I was banged up and laying in the middle of the road, and my mom, Renae, found me when she was taking my big sister Lauren to school. My snout is still scarred up from the wounds that were on my face. Unfortunately, I had recently had a cord tied around my neck. When I saw my mom's car coming down the street I walked to the middle of the street and laid down blocking the way. My mom had no choice but to get out, and I just looked at her with her with my little beady eyes and that seemed to be asking for help. I rode all the way to school with them and then they took me to their home. I immediately loved Roxie, even though she doesn't typically like other dogs. My mom posted about me on pet finder sites but no one ever claimed me - and I really didn't want to go back anyway. Nine years later I'm still hanging out with my pack, eating snacks and listening to rap music - and sometimes going to work at Lucy Pop with my mom.
I was eating bagels from a dumpster at a gas station in East Nashville when I first met my dad I call Braney. It was Valentine's Day when I went to live with him at my forever home, and now I get all the treats that I want. I really enjoy obsessively licking people and carpet, snuggling, and acting like a puppy. My dad recently DNA tested me and found out I'm part Beagle, Great Pyrenees and Boxer.
I was swimming in the swamps after hurricane Katrina and living on I-10. My mom, Samantha, took me in and told me that she'd find me a loving home. I was smitten with her so my secret mission was to stay with her forever. I wasn't feeling well but I made the best effort to behave myself. She took me to work with her everyday touting to everyone she came across how well behaved I was and that I would make the perfect companion. Finally, I couldn't hold it in any more. With green puss coming out of my eyes and nose I looked up at her from underneath her desk with my deep brown eyes and let her know I was gravely ill. I crossed my paws in hopes that she had at least fallen in love enough to take care of me. During the vet visit the doctor told my mom that she would have to put me to sleep. That did it. She was determined that if I did find a forever home I would live a long life. That was nine years and a million puppy kisses ago. We are hopelessly in love.


Join Laura Bastian from Creative Vision Stamps as she presents Introduction to Foiling. We will be making beautiful projects using stamps andfoil. Your $25.00 fee includes all consumable products including the use of a laminator. Please plan on bringing your standard tool kit, 3D adhesive squares, and a paper trimmer.


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Humans of Glenn
The Growl
2019-2020 Staff
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Heavenlee Walker
Heavenlee Walker is a senior and journalist at Glenn High School. Growing up around multiple loving family members and close friends, relationships are important to her and how she's grown to become the person she is today. ...
McKenzie Hoskins
Mckenzie Hoskins is a senior at GHS that has been writing creatively ever since she learned how to read, and has won many awards for journalism writing over the last two years. She was born in Austin and has lived in Texas for ...
Drake Kidd
Calendar Czar
Drake Kidd is a current Senior at Glenn High School and has been a student and avid journalist for the past three years and is moving ahead in his fourth year. This will be his third year as a writer for the Growl. Some of his hobb...
Claribelle Yao
Claribelle Yao is a Junior who's been involved in Journalism since her freshman year. Music production and the pursual of the visual arts have always been aspirations for her. She's currently invested in broadening her arti...
Diana Colunga
Diana Colunga with the cool attitude, yes that's her, she's rad; one would say she's weird others will say this girl is spiritually alive. Her beliefs are what make her, her; choosing to love and believe in everyone might b...
Bailey Mackay
Bailey Mackay is a senior at Glenn High School. Her favorite color is blue. She loves to write, paint and listen to music. Creativity is her passion and how she expresses herself. Being in journalism the previous year helped her to...
Cristina Ortiz
Cristina Ortiz is currently a Junior, and during her Sophomore year, she started reading newspapers and magazines more since she signed up for Journalism and has questioned how much work went into those pieces. Cristina is also ...
Layla Smith
Layla Smith, senior age 18. Layla has taken Tae kwon do, Han mu do, and Jiu jitsu in her early life. She has earned up to the rank of black belt first degree level 4 in Tae Kwon Do. Her hobbies include playing guitar, skatebo...
Paige Wilson
Paige Wilson is a senior this year and is very excited to be apart of the newspaper staff. She has a passion for writing and loves all things creative and artistic. She is extremely dedicated to theatre, and is involved in all...
Taylor Crosby
Taylor Crosby is a sophomore here at Glenn that has dedicated a mass majority of her time to doing anything sports-related. She grew up playing all types of sports ranging from football to softball to dance, but over the years sh...
Ashley Igau
Ashley Igau is a senior at Glenn High School this year. She has lived in Texas almost her whole life, save for five years living up north in Wisconsin. Ashley is a part of not only the Newspaper staff this year but also Musica...
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The Longmeadow Department of Public Works (DPW) will be flushing water mains beginning Wednesday May 1st, 2019 and will last for approximately 2 weeks ending on Tuesday May 14th, 2019.
SPRING HOURS BEGIN AT THE RECYCLING AND YARD WASTE CENTER THIS SATURDAY!
As always, an annual sticker is required.


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Q: NSRecursivelock v NSNotification performance So I was using an array to hold objects, then iterating over them to call a particular method. As the objects in this array could be enumerated/mutated on different threads I was using an NSRecursiveLock.
I then realised that as this method is always called on every object in this array, I could just use an NSNotification to trigger it, and do away with the array and lock.
I am just double checking that this is a good idea? NSNotification will be faster than a lock, right?
Thanks

A: First, it seems that the locking should be done on the objects, not on the array. You are not mutating the array, but the objects. So you need one mutex per object. It will give you a finer granularity and allow concurrent updates to different objects to proceed in parallel (it wouldn't with a global lock).
Second, a recursive lock is complete overkill. If you wish to have mutual exclusion on the objects, each object should have a standard mutex. If what you are doing inside the critical section is cpu bound and really short, you might consider using a spinlock (it won't even trap in the OS. Only use for short CPU bound critical sections though). Recursive mutex are meant to be used when a thread k can (because of its logic) acquire another lock on an object it has already locked himself (hence the recursive name).
Third, NSNotifications (https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSNotification_Class/) will allocate memory, drop the notification in a notification Center, do locking to actually implement that (the adding to the center) and finally dispatch the notifications in the center and deallocate the notification. So it is heavier than a plain simple locking. It "hides" the synchronization APIs inside the center, but it does not eliminate them, and you pay the price of memory allocations/deallocations.
If you wish to modify the array (add/remove), then you should also synchronize on these operations, but that would be unfortunate as access to independent entries of the array would now collide.
Hope that helps.

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<?php

namespace PSU\Model;

/**
 * Class for elements which could theoretically hold multiple values: checkboxes,
 * select boxes... just those two, I guess. Also useful for radio buttons.
 * @ingroup psumodels
 */
class FormMultiSelectable extends FormField
{
	/** Get or set the currently selected items. */
	public function value()
	{
		if(func_num_args() == 0)
		{
			// getting a value
			return $this->selected;
		}

		//
		// otherwise, setting a value
		//

		$v = func_get_arg(0);

		// replace blank entries with an empty array
		if(is_array($v) && count($v) == 1 && $v[0] == '')
		{
			$v = array();
		}
		elseif($v == '')
		{
			$v = array();
		}

		$v = is_array($v) ? $v : array($v);

		// override the value with valid values
		if($this->validation)
		{
			$v = call_user_func($this->validation, $v);
		}
		else
		{
			$v = $this->validate($v);
		}

		$this->selected = $v;
	}//end value

	/** Test if the value is empty, since empty() can't run on the value() function directly. */
	public function is_empty()
	{
		$v = $this->value();
		return empty($v);
	}//end is_empty

	public function __set($k, $v)
	{
		if($k == 'selected' && !is_array($v))
		{
			$v = array($v);
		}

		if($k == 'options' && is_string($v))
		{
			// options should be an array. presence of a string indicates some
			// sort of callback, so make a note of the callback and repopulate
			// the value.

			if(strpos($v, '::') !== false)
			{
				$this->validation = explode('::', $v);
			}
			else
			{
				$this->validation = $v;
			}

			$v = call_user_func($this->validation);
		}

		parent::__set($k, $v);
	}//end __set

	/** Return true if the supplied value is selected. */
	public function in_value($q)
	{
		return in_array($q, $this->selected);
	}//end in_value

	/**
	 * Return the human-readable value for the selected key, or a specified key.
	 */
	public function value4key()
	{
		if(func_num_args() == 0)
		{
			$key = array_pop($this->value());
		}
		else
		{
			$key = func_get_arg(0);
		}

		// we have options that are array($key, $value)
		if( is_array($this->options[0]) ) {
			foreach($this->options as $o)
			{
				list($k, $v) = $o;

				if($key == $k)
				{
					return $v;
				}
			}
		}

		// non-array options just have the key returned (key is value)
		elseif( $key ) {
			return $key;
		}

		return null;
	}//end value4key

	/**
	 * Determine if a list of values is valid for this field's options.
	 * @param $needle array a one- or two-dimensional array of options to test
	 * @return array a list of the valid options
	 */
	public function validate($needle)
	{
		$return_array = false;

		// validate against a list of keys from haystack. haystack may be
		// array(1, 2, 3) or array(array(1, Something), array(2, Other))
		$keys = array();
		if(is_array($this->options[0]))
		{
			foreach($this->options as $a)
			{
				$keys[] = $a[0];
			}
		}
		else
		{
			$keys = $this->options;
		}

		// check input
		if(is_array($needle))
		{
			$return_array = true;
		}
		else
		{
			$return_array = false;
			$needle = array($needle);
		}

		// find which of the input was valid
		$valid = array();
		foreach($needle as $v)
		{
			if(in_array($v, $keys))
			{
				$valid[] = $v;
			}
		}

		// return array, if necessary
		if($return_array)
		{
			return $valid;
		}

		// otherwise, return string
		if(count($valid) == 0)
		{
			// validation failed, no match
			return '';
		}

		// validation succeeded, return one value
		return parent::validate( $valid[0] );
	}//end validate

	/**
	 * Serialize this formfield.
	 */
	function serialize()
	{
		$v = $this->value();
		switch(count($v))
		{
			case 0: return null;
			case 1: return $v[0];
			default: return $v;
		}
	}//end serialize
}//end PSU_Model_FormMultiSelectable

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What lubricant is used with my gearhead?
The specific grease used in Micron gearheads varies by model and is selected based on the rated load, speed and duty cycle of the gearhead. The gearheads are lubricated for the life of the unit and will not need additional grease. Adding grease could damage the unit. For special applications Thomson can supply gearheads with different greases, please contact application engineering for assistance.


If you are using multiple computers, you must have some way of keeping the files you want on each machine. A lot of people use Dropbox or LiveMesh, and Canonical recently threw its hat into the ring with UbuntuOne, but all of these solutions provide a pretty small amount of storage (2 gigs in the case of Dropbox and UbuntuOne), and as with any online storage solution they also require that you trust them not to lose your data and to respect your privacy.
Because I prefer not to trust anyone with my data unless I have to, and partly because I'm a cheapskate, I prefer the DIY approach. This is where Unison comes in.
Unison is a file synchronization utility that keeps the contents of two directories synchronized. In true Unix fasion, it doesn't reinvent the synchronization wheel, instead it uses rsync to do the comparison and synchronization, effectively making a tool that could only handle one-way synchronizations capable of handling two-way synchronizations. In addition to being able to sync local directories, it can also operate over SSH, so you don't have to spend a bunch of time worrying about providing unison a protocol or dedicated port, or setting up a dedicated authentication mechanism.
Like all great Linux utilities, Unison has a graphic user interface but can also be used on the command line (this is important for automating synchronizations in cron; more on that later). Either way, you are going to manage Unison tasks with Profiles. Profiles are basically a set of two folders that you are syncing (one local, the other local or remote), and zero or more options, and although they can get rather elaborate, don't let it scare you. The Unison GUI makes the task of creating a new profile simple.
The GUI will help you set up a profile and will allow you to set some of the basic options, but if you want to use any of the more advanced features (see the Unison man page for a list), you will need to edit the profile by hand. Your profiles are stored in separate files in the .unison directory in your home directory (e.g. /home/jizldrangs/.unison; it is a hidden directory). In that folder you will see a file for each of your profiles, all ending with ".prf". Simply open the profile you want and start adding options. You can do things like exclude certain file types, exclude certain directories, exclude files over a certain size, have it follow links, etc.
I already have an old Pentium 3 laptop recommissioned as our file and print server, and it runs all the time, so it was the perfect place to store the master copies of all my files, and to receive updates from whichever of my computers I make changes on and distribute them to the rest of the machines, all within the security and ease of SSH.
The "ui text" option tells unison to use command-line mode and not to launch the gui, and the "batch" option tells it to accept default update options (basically, replace older files with newer files), so it doesn't prompt me for input on what to do with the files. Now my file syncing is totally automated.
If you are syncing files to an mp3 player or usb flash drive, add the option "perms = 0" to avoid getting the error "failed to set permissions" when you try to sync.


The Republican victory in Tuesday's Massachusetts election to fill the Senate seat vacated by the death of Edward Kennedy was not only a major blow to the Obama administration and the Democratic Party, it was an expression of the widespread social discontent and anger that is building up in the US.
Inevitably, within the framework of a political system dominated by two parties of big business, the beneficiaries of popular opposition to Obama's right-wing policies were the Republican Party and a candidate connected to extreme right forces. Therein lies a warning to the working class.
The policies of the Obama administration allowed the victor, Republican state Senator Scott Brown, to make a demagogic appeal to popular anger over rising unemployment and Obama's reactionary health care "reform," a scheme to cut health care costs for the corporations and the government by slashing benefits and services for millions of workers and middle class people.
The expression of discontent is not in and of itself an answer to the attacks on living standards and democratic rights. It is necessary to draw the political lessons of the Massachusetts election.
Predictably, the response of the Democrats has been to shift further to the right. In an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, President Obama made it clear he was prepared to drop medical coverage for the uninsured and work out a deal with the Republicans to limit his health care overhaul to cost-cutting. Insurance companies responded that such a deal, abandoning the legal requirement in the original plan for people to purchase insurance on the private market, would result in a further increase in premiums.
Leading Democrats have signaled that they are preparing to drop even token regulations on the banks and any measures to rein in corporate polluters. Talk from Obama advisers about "pivoting" to focus on jobs and the economy is code language for preparing unprecedented cuts in basic entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security and awarding more tax cuts to big business and the rich.
Obama and congressional Democrats on Tuesday, the day of the Massachusetts election, agreed to set up a bipartisan commission to propose major cuts in these and other social programs. Obama is expected to argue in next week's State of the Union Address that fiscal austerity and corporate tax cuts are the keys to job-creation.
Evidently, Obama's handlers believe that they can once again con the American people by combining this reactionary program with a dose of populist demagogy. They are mistaken. The Massachusetts vote, which saw a collapse in turnout from Democratic voters, showed that millions who voted for the candidate of "change" are coming to see that his campaign was a fraud.
The Massachusetts debacle is a devastating commentary not only on the Democratic Party, but on Obama himself. He is the apotheosis of American liberalism's decades-long embrace of identity politics, which has accompanied its repudiation of any program of social reform and its growing alienation from and hostility to the working class. By means of identity and life-style politics, which appeal to privileged layers of the upper-middle class, the Democratic Party has more closely aligned itself with the American financial aristocracy.
The fact that Obama has so quickly moved after the election to conciliate with the Republicans only demonstrates that, notwithstanding the bitter internecine political warfare between the two parties, on all substantive issues that go to the basic interests of the ruling class, their differences are negligible.
What are the political lessons that must be drawn?
The interests and aspirations of working people can find no expression within the framework of two parties dominated by the financial elite. The working class must repudiate the Democratic Party and the two-party system and build a mass independent movement that articulates its needs in opposition to the ruling class.
The only alternative to unemployment, repression and war is the fight for a revolutionary socialist program to smash the grip of the financial aristocracy and reorganize society on democratic and egalitarian foundations.
This is the program of the Socialist Equality Party.


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Q: Pcap.Net PacketCommunicator.Dispose() close my application without any error I am using Pcap.Net take Pcap File and transmit all it's packet through my machine Network Adapter.
So in order to do that i am using the code example Sending packets using Send Buffer:
class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string file = @"C:\file_1.pcap";
            string file2 = @"C:\file_2.pcap";
            // Retrieve the device list from the local machine
            IList<LivePacketDevice> allDevices = LivePacketDevice.AllLocalMachine;

            // Take the selected adapter
            PacketDevice selectedOutputDevice = allDevices[1];

            SendPackets(selectedOutputDevice, file);
            SendPackets(selectedOutputDevice, file2);
        }

        static void SendPackets(PacketDevice selectedOutputDevice, string file)
        {
            // Retrieve the length of the capture file
            long capLength = new FileInfo(file).Length;

            // Chek if the timestamps must be respected
            bool isSync = false;

            // Open the capture file
            OfflinePacketDevice selectedInputDevice = new OfflinePacketDevice(file);

            using (PacketCommunicator inputCommunicator = selectedInputDevice.Open(65536, PacketDeviceOpenAttributes.Promiscuous, 1000))
            {
                using (PacketCommunicator outputCommunicator = selectedOutputDevice.Open(100, PacketDeviceOpenAttributes.Promiscuous, 1000))
                {
                    // Allocate a send buffer
                    using (PacketSendBuffer sendBuffer = new PacketSendBuffer((uint)capLength))
                    {
                         // Fill the buffer with the packets from the file
                        Packet packet;
                        while (inputCommunicator.ReceivePacket(out packet) == PacketCommunicatorReceiveResult.Ok)
                        {
                            //outputCommunicator.SendPacket(packet);
                            sendBuffer.Enqueue(packet);
                        }

                        // Transmit the queue
                        outputCommunicator.Transmit(sendBuffer, isSync);
                        inputCommunicator.Dispose();
                    }

                    outputCommunicator.Dispose();
                }

                //inputCommunicator.Dispose();
            }
        }
    }

In order to send packet Pcap.Net offers 2 ways:

*

*Send buffer.

*Send each packet using SendPacket().
Now after finish to send my 2 files (like in my example) i want to use the Dispose() to free resources.
when using the first option all works fine and this finish to handle my 2 Pcap files.
When using the second option SendPacket() (currently in my code example this is as a comments) after the first file finish my application is closing and not reach to the second file.
I try it also in Console Application and in WPF and in both cases same result.
With UI (WPF) my application GUI just close without any error.
Any suggestions what could cause this ?

A: When you use the using keyword it means you implicitly call Dispose() at the end of the scope.
If you call Dispose() explicitly as well, it means you call Dispose() twice on the same instance, which is likely to crash your program.


28201. निम्न में से कौनसी नदी का उदगम स्थल मध्यप्रदेश में हैं ?
28202. பெயர்ச் சொல்லின் வகை அறிக: "வட்டம்"
28204. What can be coated to the plastic dish if an ELISA is performed to directly detect polio virus?
28206. மையத்தின் மெலிந்தும் விளிம்புகளில் தடித்தும் காணப்படும் லென்ஸ்?
28207. महात्मा गांधींनी दक्षिण आफ्रिकेत खालीलपैकी कोणते वृत्तपत्र सुरू केले होते ?
28208. जेम्स डेवे वाटसन को किस वष॔ शरीर क्रिया विज्ञान तथा आैषध क्षेत्र मे फ्रासिस क्रिक तथा माॅरिस विल्किस के साथ संयुक्त रूप से नोवेल पुरूस्कार मिला ?
28209. The activity of an ideal gas is numerically __________ its pressure.
28213. Recently India has raised its objection over the construction of the Zangmu dam. In this Context which country is building this Zangmu dam?
28218. अवध लखनऊ का अन्तिम नवाब कौन था ?
28219. खालीलपैकी काय अर्धवाहकाचे ( Semiconductor ) चे उदाहरण आहे ?
28221. Which of the following best defines the 'Saccade' ?
(B): is a static bed leaching equipment.
(D): is a centrifugal extractor.
28224. उत्तर समुद्र व बाल्टिक समुद्र यांना जोडणारा कालवा कोणता.
28226. Libman sack endocarditis is seen in ?
28229. इनमे से किसे साहित्य अकादमी द्वारा प्रदत्त शास्त्रीय और मध्यकालीन साहित्य के क्षेत्र में प्रतिष्ठित भाषा सम्मान-2014 के साथ सम्मानित किया गया है ?
28233. न्यायपंचायतीचे कार्यक्षेत्र............खेडी एवढे असते.
28234. Who syndicated "Believe It or Not!"?
(A): load and line regulation.
28238. अलाउद्दीन खिली के आक्रमण के समय देवगिरि का शासक कौन था ?
28239. When was Arthur Ashe born?
28248. Why did Congress reject Louisiana's new constitution in 1864?
28249. खालीलपैकी कोणता करार आण्विक उर्जेच्या वापरा संबंधित आहे ?
(A): the value of ac voltage in the signal.
(B): the value of dc voltages for the device to operate properly.
(C): the status of the diode.
(D): the condition of current through a pn junction.


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title: "Kevin Bluett"
permalink: /cv-resume/index.html
tags: [Engineer]
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I am entirely amazed by how well BS and ACV work. Seriously, why are people still buying shampoo? This method is nearly free, incredibly easy, and non-toxic - an amazing discovery! I can't believe it took me so long to get on board. I know, I sound like an infomercial. Average would be delighted.
So, is Average going no-poo too?
Nope, he's not no-pooing yet. He has such short hair and uses so little shampoo it takes him forever to get through a bottle. Maybe when he runs out of what he's got he'll give it a try. I guess we all have to come to changes in our own time - that's also the topic for a future post I've been working on in my head.


Every Election Day is a culmination of months of work by many, many people. We walked our town, talking to voters, hearing their hopes and criticisms, discussing both everyday issues and momentous decisions Fairfield faces. We came to this election with ideas about how to make Fairfield better, and our ideas were further shaped by the voices we heard.
The Tetreau - McCarthy Vahey team is deeply grateful to all those who supported our efforts, but most to the people of Fairfield, who took the time to listen to the candidates, and to choose. We are honored that you have elected us to lead our town through the next four years.
Beginning Monday, Nov. 21, when we officially take office, we will work as a team serving all the people of Fairfield, those who voted for us as well as those who voted against us. We will continue to listen to all your voices. We will work with the elected officials of both parties, to meet your needs.
It is time to take a fresh look at how we do business in Fairfield. We are, as we said loudly throughout our campaign, one town. We welcome new ideas from any source. Our promise is to serve you with energy, integrity and openness. Our goal is to achieve what is in your best interests. We want our town to be even stronger tomorrow than it is today.


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House of Commons Hansard #29 of the 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was agreement.
Nowruz
Léone Forget
National Engineering Month
Global Institute for Water Security
Thomas Wilson
Peter Snelson
Simon Thibault
Parliamentary Budget Officer
National Cycling Strategy Act
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
Motions for Papers
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation ActGovernment Orders
Darrell Samson Liberal Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, NS
Madam Speaker, as members know, tariffs have been removed from aluminum and steel. We have also added in this deal that the amount of steel used in cars would be 70% between the three countries. In the past it was zero, so that is a big victory.
I want to share with my colleague some of the things his colleagues have said. Jason Kenney said he was "relieved". I imagine it takes a lot to relieve him, but he is "relieved that a renewed North American Trade Agreement has been concluded". Wow, he is relieved.
Let us talk about Brian Mulroney, a former prime minister of the country and chief negotiator. He said that Canada got what it wanted and that we got a great deal.
I know I have sat in this House for a couple of years and listened to the Conservatives saying to sign, sign, sign and not worry about negotiating because it is $2 billion a day. We have a much better deal today than we would have had if we had listened to the Conservatives. In the last 10 years before we took power, we know what we got.
Louis Plamondon Bloc Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel, QC
Madam Speaker, I listened to my colleague's powerful speech.
This infamous document raises many questions about the agricultural sector. For instance, we know that dairy producers have been using a lot of fat for the past few years, so much so that they have a lot of protein left over for export.
Going forward, the United States will be deciding how much of those dairy products we can export. That will be 55,000 metric tonnes in the first year of the agreement and 35,000 in the second year. In subsequent years, those limits will increase by only 1.5% or 2%, although we were exporting up to 100,000 metric tonnes a year when there were no restrictions. How can the government put our supply-managed agriculture to work for the U.S.?
Furthermore, we conceded 3.9% of our supply-managed market to the U.S., and that is after dairy farmers' incomes had already been reduced by 8% under the first two agreements. We can only imagine what will happen with this added on.
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question.
I realize, as my colleague should also realize, that you have to give a little to get a little in any negotiation.
One thing is certain: We were able to preserve supply management, which the U.S. President wanted to eliminate, as I explained in my speech. In Canada, we all know, as does my colleague, that supply management is extremely important. It is too bad that our former colleague Maxime Bernier is not here, because he opposed supply management and he certainly would have something to say.
Under this agreement, Quebec will receive $57 billion as a result of exports to the United States. This is definitely a very important agreement for Quebec, too.
Scott Duvall NDP Hamilton Mountain, ON
Madam Speaker, I always enjoy listening to my colleague.
He mentioned some provisions, which the government is taking credit for, about protecting women. According to sources, the renegotiated deal originally included provisions for improving conditions for working women, which included workplace harassment, pay equity and equality issues.
However, that was in the scrub phase. These provisions disappeared in the scrubbing process. How does this protect women, and what happened to these provisions?
Madam Speaker, there is no question that when there are provisions, it creates more discussion as we move forward. The door is not closed right now. What is important is that we have the strongest chapters on labour and environment that we have ever had in any trade deal, and we have the protection of women and indigenous people included in there. Those are key points.
These have never been in there before so, now that they are there, the members are saying they are not perfect. No, they are not perfect, but we are starting to build a strong foundation so that Canada can continue to prosper as we move forward.
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Alexandra Mendès) Liberal Alexandra Mendes
It is my duty pursuant to Standing Order 38 to inform the House that the questions to be raised tonight at the time of adjournment are as follows: the hon. member for Fredericton, Health; the hon. member for Nanaimo—Ladysmith, Seniors; the hon. member for Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, Infrastructure.
Michael Cooper Conservative St. Albert—Edmonton, AB
Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise this afternoon to speak to Bill C-4, an act to ratify the new free trade agreement among Canada, the United States and Mexico, sometimes referred to as the new NAFTA. Whatever one wishes to label the agreement, one thing is clear and that is, for Canadians, it falls far short of a win.
Before I elaborate on some of the shortcomings with respect to the new agreement, it is important to provide some context in terms of the history of how we got to where we are.
In November 2016, President Trump was elected, and it is no secret that President Trump was no fan of NAFTA. Indeed, he called it the worst trade deal ever. In the face of that, it was a little surprising that the Prime Minister pre-emptively invited the President to renegotiate NAFTA. The Prime Minister, ever so confident, stated that he would get a better deal. The Prime Minister boasted about a win-win-win: a win for Canada, a win for the United States and a win for Mexico.
It is no surprise that, given the President's position on NAFTA, he took the Prime Minister up on his offer at the earliest opportunity. What did the Prime Minister do once he got his wish? Effectively, he put forward a whole series of non-trade issues that alienated the United States. During the course of negotiations, we saw punitive steel and aluminum tariffs levelled against Canada that had a devastating impact that lasted for more than a year.
The Prime Minister spent a lot of time doing what this Prime Minister does: virtue signalling while Canadians paid. The United States concluded that Canada was not interested in reaching a deal. The United States negotiated a deal with Mexico. Most aspects of this agreement were negotiated between the United States and Mexico, including steel provisions and other components of the agreement. Canada was invited in at the eleventh hour when there were few items to resolve. In that respect, it was a fait accompli. The government was left with very little choice, either to sign the agreement or walk away. In the face of that, it is no surprise that Canada signed the agreement.
As a result of the Prime Minister's lack of leadership, what we got was not the better deal that the Prime Minister promised, but a worse deal. Instead of a win-win-win, a win for Canada, a win for the United States and a win for Mexico, we have an agreement that is a win for the United States, a win for Mexico and a loss for Canada. It is no wonder that the government was so reluctant to reveal its own economic impact analysis on this agreement until the eleventh hour. It did so one day before the trade committee went clause by clause on Bill C-4.
If this trade agreement were as good as the government would like Canadians to believe, then surely the government would be very eager to reveal its economic impact analysis to demonstrate what a good deal it was for Canada. However, the government did not do that.
Why did it not do that? Very simply, despite the rhetoric on the other side, the government knows that it is not a good deal and the Prime Minister did not get a better deal as he promised.
When we saw the economic impact analysis, the government's analysis compares the new deal to no deal at all. The appropriate comparator is not between the new deal and no deal at all, but between the new deal and the old NAFTA.
While the Liberal government quite deliberately did not undertake that analysis, in terms of what it has revealed publicly, the C.D. Howe Institute did undertake such an analysis. What the C.D. Howe Institute determined was that, under the new deal, Canada stands to lose $14.2 billion in GDP. Not only that, Canada stands to see a reduction in exports to the U.S. market in the sum of $3.2 billion, while Canada stands to import more American products in the sum of $8.6 billion. That is $8.6 billion more in U.S. exports, and $3.2 billion less in Canadian exports. Again, it is a good deal for the United States, and a bad deal for Canada.
Despite the fact that this agreement falls short, we on this side of the House are prepared to support the government, support the passage of Bill C-4 and support the speedy ratification of CUSMA. We support it because, at the end of the day, this deal is better than no deal.
We have heard, as the member for Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook noted, that the business community and premiers want to see certainty. They want to see continued access to our most important trading partner, the United States. We know there is $2 billion in bilateral trade between Canada and the United States every day, and $900 billion in bilateral trade a year. To put that in perspective, that is nine times more than with our second-largest trading partner, China. Seventy-five per cent of Canadian exports are destined for the U.S. market.
In light of that, it would be irresponsible not to support the ratification of this agreement. If we were to not do so, there would be a risk of no agreement, which would benefit no one. However, while we support the ratification, we do so on a qualified basis. We will continue to remind the government of the shortcomings of this agreement.
The Liberal government opened up 3.6% of the dairy market, and got nothing in return. The government was not able to get the same protections for the Canadian aluminum industry that are in the agreement for the steel industry. We know that the government got nowhere in terms of buy America. Mexico got a chapter on buy America, but Canada did not. The consequence is that it leaves Canadian companies out of the opportunity to bid on large government procurement projects in the United States. The government also sold out Canadian sovereignty by requiring permission from Washington to negotiate new trade agreements with non-market economies, such as our second-largest trading partner, China.
While this is a deal that we will support, let us make no mistake about it: It is better than no deal, but it is not a good deal.
Mark Gerretsen Liberal Kingston and the Islands, ON
Madam Speaker, I will start by saying that I understand the role of the opposition is to challenge a government and to always push for something a little better. I get that and I understand that. However, to hear a number of Conservatives say today they are supporting this because it is better than no deal, and they have to do it because Canada needs something, is absolutely disingenuous at best. The reality of the situation is that Conservatives need to vote for this because they cannot be seen as not voting for it. They cannot go back to their electorate and try to explain why they did not vote for it.
The member tried to explain, after all the horrible stuff that was said about the deal, why he was still going to vote for it. Meanwhile, about a year and a half ago, Conservatives wanted to capitulate over anything, saying Canada should sign a deal. They were willing to go along with signing a deal back then, but now that the deal has improved, they are suggesting that it is still not good enough, even though we should have signed it back then.
Can the member explain what about the deal now is worse than the deal that we had previously, in terms of not meeting the standards he has for a deal?
Madam Speaker, various sectors of the Canadian economy have spoken and they have said it is an adequate deal. It is a good enough deal, but it is not a great deal. I could quote many people on that.
Is the member for Kingston and the Islands happy that Canadian aluminum producers do not have the same protection afforded to steel producers, opening up dumping from China via Mexico? Is the member proud that we opened up our dairy market, resulting in compensation that the government is now rolling out because it did not get a good deal to protect our supply-managed sectors of the economy? Is the member proud of the fact that we got rid of the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism, leaving Canadian businesses at the whim of U.S. courts?
I am not proud of those things. There is a lot of room for an improved deal. This is far from a good deal.
Madam Speaker, in his speech earlier, the member mentioned that Conservatives are not happy with the deal, but they are going to accept it. I agree there could have been a better deal. However, there are major improvements in certain areas from the original deal, and getting rid of the investor-state provisions was a good thing. It allowed the investors to actually sue our government.
Does the member believe that this is a better deal than the original deal, or does he feel the original deal was better and we should have stayed with it?
Madam Speaker, we believe that the old NAFTA deal was a better deal than this deal. That is clear. The Prime Minister invited the President to renegotiate a deal that had, on the whole, been good for Canada and that created five million Canadian jobs. NAFTA was a good deal. This deal is an adequate deal, but one that falls far short.
Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook Nova Scotia
Darrell Samson LiberalParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
Madam Speaker, it has been really difficult to follow the Conservatives the last three or four days on this deal. Just a couple of hours ago, I heard them saying this was the deal that they negotiated. They said the Liberals were passing the deal they negotiated. Then the member says this is the worst deal that has been done. We have to get our facts straight. The Conservatives in caucus have a responsibility to shape up their argument. It would be nice if they could do that, because it was not very clear for me.
Let us look at this a couple of ways. Would my colleague not agree that going from zero aluminum and steel to 70% is much better? Would he not agree that the labour and the environment clauses and chapters we put in are an improvement? Would he not agree that the Americans cannot block the arbitration panel? Even his colleague said we won more sugar. It is a much better deal with the sugar. These are very positive things for our country.
I would like the member to share his thoughts with me, and give me some sugar in his answer.
Madam Speaker, with respect to aluminum that the member made reference to, it is with respect to parts from aluminum. At the end of the day, sources from a country such as China can be dumped into the North American market by Mexico. The agreement falls far short in terms of our aluminum producers.
Yves Perron Bloc Berthier—Maskinongé, QC
Madam Speaker, the Bloc Québécois has always been in favour of free trade. The free market allows for growth that would never be possible in a closed market. Quebec needs free trade agreements to help all of its economic sectors grow and innovate.
For example, after the original NAFTA was implemented in 1994, exports of Canadian fruits and vegetables and fresh fruit to Mexico and the United States increased by 396%. The majority of the exports were to the United States. It is essential that we retain this access.
The new CUSMA will ensure that businesses have continued access to the American market, and it will have benefits for many producers. We recognize that. Some producers will come out on top, in particular grain producers. The improved definition of grain is a positive.
A few minutes ago, my NDP colleague mentioned eliminating the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism. That is another positive. A number of organizations are therefore calling for this agreement to be ratified quickly.
However, there are some sectors that do not benefit from the agreement. They sometimes benefit very little, or not at all, yet they are the economic mainstay of our rural areas, the pillars that support the dynamic use of our vast land. Like culture, these sectors may need an exception. As members may have guessed, I am, of course, talking about our supply management sectors.
We in the Bloc are working constructively and will be long remembered for the solutions we proposed for the aluminum industry. In fact, our Conservative colleague just mentioned that. At some point, the same thing must be done for the sectors under supply management, but we first need to focus on when the agreement will be ratified.
In this agreement, Canada agreed to allow the United States to restrict its exports to third countries. That is unprecedented. We are talking, of course, about milk by-products. I think members are starting to realize that. Milk by-products, such as milk proteins, powdered milk and infant formula, are restricted. Approximately 110,000 tonnes of these products were exported in 2019. The Trump administration managed to include a provision that limits these exports to 55,000 tonnes the first year and 35,000 tonnes the second year. That is unbelievable.
Not only is our dairy sector already losing 3.9% of the market, but all supply-managed sectors are losing market share. Furthermore, restrictions placed on our farmers make it difficult for them to make up their losses by exporting their surplus solid protein to third countries.
Something will eventually have to be done about this, but the first step is to make sure the agreement is ratified after May 1. If the agreement is ratified in April, the clause explains that the agreement will enter into force on the first day of the third month. That means it would enter into force in July.
If the agreement is ratified in May, however, it would enter into force in August. That would make a world of difference, and people need to realize that. The dairy production year starts on August 1. If the agreement starts on July 1, that means the first year of the agreement will only be a month long. Farmers will only have a month to export the 55,000 tonnes. It makes no sense. That is why we have to make sure the agreement is ratified after May 1.
This will not delay the implementation of the agreement, and I am not suggesting that we postpone the ratification of CUSMA until after this session. That is not the issue. The issue is to make sure the agreement enters into force after August 1 so that farmers can start recouping their losses. We will see what we can do after that. Everyone knows that the Bloc Québécois can be creative. We will need to find a solution to this harmful and unacceptable clause.
On another note, we were pleased to read in the news that dairy farmers have begun receiving compensation. Everybody is happy, even the farmers, although it would have made them prouder to produce milk and feed Canadians, which is all they really wanted.
However, certain sectors are still not getting compensation. They are the supply-managed sectors, including the poultry, turkey, hatching egg and table egg sectors.
Representatives of those organizations acted in good faith and were very patient. They sat down with government representatives and presented their numbers. They reached an agreement on the amount of compensation needed last April. This is now March, so it has been almost a year. Nothing has happened since, no sign of anything. There were some meetings last summer, in July and August, maybe because our Liberal Party colleagues wanted to make a campaign announcement. That certainly helps, but nothing ever came of it.
What is holding up this file? Unlike people in the dairy sector, who asked for cash compensation, people in these sectors are asking for compensation in the form of innovation programs and infrastructure upgrades. They also want the option to run a marketing and promotional campaign and funding to support it. It varies from one sector to the next. I listed the four earlier.
I have a question for the House. Is the Government of Canada in the best position to know exactly what each of those sectors needs? Would it not make more sense to give people in those sectors the right to say what they want, what their needs are and what, in their opinion, will help their industries stay competitive and ensure their long-term viability? I think the answer is self-evident: it is up to the people in those sectors to decide.
People in those sectors do not understand. The Bloc Québécois does not understand why there is never any progress. The budget will be tabled soon. We would like to see some numbers. We want to see numbers for this. We want to know what the budget for this is. The government promised compensation for all supply-managed sectors. Settling matters with dairy producers is good, but dairy is just one of five supply-managed sectors, which means there are still four more. We want answers that demonstrate respect for the people working in those sectors, compensation that offsets losses and is comparable to what dairy producers got.
During questions and comments I would like people from the Liberal Party to tell me where we are on this file, because there are some people who are a bit anxious, who are waiting and have concerns. Yesterday, I met with representatives of these sectors, together with my distinguished colleague from Joliette. We want answers. Today, I am asking for answers.
Once this compensation has been paid, we will have to reflect collectively on the importance of these supply-managed industries to the economy, to our rural areas and to the dynamic use of the land. We have to understand the direct impacts these farms have as part of our supply management system, that is, in a protected market that allows us to have quality products, stable income, and food security. We also have to understand the secondary impact on industries that supply goods to these people.
Representatives of these supply-managed sectors told me something that I quite liked, and I want to share it with you. They told me that they are thought of as privileged, when in fact they indirectly pay the rent of the vendors and purchasers they do business with and they provide stability to the economy, a stability that also translates into food security.
The system is already seeing signs of neglect. I hope no one in the House would dare say that the Canadian market is protected. Once the agreement is implemented, 18% of the market will have been ceded to foreign producers. If that is considered a closed market, then I would like to know what an open one is. I think that the supply-managed sectors have done their fare share and it is high time we had legislation to protect them.
We are happy to hear the government's promises. It has assured us that it will not back down and it will be watching Brexit and Mercosur very closely. Still, the government has made similar promises in the past. Unfortunately, public confidence wavers when the government breaks its word. The public then demands more guarantees. Those who made verbal promises but did not keep them are asked to put their promises down on paper and sign them. This paper can then be brought out again. In this case, the paper I am referring to is the bill that my colleague and I introduced to protect supply management.
Winnipeg North Manitoba
Kevin Lamoureux LiberalParliamentary Secretary to the President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Madam Speaker, whether it is the dairy industry in my home province of Manitoba or the dairy industry in Quebec or anywhere else in Canada, we all have a responsibility to ensure its health and well-being. I understand and appreciate just how important supply management is. I am very proud of the fact that this trade agreement virtually guarantees supply management well into future generations. Whether people are dairy farmers or others impacted by the supply management chain, they will see this as a positive.
We need to remember that President Trump wanted to dismantle Canada's supply management. For many years, that is what was being advocated. Yes, there are some concerns and we have recognized we are going to be looking very closely at the impact and there will be compensation, but let us not promote any sort of misinformation to try to give the impression that supply management, in the long term, is going to be harmed by this particular agreement. We are, in fact, guaranteeing its long-term survival.
Would the member not agree it is in the best interests of all Canadians by having that guarantee for the future?
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague very much for his comments. I am indeed very pleased to hear what he said. I will try to remember it, since the member just told me that it is very important to guarantee the continued existence of supply management. I imagine that the member agrees with protecting the supply management system through legislation, given that there is no guarantee that the system will continue under future parliaments.
We are often told that Mr. Trump wanted to dismantle the system and we are aware of that. That is why we want to protect supply management through legislation. My colleague spoke about compensation, and that is great. However, the government should announce something, because the four production sectors I mentioned are waiting for answers.
My colleague spoke about disinformation. I would like to know what part of my speech was disinformation because I had all the statistics to back it. There was no disinformation in my speech.
Madam Speaker, Quebec is one of the biggest aluminum producers in North America and an excellent, well-paid workforce. It does not have the same protections under the aluminum strategy as it did with the steel industry. Does the member fear, because the rules are so vague in the aluminum industry, that there is going to be a massive job loss in Quebec?
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his very pertinent question.
Yes, we are afraid. That is why we made such a ruckus over the aluminum issue. We will remember that when the Bloc Québécois raised the aluminum issue in the House, we were told by just about everyone that we were off track, that we were raising a problem that did not exist. We even had to explain the problem to government officials because they did not understand what they had signed. Next time, it would be advisable that they read all the provisions when they sign a contract.
Yes, we are concerned. That is why we went to the mat on this issue. The commitments obtained from the government are the most we could get. Naturally, we will remain vigilant to ensure that they are applied to the letter.
We are indeed worried.
Gabriel Ste-Marie Bloc Joliette, QC
Madam Speaker, my question for my esteemed colleague and riding neighbour has to do with what the government representative said a few minutes ago.
He said that there could be no better protection for supply management than what was negotiated in the new NAFTA. However, members will recall that supply-managed sectors took a hit in each of the last three agreements that were signed and, on top of that, now there are the concessions made under WTO, which represent a market loss of 18%.
Does he think that the best way to protect supply management is to sacrifice part of the market in every agreement? If not, what can we do?
Madam Speaker, I will try to answer the excellent question asked by my esteemed colleague and riding neighbour.
I will show a lot of good faith in my answer. I think that what we need to remember about what our Liberal colleague said is that supply management was threatened and they did what they could.
I think that all members of the House can agree that, from now on, we need to protect our supply-managed sectors through legislation. We will give the Liberals the opportunity to do so and to prove to all the farmers in their ridings that they are really standing up for them.
Brad Vis Conservative Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon, BC
Madam Speaker, the Conservative Party is the party of free trade and free markets. We recognize the importance of the U.S. and Mexican markets for Canadian exporters, which is why the Conservatives have been clear that we will support the swift passage of the new NAFTA deal. However, while a deal is better than no deal, Canadian industries are bracing for the impact of the changes to come.
Ironically enough, the Liberal government's economic impact report compares CUSMA to not having a NAFTA deal at all. This is baffling, since almost any trade deal, no matter how lopsided, would have been better than having nothing at all.
The C.D. Howe Institute discovered that CUSMA would reduce Canada's GDP by $14.2 billion. Its recent report found that after the implementation of CUSMA, Canada's exports to the U.S. will fall by $3.2 billion, while our imports from the U.S. will increase by $8.6 billion, with the worst impacts being felt in our agriculture and dairy sectors.
I have heard from many farmers in my riding who operate businesses in supply-managed industries, and they feel that the Liberal government has literally sold the family farm. The Conservatives are committed to Canada's supply management system, but the Liberal government's weak leadership and ineffective negotiation tactics have continued to erode the system's integrity. Concessions have been made to the U.S. without our receiving anything meaningful in return, and stakeholders are speaking up.
Last week, I had the opportunity to meet with turkey farmers in British Columbia. They indicated that market access concessions made as the result of CUSMA are going to hurt turkey farm families across the country. Not only that, this change would greatly hinder Canadian consumer access to locally farmed products.
What would this impact look like? Under CUSMA, the market access commitment calculation for turkey will be modified to a 29% increase in new market access for the U.S. into Canada. It will allow the U.S. to export an additional 1,000 metric tons of turkey products each year for the next 10 years above current access levels, with potentially more in the future.
Canadian dairy farmers and processors are also set to lose market access to the Americans. Before the international trade committee, the Dairy Processors Association of Canada shared that at full implementation, the access granted under CUSMA, in addition to the existing concessions from other agreements, namely CETA and CPTPP, represent about 18% of the Canadian market. When considering the three latest trade agreements, Canadian dairy processors will lose $320 million per year.
On top of the market access concessions, CUSMA includes a concerning and unprecedented clause that will impose export caps on worldwide Canadian shipments of milk powder, protein concentrates and infant formula. For example, for skim milk powder and milk protein concentrates, a cap of 55,000 tonnes will be imposed for the first year and 35,000 tonnes for the second year.
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture is also sounding the alarm. In addition to the market access concessions, supply-managed industries are anxiously waiting for government to fulfill its commitment to quickly and fully mitigate the impacts of these trade agreements, action that is necessary, though insulting to many of my constituents who work in these industries.
Before the international trade committee, Mr. Dykstra, a New Brunswick dairy farmer, stated:
I now want to touch on the compensation package promised, and partly delivered, for CETA and CPTPP. I haven't heard anything about the remaining years and how it will be paid out. That in itself concerns me. The compensation package is bittersweet. Most farmers, including me, received a payment in December of last year for those previous trade agreement concessions. As far as I am aware, no concrete timeline has been set for the next payments. We, as dairy farmers, have always prided ourselves on getting all our money from the marketplace. This is how the system is supposed to work. This is how it did work. The government trading away excess and then offering compensation is not what we want.
In addition to the previously mentioned market access concessions, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture has raised two other issues causing serious industry concern.
First, the Liberals have relinquished Canadian sovereignty on critical internal policy development and export control functions. CUSMA commits Canada to consult with the United States before making changes to Canadian dairy policies. This should have never been surrendered.
Second, as mentioned previously, the Liberal government also agreed to cap dairy-sector exports of milk protein concentrates, skim milk and infant formula to CUSMA and non-CUSMA countries, and approved an export charge on exports over the cap. This is disturbing on several fronts. Canada has long argued against the use of export tariffs to regulate trade. It also sets a dangerous precedent by allowing a regional trade agreement and a party in that agreement to control the trade of another party to countries outside of that agreement.
This is why the Conservative Party is standing up for these Canadian businesses and calling on the Deputy Prime Minister and the Liberal government to amend the agreement. Export thresholds for milk protein concentrates, skim milk powder and infant formula should only be subject to trade between the CUSMA signatories, not to other countries that are not party to the agreement.
I will give a real-world example of this from a company that employs hundreds of people in my riding, Vitalus Nutrition, whose CEO, Phil Vanderpol, presented at the trade committee.
Vitalus processes milk supplied by Canadian farmers into high-quality cream and butter, milk protein concentrates and milk protein isolates that have superior quality, nutritional value and functionality. It planned and anticipated demand and, up to this point, was capitalizing on the growth in the global market for nutritional value-added dairy ingredients. The federal government, or at least Western Economic Diversification Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, recognized Vitalus' economic promise and even invested significant funds in the company in the previous Parliament. However, that same federal government is now pulling the rug out from under the company and, ironically, its own previous investments. The Liberal government has managed, in this case, to simultaneously shrink the opportunity for Canadian dairy producers in the Fraser Valley while limiting their ability to grow by exporting.
Turning to forestry, Canada's forestry industry is also disappointed in the Liberal government's inability to protect its sector, since CUSMA does not prevent the United States from applying anti-dumping and countervailing duties to Canadian softwood lumber. Yes, Canadian forest product producers want a speedy ratification of CUSMA, even though it will provide no relief for their uncertainty. They want this in the hope that the federal government will start providing their industry the attention it requires. Businesses are going under, families are hurting and more than 20,000 forestry workers have suffered layoffs. The Liberal government must take immediate action to solve the softwood lumber dispute. It is unconscionable that a sector so significant was not part of the agreement.
I do not have time to address all of the shortcomings I have outlined that are in this new trade agreement, but I note that I would have liked to see the list of professionals admitted under temporary entry for business persons expanded to include the jobs of the 21st century. There are a lot of problematic issues regarding the rules of origin for automobiles and the new quotas in place. Also, buy America was not addressed.
When I was a graduate student, I participated in the North American forum for young leaders in North America. I had the opportunity to work with American and Mexican students at some of the top universities in our continent. On a personal note, we have so much untapped potential between our three countries, and I look forward to seeing labour mobility provisions changed during my lifetime, of course with strict immigration protocols, to meet the untapped potential we have with our trading partners.
With that, I would say that the new NAFTA deal put forward for ratification by the government is, overall, a disappointment, which I know because I represent the supply-managed industries in Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon. It would leave Canadians worse off than they were under the prior agreement and would relinquish our sovereignty. Our economy depends on free trade, and we need a federal government that signs agreements for the benefit of Canadians. It seems in this case that Canadians were sold out on so many fronts. We need ministers like my old boss, the member for Abbotsford, at the helm of international trade.
Madam Speaker, I heard the member and a number of Conservatives say, "We are the party of free trade". Please, with all due respect, this is not the Conservative Party of Brian Mulroney and Flora MacDonald. This is a much different operation. Members opposite may have hijacked the name and the brand, but it is certainly not the same party that the Progressive Conservative Party was in the 1980s and 1990s, when this deal was contemplated and came along.
I will touch on the member's comment that this deal is not good enough. In reality, the Conservatives were continuously telling the government about a year ago to take any deal. The member says it is not fair to compare this deal to no deal, but the reality of the situation is that Donald Trump had made it clear he wanted out of NAFTA unless a new deal was created.
To compare this deal to the old deal is not realistic, because we knew that the old deal was off the table. Rather than capitulating to Donald Trump, our position was to find a deal for Canada and in the process make it a better deal. That is what we ended up getting. We took care of a lot of issues that we experienced before. I hope the member will recognize this as the reality.
Madam Speaker, I remind the hon. member for Kingston and the Islands of a moment in the last Parliament, when the Deputy Prime Minister called over the member for Abbotsford and congratulated him. She embraced him in the House and thanked him for the excellent work he had done on the free trade agreement with the European Union. That does not happen every day. That happened because of the amazing work the previous Conservative government did to support free trade in Canada.
Turning to this deal, I note that all of my constituents who raised concerns about the new NAFTA have been vehemently and unanimously opposed to it. There are so many young farmers, like the dairy producers who were in Ottawa just a few weeks ago, who feel the Government of Canada sold them out. For the first time they are taking a paycheque from the government when they and their families prided themselves on maintaining the supply management system. That will be lost in a big way under this agreement.
I will make no bones about challenging an agreement that erodes Canadian sovereignty and that demands the Government of Canada to share its policies on dairy production with a foreign government. That is unacceptable.
Louise Charbonneau Bloc Trois-Rivières, QC
Madam Speaker, I would like to commend my colleague for his very enlightening speech on supply management, particularly with regard to dairy products. In a way, he shares the same view as the Bloc Québécois. I commend him for that. I was very surprised to hear him mention turkey farmers.
Can he tell us more about that? What impact will CUSMA have on that sector?
Madam Speaker, I thank my Bloc Québécois colleague for her question.
I am not quite comfortable answering a question in French, but I will get there.
I was at the B.C. poultry AGM last week and heard that right now in Canada unfortunately we are consuming less turkey. Turkey producers across Canada have launched a new campaign to share the benefits of eating turkey meat at times outside of our Thanksgiving holiday.
The concessions that were made regarding turkey producers are like a double whammy to them, because they have already seen a decrease in their quota allotments over the last number of years. They will especially feel the impacts of CUSMA more than other supply-managed sectors.


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Square Enix Selling Tomb Raider, Deus Ex And Thief Studios
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The Embracer Group, a planet-swallowing mass of video game publishers that already includes the likes of Gearbox and THQ Nordic, tonight announced a deal to purchase a number of storied studios and properties from Square Enix.
While the purchase isn't final—this is just "an agreement to acquire" them until everything is signed off later in the year—the announcement press release says that if approved it will be a USD$300 million deal. For the $300 mil, Embracer will get hold of:
The studios Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal and Square Enix Montreal (the latter of which will presumably be in for a name change), numbering around 1,100 employees worldwide.
The "catalogue of IPs" owned and/or worked on by those studios, including Deus Ex, Tomb Raider, Thief, Legacy of Kain and "the continued sales and operations of the studios' more than 50 back-catalogue games." Also of interest: "Crystal Dynamics is actively working on several AAA projects, including the next mainline Tomb Raider game that will deliver next-generation storytelling and gameplay experiences."
Square Enix bought Eidos (and Crystal Dynamics along with it) in 2009, and while initially overseeing a number of well-received reboots of series like Tomb Raider and Deus Ex, later games in those properties—along with licensed efforts like The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy—their ownership became something of a meme in recent years, as no matter how high their review scores ended up being, or how many copies they would sell, Square Enix would always say the games had "under-performed."
Perhaps knowing that the first question most folks would have following a deal like this would be, "So what's happening with those series?" Embracer's press release says:
The acquisition brings a compelling pipeline of new installments from beloved franchises and original IPs, including a new Tomb Raider game. The acquisition builds on Embracer's mission of creating a leading independent global gaming and entertainment ecosystem. Embracer has been particularly impressed by the studios' rich portfolio of original IP, housing brands with proven global potential such as Tomb Raider and Deus Ex, as well as demonstrating the ability to create AAA games with large and growing fan bases. There are compelling opportunities to organically grow the studios to maximize their commercial opportunities.
Which is vague, but still more hopeful for fans of something like Deus Ex than Square Enix's complete silence and neglect in recent years. The purchase is "expected to be completed during the second quarter of Embracer's financial year 22/23″ (July-September 2022).
Note that Embracer spent $1.3 billion just on Gearbox. To get all of this, from the experienced studios to the beloved properties for $1 billion less seems…like a steal.
So why sell? Square Enix's own press release says:
The Transaction will assist the Company in adapting to the changes underway in the global business environment by establishing a more efficient allocation of resources, which will enhance corporate value by accelerating growth in the Company's core businesses in the digital entertainment domain. In addition, the Transaction enables the launch of new businesses by moving forward with investments in fields including blockchain, AI, and the cloud.
Imagine having to put on your CV that you sold Tomb Raider to at least partially fund some blockchain shit.
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It's time for the best CS:GO pro-players to sharpen their skills, to polish their virtual guns, and to face each other at the second (and the last for this year) huge Esports tournament sponsored by Valve – FACEIT Major: London 2018. It's also time for fans to get themselves ready for such an amazing show, which will take place on September 5-23.
24 teams will fight it out to be named the champion and take the the biggest slice of the $1,000,000 prize money.
Guys, we invite you to have a closer look at this hotly anticipated event! We can't tell which CS:GO skins pro-players will use, but we can make our predictions about the results – and so did gamers from the DMarket team.
Valve Corp., as the developer of CS:GO, sponsors only a few tournaments – and this makes them absolutely special. Year after year, Valve chooses different events, makes their prizes super big, and draws the attention of the whole community to them.
FACEIT Major: London 2018 will be the 13th Valve-sponsored CS:GO competition. The previous was ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 (January 12-28, 2018.) Let's remind ourselves of the results and the situation in the world highest CS:GO division.
The upcoming CS:GO Major will be twin "firsts": it will be the biggest event ever hosted by the Faceit platform and the first tournament of its kind in the United Kingdom.
After the game update from April 20, 2018, the map pool has been changed – Dust II replaced Cobblestone. By the way, the latest CS:GO update added a new weapon, MP5-SD.
Unlike DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018, which is a simpler format (four "double-elimination" groups -> playoffs), the tournament scheme for Valve's Majors is a bit complicated at first sight.
8 teams are champions of minor events, and they also got the status of New Challengers (two from Europe: Ninjas in Pyjamas and OpTic Gaming, two from the Americas: compLexity Gaming and Rogue, two from the CIS: HellRaisers and Team Spirit, and two from Asia: Renegades and TyLoo).
* The New Challengers stage will be first up – 16 teams will play on September 5-9. The top eight teams will proceed further in the tournament. They will be determined in five rounds (1-4 are Bo1, and 5 is Bo3). All the rounds are of the Swiss format, rounds 3-5 are with the Buchholz system. * The New Legends Stage will be second – 16 teams again (8 teams from the previous stage plus 8 New Legends) on September 12-16. All the conditions here are the same as for the New Challengers stage.
* The New Champions stage will take place on September 20-23, in the SSE Arena, Wembley. There will be three rounds: Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and the Grand Final.
Still, we at DMarket took the risk and created this list of potential winners at FACEIT Major 2018. This is quite similar to our predictions for The International 2018.
Our guesses for this stage weren't totally correct, which goes to show the real unpredictability of CS:GO Esports.
(1-2) Team Liquid and Ninjas in Pyjamas went undefeated – they won all three matches.
(3-5) Astralis, compLexity Gaming, HellRaisers – these three teams lost only one match of four played.
(6-8) BIG, Vega Squadron, TyLoo had to play all five rounds and won "Legend" tickets only in the last round (3 wins, 2 defeats).
North (they were unable to repeat their success in DreamHack Master in Stockholm). The guys tried to get themselves together but lost their last chance in the match against Vega Squadron.
Gambit and Renegades lost all their matches and left the tournament quite early. We have compLexity Gaming and HellRaisers instead. None of them were favorites for this event anyway.
Did you guess everything right? Did you get new CS:GO collections as a drop during the Live Streams?
(1-2) – compLexity Gaming and Team Liquid. If the first here is a bit of surprise, the second team proved its power again. Liquid has had no losses at this CS:GO tournament so far.
(3-5) – Na'Vi, BIG, Astralis. There are no surprises here. These teams are CS:GO Legends and Champions, so even one loss at this stage couldn't stop them from proceeding to Playoffs.
(6-8) – FaZe, HellRaisers, MIBR. Being in such powerful company is a great success for HellRaisers. It will be interesting to see this team in the quarterfinals.
What about our predictions? Where were we wrong?
mousesports lost all their matches and left the tournament after three rounds.
Fnatic were fighting until the last round, where they unexpectedly lost to HellRaisers.
compLexity – MIBR -> MIBR.
BIG – Na'Vi -> Na'Vi.
Team Liquid – HellRaisers -> Team Liquid.
Astralis – FaZe -> Astralis.
MIBR – Na'Vi -> Na'Vi.
Team Liquid – Astralis -> Astralis.
Na'Vi – Astralis -> Astralis.
What do you think? Maybe Astralis will win because the team became the champion of ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018? Share your opinion in the comments below!
We are going to update this post with fresh information two times: after the New Challengers stage (with the eight top teams) and after the New Legends stage (with participants of the Playoff matches and our prediction about the final result).
Visit this page later or follow DMarket on Facebook and Twitter to get notifications about the updates (and of course, about all other exciting CS:GO news).


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"Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). A Scout who attains this rank is called an Eagle Scout or Eagle. Since its introduction in 1911, the Eagle Scout rank has been earned by more than two million young men," according to the Boy Scout website.
"Requirements include earning at least 21 merit badges and demonstrating Scout Spirit through the Boy Scout Oath and Law, service, and leadership. This includes an extensive service project that the Scout plans, organizes, leads, and manages. Eagle Scouts are presented with a medal and a badge that visibly recognizes the accomplishments of the Scout. Additional recognition can be earned through Eagle Palms, awarded for completing additional tenure, leadership, and merit badge requirements." (Eagle Rank Requirements)
Timothy Riordan
BT junior Timothy Riordan recently achieved the status of Eagle Scout. He began scouts twelve years ago, and is a member of Walker Troop 444.
For his project, Tim built a 150- foot ADA-handicap pathway and ramp to the pavilion at the Catholic Church of St. Ann's, in Marietta. It took Tim and his group eight days, 165 hours total, to complete and it required 18 tons of gravel, two truckloads of dirt and 38,500 pounds of concrete. According to Tim, this was a critical project that allow handicap persons access to the field or pavilion which is used for many church functions.
"I really wanted to do a project that had meaning for me, as well as, enhance the community. I chose St. Ann's because of the big impact the church has had on my life," said Tim. "Not only did I attend preschool there, I am currently a Life Teen Team Leader. I have a very special relationship with Father Tom Reilly. My sidewalk gives access to the field for him and others."
Tim raised money for this project through family and friends, with a significant donation from Kevin Ostheimer of Ostheimer Concrete Paving, who donated his time, talent and cement to help make this happen. Timmy was responsible for organizing 16 volunteers, many from Blessed Trinity, maintaining a safe work environment and staying within the time frame and budget. The entire project cost over $10,000.
"My sidewalk will benefit so many people by allowing accessibility to an area they otherwise could not get to. St. Ann's parishioners will see the beauty of the Pavilion on Reilly Field. It is cool to see how I have impacted the community and know that the sidewalk will remain there over time," stated Tim.
Further, during this past summer, Tim achieved his Triple Crown, which is an award given to those Boy Scouts who attend three High Adventure trips. Timmy attended Sea Base (a one-week sailing trip through the Florida Keys manning the sailing rig), Philmont (a 10-day hike up Mount Baldy in New Mexico, a 12,441-foot elevation) and Northern Tier (a 75-mile canoeing trip through the Canadian wilderness).
John Michael Bertrand
This past summer, BT senior John Michael Bertrand earned his Eagle Scout status through Troop 7153 in Johns Creek. Working through MUST Ministries, John Michael, with the help of a group of friends, including many BT students, made, packaged and delivered 200 lunches to underprivileged kids.
According to John Michael, who has been working alongside MUST Ministries for 11 years, he chose this project because he knew it would be make an instant difference. "The only real challenge was getting people to donate items and then raising the extra money to fund the rest of the supplies," he said.
"A lot of my friends helped me," John Michael pointed out. "I think I had over 35 volunteers help me throughout the entire project." Since it was supposed to be a leadership project, he organized a "marketing team" that went out and raised monies needed to buy supplies that were not donated.
John Michael has found his time in Scouts to be more than rewarding. "I have been in Scouts since I was 11 but I was not very interested in it while I was younger. I actually took a break for a year and a half when I just did not participate. But when I came back into it I discovered a new-found love for Boy Scouts.
"Once you are an Eagle Scout you see scouting truly differently; you see it as something that has sculpted you into the young man you are today. It is something that is very difficult to achieve, but it is worth the experiences, memories, and people you meet to get you there to go all the way," he concluded.
Dallas Downing
Dallas Downing, a BT senior, became an Eagle Scout recently through Troop 7153 by building donation boxes for Autrey Mill Nature Preserve located in Johns Creek. The boxes are used by visitors for donations to support the preserve's mission. Dallas and his volunteers installed five boxes on posts around the property and one in the Visitor's Center.
"I picked this project because it seemed to be the most beneficial," explained Dallas. "When I met with one of the directors, we discussed many possible projects they needed to be done. Autrey Mill solely relies on grants and donations, but they lose money every year. This project would help supply a more reliable income to support them."
One of Dallas' biggest challenges was designing the boxes. Since Autrey Mill did not have any concrete ideas for what the boxes needed to look like "and there were no good templates online, I had to design the boxes myself. I made prototypes and had to make some adjustments midway through building them," said Dallas. With the help of his dad, Dallas and a group of four scouts and two other adults got the donation boxes built and placed.
According to Dallas, NOT procrastinating with his Eagle Scout project was the key to completing it. "It's really easy to say, 'I'm going to work on the paperwork this week and I'll start the project in a month,' and then two months later there isn't any work done. Have a plan, follow it closely, and get it done as soon as possible."
Cavan Dietrich
Cavan Dietrich, a BT senior, recently achieved the status of Eagle Scout through Boy Scout Troop 623 at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church in Sandy Springs. Cavan created an outdoor seating area in the vicinity of the Stations of the Cross meditative path at St. Jude which provides seating and a place of reflection for parishioners and students at St. Jude the Apostle School. The outdoor stone seating plaza also consists of a retaining wall with a circular stone patio.
The idea for the seating area was originally proposed by the gardener/grounds keeper at St. Jude. Since Cavan, who has been in scouts since 1st grade, he wanted to construct a project that would directly benefit his church community, so he jumped at the idea. "The project would also complement my brother's Eagle Scout project which was the refurbishing of the Stations of the Cross path," said Cavan. "My dad is experienced in building similar stone patios and structures, so I knew there wouldn't be many difficulties."
While excavating the site to create a solid base for the structure, Cavan wasn't expecting hard clay and roots. "The digging process took about 12 hours total, and making the ground and the block perfectly level was very time consuming," he explained. Others helping Cavan included a few fellow Scouts, his brother, mom and sister.
Implementing an Eagle Scout project is always time-consuming and inevitably has unforeseen challenges, but for Cavan all the hard work was well worth it. "Prioritize and take it little by little, completing the requirements; eventually the end will be in sight," said Cavan. "The Eagle Scout rank is a prestigious award and is the culmination of the experience of being a Boy Scout. Know that once you attain the rank of Eagle, you will have a great sense of accomplishment."
If you know of any more BT Eagles Scouts, please email the communications office at mbdever@btcatholic.org.
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The hatchery is entirely run by volunteers and relies on donations from individuals and interested groups to operate.
Many individuals and local groups businesses support the hatchery both financially and with practical assistance. The work is completed by volunteers and a core group of around 20 are involved, however upwards of 50 persons can respond to calls of working bees at the hatchery.
The Salmon & Riparian Support Trust. This was formed to assist the hatchery and other riparian work by raising the necessary funds for the various projects identified by the management group. Nowdays this is an incorporated society. Individuals, groups, and companies wishing to make donations to the hatchery need to make cheques out to the "Riparian Support Trust".
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RGB Group at the Rangitata mouth, run a very successful raffle every year and donate the proceeds to the hatchery.
Both communities at the river mouth (North and South Hutholder associations) assist with man power and financial grants on occasions.
Many individuals make grants and donations to the hatchery operation and assist with the day-to-day running.
We are extremely fortunate to have an association with Placemakers Timaru Ltd. Photo shows hatchery helpers along with new Joint Venture Partner manager Brendon Leary, with timber he sponsored for headrace repairs etc.
Good old Hatchery van, saves our cars from continuous washing, donated by I Pave Ltd.
Once again the Rangitata Good Bastards group at the Rangitata South camp, donated the proceeds of their successful raffle to the Hatchery. The funds were put to the building of a new SS tank for the hatchery incubation shed. The following sponsors made this raffle another roaring success : The CompleteAngler, Hunting @fishing Columbo st, Tegel Chicken, Hamils Washdyke, The Chequered flag, East Side butchery, Repco Wairakei rd ch ch, Sports serviices ch ch, Anchelle Auto trim Temuka, Phil Hart, Rangitata South motor camp, Jeff dermott painters ch.ch, Glenn shaw Gld. Please Support these guys when you can.
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BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES ON CAMPUS
28 JULY – 8 AUGUST 2022
With under two years to go until the Birmingham 2022 Games hit the city, the buzz in Brum is starting to gather momentum. With the two-year-old Sport & Fitness club hosting the Squash event, and the water-based synthetic pitches hosting the Hockey, our fabulous campus will be showcased across the world. But what do we know about the Games at the moment, and what does it mean for UoB?
What is the Commonwealth Games?
First hosted in Canada in 1930, the Commonwealth Games is held every four years, involving athletes from the 71 Commonwealth Nations and Territories. From the first event in Canada in 1930, where 11 countries and 400 athletes took part, the Games has grown to 6,600 athletes and team officials attending last year's Games in Australia's Gold Coast.
2,000 paid staff and almost 15,000 volunteers contributed to the running of Gold Coast 2018, delivering a total of 275 events, in 18 sports and 7 para-sports. The Games was watched by over 1.5 billion viewers.
What dates are the Birmingham Games?
Between Thursday 28 July 2022 and Monday 8 August 2022. That means, students who joined UoB in 2019 or after will still be here when the Games come in 2022!
Why Birmingham?
The Commonwealth incorporates a diverse and dynamic population of about 2.4 billion people, or almost a third of the global population. More than 60% of them are under 30. Birmingham is a microcosm of the Commonwealth population, known for its rich heritage and diverse, vibrant community.
Also one of the youngest cities in Europe, Birmingham is well-known for its warm welcome to visitors from around the world.
The 22nd Commonwealth Games will demonstrate to the world the very best of global Britain, showcasing the region's strengths of being connected and accessible; youth and inclusivity; and a focus on regeneration and rejuvenation.
Birmingham is perfectly located to attract people to the Games and to ensure that the benefits of hosting extend from the city and region, across the UK and the Commonwealth.
The 2022 Games was originally granted to Durban, which would have been the first African host of the Games. Unfortunately, Durban was unable to deliver the Games, and the Commonwealth Games Federation had to find a replacement in 2017, which reduced preparation from the usual 7 years to only 4. Birmingham was already preparing a bid for 2026, and with 95% of the competition venues already in place, Birmingham became a prudent and innovative replacement for Durban by bringing its bid forward to 2022.
Furthermore, Birmingham's Games are set to be the most inclusive ones yet.
The addition of three new sports: women's cricket, beach volleyball and para table tennis, means that Birmingham has the potential for the largest ever para-sports programme and possibly more female medals than male for the first time, representing a great story not just for Birmingham 2022, but for women's sport in general.
How will the University be involved with the Birmingham 2022 Games?
The University's award-winning Sport & Fitness club includes six squash courts with adjustable walls for the larger doubles courts; and its 2,000m² indoor arena will house a spectacular all-glass court surrounded by over 2,000 spectator seats.
The water-based hockey pitches will also be transformed into a stadium of over 6,000 seats during the Games, with the stunning backdrop of the University's iconic red-brick buildings. With both venues only a 5-minute walk from the University train station, and well connected to national rail networks – it makes for the perfect Games venue.
The other sports facilities, including the 50m training pool and 8-lane athletics track creates an ideal performance environment to make it a popular training and preparation venue for participating nations. In addition, the Games should present unprecedented opportunities to use campus accommodation for Games contractors, volunteers and spectators.
The Vale Village, the student accommodation on Edgbaston Park Road, will also be home to nearly 3,000 athletes, team members, coaches and staff as one area of the athletes' village.
The University was also announced in September to be the latest official partner of the Games.
There will be some exciting volunteer opportunities for our students, alumni and staff; and hopefully a record number of our current students and alumni will be competing for a number of the Commonwealth Nations and Territories. Most recently, at the 2018 Gold Coast Games, we had 6 students and 18 alumni competing! Read more about them on our student sport blog.
Sign up for news and to register your interest on the Birmingham 2022 website. If you're interested in volunteering, why not build up your experience with our Extra Mile programme on the dedicated volunteering webpage, to gain the knowledge and expertise of working at sports events on campus?
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