gone out
of their way to help. She has
come over every week to stock
me up with homemade soups.
My brother and neighborthey
share them the same name, Da-
vid have bought me grocer-
ies.
One of the hardest things about
being conned is struggling
with depression. So Ive phoned
friends and said to them, Can
you please visit me? I need a
picker-upper.
Friends whove broken bones
themselves were very sensitive.
When they came to visit, theyvewaited on me hand and foot.
Complete strangers have been
kind, holding open doors for
me. One person in my building
saw me at the mailbox. He said,
I can tell youve seen better
days.
And Ill see better days again,
I chirped.
I will indeed. The orthopedic
surgeon has promised that my
cast can come off when I see
him on March 31. I feel like a
caged bird that can y again.
A Taste of Becoming . . .From page 20
slot, one Citytv source tells
Torontoist its because of
U.S. syndicationthey
wont pre-empt shows
like Cougar Town. Busy
Phillips has those kinds of
powers.
6:09: Fords question for
Soknacki references him
increasing spending more
than any other budget chief
ever has, which isnt true,
because Ford is referring
to the gross budget, which
includes the provincial
and federal funding DavidMiller excelled at getting.
FALSE
6:11: Answering a ques-
tion on budgets from Ford,
Soknacki does a decent
job explaining to view-
ers where the budget has
grown in recent years.
He does glare somewhat
alarmingly at his adversar-
ies on stage when he gets
red up. Wonder how thatis playing with the view-
ers.
6:11: Ford claims that gar-
bage collection is saving
$80 million per year. Its
saving $80 million over
the life of the contract.
FALSE
6:11: Stintz claims that
she has always been clear
about where she stands on
revenue tools for transit,
but this is not the case. As
Tory points out, she sup-
ported selling 10 per cent
of Hydro before modifying
that to 50 per cent this past
Monday. QUESTION-
ABLE
6:14: Ford, nally being
asked about all that crack
he smoked, goes back to
his track record, says I
saved a billion dollarsYET AGAIN, then invites
people to his campaign
kickoff party. FALSE
6:19: Fords closing state-
ment: proven track recordof success, billion dollars,
efciencies, the CFO says
a billion dollars, et cetera.
FALSE Congratulations to
Citytv for inventing a de-
bate format so completely
useless that it enables Ford
to quite literally repeat the
same three lies for a solid
hour.
6:25: Citytvs post-debate
analysis is nothing short of
awful. The rst commen-
tator makes the argument
that Ford won the debate
because he was a good
communicator, essentially
saying that the mayors
overwhelming intransi-
gence was really great.
The second analyst adds
that it was impressive how
on top of the Citys les
Ford was, like which tran-
sit lines were getting built.
This is what happens whenyou get analysts who dont
follow City Hall.
6:40: In a post-debate
scrum, Stintz is asked how
she will deal with losing
part of the dividend from
selling half of Hydro. She
claims that they might get
a greater dividend with ef-
ciencies from the private
sector. The idea that ef-
ciencies in a utility compa-ny could double net income
to make up for selling half
of the company is either
disingenuous or ignorant.
FALSE
By DAVID HAINS, DES-
MOND COLE , AND
CHRISTOPHER BIRD
source: torontoist.com
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Technology & Science
vice to his constituents in
Scarborough-Agincourt,
the leaders ofce said in
an email statement to The
Canadian Press.
Over that time he has
shown himself to be a
ghter and a strong advo-
cate for a variety of causes.
He takes on causes dear tohis heart with real passion
and determination. We sa-
lute his public service and
wish him well.
Among his accomplish-
ments, Karygiannis counts
persuading Parliament to
recognize the 1915 geno-
cide of Armenians in what
is now Turkey as a crime
against humanity.
In his nal speech in the
Commons, Karygiannis
also referred proudly to hisskill as a political organiz-
er, although his aggressive
tactics, particularly among
multicultural communi-
ties, often landed him in
hot water.
He quoted a letter from
Martin last year, in which
the former prime minister
said Karygiannis can out-
campaign and out-organize
just about anyone.
There are very few people
that have the capability to
organize and help othersget elected, Karygiannis
said of himself. Many
people say Im the last
samurai in our party.
He was banned by the
Ontario wing of the party
from attending delegate
selection meetings during
the 1990 leadership con-
test, after he was accused
of physically accosting a
Martin supporter.
Karygiannis, who was or-
ganizing for Chretien at the
time, was also famously
accused of putting chew-
ing gum in the coin slots
of pay phones to prevent
Martin organizers from
calling supporters whod
been suspiciously misin-
formed about the timing of
a delegate meeting.
However, Karygiannis
eventually became one of
Chretiens severest critics
and became an organizerfor Martin camp during the
2003 leadership contest.
In 2006, he was nation-
al co-ordinator for Joe
Volpes ill-fated leadership
campaign. He quit mid-
campaign over a difference
of opinion over Israel and
wound up calling the po-
lice to stop Volpe from re-
moving computers, which
had been leased in Kary-
gianniss name, from his
campaign headquarters
From page 23Veteran Liberal MP J. Karygiannis . .
Health Canada shouldaggressively research
the possible link between
wireless airwaves and can-
cer and should inform Ca-
nadians how they can limit
their exposure to such
electromagnetic elds
while using cellphones, an
expert scientic panel rec-
ommends.
However, the panel found
that Health Canada guide-
lines for human exposure
to wireless airwaves from
cell towers, radio and TV
broadcast antennas and
other wireless technology
provide enough protection
from the two established
health effects from high-
powered exposure to those
frequencies:
Heat damage such as
burns.
Electrical shocks or nervestimulation.
While the panel looked at
studies about other health
effects, those effects could
not be conrmed because
they were not consistently
observed in multiple rigor-
ous studies.
The expert panel, assem-
bled by the Royal Society
of Canada, was asked by
Health Canada to do a sci-
entic analysis of the de-partments latest update to
Safety Code 6, which sets
safety limits for exposureto radiation from radiof-
requency elds emitted by
wireless devices and trans-
mitters. The panel released
its report Tuesday.
Kenneth Foster, a bioen-
gineering professor at the
University of Pennsylvania
and a member of the expert
panel, noted that radia-
tion in this case is simply
electromagnetic waves
travelling through the air,
like the light from a ash-
light, and are too weak to
break chemical bonds, un-
like more powerful radia-
tion such as X-rays.
The eight scientists on the
panel, led by cancer epide-
miologist Paul Demers of
Cancer Care Ontario and
the University of Toronto,
pored through evidence in
scientic literature to g-ure out if the new limits
do a good job of protect-
ing both people who work
with equipment such as
cell towers and the general
public.
Based on the evidence
about known hazards, the
panel doesnt recommend
any changes to Safety
Code 6, Demers said at an
embargoed press brieng
organized by the ScienceMedia Centre of Canada.
However, we did havea number of other rec-
ommendations to Health
Canada about precaution-
ary measures that can and
should be taken, Demers
said.
The report said Health
Canada should: aggres-
sively pursue scientic re-
search aimed at clarifying
whether there is a link be-
tween radiofrequency en-
ergy and cancer.
Give consumers more in-formation about wireless
radiation including rec-
ommendations on practi-
cal measures that Canadi-
ans can take to reduce their
exposure around cellphone
use (for example, limiting
use in areas with low sig-
nal strength, and using an
earpiece).
Investigate and gure out
what is causing the debili-
tating symptoms of people
who say they are hyper-sensitive to radiofrequen-
cy radiation a condition
known as idiopathic envi-
ronmental intolerance at-
tributed to electromagnetic
elds (IEI-EMF).
Develop a way for the pub-
lic to report suspected dis-
ease clusters and for those
suspected clusters to be in-
vestigated.