Ottawa’s invite to courier business party must be in the mail

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By all accounts, it was an extraordinary soirée.

Gathered at Ottawa’s tony Rideau Club for a private dinner were more than a dozen top executives of FedEx Corp., virtually the entire front office of Canada Post Corp., along with three federal cabinet ministers – Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, John Baird, now Government House Leader, and Rob Merrifield, Minister of State for Transport.

FedEx chief executive Fred Smith sat next to Mr. Flaherty, and the pair apparently huddled at length as they dined.

And more than six months later, that’s pretty much all we know about the event. Maybe Mr. Flaherty and Mr. Smith gabbed about the Washington Redskins, of which Mr. Smith is part-owner, or his dabbling in movie-financing (The Blind Side).

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/barrie-mckenna/ottawas-invite-to-courier-business-party-must-be-in-the-mail/article1788981/

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1. The march to privatization continues apace...

and doing so under cover of course. When are Canadians going to wake up I wonder.

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2. Doesn't Seem

Like we will. Logic is not necessary now nor attempted.

http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/20101106/SAG0904/311069980/feds-dropped-the-ball-with-income-trust-decision

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3. An excellent letter by Mr. Kolomyjec and not his first...

I have enjoyed reading others of his. A voice of sanity, sadly still one of a small minority these days. Premier Wall has it right, indeed.