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Time to question government-subsidized culture by Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director Canadian Taxpayers Federation This past June, Heritage Minister Melanie Joly announced a sweeping review of the federal government’s Canadian content policies. “Everything is on the table” declared Joly – except the possibility of a so-called “Netflix tax” on the popular streaming service which would likely hit consumers squarely in the pocketbook.
Unfortunately for Canadian consumers, it’s not the only new tax being contemplated by the Trudeau government. At the time of her announcement, the Canadian Radio - television and Tele communications Commission (CRTC) had just completed several weeks hearing from dozens of stakeholders as part of its review of basic telecommunications services. A recurring theme were concerns about the cost and accessibility of
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Waiting for questions to be addressed Dear Editor, In March of 2016, I’ve asked questions not being addressed by our political leaders and the for most part by the mainstream media of our political leaders including Premier Rachel Notley, Rick Strankman, MLA, Minister of Energy, Marg McCuaigBoyd and Minister of Environment & Parks, Shannon Phillips. I have yet to hear back from any of my letters. The questions I asked included: 1. What is meant by “The Science is in!”? Does it mean that we can no longer consider natural causes as factors related to climate change? 2. What is meant by “climate change deniers”? 3. Why are we considered a major part of the global problem when Canada is estimated at 1.5 per cent to two per cent of the total global carbon dioxide emission? 4. Are we being involved for symbolic and political reasons? 5. Why do we not get credit for our amount of undisturbed landscape? 6. How can we be a meaningful part
of the solution when China, for example, is estimated to be responsible for 25 per cent of global output of carbon dioxide? 7. Have the large carbon dioxide contributors made any ironclad commitment to major reduction in carbon dioxide reduction? 8. Can we rationalize exporting coal to be utilized elsewhere on our planet? 9. Can we hope to diversity our economy while adopting policies that will result in prohibitive increases in taxes and utility costs? 10. Are we being herded, by wellmeaning people, over the economic cliff like the proverbial Arctic lemmings? 11. Have we reached this point in the history of mankind? “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the age of Wisdom. It was the Age of Foolishness....” - from “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens. Dr. John Kaster Hanna, Ab.
broadband internet, especially in remote parts of the country. Predictably, the first reflex of most stakeholders when confronted with high prices was not to ask whether they could be driven down through, say, more competition, lower taxes or smarter regulation. Instead there was much talk about the possibility of imposing a brand new tax (pronounced: “revenue stream”) on one group of people in order to better subsidize services for another. Fast forward to this fall, with Joly entertaining the possibility of a new internet service provider (ISP) tax as one possible way to generate cash for the “Canadian cultural community”. In effect, the government spent weeks examining the challenges of expensive internet access – and then floated a proposal that would make the internet more expensive for everybody. Perhaps these types of policy contradictions are inevitable when the default view is that the best thing a government can do to solve any problem is squeeze the public just a little bit more. But is it true that our cultural industries are bereft of government support? Consider that the Department of Canadian Heritage already has a budget of $1.4 billion. That doesn’t include the CBC. Or any of the federal museums. Or the National Film Board. Even lesser-known bodies like the Canada Media Fund (CMF), an entity which 99 per cent of Canadians have likely never heard of, has an annual budget of $366 million – money all cribbed from taxpayers either directly (from a government
subsidy) or indirectly (through the cable companies who pass on the costs to consumers). The CMF then turns around and hands this money back to the large cable companies (the CBC, Bell and Shaw are the three biggest recipients) to produce government-approved “Canadian content”. As others have argued, having official government criteria for defining Canadian content is in many ways a misguided endeavour. But even if it were not, we are left with two possibilities for this type of subsidized content: there is either sufficient public demand for it, or there is not. If there is sufficient demand, why do we not expect producers to use their own money to produce it, and consumers to spend their own money to consume it? And if there is not sufficient demand, why are we siphoning hundreds of millions of dollars out of the pockets of all Canadians to pay for it, when they have no interest in consuming it – especially at a time when we are running massive deficits and have countless other priorities? Whether a “Netflix tax” or an ISP tax, the unstated assumptions are the same: we absolutely must have government directing the creation of official Canadian content; Canadian taxpayers must be forced to pay for it; and however much we’re spending on such initiatives now, surely more would be better. It’s well past time these sacred cows were challenged. If Minister Joly really wants to do a review of Canada’s cultural policy where “everything is on the table”, confronting these assumptions should be right at the top of her list.
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Edgerton’s School Stories, Part 1 The rural area surrounding the Village of Edgerton was at one time home to 22 school districts. Most were founded in the 1910s to provide an education for the children of homesteaders and settlers and were dissolved in the late 1940s and early 1950s, with the students being incorporated into the Edgerton School. One contributor to Edgerton’s ‘Winds of Change’ local history book described this consolidation as “Progress, certainly, but with the closing of these smaller school, a bit of the “spirit” of the district has disappeared.” Edgerton feels that with our upcoming 100th celebration in August 2017 it’s important to celebrate the humour and the struggle that dictated the rhythm of life in those days. In the next few weeks we’d like to look at this spirit and share some of the stories that made those rural schools so special. Being rural schools meant long treks by horse or by foot and freezing
mornings, using pencils until the ink thawed. It also meant you were surrounded by nature and wildlife, often against your wishes. Bloomington Valley School District No. 1757 has a story about an unfortunate lad, Cloyd, being involved in an altercation with a skunk on the way to school. No one ever really wins a skunk fight. The teacher, wanting to keep her lunch and likely already having lost her breakfast, sent poor Cloyd home early. No doubt the other boys were looking for skunks the next morning. Other times the boys actively sought out animals, like at Dolcy School that appeared to have a racket of some sorts. One former student recalls some classmates and himself snaring a dozen gophers and tying them together with binder twine, the intention of course being to create a team large enough to pull a block of wood. Unfortunately the experiment failed but, being entrepreneurs as well as
husbandmen, the boys dispatched of the uncooperative gophers and collected their tails, which were worth a penny. This crew had learned that putting the tails in a pail of lard meant the squeamish buyer wouldn’t actually count them and the dozen tails could become 20. The students at Porter Lake also had a penchant for gopher hunting and would proudly place said drowned gophers in the teacher’s desk. Another tale of bravery comes from Empire School, No. 2414, wherein several crews spread out in the woods around their school and herded terrified rabbits into a grove. Pen knifes were brought out to sharpen sticks and most were able to bring supper home that night. Even gentle saddle horses were victims. The La Pearl school was known for miniature rodeos behind the school barn, but with no broncs or wild bulls on hand they resorted to placing rose bushes under the saddle of the family
Families who resolve to spend more time together may reap a host of benefits. One of the easiest ways to enjoy family company is to dine together — with researchers saying it’s one of the most important things parents and other caregivers can do for children. Hectic schedules have made it commonplace for many families to grab meals on the go, whether on the ride to school or during the commute home from work. Family meals may also play second fiddle to sports practices, extra hours at the office and trips to the gym. However, according to family therapist and Harvard Medical School professor Anne Fishel, sitting down for a nightly meal is great for the brain, the body and the spirit. According to a study from researchers Sandra L. Hofferth and John F. Sandberg titled “How American Children Spend Their Time,” which appeared in the Journal of Marriage and Family, family meals are linked to fewer behavior problems, as measured by a child’s score on the Behavior Problems Index. And that is not the only advantage to family meals. • A 2000 survey from the Obesity Prevention Program at Harvard Medical School found that the nine- to 14-year-old children who ate dinner with their families most frequently ate more fruits and vegetables and con-
sumed less soda and fried foods. • Conversations around the dinner table provide an opportunity for children to expand their vocabulary and knowledge about key issues. A 2006 article in New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development found dinner-
when among other adults and children without the distractions of television, phones and other electronic devices drawing kids’ attention away. • Family dinners can help expand palates and get children to try new things. • Experts in the Department of Child Development and Family Science at North Dakota State University say family meals help provide a regular, consistent opportunity to create an environment of inclusion for everyone in the family. Family meals also become a way to carry on family traditions and instill a sense of family unity. • Eating together may help prevent certain poor adolescent behaviors. Teens who have fewer than three family dinners a week are 3.5 times more likely to abuse prescription drugs and to use illegal drugs other than marijuana; three times more likely to use marijuana; more than 2.5 times more likely to smoke cigarettes; and 1.5 times more likely to try alcohol, according to Court Appointed Special Advocate reports. Family meals are more than just a chance to enjoy good food together. Such meals may benefit children for years to come.
horse. No names were named, but it sounds like the rodeo was known beforehand to all but the rider. The students and teachers at our rural schools fought to bring education and order to the countryside, often against the odds. They also brought their own unique character and spirit to the process. These stories highlight some of the ways this has been remembered, and our next installment of tales looks at human victims of rural mischief and the time honoured struggle to get out of schoolwork. ** Source: Edgerton History Book, Winds of Change.
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time conversation boosts vocabulary even more than being read to. Young kids learned 1,000 rare words at the dinner table, compared to only 143 from parents reading storybooks aloud. At the family dinner table, parents can teach their kids how to speak well
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Well liked and always willing to help Richard Lorne Rowe was born in Hanna hospital on Oct. 3, 1957. He was a nice boy who grew up on his parent’s farm near Stanmore, Ab. He attended Youngstown School and completed Grade 12. He was also involved in Youngstown 4-H Calf Club. Richard was more or less a jack-of-all trades. While living in the Drumheller, Ab. area he worked on a farm, in the Rowe plastic factory and did some oil field work. Then
he went to Abbotsford, B.C. to work as a plumber’s helper for a short time. After he returned to Alberta he went to live in Trochu, Ab. and drove the rural mail route out of Three Hills for nearly five years. While living in Elnora he did carpenter and cement work and later was on the crew that built the new Trochu school. He was presently helping the Trochu Hotel owner remodel the Trochu Hotel. Richard was a private person, was well liked by fellow workers and was always willing to help.
Our beloved son, Richard passed away from a fatal heart attack while playing his favourite game on the computer in Trochu on Dec. 12, 2016. He was 59 years old. Richard is survived by his parents Lorne and Margaret Rowe of Hanna, Ab., a sister, Anne (Randy) Karren of Calgary, Ab. and three brothers, John of Spruce Grove, Ab., Leonard (Cheryl) of Calgary and George (Julie) of Ft. McMurray, Ab. He is also survived by two nephews, Trevor Karren of Calgary and Jeff (Candice) Karren of Calgary; one grand nephew,
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One hundred years of busy Edith Tkach passed away peacefully on Sat., Dec. 24, 2016 while in the Coronation Long Term Care Facility at the age of 100 years. Edith was born in Veteran on July 15, 1916. She was raised in the Veteran area and worked for neighbours and at the Veteran Hotel. She met George (GSB) Tkach and they were married Oct. 20, 1938. They had two children Tkach Marvin and Robert. They lived in Veteran where Edith helped George with his business interests - hauling cream and distributing supplies to/ for the local farm families. The business expanded to North Star gas and oil and eventually to farm equipment. Edith and George moved to Coronation in 1951 and operated the business from there. Edith went on to work for Walter and Pearle Bell at Bell’s Foods and later Pearle’s Fashions. The seventies saw Edith working at the Coronation Municipal Hospital in the dietary department. She retired in the early eighties. Her final years were spent in the Coronation Long Term Care facility. Her many interests included her bridge club, playing cards of any type, curling, bowling, bingo and travelling.
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She was predeceased by her husband George; brothers Bill Bartlett, Sid (Martha) Bartlett, Leonard (Bessie) Bartlett, and Harry (Mavis) Bartlett; grandsonin-law Sid Hartung. Edith is survived by her two sons Marvin (Carole) and Rob (Arlene); grandchildren Naomi Hartung (Kevin Henry), Glenda (Rodney) Stanger, Doug (Sherry) Tkach, Neil (Pam) Tkach, Toby (Dave) Evans. She is also survived by great grandchildren Abigail Hartung, Britney Henry, Tanaya Henry, Olivia Henry, Zachary Stanger, Emma Stanger, Chase Tkach, Jesse Tkach, Alexandra Tkach, Brooklyn Tkach, Keegan Evans, Shae Evans; other family and a host of friends. Funeral services were held at the Coronation Community Hall on December 30/2016 with interment at the Veteran Cemetery.
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Cont’d from Pg 4 “These jobs thrive in both high- and low-oil-price environments,” McGowan said. “Which is exactly what the Alberta economy needs right now to build a foundation for long-term prosperity.” During the construction phase of the project (2007-2017) the project added: • $7.9 billion to the Canadian GDP • 75,774 person years of total employment • $1.9 billion in government revenues During the operational lifetime of the refinery (2017-2047) the project is estimated to add: • An annual $2.3 billion to the Canadian GDP • 6,658 full-time permanent jobs • Add $385 million per year in government revenues. Alberta Federation of Labour
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C02 is not pollution! by Herman Schwenk I suspect you, the public, may be getting sick and tired of me writing another column on the carbon climate change issue, however I think this is still very much a concern to most of us that are dreading what the economy of this province will look like in one or two years from now.
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It seems that Rachel Notley, the premier of this province, is hell bound to fast track the destruction of our economy by spending money she doesn’t have like water and imposing taxes that will kill thousands of jobs just like Dalton McGinty and Kathleen Wynne have done in Ontario. Right now she has a $8.9 million dollar government advertisements telling us that her climate leadership plan is working to create more jobs for Albertan’s. The only jobs that I can see being created are more jobs for government bureaucrats that are paid for with our money. I just don’t understand how the media can let politicians like Wynne and Notley lie to us all the time with a straight face. Both of them continually refer to carbon as pollution. As I have written in previous columns the world would die without carbon, in fact, real scientists have determined that for the past few million years the earth was on the verge of doing just that. If the carbon concentration was less than 150 parts per million [ppm] nothing could grow. Before the industrial revolution when we started burning coal and releasing C02 into the atmosphere we were down to about 300 ppm of C02. In fact, the ideal concentration for plant growth is 12 to 15 hundred ppm.
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Will Happer, an atomic physicist testifying before the US Congress said: “We try to keep C02 levels in our U.S. Navy submarines no higher than 8,000 ppm, about 20 times current atmospheric levels. “Few adverse effects are observed at even higher levels.” So how in the world can those politicians tell us with a straight face that C02 at current levels is pollution? They can do it because the media refuse to challenge them! The Premier has recognized that the carbon tax would be very harmful to the greenhouse industry in Alberta, so she will rebate 80 per cent 0f the tax back to the growers as is the case in BC. Without the rebate Alberta would be at a competitive disadvantage from BC. If she does this for other industries she will be picking winners and losers. This has the potential to destroy the Alberta manufacturing industry. I recently learned something else about the administration of the carbon tax that shows how destructive the application of this tax may be. There are small industry and confined animal production facilities in Alberta that use coal for heat and energy because it is cheaper than natural gas. The price of coal at the mine for this purpose is $42 per tonne. For coal purchased after January 1st the government is adding nearly an additional $35 per tonne . This increase in the price of coal due to the tax will almost double the cost of energy for those industries. If the cost can not be passed on to the consumer many of these facilities will cease to exist. For some reason the percentage of tax on coal and N.G. is much higher than on gasoline or diesel. I tried to find out if they are charging that same rate of tax on coal being consumed at power plants but was unable to. If it is, that will significantly bump up the price of electric power. It would seem that she is determined to destroy the coal industry as well as the economy in Alberta as soon as possible. That should be motivation to destroy the NDP in the next election.
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It’s interesting the cartel of oil companies retailing gas across Canada have fixed and manipulated gas prices for years. Yet in my lifetime, I cannot remember even one protest rally of angry residents in the streets of downtown Calgary, screaming “lock them up” … ‘them’ being male oil executives!
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Bull selection and understanding the bullpen by Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, North Dakota State University Extension Service Beef producers experience a sense of joy and calm while enjoying the moments of hanging out with their cattle and watching the stock grow and mature. In many respects, we are bonded to the livestock we raise. Fighting nature’s elements to properly care for the stock gives way to a feeling of euphoria when mingling with the herd. That may seem a little farfetched, but no, it’s simply the truth. We like our cattle, and we ultimately want to continue to produce the cattle we like, the cattle we have. So, how do we maintain the cattle we have? The answer is not simple, but the process is well-known. It’s called bull buying. At times, the discussion will shift to the bull and the cow because the cow herd is the core of the beef business. However, we seldom change cows, but we routinely buy bulls. Thus, new genes generally are brought into the herd through new bulls. The challenge is trying to find the right bull to sire more calves similar to what we have, and that season is upon us. Whenever I start a bull-buying session, the first question is: “Do you like the cattle you have?” The answer is generally “yes.” So the first step to buying a new bull is to document the sires of previous calf crops. This means knowing the registration numbers of previous bull purchases. For the Dickinson Research Extension Center (DREC), I went to the computer and pulled up the bull inventory from September 2013. The center had eight Red Angus bulls active in the herd at that time. Their registration numbers were 1238616, 1317950, 1317985, 1393949, 1473021, 1473096, 1547993 and 1548050. For simplicity, we will assume the bulls all bred the same number of cows. What was the genetic impact of these bulls? The answer is the average expected progeny difference (EPD) values for the bulls. The EPD averages for the growth traits were as follows: birth weight, minus 1 pound; weaning weight, 62 pounds; and yearling weight, 97 pounds. The EPD averages for carcass traits were as follows: marbling score, .46, and rib-eye area, .25 square inch. Step 1 complete. Next step: “How would these sires rank within the Red Angus breed?” This requires a review of the percentile rankings of active Red Angus sires on the Red Angus Association of America’s webpage (http://redangus.
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average for birth weight, slightly above average for weaning weight and yearling weight, average in marbling score and in the upper third for rib-eye area, when compared with Red Angus-sired calves as a whole. The key is, now I know what bulls to look for in terms of their EPD. If the current calves are meeting the center’s expectations, the center needs bulls that have an EPD equal to or lower than minus 1 for pounds of birth weight, equal to or greater than 62 pounds for weaning weight and 97 pounds for yearling weight, greater than .46 for marbling score and equal to or greater than .25 for rib-eye area. Purchasing bulls that do not meet these EPD requirements for these desired traits actually would set the DREC back in terms of genetic improvement. Jumping ahead, how does the 2016 bullpen compare with the 2013 pen? The July 2016 bullpen consists of the following bulls by registration number: 1700517, 1700534, 1700525, 1617805, 1617778, 1724745, 1724751, 1724651, 1691764, 1717588, 3473741, 3473800 and 3473777. The current bulls have a lower birth weight EPD at minus 1.7 pounds, an improvement; essentially the same weaning weight EPD at 61 pounds; a slightly lighter yearling weight EPD at 94 pounds; an increased marbling score EPD at .52; and an increased rib-eye area EPD at .32 square inch. The bullpen has improved as a result of proper bull selection, thus decreasing birth weight and improving potential marbling score and rib-eye area, while only taking a modest dip in weaning weight and yearling weight
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