The Montreal Chapter of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs luncheon on April 5 - Paul Michael Wihbey, President of GWEST (Global Water and Energy Strategy Team, Washington, DC) will speak on Canada - An Energy Superpower: Implications Globally & with the U.S. [Editor's note: see http://www.jinsa.org/articles/articles.html/function/view/categoryid/1930/documentid/2861/history/3,2359,2166,1930,2861broker has disappeared and professionals in the field have become more evident, more skilled, and play a larger role in individual investment plans. A steady increase in interest rates is not good for the stock market, but the institutions must put their money somewhere and this tempers to some extent, the glitches. The technical experts see a continuing upward movement in the market that began in autumn last year. We are now having a correction, which should last through late March - April and will then witness an upturn led by oil prices and, to an extent, metals. Following several years of relative elation over Canada’s economic performance as reflected in statistical analyses and despite the positive near-term predictions of stock exchange indices, there is mounting concern about the future, much of it centred on increased federal spending fuelled by what are considered to be overly generous agreements with the Atlantic provinces and what appear on the surface to be self-destructive fiscal decisions by the United States government. [see: Bob Herbert in the NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/25/opinion/herbert25.1.htmlpressed, both specifically and generically, about the problems currently plaguing General Motors http://news.ft.com/cms/s/66fd56be-9bd3-11d9-815d-00000e2511c8.html huge salary will have at his/her disposal all the expert advice necessary to make sage investments, it cannot be expected that the floor sweeper or mill worker has the same knowledge or professional advice available, nor do many educated people whose professions are in areas remote from financial matters. see: http://www.wednesday-night.com/Wed1199.aspm clear. In the instance of brain death, the problem is less acute, especially if the victim has previously written a living will. However, in this instance, she is brain-damaged rather than brain dead and so, is starving her to death not equivalent to murder? What level of disability permits family to intervene to cut off life? Is it fair to the patient to permit her to continue living in a vegetative state? What is the appropriate role of the congressional and executive branches of the federal government (rather than the judiciary) in such a case? Many are alarmed by the concentrated efforts by Congress and the White House to force the resumption of life support for Ms. Schiavo. [A ghastly dilemma which Congress and George Bush have only made worse http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3789436]