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ናይ ገለ ሃገራት ስፖንሰርሽፕ ኣብ ውሽጢ ሓደ ዓመት ክውዳእ ከሎ፡ ካብ ቻይና ብመንገዲ ስፖንሰርሽፕ ዝመጽኡ ወለዲ ግን ጉዳዮም ክሳብ 7 ዓመት ከምዝወስድ፡ ማእከል ኢሚግረሽን ካናዳ ዝበሃል ማሕበር ንቪዛ ዝምልከት ኣብ ዝገበሮ መጽናዕቲ ከ

ምዘረጋገጸ ገሊጹ።“ንወለድና ናባና ንክጽንበሩ 7 ዓመት ተጸበዩ ምባል ጭካነ’ዩ” ትብል ፈሊክስ ዣንግ ሓንቲ ካብቶም ነቲ ጉዳይ ኣቓልቦ ክረክብ ትንቀሳቐስ ዘላ ኣባል ማሕበር ወለዲ ስፖንሰርሽፕ ግሩፕ። ስለምንታይ ገለ ካናዳውያን ዝነውሐ ግዜ ይጽበዩ፡ ርትዓዊ ወይ ሕጋዊ ምኽንያት ዝግለጽ የለን። “ዓቃባዊ ሰልፊ፡ ሚኒስተር ኢሚግረሽን ከኒ፡ ነዚ ጉዳይ ግዝያዊ ፍታሕ ከምጽኣሉ ክኽእል ኣለዎ። ኣብ ቤጂንግ ዋሕዲ ሰራሕተኛታት ቪዛ ኣለዉ፡ ስለዚ ዝያዳ ስታፍ ክውስኽ ይግባእ፡” ኢላ።

ብመንገዲ ስፖንሰርሽፕ ዝመጽኡ ወለዲ ክሳብ 7 ዓመት ከምዝጽበዩ ኦሊ

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መደብ ተግባራዊ ቁጠባ ካናዳ ቁጠባዊ ዕቤትን ስራሕን ምፍጣር

ይቕጽል ኣሎውዳእ ኣብ ዝኸደሉ ዘሎ እዋን ፍሉይ ዝኾነ ውጽኢት ኣርእዩ’ዩ፡” ይቕጽል ሚስተር ፍላህርቲ፡ “እዚ ተግባራዊ መደብ፡ ቁጠባና ኣብ ምዕባይ ልዑል ተራ ክህልዎ’ዩ። ደረጃ መነባብሮ ካናዳውያን ስድራቤታት’ውን ኣብ መጻኢ ከማሓይሾ’ዩ፡” ኢሉ።

ሚኒስተር ፍላህርቲ ኣብቲ ዘቕረቦ ስታተስቲካዊ ኣብነታት፡ ካብ ሓምለ 2009 ጀሚርካ ክሳብ ሕጂ ኣስታት 400,000 ካናዳውያን ናይ ስራሕ ዕድል ከምዝረኸቡ፣ ካብዚኦም ኣስታት 85 ሚእታዊት ቀዋሚ ስራሕ ምዃኑ፣ ካብዚኦም እቶም 90 ሚእታዊት ልዑል ሞያ ዘለዎም ኣብ ኢንዱስትራዊ ትካላት ዝሰርሑ’ዮም።

እዚ ብሚኒስተር ፍላህርቲ ዝቐረበ ጸብጻብ፡ ተቓወምቲ ሰልፍታት ምስልኻ ንምምሕያሽ ዝግበር ዘሎ ምንቅስቓስ ምዃኑ ብምግላጽ፡ ዓቃባዊ ሰልፊ ቁጠባ ካናዳ ክገብሮ ዝግባእ ይገብር ከምዘየለ ወቒሶም።

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ኮምሽን ሬድዮን ተለቪዥንን ካናዳ (ሲ.ኣር.ቲ.ሲ.) ንኣብ ምዕዳል ኣገልግሎት ኢንተርነት ዝርከባ ዓበይቲ ኩባንያታት፡ ንዓማዊል ኢንተርነት ብመሰረት ዝተጠቕምሉ ክብደት ክፍሊት ከኽፍልዎም ምፍቃዱ ኣትሪሩ ከምዝቃዎሞ ገሊጹ።

እዚ ንገለ ዓመታት ሕጋውነት ንምልባስ ከከራኽር ዝጸንሐ ጉዳይ፡ ዓበይቲ ቀረብቲ ኢንተርነት ቤል፡ ሮጀርስን ቴላስን ምስ ብዝሒ ተጠቀምቲ ወጻኢታተ

ን ልዕሊ ግቡእ ይዓቢ ከምዘሎን ንኣብ ኔትወርክን ካልእ ወፍርታትን ክገብርኦ ዝግብአን ዓቕሚ ይድረተን ከምዘሎ፡ እቲ እንኮ ፍታሕ ድማ ሰብ ብመሰረት ዝተጠቕመሉ ምስ ዝኸፍል’ዩ እናበላ ክከራኸራ ጸኒሐን።

ብኣንጻሩ ናይ ኢንተርነት ተጣበቕቲ፡ ኣስታት 200 ሽሕ ፌርማ ኣኪቦም ተጠቀምቲ ርትዓዊ ኣገልግሎት ክረኽቡን ስስዐ ናይዞም ዓበይቲ ኩባንያታት ከይስማዕ ክጽዉዑ ጸኒሖም። እ

ሃገራዊ ኤትኒክ ፕረስ ኮውንስል ካናዳ ንውሳነ ሲ.ኣር.ቲ.ሲ ተቓዊሙ

ንተኾነ ሲ.ኣር.ቲ.ሲ. ኣይሰምዖምን። ነዚ ጉዳይ ክምርምር ድሕሪ ምጽናሕ ብ25 ጥሪ 2011 ውሳነኡ የሕሊፉ። ንቤል፡ ሮጀርስን ተላስን ዓቢ ብስራት ክኸውን ከሎ፡ ንንኣሽቱ ናይ ኢንተርነት ኣገልግሎት ቀረብትን ኢምግራትን ግን ዓቢ ሓዘን ኮይኑ ኣሎ።

ነዚ ብሲ.ኣር.ቲ.ሲ. ዝተዋህበ ውሳነ፡ ሚኒስተር ኢንዳስትሪ ቶኒ ክለመንት መንግስቲ ነቲ ውሳነ እንደገና ክርእዮ ምዃኑ ገሊጹ።

ባ ዝኸውን ገንዘብ ክኽስክስ’ዩ። እዞም ዝግበሩ ወፍርታት ድማ ኣብ ነዊሕ ንካናዳ ዘርብሕ ዘመናዊን ሓምላይን ትሕተ-ቅርጺ፡ ዝተሓደሰ ናይ ሳይንስን ምርምርን ትካላት፡ ኣብ ምፍራይ ልዑል ክእለት ዘለዎም ዓቕሚ-ሰብ፡ ኣብዚ ዓዲ ቢዝነስ ክገብሩ ንዝደልዩ ውሑድ ግብሪን ጥጡሕ ኣከባብን ኣብ ምፍጣር ዓቢ ተራ ክጻወት’ዩ።

“እቲ ቀዳማይ ገጽ ናብ ም

ነቲ ብዓሰርተታት ኣሽሓት ኣንጻር ፕረዚደንት ሑሰን ሙባረክ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ብምድጋፍ ብርክት ዝበሉ ግብጻውያን ካናዳውንን ከምኡ’ውን ግዱሳት ዜጋታትን ኣብ ዳንዳስ ስኩየር ቶረንቶ ተኣኪቦም ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣካይዶም። ኩሉ ህዝቢ ዓለም ድማ ንጻውዒት ህዝቢ ግብጺ ልባዊ ደገፉ ክህብ ጻውዒት ኣቕሪቦም።

ልዕሊ 250 ሽሕ ግብጻውያን ኣብ ታህሪር ስኩየር ብምእካብ፡ ዕድመ ስልጣን ናይዚ ን30 ዓመታት ዝገዝኦም ሑሰን ሙባረክ ከብቅዕ ዝጽውዕ ሰፊሕ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ የካይዱ ኣለዉ።

እዚ ንኣስታት ሓደ ሰሙን ቀጺሉ ዘሎ ውሁድ ተቓውሞ፡ ካብታ ዝዓበየት ከተማ ካይ

ሮ ጀሚርካ ክሳብ’ተን ዝናኣሳ ከተማታት ሊሕሙ ከምዘሎ ይፈለጥ።

ሑሰን ሙባረክ ነቲ እናሰፍሐ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ንምህዳእ፡ ሚኒስተራቱ ካብ ስልጣኖም ክወርዱ ኣዚዙ። ኣብ ቅርጺ ናይቲም መንግስቲ ዘይጸንሐ ንመጀመርታ ግዜ ምክትል ፕረዚደንት መዚዙ። ጸኒሑ’ውን ኣብ መስከረም 2011 ካብ ስልጣኑ ክወርድ ምዃኑ ገሊጹ። እንተኾነ ንሰልፈኛታት ከዕግቦም ኣይክኣለን። ኩሎም ብሓደ ድምጺ፡ “ሕጂ ካብ ስልጣንካ ትወርድ’ ኢሎም ይጽውዑ ኣለዉ።

ግብጻውያን በቲ ኣብ ቱኒዝያ መንግስቲ ንምልዋጥ ዝተገብረ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ተተባቢዖም ነቲ ስጉምቲ ከምዝጀመርዎ ይፍለጥ።

ግብጻውያን፡ ፕረዚደንት ሙባረክ ካብ ስልጣኑ ክወርድ ጠሊቦም

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ንኹሎም ዓማዊልና፡ ፈተውትናን መሻርኽትናን፡ እንቋዕ ናብዚ ዓመተ ሰላምን ዕቤትን ክኾነልና ንምነዮ ዘለና ዓመተ-2011 ብሓባር ክንርኢ ኣብቅዓና። ሰላም፡ ቅሳነትን ጥዕናን ዘለዋ ዓመት ንኹሉ ደላዪ ጽቡቕ ክትከውን ሰናይ ምንዮትና እናገለጽና፡ ብምኽንያት ዉንተር ብሉጻት መካይን ብዝሓሰረ ዋጋ ቀሪብና ከምዘለና ብደስታ ነበስር! ብተወሳኺ ናይ ዝተፈላለያ ካምፓኒታት ማለት ቤክ፡ ሮያል፡ ዲያሞንድ፡ ኮኣብ፡ ታክሲ ክትዕድጉ ትደልዩ፡ ቀልጢፍኩም ተወከሱና! ታክሲ ክትዝውሩ ምስ እትደልዩ ውን ሕተቱና። ንዓኹም ዝጽበያ በብዓይነተን ምጭዋት ታክስታት ኣለዋና!መዓስ’ዚ ጥራሕ፡ ምሉእ ኣገልግሎት መኪና ንህብ! ዝተሰብራ ንጽግን፡ ዘይቲ ንቕይር ወዘተ! ብፍላይ ንሰብ ታክሲ፡ ኩነታትኩም ስለንርዳእ ብርትዓዊ ዋጋ ስሉጥን ብሉጽን ኣገልግሎት ክንህብ ተቐሪብና ከምዘለና ከነበስር ንፈቱ!

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250 ሚልዮን ዓመታት ይገብር ግን፡ ካብቶም ኣብ ባሕሪታት ዝነብሩ ዝነበሩ 95%፡ ካብቶም ኣብ ንቑጽ መሬት ዝነብሩ ዝነበሩ ኣራዊታት ከኣ 70% ብሃንደበት ጸኒቶም። ‘እሞ ብኸመይ ድኣ ጸነቱ?’ ንዝብል ሕቶ ግን ኪንዮ ግምታዊ መልሲ ካብ ምሃብ ሓሊፎም ካልእ ብጭብጢታት ኣሰንዮም ዘቕርብዎ መርትዖታትኣይጸንሖምን። ሎሚ ግን ሓደ ጭቡጥ መርትዖ ረኺቦም ከምዘለዉ ይገልጹ ኣለዉ።

ዝበዝሑ ተመራመርቲ ክብልዎ ከምዝጸንሑ፡ እቶም ቅድሚ ሚልዮናት ዓመታት ኣብዛ ዓለም ይነብሩ ከምዝነበሩ ዝገልጽዎም ገዘፍትን ዝተፈላለየ ቅርጽን ባህርን ዝነበሮም ፍጡራት ሃንደበት ኣብ ከባቢኦም ብዝተፈጥረ ሰፊሕ ነትጒ እሳተ-ጎመራ እዮም ክጸንቱ ክኢሎም። እዚ ሎሚ ረኺበሞ ዘለዉ ጭብጥታት ከኣነዚ ኣበሃህላ’ዚ ዘረጋግጽ እዩ። ካብቶም ዝጸነቱ እንስሳታት ዝበ

ዝሑ ኣብ ልኡላዊ ግዝኣት ካናዳ ኣብ ዝርከብ ገለ ክፋል ኣርክቲክ ይነብሩ ነይሮም፣ ሎሚ ድማ ኣብቲ ቦታ ቅድሚ ሚልዮናት ዓመታት እምብዛ ሰፊሕ ነትጒ እሳተጎመራ ከምዝተኸስተ ዘመልክት ብናይ ከሰል ሓሞኽሽቲ ዝቖመ ቀጸላታት ብተመራመርቲ ካናዳ ንፈለማ ግዜ ተረኺቡ ኣሎ፣“ዘደንጹ ነገር ኢና ተዓዚብና። ኣብቲ ኣኻውሕ ዝረኣናዮ ናይ ከሰልቀጸላታት ልክዕ ከምቲ ኣብዚ እዋን ጸዓት ከሰል ካብ ዝጥቀማ ፋብሪካታት ዝተፍእ’ሞ ድሓር ናብ መሬት ተመሊሱ ብከላ ዘስዕብ ሓሞኹሽቲ እዩ ዝመስል።” ይብል ሓደ ካብቶም ነቲ ዳህሳስ ዘካየዱ ካናዳውያን ተመራመርቲ ፕሮፌሰር ስቴቨንግራስቢ። ኣስዒቡ ኣብቲ ከባቢታት ነትጒ እሳተጎመራ ክኽሰት ምስ ጀመረ፡ ምስቲ ኣብኡ ዝርከብ ትሕተ-ባይታኣዊ ከሰል ተወሃሂዱ ሓያል ዝኾነ ሃልሃልታ ሓዊን መርዛም ዒግታ ትኪን ከምዝፈጠረሞ፡ ብድሕሪ’ዚ ንሰፊሕ ማያዉን መሬታዉን ከባቢታት ዓለምና ከምዝበከለ፡ ከምሳዕቤኑ ከኣ እቶም ጥንታውያን ኣራዊታት ክጸንቱ ከምዝኻኣሉ ይሕብር። ብዘይካ’ዚ፡እቲ ዝተተፍአ ናይ ከሰል መርዛም ዒግታ ትኪን ሓዊን ንሙቐት ማያት ባሕርታትን መሬትን ብቕጽበት ናብ ልዕሊ ንቡር

ዝኾነ መጠን ኣዕሪጉ ክኸዉን ከምዝኽእል፣ ብልክዕ ከምኡ እንተነይሩ ከኣ ግድን ሕጽረት ኦክሲጂን ከኸትል ስለ ዘለዎ ካልእ ጠንቂ ምጽናት ናይዞም ኣራዊታት በዚ ምኽንያት’ውን ክኸዉን ከምዝኽእል እቲ ተመራማሪ የመልክት።

ብመሰረት’ቶም ተመራመርቲ፡ ኣርክቲክን ከባቢኡን ብእሳተጎመራዝተጎብአ እዩ ነይሩ። ብፍላይ ኣብ ሰሜናዊ ክፋል ራሻ ዝርከብ ‘ሳይበርያን ትራፕስ’ ተባሂሉ ዝጽዋዕ ከባቢ፡ ማእከል መመንጨዊ ናይቲ ሓያል እሳተጎመራ ከምዝነበረ ይሕበር። እቲ ከባቢ ኣብዚ እዋን ቱራ፡ ያኩትስክ፡ ኖሪሊስክን ኢርኩትስክን ዝባሃላ ዓበይቲ ከተማታት ተደኲነናሉ ዘለዋ ኮይኑ፡ ኣስታት ክልተ ሚልዮንትርብዒት ኪሎ-ሜተር (ካብ መላእ ኤውሮጳ ዝዓቢ ስፍሓት መሬት ምዃኑ’ዩ) ስፍሓት ድማ ይሽፍን።እዚ እሳተጎመራ ኣብ ዝነተጎሉ ከኣ፡ ካብኡ ዝተተፍአ ናይ ከሰል ሓሞኽሽቲ ክሳብ ኣርክቲክ ናይ ካናዳ ከምዝበጽሐ፡ ኣብኡ ድማ ሎሚ ኣሰሩ ብመልክዕ ቀጸላታት ከምዝርአ እቶም ተመራመርቲ የረድኡ።

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ጠንቂ ምጽናት ጥንታውያን ፍጡራት ዒግታ ትኪ ከይከውን ይሕመ

ሓንቲ ቋንቋ ፈረንሳ ትምህር መምህር ንተመሃሮኣ ብዛዕባ ኣስማት (nouns) ትምህሮም ኔራ። ቛንቋ ፈረንሳ ዘይከም ቛንቋ እንግሊዝ ንኣስማት ነገራት ብተባዕታይን ኣንስታይን ጾታ ፈላልዩ ሰዋሱ ብዝሓለወ መንገዲ ከምዝገልጾም ሓበረት። ነቲ መግለጺኣ ብዝያዳ ኣብነታት ንምርዳእ ድማ፡ ንኣብነት ‘ገዛ’ ብቋንቋ ፈረንሳ ኣንስታይ’ዩ፡ “la maison” ይበሃል። ‘ርሳስ’ ብቋንቋ ፈረንሳ ተባዕታይ’ዩ፡ “le crayon” ይበሃል ክትብል ገለጸት።

ሓደ በቲ ኣርእስቲ ዝተዋጠረ ተመሃራይ ኢዱ ሓፍ ኣ

ቢሉ፡ “መምህር፡ ኮምፒተርከ ጾታኣ እንታይ’ዩ? “ ክብል ሓተተ።

እታ መምህር መልሲ ናይታ ሕቶ ኣይትፈልጣን ኔራ። ኣብ መዝገበ ቃላት ናይ ፈረንሳ ኣይነበረትን። ስለዚ ነታ ክፍሊ ኣብ ክልተ ጉጅለታት መቒላ (ኣወዳት በይኖም ኣዋልድ ድማ በይነን) ጾታ ኮምፕዩተር እንታይ ምዃኑ ክውስኑ ሓተቶም።

ኣወዳት፡ ኮምፒተር “ኣንስተይቲ’ያ” ‘la computer’ ብምባል ነዚ ዝስዕብ ዝርዝ

ጥቕስታት“A friend is someone who understands your

past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.”

Unknownእቲ መልሲ ኣብ ልብኺ’ዩ ዘሎ። ብግቡእ እንተደኣ ሰሚዕኽዮ ድማ ወትሩ ንኽትሰምዕዮ ኣይክትጽገምን ኢ

ኺ።-- Elizabeth George Speare

ነቲ ዘይብልኪ እንተጠሚትኪ ንዘለኪ ከተጥፍኢ ትኽእሊ ኢኺ። ነቲ ዘለኪ እንተደኣ ክትርእዪ ክኢልኪ ግና

ብዙሕ ሃብቲ ክትውንኒ ኢኺ።-- Oprah Winfrey

“ኩሉ ግዜ ንዝኾነ ነገር ግዜ’ዩ ዝቕይሮ’ዩ” ዝበሃል። ንስኺ ግን ንግዜ ከይተጸበኺ ባዕልኺ ቀዪርዮ።

-- Andy Warholብርግጽ ህጻናት፡ ሓቀኛታት ስነ-ፍልጠኛታት’ዮም። ምኽንያቱ እቶም ኣብ ህይወትና ዓበይቲ ግድላት ክንፈትሓሎም እንኽእል፡ “እንታይ? ስለምንታይ? ብኸመይ?”

ዝብሉ ሕቶታት ብብዝሒ ስለዝጥቀሙሎም።-- Victoria Wagner

እንተዘይፈሪሕና፡ ሰንቢድና፡ ተጨኒቕናን ሓፊርናን ንእንረኽቦም ዕድላት ኣይንጥቀመሎምን ኣለና ማለት’ዩ፣

-- Julia Sorel

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እቲ ኣብ ለካቲትን ሰነን ዝወሃብ መባእታዊ ኣውራጃዊ ሪፖርት ካርድ 1ን 2ን፡ ውላድካ ኣብቲ ዘለዎ ደረጃ ክሳብ ክንደይ ክቐስሞ ዝግባእ ፍልጠት ሒዙ ነቲ ትጽቢት ከምዘማልአ ይነግረካ። ካብ 1-6 ክፍሊት ዘለዉ ተመሃሮ ብቕዓቶም ብፌደላት (A, B, C etc) ይግለጽ። ነቶም ካብ 7 – 8ይ ክፍሊ ዘለዉ ተመሃሮ ድማ ብቕዓቶም ብሚእታዊት ክግለጽ’ዩ። ነፍስ-ወከፍ ዓይነት-ትምህርቲ ክህልዋ ዝግባእ ቅቡል ነጥቢ ወይ ሚእታዊት ብመሰረት ካሪክለም መምርሒ ክወሃብ’ዩ።

ልክዕ ከምቲ መባእታዊ ግስጋሰ ሪፖርት ካርድ፡ ኣብቲ ኣውራጃዊ ካርድ ውን መማህራን ዝርዝራዊ ተወሳኺ ጸብጻብ ብምቕራብ ናይ ምምሃርን ምስራሕን ዓቕሚ ውላድካ ንጹር ገምጋም ክጽሕፍሉ’ዮም። ብተወሳኺ ሓያል ጎድንታት ውላድካ ብምሕባር ኣብቲ

ከማሓይሾ ዝግባእ ሸነኻት ክሕብሩኻ ኢዮም።

ቀንዲ መምዘኒ ናይ ምምሃር ዓቕሚን ናይ ስራሕ ልምድን ሽዱሽተ ኢየን። ህጻናት ኣብ ናይ ጽባሕ ዓለም ዕውታት ክኾኑ እንተኾይኖም፡ ሓቅታት ጥራሕ ዘይኮነ ክመሃሩ ዘለዎም፡ ነቓፊ ኣተሓሳስባን ሽግራት ምፍታሕን ክፈልጡ ክኽእሉ ኣለዎም። በዚ ምኽንያት’ዚ ኢዩ ከኣ እዚ ሓድሽ ሪፖርት፡ ኣብተን ሽዱሽተ ኣገደስቲ ናይ ምምሃር ክእልተታትን ናይ ስራሕ ልምድን ተመሃሮ ኦንታርዮ (ካብ 1 – 12) ዝያዳ ክጸቕጠለን ተደሪኹ ዘሎ። ንሳተን ከኣ፡1) ሓላፍነት2) ውዳበ3) ነጻ ስራሕ (ኣብ ካልእ ክይተጸጋዕካ)4) ምትሕብባር5) ተበግሶ6) ነብሰኻ ምቁጽጻር ኢዮም።እዚኦም ከኣ ‘ንኡድ’፡ ‘ጽቡቕ’፡ ‘ኣዕጋቢ’ ወይ ‘ምምሕያሽ ይደሊ’ሎ’ ብዝብሉ ሓረጋት ኣብቲ ናይ ሪፖርት ካርድ ክግለጹ’ዮም።

ስርዓተ ትምህርቲ . . .

ር ኣቕረቡ፡-1. ውሽጣዊ ኣተሓሳስባኣ ብዘይካ ፈጣሪኣ (ሰራሒኣ) ማንም ክርድኣ ስለዘይክእል፣2. ምስ ካልእ ኮምፒተር ንኽትረዳዳእ እተጥቀመሉ ቋንቋ ማንም ክፈልጦ ስለዘይክእል፣3, ወላ ደቀቕቲ ጌጋታት’ውን። ንዳሕራይ ተባሂሎም ኣብ ናይ ነዊሕ ዝኽረት ስለዝተሓዙ፣4, ክትውንና ኢልካ ቈሪጽካ ኣብ ዝትበገሰሉ እዋን፡ ፍርቂ እተውጸኦ ዋጋ ንተወሰኽቲ መሳርሒታታ ብምዃኑ፣

ኣዋልድ ድማ ኮምፕዩተር “ተባዕታይ’ዩ” ‘le com-puter’ ብምባል ነዚ ዝስዕብ ዝርዝር ምኽንያት ኣቕረባ፡-

1. ዝኾነ ነገር ክትሰርሕ ምስ እትደሊ ቅድም ክትውልዖ ስለዘለካ፣2. ዋላ’ኳ ብዙሕ ኣፍልጦን መረዳእታን እንተለዎም፡ ብገዛእ ርእሶም ክሰርሕዎ ኢሎም ክሓስቡ ዘይክእሉ ብምዃኖም፣3. ሽግርካ ኣብ ክንዲ ዘቃልሉልካ፡ ፍርቂ ናይቲ ዝኽሰት ሽግር ባዕላቶም ብምዃኖም፣4. ንሓደ ክትውንኖ ምስ ወሰንካ፡ ቅሩብ እንተተጸቢኻ ግና ካብኡ ዝበልጽ ሞዴል ክትረክብ ከምእትኽእል ስለዘረድኡኻ፣

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ጾታ ኮምፕዩተር. . .ካብ 6ይ ገጽ ዝቐጸለ

ለካቲት ታሪኽ ጸለምቲ ዝዝከረላ ወርሒ’ያ። መሰሎም ንምርግጋጽ ዘካየድዎ ቃልሲ: ታሪኾም ንምስናድ ዝገበርዎ ጻዕሪ፡ ማዕርነቶም ንምሕላውዘሰላሰልዎ ምንቅስቓስ ብተዘክሮ ዝግምገመላ ዕለት። ቀዳሞት ጀጋኑ መስዋእቲ ከፊሎም ዘረከቡና ክብሪ ጸለምቲ ዝሕሉ ኣዕኑድ ሕጊ ክንዕቅቦ ተዘኻኽር ወርሒ’ያ።እንተኾነ፡ ኣብዛ ወርሒ’ዚኣ ኣብ ሕሉፍ ዝተመዝገበ ጅግንነት ብተዘክሮ ምስልሳል ጥራሕ ዘይኮነ፡ ናይቶም መሰናኽል ሰጊሮም ዝያዳ ዓወት ክሓፍሱ ለይትን መዓልትን ኣብ መኸተ ዝርከቡ መንእሰያትና፡ ከምኡ’ውን ኣብ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ተሓይሮም ዘለዉ ኣባላት ማሕበረሰብና፡ ንጻባጸበላ ዕለት’ውን ክትከውን ኣለዋ።

ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት ኣብዚ ሰፊሕ ሕብረተሰብ ካናዳ ዘበርክትዎ ዘለዉ ንጥፈታት ኣዝዩ ዕዙዝ’ዩ። ሽግራት ጸለምቲ መንእሰያት ንምብዳህን ምጥባቕን፡ ኣብ ምምስራት ማሕበር ይነጥፉ። ናይ መሪሕነት ቦታ ሒዞም ኣብ ውዑይን ዝሑልን ጉዳያት ጸለምቲ መንእሰያት ይሳተፉ። ኣብ ናይ ጸለምቲ መንእሰያት ማሕበረኮም ብንጥፈት ይዋስኡ።

እንተኾነ ብኣንጻር’ዚኦም ብዙሓት ዕውታት፡ ብኣሉታዊ ተግባራቶም ዝስመዩ ውሑዳት መንእሰያት ኣለውና። ኣስታት 25 ኤርትራዊ መበቆል ዘለዎም መንእሰያት ኣብ ገበን ብምስታፎም፡ ኣብ ንግድ ሓሽሽ ብምትእትታዎም ኣብ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ይቕጽዑ ኣለዉ። ካብ 40 ክሳብ 60 ሚእታዊት ጸለምቲ መንእሰያት ናይ 2ይ ደረጃ ትምህርቶም ከይወድኡ የቋርጹ። ካብዚ ቁጽሪ ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት ብቀሊል ዝግመት ኣይኮነን። ካብ ቁጽጽር ወለዶም ወጺኦም፡ ኣንፈቶም ስሒቶም ናብ መንገዲ ጸላም ዝምርሹ ኣለዉ።

እዚ ብዝቐልጠፈ ክግታእ ዝግብኦ ሽግር’ዩ። ክሳብ ሕጂ ዓቕምና ኣወሃሂድና ኣይገጠምናዮን። ነቶም ዓቕምን ብልሕን ዘለዎም መንእሰያት ኣይተጠቕምናሎምን። ሕጂ ንጠቐመሎም። ድሮ ኣብቲ ሰፊሕ ሕብረተሰብ ካናዳ ንኡድ ኣበርክቶ ዝገብሩ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት፡ ኣብ ማሕበረሰብና ልዑል ተራ ክጻወቱ ቦታ እንተኣጣጢሕናሎም፡ ተኣምር ክሰርሑ ይኽእሉ’ዮም። ንሶም ብቀሊሉ ጸገማት መዛንኦም ስለዘለልዩ ንሕብረተሰብ ካናዳ ብዝግባእ ስለዝፈልጡ፡ ነዞም ኣብ ሽግር ዘለዉ መንእሰያት ኣብ ምሕጋዝ ንኡድ ተራ ክጻወቱ ይኽእሉ’ዮም። ነቶም ኣብ ቤት ትምህርቶም ዝተፈላለየ ብድሆ ዝገጥሞም ዘሎ መንእሰያት’ውን፡ ኣብ ምሕጋዞም ዝለዓለ ተራ ክጻወቱ ተኽእሎ ኣለዎም።

ስለዚ፡ ማሕበረሰብና ነዚ ሓያል ጎድኒ መንእሰያትና ኣስተብሂሉ፡ ንወርሒ ለካቲት ታሪኽ ጸለምቲ ምርኩስ ጌሩ ናይ መሪሕነት ስልጣን ንመንእሰያትና የረክቦም። ሽዑ ቅሉውላው ማሕበረሰብ ኤርትራውያን ካናዳውያን መፍትሒ ረኺቡ፡ ብቀዳሞት ጸለምቲ ዝተፈጸመ ጅግንነት ብመንእሰያትና ክድገም ክንርኢ ኢና። ስልጣን ንመንእሰያትና ንሃቦ! ዕድመ ንወርሒ ለካቲት ታሪኽ ጸለምቲ!

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ብዝያዳ መበቆሉ ንምፍላጥ ኣብ ታሕቲ ዘሎ ናይ ስድራቤት ሓረግ ሰንጠረጅ ተመልከቱ።

ክቡራት ኣሓትን ኣሕዋትን፡ ተስፋና ካባኹም’ዩ። ዝኾነ ብዛዕባ ኩነታቱ ትፈልጥዎ እንተለኩም ናብዚ ኣብ ታሕቲ ዘሎ ቁጽሪ-ስልኪ ብምድዋል ወይ ኢመይል ብምልኣኽ ክትሕብሩና ደጊምና ብትሕትና ንሓትት

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መዓር ‘ተሃብክዋ ትነኽሰኒዕረ ‘ተሃብክዋ ትልሕሰኒ

ልበይ ‘ንተቐበጻ ትመጸኒዓይነይ ተቐረባ ትርሕቀኒ

ኣስናነይ ተማዕዱ ተጸጊዓንብዓታ ተልምጽ ነነቢዓ

ዊንታኣ ጠፊኡኒ ዘሐጉሳዓይነት ይጸቕጠላ ክውድሳ

ሓቂ መሲልዋ ስሓቕ ሞይታኣነኸ ገብራይ ዶ ዝጻወታ

ነጸላይ ኣውሪደ ብፍሽኽታግራታ ክኾሎ ብውዕይታ

ወይዛ ዳንደ ዓይና ተዓሚታዓውዳ ረሲዓቶ ከምዘይናታ

ምድሪ ከይመሰየ ዓራርቦበትረይ ኣልዒለ ጎቦጎቦ

የርህዎ ኣምላኽ


ኩርናዕ ግጥሚ

ዝዋሮሽኮ እግራ ዝዋሮየ ቅጭን

ኣብ ዙረት ምዓልኪ ናይ ሰብኡት ሃድንከም ንህቢ ዕንዝራ

ከይትኾኒ ዓይኒ ስድራትም ኢልኪ ኮለል ዓስቢ ዘይብሉ

ቁምነገር ተዋሒዱኪ፡ መዓስ ከ ከተርክብሉ

ንብለኪ’ኮ ጠፊእና . . .ዓውደ-ኣዋርሕኪ ዘይፍለጥ፡ ተሓዋዊስና

ከም ሰይጣን ሓኹሪ ሓኹሪለይቱ ኮነ ቀትሪ

ዕረፍቲ ኣልቦ፡ ትም ኢልኪ ካብ ትዘሪገለ እንዶ ወስኒ

ብዓይኒ የብለይ ስኒ

ኣባጽሕ ዓደማትኪ ካብ ትሃድኒጁባታቶም ኣንኲልኪ ካብ ተማስኒ

ዝምእማእኪ ሒዝኪ፡ ምስ ሓደ ተቆረኒ‘ተዘይ ኮይኑ . . .

ዘይጎንፍኺ ከይትስከሚምንባርኪ ኣብቂዑ፡ ኣብ ምዛር ከይትቕ

ህሚ።

ዮናታን ዑቕበ

ሰማይውሽጣዊ ቃንዛ ዘይስዕሮ

ኣብ ዓቕሊ ዝነብር ብተስፋ ዝልለ

እቲ ሰፊሕ ጽላል

ኩሉ ግዜ ህዱእእንሓንሳእ ግን ይንድርግዲ በዚሕዋ ሽግር

ምልክት ነድሩ ይግዕርድምጺ ነጎዳ ይነጉድደሃይ ነድሩ ንክሰድድበርቂ ብርሃኑ ይመልሕዓልሊ ድበቱ እንከጉልሕስፍሓት ከርሱ ይገማጠልከም ጡጥ ይፈታተግብትንትን ይብል

ሽዑኣይሂ ንብዓቱ ምስዘነበ

ናይ ውሽጠ ውሽጡ ምስተሓልበህድእ ይብል ሞ ቅሩብ ይወጻሉ

በርሃውሃው ድማ ይብል ከምኣመሉ ከም ቀደሙሕሉፍ ጓሂኡ ጸገሙ

ኣብ ከብዱኣብ ዓቕሊ ርዒሙ

ብተስፋ ክጉዓዝ ኣብ ልቦና ክነብርናይ ጸገማት ጸገም

ኣብ ስፍሓት ዓቕሊ ክጸውርታዓዚበዮ

ስፍሓት ዓቕሉ ገሪሙንስሰማይ ኢኻ ኢለዮ!

ማይኮ ተኽለ

ከንቱነትሽምዓ

ብላዕልን ታሕትንክትነድድ ርኤያ

መናፊታ ተኸፊቱዘርባሕባሕ ክብል ንብዓታ

ዕምሪኣ ክሓጽርከይወድአት ፍቕዲ መዓልታ

ኣብ መንጎ

ሓደ በራሪ ጽንጽያብርሃን ረኺበ ኢሉዱብ ኢሉ ዓሊቡብዙሕ ኣይጸንሐን

ንቕብጸት ህሙኽ ኢሉ ሓሪሩ

ሻቡ ሽምዓ ንብዓት ነብሳ ጸንቂቓ

ኣብ ባይታ ልሕድድ ኢላ ተጠቂዓ

ለካስእታ ዘንደደታ ክርቢት

እውን ኣብ ሕቑፊ ሽምዓ’ያ ነይራገዛእ ነብሳ ኣሕሪራ

ኣብ ውሽጢ ከርሲ ሽምዓ’ያ ተቐቢራ።

ኪሮስ ዮውሃንስ

ኣነ መን’የኣመጻጽኣይ

ኣሽሓት ኪሎሜተራት ሰጊረንናብራይ ክኣሊ ማእሪረንህዝበይ ክኸውን ተማሂረ

እንተኾነ ምስ መጻእኩዘይተጸበኽዎ ጸኒሑኒባሕሪ ኮይኑ ውሒጡኒኣያ’ውን ስኢነ ዘርእየኒ

ያታን ባህልን ከምዘይብለይዋሕስ ከየግብእ ንመሰለይ

እንዳባ የለዉ . . ኩሉ ባዕለይኮይኑኒ . . . .

ጀመርኩ ስርሐይ ክምእርርንነብሰይ ባዕለይ ከማሓድር

ፍርቂ መዓልቲ ይሰርሕ ፍርቁ ይመሃር

ቅንይ ምስበልኩ’ሞእንተ ከብደይ ተዓንገለ

ሳንድውቺ ናይ ማክዶናል ገለመለእንተ ጽምዋ’ሞ ነይተኻእለ

ካብ ዓቕመይ ንላዕሊ ኮይኑኒለይታዊ ትልሂት ኣሎ ምስ በሉኒ

ኣእጋረይ ኣምራሕኩ ናብቲ ቦታንጽምዋይ ክገብረሉ መወዳእታ

ወጋሕ ከብላ ክሓድርፈጨው እናበልኩ ክጭድር

እናሳዕሳዕኩ ኣይ ኩዳ ኣይ ኣኹድር

ንጽባሒቱኣብ ባሕሪ ሓሳብ ይጥሕል

ዓቕለይ ይጸበኒመዋጽኦ ይጠፍኣኒጭንቀት ይሕዘኒ

ይጎዪ ናብ ቲምሆርቶንኣእምሮይ ከነቓቕሕ ብቡን

ኣብኡ ይረኽቦ ወዮ ሓወይፈጨው ክብል ዝሓደረ ከምዚከማይ

ንሕልናይ ኣቢለ ዕምጽጽከምዘይራኣኽዎ ስጉም ርግጽ

ኣቢለዮ ይሓልፍ ንሱ’ውን ቅጭጭ

ኣየ ነብሰይምስ ህንዳውያን ቻይናውያን ክሰርሕ ዘይጨ

ነቖንሓወይ ግን ሰላም ኣምላኽ እበቆ

ከስተንትን ጀመርኩ ብዛዕባ መንነተይስንክሳር ኮይኑኒ ኣንነተይ

ዜግነትካ እዚ’ዩ ኣይትበሉኒዜግነተይ ይፈልጥ’የእሞ ደኣ መን’የ

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end is higher than the front-end. For an FHA loan, the back-end ratio is 43%. For a conforming conventional loan, it is 45%.

This means if your car pay-ment is $300, and you pay $100 a month between two credit cards, your total month-ly recurring debt is $400. On the FHA loan payment above of $1,240 PITI, plus $400 recurring debt, your total is $1,640. The back-end ratio number is $1,720 ($4,000 x 43% = $1,720). Your total debt is less than $1,720, so you qualify.

For a conventional loan, $4,000 x 45% (back-end ra-tio), equals $1,800. The total debt of $400, plus your new mortgage payment of $1,320 for a conventional loan equals $1,720. Your total debt is less than $1,800, so you would qualify for a conventional loan.

Home Sales Price Affordabil-

ityWorking backward, now that you know how much of a mortgage payment you qualify to pay, you can figure out how that relates to a sales price. You will hear experts say to pay anywhere from two to six times your annual salary, but it is smarter to look at the amount of mortgage you can get for that monthly payment.

Your mortgage amount will depend on interest rates. In-terest rates fluctuate daily, sometimes hourly. For ex-ample, say you want to pay $1,000 per month PI. At 6% interest, on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, you can borrow $170,000, payable $1,019 per month.

At 7% interest, you can bor-row only $150,000, payable at $998 per month. In this example, you lose $20,000 of borrowing power when the rate jumps from 6% to 7%.

Down PaymentsDown payment amounts will depend on several factors. First, how much do you feel

comfortable putting down? I suggest that first-time home buyers keep a healthy reserve and not dump every single cent into a home.

•No Down PaymentIf you qualify for 100% fi-nancing, your down pay-ment will be zero. VA loans are available for veterans at no-money-down. Some first-time home buyers programs accept borrowers with limited funds for gift down payment programs, providing certain income limits are met. If you make too much money, you will not qualify.

•FHA Down PaymentsMinimum FHA down pay-ments are presently 3.5% of the sales price. To borrow $150,000, your sales price will be $155,440, and your down payment is $5,440. Legislation is pending to lower that percentage. Some first-time home buyer pro-grams, used in conjunction with FHA, help with the down payment.

•Conventional Loan Down PaymentsAny loan that is more than 80% of the sales price will involve PMI, private mort-gage insurance, which will increase your monthly mort-gage payment. Typical down payments are 5%, 10% or 15% of the sales price. If you plan to put down 5% of the sales price and borrow $150,000, your sales price will be $157,900 and your down payment $7,900.

•Closing CostsSometimes, sellers will pay some or all of the buyer’s closing costs. You can figure 2% to 3% of the sales price will equal your closing costs. On a sales price of $150,000, your closing costs could run $4,500, which is extra and on top of your down payment.

Your Payment Comfort Lev-elBefore you jump into home ownership, why not set aside the additional amount you would pay for a mortgage every month to see how you

How Much Home Can You Afford . . .do? For example, if your rent is $800 and you plan to pay $1,200 for a PITI payment, set aside $400 per month for three to six months.

In other words, pretend you are paying a mortgage pay-ment. If $1,200 a month doesn’t strap you for cash, you can probably afford to pay that much for a mortgage payment.

If you feel more comfort-able borrowing less than the amount shown your loan pre-approval letter, then do so. Don’t make the mistake of taking out a mortgage that will be a struggle for you to maintain. Do what feels right to you.

A dream home can usually wait. You probably don’t need to buy the most expen-sive home you are qualified to buy. Consider a starter home as your first home. Work first on building equity and security for yourself and your family.

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ካልእ ከም ወለዲ ብዛዕባ ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ደቅና ክንፈልጦ ዝግባእ ኣገዳሲ ነገር ኣሎ። ነፍስ-ወከፍ ቤት ትምህርቲ ወይ መምህር ግስጋሰ ህጻን ኣብ ትምህርቲ ገምጊሙ ኣብ ካርድ ብምስፋር ንወለዲ ክቕርብ ግዴታዊ’ዩ። ስለዚ ነቲ ናይ ሪፖርት ካርድ ተገዲስካ ብምንባብ ውላድካ ኣብ ትምህርቲ ከመይ ይስጉም ከምዘሎ በብግዚኡ ምክትታል ድማ ናይ ወለዲ ሓላፍነት’ዩ።

ሚኒስትሪ ትምህርቲ ካብ ግንቦት 2010 ጀሚሩ ሓድሽ መገምገሚ ጸብጻብ ተመሃሮ ኣውጺኡ። እዚ

ሓድሽ ፖሊሲ ንካብ 1ይ ክሳብ 12 ክፍሊ ዘለዉ ተመሃሮ፡ ትምህርታዊ ዕቤቶም ዝግምግም ወረቐት ሪፖርት ካርድ ኮይኑ ኣብቲ ናይ ዕቤት ዓወት (Grow-ing Success) ተባሂሉ ዝጽዋዕ ሰነድ ሰፊሩ ይርከብ። ካብዚ ዓመተ ትምህርቲ 2010-2011 ጀሚሩ ድማ መባእታን ካልኣይ ደረጃ ኣብያተ ትምህርትታትን ኦንታርዮ ናይ ሪፖርት ካርድ ናብ ገዛውቲ ተማሃሮ ክልእካ’የን። እዚ ሓድሽ ኣገባብ፡ ወለዲ ግስጋሰ ደቆም ብዝቐለለ ንምክትታል ስለዝሕግዝ ንኡድ ውጽኢት ክህልዎ ትጽቢት ይግበር።

መዓስ’ዩ እቲ ናይ ሪፖር

ት ካርድ ናብ ወለዲ ዝለኣኽ?ኩሎም ተመሃሮ ኣብያተ ትምህርትታት መባእታዊ ደረጃ ( ካብ 1ይ – 8ይ ክፍሊ) ሰለስተ ዓይነት ሪፖርት ካርድ ይቕበሉ። እቲ ቀዳማይ መባእታዊ ግስጋሰ ሪፖርት ካርድ ኮይኑ፡ እቶም ዝተረፍሩ ክልተ ድማ ካብ ኣውራጃ ዝለኣኹ 1ይን 2ይን ዝበሃሉ ሪፖርት ካርድ’ዮም። ኣብዘን ዝስዕባ ዕለታት ከኣ ናብ ወለዲ ይላኣኹ።

• መባእታዊ ግስጋሰ ሪፖርት ካርድ፡- ካብ 18 ሕዳር ክሳብ 20 ሕዳር 2010• መባእታዊ ኣውራ

ጃዊ ሪፖርት ካርድ 1 ፡- ካብ 11 ለካቲት ክሳብ 17 ለካቲት 2011• መባእታዊ ኣውራጃዊ ሪፖርት ካርድ 2 ፡- ካብ 28 ስነ ክሳብ 29 ሰነ 2011

እዞም ሰለስተ ጸብጻባት ብዛዕባ ግስጋሰ ደቅኻ ኣብ ትምህርቲ ንጹር መብርሂ ይህቡ።

እስከ እንታይ ዓይነት ሓበሬታ ሒዞም ከምዝመጽኡ ነዞም ካርድታት ሓደ ብሓደ ንርአ።

መባእታዊ ግስጋሰ ሪፖርት ካርድ ንመጀመርታ ግዜ ኣብዚ ዓመት’ዚ ዝተኣታተወ መገምገሚ’ዩ። እዚ

ካርድ’ዚ ውላድካ ኣብ ትምህርቲ ዘመዝገቦ ዝኾነ ዓይነት ነጥቢ ብፊደል ወይ ሚእታዊት ኣይገልጽን’ዩ። ሓፈሻዊ ግስጋሰ ተመሃራይ ዝገልጽ ሓበሬታ ጥራሕ ዝሓዘ’ዩ። ናይ ምምሃር ክእለት፡ ናይ ስራሕ ልምድን ካልእ ምዕባለታትን ዘርኣይዎ ግስጋሰ ኣብቲ ካርድ ይግለጽ። ኣብቲ ናይ ቁጽሪ፡ ቋንቋ፡ ስነ-ፍልጠት ዓይነት-ትምህርታት ድማ፡ ግስጋሰኦም ብድብድቡ ‘ብጣዕሚ ጽቡቕ’፡ ‘ጽቡቕ’ ወይ ‘ይጽገም’ ኣሎ ብዝብሉ ሓረጋት ይግለጽ። ብተዋሳኺ እቲ መምህር ንጹር ዝኾነ መብርሂ ኣብቲ ሪፖርት ብምጽሓፍ፡ ሓያልን ድኹምን ጎድንታት ውላ

ሪፖርት ካርድስ2ይ ክፋል

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ber that they are about more than intergovernmental squabbles. They’re about people. They’re about our newcomers, helping them succeed, helping them do what they’ve come here to do – build a better life for their fami-lies, and contribute to Ontario. It’s the same dream, the same cause, that has brought genera-tions of immigrants to our prov-ince for centuries. Building a better life… Before I got involved in politics, I was a family doctor. I practiced medicine in a little clinic on the Danforth here in Toronto. My patients were almost all ref-ugees or recent immigrants from the Horn of Africa. They came to see me for medical help, but as they told me about some of the challenges they faced, I saw the immense cour-age…, their feeling of hope. In the face of a frustrating sys-tem, in the face of difficult challenges, they kept that hope strong. They left their homes, ravaged by war and poverty, and they ar-rived in Canada with little more than hope. Every newcomer I’ve ever met – without exception – shares that sense of hope, that desire to con-tribute to Ontario’s future. And so, yes, we need newcom-ers because they are an essential part of our economic future. But more than that – their hope, their determination – they make us who we are. That has to be what motivates us as we move toward a new COIA. And it’s what motivates us to think that, together, we can build a stronger immigration system, and ultimately, a stronger Can-ada. Thank you

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BROKEN SYSTEM: FUND-ING The other parts of that immigra-tion mix – that balance – include people like family class immi-grants and refugees. As Ontarians, as Canadians, we value the contributions that all newcomers make, both socially and economically. But when the balance of new-comers means that Ontario is taking in more refugees, for ex-ample, or other immigrants not admitted on the basis of their human capital, it means that our newcomers might need a bit more help to get settled, and get back on their feet. They need service agencies de-livering programs that are effec-tive, and that are well-funded. Which brings us to the issue of Funding. You can imagine my dismay when I learned just before Christmas that the federal gov-ernment was cutting almost $44 million from settlement agen-cies in Ontario – with more than half of that cut in Toronto. In total, the cut is $53 million across the country, and 83 per-cent of that cut targets Ontario settlement agencies. But this is only the beginning. We’re expecting another cut of approximately $70 million next year – in Ontario alone. The way these cuts were made, including how the federal gov-ernment made their decision in the first place, underscores the need for a new agreement – one that gives our province a seat at the table – and treats us like a real partner. This, after all, was a decision taken unilaterally by the federal government, without consulting Ontario. It came as a surprise to the settle-ment agencies, many of whom were exceeding their targets set by CIC. And the devastating news was delivered in a form letter which the feds hadn’t even bothered to fill out properly. When I heard about the cuts, I called together a meeting, the next day, with nine of the agen-cies who were hardest hit.

They told me that they would have to lay off hundreds of staff, many of whom are newcomers themselves. And many of these agencies, like the Ethiopian Association and the South Asian Women’s Centre, have told us that they may have to close, leaving large areas of Toronto without settle-ment services close-to-home. It was devastating news. And it was a really discouraging and sad meeting. What made it worse was that I had very little I could offer them. Ontario is not treated as a full partner by the federal govern-ment, and the best I could do was promise them that I would fight on behalf of them and on behalf of the newcomers they serve… to reinstate their funding. And that I would work towards a system where this kind of thing wouldn’t happen, couldn’t hap-pen, again. In total, more than 30 Ontario organizations that deliver lan-guage training, employment and integration programs to newcomers are losing their CIC funding – with job losses ap-proaching 1,000 and more than 10,000 newcomers losing access to vital services. Whenever we get mired in policy memos – whenever we’re debat-ing dollar figures or governance structures – we’ve got to think about the people in that meeting, their committed staff, and their deserving clients. We need a new deal. And we have to get this right. These recent cuts, and the ones still to come, make it clear that the federal government is not the reliable partner they once were. The cuts come at the worst pos-sible time – when Ontario and Canada are coming out of a re-cession, a recession in which our newcomers were hit harder than any other group. Data shows us that the unem-ployment rate is 2.3 times high-er for recent immigrants than for the rest of the population. Now is not the time for cuts. Now is not the time to turn our backs.

My federal counterpart defends these unilateral cuts by pointing out the declining immigration numbers I mentioned earlier. He calls it a redistribution to other provinces where immi-gration is on the rise. He says that because Ontario’s landing numbers are going down, so too should its funding. But let’s be clear. This is not a redistribution. This is a cut, plain and simple. $44 million of that cut is in On-tario, and the rest affects the provinces of BC and Nova Sco-tia. And despite the fact that immi-gration is increasing nationally, CIC is taking $53 million out of programs to help our newcom-ers. That’s $53 million in services that help them get settled, maybe learn a new language, and find a job. Services that help them start their own businesses, creat-ing jobs in Ontario, and helping to build our future prosperity. This most recent cut comes on top of $207 million that the fed-eral government promised to spend in Ontario under the last COIA. I call it the federal gov-ernment’s $207 million dollar broken promise. $207 million dollars. And now, without any consultation with Ontario, they’re cutting more. $44 million in cuts this year, $207 million under-spent, and more cuts to come… That’s not a system that meets the needs of Ontario’s newcomers. It’s a system that hinders On-tario’s economic recovery, that hinders our ability to help our newcomers succeed. BROKEN SYSTEM: GOVER-NANCE But we keep going. At the pro-vincial level, the McGuinty Government has invested over $900 million in programs that help our newcomers succeed, that help them integrate into the workforce, and put their con-siderable skills, talent and ex-perience to work for Ontario’s economy. We run our own Newcomer Settlement Program which is

open to all newcomers including those left out by the federal pro-grams – refugee claimants and new Canadian citizens. Each year, this program helps over 80,000 newcomers get settled – helping them connect with community services, hous-ing, language training, and em-ployment. We provide Bridge Training Programs that have helped more than 40,000 newcomers find jobs in their field. These programs are recognized across the country as best prac-tices for labour market integra-tion. In other words – and I like it when I get to say this – On-tario is leading the way! These programs address labour market needs in more than 100 professions and trades – and they provide job-specific train-ing, experience and skills to bridge the professional and cul-tural gaps that skilled newcom-ers face. These programs are home-grown, developed right here in Ontario, in consultation with post-secondary institutions, em-ployers, and community agen-cies. Ontario’s programs are good, and they are efficient. Take our language training programs – where we provide 120,000 newcomers each year with ESL or FSL training. And in partnership with our school boards across the prov-ince, we deliver these language training programs at a signifi-cantly lower cost than the fed-eral government. It’s a clear-as-day example of where duplication in program-ming is not helping our new-comers, and it’s not helping tax-payers. Imagine two buildings side-by-side, both housing language training programs – except the first building is a federal pro-gram and the second building is a provincial program. In the federal building, the ESL program costs significantly more. Refugee claimants seek-ing language classes are turned away. So are Canadian citizens, people who may have been

born here or lived here, but who moved abroad and now they’ve come back to take some lan-guage classes so they can get a job and contribute to our econo-my, but they’re turned away. Next door in the provincial building, the ESL program costs much less, and we’re also teach-ing refugee claimants – some of our most vulnerable newcom-ers. And we’re giving Canadian citi-zens with ESL needs the chance to succeed in Ontario’s econo-my. We’re not in the business of turning people away. Now, how could we look at that system and not be motivated to work toward eliminating du-plication and inconsistencies across programs. But removing duplication and inconsistency is only one exam-ple of how we can improve the governance of our immigration system, and it’s an example of why we need a new agreement with the federal government that gives Ontario greater re-sponsibility for immigration and settlement. And that’s my third point – gov-ernance. With greater responsibility for Ontario, we can also dramati-cally improve the co-ordination across government of the ser-vices that newcomers need to succeed in Ontario. It’s the idea of one-window, one-stop service. Our newcomers would have bet-ter access to the services, for example, that might help them further their education, start a business, and create jobs for Ontario. With greater responsibility giv-en to Ontario, we can eliminate cumbersome bureaucratic lay-ers. For agencies and the clients they serve, we can take away some of that red tape. With a greater responsibility given to Ontario, our newcom-ers would be served by the level of government that is closest to them. In fact, this point is empha-sized by the Mowat Centre’s own research, which looked at governance of our immigration Please see page 17

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Good Morning and thank you, Matthew, for that kind introduc-tion. You’ve said a lot of nice things about me, and I could fill an en-tire speech with nice things to

say about the Mowat Centre, especially when we’re talking about COIA. It seems that whenever I’m dis-cussing a new Canada Ontario Immigration Agreement, Mat-thew Mendelsohn and the Mo-wat Centre somehow come up in the conversation. As many of you know, and some of you certainly remember, Mat-thew lent his considerable talent to the ministry’s COIA Summit last September, where he served as the day’s moderator – keep-ing our energy up and the ideas flowing. Likewise, the Mowat Centre has done impressive work that has certainly raised the level of dia-logue on federal-provincial is-sues especially as it to relates to

immigration and what Ontario’s role could look like as we move toward a new COIA. We have been well-served by the Mowat Centre’s research, and it is an honour and a privilege to speak here today.

It’s an honour because I know that this audience has a strong interest and considerable exper-tise in the subject before us. And it’s a privilege, because this conference gives me an oppor-tunity to once again recognize the important contributions that our immigrants make to our province and country, both for Ontario’s present and for our future. CONTRIBUTING TO NA-TIONAL OBJECTIVES I want to talk to you today about the idea of success – the success of our newcomers, and the en-during success of Ontario and Canada. The desire to help newcomers succeed is one that is held by all of our partners – from the poli-

cy-makers here in this room, to Governments, service agencies, and newcomers themselves. And it is a desire that is deeply Canadian. Throughout the history of our

province and our country, immi-gration has driven us forward. The skills and talents of our im-migrants – their hard work, and their drive – have built our econ-omy, and made us into a vibrant society. For centuries, millions of immi-grants have come to this country and this province looking for a better life. And while they enjoyed the benefits of life in Canada, their contributions have helped us be-come the country we are today. They found jobs. They worked hard. And they created jobs for others. They built a nation that is vi-brant, pluralistic, and open.

Dr. Eric Hoskins, Ontario’s Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, delivered the speech to open a conference at the Mo-wat Centre for Policy Innovation at the University of Toronto. The event was co-hosted by the Forum of Federations, and it focused on current immigration issues in Ontario. Please read below for the whole contents of his speech.

They came in search of a bet-ter life, and in the process, they helped make life better for all of us. And they attracted future generations of immigrants who took up that same cause. That’s what our country was built on. But, today, we must ask our-selves if our current immigra-tion system still fully reflects those values. We must ask ourselves whether our current immigration system best serves our country, our newcomers, and our future pros-perity. BROKEN SYSTEM: SELEC-TION In three distinct ways, there is significant room for improve-ment in our immigration sys-tem. These are Selection, Funding, and Governance. Let’s start with selection. In almost every speech I give – in every policy decision we make – there’s the important recognition that immigration is an economic imperative for On-tario.With a declining birthrate and an aging population here in Ontar-io, we will increasingly rely on immigration to meet the needs of our province’s job market. In fact, Statistics Canada has estimated that in the coming years, newcomers to Canada will account for virtually 100 percent of our net labour mar-ket growth. They are our future job-creators. In addition, Ontario’s eco-nomic reality is global, and we are competing in a knowledge-based economy. To stay competitive, we need to keep attracting and retaining highly skilled newcomers. But the federal government’s ap-proach to immigration, includ-ing their attempts to deal with the backlog of applicants, has seriously affected what I like to call the “balance” of immigrants arriving here in Ontario.

Last year 106,000 newcomers landed in our province. That number, as you know, is made up of different classes of mi-grants – like family class mi-grants, or migrants selected on the basis of their hu-man capital and the skills they bring to strengthen our econo-my. Now, I must admit – it’s true, as my federal counterpart likes to point out, that Ontario’s immi-gration numbers are decreasing. But, if you break that decrease down, you see that it was driv-en by a 53 percent reduction in the number of Federal Skilled Workers that CIC was selecting to live in Ontario. That’s a de-crease of approximately 48,000 highly skilled individuals. It means that only 16 percent of Ontario’s newcomers are being selected based on their human (or economic) capital – while in the rest of the country, that num-ber is close to 25 percent. But at the same time, the num-ber of family class immigrants was increasing, and the number of refugees was increasing. When you put it all together, On-tario suffered a disproportionate hit to the number of immigrants we receive based on their human capital, and their ability to make our economy stronger. Now, when I quoted the Statistics Canada study, it’s to illustrate the fact that, since we’re going to be relying on immigration to drive labour market growth, we have got to ensure that we get the “balance” right. We have got to ensure that the newcomers landing in Ontario have the skills and talents that will help Ontario grow. Currently that balance is decid-ed by the federal government, and Ontario needs a seat at the table. We cannot continue to allow the federal government to unilater-ally determine such an impor-tant part of Ontario’s economic recovery, and its economic fu-ture. We must have a seat at the table.

Dr. Eric Hoskins Speaks On Current Immigration Issues

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A man called to testify at the Inter-nal Revenue Service (IRS), asked his accountant for advice on what to wear.

“Wear your shabbiest clothing. Let him think you are a pauper,” the ac-countant replied.

Then he asked his lawyer the same question, but got the opposite ad-vice. “Do not let them intimidate you. Wear your most elegant suit and tie.”

Confused, the man went to his Priest, told him of the conflicting advice, and requested some resolu-tion of the dilemma. “Let me tell

you a story,” replied the Priest.

“A woman, about to be married, asked her mother what to wear on her wedding night. ‘Wear a heavy, long, flannel nightgown that goes right up to your neck.’ But when she asked her best friend, she got conflicting advice. Wear your most sexy negligee, with a V neck right down to your navel.”

The man protested: “What does all this have to do with my problem with the IRS?!”

“Simple”, replied the Priest...

“It doesn’t matter what you wear, you are going to get screwed!”

Doesn’t Matter

A big city London lawyer went duck hunting in rural Scotland. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer’s field on the other side of a fence.

As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked the lawyer what he was doing.

The lawyer responded, “I shot a duck and it fell into this field, and now I’m going to retrieve it.”

The old farmer replied. “This is my property, and your not coming over here.”

The indignant lawyer replied. “I’m one of the best trial lawyers in the UK, and if you don’t let me get that duck, I’ll sue you and take every-thing that you own.

The old farmer smiled and said, “Apparently, you don’t know how we do things in Scotland. We settle small disagreements like this, with the Scottish Three Kick Rule.”

The lawyer asked, “What is the Scottish Three Kick Rule?”

The farmer replied, “Well, first I

kick you three times and then you kick me three times, and so on, back and forth until someone gives up.”

The attorney quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old codger. He agreed to abide by the local custom.

The old farmer slowly gets down from the tractor and walked up to the city fella. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy work boot into the lawyer’s groin, which dropped him to his knees.

His second kick nearly ripped the nose off his face.

The lawyer was flat on his belly, when the farmer’s third kick to a kidney nearly causing him to give up, but didn’t.

The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and managed to get to his feet and said, “Okay, you old tosser, now it’s my turn.”

The old farmer smiled and said,

“Naw, I give up, You can keep the duck!”

Top Fool Lawyer Jokes

We mark February as Black History Month. We celebrate the struggles, achievements and contributions of Black Canadians who have paid a dear price for the rights and equality of Blacks throughout history. This is a remarkable month for us to guard the pillars of law crafted by brave Black Canadians.

Nevertheless, we are not limited only in remembering the heroic actions of the past, but we should also highlight the achievements of those who are working day and night to overcome racial challenges. This month, we should also evaluate the situation of members of our com-munity who are in jail.

Eritrean youth have been making tremendous contributions to Canadian society. They have established an organization called the Black Youth Coalition Against Violence to support and advocate for Black Canadian youth. Some of them play a crucial role in the leadership of Blacks. Their name is widely known in the blacks community.

On the other hand, we also have some who are known for their ugly work. There are about 25 Eritreans who have been jailed for being involved in criminal activities and drug deals. Forty to 60% of black youth never finish high school. There is a considerable number of Eritreans in that percentage. They go wild disobeying their parents and rebelling against the educational system.

To set our youth on the road for success in Canadian society, we should create a comfortable ground for them. The exemplary youth could recognize the challenges of their fellow youth and come up with concrete solutions. The former may even be able to restrict the mushroom-ing challenges of youth in high schools.

Therefore, our Eritrean community should recognize the crucial role of our exemplary youth and provide them with leadership roles. We should believe that the crisis in our community can be solved only by the leadership of our youth. Our talented youth can accomplish what former Black Canadians achieved. Thus, let’s hand over the role of leadership to our youth.

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On Black History Month Let’s Talk In Handing The Leadership Role

To Our Youth


By Bode OdetoyinboLLB (Hons), BL.

Once you have decided on the residential property you want to buy, but prior to the agreement becoming firm and binding, contact, a Lawyer licensed to prac-tice real estate law in your Province as soon as pos-sible. Do so before signing the Agreement of Purchase and Sale. Once signed, an Agreement of Purchase and Sale is a formal con-tract and you must ensure that your understanding is completely expressed

in the Agreement. Verbal agreements, representa-tions or promises are not worth the paper they are written on. Get it in writ-ing!

When buying a home, your lawyer will help you negotiate the Agreement of Purchase and Sale. It is essential that conditions relating to financing, home inspection, lawyer’s ap-proval and if the property is a condominium, approv-al of the condominium sta-tus certificate are included. A waiver must be signed as evidence that the con-ditions have either been complied with or waived; otherwise the Agreement becomes null and void.Your Lawyer will ensure that any other specific con-cerns are addressed in the Agreement of Purchase

and Sale, because if it’s not in writing, an agreement is not legally enforceable (in most circumstances). Once the conditions are met, your Lawyer will then search the title to en-sure that there are no liens, encumbrances (such as ex-isting mortgages) or other title problems.Your Lawyer will “quar-terback” the transaction for you and ensure that your deal and all supporting closing documentation are prepared and delivered in a timely fashion. You will meet with him/her usually a week before closing (or earlier if circumstances warrant) to review all of the closing documents and deliver the closing funds.The actual registration of the deed (called a “Trans-fer”) and the mortgage (called a “Charge”) is

done electronically. Your Lawyer, who is a licensed user of the Electronic Land Title Registration System, prepares and registers your interest in the property electronically. Once the deliveries have been com-pleted, your lawyer will then access the electronic database and register the Transfer (and Charge if ap-plicable). The actual reg-istration is almost instan-taneous, and once done, your lawyer will release the keys to you while the Seller’s Lawyer will pay the seller.Although registration is now electronic and the process itself is virtually instantaneous, the actual time it takes to close is dependent upon several factors. First, monies have to be received from your mortgage provider and banking has to be done on

the day of closing. Then the certified closing funds have to be sent by courier to the seller’s lawyer. Fi-nally both lawyers have to be available to access their computers to “close” the transaction.Typical timing for pick-ing up keys to your ideal home at your Lawyers of-fice is mid-afternoon. It could be as late as 5:00 p.m.as this is the time that the electronic system shuts down, or, if things go very well, as early as noon. But don’t count on your keys to schedule your movers or to have your appliances delivered, carpets cleaned, etc., until later in the day.

Bode Odetoyinbo is the founding partner of the Odetoyinbo Law Firm - www.lawyer4me.com 905-487-6333.

I HAVE FOUND MY IDEAL HOME...WHAT NEXT?

On November 2, 2009, the McGuinty government an-nounced a package of pro-posed reforms to the acci-dent benefit (no-fault) car insurance system in Ontar-io. The proposed changes are expected to be imple-mented by the summer of 2010.

The proposed changes will considerably reduce the standard benefits available to most people who have been injured in car acci-dents. Ontarians will still have the option of buying extra coverage when they purchase their car insur-ance.

While catastrophically in-jured car accident victims will be affected by the changes, car accident vic-tims who are deemed to be “non-catastrophic” will face the most notable re-ductions in benefits. Non-catastrophic car accident victims , in most cases, do not have access to fund-ing for case management, which means that they may well require more accident benefits advice and assis-tance from social work-ers, discharge planners and nurses in the period before they retain a lawyer.

Under the current leg-islation, there are often disputes about whether the car accident victims is “catastrophically im-paired”. The outcome of the disputes are important because of the signifi-cantly increased benefits available to catastrophi-cally injured car accident victims. The number of disputes may well increase as non-catastrophic ben-efits are reduced. While some “catastrophic impair-ments” are easy to identify (ie: quadriplegia), there are many that are not as easy (ie: someone who has sus-tained a 55% impairment

of their whole person). It should be noted that the proposed changes include an, as of yet undefined, amendment to the defini-tion of what “catastrophic” will mean.

While not all of the chang-es have been identified yet, some of the significant changes that have been announced for non-cata-strophic claimants are:

*Housekeeping Benefits: Eliminated completely*Caregiver Benefits: Elim-inated completely*Attendant Care Benefits: Cut in half to $36,000 maximum

*Interest rate penalty to insurers for failure to pay timely benefits: Cut in half*Medical/Rehabilitation/Assessment benefits: *Cut by more than half, leaving $50,000 for all medical/rehabilitation and assess-ment needs. *“Minor Injury” Medical/Rehabilitation/Assess-ment benefits: restricted to $3,500. It remains to be seen how “minor injuries” will be defined

The current system for car accident benefits pro-vides $100,000 for non-catastrophic medical and

Personal Injury News - New Changes to Benefits for Car Accident Victims

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By Xiyan Cao

For further info, please contact Dr. Cao at 416-733-7660

There are many kinds of arth-ralgias. The main symptoms of such disease are pain on joints, swelling with red col-

or and stiffness. It also causes a lot difficult on joint flexion and extension, limb tic and jerk, numbness and pains, and baryodynia. All these symptoms affect patients’ normal work and life and make them groan and agony for a long time.

Main symptoms and signs: Persistent arthralgia of the extremities aggravated by cold and relieved by warmth. If the pain is migratory and involves in more joints, it is mainly due to pathogenic

wind. If the pain is compara-tively aggravated and local-ized accompanied with a feeling of cold in the affected region, it is chiefly due to pathogenic cold; Numbness

or swelling, it is mainly due to pathogenic dampness.

Dr. Cao has been studying such diseases for more than 30 years with tens of research publications and has plentiful clinical experi-ences. After the treatment, your hands and feet will get warm, Qi and blood will be complemented, and the function of organism will also be increased. Most patients can have satis-factory effect in the first treat-ment. Signifi-cant effect can be obtained in 4 to 8 times treatment. Dr. Cao also teaches his patients some simple self-treatment techniques, free of charge. Most patients can be cured thoroughly.

How does it work? Acupunc-ture comes from the Oriental

belief that energy is re-sponsible for well being. In your body, this energy travels along 14 pathways or meridian lines connect-ed to specific organs and body functions. When the energy flow is blocked or thrown off balance, ill-ness results. By stimulat-ing points along these me-ridian lines, acupuncture removes the energy block and restores the balance and flow of energy along the pathways.

Example: Mr. Ostrikov had knee arthralgia with

red swelling and stiffness, ag-gravated by cold and relieved by warmth. He could not fall in asleep because of the

pain at night, and could not walk or look after himself for 10 years. He had been taking medi-cine and see-ing doctors for many years

without any significant ef-fect. After being treated by Dr. Cao for only one time, he did not feel pain on joint flex-ion and extension. After three treatments, he could walk 1 km. After twelve treatments,

he recovered completely and could play basketball, tennis without feeling any pain.

Joint Pain (Arthralgias)

self-serving issues of “Net Neu-trality” and “Net Throttling” to enlarge their profit margin and investment portfolios, and all in the absence of the unsuspecting public. To do it with the bless-ing of the CRTC is a betrayal of public interest and trust for which it was created.Essentially, what now on aver-age costs consumers $45-60 per month to connect, through the “Big 3”s distribution “pipes”, to the broadband as long as they wish, with UBB billing method Bell and the other “Big 3”will charge customers $1 to $2 per extra GB (Giga Bites) over and above the above monthly charge (which usually includes from 25-75 GBs depending on the company connecting you to the internet) to download up to 300 GBs of video downloads at an extra $60 per month. But many fear the $120 per month to ac-cess the free Internet is a shame-less profit for the “big 3” whose cost is hardly 2 cents per GB. The mainstream media, unfortu-nately, have only recently given little or no prominence to this issue because the extra cost will affect only a minority of heavy users of internet television video downloads in the main-stream consumer society ( such as us-ers of movies by NetFlix etc). Of course, the general public remains largely uninformed of an issue that, in the months and years to come, will heavily im-pact into their pockets. Ofcours, more than three hundred thou-

sand citizens have petitioned the federal government to reverse the CRTC decision.Why, then, this issue becomes of such great concern to the Ethnic Press and Media Council? Sim-ply, because it is the members of the ethno-cultural and third-language communities that will mostly negatively be affected by this outrageous decision by a Government Agency which presumably exists to protect the public interest and not the bot-tom-line of huge corporations.The main-stream consumer has the multi-media option to watch television or video programs at a reasonable and competitive monthly cost (either through Free-to-Air broadcasting, or traditional cable or satellite feeds) without depending on the broadband connection for television viewing. This is not the case with the ethno-cultural consumers. The few CRTC Ca-nadian ethnic television Licens-ees unfortunately, mainly due to large production and distribu-tion costs, offer low local qual-ity programming and limited choice of home-country tele-vision viewing at a very high monthly cost per channel, so that most of the ethno-cultural consumers download television through free websites or low subscription fees in the Internet. Therefore, the average video-download GBs needed for such viewing exceeds 160 GBs per month. UBB connection to the broad-band will cost hundreds of dol-lars per month, forcing our con-

sumers become hostage to the big corporations which, with the blessing of our Government, not only can charge us for use of their “pipes” to distribute to our homes the free Internet but also to charge per content which they do not own. In addition, the av-erage consumer-and especially in our immigrant communities- is not capable of checking how many GBs they are charged by the “oligopoly of the 3”.We ask of our Government to reverse the CRTC decision on UBB or in the alternative to force the “big 3” to cap ethnic web-television download costs to no more than $ 35.00 per month for both the connection fee and including 150 GBs per month. Such action not only will encourage investment in new media development, but it is ab-solutely vital to the preservation of our ethno-cultural heritage and well-being of our communi-ties.On behalf of the all the members of the Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada,The President, Tom Sarascc: - The Right Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Can-ada -The Hon. Tony Clement, Minister of Industry - The Hon. Moore James, Minister of Canadian Heritage and \official Languages - CRTC Chairman: Mr. K. von Finckenstein

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A BIG BLOW TO IMMIGRANT . . .


CBC: Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says Canada will do all it can to comply with the new Tunisian government’s request to extradite the brother-in-law of deposed dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.

Billionaire businessman Belhas-sen Trabelsi and his family ar-rived in Montreal last week on a private jet.

“He is not welcome. We are go-ing to find – in the context, ob-viously, of current legislation – ways to assure, as quickly as possible, that we might comply with the demand from the Tuni-sia government,” Cannon told reporters in Val d’Or, Que., on Friday.

Tunisia’s ambassador to Can-ada, Mouldi Sakri, said he had been instructed to ask that Canada issue an arrest warrant for Trabelsi.

Tunisian-Canadians in Mon-treal have been outraged by Trabelsi’s presence because he has been accused of steal-ing large amounts of money from Tunisia. They want his Canadian assets frozen by the government, and to see his ex-tradition to Tunisia.

It’s possible, however, that Tra-belsi could claim refugee status, which would give him the right to a hearing before the Immi-gration and Refugee Board of Canada. That could take many months.

Executing an arrest warrant for Trabelsi could put Canada in a difficult situation, said Montreal immigration lawyer Patrice Bru-net.

“Sending him back to Tunisia … may tarnish the reputation of Canada because he may be tor-tured, he may be even killed.”

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said that family members of Ben Ali are not welcome here.

Canada Keen To Extradite

Tunisian Billionaire

Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of Tunisia’s

former dictator,

Please see Egyptian page 25

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND ― Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced support for new development projects that will save the lives and improve the health of mothers and chil-dren in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Mozambique. “Canada was the catalyst in 2010 for the renewed global ef-fort to save the lives of mothers, children and newborns in de-veloping countries,” said Prime Minister Harper. “The support being announced today will help Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Mo-zambique address the urgent and long-term health needs of these vulnerable groups.” In Ethiopia, Canada will provide support to improve the nutrition and health of three million pregnant and nursing women and their chil-dren. In Mozambique, Canada will help strengthen the national health system to deliver health

services to mothers and children, provide lifesaving HIV treatment to 38,000 children, treat 94,000 pregnant women to prevent new HIV infections and immunize 2.8 million children under five against measles. In Bangladesh, Canadian funding will strength-en maternal and neonatal health services by purchasing essential drugs and equipment, recruiting and training health care profes-sionals — including 2,700 new skilled community birth at-tendants — upgrading existing treatment centres, and helping purchase enough oral polio vac-cine for 250,000 children annu-ally. The support announced today is part of Canada meeting the 5-year, $2.85-billion commit-ment that it made at the 2010 G-8 Summit under the Muskoka Initiative. Accountability is a key component of all the new

initiatives. The Prime Minister made the announcement at the close of the first meeting of the United Nations Commission on Infor-mation and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health, held today in Geneva. Prime Minister Harper and Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania, are the co-chairs of the Commis-sion. “Today, members of the Com-mission emerged from our first meeting united in our determina-tion to ensure that global fund-ing for maternal and children’s health in developing countries is spent where needed most and properly accounted for,” said Prime Minister Harper. “We all agree that success depends on simple and clear interventions that yield results.”

PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER ANNOUNCES NEW MA-TERNAL, NEWBORN AND CHILDREN HEALTH INITIATIVES

President Hosni Mubarak end his authoritarian rule and step down.

Even after sunset, the square remained thick with people, as many as 250,000, according to reports, with many of them chanting and beating drums. Many also held banners, flags and signs, including one read-ing, “Please let us choose our own president.”

The scene was noticeably peaceful, according to the CBC’s Susan Ormiston.

“Every inch of that square in mid-afternoon ... was covered in people” — in-cluding women, families and men of all ages, Orm-iston said. “And there was no violence.”

Earlier in the day, the CBC’s Margaret Evans

called the atmosphere in the square “very celebra-tory” and “like a big par-ty.”

“Some people do express a little puzzlement,” she said. “They say, ‘We don’t understand. This is unprec-edented. Look at all the people here in this square. Why hasn’t he left yet?’

“They’re determined to see the back of him, and they think they have the upper hand.”

In a recorded statement broadcast on Tuesday, Mubarak announced that he would not seek re-elec-tion in September, “ending my career for the sake of the nation.”

Speaking to CBC News from Tahrir Square, Nes-rine Abdallah, an Egyptian

Tens of thousands gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday for a peace-ful “march of a million people,” demanding for an eighth straight day that

Egyptians Unite In ‘March Of A Million’


rehabilitation needs, plus reasonable amounts for as-sessment costs requested by the car accident victim. It also allows injured per-sons to obtain “rebuttal re-ports” to reply to insurance company reports that they feel are unfair. Funding for rebuttal reports will be completely eliminated un-der the proposed changes.

Although $50,000 may be more than enough to satisfy the medical, rehabilitation and assessment needs of many car accident victims, there will likely be other cases where the available benefits are used up be-fore the patient’s needs are satisfied. Further, be-cause some patients are not deemed catastrophic until quite some time after the accident, there may well be car accident victims whose benefits expire before they reach the point where they can even meet the defini-tion of being catastrophic.

While catastrophically in-jured persons will continue to have access to one mil-lion dollars for medical and rehabilitation benefits, the cost of assessments will now be deducted from that amount.

The assessment funding changes are significant because of the cost of as-sessments, the long wait to obtain specialist appoint-ments through OHIP and the frequent need to reply to reports obtained by in-surance companies. There will have to be a calculated balance between the need for no-fault assessment funding and the need to fund treatment.

Non-catastrophic car ac-cident victims , especially those without a personal

injury lawyer, may need guidance from social work-ers, nurses and discharge planners about what type of assessments are vital and may also need other advice about how best to meet their treatment needs while conserving their medical and rehabilitation benefit limits.

If a car accident victim has a viable lawsuit against the persons who caused the car accident, the assess-ments could potentially be funded by the claimant’s personal injury lawyer and claimed for in the lawsuit, freeing up the full no-fault medical and rehabilitation limits for treatment.

The proposed changes will place increased im-portance on the availabil-ity of a lawsuit against the people who caused the car accident. If a car accident victim needs exceed the available no-fault benefits, car accident victims can, in many circumstances, still pursue compensation as part of a lawsuit against the people who caused the car accident. However, car accident victims will have to wait until the successful completion of a lawsuit to get the money necessary to pay for their treatment or assistance with tasks of daily living. This may lead to an increased num-ber of car accident victims who undergo treatment, or receive assistance, on the promise to pay for it upon settlement or resolution of their lawsuit.

Source :www.zvulony.com/

Personal Injury News . . .

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Egyptians Unite . . .

From page 24

Harper Government com-mitted to creating new jobs and economic growth by opening markets for Ca-nadian farmers and busi-nesses RABAT, MOROCCO – Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Prime Min-ister of Morocco, Abbas El Fassi, today announced the two countries will be-gin negotiations towards a free trade agreement. The announcement was made during a working visit to Morocco by Prime Min-ister Harper. The Prime Minister was joined by Peter Van Loan, Minister

of International Trade, and Gerry Ritz, Minister of Ag-riculture. “The economy remains our Government’s number one priority,” said Prime Min-ister Harper. “A free trade agreement with Morocco would be Canada’s first with a country on the Af-rican continent, and is an-other example of how our Government is pushing to create jobs and economic growth through trade liber-alization.” Canada and Morocco al-ready enjoy a dynamic re-lationship with close cul-

tural and linguistic ties. A Canada-Morocco free trade agreement would not only enhance the existing relationship, but would open new markets, encour-age economic growth and create jobs while helping our farmers and businesses compete globally. Canadian businesses have identified Morocco as a pri-ority market for a free trade agreement. The Harper Government will continue to engage all stakeholders to ensure that their inter-ests and concerns are taken into account during the ne-gotiations.

PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF TRADE NE-

GOTIATIONS WITH MOROCCO

protester, said that’s not good enough.

“Me and the people want him to step down now. Not tomorrow, not the day af-ter. Not next year and not the next election. We want him out now,” she said.

The Egyptian military, which has pledged not to fire on the protesters, has set up checkpoints around the square to dissuade would-be trouble makers. Rows of armed soldiers lined a road leading from the square to some govern-ment buildings.

Generally, however, the soldiers appeared “cor-dial,” Evans said. In some cases, soldiers sat relaxed-ly on tanks, chatting with protesters.

As the crowds gathered on Tuesday morning, plain-clothes officers circulated among them, handing out written warnings that “those who break the law will be dealt with harshly.”

Citizens also frisked peo-ple coming into the square to ensure they were not carrying weapons.

Protesters camp out over-nightThe Associated Press re-ported that roads and pub-lic transportation to Cairo had been shut down ahead of the planned march. Train services nationwide were suspended for a second day and all bus services be-tween cities were halted.

Roads in and out of the cities of Alexandria, Suez, Masnoura and Fayoum

were also closed.

Protesters also gathered in at least five other cities across Egypt.

Several thousand people camped out overnight in Tahrir Square, also known as Liberation Square, sleeping on a grass traffic circle and the pavement in the massive plaza.

The planned protest comes as military spokesman Is-mail Etman said the mili-tary “has not and will not use force against the pub-lic,” and underlined that “the freedom of peaceful expression is guaranteed for everyone.”

Etman added that protest-ers should not commit “any act that destabilizes security of the country” or damage property.


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.By John F. Molinaro

Major League Soccer’s Ca-nadian content rule is still intact, although it has un-dergone a major modifica-tion.

MLS announced Friday that Toronto FC and the expan-sion Vancouver Whitecaps will be required to have a minimum of three Canadian domestic players on their rosters for the upcoming season. Players with the le-gal right to work in Canada will be considered Canadian domestic players.

Last season, Toronto FC was required to have at least eight Canadian players.

Both Toronto and Vancou-ver already have three Ca-nadians on their current ros-ters. The three-player rule could also be applied to the Montreal Impact when they join MLS in 2012.

“The thought process was that we would start with three this year and then look at it at the end of [the 2011 season] and consider possible increases to that number,” said MLS execu-tive vice-president Todd Durbin.

Last year, officials from both TFC and the White-caps made public statements about the Canadian quota being eliminated. MLS com-missioner Don Garber then revealed he was involved in talks with the Canadian Soc-cer Association, the sport’s governing body in Canada, about making changes to the league’s Canadian quota.

The reduction of the quota from eight to three players appears to be a compro-mise between MLS and the CSA.

Opponents of the quota have said the Canadian player pool isn’t deep enough to sustain it, especially with two more teams from Can-ada on the way. MLS main-tained it was trying to bal-ance that with the concerns of the CSA, which wants to provide as many opportuni-ties as it can for Canadian players.

CBC Sports soccer com-mentator Jason de Vos, a former captain of Cana-da’s national team, doesn’t think the Canadian quota helps Canadian players who would otherwise be over-looked.

“That argument may have some merit, and while there may be some exceptions, I do not believe that there is

an abundance of profession-al-calibre players in Canada who have slipped through the cracks,” de Vos wrote in a recent blog for CBCS-ports.ca.

Toronto FC defender Nana Attakora offers a differing view.

At 21 years old, Attakora has blossomed into one of Canadian soccer’s bright-est prospects since making his professional debut as a member of TFC in 2008, a year after he first signed with the club. The Toronto native believes the Canadi-an quota has opened doors for young Canadian players that would otherwise not be given an opportunity — himself included.

“100 per cent, I benefited from it. No doubt about it,” Attakora recently told CBC-Sports.ca.

Attakora added: “Looking back, I wasn’t a major play-

Major League Soccer maintains Canadian quota

er a few years ago. If I was being honest with myself, I probably was only there to make up the Canadian numbers. Because of that, I was able to train with the team and develop, and get to where I am today.”

Also on Friday, the league announced the Houston Dynamo would play in the Eastern Conference this season, thus making room for the expansion Portland

Timbers and Vancouver.

With the Timbers and Whitecaps joining the Western Conference, each conference will have nine teams. The 18-team league will have a balanced sched-ule in 2011, with each team playing each other twice.

The regular season kicks off on March 15 when the Los Angeles Galaxy visits the Seattle Sounders.source: CBC

Nana Attakora and Mike Stobe

Special task forceMajor League Soccer and the Canadian Soccer Associa-tion announced Friday that a joint task force committee has been formed to study the professional development side of the game in Canada.

In a press release, the CSA said the task force’s mandate is to provide players in Canada, regardless of citizenship, the best possible environment and opportunities.

“We are committed to improving the professional stan-dards of our sport in this country,” said CSA general secretary Peter Montopoli. “We want to create the best possible environment for our players and teams to be successful in MLS and at the international level with our national teams.”


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