The Asian Star November 03 2018

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Canada rushes to deport asylum seekers who walked from USA Canada is prioritizing the deportation of asylum seekers who walked across the border

from the United States illegally, federal agency statistics show, as the Liberal government tries to tackle a politically sensitive issue ahead of an election year. The number of people deported after their refugee applications were rejected was on track to drop 25 percent so far this year compared to 2017 to its lowest point in a decade, even as the number of deported border-crossers was on track to triple, according to Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) data. More than 36,000 people have walked into Canada from the United States to file refugee claims since January 2017, many saying they feared U.S. President Donald Trump’s election promise and policy to crack down on illegal Continued on page 7

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BC gov’t brings legislation to return human rights commission BC gov’t took the first legislative steps Thursday to re-establish a provincial human rights commission.

Attorney General David Eby introduced proposed amendments to the Human Rights Code in the legislature during the morning session, saying the commission would help create a more inclusive British Columbia. “As we see what’s happening around the globe, it has never been more important that governments do all they can to end discrimination and stand up for human rights,� Eby said in a news release.

“Every person deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.�

Former head of Human Rights Commission says it should have full independence B.C. is in the only province in the country without a human rights commission — the government disbanded the previous commission in 2002.

The proposed amendments would create an independent human rights commissioner, who would examine Continued on page 7

India unveils world’s tallest statue India’s prime minister Modi unveiled a towering bronze statue of Sardar Vallabbhai Patel, a key independence leader and the country’s first home minister after British colonialists left in 1947.

At 597 feet, it is reportedly the tallest statue in the world, and nearly twice the size of New York’s Statue of Liberty.

It cost $403 million to build, and is located in Kevadiya, a village in Gujarat state. Both Prime Minister Narendra

Modi and Patel hail from Gujarat state.

Indian construction workers are seen at the plimth structure the “Statue Of Unity�, the world’s tallest statue dedicated to Indian independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, near Sardar Sarovar Dam near Vadodara in India’s western Gujarat state on October 30, 2018.

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Police raid Indian call centres linked to ‘CRA phone scam’ that have victimized Canadians Over the past two weeks, Indian police have been bursting into suspected illegal call centres, arresting everyone in sight and seizing troves of equipment used to carry out phone fraud aimed at foreigners. Hundreds of Canadians are among the victims of the so-called “CRA scam,� and their combined losses — from just two of the raided offices — are likely to be at least in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. “This is just the beginning, says Chief Ajay Pal Sharma of the Noida Station. “More illegal call centres are running in the city, which will be busted soon. We

will be conducting more raids.�

Police say they arrested 28 people in just one of their sweeps, including two seen as the kingpins of the operation. Most are in their twenties.

They are expected to face fraud-related charges, which could result in jail time.

The raids were triggered by a visit from Canadian police to Noida, a suburb of India’s capital New Delhi, following Continued on page 9

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Experts weigh in on the costs of SkyTrain vs. LRT in Surrey A decision to ditch light rail transit plans in Surrey in favour of a SkyTrain extension would give up on a vision to grow the city and come with a price tag that is ‘magnitudes higher,’ experts say.

Doug McCallum, that city’s mayor-elect, told Postmedia News this weekend that a SkyTrain extension from King George station to Langley City could be completed for $1.65 billion — the same price as a planned LRT system that would connect Surrey City Centre to Guildford and Newton.

But that figure is far lower than a $2.9 billion estimate engineering firm Steer Davies Gleave & Hatch provided to TransLink in a July 2017 study.

That estimate, in 2022 dollars, covered an eightstation, grade-separated, 16-kilometre rail line that would run cars consistent with those designed for the Expo and Millennium Lines.

McCallum has previously stated the project could be done for far less than that $2.9 billion if about half the SkyTrain line was at grade. It is unclear if McCallum’s $1.65 billion SkyTrain figure is supported by any reports, but he cited the roughly $1.4 billion spent on the 11-kilometre Evergreen Line in reaching that number. McCallum did not return a request for comment Monday.

Gord Lovegrove, an associate professor at the University of B.C.’s School of Engineering, said the last time he checked, each kilometre of SkyTrain line could be expected to cost around $150 million to build.

His per-kilometre estimate is not far off the 2011 dollar costs of the Evergreen line once they are adjusted for inflation. It is also consistent with an estimate in 2016 dollars that Steer Davies Gleave & Hatch provided for the Surrey to Langley SkyTrain extension.

“You have order of magnitude differences in costs” between LRT and SkyTrain systems, Lovegrove said.

He said the problem North Americans tend to have with light rail, which is relatively new on the continent, is that “we want to have our own exclusive right-of-way. We’re not willing to take the risk safety-wise, timetable-wise or schedule-wise to have it run with traffic.”

But Lovegrove said exclusive rightof-ways need not be the case any longer, citing Hamburg’s system as proving you can run at grade in traffic.

“I would just recommend maybe take a second longer look. Otherwise, if you’re spending an order of magnitude more, then you’re just not able to do as much with that same taxpayer dollar.”

Anthony Perl, a professor of urban studies and political science at Simon Fraser University with a focus on transportation, said that in every category he could think of, SkyTrain “costs more and does less.”

Among other things, the automated system demands separated infrastructure, he said.

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OPINION

By John Horgan, Premier British Columbia

Everyone deserves a safe place to live.

But for too many women and children in B.C., home is an unsafe place. To provide safe places to stay for women and children fleeing violence, our government is building 280 new homes. This is the first major investment in transition housing in more than two decades.

The old government’s failure to make significant investments in housing for women and children fleeing violence has left a big gap in the supports and services people need. Our government is taking action to reverse years of neglect and provide ongoing funding for the services women and children fleeing violence depend on, including housing, counselling, and crisis supports.

This week, our government took the first big step towards filling this gap, with investments in 12 communities, in every part

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Everyone has the right to live without fear and violence of the province. These 12 new projects will a job. I don’t have an education. Where am supply more than 280 homes for women and I going to go? How am I going to survive?”, children leaving violence and abuse. This is the first stage of our plan to build 1,500 transition, second-stage, and affordable housing spaces for women and children fleeing violence over the next 10 years.

It takes a lot of strength for someone experiencing domestic violence to leave an abusive relationship. Ghezal Durrani, a survivor of 13 years of domestic abuse and former resident of YWCA’s Monroe House joined us to announce the Building BC: Ghezal Durrani, former resident of YWCA’s Monroe House, Women’s Transition Housing joins Premier John Horgan in announcing that more women and Fund. She said her biggest fear children fleeing violence will have a safe and secure place to go, as was leaving her relationship and the Government of British Columbia builds 1,500 new supportive having no place to go. “I have two homes throughout the province. young children, and I don’t have she was forced to ask herself. Today, Ghezal is a third-year criminology student, and a Community Development Coordinator with the YWCA. For many people, knowing that they have a safe place to stay is the difference between deciding to flee or return to an abusive home. By building new safe, transition, and second-stage homes, women and children will get the safety and support they need to live free of fear and violence. These homes can also help women and children recover from the effects of abuse, and give families a chance to build happier, healthier lives.

In a province that puts people first, we need to do everything we can to prevent and address gender-based violence. We need to make sure women and children can find safety when they need it most. And we need to keep working together to build a B.C. where each person is treated with dignity and respect, and where everyone lives without fear and violence.

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Saturday, November 3, 2018 BC gov’t brings legislation to return human rights commission From page 1 discrimination in the province and develop tools for educating the public about combating inequality, according to the government.

That sets it apart from the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, a quasi-judicial body with the power to decide whether

specific complaints about discrimination are justified and order compensation.

The news comes after an eightweek consultation with the public that was conducted in the fall of 2017.

Canada rushes to deport asylum seekers who walked from USA From page 1 immigration. The influx has thrown the Canadian asylum system into turmoil and caused a political uproar in a country accustomed to picking and choosing its newcomers. In response, the government gave more money to the independent body adjudicating refugee claims and appointed a minister responsible for border-crossers.

The CBSA, which is responsible for deportations, said in an email to Reuters that it classifies border-crossers with criminals as a top deportation priority.

Refugee lawyers and border officers said the prioritization seems to be Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s way of dealing with those asylum seekers, who have become a hot political issue for his Liberal Party ahead of a general election in 2019.

Border Security Minister Bill Blair declined to comment.

In an email, Blair’s office said the government is committed to a “robust and fair” refugee system and that everyone ordered removed has been given due process. A CBSA inland enforcement officer said the tradeoff is that deportees who could pose a real public safety risk are not getting deported.

India unveils world’s tallest statue From page 1 Modi inaugurated the “Statue of Unity” on the bank of the Narmada river. He had promised the project despite criticism that India couldn’t afford it. It was designed

by Indian sculptor Ram V Sutar. As it was unveiled, Indian air force planes showered it in flower petals. Patel was known as the “Iron Man of India” for integrating various states in the post-independence era as the creation of Pakistan led to a massive bloodshed between Hindus and Muslims moving between the two nations.

On Wednesday, Modi called the statue “a symbol of India’s integrity and resolve,” BBC News reported. Experts said the statue is a way for Modi to showcase India’s status as a rising superpower.

The “Statue Of Unity”, the world’s tallest statue dedicated to Indian independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, stands overlooking the Sardar Sarovar Dam near Vadodara in India’s western Gujarat state on October 30, 2018.

“In Modi’s worldview this statue is a crucial part of the signaling of the rise of India and the presenting before the world that rise in visual terms,” Hindol Sengupta, who wrote a biography about Patel, told the Washington Post.

Thousands of police were deployed around the area after protests erupted Tuesday, BBC News reported, citing local media. Local farmers are demanding compensation for land they say was taken by the government for a number of reasons, including the construction of the statue.

The monument will have a museum with 40,000 documents, 2,000 photographs, and a research center dedicated to Patel’s life and work.

“We have priority cases, people with extensive criminal records that are due to be deported, people with security problems these cases are not all taken care of because we have to take care of these administrative cases,” said the officer, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to media.

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IL&FS: Has PM Modi unwittingly helped cronies and punished Investors?

Cash. Every entrepreneur knows it’s like oxygen. If you asphyxiate a running operation of cash, even the most valuable asset rapidly depletes in value and becomes junk.

Stitch. Every tailor knows that if you don’t do one in time, the dress unravels at nine different places. Water. Every fireman knows that you need to spray a canon on the blaze, without worrying about what caused it.

Unfortunately, Prime Minister Modi’s economic team has neither an entrepreneur, nor a tailor or fireman on it. All it’s got is a politicianlawyer, a dozen Indian Administrative Service officers, and half a dozen economists. Not one of them has ever created wealth or faced the wrath of markets. Not one of them has

dealt with a helpless bankruptcy caused by a systemic collapse. That’s why their responses to the IL&FS-induced contagion can be described as, well, ‘innocent’: RBI rejects a liquidity window for NBFCs; says no systemic risk, as of now.

Net core liquidity in the economy has been negative for five consecutive weeks, but the Finance Ministry says “no crisis as of now, since the NBFC problem is relatively small. It has not hit the consumption story very materially. We shall wait for the second quarter number to come in.”

Oil is way above the budgeted level of $65/ barrel; $40 billion of foreign exchange reserves

have been sold in seven months; and the rupee is nearing 75/dollar, but our finance ministry is sanguine – as of now, it’s “pretty certain that oil prices will come down to less than $ 70/barrel”.

Note: the emphasis on ‘as of now’ is mine, to show how blithely our rulers are ignoring the current crisis while predicting, with charming certainty, how economic variables will pan out. Unfortunately, it’s the ‘confidence’ (aka ignorance) of the town simpleton, who believes that markets can be controlled.

IL&FS: Has PM Modi Unwittingly Helped Cronies And Punished Investors?

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like rescue plan for our economy, first to solve the twin balance sheet problem, and now to arrest the IL&FS contagion. I have enough empirical ammunition to prove that an Indian TARP would enhance economic welfare; it would benefit ordinary citizens and deliver a sharp blow to cronyism, as opposed to the popular notion that it will create a ‘moral hazard’. Let me show you how.

We begin with a bit of history. Lehman filed for bankruptcy on September 15, 2008. Markets plunged, threatening the global economy with a disorderly collapse.

But to Uncle Sam’s credit, it swiftly got into emergency mode. In less than three weeks, on October 3, 2008, President George Bush signed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, also known as TARP, or the Troubled Asset Reconstruction Program. The U.S. Treasury resolved to buy $700 billion of distressed assets, or pump cash directly into bankrupt balance sheets. $245 billion was given to banks; $70 billion to the insurance giant, AIG; $80 billion was used to rescue auto companies like GM and Chrysler; the rest was given to a clutch of endangered entities. Surprisingly, only $410 billion was used; $290 billion was never drawn down. Cash given under TARP was neither a grant, nor a subsidy, but an investment which the companies had to pay back with an appropriate return. Yet, the Congressional Budget Office initially estimated that $356 billion (out of the $700 billion) would be irretrievable, to be written off; but the lawmakers were happy to burn this cash to save their economy. They understood that the promise of immediate dollars would obviate a systemic meltdown.

How I wish the Modi team had the same understanding of market psychology! Since it’s impossible to argue for the negative, i.e. to assess how much damage would have occurred if TARP had not been promulgated, we can only rely on guesstimates. A study by Alan Blinder and Mark Zandi showed that U.S. unemployment could have touched 16 percent. It had peaked at 25 percent in the Great Depression of the 1930s.

But there’s another, more tangible way to assess TARP – as opposed to the feared loss of $356 billion, TARP ended with a zero loss, perhaps even a marginal gain for the U.S. Treasury! Today, merely a decade later, the American economy is in the pink of health, with the markets at a record high, annualised growth nicking 4 percent, and unemployment falling below 5 percent.

Frankly, in my book, that’s how successful TARP was. The conventional argument against a TARP-like bailout is that it creates a ‘moral hazard’, by rescuing culprits who should be punished, while ‘robbing’ honest taxpayers. The reality is exactly the opposite, and I shall prove it with simple arithmetic.

I shall begin by making a few assumptions, which are very close approximations of the real situation:

Saturday, November 3, 2018 Police raid Indian call centres linked to ‘CRA phone scam’ that have victimized Canadians

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a media investigation that revealed how and where many of the scammers were operating. An RCMP officer based in India, in cooperation with the FBI, approached Indian authorities to act.

They’re nothing but financial terrorists’: 60,000 Canadians have complained about the CRA phone scam It’s part of a message the Mounties are trying to send in India.

“We’re going to work jointly, collaboratively to take you down,” says Inspector Peter Payne, the federal force’s top cop on financial crime.

Inspector Peter Payne, head of Financial Crimes at the RCMP. His message to Indian phone-fraud scammers: ‘We’re coming for you.’

Dozens of scam centres are believed to still be active in multiple cities across India, each with independent managers and using their own technology to evade detection.

Indian security observers also believe at least some of the centres are operating

with police approval, in a country where bribery is not an unusual way to circumvent investigative scrutiny.

In just one of the raided facilities, investigators located a spreadsheet containing details on more than 600 Canadian victims of the scheme. RCMP officers in Canada will now begin the task of contacting every one of them to determine how much was stolen from them, and whether there is any prospect of getting the money back.

Indian police have also paraded those arrested in front of news cameras. They say it’s being done in part to show action against an industry that rarely faces prosecution, and also to send a message to the many centres that continue to operate.

A group of suspects arrested in India in connection with the investigation into a phone scam aimed at Canadians, seen in a frame from Indian television coverage of the police raids.

Top 5 most dangerous intersections for pedestrians in the Lower Mainland It happens every winter: an increase in crashes involving pedestrians in BC. More than a third of all collisions involving people on the street happen between October and January.

ICBC data shows November has been the worst month for four years in a row. Nearly 70 per cent of pedestrian-involved crashes — no matter the time of year — happen in intersections. Sixty-one people die every year.

ICBC has broken down which crossroads saw the most crashes between 2013 and 2017.

It found the top five were in Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey.

1 — 128 Street & 96 Ave, Surrey (pictured) 19 crashes. 2 — 104 Avenue & King George Boulevard (Surrey) 20 crashes 3 — Kingsway & Victoria Drive (Vancouver)

20 crashes 4 — East Hastings Street & Main Street (Vancouver) 35 crashes 5 — Lougheed Highway & North Road (Burnaby) 21 crashes Use ICBC’s interactive map below to see data for intersections across the Lower Mainland: ICBC’s data was calculated as of March 31, 2018, and was posted online on Oct. 24, 2018.

Casualty crashes include collisions resulting in injury or death.

Victoria shipyard among 3 awarded $7B in contracts with federal government The federal government has awarded contracts worth $7 billion to three shipyards for maintenance and repair work on Royal Canadian Navy frigates. Public Services and Procurement Canada today announced the advanced contract award notices to Seaspan Victoria Shipyards in Victoria, Halifax’s Irving Shipbuilding Inc., and Davie Shipbuilding in Levis, Que. The contracts are to maintain Canada’s 12 Halifax-class frigates until the end of their operational lives, estimated at another 20 years. Federal officials felt ‘pressured’ to

direct frigate repair work to Halifax: documents The government says in a statement that after consultations, it was decided the infrastructure and workforce of the three Canadian shipyards were needed to work on the frigates. It was not immediately clear how the money would be divided among the three locations. For Seaspan Victoria, the announcement came as good news, although they must wait for 15 days during which time other federal companies can ask the federal government for a chance at the contract. Seaspan representative Tim Page said

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Daylight saving time 2018 ends this weekend From page 1 Starting at 2 a.m on Sunday, clocks roll back one hour in most of Canada as Daylight Saving Time comes to an end for this year. Daylight Saving Time, which begins in March every year, is a relatively recent invention: northern Ontario’s Port Arthur was the first town in Canada to start changing its clocks twice a year in 1908.

The concept was originally proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1784, but he’s widely thought to have been kidding. The idea came up again in the 1890s and started to pick up steam.

Germany was the first country to implement Daylight Saving Time, starting in 1916. It made the change as a way to cut back on coal costs. Daylight Saving wasn’t widely implemented in North America until 1966, when it was standardized in the U.S. through the Uniform Time Act. What you should do: Clocks go back one hour starting at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 4. When you get up Sunday morning, make sure to change your clocks — and especially your alarms.

Places that don’t have Daylight Saving Time: Of course, don’t change your clocks if you’re in one of the various parts of Canada that doesn’t observe Daylight Saving Time, which include: Most of the province of Saskatchewan Peace River Regional District, B.C. Fort Nelson, B.C. Creston, B.C. Pickle Lake, Ont. New Osnaburgh, Ont. Atikokan, Ont. Quebec’s north shore These places aren’t that unique, either — much of the world doesn’t observe Daylight Saving Time. Most African and Asian nations don’t have it, and even the European Union is currently considering abandoning the practice. That would leave it as an almost entirely North American quirk. What the time change might do to you: An extra hour of sleep sounds great, right?

Unfortunately, like all time changes, it’s likely to have an impact on you.

Police bust major crime network, seize $2.7M worth of drugs, weapons, property With the help of RCMP and other western Canadian police forces, Winnipeg police say they have seized nearly $3 million worth of drugs and other property — including a semi — and disrupted a major criminal network across the western provinces that should help stem the flow of drugs into the city.

The nearly 10-month investigation, dubbed Project Riverbank, resulted in the arrest of 10 people, including three men and three women in Winnipeg, who are all facing multiple drug trafficking and possession charges: In total, the 10 people arrested face 156 charges after search warrants were executed on Oct. 18.

In Manitoba alone, three kilograms of methamphetamine, 11 kilograms of cocaine, 170 grams of heroin, and two kilograms of ketamine were seized. As a result of a 10-month

investigation that involved five police forces, police say they have busted a complex drug network that was operating across the western provinces, resulting in $2.7 million in drugs, cash and vehicles being seized.

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Max Waddell, with the Winnipeg Police Service’s organized crime division, said the meth alone could translate into about 30,000 hits.

The bust could possibly disrupt the supply in the city. “Any time you can get any methamphetamine off the streets of Winnipeg, it’s a positive move towards that,” he said. “Most certainly, the individuals involved in this drug network were significant players, and … taking these drugs away from them and dismantling their network is going to have a significant impact in the city of Winnipeg.”

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BC bans union and corporate donations in recall campaigns, opposition calls it conflict of interest Attorney General David Eby has introduced legislation that would ban corporate and union donations as well as restrict advertising rules for recall campaigns. But the opposition says this is a conflict of interest because Eby himself is the target of a recall campaign.

“Recall campaigns have the potential of removing people from elected office, and it’s only fair that the rules for elections apply to recall campaigns as well,” Eby said.

“Following the changes our government made last year, this legislation will ensure that we remove the influence of big money for those in favour and opposed to a recall of an MLA.” Under the Recall and Initiative Act, citizens have up to 60 days to gather signatures and submit the petition for verification in order to remove an elected MLA. A voter can only petition to recall the MLA for the electoral

riding in which they are registered to vote.

The voter must collect signatures from more than 40 per cent of voters eligible to sign the petition in that electoral district.

Right now there are no restrictions as to who can contribute to recall campaigns or how much they can contribute.

But BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson says that Eby is only protecting himself by changing the rules “David Eby introduced this recall amendment act, it might as well be called the David Eby Protection Act,” said

Reena Virk killer Kelly Ellard changes her name, has day parole extended A British Columbia woman who brutally beat and drowned 14-year-old Reena Virk near a Victoria-area bridge in 1997 has been granted an extension to her day parole.

Thirty-five-year-old Kelly Ellard was convicted of second-degree murder in 2005 and the Parole Board of Canada granted her conditional day parole last November.

The board extended her day parole for another six months in late July, but the decision was only provided to media on Tuesday.

The decision says Ellard now goes by the name Kerry Marie Sim and is living at a

halfway house after successfully completing residential treatment for substance abuse.

Suman Virk, mother of murdered teen Reena Virk, dead in ‘tragic accident’ It says she has been open and transparent with her case management team, has managed her daily stress well and has not breached her conditions.

Ellard became pregnant in 2016 during a conjugal visit with her boyfriend, who is also on parole, and the decision says she’s working with his case management team to facilitate the care of their child.

Wilkinson. “There is a very active campaign against him in his riding because people are fed up with him. The recall campaign against David Eby can start in three weeks. Isn’t it convenient this was introduced now to protect his own rear end?”

If passed, the new rules

would limit individuals to less than $1,200 annually for any combination of recall and political contributions. British Columbia is the only Canadian jurisdiction that provides a legislative framework for voters to remove an elected member from office. Recall petitions cannot be initiated until at least 18 months after an MLA is elected. That would make Nov. 13 the earliest opportunity to apply to recall an MLA elected in last May’s provincial election.

Ashton College graduation ceremony Ashton College’s graduation ceremony will be held on Saturday, November 24th at

Aria Banquet Hall in Surrey, from 1-3 PM

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Canada targets banks with new consumer rights it once abandoned The federal government is reviving a push to beef up consumer rights when dealing with major banks.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget implementation bill -- known as C-86, a sprawling law unveiled this week -- includes a series of changes to Canadian law governing lenders like Royal Bank of Canada and Toronto-Dominion Bank. Many of the changes were proposed two years ago but abandoned over jurisdictional disputes.

The latest proposal beefs up the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada’s powers, including raising the maximum fine to C$10 million ($7.6 million) from C$500,000. It also introduces new whistle-blower protections, advertising rules and requirements to more clearly spell

out information customers are agreeing to. “We know that Canadians want to ensure that they have appropriate protections in their dealings with banks - that’s why we think this is important to move forward,� Morneau said in Ottawa Thursday. “We’re just going to make sure we’re doing it in the right way.�

Other changes include: A requirement for banks to alert clients if their personal account balances fall below an amount determined by the client Capping maximum liability for unauthorized credit card use, and blocking overdraft charges without a client’s consent Barring banks from setting a minimum balance for a person to open certain accounts Making credit card minimum payments due at least 21 days after the end of a billing cycle.

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Canada’s jobless rate at 40-year low — but big picture not so cheery C a n a d a ’ s unemployment rate fell back to four-decade lows, but sluggish wage increases and slumping exports offer little evidence the economy is running hot enough to warrant accelerated interest rate increases.

Statistics Canada released jobs data Friday that showed modest employment gains, but with a shrinking labour force and the slowest wage gains in a year. A separate trade report continued to show sluggish flows in September, with both exports and imports recording back-to-back monthly drops.

The message for the Bank of Canada: Keep on tightening, but take your sweet time The numbers reveal a lukewarm economy, one that is unlikely to convince the Bank of Canada a faster pace of rate increases is needed. The central bank has increased borrowing costs five times since mid-2017.

Odds for a hike at the December meeting fell to 25 per cent, from 30 per cent Thursday. “Canada’s economy isn’t roaring ahead, but it still sits at what looks like full employment,� Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at CIBC Capital Markets, wrote in a note to investors. “On balance, this isn’t the kind of data the Bank of Canada will need to advance a rate hike into December.�

The jobless rate and labour supply numbers provide evidence for an economy that’s close to capacity. The unemployment

rate fell back to 5.8 per cent in October, matching a four-decade low. That was due in part to an 11,200 increase in employment, but also a falling labour force, which was down 18,200 for the month.

Bank of Canada’s r ai nb ow - an d - u n i c or ns outlook doesn’t add up for investors David Rosenberg: Things aren’t nearly as rosy as the Bank of Canada believes Canadians should get used to idea of 3% interest rates, says Bank of Canada’s Stephen Poloz Stephen Poloz’s dashboard: The charts that matter most to the Bank of Canada While the labour force numbers suggest the jobs market may be tightening, wage pressure isn’t yet evident — which should ease the Bank of Canada’s concern about an overheating economy.

In addition, Canada’s labour force has increased by just 62,500 so far in 2018, one of the smallest 10-month gains in recent history. The participation rate fell to 65.2 per cent last month, the lowest in two decades.

Wage gains slowed for a fifth straight month, and were up 2.2 per cent from a year ago, the slowest since September 2017 and down from as high as 3.9 per cent earlier this year. Wage gains for permanent workers were 1.9 per cent, also the slowest in more than a year.

September trade numbers released Friday also weren’t particularly robust.

Exports fell 0.2 per cent, after a 1.5 per cent

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PM Trudeau announces funding to build nuclear medicine hub in Vancouver Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced federal funding on Thursday to build a hub for nuclear medicine at Canada’s national particle accelerator at the University of B.C. Trudeau made the announcement after meeting employees and touring TRIUMF, which is a joint venture of several universities.

He said the Institute for Advanced Medical Isotopes will provide a first-of-its-kind facility in Canada where scientists and industry partners will work together to do research including drug development and cancer therapy.

A new 2,500-square-metre building will house a new TR-24 medical cyclotron, research facilities and laboratories. The TR-24, a type of particle accelerator designed to create radioactive materials for use in medicine, is built by Advanced Cyclotron Systems Inc. in Richmond and sold around the world.

Trudeau said the facility will help Canada stay a leader in medical isotope research.

“We know that for our country to lead in an ever-evolving economy and create the jobs of tomorrow, we have to invest in our scientists and in the institutions that support them,” he said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets staff and students during a visit to TRIUMF, Canada’s national particle accelerator owned and operated as a joint venture by a consortium of universities, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver on Thursday November 1, 2018.

Medical isotopes are radioactive substances used to diagnose and treat conditions of the heart, circulatory system and organs, allowing scientists to see what is happening

inside the body in a non-invasive way.

Ottawa is providing $10.2 million, the B.C. government has put up $12.2 million, TRIUMF itself is putting up $5.4 million. The B.C. Cancer Foundation and UBC will put up $2 million apiece.

B.C. Cancer will use the facility to research and develop highly targeted therapeutic isotopes to treat metastatic cancers.

Trudeau was also scheduled to meet on Thursday with Vancouver mayor-elect Kennedy Stewart and Doug McCallum, who was recently elected the mayor of Surrey.

McCallum ran on a promise to scrap plans for a light rail transit system in Surrey and instead wants a SkyTrain line from the city centre to neighbouring Langley.

In September, the federal and British Columbia governments reiterated their commitment to funding two major rapid transit projects in Metro Vancouver including the LRT line in Surrey.

Ottawa and B.C. are spending more than $3 billion on the projects, which will see 5.7 kilometres of track and six stations added to the SkyTrain subway line along Broadway.

Eleven new stations will be built along 10.5 kilometres of street-level track in Surrey, which would create the first light-rail system in B.C. Asked if the federal government would spend any additional money in Surrey to build a SkyTrain line, Trudeau said: “Our approach on infrastructure projects has never been that Ottawa knows best.

Rachel Notley warns BC steelworkers their jobs are at risk without Trans Mountain Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says it’s “just dumb” that the Canadian economy is losing millions of dollars a day because her province can’t get its oil to world markets.

Notley took her message on the importance of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to a steelworkers’ meeting in Kamloops, B.C., Wednesday. She warned them that jobs across the country — including theirs — are at risk every day the Trans Mountain project doesn’t go ahead. NDP MPs renew vow to stop Trans Mountain pipeline at Vancouver townhall She repeated her oft-made observation that a shortage of pipelines means most of Alberta’s oil moves by rail or truck to the United States.

That means it is selling for almost $50 less a barrel than on world markets.

Notley says that can’t continue because it is costing the Canadian economy upwards of $80 million a day, or $60,000 every minute.

“We happily let billions of dollars evaporate from our economy so that Americans can pocket (it),” she told a conference of the United Steelworkers union in Western Canada on Wednesday. “This is just dumb.

It’s just dumb. I can’t get any more clear than this,” she said to applause. B.C. to intervene in Trans Mountain pipeline reviewb “It should be our money that is in our economy.

Not the American’s. It should be invested in Canadian priorities, not border walls and private prisons. “But that is exactly what is happening right now.” ‘Tangible economic and community benefits’ Notley said the Trans Mountain project would bring $400 million in construction activity to the Kamloops area alone, as well as an added $6 billion in revenue to the British Columbia government over 20 years. “Does it make sense to turn our backs on the tangible

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Four sawmill workers injured in bus crash A bus carrying workers to a sawmill crashed Thursday afternoon north of Prince George, sending 16 people to hospital, three of them in critical condition. BC Emergency Health Services says one person was in serious condition and 12 others were stable.

Sixteen other people were uninjured and taken back to Prince George by bus, said Libby Brown of EHS. Cpl. Craig Douglass of Prince George RCMP said the accident happened on Highway 97 near Mitchell Road around 3:45 p.m. and road conditions were slippery at the time. Forest products company Canfor said the bus was chartered by them and was transporting employees from Prince George to its Polar Sawmill when it was involved in an accident. “The accident is currently under investigation

by the local authorities,” Michelle Ward, director of corporate communications, said in a statement. “Our focus is on supporting our injured employees and their families.”

Douglass said police got a report of a vehicle off-road collision involving a bus, but when they got to the scene they determined the bus was the only vehicle involved. Snow and rain were falling in the area at the time of the crash with temperature close to freezing, he added.

Eryn Collins, a spokeswoman for Northern Health, said the injured were transported to the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia in Prince George. Collins said the hospital had initiated a code orange, which is part of a hospital’s emergency response planning for a mass casualty incident, but it was called off about an hour later.

Critical need for more shelter spaces in Surrey - Outreach workers Outreach workers in Surrey say there is a dire need to add to the 165 extreme weather shelter spaces that are opening in the city.

Surrey Urban Mission executive director Mike Musgrove, who runs a shelter that has space for 50 people, says they have to turn people away every night because they’re full.

“Last night, we turned 10 people away at our door,” he said. “We need people who are willing to open up their buildings and host emergency shelters.” Musgrove is calling on faith-based groups to open their doors to people who are currently sleeping outside.

“It would be wonderful if people would step up,” he said. “We need to be able to bring people out of the cold.”

Numbers of homeless far greater than the count A count conducted in 2017 found 602 homeless people in the city, but outreach workers say the actual number is much higher.

“Those were only people who were visible on the day of the count,” said Surrey and White Rock extreme weather co-ordinator Jonquil Hallgate. “You can multiply that number by three or four.”

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BC Human Rights Tribunal finds resort owner schemed to replace Caucasian workers The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has awarded over $173,000 in total to seven former employees of the Spruce Hill Resort and Spa in the B.C. Cariboo who claimed owner Kin Wa Chan discriminated against them because they’re Caucasian.

In a 73-page decision, tribunal chair Diana Juricevic found “that over a period of months, Mr. Chan repeatedly said that he wanted to replace Caucasian employees with ethnically Chinese employees to reduce labour costs.”

“I find that Mr. Chan said words to the effect: ‘Chinese workers are better and cheaper than white workers’ and ‘Chinese workers do not have to be paid holiday pay or overtime.’”

Clare Fast received the highest award of just over $62,000. Fast worked at the resort for two decades as fitness and human resources manager, but the tribunal heard how she was terminated when Chan hired a person identified as Holly to take over her duties.

“The evidence is clear that Holly had no experience...” reads the decision. “She was, however, cheaper than Ms. Fast ... and believed by Mr. Chan to work hard and not claim her statutory entitlements.”

Sexual discrimination The decision also found that Chan sexually discriminated against former resort general manager Melonie Eva, the lead complainant in the case.

The incident in question happened in April 2016 when the two travelled to Hong Kong to

purchase materials for a renovation at the resort.

Upon arrival, the pair went out for dinner and then walked through a market that sold sex toys. Eva testified that when they went to their hotel, she was shocked to discover only a single room had been booked and that Chan expected them to share it.

An argument ensued and Eva got her own room. She was awarded $18,000 for injury to dignity, feelings and self-respect, and another $24,481.25 for lost wages.

Credibility of testimony The issue of credibility was highlighted as a major reason the decision found in favour of the employees.

Juricevic said Chan’s testimony was less credible than the complainants, and that he had a propensity to minimize facts that were detrimental to his interests.

She also found he made conflicting claims about the resort’s finances, testifying he didn’t have enough money to make payroll at one point in 2016, while also testifying he had more than $3 million set aside in his bank account to fund the renovations that were expected to cost $1.5 million.

Chan became owner of Spruce Hill Resort and Spa in 2015. According to the website, the resort is in the wilderness of 108 Mile Ranch, and features a hotel, ballroom, fitness centre, swimming pool, restaurants and chalets.

The complaint of an eighth former employee was dismissed.

Man pulled from duplex fire in Burnaby One man is recovering from burns after being pulled from a house fire in Burnaby on Wednesday.

The duplex near 16th Avenue and 1st Street caught fire around 5:30 p.m. PT. The man was rescued from the house and briefly stopped breathing, but crews

were able to resuscitate him.

He was taken to Vancouver General Hospital to be treated for burns.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

BC issues first licence for private, non-medical cannabis retail store The first legal, private non-medical cannabis retail store licence in B.C. has been issued for a store in Kimberley.

The licence was issued by the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB) to Tamarack Cannabis Boutique, and is effective Nov. 1, 2018. The operator will determine when it will open for sales.

T a m a r a Duggen, who owns the store, said she was relieved to obtain the licence.

Va n c o u v e r pot smokers have mixed experiences after legalization “This is a huge weight off my chest in terms of ability to sleep at night.”

According to a statement from the province, more licences will be issued as applicants proceed through the licensing process.

Duggen said she began the process of getting her licence the day the province’s online portal opened in August.

“Every step of the way, the government has only been the next step ahead of me, trying to develop what has to happen next,” she said.

Duggan said she expects the application process to be simpler for future applicants.

Vancouver mayor-elect throws support behind city-approved pot shops According to a provincial w e b s i t e , there are 255 applications where the fees have been paid that are currently being processed. It also says the process for getting a licence requires security screening and financial integrity checks, support from the local government and/or Indigenous nation, and a store inspection.

The first government-operated B.C. Cannabis Store opened in Kamloops on Oct. 17, 2018, the same day cannabis was legalized.

Bad drivers to face higher fines in BC Bad drivers in British Columbia have less than 24 hours to improve their habits or face increased penalties for speeding, impaired or distracted driving and other offences.

Attorney General David Eby says in a release that fines applied under the driver risk premium and driver penalty point premium will jump 20 per cent effective Nov. 1, and a further 20 per cent in November 2019.

The driver risk premium is assessed for

behaviour such as excessive speeding or two or more distracted d r i v i n g violations, while the penalty point premium applies to d r i v e r s who collect four or more points from traffic violations in a single year.

The driver risk premium is assessed for behaviour such as excessive speeding or two or more distracted driving violations, while the penalty point premium applies to drivers who collect four or more points from traffic violations in a single year.

Both penalties are on top of any fines or other consequences linked to the initial infraction and must be paid before vehicle insurance or a driver’s licence can be renewed.

The Attorney General’s ministry says driver point premiums currently range from $175 for four points to $24,000 for 50 or more, but the increase will raise those amounts to $210 for four points and $28,800 for 50 or more.

Penalties are on top of any fines or other consequences linked to the initial infraction and must be paid before vehicle insurance or a driver’s licence can be renewed.

Eby also says penalty premiums will keep pace with hikes in basic insurance offered by the Insurance Corporation of B.C., meaning the public insurer expects to collect $26 million in penalties next year, $32 million in 2020 and $36 million by 2021.

“Reckless drivers put others at risk, and they’re contributing to the rise in crashes we’re seeing on our roads,’’ Eby said in the release.

Should bad drivers pay more so good drivers can pay less?

He also said higher penalties will hold drivers accountable if they engage in dangerous behaviour while behind the wheel.

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Vancouver home supply up as sales drop below historical average in October

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home supply is rising and reaching levels not seen in roughly four years, even as the average price inches up year-over-year.

The board says the composite benchmark price for all homes was $1,062,100 in October — up one per cent since October 2017, but down 3.3 per cent over the last three months.

Sales of all types of homes — detached, townhomes and condos — in October fell 34.9 per cent compared with the same month last year, dropping 26.8 per cent below the 10-year October sales average.

Meanwhile, nearly 4,900 new properties were listed for sale last month, up 7.4 per cent compared with October last year.

Nearly 13,000 homes are listed in Metro Vancouver or 42.1 per cent more than in October 2017.

B o a r d president Phil Moore says the additional supply gives home buyers more choice and home sellers more c o mp e t i t i o n .

Detached home sales fell 32.2 per cent in October compared with the same month last year, while the benchmark price fell to $1,524,000 marking

Repairs completed on ruptured gas pipeline near Prince George Enbridge Inc. says it has successfully completed repairs on the section of a natural gas pipeline that ruptured and burned near Prince George, B.C., three weeks ago.

The company says following a comprehensive integrity assessment, it expects to begin safely returning the repaired segment to service within the next two days.

It says it will gradually increase flows of natural gas through the repaired segment until it reaches 80 per cent of its normal operating pressure.

A smaller pipeline nearby returned to service two days after the explosion, also at 80 per cent of its normal pressure, which the company says helps ensure the ongoing safety and integrity of the system.

Once the repaired segment is returned to

service, Enbridge says the system is expected to safely deliver between 23 and 25 million cubic metres of natural gas per day to B.C.’s Lower Mainland and the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

The return-toservice plan has been reviewed by the National Energy Board and Enbridge says it’s conducting a comprehensive dig to help further validate the integrity of the entire system.

The company says until it’s fully satisfied it is safe to operate the lines at full capacity, and subject to regulatory review, both pipelines will continue to operate at reduced pressure.

“We appreciate the support of the local communities, the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation, and government officials throughout British Columbia during this process,” it says in a news release.

Canada’s housing market Real estate prices may be showing signs of easing but Canada’s housing market remains “highly vulnerable,” according to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

The federal agency says that stricter mortgage rules, rising interest rates and smaller growth in inflation-adjusted disposable income has led to less demand for housing and a decline in prices.

Despite these factors, markets in Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria and Hamilton are still considered to have a “high degree of overall vulnerability” even though house prices are getting more in line with housing market fundamentals such as income, mortgage rates and population.

CMHC says it sees vulnerability as imbalances in the housing market, attributed to overbuilding, overvaluation, overheating and price acceleration.

It gives an example of a vulnerable housing market, like what happened in the 1980s and early 1990s in Toronto when a housing bubble caused real estate prices to skyrocket in a short span of time.

The agency’s report noted that there continues to be overbuilding — where rental vacancy rates or inventory of unsold new-builds are higher than normal — in Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, and Regina.

It says Winnipeg is particularly concerning, as inventory of newly completed but unsold units have been accumulating for the past two quarters. Meanwhile, housing prices in Montreal continue to be at levels equal to economic and demographic activity,

but nevertheless the resale market “close to overheating” as demand begins to outstrip supply.

a 5.1 per cent drop year-over-year and 3.9 per cent fall over the last three months.

Sales of townhomes declined 37.5 per cent and condos fell 35.7 per cent year-over-year. The benchmark price for townhomes rose 4.4 per cent from last year to $829,200, while condo prices jumped 5.8 per cent to $683,500. Over the past

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three months, townhome prices fell 2.8 per cent and condo prices dropped 3.1.

The three-month price drop “is providing a little relief for those looking to buy compared to the all-time highs we’ve experienced over the last year,” says Moore.

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She was supposed to be on her honeymoon this weekend. Instead, the family of 30-year-old Anam Laiq was mourning her loss at a heartbreaking vigil on Sunday night.

“Anyone that knows her knows how beautiful and happy and full of life she was and this wasn’t supposed to happen. But it did,” said Anam Laiq’s older sister Nosheen, who was in tears throughout her speech at the vigil.

Dozens of people from the community came together in support of the family, lighting candles and paying their respects. Local MP Raj Grewal even stopped by to say a few words.

“We always think God has a plan, but in this case it is always tough to understand his plan,” said Grewal. The newlywed was killed in a crash in Brampton on October 21, just one week after she was married. She was pronounced dead on scene. Her husband shattered both legs in

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Vigil held for 30-year-old newlywed killed in Brampton car crash the crash but survived, and is still recovering.

“Our hearts are in millions of pieces right now. We know she’s in a peaceful place, a better place,” Newlywed Anam Laiq got killed in Brampton car crash, her husband said Nosheen. survived with shattered legs.

The driver “We didn’t even know that she had passed police believe to be responsible for the crash was allegedly speeding, ran a red light, until almost 20 hours after the accident and slammed into the couple’s car. He fled happened,” said Nosheen. “There’s just the scene on foot, and turned himself in so many unanswered questions and why three days later. But the family says there the person responsible for this is walking are still so many unanswered questions. freely on bail for the choices that he made.”

They are hoping to raise awareness for an issue that has become unexpectedly close to their hearts: Safe and responsible driving. Because one mistake could cause a lifetime of pain. “Nothing is going to be the same without her,” said Nosheen.

23-year-old Walid Wakeel of Nobleton is facing four charges: criminal negligence causing death, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, failing to remain at the scene of an accident causing death and failing to remain at the scene of an accident causing bodily harm.

The family has started a Go Fund Me page to support Laiq’s husband, who remains in hospital and is expected to have a long and difficult recovery.

Ontario ombudsman gets more than 1,000 complaints about cannabis store Ontario’s ombudsman says his office has received more than 1,000 complaints about the province’s online cannabis store since it launched earlier this month.

Paul Dubé says he’s set up a triage team to deal specifically with the flood of concerns over the government-run Ontario Cannabis Store.

Office of Ontario ombudsman reviewing cannabis delivery complaints

Manitoba NDP leader’s criminal past fair game in legislature, speaker rules The Speaker of the Manitoba legislature rejected a request Monday to forbid politicians from discussing their opponents’ criminal convictions and other troubles.

Myrna Driedger rejected a request from Liberal member Judy Klassen, who wanted Tory government members banned from referencing NDP Leader Wab Kinew’s legal troubles during debates in the chamber.

“Freedom of speech is one of the most important principles underlying the function of this and any Canadian legislature,” Driedger ruled Monday.

“It is, in fact, one of the main pillars of parliamentary privilege.”

Driedger pointed to precedents set by Speakers in the House of Commons and elsewhere that have upheld the protection from being sued or prosecuted for virtually anything said inside the chamber.

Such protection, Driedger said, is needed to allow politicians to ask questions and raise issues without fear or intimidation.

Klassen, who is Indigenous, filed the complaint in June. She said the government was perpetuating a stereotype of First Nations by raising Kinew’s past during debates.

Kinew had several run-ins with the law, some of which he revealed in his 2015 memoir, The Reason You Walk.

He was convicted for impaired driving and for assaulting a cab driver in his early 20s more than a decade ago -- offences for which he has since received pardons.

Two other items were not mentioned in Kinew’s book. He was given a conditional discharge in 2004 for an assault in Ontario.

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Residents who admit to pot use turned away at US border, says Saskatoon mayor The mayor of Estevan, Sask., says local residents have been turned away at the nearby U.S. border after admitting to past pot use.

“It is a fairly serious concern,” said Roy Ludwig, mayor of the 11,258-person city located just 16 kilometres north of a North Dakota border crossing.

“Even people that might have smoked it 20, 30 years ago, they’re being asked, ‘Have you ever smoked cannabis?’ when they get to the U.S. border. We understand some people have said yes, that they have, and have been turned back.”

Ludwig said several Estevan residents have undergone strict questioning at the U.S. border since recreational cannabis was legalized in Canada less than two weeks ago. He said he knows of two people who were turned away and not allowed to cross the border.

Estevan is located just 16 kilometres north of the border with North Dakota.

Recreational cannabis use is not legal in North Dakota, and pot possession is still illegal under U.S. federal law.

The Canadian government warned people pre-legalization that “previous use of cannabis, or any substance prohibited by U.S. federal laws, could mean that you are denied entry to the U.S.” Not everyone who wants to cross

the border is reacting the same way to those rules, according Ludwig.

“Some are saying the truth, saying yes, they have smoked it, and then some that have smoked are saying no because they’re scared that they may be banned for life,” he said.

Estevan is one of the 32 Saskatchewan communities that either has or will have a recreational cannabis store. It’s the southernmost place people will be able to buy legal cannabis in Saskatchewan.

The community was originally supposed to get two stores, but the city — after consulting Estevan Police Services — asked that the second permit be put off until factors like traffic could be reviewed after the first store opened.

That store is being prepared by Prairie Sky Cannabis, the same company currently operating legal pot stores in Martensville and Battleford. They operate those stores under the name Jimmy’s Cannabis.

Estevan’s legal pot shop will be the southernmost one in Saskatchewan.

Everything, except a steady supply stream, is in place for the Estevan store to open soon, said John Thomas, the president of the company.

One-quarter of Ottawa’s homeless are refugees and immigrants, survey suggests Data gathered over a 24-hour period this past spring suggests refugees and recent immigrants to Canada represent a quarter of Ottawa’s homeless population.

From April 19 to 20, the city of Ottawa surveyed 1,400 individuals experiencing homelessness in the nation’s capital, 334 of whom identified as newcomers to Canada.

Of those respondents, 169 identified as immigrants, 113 said they were refugee claimants and 52 identified as refugees, according to the city.

“I think there’s just increased immigration happening to all major urban centres across the country,” VanBuskirk said in a phone interview. “I don’t think Ottawa’s immune to the things that Montreal or Toronto experiences.”

The survey blitz — officially called a “pointin-time” count — marked the first time Ottawa had ever undertaken that type of sample study of its homeless population.

It was an order from the province, which mandated all Ontario municipalities to conduct these oneday surveys every two years, beginning in 2018.

Both Ottawa and the province have set goals to end chronic homelessness in six to seven years. The city of Ottawa says these surveys will help officials and staff better grasp “the scope and nature of homelessness in our community.”

VanBuskirk said the numbers from April’s study didn’t surprise her; rather, they “re-affirmed” information and hunches

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Canada Border Services Agency to ‘substantially’ increase deportations Canada’s border agency is stepping up efforts to deport failed refugee claimants and other foreign nationals not welcome in this country, setting a goal of dramatically increasing deportation numbers by up to 35 per cent.

An email from the director of Canada Border Services Agency’s Enforcement and Intelligence Operations Division, sent Oct. 17 and obtained by CBC News, outlines the plan to ramp up removals to 10,000 people a year.

“Over the last few weeks I have been involved in several discussions both regionally and nationally concerning the Government of Canada’s decision to substantially increase removal efforts including the reestablishment of national and regional targets, a practice many of you may still remember,” Brad Wozny wrote to staff.

“Initial discussions have the agency working towards a new national target of 10,000 removals/year. This would imply about a 25-35 per cent increase over the last couple years.”

Agency spokesperson Barre Campbell said Canada remains an open and welcoming place for people seeking refuge and will continue to treat them fairly and with compassion while expediting removals.

“To ensure that the CBSA is meeting its mandate under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to conduct removals as soon as possible, the agency is focused on increasing overall removal numbers for the current fiscal year and beyond,” said Campbell in an email.

The directive comes as the Liberals face tough criticism from the opposition Conservatives over border security and the handling of asylum seekers crossing into Canada outside of regular border points.

The Conservatives have called the situation a “crisis,” while the Liberals have insisted the government is adequately managing what it calls a “challenge.”

‘Actionable cases’ There are 18,000 cases now in the deportation inventory, most of them failed refugee claimants. Delays in the process can be caused by appeals and legal proceedings, court sentences, a temporary suspension of removals, a lack of valid travel documents, medical issues, or an eligible claimant’s application for a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA), Campbell said.

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Privacy Commissioner launches investigation into Statistics Canada project Canada’s Privacy Commissioner plans to launch an investigation following Statistics Canada’s request that the commissioner take another look at a controversial data project.

The project would allow the federal agency to collect detailed information on financial transactions of 500,000 Canadians. Further, the agency would not seek people’s consent or notify them that data was collected. Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien announced in a statement that the investigation was related to complaints received regarding the project. However, chief statistician Anil Arora defended the agency’s decision to force the country’s nine largest financial institutions to turn over data. Arora told Global News that Statistics Canada takes privacy seriously

and that it’s baked into all of the agency’s processes. Along with the project to capture daily financial transaction details from a random group of 500,000 Canadians, a second project took place in January. That project saw 15 years worth of credit history on an unknown number of Canadians transferred from the TransUnion credit bureau to Statistics Canada. Arora also said that Statistics Canada removes all identifying information from the data when it enters the agency. Furthermore, Statistics Canada cannot legally share any personal data it collects with any other organization, including other government departments or the RCMP.

Canada to increase annual immigration admissions to 350,000 by 2021 Canada will take in 40,000 more immigrants in 2021 than it plans to accept this year, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said Wednesday.

The target for new arrivals in Canada will rise to 350,000, which is nearly one per cent of the country’s population.

The figures were announced Wednesday as part of government’s updated multi-year immigration levels plan, which covers the next three years.

The target rises annually from 310,000 this year, counting all classes of new arrivals.

It’s also a question of gradual increase so our immigration system can be able to process these things.

The vast majority of these newcomers are coming under economic programs designed to address skills shortages and gaps in the labour market.

Hussen says economic immigration is badly needed in areas across the country that are short on workers and long on older residents.

“In certain regions the hunger for workers is huge,” he said. “This plan is making us very competitive in the global market. It enables us to continue to be competitive, it enables us to continue to present Canada

as a welcoming country and to position us to continue to be (a leader) in skills attraction.”

Many immigration advocates and economic groups had called for bigger increases to Canada’s immigration numbers. The government’s own economic advisory council suggested admitting 450,000 people in a report in 2016.

Hussen says the Liberal government is taking a measured approach, keeping in mind the need to ensure newcomers have access to suitable settlement services.

“You need to be able to house them, you need to be able to settle them, you need to be able to provide integration services,” he said.

The Trudeau government did increase funding for settlement services by 30 per cent since taking office, but if the immigration levels plan were increased dramatically, this would require even further funding increases, Hussen added.

“It’s also a question of gradual increase so our immigration system can be able to process these things, communities can be able to absorb them and local immigration partnerships can do their work,” he said.

Bank of Canada will keep raising interest rates, Stephen Poloz says Monetary policy in Canada is still stimulative despite an increase in interest rates last week and more hikes will be needed to achieve the Bank of Canada’s inflation target, the central bank’s chief said on Tuesday.

“The appropriate pace of increases will depend on our assessment at each fixed announcement date of how the outlook for inflation and related risks are evolving,” Governor Stephen Poloz told the House of Commons Finance Committee.

Bank of Canada’s rainbow-and-unicorns outlook doesn’t add up for investors David Rosenberg: Things aren’t nearly as rosy as the Bank of Canada believes Rate hikes to cost Canadian households $2,500 each year — but it isn’t uncharted territory: report The Bank of Canada raised interest

rates as expected last week — the fifth hike in 15 months — and said it might speed up the pace of tightening given that the economy was running at almost full capacity and did not need any stimulus.

“Even with last week’s increase in the policy rate … monetary policy remains stimulative. In fact, the policy rate today is still negative in real terms, that is, once you adjust for inflation,” said Poloz.

“The policy rate will need to rise to neutral to achieve our inflation target,” he added.

The overall annual inflation rate was close to the bank’s 2 per cent target, he said, while noting there could be further volatility in coming months.

Molson Coors to sell Cannabis-Infused beverages in Canada Molson Coors Brewing Co. expects to “secure a meaningful share” of the cannabisinfused beverage market when edibles are legalized in Canada, the company’s CEO said.

“We will be in a ready-to-go position and, you know, one of the first on the playing field as the market opens up,” said Mark R. Hunter in a conference call with analysts after the company released its third-quarter earnings report Wednesday.

Recreational cannabis products such as dried flower and pre-rolled joints became available for legal purchase in Canada on Oct. 17, but edibles won’t be legalized until next year.

Estimates suggest the cannabis market could be valued somewhere between $7 billion and $10 billion, he said, with about 20 to 30 per cent of that coming from cannabis-infused, non-alcoholic beverages.

Even if one assumes the low end of both those projections, the beverages segment could be worth about $1.5 billion, he said.

Molson and Hexo Corp. launched Truss, a joint venture, earlier this month.

Truss will develop the beverages for the Canadian market following legalization.

The company is already researching what

beverages it plans to offer, said Hunter, and will be able to share more details early next year.

Molson Coors Canada shares rose $5.01 or 6.3 per cent to $84.50 in afternoon trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The shares of its holding company, Molson Coors Brewing, rose US$4.72 or 8.11 per cent to US$63.93 on the New York Stock Exchange.

The company topped expectations as it reported its third-quarter profit increased comparedwithayearago,helpedbyhighersales.

The brewer, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, earned US$338.3 million or $1.56 per diluted share for the quarter ended Sept.

30. That compared with a profit of $287.0 million or $1.33 per diluted share a year ago.

Net sales totalled $2.93 billion, up from $2.88 billion in the same quarter last year.

The company said its underlying profit for the quarter amounted to $1.84 per diluted share, up from $1.37 per diluted share in the third quarter of 2017.

Analysts on average had expected a profit of $1.59 per share, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon.

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Former governor general Adrienne Clarkson still bills more than $100,000 a year in expenses Former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson is still billing Canadian taxpayers more than $100,000 a year in office expenses, and has now claimed more than $1.1 million in such expenses since she left Rideau Hall in 2005. The expenses, paid through an unusual program that allows former governors general to bill for office expenses for the rest of their life, is used by other former governors general as well. But only Clarkson is regularly billing more than $100,000 annually, which means her expenses show up as a separate line item in the federal government’s public accounts.

The expenses are on top of the $1.6 million that Clarkson has collected to date as a government pension. It also does not include the $3 million in a start-up grant (plus up to $7 million over 10 years to match donations from the private sector) that was paid to establish Clarkson’s charitable organization, the Institute for Canadian Citizenship.

Both the pension and the start-up grant are standard for outgoing governors general.

The expense program for governors general was created in 1979 and appears to be unique

among federal government positions. There is little public transparency in how the money is spent; Rideau Hall says it requires receipts and invoices, but it would not disclose what exactly is being expensed or how much other governors general are spending. Canada’s access-to-information law does not cover Rideau Hall. In general, the expenses can range from “administrative support, office space and furniture, to professional services, travel and accommodation,” according to a Rideau Hall spokesperson. The only public disclosure of the expenses is in the public accounts, which are tabled annually in Parliament. Since 1995 — which is as far back as public accounts are posted online — Romeo LeBlanc is the only governor general other than Clarkson to have expensed more than $100,000 in a year, which he did in 2008 and 2009. Clarkson, who was governor general from 1999 to 2005, has expensed more than $100,000 in nine of the 12 fiscal years since she left office. The only years she didn’t, from 2012 to 2014, immediately followed a Toronto Star article published in 2011 that first reported on the expenses.

Asia-Pacific trade deal comes into effect in December as 6 countries ratify the deal A landmark 11-member Asian-Pacific trade agreement aimed at slashing barriers in some of Asia Pacific’s fastest growing economies will come into force at the end of December this year, the New Zealand government announced. The deal would move forward after Australia informed New Zealand that it had become the sixth nation to formally ratify the deal, alongside Canada, Japan, Mexico and Singapore.

“This triggers the 60 day countdown to entry into force of the Agreement and the first round of tariff cuts,” said New Zealand Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker. His country is responsible for official tasks such as receiving and circulating notifications made by members of the pact. The original 12-member deal was thrown into limbo early last year when President Donald Trump withdrew from the agreement to prioritize protecting U.S. jobs.. The 11 remaining nations, led

by Japan, finalized a revised trade pact in January, called the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

The success of the deal has been touted by officials in Japan and other member countries as an antidote to counter growing U.S. protectionism, and with the hope that Washington would eventually sign back up. Australia said the agreement will boost agricultural exports, set to be worth more than A$52 billion ($36.91 billion) this year despite a crippling drought across much of the country’s east coast. “It will give Australian grain farmers a good reason to smile, at a time when drought conditions have played havoc for many, by ensuring improved market access and better grain prices once more favorable seasonal conditions return,” said Luke Mathews, trading and economics manager at industry body, GrainGrowers Australia.

The deal will reduce tariffs in economies that together amount to more than 13 percent of global GDP – a total of $10 trillion. With the United States, it would have represented 40 percent.

The five member countries still to ratify the deal are Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, Peru and Vietnam.

Conservatives blast Trudeau gov’t over StatCan collection of personal financial data The Conservatives blasted Trudeau gov’t for the second straight day over Statistics Canada’s plan to collect the personal banking data of hundreds of thousands of Canadians without their consent. In question period Tuesday, Conservative deputy leader Lisa Raitt called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to halt the national statistical agency’s plan to build a massive personal information bank, following a new report from Global News that revealed the agency has already collected 15 years of data from the credit bureau TransUnion of Canada. “Stats Canada has written the country’s nine largest financial institutions and demanded that they hand over millions and millions of financial transactions from hundreds of thousands of Canadians and, but for a Global News report, Canadians would never know that the government was this far into their personal information,” Raitt said.

“They know now and they are appalled.”

Trudeau said his government is ensuring that the personal data of Canadians is protected and that the data collected will not include

personal identifiers. “No personal information will be made public,” the prime minister said.

“However, high quality and timely data are critical to ensuring government programs remain relevant and effective for Canadians.”

The data harvested from TransUnion was done without the consent or knowledge of those Canadians whose credit history was passed on Statistics Canada.

The agency, which has broad powers to compel any organization to turn over data that organization collects, directed TransUnion to provide social insurance numbers, names, addresses, dates of birth and detailed credit information, including balances owed, balances overdue, and more than 30 other fields or categories of data.

The requests were made in October 2017, and more recently in January 2018. TransUnion confirmed the data transfer but would not say how many records were transferred, but implied it was not its entire Canadian consumer data set.

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India certainly not ‘tariff king’, says World Bank official on Trump’s remarks The World Bank does not agree with US President Donald Trump’s claim that India is a “tariff king” and feels that the Indian taxation system and economy is much more liberalised than it was a few decades ago, a top official of the international financial institution said Wednesday.

Earlier this month, Trump described India as a “tariff king” as he reiterated his allegations that New Delhi has a high tariff rate on various American goods.

“That (India being a tariff king) certainly is not what we find in our data,” Shanta Devarajan, the World Bank’s Senior Director for Development Economics and Acting Chief Economist, told PTI in an interview when asked about Trump’s statement.

“India has some tariffs, but by no means it’s not (tariff) king,” said Devarajan, who earlier was chief economist for South Asia at the World Bank.

Even in South Asia India did not have the highest tariffs, he said referring to the experience he had in his previous capacity in the World Bank. “And they (tariffs in India) have come down quite a bit since then,” he said. Liberalisation of the Indian economy is showing results, he said. “Tariffs were very high in 1991, when they liberalised and they found that actually the economy boomed.

That has helped to build political support for further reforms,” Devarajan said.

US levies duty on 50 Indian items US on Thursday revoked duty-free concessions on import of at least 50 Indian products, mostly from handloom and agriculture sectors, reflecting the Trump administration’s tough stand on traderelated issues with New Delhi. The federal register issued a notification, listing out 90 products which were so far subject to dutyfree provisions under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP). President Donald Trump has issued a presidential proclamation leading to the removal of these products from the privilege. As of November 1, these products “will no longer qualify for duty-

free preferences under the GSP programme but may continue to be imported subject to regular most favoured nation duty rates,” an official of US Trade Representative said. A count of these products indicated that at least 50 of them are from India. Notably India is the largest beneficiary of the GSP. In 2017, India’s duty-free export to the US under the GSP was to the tune of more than $5.6 billion. The volume of India’s export to the US impacted by the latest move of the Trump administration is not known yet, but the list of products from which duty-free import provision has been removed reflects that a large number of SMEs

PUNJAB

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Sidhus summoned to magisterial probe Jalandhar Divisional Commissioner B Purushartha, who is conducting a magisterial probe into the Amritsar train tragedy, on Wednesday served summons on Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and his wife, Navjot Kaur Sidhu. The Sidhus have been told to appear on November 2.

Meanwhile, officers of the Railways, Government Railway Police (GRP), Municipal Corporation and Punjab Police got their statements recorded on Wednesday, including AIG Daljit Singh Rana, DSP Surinder, Pathankot GRP police station SHO Dharminder Kalyan, ACP (Traffic)

Prabhjot Singh and Division A police station SHO Jaspal Singh. Estate Officer Sushant Bhatia also appeared before the probe officer.

Purushartha told The Tribune that all aspects of the tragic accident would be probed. He stated that the train driver and the gateman would also be summoned, if required.

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal and party general secretary Bikram Singh Majithia have been demanding that the Sidhus be arraigned in the case. Navjot Kaur Sidhu was the chief guest at the illfated Dasehra function in Amritsar East constituency, represented by her husband.

SIT names three dera followers in Moga case After groping in the dark for about three years, the SIT has named at least three followers of Dera Sacha Sauda in the sacrilege incident that took place at Mallke village in Baghapurana on November 4, 2015.

Mallke is 8 km from Bargari village of Faridkot where the torn pages of a “bir” were first found on October 12, leading to widespread protests.

A case under Sections 295 and 295A of the IPC was registered against unidentified persons, but no concrete development was made by the local police.

Now after three years, the SIT has claimed that dera followers Amardeep Singh alias Deepa and Mintu Singh had confessed that a key member of the dera, Prithi Singh, was involved in the incident. On Wednesday, the SIT members brought them to Mallke village.

Kejri blames Delhi air woes on Punjab Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday squarely blamed Punjab for the rising pollution levels in the National Capital Region (NCR), which he blamed on stubble fires, while going soft on Haryana.

Addressing the media here, he also blamed the Centre for failing to provide straw management equipment to the farmers.

He said a satellite image showed “red spots, indicating stubble-burning in several parts of Punjab, including Bathinda and Amritsar... There cannot be a more scientific proof than this.

Haryana’s role is rather limited.” Blaming the Centre, Kejriwal said Union Minister Harsh Vardhan had assured him a few months ago that both Punjab and Haryana would be given grants to buy machines for managing stubble.

3 youths killed as car collides with road divider in Jalandhar Three youths were killed as a Tata Indica car collided with the road divider near Pathankot Chowk on the Jalandhar-Amritsar highway in the wee hours of Thursday.

Among the four youths who were driving back to Amritsar, three died on the spot after the collision while the fourth received serious injuries.

The deceased were identified as Sonu, Naresh and Pawan.

The injured, Akash, was rushed to hospital where doctors said his condition was serious.

Police reached the spot and started investigation.

Investigation officer Seema Gupta said the youth, all in their 20s, were apparently drunk when the accident took place.

They claimed that Deepa had told them that on November 4, 2015, when he was sleeping near his motor (water pump) in the fields.

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Rs 100-cr ‘fake GST bills’ by Ludhiana operator under investigation An operator working out of a single room on Gill Road in Ludhiana is suspected to have supplied fake GST bills worth Rs 100 crore to at least 100 companies in the largest trading city of Punjab, that is fast turning into a hub of tax fraud.

The trading firm issued bills for the huge sum despite seeming to have made only negligible purchases. Looking at the inexplicable figures, the Punjab Excise and Taxation Department has initiated an investigation into what it suspects to be a shell company floated to get input tax credit (ITC) by selling fake Goods and Services Tax (GST) bills. Department officials said the company, registered as an iron and steel trader, housed in a shop near Janta Nagar Chowk, is suspected to have sold the fake

bills to companies in Ludhiana, which in turn used the bills to claim input tax credit from the Government of India.

“Based on preliminary investigation of the records and GST returns filed by the company, we have issued notices to over 70 companies to which these bills had been issued,” Vijay Garg, Assistant Excise and Tax Commissioner, said.

Sources in the trade, however, believe the firm may have sold fake bills to almost 200 companies. The owner of the suspect company, when contacted by The Tribune, denied it was a shell company, and insisted his business was legitimate and he was into trading of iron. He alleged he was being framed by the excise officials.

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INDIA

Saturday, November 3, 2018

Why India’s air pollution is so horrendous India is once again heading into the worst time of year for air pollution, a season where the country’s notoriously poor quality becomes even more toxic.

Soot, dust, ozone, and sulfur oxides are a growing threat for billions of people around the world. The World Health Organization reported this week that 93 percent of all children in the world breathe air with pollution levels that exceed their guidelines.

A whopping nine in 10 people on Earth

breathe highly polluted air, and more than 80 percent of urban dwellers have to endure outdoor pollution that exceeds health standards, according to the WHO’s World Global Ambient Air Quality Database.

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In recent years, the first two weeks of November have brought the worst air pollution of the year to #Delhi, #India.

QBiz: Jaitley Raises RBI’s Lending Concerns; Coal India Stake Sale Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on 30 October, criticised the central bank for failing to check indiscriminate lending between 2008 and 2014 that led to the present bad loan crisis in the banking sector. “Between 2008 to 2014, after the global economic crisis, to keep the economy artificially going, banks were told open your doors and lend indiscriminately,” Jaitley said at the India Leadership Summit organised by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum. The remarks came amid reports of mounting tension between the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India over the autonomy of monetary policy makers.The Indian government is looking

to sell up to nine percent of its stake in Coal India Ltd over the next two days, as it seeks to shore up its divestment revenue. The government will sell 18.62 crore shares, or three percent stake in the world’s largest coal producer, via an offer-for-sale, according to a stock exchange filing. If the offer gets oversubscribed, the government can exercise the greenshoe option, and sell an additional six percent equity. The liquidity crunch faced by non-banking lenders overshadowed other discussions at the meeting of Fiscal Development and Stability Council on Tuesday, 30 October.

2 militants killed in gunfight in Budgam district of J&K Two militants were killed in a gunfight in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, police said. The gunfight raged when security forces were carrying out a cordon and search operation in Zagoo area of Khansahib after an input about the presence of militants.

“During search operation, the hiding militants fired on the search party. The fire was retaliated leading to an encounter. In the ensuing encounter, two militants were

neutralised,” a police spokesman said, adding that their identity was being ascertained.

He said incriminating materials, including arms and ammunition, were recovered from the site of encounter. Police have registered a case and initiated investigation. An appeal has been made to the people not to venture inside the encounter zone. Authorities have suspended mobile internet in Budgam as a precautionary measure.

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Saturday, November 3, 2018 In US-India trade, Trump sees only Harley-Davidson When it comes to trade, it often seems that India and the United States are playing a perplexing game of multidimensional chess.

On Friday, for example, India will decide whether to impose or again delay tariffs on American almonds, apples, walnuts and processed metal products in retaliation for the Trump administration’s decision in March to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

Sri Lanka activists fear new PM will end human rights investigations

Next week, President Trump and his advisers will have to decide whether to penalize India for failing to abide by his Sunday deadline for all countries to stop importing oil from Iran.

“The sanctions threat and the tariffs are in many ways linked,” said Sreeram Chaulia, dean of the school of international affairs at O. P. Jindal Global University outside New Delhi.

India scrambles for gound in Sri Lanka after pro-China leader named PM India, caught flatfooted by the appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksa as Sri Lanka’s premier, has opened urgent diplomatic and political contacts with the strongman who drew close to China during his previous tenure as president, officials said. The tearshaped island, located off the southern tip of India, has become an arena of tussle between New Delhi and Beijing, which has built ports, power stations and highways as part of its Belt and Road Initiative of trade and transport links across Asia. Rajapaksa had opened up Sri Lanka’s main port to Chinese naval submarines when he was president, which stoked anger in India. His return to power in a surprise move by current President Maithripala Sirisena has drawn concern in New Delhi that China would tighten its grip on the island that lies along busy shipping lanes. “It is advantage China at the moment,” said Srikanth Kondappali, a specialist on India-China ties at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University who closely tracks the regional rivalry between the Asian giants. He said Beijing had invested in Rajapaksa and in his political constituency of Hambantota in the south of Sri Lanka where it has built a $1.5 billion deep water port, an airport and also planned an industrial zone.

China’s ambassador to Sri Lanka, Cheng Xueyuan, was among the first diplomats to meet Rajapaksa soon after he was sworn in as prime minister and he presented a congratulatory message from Chinese Prime

Minister Li Keqiang.

Sirisena sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday and named Rajapaksa to replace him, breaking up a fragile coalition governing the island.

Ayesha Thajudeen was one of the first people on the scene of her brother’s accident.

Police said Wasim, a Sri Lankan national rugby player, had crashed his car and burned to death inside. Surveying the charred vehicle, around 4am that morning, Ayesha wasn’t so sure. The car was sitting in a ditch; it wasn’t clear what it had struck with enough force to burst into flames. Wasim’s wallet was nowhere to be found – a stranger later discovered it about 5km away. Strangest of all: Wasim was sitting in the passenger seat, she says.

Sri Lankan political crisis could lead to bloodbath, says speaker “It was obvious from the moment I was taken to the site,” Ayesha says. “It was not a death, but a murder.”

The death of Wasim Thajudeen, 28, was one of several during the Mahinda Rajapaksa era

in Sri Lanka to be reexamined by police after the strongman leader was defeated in 2015.

On Tuesday, tens of thousands of people rallied in Colombo against a decision by Sri Lanka’s president to dismiss the prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, and install Rajapaksa in his place.

Wickremesinghe has refused to go and both he and Rajapaksa are rallying numbers in parliament to confirm them as the legitimate prime minister when the assembly resumes, currently scheduled for 16 November.

Activists fear Rajapaksa’s return would mark the end of a series of investigations, including under a UN human rights resolution, into crimes allegedly committed during his rule, and strain a post-civil war reconciliation process that was already stalling.

US State Department slams Pakistan on JUD being removed from ban list The US on this week said the recent removal of the ban on Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation runs counter to Pakistan’s commitment to the FATF and would jeopardise the country’s ability to meet its commitments to fight terrorism under the UN Security Council resolution. Mumbai attack mastermind Saeed’s JuD and FIF are no longer on the list of banned outfits in Pakistan as the ordinance that proscribed them under a UN resolution has lapsed and the new Imran Khan-led government did not extend it, a media report said last week.

“The expiration of the ban on JuD and FIF runs counter to Pakistan’s commitment to work with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to address weaknesses in its counter-terrorism financing regime,” a state department spokesperson said. The spokesperson was responding to a question on the recent lapse of the ordinance that led to lifting of the ban on the two outfits.

“As we have said before, the United States is deeply concerned that this development will jeopardise Pakistan’s ability to meet its commitments under UN Security Council Resolution 1267 to freeze and prevent the raising and moving of funds belonging to or associated with UN-designated terrorist

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Future Labour govâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t is making big promises for Pacific development bank, but questions still remain This week, Opposition leader Bill Shorten used a major foreign policy speech at the Lowy Institute to announce that, if elected, a future Labor government would establish an infrastructure investment bank for the Pacific islands. The announcement comes at a time of increased public scrutiny of Australian aid to the Pacific, driven by concerns over Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heightened presence in the region. Many have argued that Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;benign neglectâ&#x20AC;? of the region has led Pacific governments to seek more assistance from China.

Read more: Soft power goes hard: Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic interest in the Pacific comes with strings attached Nowhere is this more evident than in infrastructure. China is believed to have a comparative advantage over Australia in infrastructure lending in the region, given

its own rapid development in recent years.

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National Federation Party candidate in the upcoming General Elections, Semi Titoko who is charged with one count of money laundering and one count of conversion has been released on bail. Titoko and Aporosa Ratuvikau who has been charged with money laundering appeared before Magistrate Lisiate Fotofili this afternoon. The state did not object to bail and both men have been released with a bail bond of $5000. The men allegedly deceptively obtained more than $120,000 from a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trust account.

For the first count of money laundering, Titoko is alleged to have fraudulently converted more than $120,000 that was entrusted to his firm for safe custody under

the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trust fund to his own use and benefit sometime between July 2017 and June 2018. For the second count of money laundering, Titoko is alleged to have engaged directly or indirectly in transactions involving more than $120,000. The second accused Aporosa Ratuvikau who is an accountant at Titokoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s law firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faces one count of money laundering for allegedly engaging directly or indirectly in transactions involving more than $120,000. National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad says it is rather unfortunate that this has come at this point in time.

Prasad says he has not spoken to Titoko yet and he will do so later today.

PAKISTAN

Saturday, November 3, 2018 Pakistan has emerged as an apparent winner from international outcry that followed a Saudi hit team’s murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey at the beginning of October. By rushing to stand by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, widely accused of ordering the execution, Prime Minister Imran Khan got a $6 billion aid package, which govt needs to salvage the economy.

There undoubtedly is more to the deal, including benefits for Saudi-backed terrorist

After Khashoggi’s murder, Pakistan secured $6 Billion Saudi loan groups in Pakistan.

PM Khan who was elected in August promised to change Pakistani politics and fight corruption. He was aided by the all-powerful army intelligence service, the ISI, which was determined to keep former PM Sharif ’s

party from regaining power.

Better known for leading his country as sportsman than as a politician, Khan is a man seemingly in a hurry. He inherited an economy in crisis, and shortly after the election Khan traveled to Saudi Arabia looking for a bailout.

The Kingdom has been a major aid donor to Pakistan for decades, but the Saudi war in Yemen has strained relations. Former PM Sharif turned down Mohammed bin Salman’s repeated requests for Pakistani troops to help pursue the war against the Houthis in Yemen. Sharif took the Saudi request to the parliament, which unanimously voted against sending troops—a stunning rebuke to Riyadh and the crown prince.

Suprem Court acquits woman facing death on blasphamy charges Supreme Court acquits a woman who has been on death row for almost eight years on blasphemy charges.

Asia Bibi from Punjab Pakistan, was convicted of blasphemy in 2010 and sentenced to death after she was accused of defiling the name of Prophet Mohammed during an argument the year before with Muslim colleagues.

At the time, Asia Bibi (pictured) said the case was a matter of women who didn’t like her “taking revenge.” She won her appeal against the conviction and subsequent death sentence on Wednesday.

Tehreek-e Labbaik, an Islamic party previously vowed to take to the streets if Asia Bibi was released, will protest in Islamabad and Lahore.

Within hours, the protests took place that government officials in the cities were urging people to stay inside and avoid adding to the chaos.

Demonstrators blocked a motorway in Lahore and a road linking Islamabad and Rawalpindi has been closed off. Angry mob has also staged sit-ins and chanted slogans against government officials and judges.

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Sirtaj Bhangal, 35, was jailed at Isleworth Crown Court in London on Friday after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence; two counts of witness intimidation and breach of a restraining order.

“Sirtaj Bhangal launched an unprovoked, sustained campaign of intimidation against his victim which covered a period of five years, including a time when he was on remand in prison,” said Detective Constable Nicola Kerry from the Metropolitan Police West Area Command Unit, who led the investigation. “The motive for this remains unclear and makes the intensity of his harassment all the more terrifying. I would like to praise the victim and her family for supporting this investigation and I can only hope that Bhangal’s imprisonment can offer them some small form of comfort,” she said.

Bhangal’s campaign against the unnamed victim started in 2013 when he began to contact her via social media despite the fact the pair had not met. The tone of Sirtaj Bhangal’s messages were demeaning and the victim blocked him from her accounts, the Met Police said. Over the course of the next three years, Sirtaj Bhangal sporadically contacted the victim but this intensified in 2016 when he sent her a nine-page letter intimating he would be upset if she ignored it.

Over the next year, the one-sided contact intensified through phone calls and texts and culminated with Sirtaj Bhangal approaching the victim and then hand-delivering another letter to the victim’s address in May 2017.

The victim then reported the matter to police and Sirtaj Bhangal was arrested and charged. He was subsequently convicted of harassment and stalking. While on remand awaiting trial, Sirtaj Bhangal used an illegal mobile phone in prison to call the victim and threaten her with violence.

NRI couple dies after falling 800 feet in Yosemite National park The Latest on 2 people who fell to their deaths from a popular overlook in Yosemite National Park. A Yosemite National Park official says two people killed after falling from a popular overlook plunged about 800 feet (245 metres) in very steep terrain.

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DIWALI Let us Celebrate and Calibrate Narak Chaturdashi, Main Diwali, Diwali Padva and Bhaidooj. Jains also celebrate Diwali to mark the attainment of Moksha by the 24th Tirthankar Lord Mahavir.(599 BC) Also, Gautam Gandhar Swami, the chief disciple of Lord Mahavir achieved omniscience (Kevala Gyan) on the day of Diwali. Sikhs celebrate it as Bandi Chhor Divas ( Day of Liberation ) to mark the release of Guru Har Gobind alongwith 52 Hindu kings from the prison of Mughal Emperor Jahangir. In the postGuru Gobind Singh era, Sarbat Khalsa used to meet on Diwali day and Baisakhi day in Amritsar to discuss important issues concerning the Panth.

Newari Buddhists in Nepal celebrate Diwali by worshiping goddess Lakshmi. In the context of the Hindu Epic ‘ Ramayana’, Diwali is celebrated to welcome Lord Ram to Ayodhya after spending fourteen years in exile. In fact, Rama drowned himself in Saryu river to atone the killing of Ravana.

As a Kshatriya, Rama was not supposed to have killed a Brahmin of Ravana’s stature. It was in violation of Chatur Varna Maryada.

The myth that it was a victory of good over the evil, light over darkness, wisdom over ignorance etc. cannot be justified keeping in view the power, prowess and the knowledge of Ravana in comparison to Rama.

In some region of India, Diwali is associated with the legend of Yama and Nachiketa. The Nachiketa story about right and wrong, true wealth and transient wealth, wisdom and ignorance, mind and intellect and to see the light and darkness through meditation is recorded in the Katha Upanishad composed in 1st millennium BC. The religious significance of Diwali varies from region to region in India, depending on the school of Hindu philosophy, legends and beliefs.

However, the main festival is celebrated in the following sequence: Dhanteras is the day of the churning of cosmic ocean of milk between the forces of good and of

evil. This day marks the birthday of Lakshmi – the Goddess of Wealth and Prosperity and the birthday of Dhanvantri – the God of Health and Healing. Since 2016, Dhanteras has been declared as “National Ayurveda Day in India”. Narak Chaturdashi is called Choti Diwali. According to Hindu literature, Asura Narakasura was killed on this day by Lord Krishna, Satyabhama and Kali.

It was the victory of light over darkness. After Main Diwali, Padva is to celebrate the love and devotion between the wife and the husband.

Last day of the festival is Bhaidooj. It marks the sister-brother affinity. It might have a reference to Ravana and Swarupenkha, because Rama had no sister. Festival of Peace: The Hindu, Sikh and Jain communities organize charitable causes on this day. At the Indo- Pak border ( Attari – Wagah ) every year on Diwali the Indian soldiers offer traditional Indian sweets to the Pakistani soldiers and as a return gesture, the Pak soldiers offer an assortment of Pakistani sweets. Lately, with the increasing strength of Indian diaspora in countries like UK, USA and Canada, it has become necessary for the governments of

these countries to become a part of the celebration of various Indian festivals, including Diwali.

Issues: There has been a growing concern about the environmental and health impact of Diwali like Air pollution and its after effects, Burn injuries and unwanted expenditure on fireworks.

To safeguard the environment issue the Supreme Court of India has banned sale of firecrackers in Delhi ahead of Diwali.

In spiritual and philosophical terms, the following quotes will prove that light and darkness compliment each other. We have to understand both. One cannot stand on its own. - “ We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light (truth)” - Plato “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” -- Og Mandino Let us celebrate this great festival in the light of composure and equanimity and reflect on our dark side with the help of a small

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John Aldag, M.P.

Sukh Dhaliwal, M.P.

Ken Hardie, M.P.

Gordie Hogg, M.P.

Joe Peschisolido, M.P.

Hon. Carla Qualtrough,

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Message : Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light. Eat sweet and speak sweet.

Over time, Diwali has become a national festival marked by most Indians regardless of faith, with Jains, Buddhists, and Sikhs also celebrating.

Diwali also celebrates the goddess of wealth and prosperity, Lakshmi. Some believe it falls on her

Lord Vishnu, another Hindu god.

Hindus interpret the Diwali story based on where they live, according to National Geographic.

In northern India, they mark the story of King Rama’s return to Ayodhya after he defeated Ravana by lighting rows of clay lamps. In southern India, people celebrate it as the day Lord Krishna defeated the demon Narakasura. In western India, the festival marks the day Lord Vishnu, one of the main gods of the Hindu trinity, sent the demon King Bali to rule the nether world. Meanwhile, in Jainism it marks the nirvana or spiritual awakening of Lord Mahavira, National Geographic reported. And for Sikhs, it celebrates the day a major guru was freed from imprisonment.

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