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January 4, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Harper To Meet First Nations Leaders Next Week OTTAWA - Chief Theresa Spence expressed joy Friday at news that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has agreed to meet First Nations leaders, but said she won't end her hunger strike until the meeting actually takes place next Friday. Continue reading... Majority Of Canadians Think Harper Shouldn't Run Again Jose Canseco Plotting Run To Become Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow Having Trouble Smiling Due To Nerve Syndrome Theresa Spence Says Hunger Strike's Effect On Her Health Means Meeting With Harper Must Come Soon Ontario Teachers Contracts Imposed Using Controversial Legislation Bill 115 Used To Impose Teachers Contracts In Ontario, Twitter Reacts With Anger And Glee YONI GOLDSTEIN Theresa Spence Is More the Problem Than Solution I don't think Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence is going to starve to death. For one thing, the Prime Minister surely knows a dead First Nations chief would not make for good PR. Personally, though, I also have my doubts Chief Spence would actually see this through the end. I think the media attention, not the martyrdom, is what she's after. No, I have no sympathy for Chief Spence. She and other native leaders are the biggest reason why native reserves are mostly hellholes, filled with poverty, addiction, lack of education and general misery. Continue reading... WERNER PATELS The Liberals Deserve Better Than Justin Justin Trudeau is a leadership hopeful who can't figure out what he wants to stand for. Gun registry? Yes and No. Support Quebec separatists? Yes and No. Albertans good people? Yes and No. Doesn't the Liberal Party deserve better? Shouldn't the race be more than baton-twirling and swimsuit competitions? Continue reading... ROBERT WAITE Fiscal Cliff Solution? United States of CanAmerica When I worked at IBM and when things seemed stuck -- we reorganized! Why can't North America do the same? Take the United States and Canada, combine the various provinces, states and territories, shake vigorously, and then pour them off into three distinct vessels: one Red, one Blue, and one White. The new Red nation would correspond to the U.S. Republican states of America's heartland and Deep South, combined with the oil, gas and grain-rich provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Let's call it "Heartlandia." The Queen would be Head of State and Newt Gingrich would be the prime minister Continue reading... MARK MILKE The Government's Grinch-like Restrictions on Holiday Travel Question: Have you ever felt annoyed at a restaurant when your bill arrived with a mandated tip, thus removing your (monetary) ability to comment on the service? If so, that's about how governments act vis-à-vis travel costs for Canadians, this when governments prevent full competition which would reduce prices. For example, consider a trip the average Canadian family might take this holiday season. Continue reading... CY FRANK Can Health Care Make Society More Productive? Health care is a form of human capital. Considered in the broadest sense, health care encompasses public education and prevention services as well as the delivery of care when illness strikes. As such, it is actually one of society's critical means of keeping our population productive. Canadians can't afford productivity losses. The Conference Board of Canada reported last year that our productivity level has fallen to 80 per cent of the U.S. level from a high of 90 per cent in the mid-1980s. If we can agree that efficient health care is an enabler of productivity and that productivity is key to wealth, the next steps should be easy Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.