National Day of Action:

National Day of Action:





The CBC has a good section on their website that covers in depth, some of the issues that have led to today's National Day of Action.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/aboriginals/index.html

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Darryl

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Native protest peaceful, but more action could follow

Mark Brennae, CanWest News Service
Published: Friday, June 29, 2007
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OTTAWA — A national day of action may have stopped some trains and traffic in eastern Ontario and western Quebec, but whether natives influenced Canadians enough to galvanize their cause is another question.

“Any news is good news,” said James Dempsey, a professor at the faculty of native studies at the University of Alberta. “You’re still getting some publicity ... especially since the vast majority of Canadians aren’t knowledgeable about native issues.”

With the exception of several cancelled trains and a few thousand inconvenienced motorists, Friday’s national day of action by the Assembly of First Nations was more one of inaction.

Natives forced the closure of a handful of highways — including the crucial Ontario Highway 401, connecting Montreal to Toronto — an assortment of railway lines and a major Montreal bridge, but it was not the major long-weekend headache it could have been.

“We’ve fulfilled what we said we would do,” said Shawn Brant of the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, after announcing the agreement to open Highway 401. “We felt that we’d taken the three targets that we identified.” He warned the affair was a “good trial run,” leaving open the possibility of future 401 closures.

Whether Brant would lead any such protests was under question Friday afternoon after Ontario Provincial Police issued an arrest warrant for him.

Brant said he hadn’t decided how or when he will turn himself into the OPP when the blockade ends, saying he is currently under a number of bail orders and wanted to see his family before a likely trip to jail.

But, he told Global News he expected to be arrested by the end of the day.

Elsewhere, a small protest made its way to the Alberta legislature in Edmonton, while a few dozen demonstrators lined the sides of the Trans-Canada Highway at the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border.

At Queen’s Park in Toronto, aboriginal leaders attending a peaceful protest of about 400 people reacted harshly to Conservative Leader John Tory’s insistence that the rule of law should apply to aboriginal protesters who commit illegal acts whether their cause is just or not.

“Even before this was a country you call Canada, we had our own great laws. So he can’t be saying that one rule of law applies to all because we’re different and we have the right to be different,” said Doreen Silversmith, who is among the Six Nations protesters now occupying lands in Caledonia, Ont. that were once slated for a housing development.

Thousands marched in peaceful protests in Ottawa and in Vancouver while in Windsor, Ont., First Nations protesters say they didn’t barricade highways to get their point across because the support they receive makes it unnecessary.

But that doesn’t mean they didn’t support the tactics of Mohawks who blocked highways and rail lines to draw attention to their anger over land claims, poverty and other grievances against the federal government.

In Ottawa, meanwhile, the federal government said the day was a good one for peaceful protest.

“I_think with the exception of what we experienced with illegal blockades in eastern Ontario, I think it has been a good day,” said Minister of Indian Affairs Jim Prentice. “It’s been a good day for democracy and for the articulation of a peaceful point of view by First Nations Canadians.”

The protest began as native groups closed four lanes of Ontario’s Highway 401 Thursday night slowing traffic until noon Friday, while in Montreal —_in a scene reminiscent of the 1990 Oka standoff — about 150 Mohawk protesters from the Kahnawake reserve forced the closure of the Mercier Bridge to the city’s South Shore for over an hour — at one point, stringing a banner over Highway 138 leading to the bridge, which read: “Canadian government still practising genocide upon native people with fraudulent self-government policy.”

Via Rail indefinitely stopped all rail operations on its Montreal-Toronto corridor because of a blockade on the tracks at Marysville, Ont., near Belleville.

The cancellations meant about 25 freight trains and 22 VIA Rail trains did not move on CN tracks Friday, though VIA had already cancelled passenger service for the day on the Montreal-Toronto route and arranged buses to transport more than 400 stranded passengers.

The cancellation affected 5,000 passengers in total.

When asked whether the peaceful tact was the natives’ best gambit Dempsey, the native studies professor, said: “Politically speaking, yes of course it is. ... But I bet if you ask those people on the 401, they would just want to know why they couldn’t get through.”

Former prime minister Paul Martin, speaking on the Akwesasne Reserve applauded native groups and their leaders for not straying too far from the law.

“I believe that the aboriginal leadership in the country took a very strong position that there should be no illegal activity,” said Martin. “Despite some isolated incidents, that leadership was followed today.”

For days leading to the national day of protest, Assembly of First Nations Chief Phil Fontaine urged native groups to remain calm to and to hold only peaceful protests.

And for the most part, it would appear, his words were heard.

Opposition Leader Stephane Dion, who accompanied Fontaine to an Ottawa rally vowed to honour the spirit of the Kelowna Accord, a promise from the pre-election Liberal government to make native education, land claims and health issues a federal priority.

It was former prime minister Paul Martin who championed the bill, currently before the Senate.

“What’s required if we are going to deal with these issues is more than money ... its a coming-together,” said Martin, reached in his car, following an appearance at the Akwesasne Reserve, near Montreal.

Meanwhile, native protests are expected to continue on Canada Day in British Columbia where a group of Fraser River first nations plans to defy Ottawa’s no-fishing edict aimed at protecting the prized early Stuart sockeye run.

Members of three bands — Cheam, Chawathil and Seabird Island are expected to be met by federal fisheries officers if the fishery goes ahead Sunday.

With files from National Post, Winnipeg Free Press and Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun
© CanWest News Service 2007

For a nuclear-free world - By UK FOREIGN SECRETARY MARGARET BECKETT

For a nuclear-free world

By UK FOREIGN SECRETARY MARGARET BECKETT

Today the nuclear non-proliferation regime is under pressure. We have already seen the emergence of a mixture of further declared and undeclared nuclear powers. And now, two countries - Iran and North Korea, both signatories of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty - remain in open defiance of the international community.

British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett
Photo: AP

Each of them raises the serious prospect of proliferation across their region. Terrorists have declared their willingness to use nuclear material. And we have to make sure that countries can generate electricity from nuclear fuel, while strengthening the safeguards that will stop nuclear materials or nuclear know-how falling into the wrong hands.

Those are serious challenges but there is no reason to believe that we cannot rise to them. Despite the recent log-jam, the basic non-proliferation consensus is and has been remarkably resilient. The vast majority of states have not developed nuclear weapons. Far fewer states than was once feared have acquired and retained them. The recognized nuclear weapons states themselves have made significant reductions in their nuclear arsenals.

But, as I argued on Monday at a major international conference in Washington, if we want results on nonproliferation, we will need to show much more ambition and action on nuclear disarmament. Those who currently have nuclear weapons have to be serious - and seen to be serious - about a world free of nuclear weapons. The majority of countries - those whose support is vital to the international consensus on non-proliferation - want and expect those states to do more to fulfill our obligations under the NPT. If we do not, potential proliferators will try to use our disagreements to their advantage. And that need to reinvigorate our collective commitment is just as crucial at the regional level. The international community's clear commitment to regional zones free of nuclear weapons, including in the Middle East, is a vital supporting pillar of the non-proliferation regime.

NUCLEAR WEAPONS states should certainly be much more open about the disarmament steps they have already taken: the vast cuts in warheads, some 40,000 made by the US and Russia since the end of the Cold War, as well as the cuts that France and the UK have made to our much smaller stocks. But this is not a problem of perception only. The sense of stagnation is real enough. There is a dangerous absence of debate at the highest levels on disarmament and a collective inability thus far to come up with a clear, forward plan.

We need both vision - a scenario for a world free of nuclear weapons - and action - progressive steps to reduce warhead numbers and to limit the role of nuclear weapons in security policy.

History has shown us how bold vision can lead to bold action. Would William Wilberforce, for example, have achieved half as much if he had set out to "regulate" or "reduce" the slave trade rather than abolish it? I doubt it. So too with nuclear weapons. Believing that the eventual abolition of nuclear weapons is possible can act as a spur for action on disarmament. Believing, at whatever level, that it is not, is the surest path to inaction.

TAKING ACTION does not mean setting an unrealistic timetable for the abolition of nuclear weapons. That would require much more than disarmament diplomacy - it would require a much more secure and predictable global political context. Such a context does not exist today. Indeed it is why the UK recently took the decision to retain our ability to have an independent nuclear deterrent beyond the 2020s.

But acknowledging that the conditions for abolition do not exist now does not mean resigning ourselves to the idea that we will never reach that point. Nor does it prevent us from taking steps to reduce the number of nuclear weapons and to start thinking about how to get rid of them completely. The UK, for example, has announced a further 20 per cent cut to the number of our operationally available warheads. And we have said that if the conditions were right we would get rid of the rest of them.

Globally we will need three steps. Each on its own is a positive move and each gets us further in the direction of a world free of nuclear weapons. First further reductions in warhead numbers, particularly in the world's biggest arsenals.

There are still over 20,000 warheads in the world. Almost no-one - politician, military strategist or scientist - thinks that warheads in those numbers are still necessary to guarantee international security. Second pressing on with the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and with the Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty.

Both limit the ability of states party to develop new weapons and to expand their nuclear capabilities. Third looking again at how we manage global transparency and global verification - constructing a framework that will give people the confidence to make deeper cuts in their arsenals and, one day, to give up their nuclear capability for good.

I HAVE said that I want the UK to be a "disarmament laboratory." That means new thinking. So, for example, we will participate in an in-depth study by the International Institute for Strategic Studies on the requirements for the eventual elimination of all nuclear weapons. And we will back that up with practical work. We will concentrate on the complex but pivotal challenge of creating a robust, trusted and effective system of verification that does not give away national security or proliferation sensitive information.

Mine is a generation that has always lived under the shadow of the bomb. But there is a danger in familiarity with something so terrible. If we allow our efforts on disarmament to slacken, if we allow ourselves to take the non-proliferation consensus for granted, the nuclear shadow that hangs over us all will lengthen and it will deepen. It may, one day, blot out the light for good. We cannot allow that to happen.

The writer is British foreign secretary.

Iraq for Sale: War Profiteers Trailer

Iraq for Sale: War Profiteers Trailer

King Fest Mustic Festival this Friday!

York Region’s Premier Outdoor Music Festival

June 22, 23 & 24, 2007

Kingfest is poised to become one of Ontario’s major 3-day outdoor music festivals and tourist attractions. Featuring the best in rock, blues, roots, country and pop, Kingfest will entertain all ages with non-stop music all weekend in the most serene outdoor setting. Seneca College, King Campus is situated on 700 acres of the Oak Ridges Moraine. This former estate of Lady Eaton is encased by forest, natural green space and a pristine lake, with beautiful park-like ambiance.

Avoid lineups...get your tickets now!

KINGFEST ENTERTAINMENT ATTRACTIONS

• Four sensational stages – Stroll from stage to stage all day long to hear many of Canada’s top musicians perform! The main stage goes into full swing after
  6 p.m.
• Full Artisan Village – Over 30 juried vendors including makers of jewellery, fine art, musical instruments, iron art and much more!
• Supervised Children’s Activity Area (free) – Seneca Day Camp staff are on-hand to create plenty of fun for kids! Kite making activities and children performer celebrities too (Al Simmons of Sesame Street & Sho Mo & The Monkey Bunch).
• Beer Tent – Come by to hear more music on the beer tent stage all day Saturday & Sunday!
• Great Food – There will be plenty of food on-site, from Indian to organic to great Canadian fare!
• Attractive on-site accommodation
  
  

GATES OPEN

Friday: 5pm - 11pm
The Friday night lineup begins with The Salads at 6:15pm
Saturday & Sunday: 10am – 11pm

WHAT TO BRING

Sunscreen, bug repellant, blanket, rain poncho (in case of rain);

No camping or pets are permitted on-site

Kingfest is a member of the Ontario Council of
Folk Festivals and Festivals & Events, Ontario.

KINGFEST 2007 PERFORMERS

Sloan The Trews Joel Plaskett Emergency The Jim Cuddy Band Prairie Oyster Bruce Cockburn Sarah Harmer Al Simmons Ariana Gillis DALA Justin Rutledge Katherine Wheatley Kieran Kane & Lucas Kane Lynn Miles Mike Stevens & Raymond McLain Nancy Dutra Ndidi Onokwulu with Madagascar Slim Oh Susanna Pat Robitaille Sho, Mo & The Monkey Bunch Susan Werner The Salads Wendell Ferguson

Dani Strong David Hein Glenn Marais Grainne Ryan Jack D James McKenty & The Spades Japhy Ryder Joel Krivy Jon Brooks Lou Moore & Friends Poor Tom Rick Robichauld Sarah Burton Turn Off The Stars Voyce

The 2007 G8 Summit

8 June 2007

HEILIGENDAMM, GERMANY

At the conclusion today of his meetings with G8 and other leaders, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that Canada had met its objectives for the Summit.

The Prime Minister hailed as a major accomplishment the achievement of a G8 consensus on the way forward in addressing the challenge of climate change. The G8 emphasized the importance of engaging all major emitters of greenhouse gases in discussions to tackle climate change, including their commitment to participate in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in December 2007 in Bali, Indonesia, with a view to achieving a comprehensive agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol when it expires in 2012.

“At Heiligendamm, the G8 explicitly recognized that climate change is a global problem that requires a global response, and that we share a long-term vision on the need to accelerate our action to achieve deep reductions of greenhouse gas emissions,” said the Prime Minister. “I am particularly pleased to see that the other G8 Leaders recognized Canada’s plan to reduce emissions by 60 to 70% by 2050 over 2006 levels, as set out in our new domestic plan of action on climate change.”

Prime Minister Harper congratulated German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her leadership in successfully managing an ambitious Summit agenda. In particular, he saluted the Chair’s initiative to reach out to Brazil, China, Mexico, South Africa and India through the Heiligendamm Process, which will provide a structured dialogue between the G8 and these key emerging economies, on global economic challenges which require cooperation and common solutions.

Reflecting the priority that Canada attaches to its participation in the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Harper led discussions with his colleagues on this topic. Leaders agreed that the lives of Afghans are improving, but that continued engagement from the G8 and the wider global community is needed to fulfill the commitments made to the people and the Government of Afghanistan by both the United Nations (UN) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to help them rebuild their country and their lives after years of oppression and violence. Leaders also agreed to work together on a comprehensive economic strategy for development in the Afghan/Pakistan border region. In addition, the G8 Chair’s Summary welcomed the launch of the European Police Mission EUPOL in Afghanistan to help strengthen the Afghan National Police, and Canada’s decision to contribute significant resources to this initiative.

During separate bilateral meetings with Brazilian President Lula, Chinese President Hu, Russian President Putin and South African President Mbeki, the Prime Minister talked about his approach to Leaders’ discussions on both climate change and Afghanistan as well as economic and foreign policy issues of interest. Leaders of a number of African countries also joined G8 members to discuss progress on priorities for the G8-Africa partnership.

Other highlights of the Summit outcomes include:

Leaders expressed deep concern about the tragic humanitarian crisis in Sudan and urged the Government of Sudan and rebel groups to engage in a political peace process, provide safe and unhindered humanitarian access to those affected by the crisis and accept fully the United Nations/African Union hybrid peacekeeping force.

G8 Leaders recommitted to the G8-Africa partnership, noting that while much more remains to be done, progress is being made on the priorities outlined in the New Partnership for Africa’s Development. The G8 agreed to focus their assistance on those countries that make a political commitment to good governance, democracy and socio-economic development. The G8 Leaders reaffirmed their commitments on international assistance to Africa, and emphasized the need to address priorities central to Africa’s future: strengthening good governance and institutional capacities; fostering investment and sustainable growth; promoting peace and security; and improving health systems and fighting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

Leaders took the opportunity of their annual statement on non-proliferation to reaffirm their common resolve to counter proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). G8 members underlined their commitment to international efforts in this area, particularly in the face of challenges from countries such as Iran and North Korea. The statement calls on all States to abide by international non-proliferation treaties and signals the G8’s willingness to help countries that require assistance to meet treaty obligations.

In highlighting ongoing efforts to combat terrorism, Leaders emphasized the importance of compliance with international law and human rights and stressed the protection of freedom of expression and religion as an important balance to cooperative action again terrorism.

G8 Leaders agreed to promote a consolidated set of internationally recognized Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) guidelines and principles for extractive sector industry (mining, oil and gas) that will help clarify expectations of investors in developing countries.

Canadian Commitment to Heiligendamm Outcomes

Prime Minister Harper highlighted Canada’s contributions to the key outcomes of the Heiligendamm Summit.

On climate change, Canada recently announced a domestic plan of action which will put this country on track for absolute greenhouse gas reductions of 20% by 2020. Canada’s plan will result in a 60 to 70% reduction of 2006 emissions by 2050, a long-term goal that is consistent with the European Union’s proposal for a global target for reductions of 50% by 2050 over 1990 levels and also Japan’s recent policy statement. Budget 2007 invested $4.5 billion in clean air and water, greenhouse gas reduction, climate change action and environmental protection.

With respect to Afghanistan, Canada announced in Budget 2007 that it would spend an additional $200 million on reconstruction and development, focusing on new opportunities for women, stronger governance, improved security and the fight against illicit drugs. This brings total Canadian assistance in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2011 to $1.2 billion. To support the development of reliable Afghan policing, judicial and correctional systems that respect the rule of law and human rights, Canada is using some of these funds to build a police and justice sector In-Service Training Facility (ISTF) to fill the gap between basic police training and senior leadership development at a national level. Construction of this Kandahar-based facility is planned to begin in late 2007 and will take approximately 18 months. Once built, it will have capacity for up to 200 Afghan police to learn advanced policing techniques ranging from basic forensics and appropriate treatment of evidence. The European Union will participate in the ISTF by providing police trainers and mentors. In return, Canada has agreed to deploy at least 22 police officers to the European Union Policing Mission (EUPOL) in Afghanistan in Kabul and with the regional command in Kandahar.

Canada will continue to work with G8 and African partners to make progress in fighting HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria, and building African capacity to address peace and security challenges, and to support African-led initiatives on economic development and governance reform. Canada is on track to meet its commitment made at the Gleneagles G8 Summit in 2005 to double its international assistance from 2001 to 2010, with assistance to Africa doubling from 2003-04 to 2008-09. Accordingly, Canada’s international assistance to Africa will double from $1.05 billion in 2003-04 to $2.1 billion in 2008-09. Since February 2006, Canada has made significant Africa-specific commitments, including:

- $450 million between 2006-2016 to support country-led efforts to strengthen health systems and improve health outcomes in Africa;

- An increase from $100 million to $150 million in annual funding for basic education in Africa;

- $230 million to support an Advanced Market Commitments project to develop a vaccine for pneumococcal disease;

- $250 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), $150 million of which will be focused on Africa;

- $45 million to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, $22.5 million of which will be focused on Africa.

In Sudan, Canadian humanitarian, peacebuilding and peace support operations assistance aimed at bringing an end to the conflict has totalled more than $393 million since 2004. Of this, $238 million is in support to the African Union Peacekeeping Mission (AMIS) for helicopters and fuel, making Canada the fourth largest donor to AMIS.

Canada has recently completed a nation-wide consultation process involving stakeholders with the Canadian extractive sector (mining, oil and gas) in developing countries. Implementation of the recommendations from this process will place Canada among the most active G8 countries in advancing international guidelines and principles on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in this sector.

Canada has taken a lead role in the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, launched in 2002. With its commitment of up to $1 billion over 10 years and its success in project implementation, Canada is, with the United States, the best performer under this G8 initiative.

UK Academics Boycotting Israel

UK Academics Boycotting Israel:

I think this campaign is a fair and reasonable response to the UK Academics decision to boycott Israel.

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Darryl

Movie: The Israel Lobby

Movie: The Israel Lobby



For many years now the American foreign policy has been characterized by the strong tie between the United States and Israel. Does the United States in fact keep Israel on its feet? And how long will it continue to do so? In March 2006 the American political scientists John Mearsheimer (University of Chicago) and Steve Walt (Harvard) published the controversial article 'The Israel Lobby and US foreign policy'. In it they state that it is not, or no longer, expedient for the US to support and protect present-day Israel. The documentary sheds light on both parties involved in the discussion: those who wish to maintain the strong tie between the US and Israel, and those who were critical of it and not infrequently became 'victims' of the lobby. The question arises to what extend the pro-Israel lobby ultimately determines the military and political importance of Israel itself. Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson (Colin Powell's former chief-of-staff) explains how the lobby's influence affects the decision-making structure in the White House.
With political scientist John Mearsheimer, neocon Richard Perle, lobby organization AIPAC, televangelist John Hagee, historian Tony Judt, Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth, colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Democrat Earl Hilliard, Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy and investigative journalist Michael Massing.

Research: William de Bruijn
Director: Marije Meerman

For more information visit http://www.vpro.nl/programma/tegenlic...
Added: May 31, 2007

How Reform changed our system

How Reform changed our system

Reform sought to be both a movement for change and a political party at the same time

PRESTON MANNING

June 1, 2007

It was 20 years ago this weekend that the Reform Party of Canada was born at a modest convention in Vancouver.

In the beginning, it had only a handful of members, no seats in Parliament and no influence in national affairs. Ten years later, it had 130,000 members, formed the official opposition in Parliament with 60 seats, and significantly altered the national agenda on such issues as budget balancing, tax relief and the federal government's position on Quebec secession.

Today, its successor, the Conservative Party of Canada, holds the largest number of seats in the House of Commons and Reform's first policy chief, Stephen Harper, is Prime Minister.

Is there anything instructive or inspirational in the Reform story for Canadians and the politicians of today? Several things come to mind.

When it comes to democracy, Reform proved it is still possible in Canada for a small group of people with limited resources to take the tools democracy gives to us all - freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom to vote and influence the votes of others - and use them to alter the national political agenda.

Whether you agreed or disagreed with the changes Reform sought is not the point. If you belong to a group that is seeking to change the national agenda, you should take inspiration from the Reform experience that change can still be accomplished through grassroots political organization and action.

The rapid growth of Reform in the West and the Bloc Québécois in Quebec during the 1990s also demonstrated that the third-party tradition in both these pivotal regions of the country is alive and well.

This tradition is as broad and deep in these two regions of the country - which, between them, fill over half the seats in Parliament - as is the old Liberal-Conservative tradition in Atlantic Canada and Ontario. The ability of any governing federal party in Canada to recognize and accommodate the forces and aspirations that generated these movements in Quebec and the West can be the key to long-term political success or failure. And the willingness of new political movements, such as the Greens, to learn from the successes and mistakes of their third-party predecessors can also spell the difference between success and failure.

Reform sought to be both a movement for change and a political party at the same time, an idea worth contemplating.

The job of a political movement is to move public thinking and opinion. Reform, the movement, for example, sought to move public opinion from that of tolerating deficit spending toward supporting balanced budgets.

The primary job of modern political parties (regrettably, in my view) is simply to run and win election campaigns. To do so, they generally seek to accommodate public opinion as it exists, rather than attempt to change it. And they have little or no resources left over from campaigning to devote to the development of their intellectual capital or human resources. My insistence that Reform attempt to be both a movement and a political party at the same time no doubt constrained our progress on the partisan political front. Reform, the movement, tended to be more successful than Reform, the party.

So what's all this mean for the new Conservative Party?

A few weeks ago, I sat in on a fascinating conversation between two friends who were discussing the future of the Conservatives.

One expressed the view that the Harper government is not pursuing a genuine conservative agenda rigorously enough. The second defended the Harper government by arguing that a minority conservative government must, if it's to win a majority, target the "median voter." And targeting the median voter in Canada, under present circumstances, will tend to pull the party away from its conservative roots and values.

The conclusion that best reconciles these two positions is this: It is the job of a conservative party - in a minority situation, with a leader who (contrary to the common perception) tends to be more cautious and pragmatic than ideological - to target and win the support of the median voter. And it is the job of the conservative movement - the think tanks, public intellectuals, interest groups, and communications vehicles - to move that median voter onto more conservative ground.

In the 21st century, finding the right division between movement and party - something Reformers wrestled with for 10 years - will be a key determinant of political success.

Preston Manning is currently a senior fellow of the Fraser Institute and the president and CEO of the Manning Centre for Building Democracy.

PRESTON MANNING

Founder and only leader

of the Reform Party of Canada

Outfoxed Trailer

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About Outfoxed

"Outfoxed" examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news. This film provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public's right to know.

The film explores Murdoch's burgeoning kingdom and the impact on society when a broad swath of media is controlled by one person.

Media experts, including Jeff Cohen (FAIR) Bob McChesney (Free Press), Chellie Pingree (Common Cause), Jeff Chester (Center for Digital Democracy) and David Brock (Media Matters) provide context and guidance for the story of Fox News and its effect on society.

This documentary also reveals the secrets of Former Fox news producers, reporters, bookers and writers who expose what it's like to work for Fox News. These former Fox employees talk about how they were forced to push a "right-wing" point of view or risk their jobs. Some have even chosen to remain anonymous in order to protect their current livelihoods. As one employee said "There's no sense of integrity as far as having a line that can't be crossed."