http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/ Public discussion - Everyone welcome Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:31:44 GMT JivePacketRat http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9954 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9954 Actually I wonder why a lot of things were invented :-)   I can guess that some were created as SPAM as they can cause a large number of emails to be sent, Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:52:53 GMT chisholmjets2001 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9953 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9953 Quote: "As I understand it on-line petitions are not valid,..." To be honest with you, I've never looked into it. If this is true then you have to wonder why Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:28:03 GMT JivePacketRat http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9952 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9952 Hello Robert,   I am not sure that "signing" the petition has any relevance.  As I understand it on-line petitions are not valid, as the person who enters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:24:19 GMT ROBERT CHISHOLM http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9951 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9951 I think this petition is worth supporting and would encourage as many people as possible to sign it. It concerns unfair tax laws which are causing many people, Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:27:08 GMT H. E. David Headley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9950 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9950 My apologies...I distributed the wrong link... The correct link is below... http://www.torontostarclassifieds.com/OLCSApp/do/attribute_view_ad?categoryN Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:07:37 GMT H. E. David Headley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9949 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9949 For those among us who were/are connected to Nortel and may have know Mike Unger... David Headley ... Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 11:36 AM Here's the link to Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:54:44 GMT JivePacketRat http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9948 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9948 I agree with your comments whole heartedly.   Maybe someone who has the ability to gather the appropriate data will create a list of the pro's and con's.  Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:02:27 GMT H. E. David Headley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9947 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9947 It's interesting that the speech was on the heels of a recent Globe and Mail article by Preston Manning, "As Toronto goes, so goes Canada". The article seems Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:24:12 GMT jgillcell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9946 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9946 A global commodities boom is providing a crutch for Canada, with its declining socioeconomic performance and "chronic" lack of innovation compared with other Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:23:18 GMT big_hkkid http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9945 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9945 Thanks Gamal. I think my friend knows the CES in UofT. However, the evaluation time takes a few months that he can't afford. His contract work should start mid Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:06:02 GMT Gamal A. Elbanna http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9944 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9944 Good day Lee: I have the info you requested: Audra Jefremovas Senior Credentials Assessor Comparative Education Service University of Toronto 315 Bloor Street Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:05:44 GMT jgillcell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9943 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9943 I don't buy into their theories. Seems to me that the companies in Canada (and in other countries e.g. Scandanavia) that are exceling and pay their workers a Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:51:15 GMT H. E. David Headley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9942 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9942 ________________________________________________________________________ Canada urged to lift foreign ownership limits in several sectors This story appears at Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:27:34 GMT jgillcell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9941 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9941 A good one - The pat answer to all of this from our politicians is that we just need to "invest" more in training and education, so that we can all participate Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:22:59 GMT jgillcell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9940 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9940 I think that this depends on what kind of degree does he has. If it is an engineering degree, he may be able to get the PEO to verify that his degree is