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CANADA QUIETLY EMERGES AS THE WORLD'S NEWEST TAX HAVEN Patrik Laine carries the puck past the Sharks’ Patrick Marleau during the first period in Winnipeg on Tuesday. BACK Patrik Laine plays first game since concussion diagno: "Start a Career in Digital Marketing! Earn a Social Media Coordinator diploma on campus or online through Flex-Ed in only 9 months! metroLIFE ;/Low-11°C Chance of flurries © @ Growth fees spark lawsuit courts Developers argue city lacks power to enact ‘indirect tax’ nipeg It's official, Developers in Winnipeg have launched a legal challenge against the city’s growth fees plan. On Tuesday, the Manitoba Home Builders’ Association and Urban De- velopment Institute announced they filed a notice of application at Mani toba’s Court of Queen's Bench that morning, requesting the new impact fee bylaw be reviewed by a judge. They are asking the court to render the bylaw invalid on the grounds that the city does not have legal authority under the City of Winnipeg Charter to implement the new fees without provincial assent The pair of development groups also want a ruling that crates the bylaw is an “indirect tax" on homebuyers and is discriminatory since it only applies to some, not all, new homes. ‘lidity of the impact is been in question since * association president Mike Moore said in a statement. The application adds there is no correlation between the revenue from A first court appearance has been set for Feb. 21 Mayor Brian Bowman said the legal challenge comes as no sury both groups announced m ‘planned on taking the cit “We feel our position is strong," he told reporters on Tuesday, reiterating that he wants to get the court proceed ings over with as quickly as possible. ‘Bowman maintains the charges are regulatory fees, not taxes, and the city is well within its authority. Last October, ity council voted 106 in favour of charging the new fees on home builders after weeks of hearing forceful opposition by the development community. 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Cantor couldn't say exactly “Wewant to address safe hunt- scott Phillips “Even a few years ago most how much time drivers will be ing here in the province in Mani- toba, and also sustainability of of our intersections would go able to shave of their morning into flash when the rain was and evening commutes thanks ‘our big game population,” Cox on an angle. We've come a _to the new system, said, adding a date had not been long way.” 3 will be able to access set for the meeting Non-Indigenous hunters are not allowed to hunt at night. Indigenous hunters are allowed but Now all 650 of the city’s sig- information about what's hap- Asked whether a ban on In- are subject to safety restrictions. me cwwoinn Press nal intersections will be con- pening on our roads through digenous night hunting is on trolled and monitored through Waze, Google’s community. the table, Cox did not answer said the tension is leading toa _ “Allegations that Indigen- ous people are also hunting at | one central system. driven traffic app, which the directly, race war us people are responsible for night, and more enforcement | Staff will also havea bird's city entered into a dateshar ‘We want to have good, fuk “Young Indigenous guys go- declining moose populations _ is needed. eye view of what's happen- ing agreement with back in some discussions and we want ing out and shooting a bunch will be made, when in fact far They applauded the province | ing on the roads through 70 November: to include al parties, ndI think of moose ‘cause they can, ‘cause more moose are killed by sport for recent moves to add more | new cameras installed at busy The data collected by the that by working together and they say it's their right, doesn’t hunters,” Sen. Murray Sinclair conservation officers to the area. | intersections around the city. traffic management centre will gaining consensus .. we willen- make any sense to me,” he said wrote on social media Tuesday. But they also maintain theirend | Ford said the cameras can be shared across other city sure that we have safe hunting ina speech in Virden. “This isa He called Pallister’s comments goal is a province where night | zoom up to three kilometres departments, including with conditions for Manitobans well poor practice. Adumb practice “inflammatory bunting is outlawed for all away from where they are the Winnipeg Police Service, into the future: It should stop. Scott Phillips, reeve of the _'TheManitoba Wildlife ders | mounted and have the ability Cantor said. Non-Indigenous hunters are “Sowhat are wedoing?We're rural municipality of Sifton, tion has called on Manitoba to | to shake off snow. Mayor Brian Bowman said not allowed to hunt at night. organizing to bring Indigenous pointed to events in recent follow Saskatchewan'sleadand | _ From now on when a traf protocols need to be developed Indigenous hunters are allowed peopletogetherand sy the sme months in which livestock have ban night hunting for everyone | fic signal breaks, the centre to ensure peoples’ privacy is supported bya Supreme Court thing] just said toyou, ‘causeit's been shot at night and found in certain populated areas. In- | will be notified immediately protected in order for that of Canada ruling — subject to becomingarace warandIdon't injured by farmers the nextday. digenous groups agreed after | through its connected system _information-sharing to take safety restrictions. ‘want that last fall, an Indigenous hunter the province got the support of | so it will be fixed faster than place. Cantor said the centre The issue flared up last week ‘The comments were roundly died inanight-hunting accident. elders, the federation said. having to wait for a resident will be staffed from Monday to when Premier Brian Pallister criticized by Indigenous leaders. The reeves said nomIndigen- me cwwowurness to call the city. Friday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Borrow up to $5,000. For big changes. We can help. Winnipeg's unseasonably warm weather has closed the Red River Mutual Trail and the skating rink at The Forks. onaeoen onesie Ro Winter temps above normal WEATHER Change Canada meteorologist started off similarly warm and a -very cold” start to January month cold snap the average pacific air” ver the mountains ic shi John Paul Cragg said overallthe only balanced out to“near nor which brought Winnipeggers for January 2017 is-14 Across Alberta, Saskatchewan Drastic pnts temperture stndinghigher mak with temperature drop backtoreiiyandtiae door clinbing and Manitoba, tw than normal, but with some inthe latter halfof the month, skating facilities at last, right “Its only goingto gethigher “There is often quite abit of Caused Dy CWO Hither noable significant and “Itwasanaverage December before tings heated up lowly swe move fraugh ths month,” uctuation in winter months colliding air differentfromnormal “fluctua- in theend," he explained, noting until“temperatures stayed above Cragg said, pointing to more Winnipeg... you often see the tions.” however that it was abnormal zero for 67- hours straight” be milddays ahead. Temperatures big shits in temperature from masses: Expert 82 sia useasonably warm jue potentially bumping back up one week to the next because oF spells ike the record-setting There is often quite a bit of Close to zero again for daytime those two air masses” he sid, stretch that made slushy mess Bab ral bh Fi ighs early next week, before “But for this month the warm ofthe cy over the weekend are fluctuation in winter months in Potentially dropping down to up has been particularly long just one example. Winnipeg. John Paul crags uch cooler temperatures... and persistent First off, 2016 wrapped up near the beginningof february” “Thats the difference” with the warmest Novemberon on the precipitation front as it tween Jan. 20 and 22, settinga _Craggexplained the ups and _Early February weather mod- Winnipeg's weather this winter record, and an abovezero aver. wound upbeing oneofthesnow- January record for above zero downs are caused by two dom- els are calling for “colder than hhas been about as hot and cold age temperature kept things like _iest Decembers ever, with nearly temps in Winnipeg. inant air masses that infiltrate average to average” highs and asthe Jets, and that's really say- the Red River Mutual Trailfom 69 centimetres of white stuff Cragg said temperatures in the prairies, one blasts cold air lows, which Cragg said would ing something, freezing early on. falling practically all at once. January normallyaverage around “unimpeded from the Arctic” add up to “an overall winter Environment and Climate Then, Cragg said, December ‘That strangeness preceded -16.4 C, but despite the early and the other streams “warm that's closer to average.” Your Plasma Donation is Neran Bl PROMETIC ‘DONATE PLASMA, PLASMA RESOURCES INC (204) 275-4630 SAVE LIVES j 137 Innovation Drive Located in SmartPark near the University of Manitoba Fort Garry Campus Donors will be compensated for their time associated with making a donation —NVLLLAG &—— ORTHODONTICS Start the New Year with Ma $< invisalign: Invisalign is a clear orthodontic solution for adults looking to straighten their teeth without braces. Book a complimentary consultation today. villageorthowinnipeg.ca 1190 Taylor Avenue | 204-813-8097 4) Winnipeg | metre NEWS | Student wins $10K for recycling idea ENVIRONMENT facility so they “thr E-waste plan Our solution w ‘wows at Game profit organization that would handle the marketing and Changer event awareness campaign in the City of Winnipeg foran e-waste Biaeden collection event that would preed happen over a weekend every year,” Shouman explained. She said it would be like how bags of raked leaves or Christmas trees get collected, it could just become an easy ‘annual chore rather than a special trip with Team Loop's plan. The fulltime students aren't sure if they have the means to tum it into a citywide reality just yet, but recycling centres ‘and other organizations have been calling since they won Game Changer. “We're still discussing how we can make this materialize, Shouman said. “We were talk- ing about maybe just starting this on campus (at U of M) and see how it works, then take that plan and maybe gradually ‘grow it to cover more residen- al areas, Metro] Winnipeg Most residents in Manitoba have some kind of e-waste stockpiled at home, know it can be recycled, yet are unlikely to do something with it That problem was recently confronted by a team of students who won an annual big idea competition called Game Changer with their plan for an annual recycling event, Haneen Shouman, one of the University of Manitoba students on Team Loop— which ‘won $10,000 for their ewaste solution — said their goal was to “make the problem of e- waste less significant.” In their prep-work, Team Loop's research found approxi- Cellphones could be picked up ‘29s part ofan annual collection. mately 50 per cent of Mani- tobans have e-waste in their homes, about 38 per cent of it is audio-video equipment, 62 per cent is old cellphones, and between 45 and 48 per cent is old computer equipment. 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President Don- Trudeau said: “In both the conversations I've had with President Trump now keystone XL came up as a topic and i reiterated by ald Trump. support forthe project.” ‘The Keystone XL pipeline is “*Fve been on the record alive —maybe. for many years supporting it ‘Trump revived hopes forthe because it mean’s economic dormant project Tuesday. He growth and good jobs for signed an executive order that Albertans” could build the Alberta-to-Texas Pipeline, the subject of a multi year saga that castalongshadow ready to move forward” ‘bilateral relations. ‘The company issued a state- He signed several executiveor. ment several hours later con- ders related to infastructureand firming it would reapply: “We construction, with the highest- are currently preparing the ap- profileone involving the pipeline plication and intend to do so.” ‘But it remains far froma done deal, There's ongoing uncertainty ‘on multiple fronts — some are anticipated legal and political fights, and others are less pre- dictable wrinkles introduced ‘Tuesday by the president himself ‘The White House said its executive orders insist on two things: a better Keystone deal for US. taxpayers, and pipes made from US. steel, which could be problematic given that the parts for Keystone were already pur ‘chased, and they include mostly foreign steel “We're going to renegotiate some of the terms,” Trump said, ashe signed the presidential order. THE CANADIAN AES that, if completed, would carry more than onefifth of the oil (Canada exports to the US. ‘The order invites pipeline maker TransCanada Corp. to resubmit an application for a permit. It also encourages US. federal regulatory agencies to respond the opposite way the ‘Obama administration did: fi vourably, and quickly, within 60 days. “(t) directs agencies to ap- prove it without delay." Trump spokesman Sean Spicer said Tues- day. “There's an energy revolu- tion that's gonna happen in this ‘country. In spite of the bureat- ‘cratic and political barriers that have happened in the past, we're Tiny women’s march leaves its mark When Gwen Wilson and Melissa Menritt decided at the last minute to organize their own women's match, they were prepared to be the only ones trudging down the sole road in their rural Nova Scotia village on a grey, drizzly Saturday. The two women who live on the Digby Neck peninsula both wanted to participate in one of the marches to support women's rights, but would have had to tzavel almost three hours to get to the closest one in Halifax. Marchers in Sandy Cove, N.S. riecanavian ness So less than 24 hours before millions of people took to the streets around the world, they “We were ecstatic and were like, ‘Oh my gosh, there's another truck coming in! Wilson issued a call to the 65 year exclaimed Tuesday. round residents in Sandy Cove What'smore, Wilson says they and others in villages that dot _ have been overwhelmed by the the peninsula to join them for response to an eight-second video their own march, expecting they posted on their Facebook site that might bealone in theiractivism. shows the 15 marchers laughing ‘When they assembled at the and ringing bells as they walk spot—aschoolin Sandy along an empty road that cuts, Cove that has 22 students — _ through the fishing community. they were stunned to see about The video has become an Inter- adozen other women, two men net darling, gamering more than and a few children ready to go. 150,000 views. ric canaDian Manitoba Hydro — your energy expert Unplug devices, turn on savings Every electronic device has two price tags The one you see in the store, and the one you see every month on your electricity bill In. typical home, those televisions, computers. phones and other gadgets consume one-fifth ofall energy used ‘As your range or variety of devices grows, the energy you use may be increasing more than you realize. 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Superhero him foran interview Tuesday. "Real Estate Superhero” and Brett's website depicts the realtor faces But it's not his Captain Van- to stop using a ted and yellow realtor in a blue 18th century ' couver persona,namedafterthe shield symbol, reminiscent of British navalofficer outfit with lawsuit threat city’s founder. George Vancou- Superman's ashirt underneath that features Ver, that has raised eyebrows "While ourclient does not ob- a six-point shield — but with at DC Comics — it's his other _jecttouse of CAPTAINVANCOU- a ‘Re’ for Realtor init instead Wanyee claim, that he is a ‘Real Estate VER to promote yourreal estate of an S. Li Superhero; that has the com- business, use of SUPERMAN Bur Brett, who has worked as Metro| Vancouver pany’s lawyers threatening to indicia and the SUPER HERO a full-time realtor forfour years, sue. trademarks is not permissible.” called DC Comics’ request un- “This is Ian, Captain Vancouver” According to a letter pub- stated aJan. 9, 2017 letter from fair, characterizing the fight as That's how Vancouver real es- lished on Brett's website, DC Bereskia & Parr, the Canadian _a David and Goliath situation. Ian Brett, or Captain Vancouver, saysDC Comics wantshimto withdraw his trademark application for “Real Estate Superhero.” DINE-IN OR TAKEOUT SHOPPING CONVENIENT SERVICES Be: Se 1 C lace EAT. DRINK. SHOP. ENJOY DOWNTOWN. 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The report estimates that a one-per-cent change in GIA house prices could increase or decrease Hamilton prices by two per cent after three years. ‘A similar but smaller multi- plier effect would be felt in Guelph, Brantford, Kitchener, Barrie, Peterborough and St Catharines, which is about 112 km from Toronto. mest im Had ti a cc family homes, according 0 soon Allow developers tario Real Es- tate Associa- tion, says the Butthe fed tobuildmore —lact'ot supply eral housing 4 agency says that most recently housing types. idle’ isthe main fac. tor behind soar ing detached people have Tim Hudak home prices in been moving even further out, especially to the St. Catharines-Niagara ‘As the price of low-rise homes in the Toronto area has soared, house prices in nearby communities like Ham- ilton, Barrie and Guelph have also been driven up, said Jean- Sebastien Michel, principal of the market analysis centre at CMHC. ‘According to CMHC, Hamil- ton — roughly 70 kilometres from Toronto — is the Ontario market that's most sensitive to housing prices within the © ENVIRONMENT Research shows fracking fluids cause harmo fish Research has found that, liquids released from fracked oil and gas wells ‘can harm fish even at low concentrations. University of Alberta biologist Greg Goss and his colleagues conducted a study using water that flowed from an actual fracked well “The real risk comes from the disposal process, where (companies) have the GIA. “The best way to ensure young families and first-time buyers have a shot at buying a home is by putting more homes on the market,” Hudak said in a statement, “One way to increase housing stock is to allow developers to build more ‘missing middle’ housing types, like townhomes, duplexes and stacked town” homes. Increasing the housing stock is necessary to give buyers more options at affordable levels, in areas that make sense for them to be in” to truck it to anew site or pipeline it to a new site,” Goss said Tuesday. The researchers exposed rainbow trout to "sub: lethal” levels of such fluids. Even at dilutions as low as 25 per cent fish showed significant impact on their livers and gills. Goss calls the effect “oxidative stress, That means chemicals in ‘the water force liver and gill cells to age and die more quickly Canada emerges as tax haven It's called ‘snow washing, which means using Canada’s prudent reputation and solid economy to make suspect transactions seem legitimate. Canada is quietly emerging asa popular tax haven for the global élite, who create shell companies with figurehead directors to evade or avoid taxes, a Toronto Star|CBCRadio Canada investiga- tion has found, “Canada is a good place to create tax planning structures to minimize taxes like interest, dividends, capital gains, retire. ‘mentincome nd rental income,” reads 22010 internal memo from Mossack Fonseca the law firm behind the massive Panama Papers leak of 11.5 million documents detailing global tax avoidance and evasion, It's called “snow washing” — using Canada's prudent reputation and solid economy to make suspect transactions seem legitimate. sprawling international tax avoidance industry increas- ingly touting Canada as a juris diction for hiding wealth, ‘And the Canadian government has made it easier than ever for criminals and tax cheats tomove money in and out by signing tax agreements with 115 countries — the greatest number in the world. ‘Another key reason is that Canada's corporate registra- tion systems are shrouded in the same kind of secrecy that exists in tax havens such as the British Virgin Islands, Panama and the Bahamas, Company owners who don't wish to be identified in Canadian corpor ate registries can pay a lawyer oa standin to appear on all public filings. Mossack Fonseca actively mar keted Canada as a tax haven and established shell companies here to evade taxes, according ® It’s like the ultimate tax haven entity in the world. Mark Morris, independent tax consultant to the documents obtained by the Intemational Consortium of Investigative Journalists. ‘And the discredited Panama- nian firms not alone. The Maple Leafis emblazoned on dozens of international corporate registry ebsites pitching the country as a legitimate option for hiding wealth. OF greatest interest to foreign investors are Canadian limited partnerships (LPs): a cor porate structure that has no tax filing requirements. Only the partners behind an LP have to file taxes, and if they're not res- dents of Canada, no taxes are filed here at al. “Canada is a horvible tax haven. Everybody is now switched over from using (British Virgin Islands) companies and Cayman companies to Canadian LPs. I's like the ultimate tax haven entity in the world,” said Mark Morris, ‘an independent tax consultant based in Zurich who specializes {in international tax agreements. ‘Tax industry insiders call Can- ada a “whitelisted” tax destin- ation — a kind of flag of con- venience for foreigncontrolled shell companies with no legit imate business operations in the country. “You've got this entity in Can- ada; banks or other parties in other countries are going to pre sume that its legitimate and OK —pureas the driven snow ofthe great white north,” said Toronto tax lawyer Jonathan Garbutt. ‘While Canadian companies ‘must pay taxes on their world- ‘wide incomes to the Canada Rev enue Agency, Ramses Owens, “Mossack Fonseca's managing dir ector in Panama, told colleagues there's an easy way around this. [believe the Canada compan ies. are managed in a way that ‘administrators simply declare annually NO-ACTIVITY. In other words, they cheat a bit. he wrote ® TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DIGEST White House spokesman perpetuates false claims Promoting yet another lie, Sean Spicer, the chief spokes. man for US. President Donald Trump said Trump believes millions of illegal immigrants Voted illegally in the presiden: tial election This did not happen. There were fewer than a dozen claims of voter fraud across the country. In a De- cember legal filing arguing against a recount in Michigan, Trumps own lawyers wrote, ‘All available evidence sug- cgests that the 2016 general election was not tainted by fraud Trump, though, is sensitive about the fact that Democrat- ic opponent Hillary Clinton re- ceived more votes than him, He wrote on Twitter in Nov- ember that he "won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally” and he repeated the nonsensical claim in a private meeting with congressional leaders on Monday. Abortion ban expanded Trump has massively expanded the ban on providing federal money toiinternational family, planning groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information to all organizations receiving US. global health assistance, Spicer announced Monday that the ban on family planning funding had been reinstitute The order directs the secretary of state, in co- ‘operation with the secretary of health and human services, for the first time {nan email in August 2010. It is impossible for the Can- ada revenue governmental sys tem to look into such informa. tion for every single company formed in Canada .. This is risky, but we will try to provide the Shortly afterward. Mossack Fonseca produced a flyer pro- ‘moting Canada as a tax haven jurisdiction, offering to register «a corporation for $2,000, ‘Mossack Fonseca did not re spond to requests for comment. You cannot but help look at the issue of money laundering Having a degree of anonymity allows individuals to obfuscate,” said Peter Dent, a forensic ac countant and past chair of Trans parency International Canada. Rules that allow you to ob- fuascate the true source of money behind transactions facilitate ‘money laundering on a global scale.” roRstaR news SER to extend the requirements in the ban “to global health assistance furnished by all departments or agencies. The ban is known as the Mexico City Policy or Global Gag Rule. International organizations receiving US. funds for health programs will be required to certify that it does not pprovide abortion services, ‘counselling, information or advocate for the liberalization of abortion laws, even with ‘non-US. funds. If they don't, their funding will be cut of. ME AN INTEC PART OF AN OFFICE TEAN m will provic experien of the modern office. tart in May, be career: 204.694.1789 | [email protected] rre.ca/ada JESSICA ALLEN ON THE POWER OF PROTEST Public marches have meaning that lies in their symbolic power. Practical utility is not the point — though there are many examples of marches that did effect tangible change ‘Simon asked if | wanted him to join me at the Women's March in Toronto on Satur- day. Because it was my first protest, and I wasn't sure ‘why | felt compelled to at- tend, | told him that Id like to go it alone. Besides, he could stay home to do the laundry and make dinner. When the packed streetcar stopped in front of Queen's Park, everyone on board ‘gasped at the sight of thou- ‘sands gathered on the greens and the sound of their swell- ing cheers, We broke out into applause before joining them, overheard a father deli- cately explaining to his young daughter what “pussy” meant, woman telling her group that a friend of hers in Ethi- pia had travelled 90 hours to get to the Women's March ‘on Washington, and I saw another proudly take her birth- control pill ‘There were protesters carry- ing a black cardboard coffin with “Patriarchy” painted in white on its side. There were signs that read “I can't believe I still have to protest this sh-t” and semfabsurd ones, like “We Shall Overcomt ‘There were signs about femin- ism, racism, inclusivity and pipelines, lalso saw a white ‘woman holding an eagle feather, performing a smudg- ing ceremony. For a moment, Tunderstood why so many ‘were dismissing the March as aimless But just as the crowd read- ied itself to move, I remem- ered something I'd read mid- ‘What's the point?’ That, I confess, is precisely the rhetorical question that had kept me away from past protests and marches. week: “There's been a strong hint of gendered schaden- freude in the coverage of the ‘march’s organizational prob- Jems,” fa Tolentino wrote for newyorker.com, “This has ob- scured the fact that activism is intemally contentious by nature. Organization is always ‘er cannot say the same thing. Tame for her, I told myself ‘Afterwards, I floated home, where I found Simon hanging, up my bras to dry. He started ‘on dinner while T looked at social media, which was flooded with friends’ celebratory im: ages from protests in D.C. Protesters at the Toronto women's march last Saturday show that they have a well-developed sense of symbolism, tedious, and that's just fine Imagine any major protest in the twentieth century promot- ed via Facebook. There would have been no shortage of ‘in- fighting’ enshrined on social media for everyone to see.” But why did I come? The Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Oaxaca and Florence. Most ‘comments were supportive. Others asked: “How can you protest Trump before he's had chance to govern? Give the man a chance!” ‘Answering such a question Affordable Health Care Act _isa tedious exercise, but still repeal will greatly affect my worthwhile: Trump has vowed US. friends and their families. to appoint Supreme Court ‘The day after the election Justices that will overturn Roe was the first time misogyn- ist tweeters took dead aim at ‘me, as though Trump's win was permission to say publicly that people who look like me shoulda’t be on television. ‘These things troubled me. As the throng began to inch forward, my throat swelled and my eyes cracked tears. Ihave two jobs. Both my bosses are women, I have a stay-athome partner. I have never been sex- ually assaulted. But my moth- ¥. Wade, has bragged about committing sexual assault, and wants to defund Planned Parenthood. Ifyou are tired of hearing this litany of complaint lev- celled against the commander in chief, imagine how it must feel for women who have to go through the dirty-laundry list —to which we can now ‘add yesterday's reinstatement Of the executive order ban- ning foreign aid to NGOs that so much as discuss abortion ‘with patients — every time someone tells us to give him the benefit of the doubt. ‘And then I saw a tweet from Stephen Taylor, the for ‘mer national director of the National Citizens Coalition: “Do protestors in Toronto hope that Donald Trump will say, ‘Oh, I guess Toronto is ‘upset. il resign tomorrow: ‘What's the point?” That, I confess, is precisely the rhetorical question that had kept me away from past protests and marches. What ‘made this one different? ‘Symbolic acts matter. Take the parade that followed ‘Trump's inauguration. Take birthday parties! We don’t need to throw a party to get older, and the parade wasn't necessary to achieve the tran- sition of power. They're both for show, Like public marches, they have meaning that lies in their symbolic power. Prac- tical utility is not “the point.” notwithstanding the many examples of marches through- ut history, like the 1913 ‘Women’s Suffrage Procession and the 1963 March on Wash- ington, that did effect tangible change. ‘The fact that the highest ranking woman in Trump's administration, Kellyanne Conway, is the keynote speak er at this Friday's antiabortion March for Life certainly means something. And you better believe that the same people ‘who insist that the 600-dd demonstrations on Saturday didn’t mean anything would be arguing the opposite if mil lions in the U.S, and hundreds of thousands across other countries hadn't shown up. ‘That would've meant something, But we did show up. And the world was watching. Jessica Allenis the digital Correspondent on CTV's The Social Trump benefitting from waning U.S. influence which the US. has refused to join, now has 57 members — including Britain, Germany and France. Canada is applying to sign on, ‘Trump has questioned NATO's relevance, at one point calling it “obsolete.” He's also called it “very important to How the president squares these remarks is not entirely lear. But he is not the first to question the need for a mil- itary alliance set up to counter ‘a Soviet Union that no longer exists. ‘Those who see Viadimir Putin's Russia as a modern-day version of the USS.R. argue that NATO remains desperate. ly relevant. But Trump doesn't “appear to share those views. Indeed, he appears to think that Russia should be granted the same leeway in its backe yard that the US,, via the Mon- Foe Doctrine, claims for itself in the Americas, More to the point, he is re Iuctant to foot so much of the bill for an alliance that may no longer suit US. requirements. ‘And that isthe key to what may eventually be called the ‘Trump Doctrine: America’s position in the world has changed. ‘The crisis of 2008-09 demon- strated that America alone is Donald Trump can be thin- skinned and obnoxious. He plays fast and loose with the facts. He has adopted much of the worst of the Republican agenda, including opposition. to women's reproductive rights. ‘No wonder so many people — including so many Can- adians — detest the new US. president. But he is also oddly realistic. His America First rhetoric may conjure up memories of 1930s isolationism. It may signal a re tmeat to Fortress America. But it also reflects what is ‘going on, America no longer dominates the Western world in the way it once did The signs are everywhere. In the Middle Fast, itis not the US. that is brokering an end to the devastating Syrian civil war. Rather that role has been taken on by Russia, Iran and Turkey, In the Korean peninsula, it has become clear that any solution to the problem of a ucleararmed North lies not in Washington but Beijing, Even America's former col ony, the Philippines, is pivot- ing away from the US. and toward China, no longer able to solve global Economic integration? economic problems. The elec ‘Trump offically killed the tion of Trump showed that ‘American workers are no Jonger willing to assume that ‘what suits US. business will suit them, ‘The rise and decline of great powers is rarely neat. My guess Js that America Firster Trump ‘will intervene far more in the ‘world than his critics think. Still, these days, intemnation- al leadership is not something the US. can so easily afford ‘Trans Pacific Partnership this ‘week. But he was merely de- livering the coup de grace. Opposition to the deal was so strong in the US. that even Democratic Party presidential contender Hillaty Clinton, a former fan, vowed to kill it Meanwhile, China is for. ging ahead to create its own. economic zone. Its Asian Inf structure Investment Bank, PHILOSOPHERCAT bby JasonLogan Sp. eos (ay Choe REAL CHANGE THE s Csi nt %5 Lin-Manuel Mirandais geting Closerto £60 status: eat orginal song The Harton onginal (eet has already won an_ Etmmy two Grammys antes . fonys, pic upanc How Far I'll Go from the ‘nimated fim Moana, Your essential daily news Wednesday, January 25, 2017 aE “level. r $1 DOM <oLoLe nares more than $100 million in Renae comes close with $95.7 million, followed by LaLa Land with $89,7 milion. 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