Bernard Drainville: The Parti Quebecois democratic institutions minister, Bernard Drainville, said that a compilation of the emails and telephone comments the government has received since introducing its plan to bolster the states religious neutrality shows nearly 70 per cent of the more than 26,000 respondents were generally in favour of the measures, according to The Star. In addition to banning doctors, judges, police officers, teachers, nurses and daycare workers from wearing conspicuous religious symbols or items of clothing, the so-called values charter would set legal guidelines for the consideration of demands for faith-based exemptions from normal work rules, a phenomenon known in human rights law as requests for reasonable accommodation and MONTREAL The Quebec government says it has received overwhelming support for its proposed new rules that would outlaw the wearing of religious symbols by public sector employees. I must say that I m proud of us today. We are capable of speaking to each other in Quebec while respecting the opinions of all despite out disagreements, Drainville said at a news conference. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jason Kenney: Green party Leader Elizabeth May asked Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney why there should not be a memorial to victims of capitalism, as well as a monument to victims of communism. , according to Times Colonist. The list is long of the crimes of capitalism against humanity. But of course, to bring attention to these would not fit the ideological and propaganda purposes of our anti-democratic government. Re: Monument joke lands May in Twitter tiff, Oct. 18. What a good question! The victims of capitalism and its ultimate stage imperialism would probably be a billion or more. Consider the extinction of the First Nations in the New World, the slavery that decimated Africa, the poisons poured all over by uncaring greed of capitalists everywhere, the many who perished after a very short life in the mines and mills, the deliberate starvation of the Irish while the home secretary of the U.K. chortled that it would bring down an excessive population. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Michelle Bachmann: If not, you should, despite our rapid new cycles that have us quickly moving on to the World Series, the new TV seasons offerings, and so on, according to The Star. We re very excited, Rep. Michelle Bachmann R-Minn. said in late September as the shutdown sought by her fellow Tea Party extremists was about to commence. Its exactly what we wanted, and we got it and Possibly you re wondering what was the most severe of the self-inflicted wounds America gave itself in its 16-day partial government shutdown that ended last Thursday. The third-longest U.S. government shutdown on record, ending Oct. 17, appears anything but partial once you ve scanned the actual impact of the folly unleashed by reckless ideologues whose intent was to make a political point, regardless, or perhaps ignorant, of the widespread harm that would result. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Nova Scotia Power: As we, the unionized employees of Nova Scotia Power, receive the news of the companys announcement to potentially outsource services, it is important that we call attention to the important role our local, unionized employees play in the successful delivery of power and in the local economy, according to The Chronicle Herald. We are the people out in the storm who restore power to your homes when the weather is at its worst and you need your heat to come on. We are proud of our work, and do our best to be dependable for people in our communities when they need us most and Members of IBEW Local 1928 work in construction, utilities, maintenance, and many other valuable professions. We are the people who maintain power lines, inspect your homes and businesses to ensure they are safely wired, and run the power plants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Shad: The boom-bap throwback Stylin is vintage Shad, though the pointed lyric in particular is perhaps not: I got fans that say, Oh hey Shad, I hate rap but I like you! / Well I hate that but I like you / Or at least I like that you like me, so I wont spite you / Its not your fault that you re a white dude that likes white music I like too / Just dont be surprised by my IQ, according to 660 News. But hes not always comfortable with his status as Canadian raps cerebral saviour, especially when a compliment simultaneously implies an insult toward his hip-hop peers and TORONTO Canadian rapper Shad wanted to drastically increase the degree of difficulty on his fourth album Flying Colours, crafting a densely musical, intensely personal statement of serious ambition. And yet its an off-the-cuff moment on the records most familiar-sounding track that has fans chattering. The 31-year-old is often held aloft as a nutritious alternative to that other rap, a likable everyman whose knotty but never naughty rhymes tend to avoid such well-worn rap tropes as violence or bank-account bragging. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Tim Hortons: Tims toon in poor taste, according to The Chronicle Herald. Re: Michael de Adders Oct. 19 cartoon about the Rexton, N.B. protest, depicting three police cars in front of Tim Hortons untouched, followed by the same three burned-out police cars, still in front of Tims and (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Robert Keach: Lawsuits could lead to years of delays in wrapping up the entire case, but Robert Keach said hopes to begin distributing a $25-million derailment insurance policy, allotted for victims, by the middle of next year, according to 660 News. I would hope that we could get something in place that was making a meaningful distribution to victims by mid-2014, the Maine-based lawyer said and MONTREAL Victims of last summers deadly explosion in Lac-Megantic, Que., could begin to receive compensation by the first anniversary of the horrific rail accident, the U.S. bankruptcy trustee overseeing the now insolvent railway involved in the crash said Tuesday. One of my goals, to be honest, is to make sure that the victims dont have to wait eons to get their money, Robert Keach told The Canadian Press. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Saskatchewan: The board's forecast released Tuesday says workers in Alberta and Saskatchewan will fare the best in wage increases next year largely due to a shortage of qualified employees in the energy sector, according to CTV. The report projects average increases of 3.7 per cent in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The lowest average increases are expected in the Atlantic provinces at 2.5 per cent and Ontario at 2.6 per cent and CALGARY -- A report from the Conference Board of Canada suggests it's better to be a rig pig on the Prairies than a health-care worker in Ontario from a labour perspective. "The divide between East and West persists. Frenzied resource development and near-bottom unemployment rates mean that Alberta and Saskatchewan are again expecting to offer the highest pay increases next year," said Ian Cullwick, vice-president of leadership and human resources research. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Royal Canadian Air Force: Shot down over Belgium at age 26, with a Canadian insignia on his arm and his American citizenship in doubt. Thats how the end came for this graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School, according to The Star. He was also a gun-jumper: one of the more than 840 American volunteers who would not wait until their country joined the war against Hitler. Instead, they put their passports on the line, joining, training and, eventually, dying as members of the Royal Canadian Air Force and WASHINGTON Richard Fuller Patterson was a strapping young flyer with a world of promise when he died, alone and forgotten, almost 72 years ago in the cockpit of his Spitfire. Patterson was an heir to a name that still means something in Virginia: the Pattersons of Richmond founded the iconic Lucky Strike tobacco brand that the whole world, it seemed, was smoking during the Second World War. Fuller, as the charismatic fighter pilot was known, was the golden boy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Prime Minister Enrico Letta: ROME - Italy will seek an overhaul of European asylum policies and emergency action to handle a crisis that has seen tens of thousands of African migrants arrive in Sicily and hundreds of deaths, Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. "No one should be under any illusion that these tragedies are passing episodes or that they will end with the arrival of bad weather," he told the Italian parliament and By James Mackenzie Speaking ahead of a European Council meeting on Thursday and Friday, Letta said chronic instability in Africa and the Middle East meant the disasters earlier this month, in which as many as 550 migrants drowned, would not be the last of their kind. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.