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M INISTER / L E M INISTRE
Chantal Hebert: Defence Minister Peter MacKay : His credibility took a major hit over the F-35 saga.
There is evidence that the minister's relationship with the military brass is in tatters. With military
procurement under the tutelage of Public Works, so is his moral authority ( TStar A16 ).
A SSOCIATE M INISTER / M INISTRE A SSOCIÉ
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Associate Minister of National Defence , was on hand to congratulate members of the Defence Community for participating in this year's Walk in Red event and to recognize them for their service. "You are the best that Canada has to offer -thank you! And thank you to all the military families for supporting our members!" he said. The Red Run takes place at the beginning of June
(J. Folville: OSun G4 ).
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No related coverage. / Aucune couverture pertinente.
C ANADA IN A FGHANISTAN / L E C ANADA EN A FGHANISTAN
Afghan officials and villagers said 18 people, including women and children, were killed in a NATO air strike in the southeast on Wednesday, threatening to raise tensions with the western military as it prepares to hand over control to local forces ( AP/Reuters
: TStar A25 , Ctz A8, NP A9).
P ROCUREMENT / A PPROVISIONNEMENT
No related coverage. / Aucune couverture pertinente.
O THERS / A UTRES
The ombudsman for Canada's armed forces moved Wednesday to block one of his investigators from testifying at an inquiry into the suicide of Afghan veteran Stuart Lang-ridge, claiming it would damage the credibility of his office. And in a surprise attack, ombudsman lawyer Paul Déry-Goldberg, suggested the lawyer for Langridge's family, Marcel Drapeau, had "conflicting interests" because he is also representing an employee in the ombudsman's office in a grievance case. A clearly furious Drapeau, who specializes in military cases, hit back, accusing Déry-Goldberg of being "unprofessional and offensive" and said the public attack before the Military Police Complaints Commission had left him even more certain that the ombudsman's office has something to hide. "Have we hit a nerve?" he asked. The application by ombudsman Pierre Daigle to prevent investigator Patrick Martel from testifying is a twist on solicitor-client privilege, which is the reason being given by Defence Department lawyers for censoring and withholding numerous documents from the commission. Commission chairman Glenn Stannard said he would make a
decision shortly on whether to order ombudsman investigator Martel to testify (C. Cobb: Ctz A4 ).

Canada's veterans young and old marked the 68th anniversary of D-Day on Parliament Hill Wednesday.
The vets of recent missions, though, also had a message: They are not being treated as fairly as their
elder brothers-in-arms when it comes to compensation for injuries and illnesses (K. Sims: OSun 11 , CSun
28, TSun 39, ESun 21, LFP B4, KWS 12; CP
: HCH B4 , CH A2, VT CB11, CG A6).
From Far and Wide: Honouring Great Canadians -- a new exhibit celebrating Canadian heraldry -- opened Thursday, May 17 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and speech by His Excellency the Right
Honourable David Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces.
Among those Canadians whose medals and stories are featured in the exhibit are several military members. PO 2 James Anthony Leith, a recipient of the Star of Courage, recognized all those who made
his accomplishments possible (J. Folville: OSun G11 ).
Just three hours from Edmonton and with major outdoor -- and indoor -- recreation close at hand, Cold
Lake's 4Wing base for the Royal Canadian Air Force and the in-situ oil industry are a magnet for working men and their families, according to census numbers released this week. But one problem looms ever larger as new oil developments come in: Where to put people -- and how to help them afford it. Military take-home pay prices some families out of the market, compared to some other base towns where air force workers aren't competing with oil workers for the same rooftops. Recently, 4Wing Commander Col.
Patrice Laroche took the issue up the chain of command. The city has backed Laroche, and MP Brian
Storseth has been brought into the fray. "The federal politicians have to come into this sandbox," said
Cold Lake Mayor Craig Copeland (J. Larson: ESun 4 ).
A Conservative backbencher is demanding Canada reconsider its membership in the United Nations after the world body criticized the government for its treatment of alleged war criminals and changes to the refugee system. Ontario MP Larry Miller said he is also upset the UN deployed a special food rapporteur to Canada last month instead of to a developing country. Mr. Miller said he wrote to Prime Minister
Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird about the issue (L. Berthiaume: NP A1 ).
The opportunity for members of Hamilton Police Service to join the military without jeopardizing their job was highlighted at a ceremony outside police headquarters Wednesday to kick off Support Our Troops
month. The event also featured a flag-raising and barbecue (H. Caton: HS A4 ).
Patricia Varga, Dominion President, Royal Canadian Legion, in a letter to the editor: At the same time that
DND has admitted that the numbers of suicide incidents in the Canadian Forces have risen, how is it possible that the department is eliminating the jobs of medical professionals involved in suicide prevention and monitoring of post-traumatic stress disorders? It is unacceptable that these cuts have been made on the backs of our most vulnerable and mentally ill soldiers, sailors, airmen and airwomen.
There is no better way to demonstrate their commitment to support the men and women who serve their
country than by not making these cuts ( MT&T D8 ).

Section: News
Headline: 5 ministers deserve to be shuffled
Page: A16
Byline: Chantal Hebert Toronto Star
Outlet: Toronto Star
Date: Thursday 07 June 2012
In the life of a government caucus, few events are as disruptive as a cabinet shuffle. The exercise inevitably results in more losers than winners. Over time, repeat losers tend to become less and less accommodating of the party line.
That is often even more true of anyone who is actually dropped from the cabinet.
For that reason, a prime minister will usually turn a deaf ear to a lot of squeaks before he gets down to replacing or repositioning any of his cabinet wheels. But there comes a time when a poor ministerial alignment threatens to derail a government's message. In the case of Stephen Harper's cabinet, that time has come.
There are five problem cases that no ambitious government with three years left in its mandate can afford to ignore.
International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda: No sooner was this minister reappointed in the face of a barrage of questions about her judgment than she set out to prove her critics right. Her enduring presence has become a powerful signal to the government's backbenchers that embarrassment does rhyme with advancement.
Defence Minister Peter MacKay: His credibility took a major hit over the F-35 saga. There is evidence that the minister's relationship with the military brass is in tatters. With military procurement under the tutelage of Public Works, so is his moral authority.
The opposition has been calling for the firing of both of the above ministers. But with an eye to the longer term, addressing the miscasting of another ministerial trio may actually be more important.
In its budget, the government elevated the advancement of Canada as an energy superpower to a core mission. It is building its economic strategy squarely on a natural resources foundation.
The electorate still needs to be sold on this vision, which has put Ottawa on a collision course with the
First Nations and the global environment movement.
To handle so delicate and so central a file, Harper needs superior performers in three crucial portfolios: the environment, aboriginal affairs and energy. His current team falls well short of that mark.
Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan: He is Harper's weakest aboriginal affairs minister to date. He was never a match for Jim Prentice or Chuck Strahl in terms of cabinet influence. His handling of the
Attawapiskat crisis suggests he is in way over his head in a role that will only get more challenging.
Environment Minister Peter Kent: He has emerged as an undertaker of his own department and a vocal critic of his ministry's environmental constituency. It is hard to think of a minister who so routinely goes out of his way to belittle his opposition the way Kent does. In the circumstances, it is for the best that Kent, like Duncan, is not fluent in French. It tends to restrict the unnecessary communications damage to one language.
Energy Minister Joe Oliver: The rookie is an unpolished communicator who approaches the building of a public consensus in the same way he would run a board meeting. His witch-hunt approach to the environmental movement has put an overly ideological spin on the government's agenda.

If Harper wants to bring Canadians around to his notion that marketing more of our nonrenewable natural resources is the way a prosperous collective future, he needs a trio on the energy/environment/aboriginal front that is more into bridge building than bridge burning.
Chantal Hébert is a national affairs writer. Her column appears Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Section: News
Lead: The 6th annual Walk/Run in Red took place on Friday, June 1, bringing out smiles and synergy among members of the Defence Community. Beginning at NDHQ, participants walked 3.5 km or ran 8 km along Ottawa's historic Rideau Canal in cool weather.
Headline: 6th annual Run/Walk in Red draws big crowd
Page: G4
Byline: JACQUELYN FOLVILLE, GUARD OF HONOUR
Outlet: The Ottawa Sun
Date: Thursday 07 June 2012
The 6th annual Walk/Run in Red took place on Friday, June 1, bringing out smiles and synergy among members of the Defence Community. Beginning at NDHQ, participants walked 3.5 km or ran 8 km along
Ottawa's historic Rideau Canal in cool weather.
Major Julie Roberge, CFSU(O) Public Affairs Officer and MC for the event, kicked things off in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd. "This is a great opportunity to get outside together, get some fresh air and exercise with our colleagues, but moreover, it is a way to show our presence in the National Capital
Region!" she said.
About 4,000 participants were united in support of one another and were treated to free snacks and entertainment after finishing at Confederation Park.
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Associate Minister of National Defence, was on hand to congratulate members of the Defence Community for participating in this year's event and to recognize them for their service. "You are the best that Canada has to offer -thank you! And thank you to all the military families for supporting our members!" he said.
The Red Run takes place at the beginning of June each year to celebrate Canadian Forces Day.
© 2012 Sun Media Corporation
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Section: News
Headline: NATO killed 18 civilians, Afghans say; Allies say insurgents were only ones slain by 'precision airstrike'
Page: A25
Byline: Laura King and Aimal Yaqubi Los Angeles Times
Outlet: Toronto Star
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Afghan villagers sit on the back of a vehicle carrying bodies of children. At least 18 civilians, including women and children, were killed in a NATO airstrike in Logarprovince south of Kabul, Afghan officials said. Sabawoon Amarkhil/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Date: Thursday 07 June 2012
Afghan officials said 18 women and children were killed along with about a dozen insurgents in a raid spearheaded by the NATO force outside the Afghan capital before dawn on Wednesday.
The Western military alliance confirmed the deaths of "multiple insurgents" in the joint Afghan-NATO operation in Logar province, but reported no civilian fatalities. It said two women were injured in what a military statement described as a "precision airstrike."
The differing casualty counts could not immediately be reconciled.
Civilian casualties remain a sore point between the Afghan government and foreign forces, even though the United Nations reported a significant drop in injuries and deaths among non-combatants in the first four months of this year.
As a prelude to the withdrawal of most NATO combat troops in 2014, Afghan troops now take part in all
"night raids" like the one in Logar. The Western military often describes such operations as Afghan-led, although officials acknowledge that key responsibilities such as intelligence-gathering, logistics and air support fall to NATO troops.
The Logar police chief said Wednesday's pre-dawn raid targeted Taliban commanders meeting in the
Baraki Barak district. The coalition force called in an airstrike after coming under fire, Western and Afghan officials said.
The strike destroyed a walled compound, and Afghan officials cited villagers as saying the bombardment killed 18 civilians who were inside at the time - a mix of women and children. Police described another 12 or 13 dead at the scene as insurgents and their commanders.
Also Wednesday, three suicide attackers blew themselves up in Kandahar in the country's south, killing
22 people and wounding at least 50 others in a dusty marketplace that was turned into a gruesome scene of blood and bodies.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the attack.
In the past two years, tens of thousands of coalition troops have flooded Taliban strongholds in the south, and have largely succeeded in boosting security there. But the Taliban have proven resilient, continuing to conduct suicide attacks and targeted assassinations of pro-government figures.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack, saying it proved the "enemy is getting weaker because they are killing innocent people."
The explosion occurred about five kilometres from the main gate of the massive military installation run by the U.S.-led coalition and roughly 500 metres from an Afghan military base.
One suicide bomber detonated a three-wheeled motorbike filled with explosives first, said Rahmatullah
Atrafi, deputy police chief in Kandahar province. Then, as people rushed to assist the casualties, two other suicide bombers on foot walked up to the site and blew themselves up, he said.

Eight private security guards were among the 22 killed along a main road, he said.
The explosions left a bloody scene of body parts, shoes, soda cans, snacks and debris from three shops that were destroyed.
Islam Zada, a truck driver, was on the other side of the road having tea near his parked truck when the attack began.
"I couldn't see anything except for fire and dust," Zada said of the scene. "I found a wounded truck driver on our side of the road and went to help him. We gave him some water and when we were talking to him, the other blasts occurred."
The UN said last month that 579 civilians were killed in the first four months - down from 898 killed in the same period of 2011. While the trend is promising, the UN laments that too many civilians are being caught up in the violence as insurgents fight Afghan and foreign forces.
With files from The Associated Press

Section: News
Byline: Chris Cobb
Outlet: Ottawa Citizen
Headline: Ombudsman moves to block Langridge inquiry testimony; Military watchdog doesn't want investigator to be questioned
Page: A4
Date: Thursday 07 June 2012
Source: Ottawa Citizen
The ombudsman for Canada's armed forces moved Wednesday to block one of his investigators from testifying at an inquiry into the suicide of Afghan veteran Stuart Lang-ridge, claiming it would damage the credibility of his office.
And in a surprise attack, ombudsman lawyer Paul Déry-Goldberg, suggested the lawyer for Langridge's family, Marcel Drapeau, had "conflicting interests" because he is also representing an employee in the ombudsman's office in a grievance case.
A clearly furious Drapeau, who specializes in military cases, hit back, accusing Déry-Goldberg of being
"unprofessional and offensive" and said the public attack before the Military Police Complaints
Commission had left him even more certain that the ombudsman's office has something to hide.
"Have we hit a nerve?" he asked. The application by ombudsman Pierre Daigle to prevent investigator
Patrick Martel from testifying is a twist on solicitor-client privilege, which is the reason being given by
Defence Department lawyers for censoring and withholding numerous documents from the commission.
Langridge, 28, hanged himself in March 2008. After receiving a com-plaint from his parents Sheila and
Shaun Fynes about how the investigation was being handed by military police, the ombudsman's office sent Martel and another senior investigator to interview the couple at their home in Victoria.
The couple has waived all restrictions under solicitor-client privilege in their dealings with the ombudsman, but lawyer Déry-Goldberg said it was important not to set the "dangerous precedent" of forcing Martel to testify because all military ombudsman employees sign secrecy pledges to protect the confidentiality of people who come forward with complaints.
If Martel were forced to testify at the Langridge inquiry, it could open the door to anyone dealing with the ombudsman's office being forced to give evidence in open court proceedings or inquiries, said Déry-Goldberg. "It would be like putting them on Facebook," he said.
In an affidavit filed by Déry-Gold-berg, Martel says he has no useful information to impart and anything he learned during his investigations he passed on to the military's National Investigation Service (NIS) because it was outside the mandate of the ombudsman's office.
Drapeau said he was skeptical: "I think Mr. Martel has more to offer."
Langridge committed suicide at CFB Edmonton shortly after being released from a psychiatric ward. He had previously tried to kill him-self at least five times.
His parents claim that three separate NIS investigations into his death were designed to protect the reputation of military officers who they claim mishandled their son.
The military denies Langridge had PTSD and says his problems were rooted in alcohol and drug abuse.
Commission chairman Glenn Stannard said he would make a decision shortly on whether to order ombudsman investigator Martel to testify.
The hearing continues today.

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Section: News
Lead: Canada's veterans young and old marked the 68th anniversary of D-Day on Parliament Hill
Wednesday, honouring those who stormed the beaches of France fighting against the Nazis in the
Second World War.
Headline: On D-Day anniversary, young vets feel forgotten
Page: 11
Byline: KRIS SIMS, PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU
Outlet: The Ottawa Sun
Illustrations:
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photo by Veronica Henri,Qmi Agency D-DayVeteranJohn Hadley, 90, with his daughter Linda Hadley, commemorates the 68th anniversary of the Normandy D-Day landings at Nathan Phillips Square inToronto yesterday.
Date: Thursday 07 June 2012
Canada's veterans young and old marked the 68th anniversary of D-Day on Parliament Hill Wednesday, honouring those who stormed the beaches of France fighting against the Nazis in the Second World War.
The vets of recent missions, though, also had a message: They are not being treated as fairly as their elder brothers-in-arms when it comes to compensation for injuries and illnesses.
"They have no feeling of security in terms of finance or way of life when they come back with missing limbs or having lost their minds," said retired colonel Pat Stogran, former veterans ombudsman, who attended the vigil and rally.
"There's the lump sum, there's the complex claw backs that are involved, the lack of compassion and the way people deal with them, they have to fight for every thing and it's a deny culture."
Stogran said when the veterans of the Second World War returned they were better compensated, had educations, jobs and often land waiting for them. "That's all changed now."
Advocacy groups like Wounded Warriors say that prior to the New Veterans Charter, which came into action in 2006, there was an understanding that returning soldiers would always be taken care of.
Before 2006, a typical double amputee would get about $4,000 per month for life.
Under the new charter, as an example, Maj. Mark Campbell, 47, of Edmonton, who lost both legs in
Afghanistan in 2008, got a lump sum payment of $276,000. Campbell called it a "grotesque travesty."
A spokesman fo Ve teran Affairs Minister Steven Blaney pointed to a number of new initiative for vets introduced by the Tories.
© 2012 Sun Media Corporation

Section: InFocus
Outlet: The Chronicle-Herald
Headline: Veterans protest benefits on anniversary of D-Day
Page: B4
Date: Thursday 07 June 2012
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OTTAWA (CP) - A second front in the war over veterans benefits opened up Wednesday as ex-soldiers rallied on Parliament Hill and the families of two young men killed in Afghanistan learned their discrimination complaints are likely headed for a human rights tribunal.
The demonstration, on the 68th anniversary of the historic D-Day landings, was aimed at the federal government's relatively new policy of paying injured soldiers lump-sum compensation for wounds and injuries, rather than life-time pensions.
At the same time came news that the Canadian Human Rights Commission is deciding what forum will hear the complaints of the families of two single soldiers killed in the line of duty, neither eligible for a
$250,000 death benefit paid to married troops.
Errol Cushley, the father of Pte. William Cushley, and Beverley Skalrud, the mother of Pte. Braun Scott
Woodfield, say they've been told that human rights investigators found merit in their complaints about the death stipend, which was instituted as part of an overhaul of veterans benefits in 2006.
The commission is currently weighing its options, which could include sending it to mediation or to a public tribunal hearing.

Section: News
Lead: From Far and Wide: Honouring Great Canadians -- a new exhibit celebrating Canadian heraldry -- opened Thursday, May 17 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and speech by His Excellency the Right
Honourable David Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces.
Headline: CF members featured in exhibit Governor General on hand to launch 'From Far and Wide' exhibit on Canadian honours
Page: G11
Byline: JACQUELYN FOLVILLE, GUARD OF HONOUR
Outlet: The Ottawa Sun
Illustrations:
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Sgt Ronald Duchesne , Rideau Hall Governor General David Johnston speaks at the opening of the new exhibit Fr om Far and Wide. Gouverneur général David Johnston prend la parole à l'ouverture de la nouvelle exposition D'un océan à l'autre. Jacquelyn Folville, Guard Of Honour/Garde D'honneur Capt
Simon Mailloux speaks to Governor General David Johnston during the officialopening of the exhibit. Le
Capt Simon Mailloux parle au Gouverneur général David Johnston à l'ouverture de l'exposition.
Date: Thursday 07 June 2012
From Far and Wide: Honouring Great Canadians -- a new exhibit celebrating Canadian heraldry -- opened Thursday, May 17 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and speech by His Excellency the Right
Honourable David Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces.
"It is my hope that through this exhibit Canadians will be able to learn about our national honours," said the Governor General at the official opening of the display.
Among those Canadians whose medals and stories are featured in the exhibit are several military members. PO 2 James Anthony Leith, a recipient of the Star of Courage, recognized all those who made his accomplishments possible.
"I didn't get here by myself; it was everybody behind me, pushing me, lifting me to help me on my way," he said.
Capt Simon Mai lloux, awarded the Sacrifice Medal after losing a limb in an improvised explosive device
(IED) attack in Afghanistan, said that receiving the Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal after a second tour in
Afghanistan was "a surprise".
Both honourees described Canadian greatness as the willingness to help others, to show commitment and to work hard to accomplish the mission.
MCpl Jeremy LeBlanc, recipient of the Medal of Military Valour, added that the Canadian Honours
System is about recognizing ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
"When you see someone sporting the snowflake pin or any other of Canada's honours, take the time to talk with them, to ask them about their contributions and to thank them for what they have done," said the
Governor General, addressing those in attendance.
The exhibit, located at 90 Wellington Street (across from Parliament), is open to the public daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. until November. For more information, visit www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=14481&lan=eng.
© 2012 Sun Media Corporation

Section: News
Lead: COLD LAKE -- Just three hours from Edmonton and with major outdoor -- and indoor -- recreation close at hand, Cold Lake's 4Wing base for the Royal Canadian Air Force and the in-situ oil industry are a magnet for working men and their families, according to census numbers released this week.
Headline: Housing crunch Cold Lake's red-hot real estate market a problem
Page: 4
Byline: JACKIE L.LARSON
Outlet: The Edmonton Sun
Illustrations:
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photo by Jackie L. Larson/Edmonton Sun Real estate broker Bernard LeFebvre shows a new home specially zoned with a basement rental in Cold Lake. Home prices in the city are soaring thanks to the military and the oil industry.
Date: Thursday 07 June 2012
COLD LAKE -- Just three hours from Edmonton and with major outdoor -- and indoor -- recreation close at hand, Cold Lake's 4Wing base for the Royal Canadian Air Force and the in-situ oil industry are a magnet for working men and their families, according to census numbers released this week.
But one problem looms ever larger as new oil developments come in: Where to put people -- and how to help them afford it.
Coldwell Banker broker Bernard LeFebvre admits relocating families who think they'll find small-town prices far from the Edmonton bustle are in for some sticker shock.
"Our house prices are high, for sure," LeFebvre said.
Military take-home pay prices some families out of the market, compared to some other base towns where air force workers aren't competing with oil workers for the same rooftops.
"We find a lot of military are tapped out just into the $300,000s," LeFebvre said, adding that his office gets the most demand for homes in the $275,000 to $320,000 range.
A home in that niche will frequently sell within 30 days, he said.
The vacancy rate has reportedly fallen under 1%. A very modest one-bedroom apartment could be had for $850 a year ago. The Canadian Forces Housing Agency was offering members two-bedroom residences in Cold Lake for as little as $800, with a four-bedroom, detached residence fetching $1,575 a month.
Recently, 4Wing Commander Col. Patrice Laroche took the issue up the chain of command.
"Factors beyond our control such as the high wages of the civilian labour force, the low unemployment rate and high rate of population growth in this region are all contributing factors to the confluence which makes living here financially challenging for Canadian Forces members," Laroche said.
The city has backed Laroche, and MP Brian Storseth has been brought into the fray.
"The federal politicians have to come into this sandbox," said Cold Lake Mayor Craig Copeland.
Townhouse projects and condos have provided slightly lower entry points for buyers. Housing solutions afoot include specially zoned new split-level homes with a self-contained ground-floor one-bedroom suite that can be rented out for $1,200 or so, helping the homeowner with a mortgage on the $325,000 home.
"Our big concern as a city council is that next year, we don't think there'll be enough space for everyone.
We're not seeing any multi-family permits, and there's nothing in the ground. We're anticipating a 10% rent increase next year," Copeland said.

Hopes for a 40-unit building with affordable housing units were sidelined at the 60% completion stage when the developer encountered financial difficulties, LeFebvre said, pointing to a tarped-over building.
For the city's infrastructure, a deal struck in 2011 with the province to share some of the oil revenue wealth from provincially- owned land within 4Wing boundaries will help keep tax rates stable, Copeland said, calling the pact that took city revenues from $15 million-plus to $26 million an "overnight game changer."
The city has been careful to develop in ways that appeal to a relocating work-f orce attracted by local jobs. There are highly rated schools, public, public-Catholic and Francophone. A network of trails for quadding and sledding within the city are accompanied by ATV-friendly city bylaws that allow quadders access to city streets to go from home to trailhead.
For oil industry executives, Alberta's seventh-largest lake -- a boating and sport fishing paradise -- can add $100,000 to a home by being across the road. Beachfront can command $300,000 more. LeFebvre's most expensive listing -- a bungalow just under 3,000 square feet, with a four-car garage, just sold. Its asking price -- over $1.3 million, due to a prime lake-front spot.
© 2012 Sun Media Corporation

Section: News
Byline: Lee Berthiaume
Outlet: National Post
Headline: Time to consider leaving UN, Tory MP says
Page: A1 / Front
Date: Thursday 07 June 2012
Dateline: OTTAWA
Source: Postmedia News
OTTAWA . A Conservative backbencher is demanding Canada reconsider its membership in the United
Nations after the world body criticized the government for its treatment of alleged war criminals and changes to the refugee system.
Ontario MP Larry Miller said he is also upset the UN deployed a special food rapporteur to Canada last month instead of to a developing country.
" The United Nations is an organization that was designed to work collectively to solve the major problems facing the world," Mr. Miller said in a statement. "If this is the type of action that the UN will be taking then I think that it is high time that we review our participation in the United Nations."
Mr. Miller said he wrote to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird about the issue.
The UN Committee on Torture, which reviews the records of all countries on a rotating basis, released a report on Canada last week.
It contained concerns about the Conservative government's policy of arresting and deporting alleged war criminals instead of seeing them brought to justice. It was also critical of the government's refusal to assist Omar Khadr and asked it to reconsider controversial changes to the refugee system.
While the review was routine, the Conservative government argued the UN should be focused on the countless, more egregious human rights violations occurring in other parts of the globe.
UN special rapporteur on food Olivier De Schutter, meanwhile, concluded at the end of an 11-day tour of
Canada last month the country was in violation of its international obligations, given how many families are unable meet their daily food needs.
He also said people shouldn't be so self-righteous about how great Canada is considering the pervasiveness of hunger and poverty, especially among aboriginals, amid so much wealth.
Senior Cabinet ministers shot back, telling him to devote his time to famine-stricken countries.
Speaking to reporters on Parliament Hill later Wednesday, Mr. Miller also took issue with a UN tourism agency's special recognition of Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe - though he insisted he isn't necessarily asking for Canada to leave the world body.
"The message should be that Canada should review its participation. That's all I've said," said the veteran
MP, who stumbled into controversy in February after comparing the long-gun registry to Hitler and the
Nazis.
Canada is a founding member of the world body and has contributed millions of dollars to supporting the organization and its work as well as thousands of military personnel to UN-mandated missions around the world.
But the Conservatives also view the organization with wariness, seeing it as giving dictators a soapbox and lending legitimacy to authoritarian regimes. Mr. Baird voiced displeasure in recent weeks over the
Security Council's failure to condemn the violence in Syria.

In the House of Commons on Wednesday, Government House leader Peter Van Loan was more measured, saying UN-sanctioned missions in Afghanistan and Libya had allowed Canada to advance democracy, freedom and the rule of law.
Liberal foreign affairs critic Dominic LeBlanc described Mr. Miller's comments as ignorant.
"We live in an interconnected world where we can only protect Canada's interests by playing a positive role internationally," Mr. LeBlanc said. "We cannot isolate ourselves as the Conservatives seem to believe. Canadians are best served by a policy of constructive engagement."
Only two states have ever left the UN: Syria between 1958 and 1961, when it shared a seat with Egypt, and Indonesia between January 1965 and September 1966, at which point it was involved in a feud with
Malaysia.

Section: Local / News
Byline: Hilary Caton The Hamilton Spectator hcaton@thespec.com 905-526-3434 | @HilaryatTheSpec
Outlet: Hamilton Spectator
Illustrations:
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Detective Sergeant Bob Gauvin of the Hamilton Police Service. Kaz Novak, The Hamilton Spectator
Headline: Service, protection at home and abroad; Part police officer and part soldier
Page: A4
Date: Thursday 07 June 2012
For Detective Sergeant Robert Gauvin, joining the Canadian Forces three years ago was a natural transition.
"The service of protecting others has always been at my core in some respects," he said. "Policing serves your community; the military serves your country."
The opportunity for members of Hamilton Police Service to join the military without jeopardizing their job was highlighted at a ceremony outside police headquarters Wednesday to kick off Support Our Troops month. The event also featured a flag-raising and barbecue.
"There are many parallels between policing and the military, especially today in this post 9/11 era and the international war against terrorism," said Hamilton police Chief Glenn De Caire.
"In days past, the front line was clear and the battlefield was distinct. Today the front line could be anywhere and any place could be a battlefield - even Hamilton."
For Gauvin the move into the forces was "a seamless transition."
"I immediately received unconditional support and assistance," he said.
He is one of 16 members of the Military Reserve Force with the Hamilton police, serving as a major in the
Canadian Forces and as a legal adviser to the office of the Judge Advocate General in Toronto.
Gauvin is a 14-year veteran Hamilton officer, including most recently heading the vice and drug unit.
"I've been really busy," he said.
A year ago Gauvin took a leave of absence from his police work to serve as a legal adviser on a NATOled mission called Operation Mobile, which helped protect civilians during the uprising in Libya.
Since then he has also been deployed to the Italian Air Force base in Poggio Renatico to help with another component of Operation Mobile. He said the people and experience are two things he won't forget.
"The experience was incredible from the teamwork perspective," Gauvin said. "And you develop really close relationships and those relationships exist after, professionally and personally."
Proceeds from a barbecue at the event will go toward the Canadian Military Family Resource Centre in
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Section: Opinion
Headline: Medical cuts will affect treatment of veterans
Page: D8
Outlet: Times & Transcript (Moncton)
Date: Thursday 07 June 2012
To The Editor:
At the same time that DND has admitted that the numbers of suicide incidents in the Canadian Forces have risen, how is it possible that the department is eliminating the jobs of medical professionals involved in suicide prevention and monitoring of post-traumatic stress disorders? They are actually reducing the number of epidemiologists and researchers who analyze mental health issues.
This government has previously asserted that dealing with such health issues is a priority. How can the government announce on the one hand that it appreciates the sacrifices made by our veterans, and then turn around and cut the services and research efforts needed to treat those same men and women at a time when they need it most?
The Royal Canadian Legion (RCL) is extremely concerned with this move, especially with the increase of suicide incidents in the Canadian Forces. The full extent of the cases of mental illness, arising from the heavy operational tempo in the Balkans and Afghanistan, has not likely been felt yet.
The government and Canadians have sent these men and women to deploy and serve in these missions abroad and therefore have a moral obligation to ensure they are properly cared for once they return. The announced cuts give the government a failing grade. Without operational research in this area, Canada will be forced to resort to reactive treatment while abandoning the proactive education and prevention of mental illness to our troops.
It is unacceptable that these cuts have been made on the backs of our most vulnerable and mentally ill soldiers, sailors, airmen and airwomen. There is no better way to demonstrate their commitment to support the men and women who serve their country than by not making these cuts.
Patricia Varga,
Dominion President,
RCL

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