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Ashley 'Treasure' Theophane is the former British light-welterweight champion. He won the belt by defeating Lenny Daws on points in Febuary 2011 at Wembley Arena. After two successfull defences against Jason Cook and Ben Murphy, Theophane lost his Lonsdale to Darren Hamilton in a close decision in May 2012.
Since then the Londoner has had two comeback fight and is set to establish himself again not just domestically but on the world stage again. BritishBoxers.co.uk caught up with Ashley who is in America training, we find out what he has been up to and what his plans are for the future, including his take on the current British boxing scene.
You last fought in Luxembourg a first round KO win and you won the 'Global Boxing Council welterweight title' – That was in December 2012, so nearly six months out of the ring. Why the inactivity and what have you been doing since then?
I've spent nine weeks in Las Vegas training at the Mayweather Boxing Club, training with Floyd himself and I was flown to New York City for 2 weeks by former world champion Luis Collazo who fought Ricky Hatton, Andre Berto and Shane Mosley.
This year I've sparred former two weight world champion Celestino Caberello, former world champion Luis Collazo, world number 5 Shawn Porter, world number 15 Vernon Paris, the money team's Mickey Bey, US Olympian Errol Spence Junior, former world number 5 and 2x US amateur champion Semajay Thomas. These are some of the best boxers around.
I've had a fantastic and productive year in America so far. No other British fighter is getting this quality work. If that's lack of activity then I don't want to be busy.
I've been working hard in the gym to become a better fighter. I'm respected State to State and coast to coast in America. The work I put in the gym is of the highest order with some of the best coaches in the business.
Ashley sparring with Shawn Cameron at Gleason's Gym June 4,2013
S0 you really living it up in America? Good on you!
I wouldn't say I'm living it up. I work everyday. I'm one of the hardest working sportsmen in the world. My childhood dream was to fight and train in America. That's what I'm doing.
Were you meant to box on 18th May in Essex?
I was due to fight on Miranda Carter's left jab promotion but the show was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances, which was a shame. Britain's top promoters Frank Warren, Eddie Hearn and Mick Hennessey have all cancelled shows. it happens in boxing.
Are there any Fights in the pipeline for you?
A promotional group in New York offered me a promotional contract last week and I was offered an eight round fight on Bernard Hopkins undercard at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn in July. There's been talk of fights in New Mexico, El Paso, Missisippi and Washington.
There is loads in the pipeline. It will be announced at the appropriate time.
What is your plan for the next few years of your career or do you not think that far?
The plan is the same as it has always been, to fight the best fighters in the world. I'm one of the best fighters in the world and I want to continue where I left off when I beat Delvin Rodriguez who went on to fight for the world title after I beat him and I chose to win the British championship but now I'm back. I put in great performances in sparring against great fighters.
Its about doing it in the fights when the lights is bright. My team are working on this but these things take time. I may want to fight a fighter but he may not want to fight me. Professional boxing is a business first and foremost and the fans need to realise this.
Floyd Mayweather has been a professional boxer for 17 years. I've only been a professional for 10 years. I'm far from retirement! My best performances are ahead of me.
I'm currently an ambassador for Wellman Vitabiotics which have an advertisement campaign featuring yours truly in 15 magazines a month in the UK. GQ, Esquire and Mens Health are some of the magazines you might see me in.
I'm also an ambassador for Ted Baker, NRG Fuel and High5 Nutrition. I'm living my childhood dream. I'm one of the best british fighters around so its only right I'm associated with the best of British companies.
When I'm in the UK I will also be working more alongside Steve Bunce on BoxNation Television as a pundit and doing motivational talks in schools, youth centres and at sport events.
What is your view on the current British Boxing Scene?
We have four world champions and loads of world ranked fighters. It's okay! British boxers don't seem to travel well when they come out of their comfort zone and leave the British shores. They've become a laughing stock in America. They need to look at this problem and solve it.
Which of your British boxing counterparts do you admire presently?
Carl Froch is an amazing athlete. He will fight anyone, anywhere, anytime and David Haye is another British fighter who is incredible. Winning world titles on foreign soil is not easy as we have recently seen. I admire both of these warriors.
Which British boxers coming through the ranks have caught your eye and who do you feel fans should look out for?
I recently met Olympic gold medallist Luke Campbell at Gleason's gym in New York and he is a major talent. He also trains with Carl Froch's trainer which can only help him to climb the mountain of professional boxing.
Ashley with Olympic Gold medalist Luke Campbell
What do you think about Carl Froch taking on one of his British rivals, there has been talk of Groves, DeGale even Cleverly at catchweight! Are these fights you, the fans would like to see or should Froch concentrate on Ward, Kessler III ?
Carl does not need them. I think it would be an easy nights work for him so why not. He's been in loads of super fights and deserves some easy nights at the fights.
Kessler, Ward and Bute are the fights for Froch at 168lbs. I'd like to see him fight Pascal again or even Chad Dawson, Bernard Hopkins or Tavois Cloud at 175lbs. What Carl has achieved over the last 5 years, he should be a superstar in the UK.
Can I get your views on these potential British match-ups, do they excite you as a fan and who wins and why?
David Haye v Tyson Fury?
I know David from the amateurs and I've met Tyson a couple times. They are both nice guys. I think David would win by knock out. He is above any British Heavyweight currently around. Only Evander Holyfield has been undisputed cruiserweight champion and gone onto win the Heavyweight title. David Haye isn't appreciated for his boxing achievements as much as he should be.
Carl Froch v George Groves?
Carl is another fighter who is above any British fighter in his weight division. I think he would win.
Scott Quigg v Carl Frampton?
It is an even fight and any of them could win.
Amir Khan v Kell Brook?
Amir Khan has proved he is world level even if he is going through a shaky time right now. I've been in the ring with better fighters than Kell. Kell has the talent against lower level opposition but as he's yet to fight the level of fighters Khan has I'll have to go with Amir.
Frankie Gavin v Denton Vassell?
I've not watched much of these two fighters. Its a good fight for both guys. Very even!
Martin Murray v Matthew Macklin?
Murray and Macklin are highly respected Stateside. It would be a great fight and I'd love to watch it.
Gavin Rees v Anthony Crolla?
Gavin Rees has fought at a much higher level than Anthony. Anthony is a good fighter who is always entertaining. Its a big fight for him. I side with Gavin on this one.
Are you still enjoying Boxing as a fighter and as a fan and what events are you looking forward to?
I started boxing as a fan. Nowadays I'm only interested in the big fights in my weight division and the big fights around the world.
I love boxing as a fighter. I love what I do. Very few fighters around the world get to my level.
I'm more appreciated and respected as a fighter in America. This was always my goal so I'm actually living the dream I had in my head as a four year old kid watching Mike Tyson. I wanted to fight and train in America with the best and this is what I'm doing.
I receive so many messages from fellow boxers and just normal people about how I inspire them to achieve their own goals. That's good enough for me and helps me to keep pushing hard in the gym.
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Hi all! My name is Meli Barber; originally from Columbus, OH, I now make my home in Indianapolis, IN with my wife, Carli. I'm thrilled to be joining the Equally Blessed pilgrimage to Panama! I am committed to working for LGBTQI inclusion in the Church and witnessing to the holiness of LGBTQI people.
I first came out when I was in college; I was lucky to come out surrounded by amazing Catholics who accepted me and encouraged me to find ways to hold these two parts of myself in tension. I never questioned whether it was possible to be gay and Catholic – buoyed by the love and support of my friends, community, campus ministry, etc. it seemed obvious that these identities could peacefully coexist. When I was in college, I became very involved with campus ministry and discerned a call to ministry. After I graduated, pursued an MA in theology and began working for a parish in Indianapolis doing youth and young adult ministry.
It was only after I started working in parish ministry that I realized how hard it can be in our Church to be gay and Catholic, and how dangerous it would be for my employment to be out. I went back in the closet for almost 8 years to work in religious education, youth and young adult ministry. After meeting and quietly dating for almost three years, I quit my job in 2016 to propose to my now wife.
I am thrilled to be part of this pilgrimage because I want to show our Church that I exist and that there is a place for me in the church too. Jesus said, "I came that they might have life and have it in abundance." I am finally living abundantly not despite of my relationship, but because of it. I truly believe that my relationship with my wife calls me to greater holiness; I believe I am better because she loves me. I also believe that I have a gift for ministry and did truly good work at the parish. I think it's sad that I had to leave my ministry in order to be married.
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It asks the president to agree to open the government up for three weeks to allow a debate "to give Congress time to develop and vote on a bipartisan agreement that addresses your request".
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More than 2,000 respondents were asked whether their family had lost any income, expected to lose income or relied on any government services that had been shut down.
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As in all those similar books, the room for Lisp is obviously miserable, but that is not very surprising. At least Sebesta seems to know something about it... but wait ! That was until yesterday.
CLOS, an object-oriented version of Lisp, also supports functional programming.
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Currently, C++ is the best language for multi-paradigm programming.
That's it boys. These guys have no clue whatsoever.
The Journal version of this paper of mine is finally available. This is an extended version of the paper I presented at the first European Lisp Symposium last year. It's about twice as long and contains much more details.
Although it's a journal article, the PDF is freely available at the Journal's website.


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import java.sql.*;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.logging.*;

import rgms.model.*;

/**
 * Provides the functionality to communicate with the database and perform queries
 * pertaining to Notifications
 *
 * @author Tyler Haigh - C3182929
 * @author Simon Hartcher - C3185790
 * @author Josh Crompton - C3165877
 *
 */
public class NotificationManager extends DataManager {

	 private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(NotificationManager.class.getName());

	 /**
	  * Creates a Notification in the database
	  * @param notification The Notification to insert
	  */
	 public void createNotification(Notification notification) {
		 try {
			 //Create a Prepared Statement
			 PreparedStatement pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(
				 "INSERT INTO Notifications (UserId, GroupId, Description, Link) " +
				 "VALUES(?,?,?,?)"
			 );

			 //Set the required parameters and execute
			 pstmt.setInt(1, notification.getUserId());
			 pstmt.setString(3, notification.getDescription());
			 pstmt.setString(4, notification.getLink());

			 if (notification.getGroup() == null)
				 pstmt.setNull(2, Types.INTEGER);
			 else
				 pstmt.setInt(2, notification.getGroupId());

			 pstmt.execute();

		 } catch (SQLException sql) {
			 logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "SQL Error",sql);
		 } catch (Exception e) {
			 logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Error executing query",e);
		 }
	 }

	 /**
	  * Deletes a Notification from the database
	  * @param notificationId The Id of the Notification
	  */
	 public void deleteNotification(int notificationId) {
		 try {
			 //Create a prepared statement
			 PreparedStatement pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(
				 "DELETE FROM Notifications WHERE Id=?"
			 );

			 //Set the required parameters and execute
			 pstmt.setInt(1, notificationId);
			 pstmt.execute();

		 } catch (SQLException e) {
			 logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "SQL Error",e);
		 }
	 }

	 /**
	  * Retrieves a Notification with the given Id
	  * @param notificationId The Id of the Notification
	  * @return A Notification with the given Id
	  */
	 public Notification get(int notificationId) {
		 try {
			 //Create a prepared statement
			 PreparedStatement pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(
				 "SELECT * FROM Notifications WHERE Id=?"
			 );

			 //Set the required parameters and execute
			 pstmt.setInt(1, notificationId);
			 ResultSet rs = pstmt.executeQuery();
			 return Notification.fromResultSet(rs);

		 } catch (Exception e) {
			 logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "SQL Error", e);
			 return null;
		 }
	 }

	 /**
	  * Retrieves a List of all Notifications that belong to a User
	  * @param userId The Id of the User
	  * @return A List of Notifications that belong to the User
	  */
	 public List<Notification> getAllNotifications(int userId) {
		 List<Notification> notifications = new LinkedList<Notification>();

		 try {
			 //Create a prepared statement
			 PreparedStatement pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(
				 "SELECT n.* FROM Notifications n " +
				 "JOIN Users u ON n.UserId=u.Id " +
				 "WHERE u.Id=?"
			 );

			 //Set the required parameters and execute
			 pstmt.setInt(1, userId);
			 ResultSet rs = pstmt.executeQuery();

			 //Retrieve the results and store in the List
			 if (rs.isBeforeFirst()) {
				 while (!rs.isAfterLast()) {
					 Notification resultNotification = Notification.fromResultSet(rs);
					 if (resultNotification != null)
						 notifications.add(resultNotification);
				 }
			 }

		 } catch (Exception e) {
			 logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "SQL Error", e);
			 return null;
		 }

		 return notifications;
 	 }

}

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Li Chunfeng (; 602–670) was a Chinese mathematician, astronomer, historian, and politician who was born in today's Baoji, Shaanxi, during the Sui and Tang dynasties. He was first appointed to the Imperial Astronomy Bureau to help institute a calendar reform. He eventually ascended to deputy of the Imperial Astronomy Bureau and designed the Linde calendar. His father was an educated state official and also a Taoist. Li died in Chang'an in 670.

Background and career
The Sui dynasty was integral for uniting China, so it was a good time for learning. But when Li was sixteen the Sui fell, and the Tang rose. Nevertheless, the Tang did not harm the conditions for education. Indeed, it rather strengthened it. The Imperial Academy's math teaching was formalized. He was appointed into the Imperial Astronomy Bureau as an advanced court astronomer and historian, in 627. Once several years had passed, he then was promoted to deputy director of the Imperial Astronomy Bureau in 641, and even director in 648. He was given these titles because the Chinese calendar of the era, despite that it had only been used for several years, was already having accuracy problems in predicting eclipses. In fact, Li was appointed partially because of his critique of the Wuyin calendar. Wang Xiaotong had been chosen to study the problem earlier. This was a very important job because of the Chinese belief in the Mandate of Heaven. So if one altered the calendar, that person would have some control over the connection between the heavens and the emperor.

Astronomy and calendar
In 665, Li introduced a reform calendar. It was called the Linde calendar. It improved the prediction of planets' positions and included an "intercalary month." That is similar to the idea of a leap day. It would catch up a lunar year to a solar year because twelve lunar months are 1.3906 days short of one solar year. It was added every three years. The Linde calendar is the most prominent accomplishment of Li.

Li wrote a document complaining about the use of outdated equipment in the Imperial Astronomy Bureau, so he was commanded to construct a new armillary sphere. He completed it in 633. His construction had an additional third ring as opposed to the more common design of only two rings.

Mathematics
Li added corrections to certain mathematical works. Examples of this are in Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art by Liu Hui. He demonstrated that the least common multiple of the numbers {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12} was 27720—the answer was flawed in the original text of Nine Chapters. Yet another instance of this was in Zu Geng's work about the area of a circle. Li gave 22/7 (=3.142857 repeating) instead of 3 as a better approximation of what we know now as pi. He began each annotation with the words "Your servant, Chunfeng, and his collaborators comment respectfully on…" Li did write some mathematical works of his own, little is known about them. They are usually dismissed as unimportant in comparison to his other accomplishments. With Liang Shu and Wang Zhenru, he wrote Shibu Suanjing () in 656. These were ten mathematical manuals submitted to the emperor.

Literary works
Li contributed to the Book of Sui and Book of Jin, which cover the history of the Sui and Jin dynasties. He wrote about the discoveries in astrology, metrology, and music. These are the official histories of the periods. The book Massage-Chart Prophecies (Tui bei tu) is generally credited to Li. The book is a collaboration of attempts to predict the future using numerology. Therefore, Li is often thought of as being a prophet. The book gets it title from a poem near the end, discussing how much time it would take to tell the story of thousands of years, it would be better to take a break and enjoy a massage. Circa 640, Li wrote the Ganying jing 感應經 to elaborate the concept of ganying cosmic correspondence. Li wrote a book discussing the importance of astrology in Chinese culture called Yisizhan in 645. This is around when he would have been working on the Linde calendar. Yet another of is works is Commentary on and Introduction to the Gold Lock and the Flowing Pearls. In this book he describes Taoist customs that was probably part of influence from his father.

See also

 Ten Computational Canons

 Yuan Tiangang

References

Bibliography
Ho, Peng Yoke, LI, QI and SHU. 1985 Hong Kong University Press. 1987 University of Washington Press edition. ISBN 0-295- 96362-X
Zhuang, Tianshan, "Li Chunfeng". Encyclopedia of China (Astronomy Edition), 1st ed.
Encyclopædia Britannica

External links
Li Chunfeng biography — The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
Liu Hui and Zu Gengzhi on the volume of a sphere

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You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce
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Review by Hayley Anderton
You Let Me In is Camilla Bruce's debut novel, and it marks her out as an author to watch. It is impressively assured with a very distinctive voice, and excellent pacing.
The blurb describes two stories and asks which one might be true: a dark fairy story of children lost to the woods and magic, or one of an emotionally and physically abused child. It seems to me that these are only two of the stories hinted at, and that both, or neither might be true. Which is appropriate for a novel narrated by a character called Cassandra, which is in itself an invitation to doubt.
As with her namesake this Cassandra is destined not to be believed, her narration not so much unreliable, as a set of stories or possibilities in which nothing is certain. Not even the basic premise that is the elderly author Cassandra Tipp has disappeared, or that this is the last in a string of family scandals that start with her being a difficult, possibly disturbed child, go through the gruesome death of her husband, and the later murder of her father and suicide of her brother.
We're invited to understand that Cassie has been gone for a year, no body has been found, but instructions left with her solicitor mean that her niece and nephew are to go to her house, read a manuscript, and return with a password to take possession of her estate. Cassie has been a successful romantic novelist; the inference is that there's a decent amount of money in the bank.
As we only meet Janus and Penelope through Cassie's hazy recollections of them, and through her assumptions written into the manuscript as to how they'll react to her words there's nothing to confirm that the year (or the year and a day of fairy tale) has passed. Are we reading as Cassie writes, or is this something else entirely? That uncertainty is part of the charm of the book, not least because it helps distance the reader from what Cassie is telling us happened to her.
There's a lot to admire and enjoy in Bruce's handling of the themes she's chosen. I enjoyed her representation of fairies; here they have a vampiric quality, they're dead things that choose a live thing to feed from – everything from trees to little girls. It's a clever mixing of folklore elements and psychology that works really well as the book unfolds.
I also appreciate the way she alludes to violence and abuse without much detail. Hints are enough, more than enough to build a picture, and when details do come they're macabre to the point of fantastic, which again helps keep them at a distance – like something out of a Grimm fairytale. This uncertainty also allows Bruce to explore the reactions and behaviour of Cassie and her family without having to explicitly judge or explain them, although there are enough implications for the reader to do so.
In this instance the claim on the back of my proof copy that this is about the elusive nature of truth, and offers "an unnerving glimpse of the dark place that might exist between reality and somewhere else entirely" feels entirely justified. Truth is a slippery thing, an interpretation of facts rather than a fact itself, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading Bruce explore that.
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Michael Gerson: The titanic clash of Trump vs. Comey
By Michael GersonSyndicated columnist
It was not an 18-minute gap, but it will be remembered as the most awkward conversation pause of recent presidential history.
The setting, according to former FBI Director James Comey's detailed testimony, was a private dinner in the Green Room of the Executive Mansion. President Trump, who had been hinting at (in Comey's account) a "patronage relationship," ceased merely to hint. "I need loyalty," Trump insisted. "I expect loyalty."
At that point, recalled Comey, "We simply looked at each other in silence."
Later in the dinner, Trump came back around to the expectation of loyalty. "You will always get honesty from me," replied Comey. The president and the FBI director finally settled on the concept of "honest loyalty," to defuse a difficult argument.
During the Comey hearing Thursday, it was naturally the legal issues that predominated, including: How does getting an instruction (or a "direction" in Comey's word) by the president to stop an ongoing criminal investigation differ from obstruction of justice? While not alleging obstruction himself, Comey seemed to be setting up the factual basis for an obstruction case, like a tennis-serve toss for his friend, former colleague and special counsel Robert Mueller, to smash home. Comey also managed to change the political facts on the ground in at least one decisive way. Just based on Comey's testimony, if Democrats win control of the House in the midterm elections, there will be impeachment proceedings.
But the deeper point here is not different legal interpretations or different memories but different moralities. The Trump/Comey contest is also a titanic clash of worldviews.
In the Green Room, Trump was expressing a morality rooted in relationships. He defines character, like Vito Corleone, as adhering to a code of personal loyalty. The generosity of the patron must be respected and repaid.
Comey responded with a morality of norms. He defines character as obedience to a code of rules. And in that code, honesty seems to hold pride of place. In his testimony, by directly accusing Trump of lying, Comey was relegating the president to the lowest circle of moral failure.
The conflict between these two views of ethics is not easily resolved. The concept of "honest loyalty" ultimately fails. Trump defines integrity as faithfulness. Comey defines integrity as truthfulness. Neither is entirely faithful or true to his own standard. But the failures are not equal.
Trump lives for loyalty but seems incapable of showing it. He demands sycophancy, and yet, driven by his own obsessions and disorders, he regularly exposes his closest aides to public ridicule and humiliation. Why, by Trump's own standard, should members of his administration be loyal? Not for personal reasons, given his rule by ridicule. Not for ideology, because Trump does not really possess one. The only plausible reason for loyalty to Trump is the opportunity to exercise power. But his rented recruits end up discredited by the daily work of defending the indefensible. And Trump himself ends up isolated by his own suspicions and distrust.
Comey, in contrast, explores the line between righteousness and self-righteousness. The defense of truth seems to justify a variety of measures — including strategically leaking information in hopes of ensuring the appointment of a special counsel — that earn the description of extreme political hardball. Comey seems to regard the FBI as the priesthood of norms — an institution to be defended at nearly any cost. The president's alleged request to end the Flynn investigation, for example, was not reported upward, but rather kept in a back pocket for future use. "We decided to keep it very closely held, resolving to figure out what to do with it down the road as our investigation progressed," explained Comey. This is a fairly cold calculation, even if in a good cause.
There is, however, a world of difference between the two men. Comey's considerable errors of judgment seem motivated by moral exactitude. Trump's alleged transgressions would be the definition of public corruption. Only one man in Comey's account of the White House dinner was proposing the ethics of a protection racket.
In the end, Trump's endless legal and ethical troubles are the revenge of the campaign issue of temperament. Those who argued that ideology matters more than character — that a favored law or Supreme Court seat is more important than the deepest beliefs of the president himself — have some explaining to do. Trump's moral and political instincts are the result of choices made little by little, year by year, and will not be changed.
There is no president other than the disturbing, needy man in the Green Room.
— Michael Gerson's email address is michaelgerson@washpost.com.


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Responses to Questions on Canada's Adoption of FATCA IGA
Back in November I noted that MP Ted Hsu presented an order paper question (OPQ 816) on the topic of the unusual process surrounding Canada's adoption of an intergovernmental agreement on FATCA. He asked a series of detailed questions about the treaty tabling and ratification process, and today he got his answers, the substance of which I have reproduced below; you can find the full document here.
I note that there is a common answer to many of the questions: "Information pertaining to Memorandums to Cabinet which are less than 20 years old is considered a cabinet confidence and details of these are excluded from disclosure under the principles of the Access to Information Act." Therefore, most of the answers are: you will find out in 20 years.Though the government continues to claim that it "followed the treaty tabling policy" and that it made procedural exceptions deliberately, according to stated procedures, and out of urgent need, the facts and the nonexistence of key documents declare otherwise.
Bottom line: if there is a treaty policy in Canada, it is that a sitting government can bind the nation to any agreement of any sort with no parliamentary oversight of any kind and with no transparency, and if that agreement violates existing laws and rights, then it will be up to those whose rights have been violated to mount legal action to assert those laws and get their rights restored. This is not just a matter of some arcane technical procedure. It is fundamentally a problem of access to justice. Law is not free. It is, in fact, quite expensive.
I note that all the answers below are from the Minister of Foreign Affairs except with respect to three answers from Finance, which are indicated in brackets.
ORDER/ADDRESS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
No. Q-816
By Mr. Hsu (Kingston and the Islands)
With regard to the Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America to Improve International Tax Compliance through Enhanced Exchange of Information under the Convention Between the United States of America and Canada with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital (the Agreement), the government's Policy on Tabling of Treaties in Parliament (the Policy), and the statement of Peter Van Loan, Government House Leader, in the House on Monday, April 28, 2014, that "in this case, the fact is that the government, the cabinet, actually did grant such an exemption to the tabling policy. As such, the very words of the policy, the
requirements of the policy, have been followed. The processes for obtaining the exemption were obtained. As a result, the requirement that it be tabled in the House 21 days in advance of the legislation being introduced is not necessary and the policy is fully complied with" (the Statement):
(a)was an exemption to the government's Policy granted with respect to the Agreement;
•Yes.
(b)what is the difference between an "exemption" and an "exception" in terms of the Policy;
• Either term could be used in the context of the Policy.
(c)if the word "exception" is substituted for "exemption" is the Statement accurate;
•Either term could be used in the context of the Policy.
(d)on what basis was the Statement made;
•The Statement was made because the Agreement was granted an exemption to the normal treaty tabling process under the Policy.
(e)how was the Government House Leader informed of the exemption or exception being granted to the Policy;
•The Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (the "Department") has no information on how the Government House Leader was informed,
(f)what documents or memos were created regarding this exemption or exception and what are their access or control numbers;
•Information pertaining to Memorandums to Cabinet which are less than 20 years old are considered cabinet confidences and details of these are excluded from disclosure under the principles of the Access to Information Act
(g) who was involved in this decision to grant an exemption or exception and at what stage were they involved;
(h) what was the process, step-by-step, by which this Agreement was granted an exemption or exception;
(i)who reviewed the decision to grant an exemption or exception, (i) when, (ii) why, (iii) how;
•Information pertaining to Memorandums to Cabinet which are less than 20 years old are considered cabinet confidences and details of these are excluded from disclosure under the principles of the Access to Information Act.
(j) does the Policy apply to the Agreement, and how;
•Yes. The Agreement was granted an exemption to the normal treaty tabling process under the Policy,
(k) between what departments does correspondence exist-regarding the tabling of the Agreement under the Policy and what are the file numbers for these documents;
•There is some correspondence between the Department, and the Department of Finance. There are no file numbers for the correspondence,
(l) on what date was the Agreement concluded;
•[Finance] The Agreement was signed and made public on February 5, 2014.
(m) on what date was the Agreement tabled in Parliament;
•In the context of the Policy, "If an exception is granted, the Minister of Foreign Affairs will inform the House of Commons that Canada has agreed to be bound by the instrument at the earliest opportunity following the ratification." (6.3b of the Policy), The Agreement was publicly tabled on September 15, 2014 by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs as per Standing Order 32.2. That was the earliest opportunity for the Government to inform the House that Canada had agreed to be bound by the Agreement following its ratification – also the first sitting day of the House after the summer Parliamentary recess.
(n) on what date was the Agreement ratified;
•Canada ratified the Agreement on June 27, 2014.
(o) when was the House made aware of the text of the Agreement;
•In the context of the Policy, "If an exception is granted, the Minister of Foreign Affairs will inform the House of Commons that Canada has agreed to be bound by the instrument at the earliest opportunity following the ratification." (6.3b of the Policy)". The Agreement was publicly tabled on September 15, 2014 by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs as per Standing Order 32.2. That was the earliest opportunity for the Government to inform the House that Canada had agreed to be bound by the Agreement following its ratification – also the first sitting day of the House after the summer Parliamentary recess. Additionally, the text of the Agreement was set out in Schedule 3 to Bill C-31, the Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1, which was introduced in the House of Commons on March 28, 2014.
(p) how was the House made aware of the text of the Agreement;
•[Finance] Legislative proposals to implement the Agreement with the U.S., including related amendments to the Income Tax Act, were set out in Part 5 of the Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1 (Bill C-31 ). The text of the Agreement was provided in Schedule 3 of Bill C-31. Bill C-31 was introduced in the House of Commons on March 28, 2014.
•In the context of the Policy, the text of the Agreement was publicly tabled in accordance with the Policy on September 15, 2014. Additionally, the text of the Agreement was set out in Schedule 3 to Bill C-31, the Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1, which was introduced in the House of Commons on March 28, 2014.
(q) when was the House made aware of the granting of an exemption or exception to the Policy in the case of the Agreement;
•The House was first informed of the exemption through the Statement by the Government House Leader on April 28, 2014. In the context of the Policy, the House was made aware of the granting of an exemption when the Agreement was publicly tabled in accordance with the Policy on September 15, 2014.
(r) how was the House made aware of the granting of an exemption or exception to the Policy in the case of the Agreement;
•The House was first informed of the exemption through the Statement by the Government House Leader on March 28, 2014. In the context of the Policy, the House was made aware of the granting of an exemption in the Explanatory Memorandum which accompanied the Agreement when it was publicly tabled on September 15, 2014.
(s) when and by what means is the House usually informed that an exception has been granted to the Policy;
•In the context of the Policy, the House is usually made aware of the granting of an exemption to the normal treaty tabling process under the Policy in the Explanatory Memorandum which accompanies the treaty when it is tabled publicly.
(t) in the absence of the point of order prompting the Government House Leader's response, how and when would the House have been informed of the exemption;
•In the context of the Policy, the House would have been made aware of the granting of an exemption to the normal treaty tabling process under the Policy in the Explanatory Memorandum which accompanies the treaty when it is tabled publicly.
(u) what steps and measures are in place to ensure that Parliament is informed of exceptions being granted to the Policy;
•The Policy states: "If an exception is granted, the Minister of Foreign Affairs will inform the House of Commons that Canada has agreed to be bound by the instrument at the earliest opportunity following the ratification."
(v) what steps are in place to ensure that Canadians are informed when exceptions have been granted;
•Informing Parliament publicly, as described under (u), is effective as a means of informing Canadians.
(w) what steps and measures are in place to ensure that Parliament is informed of exemptions being granted to the Policy;
(x) what steps are in place to ensure that Canadians are informed when exemptions have been granted;
•Informing Parliament publicly, as described under (w), is effective as a means of informing Canadians.
(y) what does "urgent" mean in the context of the Policy;
•The term "urgent" is not defined in the Policy.
(z) how was the ratification of the Agreement determined to be urgent;
•The U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ("FATCA") was enacted by the U.S. in March 2010. FATCA requires non-U.S. financial institutions to report to the IRS accounts held by U.S. persons. Absent the Agreement, obligations for Canadian financial institutions to comply with FATCA would have been unilaterally and automatically imposed on them by the U.S. as of July 1, 2014. These obligations would have forced Canadian financial institutions to choose between (a) entering into an agreement with the IRS that would require them to report directly to the IRS on accounts held by U.S. residents and U.S. citizens, which would raise concerns about consistency with Canadian privacy laws; or (b) being subject to the 30 percent FATCA withholding tax on certain U.S.-source payments for not complying with FATCA.
The Agreement takes into account the objectives and provisions of the FATCA, while supporting Canada's objectives for improving the integrity and fairness of the Canadian tax system. The Agreement addresses the Canadian concerns about FATCA described above, as well as others. It was realized that observing the Policy's requirement of waiting 21 sitting days would have made meeting the U.S. FATCA deadline of July 1, 2014, unachievable. As a result, the ratification of the Agreement was determined to be urgent, and a request for an exemption to the normal treaty tabling process under the Policy was granted.
(aa) who made the determination in (z), (i) how, (ii) on the basis of what information, (iii) with what authority, (iv) under what criteria;
(bb) how was the decision in (z) reviewed, (i) by whom, (ii) how, (iii) when, (iv) by what criteria;
(cc) who are or were the lead ministers with respect to the Agreement in terms of the Policy and how was this determined;
•The Minister of Finance is the lead Minister with respect to the Agreement. The Minister of Foreign Affairs is responsible for tabling treaties under the Policy.
(dd) when and how did the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the lead ministers seek approval from the Prime Minister for an exemption to the treaty tabling process;
•Approval from the Prime Minister was sought. Information pertaining to Memorandums to Cabinet which are less than 20 years old are considered cabinet confidences and details of these are excluded from disclosure under the principles of the Access to Information Act.
(ee) when was the approval in (dd) granted and how;
(ff) what correspondence is available -with file and control number- to corroborate the information provided in response to (dd) and (ee);
(gg) was a "joint-letter that clearly articulates the rationale to proceed with the ratification, without tabling in the House of Commons" created;
•No.
(hh) with respect to the letter in (gg), (i) who created this letter, (ii) when is it dated, (iii) how can it be obtained, (iv) who has access to it, (v) to whom is it addressed;
•No such letter was created.
(ii) was the letter drafted in consultation with the Treaty Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the relevant Secretariat in the Privy Council Office;
(jj) what documentation exists – with file or control number for each document – to corroborate the information provided in response to (ii);
•No such document exists.
(kk) who is responsible for retention and access of such joint letters;
•There are no special provisions for retention and access of such joint letters. Joint letters would be subject to the normal retention and access legislation, regulations, and guidelines for the Government of Canada.
(ll) with respect to the Agreement, were the responsible ministers and the Minister of Foreign Affairs aware early on of the need to request an exemption to the treaty process prior to obtaining Cabinet authority to sign a treaty;
(mm) how is "early on" defined for purposes of the Policy;
•The term "early on" is not defined in the Policy.
(nn) how is "aware" defined for purposes of this provision in the Policy;
•The term "aware" is not defined in the Policy.
(oo) was a request made in a Memorandum to Cabinet, seeking policy approval for the Agreement;
(pp) what Memorandums to Cabinet exist relative to this agreement, (i) what are their dates, (ii) are they subject to privilege, (iii) who made them, (iv) what are their record or control numbers;
•The Department of Finance will respond to this question and sub-questions. Information pertaining to Memorandums to Cabinet which are less than 20 years old are considered cabinet confidences and details of these are excluded from disclosure under the principles of the Access to Information Act
•[Finance] Information pertaining to Memorandums to Cabinet which are less than 20 years old is considered a cabinet confidence and details of these are excluded from disclosure under the principles of the Access to Information Act.
(qq) which document in (pp) can be said to "clearly articulate the rationale for the exception to the treaty tabling process";
(rr) what is the rationale for the exception to the treaty tabling process with respect to the Agreement;
•The response in (z) outlines the rationale for requesting an exemption to the normal treaty tabling process under the Policy.
(ss) who determines the rationale per the Policy;
•The rationale was prepared through consultations by officials on behalf of the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Minister of National Revenue.
(tt) what is an acceptable rationale per the Policy;
•There is no definition of "acceptable rationale" under the Policy.
(uu) how is rationale defined in terms of the Policy;
•The term "rationale" is not defined in the Policy.
(vv) is there a minimal level of sufficiency for a rationale per the Policy and if so what is it;
•There is no definition of a "minimal level of sufficiency" for a rationale under the Policy.
(ww) when was the exception granted;
(xx) did the Minister of Foreign Affairs "inform the House of Commons that Canada has agreed to be bound by the instrument at the earliest opportunity following the ratification" per the Policy;
•Yes. The Agreement was publicly tabled on September 15, 2014 by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs as per Standing Order 32.2.
(yy) when did the actions in (xx) occur and how;
•The Agreement was publicly tabled on September 15, 2014, which was the first sitting day of Parliament after the Agreement was ratified.
(zz) in 2014, how many exemptions or exceptions were granted under the Policy before the Agreement;
•In 2014, there were two exemptions granted under the Policy. The first was concerning the Agreement. The second was concerning the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
(aaa) in 2014, was the Agreement's rationale for exception unique;
•Yes. The ratification of the Agreement was determined to be urgent, and a request for an exemption to the normal treaty tabling process under the Policy was granted.
(bbb) in 2014, was the Agreement the only item determined to be urgent in terms of the Policy;
•In 2014, the Agreement was one of two items determined to be urgent in the context of the Policy.
(ccc) is the Government House Leader always informed of exceptions and exemptions under the Policy and, if so, how;
•The Department has no information on how the Government House Leader would be informed of exemptions to the normal treaty tabling process under the Policy. There are no special provisions under the Policy to inform the Government House Leader of exemptions.
(ddd) is the House always informed of exceptions or exemptions under the Policy and, if so, how;
•In the context of the Policy, "If an exception is granted, the Minister of Foreign Affairs will inform the House of Commons that Canada has agreed to be bound by the instrument at the earliest opportunity following the ratification." (6.3b of the Policy).
(eee) how early could the Agreement have been tabled in Parliament;
•It was realized early on that observing the Policy's requirement of waiting 21 sitting days would have made meeting the FATCA deadline of July 1, 2014, unachievable. As a result, the ratification of the Agreement was determined to be urgent, and a request for an exemption to the normal treaty tabling process under the Policy was sought, and subsequently granted. Since an exemption to the normal treaty tabling process under the Policy was granted, the Agreement was to be tabled at the earliest opportunity following ratification. This was done as early as it could have been when the Agreement was tabled, in accordance with the Policy on September 15, 2014. It should be noted that the text of the Agreement was also set out in Schedule 3 to Bill C-31, the Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1, which was introduced in the House of Commons on March 28, 2014.
(fff) how was the date in (eee) determined;
•Since an exemption to the normal treaty tabling process under the Policy was granted, the Agreement was to be tabled at the earliest opportunity following ratification. This was done as early as it could have been when the Agreement was tabled, in accordance with the Policy on September 15, 2014. It should be noted that the text of the Agreement was also set out in Schedule 3 to Bill C-31, the Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1, which was introduced in the House of Commons on March 28, 2014.
(ggg) if the Agreement could have been tabled earlier in Parliament than the date in (o), (i) why was it not, (ii) what decisions were made in this regard, (iii) who made these decisions, (iv) how, (v) on what basis; and
(hhh) if the Statement could have been made sooner in the House than Monday, April 28, 2014, (i) why was it not, (ii) what decisions were made in this regard, (iii) who made these decisions, (iv) how, (v) on what basis?
•The Department has no information on this question.
Reply by the Offices of the Prime Minister and the Privy Council
With regard to the Agreement, the Privy Council Office has no information in relation to part (ii) regarding a letter drafted in consultation with the Treaty Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
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The_Animal says
– I'm too sick to my stomach to laugh at this. This is almost like the 5th Amendment in the United States
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
Last I heard treason used to be a capital crime (even in Canada) – until it was finally written out as a capital crime in Canada in 1963 from the National Defense Act and finally ratified as no longer in use in 1976.
I still would like to see Stephen Harper dance from a rope for selling out Canada to the US.
FuriousAC says
This is news to me! Has anyone else heard of this?
It might go a long way toward answering a lot of questions we all have.
http://westcoastnativenews.com/the-canadian-court-case-mainstream-media-will-not-cover/
EmBee says
@ FuriousAC
Not news to me. I've been aware of the situation with the Bank of Canada for years. It's what amounts to a hostile (to Canada's well being) takeover of the BOC by the worldwide criminal banking cartel. We could still regain control, according to Paul Hellyer, but time is running out because of so many "agreements" in the works, in particular CETA ratification. I was heartened to read about Roco Galati's litigation. I posted the same link a few days ago here …
http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2015/01/25/99750-more-needed-in-94-days-to-make-the-may-1-2015-payment-for-canadian-fatca-iga-lawsuit-il-nous-reste-99750-a-ramasser-pour-notre-poursuite-judiciaire/comment-page-2/#comment-5407482
Here's a youtube interview with Paul Hellyer.
https //www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK4uY0ibVNg (replace the colon)
Ah, Embee:
I don't know how I missed that, but I did.
Thanks. We should all hope Galati is successful. They won on the 26th and it now remains for the government to appeal to the Supreme Court?
And he seemed unsure if they would proceed …..
How the government likes to spend our money while abusing our rights and sovereignty. Paul Hellyer is right in every aspect of his comments
It's probably not unusual for governments to find themselves embroiled in lawsuits, but does anyone have any idea how the Harper government compares to others?
Looking for some information on Canadian lawsuit statistics, I stumbled across this other blog:
Harper Watch: Compiling the Harper Government's Assault on Democracy
"We've all grown up with a certain perspective about Canada, what it means to be Canadian, how we wish to be perceived as Canadians. Our Canada has always been a country where looking after each other was more important than getting ahead, making more money and acquiring more stuff. Where the words "social safety net" were not sneered at or feared but were something to aspire to. Where women could be proud of their hard-won rights and look forward to an even brighter future for their daughters. Where nobody would be denied quality health care because they couldn't afford it. Where immigrants and refugees could come with their families and forge a better life, and at the same time, enrich us with their thoughts and customs. Where we understood and appreciated the wild beauty and vastness of this land, and tried our best to preserve it and keep it safe. A country where people could speak their minds, whether it was their own opinion or to expose wrongdoing they'd discovered, without fear of persecution. A country which was regarded in the International Community as a non-partisan bastion of human rights, dedicated to fostering peace and justice in the world.
Since 2006, slowly, and sometimes not so subtly, we've seen our Canada change and become tarnished. We've seen long-cherished values, and hard-won rights and achievements be unceremoniously swept away and buried, covered up under blatant lies. We've seen our country's global reputation reduced from being admired and respected and even loved, to being the subject of anger, ridicule and yes, even loathing.
That this could all happen in a few years with Canada in a minority government was astounding. And now to see what is happening to our beautiful country under a Harper majority is heart-breaking. Never before has an elected government given us cause for such apprehension – but also for such hope that Canadians will engage in the process of governing their country. We've seen social media explode with opinion and debate. Students have become involved and have filled the streets, taking democracy into their own hands and have made a difference. Scientists and doctors, not generally known for taking to the streets in protest have done so and have been supported by thousands of their fellow Canadians. First Nations and environmentalists have joined forces to protect the environment.
Will all of this be enough to reclaim the Canada we were once so proud of? Time is growing short as more and more legislation is changed or repealed: twenty years' worth of hard-won laws to protect our environment – obliterated by one omnibus bill; environmentalists demonized by "Honourable" Members of Parliament; protection of women's rights, seniors' benefits, workers' rights, internet privacy – eroded; scientists and whistleblowers silenced and discredited; veterans' benefits and aboriginal children's health – challenged in court by our own government using taxpayers' money; and finally, most dangerous of all, aggressive attempts by the Harper government to crush any investigation into the election fraud that took place during the 2011 federal election.
Those who have a long history of voting Conservative, please understand: the Harper Conservatives are not the PC's of the past, they are the Reform Party, based on neo-conservative, Evangelical Christian values – think radical, right-wing religious. Is that our Canada?
Every day, there are media reports on some fresh horror perpetrated on our cherished Canadian values by the Harper government. Some would make for great entertainment were there not so much at stake. Worried that important issues might be lost and forgotten in the deluge of disasters emanating from Parliament Hill, we created this blog as a partial record of the Harper government's crimes against Canada and the world. We hope that you use it and share it so that we never forget what the Harper government has done to our country. After the next election, we look forward to once again being able to say "the Government of Canada" with the pride we once felt in being Canadian."
Does Harperwatch's message resonate with you? It sure does me!
https://harperwatch.wordpress.com/
@Bubblebustin, and it appears that even worse is coming to threaten Canadian democracy from the Cons:
http://thetyee.ca/News/2015/01/31/Inside_Orwellian_Launch_Tories_Anti_Terrorism_Act/
http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=6932136&Language=E&Mode=1&File=38
http://globalnews.ca/news/1803553/are-you-already-violating-the-feds-new-anti-terror-bill/
https://www.priv.gc.ca/media/nr-c/2015/s-d_150130_e.asp
Hdxlch says
@badger- read thru the comments on the Global site. Thought this one was perfect: "If you're not on a government watch list for political or environmental activism by now, you should be ashamed of yourself ".
@Hdxlch;
Yes, that is what I thought too. I am very concerned that this Bill will be used to subvert legitimate dissent and protest, and freedom of expression in many areas where citizens have a right to be heard – including over the issue of FATCA, and also including issues of environmental protection, ex. opposition to the tarsands and the Keystone XL pipeline, etc. Obviously the recent decision by NAFTA 'partners' Canada the US and Mexico not to pursue any environmental investigation signals what this Harper government believes is an economic and financial priority http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/nafta-votes-against-investigating-oil-sands-tailings-ponds .
Read the Interpretation section of Bill C-51 and see how financial and economic interests are included there:
2. The following definitions apply in this Act.
"activity that undermines the security of Canada"
« activité portant atteinte à la sécurité du Canada »
"activity that undermines the security of Canada" means any activity, including any of the following activities, if it undermines the sovereignty, security or territorial integrity of Canada or the lives or the security of the people of Canada:
(a) interference with the capability of the Government of Canada in relation to intelligence, defence, border operations, public safety, the administration of justice, diplomatic or consular relations, or the economic or financial stability of Canada;"
So, if they designate the FATCA IGA as necessary to the "economic or financial stability of Canada" then what? Ironically, I would say that the foreign US extraterritorial imposition of the FATCA financial weapon on Canada and the world is a very very clear example of an unwarranted economic sanction that is so large in effect that it itself is; ""activity that undermines the security of Canada" means any activity, including any of the following activities, if it undermines the sovereignty, security or territorial integrity of Canada or the lives or the security of the people of Canada" – which Bill C-51 says that it is in part intended to oppose.
We know that FATCA is being characterized as a financial/economic weapon to be wielded by the US in areas that have nothing to do with FATCA's originally stated goals – for example, FATCA was to be wielded by the US as a deliberate economic sanction (the US itself ceased FATCA IGA talks) in the case of Russia's actions re the Ukraine http://gaap-ifrs.com/news/140340/ http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2014/05/05/ap-writer-stephen-ohlemacher-calls-fatca-an-economic-weapon/ . FATCA is part of US "weaponization of finance" http://www.eurasiagroup.net/pages/top-risks-2015 http://fletcher.tufts.edu/News-and-Media/2015/01/05/Weaponization-of-Finance-Daniel-Drezner
FATCA is a very obvious and credible threat to Canadian sovereignty – which the Cons have enabled via legislation – despite expert testimony and submissions to the Finance Committee calling attention to that threat.
The Harper government's continued reliance on deliberate obfuscation and stonewalling ANY request for information re FATCA – even from Parliamentarians – in this case, twice from MP Ted Hsu, shows me that they will do just about anything in pursuit of their worldview – no matter the cost to Canadian citizens, taxpayers and to democracy.
@all, I don't mean to divert this thread, but I think that the Cons actions re the FATCA IGA (in Omnibus Bill C-31, in 2014) – the way it was decided, negotiated, implemented and imposed on Canadian citizens, voters, taxpayers and residents without transparency, or accountability to Canadians OR their MPs is all of a piece with their behaviour now with Bill C-51 in 2015.
"Machiavellian" best describes our PM's behaviour, don't you think?
"being or acting in accordance with the principles of government analyzed in Machiavelli's ThePrince, in which political expediency is placed above morality and the use of craft and deceit to maintain the authority and carry out the policies of a ruler is described."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/machiavellian
I haven't read the book, but might just to see how it ends.
@bubblebustin,
re; "I haven't read the book, but might just to see how it ends."
Sounds like a book club must read.
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You might be interested in this Bill Still video regarding Roco Galati's litigation. However, I think there is something amiss with his federal debt Interest payment and defence spending numbers. I think they should be reversed. I found $29B for debt interest and $19B for defence in 2014. Otherwise a good video.
https //www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=85114404&x-yt-ts=1422579428&v=40Jz0LPQAQY (replace the colon)


Cross-functional teams aren't a new idea. And yet, somehow, we still don't seem to have got the memo.
I don't know why, but it surprised me. Are there really companies out there up to speed enough to be doing test automation; yet so behind the times with agile that they think it's a good idea to have a dedicated team of automation engineers, removed from the rest of the dev team?
Cross-functional teams are a pretty central idea to agile – breaking down silos and ensuring that everyone that is required to produce an increment of working software is aligned and working together. It's certainly not a new idea, but it's clearly an idea that we're still struggling to absorb.
But then, looking back, I remember working for a certain large company that decided they needed to "do more test automation". So they hired a room full of automation engineers, who sat two floors away from the dev team, in a room hidden away (we honestly didn't know they were even there for weeks, maybe even months). This team were responsible for creating an automated test pack for the application (rather than use the one the test automation engineers in the scrum teams had been working on for the last few years). But… they weren't even talking to the scrum teams. So they were constantly chasing to keep up. As you can imagine, hilarity ensued. I say hilarity. Arguments, really. Then anger. Eventually laughter as we realised all this effort was wasted because the scrum teams wouldn't – in fact couldn't – support this new automation code.
Clearly not getting the idea of cross-functional teams is an age old problem. Compare this to a more recent client of mine – one that had a genuinely more cross-functional team. Not only did the scrum team have its own automation engineer, the developers (actual developers, not re-branded testers) were encouraged to work on the test automation tools – to everyone's benefit. Test tooling written to the same standards as production code, with the insight and experience of the test automation specialist. This is moving beyond cross-functional teams into cross-skilled teams. Not only is every skill set you need within the same scrum team, but each individual can have multiple skills, taking on multiple roles.
Sure, you still need specialists. But with generalizing specialists you get the best of both worlds: the experience of specialists in their area, with the flexibility and breadth of ideas that come from the whole team being able to work on whatever is required. When the entire team can swarm on any area you have a very flexible team, if we need a big push for test automation the entire team can focus on it. Similarly with plenty of pairing and rotation everyone on the team will see every area and every role, allowing everyone's unique perspective to improve the product and the process.
But then, a counter-example, the same client suffered from another age-old silo: operations. I thought devops had killed this silo, but it seems not. If the scrum team can't release an increment of software to actual users then it isn't a fully self-contained, self-sufficient, cross-functional team. A scrum team working with a separate test automation team seems like a crazy idea; and yet, somehow, a scrum team working with a separate operations team is much more normal, much more accepted. But it's the exact same problem: if you don't have everyone you need in the same scrum team then you're going to get bottlenecks. You're going to get communication problems. You're going to get a "them-vs-us" attitude.
Every time I've come up against this the typical argument against operations staff being embedded within scrum teams is that they're not working on "your stuff" all the time, so the rest of the time they'd be busy doing other stuff, unrelated to "your team" or they'd be bored. Well, maybe if we freed up that extra capacity we could release more often? Maybe they could be working on making it quicker, easier, safer to release more often? Maybe they could be more deeply involved with development when we're making decisions which affect what they're going to release and how it's going to wake them up in the middle of the night. Maybe they could even help with other, non-production environments? The neglected, little siblings of production that every company seems to struggle to pay enough attention to.
Maybe, even, over time the team evolves from having the operations specialist to having team members cross skilled into operations. Under the watchful eye of the specialist could we, shock horror, let testers touch production? Could the BA manage a release? In some industries this is completely impossible for regulatory reasons, but in all the others its "impossible" for merely arbitrary reasons.
Breaking down silos is never easy – but I think it's an interesting reflection of how far we've come that some silos seem frankly ridiculous now, while others just seem old-fashioned. I still hold out for the distant dream of genuinely cross-functional teams. Whenever I've seen this actually happen the lack of bottlenecks and mis-communication makes everything so much faster, so much easier. In the end a cross-functional team is better than silos. But a cross skilled team is better still, if you can manage it.
The world is becoming increasingly automated. Jobs that were once done by people are now frequently done by machines instead. This started off in manufacturing, but the coming of self-driving cars will put huge numbers of people out of work; even lawyers are being replaced by machines. Some reports suggest that machines could do 50% of jobs within the next 30 years. Fifty percent! What will we do when half the population have been made redundant? How will we cope with such a restructuring of society?
To an economist, a job is an income. To a human being, it is much more than that. It provides a sense that you matter in society, that people beyond your family rely on you and even admire you.
If 50% of jobs are being done by machines, the question is what will people do instead? This is an important question, because we identify as our job. Our jobs define us. Let me introduce you to Louise, she's a doctor. And this is Barry, he's an estate agent. I bet you have different ideas of who those two people are. What about when they're both unemployed? Unemployable. Made redundant from society.
How would so many people survive without jobs? Where's the money to live coming from? The only possible answer seems to be some kind of universal basic income. The idea that everyone, employed or not, receives a fixed amount of money each month from the government – replacing all existing benefits and all the bureaucracy involved in administering them. With a UBI, the 50% of people without jobs would at least have some money with which to buy food and heating. But who wants to live on handouts? Who wants to be defined as unemployed? Even if the majority of people are in the same situation.
This inevitably results in a two-tier society: those that earn little to nothing on top of the basic income; and those increasingly rare few that still have jobs the machines aren't able to do, yet. We have the non-working class, and a diminishing middle class. How can this cause anything other than resentment, envy and anger?
This is to say nothing of the challenges of funding a universal basic income. While ideas like funding it through a wealth tax make a lot of sense, could they ever succeed? Would the wealthy half ever vote for it? Would the big businesses (and their very wealthy owners) that bankroll governments stand for it?
As Brexit and Trump have shown, voters can vote for what previously seemed impossible. And we've barely scratched the surface of the anger and disenfranchisement that automation will bring upon us. However, with both Brexit and Trump people voted out of hope. Hope for something better. For respect. For status. For jobs. Could Farage evoke such a passionate response from a platform of "more handouts"? Of massive wealth redistribution, the likes of which no socialist government has ever even proposed? It seems improbable.
If we don't introduce a UBI, what's going to happen? The jobs that are left aren't going to be spread evenly. London will always have disproportionately more jobs and lower unemployment than, say, Sunderland or Hull. What's going to happen in these areas as unemployment becomes endemic? Rising anger seems inevitable. Riots. A public whipped into a frenzy of hatred against some group of "others"?
With so much anger, extreme politics is only going to increase. Does a majority of the public already feel left behind? Made redundant by automation? So far this has given us Brexit and Trump. It's only going to get worse. Who are we going to wage war on? Syria? ISIS? China? Germany? This is the armageddon outcome. So many people feel so disenfranchised that we inadvertently start world war three.
What other outcomes are there? Another possibility is some kind of neo-luddite movement railing against technology. So far everyone's anger at disappearing jobs has been directed at migrants. When people realise its actually technology taking their jobs, could that anger end up directed at technology instead? You can imagine someone like Farage standing against technology. Of banning automation. Of holding back progress to protect jobs. While this couldn't hold back the tide forever, it could delay the inevitable march of technology for some years.
The flip-side of this neo-luddite revolution, is the inevitable flight of technology outside of such a regime. With the future being held back in one place, technologists will move somewhere else; to somewhere innovation is encouraged instead of criminalised. Some enterprising country, say Switzerland, would reduce taxes for technology companies to encourage them to relocate. The remaining jobs, and the people to do them, all move to an employment enclave. This exacerbates the split in society: between the wealthy employed few, and the many under-employed poor. This is the "Switzerland outcome". A physical as well as economic split in society.
Of course, there is always the possibility that the jobs that disappear are replaced by new jobs. Jobs in manual labour become replaced with jobs like "social media consultant" that would have been unimaginable in Victorian England (some would say still are). But the signs aren't good: in the wake of the 2007 financial crisis jobs aren't returning in great numbers – they're being done by robots instead. This might be the first economic recovery in history that hasn't been accompanied by an increase in employment.
Eventually we're bound to discover a universal basic income, or something like it. It might take a very long time – a time in which the social strife could be immense. But eventually, barring armageddon, we will have to find a way to move to a post-work society; that means finding a way for people without work to live happy, fulfilled lives.
But in a life without work, how will people find meaning in their lives? With the ready availability of automation, some people might move back onto the land – to become 21st century peasant farmers. With the help of machines it could be quite possible for a family to provide for itself and maintain a decent standard of living through farming alone. Of course, with our heavily urbanised society plenty of people have neither the space nor the wherewithal to do this; but for some this could be a good alternative to the slums from where jobs have vanished.
The ready availability of time frees people up for any project they wish to embark on. The utopian outcome is enabling everyone to become creative, to embark on personal projects and self-expression. A society full of people doing what people do best: being human and creative. Is this realistic? Some people would relish the opportunity to dedicate themselves to creative pursuits. But plenty of others would not, instead looking for the structure and security their jobs used to offer.
Could this usher in an era of grand projects? Where people band together to achieve some lofty goal? Not for financial compensation, but for the joy of being part of something bigger. With everyone's basic needs met, instead of working for money people look for meaning. They will take part in activities that inspire them, for free. The cost of labour at this point is basically zero, for the first time in human history. The only constraint: the end goal has to inspire people. Improving the efficiency of a government department? Hardly. Flying to Mars? Almost certainly.
But there will still be plenty of people who feel they can't contribute but need structure in their life. Iain M. Banks' Culture series describes a post-work society where the machines run everything; but in Banks' universe people dedicate themselves full-time to leisure. While no doubt attractive to some, this life seems without structure, without purpose. Can people really live like this? Work has defined us, given structure to our day, given us meaning. Without this, who are we?
It is likely that the end result is some mixture of all of these outcomes. Each individual finding their own way in an increasingly diverse world – the simple answer of finding a job, any job, is no longer possible; instead people are forced to find their own answers to hard questions: what am I going to do with my life?
As we approach this future, what are we to do? How can we prepare for the upcoming earthquake in society? It seems inevitable that this will be a tumultuous time. How can we smooth the transition to a post-work society?


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