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Ontario voters will cast
ballots in a June 12
election.
Premier Kathleen
Wynne confirmed Fri-
day that the province
has been plunged into
a campaign after NDP
Leader Andrea Hor-
wath said her party
would not support the
minority Liberal gov-
ernments budget.
Feeling good, said
Wynne as she climbed
out of a black SUV on
a cold, wet afternoon
to visit Lieutenant Gov-
ernor David Onley so
the writs could formal-
ly be dropped and the
legislature dissolved.
Her budget will form
1
the basis of the Liberal
campaign.
The election will be a
choice between safe
hands and risky tac-
tics, she said in a shot
at Horwath and Pro-
gressive Conservative
Leader Tim Hudak.
Wynne said she was
disappointed the NDP
will not support her
budget, which includes
increases for low-paid
personal support work-
ers and welfare recipi-
ents.
Hudak has pushed for
an across-the-board
public sector wage
freeze, an end to sub-
sidies for companies
to aid in job creation
and reduced clout for
organized labour.
We have gone through
some tough times,
Wynne told reporters
in a nod to the 2008
recession and its lin-
gering impacts. But
our recovery is taking
hold. We cannot put
that at risk. We cant
veer off to the left or
the right.
The premier warned
an NDP government
would bring reckless
financial decisions
and a hostile attitude
toward business . . .
they make pie in the
sky promises and wont
say how they will pay
for them.
The rookie premier
succeeded Dalton
McGuinty on Feb.
11, 2013 and quickly
moved to distance her-
self from him.
I am Kathleen Wynne
. . . I have been pre-
mier for over a year
now.
. .
Please see page 5
The Sudanese authori-
ties have deported 30 Eri-
treans, including at least 6
registered refugees, to Eri-
trea, Human Rights Watch
said today. Sudan did not
give the UN refugee agen-
cy access to the group.
Unknown numbers of de-
tained Eritreans recently
convicted of immigration
offenses in Sudan also risk
deportation.
Sudan is forcibly re-
turning Eritreans to seri-
ous risk of detention and
abuse at the hands of a
brutal government, said
Gerry Simpson, senior
refugee researcher at Hu-
man Rights Watch. Sudan
should immediately end
these deportations and pro-
tect Eritreans.
Eritrea, ruled by an ex-
tremely repressive govern-
ment, requires all citizens
under 50 to serve in the
military for years. Anyone
of draft age leaving the
country without permis-
sion is branded a deserter,
risking fve years in prison,
often in inhumane condi-
tions, as well as forced
labor and torture. In 2012,
90 percent of all Eritreans
claiming protection in oth-
er countries were recog-
nized as refugees or given
other forms of protection.
On May 1, 2014, Sudanese
authorities in eastern Sudan
handed 30 Eritreans over
to Eritrean security forces,
according to two advocates
in close telephone contact
with the group at the time.
Human Rights Watch also
obtained further credible
information confrming
that the deportation took
place and that six members
of the group were regis-
tered refugees.
Sudanese security forces
arrested the group of 30
in early February near
the Libyan border and
detained them for three
months without charge and
without access to the UN
refugee agency, the two
advocates said.
International law forbids
countries from deporting
asylum seekers without
frst allowing them to ap-
ply for asylum and con-
sidering their cases. This
right applies to asylum
seekers regardless of how
they enter a country or
whether they have identity
documents. International
law also prohibits the de-
portation, return, or forced
expulsion of anyone to a
place where they face a
real risk to their life or of
torture or ill-treatment.
On May 3, two Eritreans
from a different group told
a third advocate that a few
days earlier Sudanese secu-
rity forces had intercepted
them and about 600 Ethio-
pians, Eritreans, Somalis,
and Sudanese nationals
attempting to cross the
border to Libya. They said
the police had taken them
to the town of Dongola,
about 500 kilometers north
of Sudans capital, Khar-
toum, where they were
charged and convicted of
immigration offenses.
On May 4, Sudanese me-
dia reported that a court
in Dongola had convicted
600 people and ordered all
the Eritreans in the group
to be deported to Eritrea.
In October 2011, Sudan un-
lawfully deported over 300
Eritreans to their country.
Sudan Deports Eritreans
(KHARTOUM) The
Eritrean president, Isaias
Afewerki, will arrive in
Khartoum on Thursday
to hold talks with his Su-
danese counterpart, Omer
Hassan Al-Bashir, to dis-
cuss bilateral ties and
means for furthering co-
operation between the two
countries.
Sudans National Intel-
ligence and Security
Services(NISS) director,
Mohamed Atta, travelled
to Asmara on a one-day se-
cret visit on Tuesday.
Informed sources told
the pro-government al-
Rayaamdaily newspaper
on Tuesday, that Afewerki
will be accompanied by
several ministers and advi-
sors.
The same sources stressed
that a summit between
the two presidents will be
followed by a ministerial
meeting to discuss bilateral
relations besides regional
and international issues of
common concern.
It added that Afewerkis
program of work would
include feld visits to sev-
eral projects and large en-
terprises on top of which is
Al-Gaili oil refnery.
Last April, Bashir disclosed
during a visit to Sudans
eastern state of Kassala
intends to establish a joint
Sudanese-Eritrean force to
combat human traffcking
and smuggling.
He said that Khartoum
would provide Asmara
with its fuel needs in order
to curb smuggling, under-
scoring existence of a high
level of security coordina-
tion between the two coun-
tries to control borders and
achieve security and sta-
bility.
Bashir also called upon
the government of Kas-
sala state to carry out its
responsibilities in order to
achieve the required living
standard for the residents
along the borders.
The head of neighboring
countries department at
the foreign ministry, Ibra-
him Bushra, described ties
Eritreas Afewerki to visit
Khartoum on Thursday
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between Sudan and Eritrea
as good, pointing to the re-
peated mutual visits of the
two leaders.
He said that Bashir em-
phasised Sudans relations
with Ethiopia do not come
at the expense of its ties
with any country, in refer-
ence to Khartoums rela-
tions with Asmara.
Bushra added that Bashir
had in the past offered to
mediate between Eritrea
and Ethiopia in order to
clear the atmosphere be-
tween the two neighboring
countries.
He further stressed that Su-
dan supports the regional
campaign led by Eritrea to
lift the sanctions imposed
upon it by the United
States, saying that Sudan
suffers from similar sanc-
tions.
Eritrea became an inde-
pendent state in 1991 after
a bloody war of indepen-
dence with Ethiopia. The
two countries fought a
border war in 1998-2000
that has killed an estimated
70,000 people.
The two East African ad-
versaries remain at logger-
heads since the disputed
key town of Badme had
been awarded to Eritrea
by an international border
commission.
Eritreas Afewerki to visit . . .
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Ontario PC Leader Tim
Hudak says theres a
need to get more people
working in the skilled
trades, which he plans
to address if elected pre-
mier next month.
Hudak has been talking
about a Million Jobs
plan that he will be grad-
ually revealing details of
during the election cam-
paign.
As part of that rollout,
Hudak said Thursday that
a PC government would
revamp the rules for ap-
prenticeships in Ontario,
so that more people can
get into the trades.
They have this old rule
that dates back to the
1970s that says for every
single apprentice in many
trades you have to have
four or fve journeymen,
so they limit the number
of opportunities, Hudak
said, during a campaign
stop in Vaughan.
Allow each journey-
man to mentor and train
an apprentice, one each,
and thatll help create
200,000 positions.
The PC leader went on to
say that with one stroke
of the pen in a cabinet
meeting, the existing ra-
tio could be changed and
would give young people
greater opportunities.
The Tories say that such
policies are holding back
young workers, while
benefting unions that
have previously backed
the Liberals.
Special interests like the
Working Families Coali-
tion want to artifcially
limit the number of peo-
ple that get into skilled
trades because it increas-
es their bargaining pow-
er, he said. I get that. I
think its wrong.
But Ontario Liberal
Leader Kathleen Wynne
said Thursday that there
was no evidence to sug-
gest that changing ap-
prentice ratios would
create jobs.
She warned that if Hudak
becomes premier, he will
end grants to corpora-
tions and slash govern-
ment spending, both of
which will cost jobs.
The cornerstone of Tim
Hudaks jobs plan is ac-
tually to cut jobs, is actu-
ally to cut education and
health care and to drive
wages down, Wynne
said in Ottawa. The
proposals were putting
forward are about cre-
ating jobs, supporting
companies, building in-
frastructure, investing in
an environment that is
going to bring jobs.
Tim Hudak: Time to revamp apprenticeship rules in Ontario
Hudak was headed to
Kitchener in the after-
noon, where he was due
to spend the rest of the
day.
The election is on June
12.
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ada, the developer of the

cancelled Oakville plant.
Wynne says she was ad-
vised that a lawsuit could
have been an even more
expensive option than ne-
gotiating a new deal with
TransCanada, so the gov-
ernment wanted to avoid
going to court.
But Wynne frmly denies
responsibility for the actual
canceling of the plants, tell-
ing a justice committee she
wasnt directly involved in
the Liberals decisions to
scrap the gas plants prior
to the 2011 elections, even
though she acted as the
partys campaign co-chair.
The scandal reaches further
than that, however. Opposi-
tion parties accuse the gov-
erning Liberals including
Wynne of obfuscating the
cost of the cancellations.
There are accusations of
deleted emails and unco-
operative Liberal staff in
the search for accountabil-
ity in the scandal.
The police launched a
criminal investigation, af-
ter Tories made complaints
about the deleted emails.
She again apologized for
the expensive decisions to
cancel the gas plants, and
said she had made changes
to make sure it wont hap-
pen again.
Wynne is a mother of three
and a grandmother. She is
60 years old.
From page 12
PROFILE: Liberal Leader Kathleen . . .
Vital signs
Born: May 21, 1953 in Rich-
mond Hill, Ont.
Education: Bachelor of Arts
degree in English and history
at Queens University and a
Master of Arts degree in lin-
guistics from the University of
Toronto, Master of Education
degree in adult education from
the Ontario Institute for Studies
in Education (University of
Toronto)
Political life: First elected
in 2003, served in cabinet of
premier Dalton McGuinty. Won
leadership of party in 2013.
Personal: Married to Jane
Rounthwaite. She has three
children from her previous
marriage, and now has three
grandchildren.
Liberal Leader Kathleen
Wynne says her duty is to
Ontario, even if it means
going up against Prime
Minister Stephen Harper.
Wynne took more swipes
at Harper today during a
campaign swing through
Ottawa, saying the prime
minister is ignoring On-
tario.
She previously challenged
the prime minister about
pension plans saying if
Ottawa wasnt going to im-
prove Ontarians pensions,
then he should step out of
the way and let Ontario do
that itself.
Wynne added today that
Harper has cut federal
transfer money to the prov-
ince, is ignoring a growing
retirement crisis and hasnt
said much about devel-
oping northern Ontarios
Ring of Fire mining devel-
opment.
But the provincial Tories
say Wynne is just trying to
change the channel from
her own governments
spending scandals and
fscal mismanagement,
namely with regard to the
gas plants scandal.
Wynne says shes already
faced down questions
about the gas plants I
think a million, she says
in the legislature.
Amid the questions on the
gas plants, Wynne stays on
message on pensions. She
says pensions are some-
thing that both former PC
Ontario premier Mike Har-
ris and Liberal prime min-
ister Jean Chretien could
agree on, so she doesnt
see why there is an im-
passe today.
CBC News
As the writ is offcially is-
sued for the 2014 Ontario
election, Andrea Horwath
began her campaign with
some advice for Liberal
leader Kathleen Wynne.
After 10 years of scan-
dal after scandal Kathleen
Wynnes liberals deserve
a timeout, take some time
and learn from your mis-
takes and realize that the
most important thing you
can do as a premier is to
deliver results for people,
Horwath said standing on
the lawn at Queens Park.
Ontario Votes 2014: Full
coverage
Facing criticism for bring-
ing down a budget that
contained a lot of NDP-
friendly spending mea-
sures, Horwath says the
Liberals have been good at
making promises, then not
following through.
I simply do not have the
confdence or the trust that
the Liberals were going
to be able to deliver on
the 70-odd promises they
threw into that budget,
she said. It is not believ-
able. It doesnt make any
sense
Horwath said the most
important issues in this
campaign for families are
jobs and affordability. She
says Ontarians deserve a
government that works for
them and makes it easier
for people scrambling ev-
ery month to pay the bills.
Horwath called for a re-
think of how Ontarios
electricity system is orga-
nized, pledging a review
of contracts with private-
sector hydro companies
and other measures she
says would let her party
hand out a $100 rebate to
ratepayers.
She also reiterated shes
not committed to selling
off Ontario assets like the
LCBO, saying its like
burning the furniture to
heat the house.
The NDP leader kicked
off her campaign with a
stop in Torontos west end
at the San Remo Bakery.
Owner Rob Bozzo said he
doesnt mind the NDP pro-
posal to raise the minimum
Horwath questions Liberals
ability to deliver on promises
Please see page 13
Kathleen Wynne continues to
poke at Stephen Harper over
pensions
please see page 15
When Andrea Horwath frst
won her seat at Queens
Park, she was instantly
valuable to the NDP.
Literally, Horwaths en-
try into provincial poli-
tics gave $1-million to
the Ontario NDP. After
disappointing results in
the 1999 and 2003 elec-
tions, the NDP didnt win
the required eight seats to
qualify as an offcial party,
and missed the $1-million
in funding that designation
comes with. With How-
aths victory in a byelec-
tion in Hamilton East in
May 2004, she gave the
party the seat it needed to
achieve offcial party sta-
tus.
Then-leader Howard
Hampton would call her
the million-dollar wom-
an.
After that, Horwaths po-
litical fortunes continued
to grow. After another dis-
tant third-place fnish for
the New Democrats in the
2007 election, Hampton
stepped down as leader.
Horwath was the last of
the four MPPs to join the
race to replace him, and in
March 2009 she became
the frst woman to lead the
Ontario NDP.
Horwath was born in
Stoney Creek in 1962. The
union movement was part
of her life from the begin-
ning. Her father was an
auto worker at the Ford
plant in Oakville, and she
went to union picnics as a
child.
After graduating from
Cardinal Newman Catho-
lic High School in Stoney
Creek, she chose Labour
Studies as her major, get-
ting a BA at McMaster. She
worked her way through
university partly as a wait-
ress, partly at an industrial
dry-cleaners.
Her work before politics
always had an activist
bent: teaching ESL to laid-
off workers, running hous-
ing co-ops, community
development, anti-racism
training. After Mike Harris
came to power, Horwath
led a 1996 Days of Ac-
tion protest in Hamilton
that drew 50,000 demon-
strators.
She frst got into politics
in 1997, running federally
for the NDP and coming in
second, but then winning
a seat on Hamilton City
Council that same year.
She served on council sev-
en years.
Horwath now represents
the riding of Hamilton
Centre, and lives in a town-
house in the Steel City. Her
staff say she has a close re-
lationship with her son.
The 51-year-old Horwath
likes to swim and work out
in a gym. Shes a Hamil-
ton Tiger-Cats fan, and is
known in NDP circles as a
wicked cheesecake maker.
Her staff say shes a hard
worker, driven to accom-
plish things, and a strong
woman.
Shes been described in the
media as warm, compas-
sionate and approachable.
The New Democrats hope
that appeal and a more
PROFILE: NDP Leader
Andrea Horwath
Vital signs
Born: Oct. 24, 1962,
Stoney Creek, Ont.
Education: Bachelors
degree in labour stud-
ies, McMaster Univer-
sity, 1986.
Political history: Ham-
ilton city councillor,
first elected as MPP
in May 2004, elected
NDP leader in March
2009.
Personal: Separated
from common-law
partner of 25 years,
Ben Leonetti, in De-
cember 2009. The
two have an adult
son, Julian.
populist campaign plat-
form will push the party
to its best electoral show-
ing since 1990.
Kathleen Wynne has been
a community activist, a
school trustee, a cabinet
minister and now, Ontar-
ios premier. But her rise to
power was never a given.
Wynne lost her frst election
in 1994, for school trustee
in York South-Weston
ward. It was six years later
and four wards over that
she won her frst election,
as public school trustee in
York West in 2000.
Only three years later,
Wynne won her current
seat in Don Valley West
against PC cabinet minis-
ter David Turnbull. When
I ran in 2003, I was told
that the people of North
Toronto and Thorncliffe
Park werent ready to elect
a gay woman. Well, ap-
parently they were, she
would later say of the elec-
tion.
She held the seat even as
she was challenged by
then-PC leader John Tory
in 2007.
Her potential to become
premier came into focus as
she launched her bid to re-
place Dalton McGuinty as
leader. Wynne entered the
race as a strong contender,
but it was Sandra Pupa-
tello, a former MPP from
Windsor, who was seen as
the more electable candi-
date, the one who gave the
Liberals the best chance to
regain their majority lost in
2011.
An issue during that Lib-
eral leadership race that
went largely unspoken was
the fact that Wynne is gay,
leaving some Liberals to
wonder how that will play
with voters in rural On-
tario.
I do not believe that the
people of Ontario judge
their leaders on race, sexu-
al orientation, colour or re-
ligion. I dont believe they
hold that prejudice in their
hearts. They judge us on
our merits our ideas,
she said.
Her biggest hurdles thus
far have not been her sex-
ual orientation or even her
policies, but scandals left
over from her predecessor.
Namely: gas plants that
were canceled in the heat
of an election at a cost of
$1.1 billion.
Wynne disputed charges
that she was at least part-
ly to blame for driving up
the cost of cancelling gas
plants in Oakville and Mis-
sissauga. But Wynnes sig-
nature appears on a cabinet
document negotiating a
settlement with TransCan-
PROFILE: Liberal
Leader Kathleen Wynne
wage to $12 by 2016 while
simultaneously cutting the
small business tax.
I agree with her. I do like
what shes saying. I think
its important to have open
communication between
the leaders in Ontario and
small businesses to help,
said Bozzo.
Horwath stopped in two
key battlegrounds Wednes-
day afternoon where the
New Democrats hope to
capitalize on the success of
recent by-elections.
Horwath swung into the
Kitchener area on Wednes-
day, joining Margaret
Johnson, the NDP candi-
date in the riding of Kitch-
ener Centre. The riding was
most recently held by John
Milloy, a Liberal member
and cabinet minister who is
retiring after three terms in
the legislature. They were
joined by incumbent Cath-
erine Fife from the riding
From page 11
of Kitchener-Waterloo,
who won there in a 2012
by-election after it was va-
cated by longtime PC MPP
Elizabeth Witmer.
What we did in the last
campaign, we provided
people with an option be-
tween a cynical govern-
ment they were walking
away from and a Conser-
vative party they were not
feeling the love for, basi-
cally, Horwath said.
Horwaths day wrapped
up in Niagara Falls, where
Wayne Gates won the rid-
ing in February, turning
the seat orange for the frst
time in 19 years.
Horwaths campaign team
is heading to Niagara Falls
on Thursday for a tour of
the Spencer ARL Plant
along with Gates. She will
also pose for photos at the
restaurant Flying Saucer
on Lundys Lane.
By Steven DSouza, CBC
News
Horwath questions . . .
Tim Hudak serves as both leader
of the Ontario Progressive Con-
servatives and a husband and
father. Those two parts of his
life are more intertwined than he
likes to admit.
His wife, Debbie Hutton, was a
high-level adviser to former PC
premier Mike Harris.
His frst daughter Miller was
born in 2007, in the heat of a
provincial election campaign.
Miller was born prematurely,
spending her frst three weeks
of life in the neonatal ICU at
Womens College.
Hudak stopped campaigning to
be with her.
In that election, he won his seat
by his widest margin yet, some-
thing thats prompted him to
joke maybe he shouldnt hit the
campaign trail at all.
His second daughter, Maitland,
just missed this campaign, arriv-
ing in March of this year.
While she didnt come during
an election, the newest Hudak
arrived at crucial time for the
PC leader.
The week she was born, he was
threatened with a libel action
fromPremier Kathleen Wynne
and the governing Liberals.
The threat came after Hudak
tied Wynne to the gas plants
scandal, a series of gas plants
abandoned during the throes
of the last election by Wynnes
predecessor, Dalton McGuinty.
It has since come to light that
McGuintys chief of staff alleg-
edly had ordered emails deleted
off hard drives about the cost of
the cancelled plants, a matter of
investigation by Ontario Provin-
cial Police.
Hudak said, We now know
that the coverup and criminal
destruction of documents and
emails took place in Kathleen
Wynnes offce under her watch
as premier, adding that she
possibly ordered the destruc-
tion of documents.
Hudak has not backed down
from Wynne in the weeks since.
Government spending has been
Hudaks target since he became
leader in August 2009.
Shortly after taking the helm of
the PCs, he targeted the Liber-
als management of the Ontario
Lottery and Gaming Corpora-
tion, eventually prompting the
fring of its executive.
His zeal for focusing on spend-
ing scandals, it seems, has not
died.
Hudak was frst elected to
Queens Park in 1995, riding the
wave of the so-called Common
Sense Revolution. He was just
27 years old, prompting oppo-
nents to criticize himas some-
one whos barely had a job out-
side politics.
Hudak grew up in the border
town of Fort Erie, and spent
summers working on the border
as a Canada Customs agent. He
did his undergrad at the Univer-
sity of Western Ontario (now
known as Western University),
then went to the University
of Washington in Seattle on a
scholarship, getting a masters
degree in economics in 1993.
One year later he was working
for Wal-Mart as part of a team
of managers transforming old
Woolco stores across Canada.
The year after that he was an
MPP.
Harris cabinet member
In his second term he became a
cabinet minister in the govern-
ments of both Mike Harris and
Ernie Eves, holding the lower-
profle posts of Northern Devel-
opment, Tourism, and Consumer
Services.
When John Tory quit as PC lead-
er after failing to win a seat twice
in a row, Hudak was one of four
MPPs to vie for the leadership.
He telegraphed his intention of
where he wanted to take the par-
ty with his leadership campaign
slogan: Right for Ontario. His
policies and rhetoric aimed to
emphasize the conservative in
Progressive Conservative. And
he came out on top in the partys
leadership vote in June 2009.
Harris endorsed Hudaks run for
the leadership, and because Hut-
ton was a senior adviser to Har-
ris, the Liberals have regularly
tried to paint himas the second
coming of Harris.
While Hudak has never publicly
criticized what happened in On-
tario in the Harris years, he has
tried to reassure people that he
will not shut down hospitals and
cut education funding.
Hudak is quick to point out that
he grew up in a family of edu-
cators his father Patrick was
a school principal, his mother
Anne Marie was a special needs
teacher. He also likes to men-
tion his familys immigrant
roots, with grandparents com-
ing to Canada fromthe former
Czechoslovakia in the 1930s.
Hudak played and coached vari-
ous sports in his younger days
and is a big football fan, particu-
larly of the NFLs Buffalo Bills.
Vital signs
Born: Nov. 1, 1967 in Fort
Erie, Ont.
Education: Bachelors
degree in economics,
University of Western
Ontario, 1990. Masters
in economics, University
of Washington in Seattle,
1993.
Political life: First elected
in 1995, served in cabinet
of premiers Mike Harris
and Ernie Eves. Won lead-
ership of party in 2009.
Personal: Married to Deb-
bie Hutton. The couple
have a six-year-old daugh-
ter, Miller, and another
infant daughter named
Maitland, born in March
2014.
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Please see page 15
This is an urgent call to all
Eritreans concerned with the
need to change the dictatorial
government in Asmara and the
establishment of Justice and
democracy in Eritrea.
As many of you know, start-
ing late last year, I gave a se-
ries of lectures in the United
States of America as well as in
Canada and several European
countries. During these lec-
tures I issued a citizens call
for uniting our efforts in order
to overthrow the dictatorial
Isayas and his group regime
and to bring a democratic
change in our country. This
call is aimed to all Eritreans,
irrespective of their age, gen-
der, religion, social origin or
political persuasion and move-
ment .
More specifcally, I urge our
youth to be a critical part of
this non political mass move-
ment dedicated to change the
dictatorial regime that is op-
pressing our people and de-
stroying our country. The fght
for changing the regime should
be of particular concern to our
youth as the future leaders and
inheritors of the glorious lega-
cy of our historic
struggle. Just as my generation
Eritreans, we your fathers and
grand-fathers took the mantle
of responsibility from our
revered eldersAbona Ibra-
him Sultan, Abona Woldeab
Woldemariam, Abona Ab-
delkader Kebire and Ayana
Ousman Saleh Sabbe and
many other courageous Patri-
ots it is now your holy duty
to play a leading role by join-
ing in this mass movement..
It is not an overstatement to
say that the Eritrean youth, of
all other population groups,
have been the hardest hit by
the dictatorship in Eritrea. The
harsh and prohibitive political
climate in Eritrea has opened
the foodgates for the exodus
of the youth in unprecedented
numbers. The government
does not admit that it is the
cause for the mass exodus of
the youth. Instead it blames
Diaspora Eritreans for being
the culprit in this sad state of
affairs for encouraging the
youth to abandon their coun-
try by creating false hopes of
prosperous life in the West and
fnancing the human traffck-
ing costs involved to smuggle
in the youth into North Amer-
ica , Europe , Middle East ,
Australia and Africa .
This days It really breaks my
heart to see new arrivals of
young Eritrean refugees here
in Italy, some of whom are
still in their teen years, help-
lessly scourging for jobs and
housing in Western capitals at
a time when the host countries
economies are too weak to ab-
sorb an
infux of new immigrant la-
bor.
The opposition political
groups must and can responsi-
bly streamlines our peoples
quest for democratic rule by
undoing the dictatorship have
a lot of willing part-
ners that can pitch
in into any opposi-
tion effort against
the dictatorship.
Primary among
these willing part-
ners are the youth
in the Diaspora, es-
pecially the recent
arrivals, who have
experienced human
rights abuses frst
hand in Eritrea.
We have barley en-
tered the spring sea-
son and boat loads
of migrants many
of them are from
Eritrea and Syria are
risking their imme-
diate safety to gain
a perpetual one. If
this early wave of
boat migration to
European beaches
is sign of the things to come,
then we should all be ready to
witness the highest number of
Eritrean refugees to ever make
it European beaches in a single
year and with that the many
tragedies to come with this
beaching. Do we need another
Lampedusa incident to happen
again ? I hope not !!!
Our intellectuals are the pride
of our people and nation and
as such the Eritrean people
have great expectations for the
positive role they have to play
in the struggle for justice and
democracy. Moreover, they
have to make great efforts in
guiding our youth on how to
shoulder their responsibility
for leading our country after
the removal of the existing
regime.
I would also like to call upon
our mothers and sisters to ac-
tively participate on the on-
going struggle for justice and
democracy in Eritrea as they
have done during the
liberation struggle.
I pointed out many times, that
I have no ambition to be a po-
litical leader in any shape or
form. The purpose of my ini-
tiative is to help mobilize Eri-
treans in the Diaspora to join
hands and unite to overthrow
the dictatorial regime of Isaias
Afwerki and help establish a
democratic system of govern-
ment. In all my speeches, I
urged all Eritreans, whatever
their background, to suspend
their divisions and create a
unifying framework to attain
the aim of regime change. To
that end, all of the preexisting
Political organizations , Par-
ties and
Civic organizations must go
beyond their differences and
agree on a basic national
framework transcending those
differences.
This does not mean that they
will abandon the work that
they have done and are
doing, whether it is of political
or civic nature. It means that
they can continue to actively
pursue the aims and objectives
of their respective organiza-
tions, but at the same time join
hands in a national patriotic
spirit aimed at overthrowing
the Eritrean regime. Let me
make it absolutely clear: the
aim of Eritreans Unity for
Justice is not the normal
aim of political parties that
work to capture power. The
aim is to bring about change
clearing the way for future po-
litical process. In that sense,
therefore, Eritreans Unity for
Justice is a non-political mass
movement.
In the last several months I
have consulted with many Eri-
treans who share my ideas on
the best way of accomplishing
the task of uniting our people
for the common objective.
Accordingly, we agreed to es-
tablish a non-political mass
movement to be called Eri-
treans Unity for Justice.
Some of the main objectives
of our movement are:
1. To follow and fnd solutions
for the inhuman condition of
our refugees which are expe-
riencing throughout the world
we must fnd a solution in col-
laboration with
Urgent Call by Cav. Dr. Tuolde T/Mariam (Wedi Vaccaro)
Re: Eritreans Unity for Justice
international organizations and
governments.
2. After overthrowing this dic-
tatorial regime, we must deal
with the issue of resettlement,
rehabilitation and family re-
unions of our hero fghters,
Yikealo and Warsay who are
the victims of the endless slav-
ery of this dictatorial regime.
3. To bring all members of the
criminal regime to the Inter-
national Criminal Court to get
the punishments they deserve.
I stand by my original position
that I am wedded to the idea of
forming a united national non-
political mass movement that
will help accomplish the aim
of changing the government in
Eritrea and enable the creation
of a democratic government
on the basis of an agreed con-
stitution. I am not interested in
creating a political party. The
preexisting political Organiza-
tions , Parties and the Civic Or-
ganizations can maintain their
integrity, if and when they join
the united effort to overthrow
the dictatorial regime in Eri-
trea, as I am fervently asking
them all to do. Indeed, it is my
sincere hope that, by continu-
ing their current work if they
retein ( consider ) so , they will
contribute to Eritreas future
democratic and multi-party
system.
. Down to the dictatorial Isaias
and his group regime !
. Glory to our martyrs !
. Peace and Justice to our Peo-
ple !
. Long live Eritrea !
Cav. Dr. Tuolde Tesfamariam
(Wedi Vaccaro)
We are going to win this election
and then we are going to imple-
ment our budget.
Wynne stressed the need to invest
in the provinces infrastructure
and to provide better support for
retirees, an issue over which she
has sparred with Ottawa.
Our plan is about making sure
that whether you live in Kenora,
where you need your bridges
fxed, or whether you live in
downtown Toronto, Windsor or
Ottawa, where you need transit
wherever you live in the province,
our plan says you need to have in-
vestment in infrastructure.
Legislature dissolved
Wynne said Friday it was better to
have a election instead of waiting
to see her minority Liberal gov-
ernment defeated in a confdence
vote on its budget.
Wynne visited Lt.-Gov. David
Onley on Friday afternoon to ask
him to dissolve the legislature
after the New Democrats an-
nounced they had lost confdence
in the Liberals and would vote
Urgent Call . . .
From page 14
with the Progressive Conserva-
tives to defeat the budget.
Voters should not consider veer-
ing to the political left or right,
warned Wynne, who said people
will have a choice between a bal-
anced Liberal approach to job
creation and economic growth
and the reckless schemes of the
opposition parties.
Theyll have a choice, in fact,
between safe hands and risky tac-
tics, she said.
Premier slams feds and opposi-
tion parties
The premier took several shots at
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
for failing to fund infrastructure
projects like Ontarios Ring of
Fire or to help improve retire-
ment income for people without a
workplace pension plan. But she
reserved most of her vitriol for
the NDP and Tories.
The NDP make pie in the sky
promises, but they wont say how
theyll pay for them, complained
Wynne. So, now is not the time
for pipe dreams.
The Tories would roll back the
clock in Ontario by declaring
war on organized labour and
slashing government programs
people rely on, added the pre-
mier.
Their cuts would devastate cru-
cial public services in health and
education, she said. Their cuts
would take us along a path to-
wards a low-wage, low-growth
economy.
Budget a mad dash to escape
scandals: Horwath
New Democrat Leader Andrea
Horwath said earlier Friday that
she could not continue to prop up
a government that was plagued by
scandal after scandal and could
not trust the Liberals to keep all
the promises in Thursdays bud-
get.
I cannot in good conscience sup-
port a government that people
dont trust anymore, said Hor-
wath. This budget is not a solid
plan for the future. Its a mad dash
to escape the scandals by promis-
ing the moon and the stars.
It wasnt just the budget but the
gas plants scandal, the police in-
vestigation into the Ornge air am-
bulance and faulty girders being
installed in the Windsor parkway
that prompted the NDP to stop
supporting the Liberals, said Hor-
wath.
Its one scandal after another.
Its continued behaviour from a
government that hasnt seen the
way to change their path, and so
it wasnt only the $1.1 billion [gas
plants] scandal itself, but its the
continuous cover up of informa-
tion, said Horwath.
The leopard is not changing its
spots.
Rather than see the government
face weeks of criticism in the
legislature until the budget vote,
Wynne opted to call the election
herself.
Campaign begins next Wednes-
day
Progressive Conservative Leader
Tim Hudak, who held his own
press conference after Wynne
spoke, called the New Democrats
hypocritical for taking so long
to decide to defeat the Liberals,
something he said they should
have done at least a year ago.
If youre looking for whos go-
ing to be the best actor on the
stage, if youre looking for some-
one whos running a popularity
contest by promising funding on
all kinds of projects but they dont
have the cheques to cash in, well
then vote for the Liberal leader or
the NDP leader, Hudak said in
Ottawa.
But if you want a turnaround
plan to get Ontario working again,
look at me, look at my team, look
at my plan.
By tradition, Ontario elections are
called on a Wednesday and held
on a Thursday four weeks later,
but this campaign will go fve
weeks because of a Jewish holi-
day on Thursday, June 5.
Even though Wynne asked to
have the legislature dissolved on
Friday, and it wont sit again until
after the election, the campaign
period doesnt offcially begin
until next Wednesday.
The dissolution of the legislature
also means there wont be any
fnding of contempt against the
Liberals for the deletion of emails
and wiping of hard drives in the
premiers offce because the com-
mittee that was looking into the
gas plants scandal is now dis-
banded.
But rather than see the govern-
ment face weeks of criticism in
the legislature before the budget
vote, Wynne opted to call the
election herself.
Hudak criticized the New Demo-
crats for taking so long to decide
to defeat the Liberals.
From page 24
Ontario Heads To . . .
OPINION
Farley Mowat, a renowned
Canadian author and well-
known environmentalist,
was often criticized for
his lack of candour. Much
of his work he considered
to be subjective non-fc-
tion.)
In the words he wrote and
the interviews he gave,
Mowat would often remind
us that he had a voice and
it deserved to be heard.
Here are some of the more
well-known, sometimes
controversial quotes from
Mowats long and colour-
ful life:
On writing
Without a function, we
cease to be. So, I will write
till I die.
I never let facts get in the
way of a good story.
F--k the facts. The truth
is what is important. (In-
ternational Festival of Au-
thors in Toronto,1999)
I probably know between
50-100 young writers,
who I am horribly afraid
are my equals or my bet-
ters, who literally cannot
fnd a way to make a liv-
ing in this country. There
is no way that they can get
started. They are blocked
at almost every single por-
tal, and when I think of the
possibility that they wont
become writers, that they
will become something
else because they have to
survive, I am appalled by
what the future holds for
us. We will have no cul-
ture, no consciousness, we
wont be Canadians at all.
(Canadian Authors Union,
1971)
On wildlife protection
Whenever and wherev-
er men have engaged in
the mindless slaughter of
animals (including other
men), they have often at-
tempted to justify their acts
by attributing the most vi-
cious or revolting qualities
to those they would de-
stroy; and the less reason
there is for the slaughter,
the greater the campaign
for vilifcation.
It is to this new-found
resolution to reassert our
indivisibility with life, to
recognize the obligations
incumbent upon us as the
most powerful and deadly
species ever to exist, and to
begin making amends for
the havoc we have wrought,
that my own hopes for a
revival and continuance of
life on earth now turn. If
we persevere in this new
way we may succeed in
making man humane at
last.
On northern sovereignty
Sovereignty in the North?
It is to laugh. You know,
Trudeau can sit up there
making his little fancy-
pants answers about Cana-
dian sovereignty. He knows
hes kidding. He just hopes
to God that we wont fnd
out hes kidding. But he
is. (W5 Interview, 1969)
On being denied entry into
the U.S.
When they are prepared
to come to me and make an
apology for this, then I will
consider--Ill just barely
consider the possibility--
that I may at some future
time enter their country.
But Im not very keen on
the idea.
On society in general
Inaction will cause a man
to sink into the slough of
despond and vanish with-
out a trace.
Were under some gross
misconception that were a
good species, going some-
where important, and that
at the last minute well
correct our errors and God
will smile on us. Its delu-
sion.
We have doomed the wolf
not for what it is, but for
what we deliberately and
mistakenly perceive it to
be -- the mythological epit-
ome of a savage, ruthless
killer -- which is, in reality,
no more than the refected
image of ourself. (Never
Cry Wolf)
You never know when the
devil might come calling.
Katherine DeClerq, Spe-
cial to CTVNews.ca
In Farley Mowats words: The
truth is what is important
By Samuel N
Has God deliberately blind-
ed us, or is it that we are cal-
lous because we have seen
too much suffering. Elsa
Chyrum challenged the Eri-
trean community, We cant
continue living our daily lives
as if nothing is happening.
She said our frst objective
should be to remove this re-
gime and to institute a system
that respects human rights.
Elsa Chyrum delivering her
talk after a brief introduc-
tion by Almaz Negash (not in
photo)
In addition to the talk by
the respected Eritrean hu-
man rights activist Ms. Elsa
Chyrum, the Conference
titled A Dialogue with Elsa
Chyrum on the Global Cri-
sis of Eritrean Refugees and
Asylum Seekers. had three
main speakers: Almaz Ne-
gash, Saleh Gadi Johar and
Saleh Younis. The event was
predominantly conducted in
Tigrinya language and live
English caption was project-
ed for non-native attendees.
Elsa was modest in her talk
and hardly talked about her
work and achievements.
Saleh Younis pointed this out
and asked that she explain the
recent hunger strike she did
in protest of the detentions of
Eritrean refugees in Djibouti.
She explained that she took
the action out of desperation
having exhausted all hope
that the Djibouti authorities
would ever take the matter
seriously. She pleaded and
begged Djibouti authorities,
at some point even met with
the current Prime Minister.
I even pleaded that they at-
least release the Eritreans to
neighboring countries under
police escort if need be, she
said. Elsa said after the
hunger strike, the UNHCR
now recognizes the Eri-
treans in Djibouti as refu-
gees and she believes that
the international commu-
nity has now put pressure
on Djibouti authorities to
resolve the matter.
Throughout her talk, Elsa
was very soft-spoken per-
son. One can feel genuine
concern for the pain of
Eritreans in her speech.
During a visit to Eritrean
refugee camps in Ethiopia,
Elsa said she was touched to
see hundreds and hundreds
of young children who left
Eritrea without their parents.
Seeing these little chil-
dren living alone in refugee
camp, seeing the future gen-
eration of Eritrea in such sad
state I felt ill immediately. I
had stomach pain that lasted
for almost six months after
wards. Elsa said.
When asked a question on
what we the diaspora need
to do, Elsa replied that it is
important we start with help-
ing those in our surrounding,
Our actions have to start
with helping Eritrea refugees
locally. We can achieve most
there.
_____________________
Saleh Gadi Johar
Saleh Gadi Johar centered
his talk on human traffcking,
Human traffcking is not
unique to Eritrea, its a global
phenomena. So what makes
human traffcking in Eritrea
different? After briefy high-
lighting global human traf-
fcking challenges, he said
that we should try to tackle it
at the organization level and
we should focus less on the
foot soldiers committing
Please see page 21
Report: The Dialogue
with Elsa Chyrum
second youngest keeper
to play for the White-
caps. The youngest was
forward Guido Titotto who
debuted at 16 years 38 days
in 1987.
Were talking about a fu-
ture Canadian [internation-
al] goalkeeper. Hes abso-
lutely fantastic, Robinson
said of Carducci, who has
already represented Cana-
da at the FUFA U-17 World
Cup
Carducci called it a
dream night.
Its a positive result for
us, he said. It showed us
very well.
Toronto, which has a bye
this weekend, played a
more conventional lineup
Toronto FC holds off Whitecaps . . .
with Bendik making his
frst start of the season in
place of Julio Cesar
named to the Brazilian
World Cup squad earlier in
the day.
Other than Bendik, it was
the lineup TFC might have
used had it played an MLS
game on the night. The
only starters missing were
Brazilian midfelder Jack-
son and injured Canadian
midfelder Jonathan Oso-
rio (charley horse).
Vancouver started fve Ca-
nadians compared to To-
rontos three (defender Do-
neil Henry and midfelders
Kyle Bekker and Issey Na-
kajima-Farran). That tied
Vancouvers record for the
tournament.
Nelsen had to make a late
change before kickoff, re-
placing rookie Nick Hag-
glund with fullback Mark
Bloom because of a fu
bug that has been going
through the team.
Bendik, who had 33 starts
last season, had long
stretches of inactivity but
made the tough saves when
needed.
Thats the sign of a good
keeper, said Nelsen, who
called Bendiks play bril-
liant.
Gilberto, whose goal
drought continues, headed
woefully wide in the 21st
minute. But he played pro-
vider in the 28th minute,
carving open the Vancou-
ver defence with a nice
pass to put Defoe in all
alone with plenty of time
to beat Carducci.
While Gilberto did not
score, he exuded danger
whenever he got near the
ball and showed a good
eye in fnding his team-
mates. And it was a typical
Defoe performance with
the elusive striker disap-
pearing for stretches then
turning up in places where
he could do damage.
Bradley, meanwhile, made
some surging runs and
played surgical defence.
Montreal captured the in-
augural Canadian cham-
pionship in 2008 and won
it again last year. Toronto
claimed the trophy during
the four interim years. Van-
couver has fnished runner-
up the last fve years.
The winner hoists the Voya-
geurs Cup, donated by the
Voyageurs Canadian sup-
porters group, and earns a
berth in the CONCACAF
Champions League, a 24-
team competition featur-
ing clubs from North and
Central America and the
Caribbean.
The CONCACAF Cham-
pions League winner ad-
vances to the FIFA Club
World Cup.
The Canadian Press
From page 18
Toronto FC left
with the win. But
Vancouver coach
Carl Robinson
walked out with a
smile.
A baby-faced
Whitecaps squad
escaped the frst
leg of their Amway
Canadian Cham-
pionship semifnal
Wednesday down
by just one goal
after a 2-1 loss to
a star-studded To-
ronto FC outft.
Im delighted
with them. Im re-
ally really proud
of the boys in
there today, said
Robinson.
According to the White-
caps, the average age of
their starting 11 was 21.7
years, with an average of
22.1 for the matchday 18.
Toronto, meanwhile, rolled
out its big guns in U.S.
midfelder Michael Brad-
ley and the strike force of
Brazils Gilberto and Eng-
lands Jermain Defoe.
Standing in their way was
17-year-old Canadian
goalie Marco Carducci,
whose $36,504 US annual
salary is probably what
Bradley ($6.5 million) and
Defoe ($6.18 million) fnd
in their couch.
Up 1-0 after Defoes frst-
half strike, Bradley added
what seemed like an insur-
ance goal in the 89th min-
ute, driving down the right
and then, after a nifty 1-2
with Defoe, beating Car-
ducci with a right-footed
shot.
The Whitecaps responded
with a stoppage-time goal
from substitute Kekuta
Manneh, a valuable away
goal that may pay divi-
dends if the total goals se-
ries fnished tied.
The second leg is next
Wednesday in Vancouver.
I think the tie is wide
open, said Robinson.
I think both teams wanted
to win this tie and end it to-
night, said Toronto man-
ager Ryan Nelsen. But its
not [done]. Its up for grabs
for both teams.
Nelsen said he would make
changes for the return leg,
but declined to elaborate.
Robinson said he would
give his young players an-
other opportunity because
I think they deserve it.
The defending champion
Montreal Impact were in
Alberta to face FC Edmon-
ton in the later semifnal
Wednesday.
Nelsen, whose club had
lost its last three MLS out-
ings, called it an awkward
game against a young op-
position squad looking to
prove itself to its coach.
Toronto FC holds off Whitecaps in Amway
semifnal opener
Boy they were up for it,
he said. It was one of those
games where ... you could
have easily lost. Theyre a
good team, theyre good
young players.
He lamented his team
was unable to get the sec-
ond goal earlier, allow-
ing Vancouver to retain
its confdence. And when
Toronto did score again, it
was quickly followed by a
Whitecaps goal that left
a bit of a sour taste in the
mouth.
Toronto GM Tim Bez-
batchenko certainly looked
grim as he left his perch
atop the stadium.
Vancouver lived danger-
ously, carved open at times
by a Toronto side that more
often than not was unable
to punish the visitors. But
the Whitecaps, who grew
into the game, had stretch-
es when they strung passes
together and came close
to scoring before the late
strike.
Toronto should have led by
several goals after 45 min-
utes on a windy night at
BMO Field before an an-
nounced crowd of 22,591
despite a good number of
empty seats. But it failed
to take advantage of some
early stage fright from the
visitors, putting only three
of eight shots on target in
the frst half, and needed a
pair of defensive stops late
in the half to avoid going
in tied 1-1.
Toronto outshot Vancouver
14-13 over 90 minutes but
the visitors had a 6-4 edge
in shots on target.
Perhaps the big winner on
the night was Canadian
soccer, with eight home-
grown starters and signs of
hope for the future.
Said Nelsen: Vancouver
has a fantastic academy
... I think were probably
a couple of years behind
them in producing a steady
infux of good young Ca-
nadian players.
With a league game in Co-
lumbus on Saturday, Rob-
inson gave veterans like
centre backs Jay DeMerit
and Andy OBrien the
night off and dipped deep
into his touring party of
26 as he blooded a bevy of
young talent.
Under Robinson, the
Whitecaps are a young
side. But he went younger
than young Wednesday.
In addition to Carducci,
the Whitecaps starting 11
included Canadian mid-
felders Bryce Alderson
(20 years old), Marco Bus-
tos (18), Kianz Froese (18)
and Russell Teibert (21),
who came in the game
with 46 MLS appearances
under his belt.
Robinson gave the cap-
tains armband to Teibert,
calling him our face of
our residency program.
I was impressed with
them, especially their
midfelders, said Toronto
goalie Joe Bendik.
At 17 years 225 days, Car-
ducci becomes the 12th
youngest player and
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In this country, it is a cus-
tom to organize showers for
many different occasions,
the most popular of which
is the bridal shower. When
a couple decide to get mar-
ried, family
members and
future in-laws
who wish to
celebrate the
upcoming wed-
ding may host
a bridesmaids
luncheon, en-
gagement an-
nouncement
party other gift-
oriented party.
When a couple
moves into
a new home,
someone may
host a house-
warming party. As you can
imagine, buying a house is
a very expensive proposi-
tion. And the couple may
not have much money
left to furnish the home or
buy basic kitchen utensils
which they need to use ev-
eryday.
There are also baby show-
ers when a couple is ex-
pecting a child. This is also
expensive. The couple will
need a crib, clothing for
the baby, diapers and all
sorts of other things. Usu-
ally the mother-in-law of
the expectant mother will
organize the baby shower.
My nephew, Andrew, and
his wife Donnabel are ex-
pecting their frst child next
month. What could I give?
I usually like to make my
gifts because they mean
so much more to the re-
cipients. I still remember
a quote from Ralph Wal-
do Emerson which I read
somewhere while I was a
child. He said, The great-
est gift is a portion of thy-
self.
So whenever occasions to
offer gifts arise, I give my-
self lots of time to think
about what I can possibly
make. I love making things
that other people will never
think of giving.
Years ago I made a crib
mobile and a small quilt
for a baby shower. Katy,
the expectant mother told
me those were her favou-
rite gifts.
So I decided Id make a
crib mobile for the new-
born. I thought of the de-
sign, the shapes I would
cut out of felt, bought re-
ally colourful beads, bells
A Shower
Gift
Toronto Coun. Doug Ford
says hes relieved that his
brother, Mayor Rob Ford,
has stepped aside and is
seeking help for his sub-
stance abuse problems.
This is one of the tough-
est days of my life but in
saying that, I also have a
sense of relief, the coun-
cillor said while fghting
back tears at a news con-
ference Thursday. As
an older brother, Im re-
lieved that Rob has faced
his problems and decided
to seek professional help.
This isnt an easy thing for
anyone to do especially
when youre mayor of this
city.
A day earlier, Rob Ford
said he is temporarily step-
ping aside from both his
role as mayor and his re-
election campaign, but its
not clear when he plans to
return.
Many people believe they
can handle any problem
themselves but sometimes
you need of your friends,
family and professionals,
Doug Ford said.
I told Rob that everyone
knows someone who has
faced these challenges, and
I know they will wish him
well and a speedy recov-
ery. I love my brother. Ill
continue to stand by my
brother and his family in
this diffcult journey.
Earlier Thursday, mayoral-
ty candidates Olivia Chow
and Coun. Karen Stintz
both decried Rob Fords
comments in two recent re-
cordings. Chow and Stintz
said they are glad the may-
or is seeking help, but both
also said he is an embar-
rassment who is no longer
ft to serve as mayor.
Stintz said Fords recent
comments about her are
gross, and provide fur-
ther evidence the city needs
a new mayor.
I am disappointed by the
misogynistic language
used by Rob Ford, said
Stintz, referring to com-
ments contained in an au-
dio recording that surfaced
this week and was posted
on a Toronto newspapers
website.
The only people who can
remove Rob Ford from of-
fce are the people of To-
ronto. I have faith in the
people of this city. Rob
Ford is not Toronto. We
need to move forward.
In the recording, Ford says,
Id like to f--king jam
her, in reference to Stintz.
Ford has said he will step
aside from his duties as
mayor and his re-election
campaign to get profes-
sional help.
I had to tell my children
today the mayor said some
mean things about their
mommy, said Stintz. We
need a new leader, we need
a new mayor.
Doug Ford feels sense of relief
that Rob Ford will seek help
Controversy over the
Canadian governments
proposed First Nations
education bill is dividing
aboriginal chiefs and spur-
ring the resurgence of a
movement to oust Assem-
bly of First Nations (AFN)
National Chief Shawn At-
leo.
On social media, there is
talk about rejecting both
the bill and Atleos leader-
ship at the AFNs assembly
in July.
Either Atleo and the re-
gional chiefs have to come
to the table and be account-
able to the grassroots peo-
ple, and if not, then they
deserve to be removed,
said Pam Palmater in an in-
terview with CBC News.
Palmater is chair in indig-
enous governance at Ryer-
son University in Toronto,
and ran against Atleo in the
last election for national
chief.
But she said her opposition
and the impeach Atleo push
are not about that battle.
Im not looking for his
job, she said. Now in-
dividual chiefs are mak-
ing the same call, but Im
making that call because
Shawn Atleo has stopped
defending our rights.
Palmater is one of many
who are convinced the pro-
posed First Nations control
of First Nations educa-
tion act is fatally fawed.
She said it gives too much
control to the minister of
aboriginal affairs, doesnt
protect treaty rights and
the money attached falls
far short of what is needed
to make a difference for
First Nations children.
There are many region-
al chiefs and even local
chiefs who have expressed
support for the bill. But on
Monday, fve chiefs from
across the country held a
news conference in Ottawa
to voice their displeasure
with the proposed legisla-
tion. They argue that the
bill is the result of closed-
door, backroom meetings
between the AFN and the
federal government. And
they said they represent the
majority in each of their
provinces.
AFN Response
But AFNs New Brunswick
and P.E.I. regional chief,
Roger Augustine, says hes
fed up.
The other side, if theres
another side, say we have
to protect the rights of our
children. But do we do that
by walking away each and
every time? Ive seen it so
often that people just say
no and then maybe 10 or
15 years later they come
back and say, OK, lets
discuss this again.
Augustine conceded the
bill is far from perfect, but
said its a huge improve-
ment over what most First
Nations have now.
Someone has to step for-
ward now at this point, just
like National Chief Atleo
is doing. Step forward and
take a chance, he said.
He questioned the mo-
tives of the opposition,
saying some chiefs have
legitimate concerns, but
that many who are calling
for Atleos head are really
after power.
Augustine said AFN na-
tional chiefs often get
bruised during their time
in offce.
But those on the other side
have warned that rather
than be Atleos legacy, the
education act could be his
undoing.
Governments efforts com-
plicate situation
In the meantime, the Con-
servative governments
strategy to sell the bill
might actually be making
things worse.
Aboriginal Affairs Min-
ister Bernard Valcourt
has often highlighted the
AFNs support of the act
and has pointed out Atleo
has said that the act refects
the principles that First
Nations insisted be in the
bill.
In a letter dated April 17
and written to NDP ab-
original affairs critic Jean
Crowder, Valcourt wrote:
I was pleased that the Na-
tional Chief Shawn Atleo
confrmed on the day of in-
troduction of Bill C-33 that
the bill refected the fve
conditions for success.
For those opposed to the
legislation and suspicious
of both the government
and the AFN, thats proof
theyre complicit.
The act is in second read-
ing in the House of Com-
mons and will soon likely
come before committee
,where it may or may not
see amendments made.
Karina Roman,
CBC News
First Nations Divided Over Education
Act And Their Leadership
and a hoop to suspend the
shapes from.
I cut out two shapes of ev-
erything: an angel, a heart,
fower, car, star, fsh and a
bird from brightly coloured
felt. Then I embroidered
both sides of each shape,
sewed up the sides leaving
a gap so that I could stuff
each with quilt batting. I
stitched up the gaps. Then
the really fun part began.
I draped the hoop with
seven brightly coloured
ribbons. Im a big kid. Im
attracted to bright colours
and so are all children.
With a needle I fastened
dental foss securely
through the top of each
piece and then strung
brightly coloured beads
(orange, shiny blue, solid
blue and clear) and bells.
Then I secured the very top
of each shape to the gaily
decorated hoop. I removed
a plant that was hanging in
my bathroom from a hook
in the ceiling. The crib mo-
bile now hangs where the
plant used to be. I like it so
much Im thinking I may
even make one for myself.
But the mobile took a very
long time to make. At least
20 or 30 hours. I hope An-
drew and Donnabel will
really like my gift and ap-
preciate all the love I put
into making it.
A Shower . . .
From page 20
the crimes.
In one instance he likened
human traffcking to drug
smuggling and how diffcult
it is even for the greatest
nations to tackle, we have
become like fre fghters run-
ning around trying to put out
fre here and there, let us ask
bigger questions Who ben-
efts from human traffcking
of Eritreans? lets research
and try to catch the bigger
fsh. He also expressed his
disappointment that many
dont actively involve in
fghting human traffcking,
In four years [of research]
I only have two phone num-
bers that belong to kidnap-
pers. So why are we not open
about it. I can understand it is
diffcult to inform on kidnap-
pers when your loved ones
are in the hands of traffckers
but we should actively try to
expose the criminals once we
get our loved ones freed.
Either you are an activist or
you are not. -Saleh Gadi Jo-
har
Saleh Younis
Saleh Younis talked on issues
of Eritrea refugees, Both the
pull factor and the push fac-
tors that drive Eritreans to
fee have increased in the past
years. He said, and those
responsible for either side
blame each other as the main
cause. Those responsible for
the push factor blame that
the West is making it too easy
for Eritreans to be granted
Asylum, those on the pull
side complain that the tyrant
neednt press his boot so hard
on his population.
Decades of abuse have made
the Eritrean pride dissolve
away from Eritreans -Saleh
Younis
From page 16
Report: The Dialogue . . .
Technology & Science
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Reporters Without Borders
is appalled by the arrests of
a total of nine journalists and
bloggers at the end of last
week on a charge of inciting
violence.
Six members of the Zone 9
blog groups Atnaf Berhane,
Mahlet Fantahun, Befekadu
Hailu, Abel Wabella, Natnail
Feleke and Zelalem Kibret
were arrested during coordi-
nated police raids and search-
es of their homes on 25 April
and were taken to the Addis
Ababa police investigation
centre known as Maikelawi.
The operation came just days
after Zone 9 announced ear-
lier last week that blogging
was resuming on the site.
Tesfalem Waldyes, a jour-
nalist who freelances for the
monthly Fortune and Addis
Standard, was also arrested
on 25 April, while two other
journalists were arrested the
next day. They were Edom
Kasaye, who used to work
for the government newspa-
per Addis Zemen and is now
active on Twitter, and Asma-
maw Hailegiorgis, the senior
editor of the independent
Amharic-language weekly
Addis Guday.
All nine were brought before
the court on Sunday, 27 April,
on charges of working with
foreign organizations that
claim to be human rights
activists and (...) receiving
fnance to incite public vio-
lence through social media.
None of the nine has so far
had access to a lawyer or been
able to contact their family.
The next hearings have been
set for 7 and 8 May.
We call on the Ethiopian au-
thorities to immediately re-
lease these six bloggers and
three journalists, who are not
guilty of any action designed
to destabilize state authority,
said Cla Kahn-Sriber, the
head of the Reporters With-
out Borders Africa desk.
This wave of arrests is a fa-
grant violation of article 29
of the Ethiopian constitution,
which guarantees the right
to seek, receive and impart
information and ideas of all
kinds. By means of their
blogs and articles, the peo-
ple who have been arrested
helped Ethiopian citizens to
reach plural and informed
opinions.
Kahn-Sriber added: Jailing
journalists and bloggers has
the effect of nipping demo-
cratic development in the
bud. At a time when the situa-
tion in Ethiopia is about to be
the subject of a Universal Pe-
riodic Review by the UN Hu-
man Rights Council, we urge
the government to respect
its national and international
obligations to guarantee free-
dom of information.
Waldyes is respected by col-
leagues for his integrity and
sense of moderation. At the
time of his arrest, he was
fnishing an article on Ethio-
pias textile industry. After
working for the Addis Neger
website until its closure un-
der government pressure in
2009, he fed to Uganda and
continued working there un-
til his return to Ethiopia in
2012.
Hailegiorgis newspaper,
Addis Guday, is known for
its acerbic criticism of the
government and was fercely
criticized itself in a recent ar-
ticle in the government daily
Addis Zemen, which ques-
tioned the ethics of seven in-
dependent print media. Addis
Zemen often functions as the
governments mouthpiece in
smear campaigns that some-
time presage more heavy-
handed measures against in-
dependent media. This was
the case with Addis Neger in
2009.
Zone 9 describes itself as
an informal group of young
Ethiopian bloggers working
together to create an alterna-
tive independent narration of
the socio-political conditions
in Ethiopia. Several media
professionals consulted by
said the group did not hesi-
tate to criticize but believed
in peaceful change through
dialogue.
The blog was blocked by
the authorities within Ethio-
pia soon after its creation in
2012 but remained accessible
abroad. The group continued
to post information and com-
ments on social networks but,
after constant harassment by
the authorities, suspended
activity seven months ago
and did not resume until last
week.
Harassment of news provid-
ers is not new in Ethiopia.
Ever since the parliament
adopted an anti-terrorism
law in July 2009, freedom of
information has been repeat-
edly suppressed in the name
of national security and there
have been frequent arbitrary
arrests.
According to Reporters
Without Borders tally, at
least seven other journalists
(including two Eritreans) are
currently detained in Ethio-
pia. They are Asfaw Berha-
nu, Reyot Alemu, Woubeshet
Taye, Saleh Idriss Gama
(Eritrean), Tesfalidet Kidane
Tesfazghi (Eritrean), Shifer-
raw Insermu, and Yusuf Ge-
tachew.
Online surveillance is also
widespread, with an entire
government agency dedicat-
ed to this task, according to
the recent Reporters Without
Borders report on Enemies of
the Internet.
Ethiopia is ranked 143rd out
of 180 countries in the 2014
press freedom index.
Nine news providers arrested on
charge of inciting violence
A futuristic space suit dec-
orated with glowing geo-
metric designs is NASAs
latest prototype in series
that its astronauts ultimate-
ly expect to wear on Mars.
The new Z-2 was the win-
ning suit in a public vote
among three designs,
NASA announced Wednes-
day. Sixty-two per cent of
voters picked the design
emphasizing technology
in its look, helping it beat
the nature-inspired bio-
mimicry option and the
trends in society option
intended to look more like
everyday clothes of the
future.
The Z-2 is the second in
a series of space suits de-
signed with the goal of
developing technology
that one day will be used
in a suit worn by the frst
humans to step foot on the
Red Planet. Such a suit
needs to be able to pro-
tect astronauts both during
spacewalks and other ex-
cursions in space en route
to Mars, and on the planets
surface, as they explore its
rocky terrain.
The Z-2 builds on the tech-
nology of its predecessor
the Z-1, unveiled in 2012,
but has:
A more durable hard upper
torso with abrasion-resis-
tant panels on the lower
half, instead of the soft
torso of the Z-1.
More advanced shoulder
and hip joints to improve
mobility, including ex-
posed rotating bearings
and collapsing pleats.
Electroluminescent wiring
and patches on the torso
that make it glow and may
help crew members identi-
fy each other during space-
walks.
Boots more similar to those
found on a suit ready for
space.
Materials that can survive
the full vacuum of space.
The U.S. space agency
expects to start testing
the new Z-2 by Novem-
ber 2014. Tests for dura-
bility, mobility and other
measures of performance
New Mars space suit un-
veiled by NASA
Prime Minister Stephen
Harper today issued the
following statement an-
nouncing that Canada has
imposed economic sanc-
tions against nine addition-
al Russians and two Rus-
sian banks. Travel bans are
also being imposed on the
nine individuals.

Our Government has been
very clear that any further
intimidation or actions to
de-stabilize the Ukrainian
government will result in
consequences.

The illegal occupation
of Ukraine continues and
Russias military aggres-
sion persists. That is why
we are imposing sanctions
against an additional nine
individuals and two enti-
ties today.

Until Russia clearly dem-
onstrates its respect for
Ukraines sovereignty and
territorial integrity, Canada
will continue to work with
its allies and like-minded
countries to apply pressure
that will further isolate
Russia economically and
politically.
CANADA IMPOSES
ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS
For the frst time ever, Re-
porters Without Borders
is publishing a list of pro-
fles of 100 information
heroes for World Press
Freedom Day (3 May).

Through their courageous
work or activism, these
100 heroes help to pro-
mote the freedom en-
shrined in article 19 of the
Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, the free-
dom to to seek, receive
and impart information
and ideas through any me-
dia and regardless of fron-
tiers. They put their ideals
in the service of the com-
mon good. They serve as
examples.

World Press Freedom
Day, which Reporters
Without Borders helped to
create, should be an occa-
sion for paying tribute to
the courage of the jour-
nalists and bloggers who
constantly sacrifce their
safety and sometimes their
lives to their vocation,
said Reporters Without
Borders secretary-general
Christophe Deloire.

These information he-
roes are a source of inspi-
ration to all men and men
who aspire to freedom.
Without their determina-
tion and the determination
of all those like them, it
would be simply impos-
sible to extend the domain
of freedom.

This obviously non-ex-
haustive list pays homage
not only to the 100 fa-
mous and less well known
people on it, but also to
all the professional and
non-professional journal-
ists who constantly help
to shed light on the world
and cover every aspect of
its reality. This initiative
aims to show that the fght
for freedom of information
requires not only active
support for the victims of
abuses but also the promo-
tion of those who can serve
as models.

The list of 100 information
heroes comprises women
and men of almost all ages
(25 to 75) and 65 nations.
The youngest, Oudom Tat,
is Cambodian and the old-
est, Muhammed Ziauddin,
is Pakistani. Twenty-fve
of the heroes are from the
Asia-Pacifc region, 20
from the Middle East and
North Africa, and eight
from Europe. Iran, Russia,
China, Eritrea, Azerbai-
jan, Mexico and Vietnam
are each represented by at
least three heroes.

The lists includes such
varied fgures as Anabel
Hernandez, the author of a
bestseller on the collusion
between Mexican politi-
cians and organized crime,
Ismail Saymaz, a Turkish
journalist who has been
prosecuted a score of times
for his reporting, Hassan
Ruvakuki, who was jailed
for 15 months in Burundi
for interviewing members
of a rebel movement, and
Gerard Ryle, the head of
International Consortium
of Investigative Journal-
ists, who has contributed
to the emergence of global
investigative journalism.

Some work in democra-
cies. They include Glenn
Greenwald and Laura Poi-
tras, US citizens who were
responsible for revealing
the mass electronic surveil-
lance methods used by the
US and British intelligence
agencies. Others, such as
the Iranian journalist Jila
Bani Yaghoob, work un-
der the most authoritarian
regimes.

Not all are professional
journalists. The Vietnam-
ese citizen-journalist Le
Ngoc Thanh, for example,
is also a Catholic priest.
Many, such as Lirio Ab-
bate, a specialist in the Si-
cilian mafa, have focused
on covering corruption and
organized crime. This is
the case with Peter John
Jaban, a Malaysian radio
programme host who spent
years in self-exile on Lon-
don, Serhiy Leshchenko,
an investigative journal-
ist from Ukraine, and As-
sen Yordanov, a Bulgarian
journalist who has been re-
peatedly threatened.

The profles also include
activists like Mara Pa
Matta, who has worked
for nearly ten years for the
World Association of Com-
munity Radio Broadcast-
ers (AMARC), defending
the freedom of commu-
nity radio stations in Latin
America.

Courage is the common
denominator. In Uzbeki-
stan, the authorities had no
compunction about tortur-
ing Muhammad Bekzha-
nov to extract a confession.
In Eritrea, ranked last in
the 2014 Reporters With-
out Borders press freedom
index for the seventh year
running, Dawit Isaac has
languished in the dictator
Issayas Afeworkis jails
for the past 13 years. Ma-
zen Darwish, founder of
the Syrian Centre for Me-
dia and Freedom of Ex-
pression and winner of the
RWB press freedom prize
in 2012, has been held for
more than two years by the
Assad regime.
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2014
RWB publishes profles of 100 information heroes
If he was truly sorry, he
would have apologized to
me last night.
Shortly after Stintz spoke,
Chow, the former NDP
MP, said Fords move to
step aside comes too late.
Its obvious Mr. Ford is a
sick man with a serious
substance abuse problem,
said Chow.
As a mayor, it is too late.
He had his chance. Last
year everyone said he needs
to get help. He didnt do so.
The time to take a leave of
absence was last year.
In October this city will
issue a verdict on Mr. Ford
Doug Ford feels . . .
From page 20
and we will have a new
mayor.
Deputy Mayor Norm Kel-
ly, who took over many of
Fords duties when council
stripped the mayor of many
of his powers in Novem-
ber, will also speak Thurs-
day, at 11:45 a.m. ET in a
news conference that CBC.
ca will carry live.
Earlier Thursday, Coun.
Denzil Minnan-Wong, a
former supporter of Ford,
said the mayors move to
step aside and get help is
better late than never.
Right now is a time to let
Rob Ford heal and get the
help he needs, he told re-
porters Thursday.
Other members of council
were more blunt in their
reaction.
Coun. Jaye Robinson said
Fords move to temporarily
step aside does not go far
enough. She said anything
less than a full resignation
from both the offce and
his re-election bid is too
little, too late.
The mayor does not have
a shred of credibility left
and he hasnt for months,
Robinson said on CBC Ra-
dios Metro Morning. Our
mayor is a chronic liar; we
cant take it anymore. He
needs to get his name off
the ballot.
CBC News
Prime Minister Stephen
Harper extends his con-
dolences on the death of
celebrated Canadian au-
thor Farley Mowat.

On behalf of the entire
country, I extend my
deepest condolences to
the family and friends
of Farley Mowat, who
passed away recently
at the age of 92. said
Prime Minister Harper.

Mr. Mowat was a cel-
ebrated author, envi-
ronmentalist, activist
and Second World War
Veteran, having served
throughout Europe. One
of Canadas most widely
read authors, he was a
natural storyteller with a
real gift for sharing per-
sonal anecdotes in a witty
and endearing way. His lit-
erary works almost always
refected his deep love of
nature and of animals.

For his contributions to
Canadian arts and culture,
he was awarded many hon-
ours, including being made
an Offcer of the Order of
Canada in 1981, in addition
to receiving the Queens
Golden and Diamond Jubi-
lee Medals.

Mr. Mowat will be re-
membered as a passion-
ate Canadian. His legacy
will live on in the treasure
of Canadian literature he
leaves behind, which will
remain a joy to both new
and old fans around the
world.
PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA EX-
TENDS CONDOLENCES ON THE
DEATH OF FARLEY MOWAT
will take place in vacu-
um chambers that mimic
space, an underwater facil-
ity for training astronauts
for spacewalks and at a
rocky site resembling the
surface of Mars.
Because the Z-series is
still in the prototype, or
non-fight, phase, the de-
sign wont be making a trip
to space, NASA said in a
news release.
The suit lacks some fea-
tures that space-ready suits
have, such as the materials
and design elements need-
ed to protect spacewalking
astronauts from extreme
temperatures, harmful ra-
diation and micrometeor-
ite strikes in space. NASA
says those arent neces-
sary at this stage.
The Z-series is a project of
NASAs Advanced Explo-
ration Systems Division,
which develops and dem-
onstrates technologies for
missions beyond the In-
ternational Space Station.
The three possible options
for the Z-2 were part of a
collaboration with Freder-
ica, Delaware-based space
suit maker ILC Dover and
Philadelphia University.
New Mars space suit . . .
From page 22
Ontario Liberal Leader Kath-
leen Wynne rallied her troops in
a Toronto nightspot Friday eve-
ning just a few hours after an-
nouncing the province is headed
to the polls.
Wynne told some 400 supporters
that her minority governments
budget, which failed to win
support from either opposition
party, would be re-introduced
following the partys return to
power on June 12.
We would have loved to have
had the opportunity to immedi-
ately implement that budget, but
[NDP Leader] Andrea Horwath
and [PC Leader] Tim Hudak
decided they want an election,
Wynne said.
But there is a silver lining
Please see page 15
Ontario Heads To
Election

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