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Punjabi man’s 

last-minute 

wedding to stop 

deportation from 

New Zealand fails 

Agencies 

A Punjabi man’s attempt 

to stay in New 

Zealand by having a 

quick wedding on Tuesday 

with his partner 

didn’t deter immigration 

officials from a deportation 

notice to him. 

Sukhwinder Singh, 

23, hails from Bilaspur 

in India. He came to New 

Zealand on a student 

visa to study business 

at Abacus Institute of 

Studies in Christchurch 

in January 2014. After 

finishing his course, 

he got a work visa and 

started working at Mc- 

Donald’s. 

But May this year, 

his application for a 

work visa (partner category) 

was denied, making 

his stay in New Zealand 

illegal. 

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Greedy real estate agents, brokers 

must face double fines: OREA 

The Canadian Parvasi 

TORONTO: The Ontario Real 

Estate Association (OREA) has 

proposed increased fines on real 

estate salespeople and brokerages 

who violate the code of ethics to 

pocket big commissions. This recommendation 

has been made in a 

white paper published on Wednesday. 

In the white paper, OREA recommends 

that the fines on salespeople 

who violate the Real Estate 

and Business Brokers Act should 

be increased to $50,000. 

Similarly, the brokerage which 

violate the code of ethics must be 

Indo-Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa’s Fairfax 

sells Singapore insurance business for $1.6 billion 

Agencies 

TORONTO: Fairfax Financial 

Holdings Ltd., which 

is controlled by Indo-Canadian 

Prem Watsa, is selling 

its stake in Singaporean 

insurer First Capital 

Insurance Ltd. for US$1.6 

billion as part of a broader 

partnership agreement 

that will ensure the Canadian 

insurance and investment 

company receives 25 

fined $100,000. According to OREA, 

the average fine per case last year 

was just $6,000. At a time of record 

per cent of the subsidiary's 

profits, reports the Canadian 

Press. 

Hyderabad-born Watsa, 

who is the chairman and 

CEO of Fairfax, controls 

more than 50 percent stake 

in the Toronto-based company. 

He is considered one 

of the richest Indo-Canadians, 

with personal worth 

over a billion dollars 

In a conference call 

Thursday, Prem Watsa 

property prices, these small fines 

don’t serve as any deterrent for 

greedy salespeople. 

"Even under a system of higher 

fines registrants could still profit 

from unethical behaviour,’’ says 

OREA. 

The white paper wants the industry 

regulator, the Real Estate 

Council of Ontario (RECO), to be 

empowered to force realtors violating 

the code of ethics to repay 

all their profits. The white paper 

also wants that RECO must be given 

the power to suspend a member 

or revoke licenses. According to 

RECO, its investigations against 

its members last year led to 28 people 

losing or being denied licence 

and 29 convictions. 


said the all-cash deal to sell 

its 97.7 per cent stake in the 

business to Japan's Mitsui 

Sumitomo Insurance Co. 

is part of a "strategic alliance" 

with Mitsui, under 

which the companies will 

pursue global partnership 

opportunities. The partnership 

provides Fairfax 

with the potential to gain 

exposure in other regions 

of the world as well. 


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August 25, 2017 | Toronto 02 

NEWS 

Constable Rajvir 

Ghuman charged 

with domestic 

assault, suspended 


BRAMPTON: An Indo-Canadian constable with Peel Regional 

Police has been charged in connection with domestic 

assault, forcible confinement and mischief over $5,000. 

Constable Rajvir Ghuman has been slapped with these 

charges after an investigation by the Peel Regional Police 

Professional Standards Bureau. He has been suspended 

with pay as per the Ontario Police Services Act. In a press 

release by Peel Police, Chief Jennifer Evans says, “Conduct 

of this nature is not tolerated by the Peel Regional 

Police and any officer who engages in this behavior will be 

investigated and charged appropriately.” 

2 teens arrested for home robbery 

in Brampton, third escapes 

BRAMPTON: Two teenagers have been arrested and 

charged with home robbery in Brampton. The incident 

happened on Wednesday when three suspects broke into 

a house in the area of Sunforest Drive and Bovaird Drive 

East in Brampton. The suspects were confronted by two 

male members of the house. One of them suffered injuries 

in the altercation with the suspects. Police arrived on the 

scene and arrested two suspects - who are 15 and 17 years 

old. The third suspect managed to escape. He is described 

as 5’10” in height, light complexion, wearing dark clothing, 

possibly a grey shirt. Police seeking help from the public 

to nab him. Some items were recovered from the suspects. 

Even as the hunt continues to arrest the third suspect, cops 

are also seeking help from the public about a four-door 

Hyundai Elantra (2013 model) which was seen in the area 

at the time of the incident. The third suspect may have escaped 

in it. Because of the Youth Criminal Justice Act that 

prohibits the release of the name of a young person, the 

identity of the suspects has not been released. 

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Canadian accused of hacking 

Yahoo pleads not guilty 

The Canadian Press 

SAN FRANCISCO: A lawyer 

of a Canadian man accused 

in a massive hack of 

Yahoo emails says his client 

has pleaded not guilty 

to all charges against him 

in a San Francisco courtroom 

on Wednesday. 

Karim Baratov was 

arrested in Hamilton in 

March under the Extradition 

Act after U.S. authorities 

indicted him and 

three others for computer 

hacking, economic espionage 

and other crimes. 

Baratov's U.S.-based 

lawyer, Andrew Mancilla, 

says his next court appearance 

will be Tuesday. 


Toronto man arrested for 

trying to carry gun on flight 


Last week, the 22-yearold 

decided to forgo his extradition 

hearing and face 

the charges in the United 

States in what his Canadian 

lawyer has called an 

effort to speed up the legal 

process. 

The Hamilton man 

signed documents agreeing 

to waive the hearing 

before an Ontario judge 

on Friday, after weighing 

the decision for months. 

Baratov has been held 

without bail since his arrest 

because an Ontario 

Superior Court judge 

ruled that he was too 

much of a flight risk to be 

released prior to an extradition 

hearing. 

TORONTO: A Toronto man has been charged with trying 

to carry a semi-automatic handgun on board a flight 

from Winnipeg to Toronto. 

The handgun was seized on Tuesday when Mohammad 

Peyawary, 35, from Toronto tried to board a Torontobound 

flight from the James Armstrong Richardson International 

Airport 

in Winnipeg. 

The gun was 

found in his carry-on 

bag. Police 

said there was no 

threat to the public 

as the gun was unloaded 

and the man carried no ammunition. Mohammad 

Peyawary has been charged with unlawful transport of 

an unsecured restricted firearm and carrying a concealed 

weapon. 

The arrest assumes significance as Peyawary’s 29- 

year-old brother Mustafa Peyawary was found dead inside 

a Winnipeg apartment on August 13. 

According to Winnipeg police, Mustafa suffered beatings 

over a long period and died from blunt force trauma. 

Two persons have been arrested in the case. 

The judge also found 

that Baratov's parents 

would not make appropriate 

sureties since they 

had not been suspicious 

of their son's alleged activities 

while he lived under 

their roof. 

Random shooting in 

Brampton hits cars, 

injures woman 


American authorities 

alleged in court documents 

that Baratov, who 

was born in Kazakhstan, 

posed an "extremely high 

flight risk'' in part due to 

his alleged ties to Russian 

intelligence agents and 

his financial resources. 

He appealed the ruling 

that denied him bail but it 

was upheld in June. 

Yahoo said last September 

that information 

from at least 500 million 

user accounts had been 

stolen in a cyberattack 

two years earlier. Baratov 

is accused of hacking 80 

Yahoo accounts and faces 

20 years in prison in the 

U.S. if convicted. 

Canada's minister Judy 

Foote stepping down 

OTTAWA: Judy Foote is announcing 

her resignation from the federal 

cabinet and plans to step down as a 

Liberal MP. 

The Newfoundland and Labrador 

MP has been on an indefinite leave of 

absence from the Public Works and 

Government Services Department 

since April due to family health issues. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is 

not expected to immediately name a 

replacement for Foote, whose portfolio 

has been overseen on an interim 

basis by Natural Resources Minister 

Jim Carr. 

But insiders say the portfolio — 

which involves resolving the fiasco 

over the Phoenix pay system — will 

go to an experienced minister, necessitating 

a small shuffle of the 

current cabinet lineup. 

Trudeau is also expected to 

award rookie Liberal MP Seamus 

O'Regan with a junior cabinet post 

in order to ensure Newfoundland 

and Labrador retains its representation 

around the cabinet table. 

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and several parked vehicles were damaged in random 

gunshots in the area of Chamney Court and Kennedy 

Road 

in Brampton 

on 

Tuesday. 

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at about 

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Tuesday. 

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many calls from scared residents about the sound of 

gunshots in their area. 

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from the 22 Division Criminal Investigation Bureau are 

appealing for any witnesses to the incident or who may 

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coming to Canada, says Trudeau 


OTTAWA: Prime Minister 

Justin Trudeau has 

sought to combat criticism 

that thousands of people 

arriving at the Canada- 

U.S. border to seek asylum 

are throwing the immigration 

system into chaos. 

On the contrary, he 

said everything is working 

as it should. 

"I can understand the 

concerns Canadians share 

about whether this is a 

short cut, whether this is 

somehow uncontrolled immigration," 

he said following 

a meeting in Montreal 

with federal and provincial 

officials overseeing 

response efforts. 

"What I'm very pleased 

to be able to say . . . is that 

the rules on Canada's immigration 

system continue 

to be enforced." 

Nearly 10,000 people 

have been apprehended 

at the border since the 

start of the year as they've 

sought to enter Canada 

in order to claim refugee 

status — almost equivalent 

to the total number of 

claims filed for all of 2013. 

Of those who have arrived 

this year, nearly 7,000 

have arrived just since 

July, the vast majority 

at an unofficial crossing 

point between Quebec and 

New York. 

Temporary camps to 

house them have been set 

up at border, and hundreds 

of others have been 

bussed to Cornwall, Ont., 

to be housed there while 

the preliminary process 

of applying for asylum begins. 

The government has 

also redeployed dozens of 

police, border guards and 

immigration officers to 

manage the problem and 

is also now focusing on 

how to best support the 

new arrivals while they 

await a hearing on their 

refuge claim. 

Trudeau said one option 

being explored is 

accelerating the process 

to give them temporary 

work permits so they'll be 

less dependent on the temporary 

social supports in 

place. 

However, Conservative 

immigration critic 

Michelle Rempel blasted 

Trudeau's handling of 

what she called a crisis. 

Camps on the border 

and asking an already 

overwhelmed immigration 

and settlement system 

to do more with no additional 

resources is not a 

solution, she told a news 

conference Wednesday. 

She said the opposition 

has been raising the 

issue for months, since 

the arrivals at the border 

numbered only in the dozens, 

but the government's 

response continues to fall 

short. "A photo op after a 

meeting will not cut it," 

she said. 

"The prime minister of 

Canada, in order to help 

the world's most vulnerable 

and to salvage the 

Canadian asylum claim 

system needs to come up 

with a credible plan and 

he needs to explain it to 

Canadians." 

Many of those who've 

arrived in Canada have 

been propelled by changing 

immigration policy 

in the United States that 

began with the inauguration 

of President Donald 

Trump and his first attempt 

in January to block 

immigration to the U.S. 

from certain predominantly 

Muslim countries 

and halt the refugee program. 

In response to that 

move, Trudeau tweeted: 

"To those fleeing persecution, 

terror & war, Canadians 

will welcome you, 

regardless of your faith. 

Diversity is our strength 

#WelcomeToCanada." 

The message drew attention 

around the world 

and it set up expectations 

among asylum seekers, 

both the Conservatives 

and the NDP say. 

The NDP also say that 

Trudeau's current messaging 

is just as misleading. 

He repeated Wednesday 

that those crossing irregularly 

into Canada will see 

no special consideration 

given to their file. But to 

say there's no advantage 

to doing so is unfair, NDP 

immigration critic Jenny 

Kwan said. 

If they go the legal way, 

she said, they'll be turned 

away because of the agreement 

between Canada and 

the U.S. that precludes 

people from making asylum 

claims at official land 

border crossings. Under 

international law, once 

they've crossed the border, 

Canada must process 

their claims, she noted. 

If Trudeau is serious 

about stopping the asylum 

flow, he should suspend 

the deal, she said. 

Trudeau said Wednesday 

the agreement will 

remain in place. He said 

when he talks about there 

being no advantage, he 

was speaking of the longer 

term — claims are assessed 

on the merits, not 

based on how someone enters 

the country. 

The Liberals are also 

continuing their outreach 

in the U.S. to try and dispel 

myths circulating there 

about the Canadian immigration 

system, Trudeau 

said, touting Liberal MP 

Emmanuel Dubourg's trip 

to Miami to meet members 

of the Haitian diaspora 

there. The vast majority 

of arrivals in recent weeks 

have been from Haiti, as 

the U.S. is currently considering 

lifting a pause 

on deportations to that 

country. Canada resumed 

deportations to Haiti this 

year after its own lengthy 

pause following a devastating 

2010 earthquake in 

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Grieving Canadian father whose baby died in fire 

tells how his wife tried to get pregnant for years 


EDMONTON: The father 

of a baby who died in a 

house fire says he tried 

to go back into his burning 

house three times, 

but couldn't get past the 

flames. 

Cordell Brown said he 

was sleeping on the main 

floor of his southwest Edmonton 

home Tuesday 

morning when he woke to 

find his porch on fire. 

Brown said his wife, 

Angie Tang, was asleep 

on the second floor with 

their son, five-month-old 

Hunter. 

He said he tried to fight 

the fire with the garden 

hose before crews arrived. 

“The fire was so intense,” 

Brown said. “From 

the time that we noticed 

the fire, because it was 

very instant, the fire started 

in about two seconds 

and it engulfed the whole 

house.” 

Brown and six others 

who lived in the home 

were able to escape on 

their own. Firefighters rescued 

Tang and their baby. 

Hunter died of his injuries 

and Tang is in hospital, 

where she remains under 

sedation. 

He said doctors 

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briefly, and he and 

other family members told 

her that Hunter had died. 

“Took eight of us to 

hold her down, she didn’t 

take that very well and 

she was re-sedated,” 

Brown said.“Doctors were 

saying there was pretty 

serious damage to her 

lungs and all of her airway, 

and there are burns 

from the smoke because 

she was in the fire for almost 

20 minutes,” he said. 

Brown said he and Tang 

had been trying to have a 

baby for about four years. 

He told Global News that 

his mother died of cancer 

last year and they used the 

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treatments. 

“Hunter was a fertility 

baby, having Hunter was 

a $50,000 expense,” Brown 

said. “We loved him to the 

moon and back. He was 

our most prized possession. 

Our dogs are dead.” 

Edmonton police say 

an autopsy done on the 

baby Wednesday determined 

he died of smoke 

inhalation. They say fire 

was deliberately set and 

have opened a homicide 

investigation. 

Brown urged anyone 

with information to call 

police, and had a message 

for whoever was behind 

the blaze. 

“Whoever started the 

fire, I don’t know if they 

did it as a prank or whatever, 

but it’s past a prank 

now, people, you almost 

killed six or seven people, 

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Quebec to pay $642 each month to asylum seekers 

Agencies 

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government will hand out welfare cheques 

next week to between 4,000 and 5,000 asylum 

seekers.n Radio-Canada says the 

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One-third of asylum seekers entering Canada are under-age 

Agencies 

MONTREAL: Up to onethird 

of the 7,000 people who 

have crossed illegally into 

Quebec from the U.S. in the 

last six weeks are children, 

the province's immigration 

minister said Wednesday. 

Quebec's education department 

is considering 

running programs for the 

kids — including teaching 

classes — inside the temporary 

shelters set up to house 

refugee applicants in the 

Montreal area, said Kathleen 

Weil. "We received the 

demographic statistics last 

night," Weil told reporters 

after meeting with the Intergovernmental 

Task Force on 

Irregular Migration, which 

included the prime minister. 

"We need the children to 

feel secure," she said. "They 

are here for an uncertain 

amount of time. The education 

department is looking 

into what to do with the kids 

in the meantime." The task 

force was created to help 

provinces and the federal 

government co-ordinate a 

response to the roughly 7,000 

people — mainly Haitians — 

who have crossed the Quebec-New 

York state border 

in the last six weeks. 

Up to 2,300 are under 18 

years old, Weil said. They 

began entering Canada illegally 

after the Trump administration 

said it may end 

"temporary protected status'' 

for Haitians in the U.S., 

which was granted following 

their country's massive 

2010 earthquake. 

The influx of thousands 

of people in such a short 

time has strained Quebec's 

resources, especially its 

housing infrastructure. 

Opposition politicians in 

Quebec have criticized the 

federal government's handling 

of the border crossers, 

some calling for Trudeau to 

suspend international agreements 

forcing Canada to accept 

people entering through 

illegal border points. 

Ultra-nationalist and 

other right-wing and antiimmigration 

groups have 

become increasingly vocal 

in the province, and have demanded 

the federal and provincial 

governments stop 

welcoming border crossers. 

Toronto airport strike to 

continue as ground staff 


TORONTO: Striking 

ground crew workers at 

Canada's busiest airport 

have voted overwhelmingly 

to reject the latest offer 

from their employer and 

will continue a four-weeklong 

work stoppage. 

A spokesman for Teamsters 

Union Local 419 says 

the workers employed by 

Swissport vote 98 per cent 

to reject a new contract after 

turning down an offer 

by a wide margin in late 

July. "The first offer was rejected 

by 95 per cent so this 

is actually a stronger rejection," 

said union spokesman 

Christopher Monette. 

"Swissport's second offer to 

our members was almost 

identical to the first one. 

All they did was change a 

few details." 

About 700 cabin cleaners, 

baggage handlers, and 

other ground crew workers 

employed by Swissport 

reject new offer 

at Toronto's Pearson International 

Airport have been 

on strike since late July. 

Swissport services 

30 airlines at the airport, 

including Air Transat, 

Sunwing Airlines, British 

Airways, Cathay Pacific, 

Air France, KLM and Lufthansa. 

Air Canada and 

WestJet are not serviced 

by Swissport. 

The ground crew strike 

has not significantly affected 

passengers, although 

the airport has been warning 

travellers that the labour 

disruption could affect 

some flights. 

Terms of the latest offer 

were not released but 

the company had said it 

was optimistic the workers 

would accept the deal. 

Their concerns have 

included pay and benefits 

cuts, scheduling issues, 

and what their union calls 

a lack of respect from Swissport 

managers. "We're 

dealing with a company 

that is proposing and doing 

the same thing over and 

over expecting different results 

and that's a slap in the 

face really to our workers," 

said Monette. 

"This lack of respect 

was evident in the company's 

first and second offers. 

They wanted to impose a 

three-year wage freeze on 

workers at the top of the 

wage scale. The problem is 

that's actually the majority 

of workers at Swissport." 

Greedy real estate agents, brokers 

must face double fines: OREA 

Continued from page 01 

But RECO has to go through a tribunal to act against realtors who violate the code of 

ethics. 

In a statement on Wednesday, RECO Registrar Joseph Richer said his body should be 

given the power to revoke licenses without having to go through a tribunal. 

He also said RECO will soon launch a new education programme to train people before 

they join the real estate profession. 

The new education programme will include "more hands-on experience and more rigorous 

testing, which will ensure that new entrants to the profession are ready to provide effective 

services to buyers and sellers on day one,’’ he said. 

Punjabi man’s last-minute 

wedding to stop deportation 

from New Zealand fails 


So this Tuesday, 23- 

year-old Sukhwinder 

Singh and his 30-year-old 

partner Carolyn Macey 

decided to marry at their 

home in Christchurch to 

make his stay in New Zealand 

legal. 

But immigration officers 

gatecrashed their 

wedding party to serve a 

deportation order on Sukhwinder, 

reports New Zealand 

Herald. Sukwinder 

said he had gone to pick up 

Carolyn’s bridesmaid when 

he got a call from her that 

two Immigration officials 

were at their door waiting 

for him. "These two men 

in black suits were at the 

front door, saying, 'We've 

come to take Sukhwinder 

away'," Macey was quoted 

as saying by New Zealand 

Herald. "I told them, of 

all the days, we're getting 

married today,’’ she said. 

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"We are in shock. What 

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was quoted as saying. 

Macey says she may leave 

with Sukhwinder. But 

she says she doesn’t know 

what to do about her sixyear-old 

son. She says she 

also suffers from asthma. 

"We just don't know 

what to do," she has been 

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Singh became friends 

with Macey, who has a sixyear-old 

son Donovan from 

a previous relationship, on 

facebook in October 2014. 

"From there, we started 

to chat and come to know 

each other more and he 

was really nice to me, especially 

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has been quoted as saying 

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CIBC expects 'moderation' in new mortgages 

as new regulations take shape 


TORONTO: Soaring home 

prices have been a boon to 

the banks' mortgage business, 

but recent government 

efforts to cool the 

housing market could impact 

lenders if the economy 

falters, the Canadian Imperial 

Bank of Commerce said 

Thursday. 

While Canada's economy 

is pumping out jobs and 

growing at a steady pace, a 

potential shock could put 

borrowers at risk of foreclosure 

— particularly those 

who have overextended 

themselves to buy homes, 

said CIBC chief risk officer 

Laura Dottori-Attanasio. 

"If house prices do come 

off, we need our borrowers 

to continue to have their 

jobs to service their loans," 

Dottori-Attanasio told investors 

on the bank's thirdquarter 

conference call. 

"But in the event we find 

ourselves taking on assets, 

we do have — and continue 

to have — a good buffer as 

it relates to that loan-tovalue." 

The prospect of more 

Canadians missing debt 

payments has become a hot 

topic of discussion in the 

financial sector as Canada 

heads into an uncertain 

economic climate next year. 

Many economists are calling 

for slower economic growth 

next year, saying the nearly 

four per cent pace logged in 

the first quarter of this year 

is not sustainable. 

Moody's Investor Service 

said in a report earlier 

this week that mortgage 

growth is driving record 

consumer debt levels, which 

had reached $1.69 of debt for 

each dollar of disposable income 

as of March 31. 

Meanwhile, stricter 

regulations drafted by the 

Office of the Superintendent 

of Financial Institutions 

(OSFI) last month could 

also put the brakes on loan 

portfolio growth by curbing 

mortgage demand considerably. 

An imposed "stress 

test" for all uninsured mortgages 

would make it harder 

to qualify. 

CIBC's chief executive 

Victor Dodig acknowledged 

that higher interest rates 

and regulatory changes 

would lead to a "moderation" 

in new mortgages, but 

reassured analysts that the 

bank is not concerned about 

any imminent impact. 

"We're not expecting a 

stepwise decline in consumer 

lending activity," he said. 

CIBC became the second 

Canadian bank 

to boost its quarterly 

dividend, following the 

path led by Royal Bank 

on Wednesday. An increase 

of three cents 

puts CIBC's payment at 

$1.30 per share. 

The bank posted 

net income of $1.1 billion 

$2.60 per common 

share, which was down 

from $3.61 per share in 

the 2016 third quarter 

when CIBC recorded 

an unusual gain from 

the sale of its minority 

interest in American 

Century Investments. 

But net income at 

its Canadian wealth 

management arm was 

down 73 per cent or 

$370 million from last 

year, when CIBC recognized 

a $383-million 

gain from the ACI 

transaction. 

Excluding that 

gain, wealth management's 

adjusted net 

income was $136 million, 

up 10 per cent. At U.S. commercial 

banking and wealth 

management, adjusted 

earnings was up $19 million 

at $44 million, mainly due to 

the acquisition of Private- 

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Indo-Canadian billionaire Prem 

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insurance business for $1.6 billion 


Canadian insurance companies have 

targeted Asia for growth as burgeoning 

middle classes mean increased demand 

for protections and benefits that insurers 

offer. 

"This partnership with MSI its truly 

a game changer for Fairfax, a real winwin 

opportunity with a long term like 

minded-partner," said Prem Watsa, Fairfax 

chairman and chief executive officer 

told shareholders on a conference call. 

Watsa also said the partnership 

agreement with MSI also gives it a foothold 

in Japan. The Toronto-based company 

said the sale of First Capital will 

net US$900 million of after-tax profit, or 

US$33 per share. Fairfax will take a 25 

per cent quota share, under which the insurer 

will share a certain percentage of 

premiums and losses. Fairfax expects its 

ongoing vested interest in First Capital's 

existing and future business will see significant 

returns. 

"If First Capital writes $100 million 

worth of business, we'll take a quota 

share of 25 per cent, which will be $25 

million and that $25 million will be going 

into one of our companies," Watsa 

explained. 

"You'll get 25 per cent of the earnings 

and you'll get 25 per cent of the growth, 

that made it a very unusual and attractive 

transaction." 

Watsa praised the deal, saying First 

Capital is the "undisputed leader" in Singapore. 

The company provides home, accident, 

travel and car insurance, as well 

as coverage for theft, industrial, civil 

engineering projects and marine cargo 

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Fairfax estimates First Capital will 

grow from $400 million in gross premiums 

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First Capital's current CEO Ramaswamy 

Athappan will continue as head of the insurance 

provider as well as in his role a 

chairman of Fairfax Asia. The deal is expected 

to close late this year or early next 

year. Fairfax is primarily invested in 

North American property and casualty 

insurance businesses but has diversified 

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Canada and 

asylum seekers 

When you are a politician, more so in Canada, 

your reality is very different from that the average 

Joe on the street. 

Justin Trudeau and his Liberals perhaps have 

not yet grasped the public anger over the issues of 

refugees and asylum seekers. 

When they let in 30,000 Syrian refugees, the 

majority of Canadians were not pleased because a 

refugee costs the taxpayers’ a lot of money. After 

all, Liberals didn’t pay the refugees from their own 

pockets. 

Yes, Canada must meet its international 

obligations, but its government must also listen ot 

its people. 

But these politicians and their supporters were 

busy all the time trying to the tell the world: look 

how great humanitarian nation we are. Canadians, 

however, didn’t buy this as surveys by Angus Reid 

later showed. 

People knew that politicians were doing all this 

for votes, but nobody talked openly about it. For 

the mainstream Canadian media, these are no-go 

topics. 

Now we have another crisis on our hands as 

thousands of asylum seekers have poured into 

Quebec from the US. Politicians of all hues are 

saying what suits them politically. 

But the moot point is that a set of laws define a 

moderate state nation. If there are no laws, there is 

no state. This country’s laws are being broken. 

The asylum seekers are using unofficial points 

because they cannot make asylum claims at official 

land entries. Since last month, these asylum seekers 

have been using a particular point in Quebec to 

come here and seek asylum. Quebec is reportedly 

all set to pay over $600 dollar each month to these 

asylum seekers. 

But this out-of-touch Prime Minister says 

everything is working as it should. 

"I can understand the concerns Canadians share 

about whether this is a short cut, whether this is 

somehow uncontrolled immigration...What I'm 

very pleased to be able to say . . . is that the rules 

on Canada's immigration system continue to be 

enforced." 

But the average Canadian is thinking otherwise. 

Just wait for the public backlash. 

Thought for the week 

You can fool some of the people all of the time, 

and all of the people some of the time, but you 

cannot fool all of the people all of the time. 

~Abraham Lincoln 

Indo-Canadian community’s role 

in upcoming Ontario elections 

We in India are used to the political 

temperature rising much before elections. 

Though Lok Sabha elections in India are 

not due till 2019, there is already much 

hustle and bustle about them. Compare 

this to the scene in Ontario where 

elections are only nine months away but 

few people are talking about them. I am 

sure not many know who the contenders 

are for Premiership. 

Progressive Conservatives (Tories) 

and Liberals are considered mainstream 

parties and the NDP is somewhat like the 

leftist parties back in India. Liberals have 

been in power since 2003. Will they be 

able to hold on to power or will the Tories 

replace them this time? Let us talk about 

Tories. They have ruled Ontario for 80 

years out of 150 years of Confederation. 

They were and are a dominant force in 

the countryside. But in recent years the 

influx of new immigrants in urban centres 

has changed electoral mathematics. 

In the GTA, Punjabis dominate in 

Brampton. Traditionally, they have been 

inclined towards the Liberals. Tories 

will have to engage with the Punjabi 

community if they have reap to electoral 

benefits. The party seems taken a lead 

in announcing some candidates. PC 

leader Patrick Brown has been trying to 

build bridges with Punjabi and Gujarati 

communities. He has been to Gujarat and 

Punjab. He has built good bonds with 

Gujaratis, but he will have to work hard 

to win over Punjabis. 

Pre-poll surveys indicate that the 

majority of Ontarians, including some 

traditional Liberal vote banks, believe 

that the incumbent government should 

Acquisition of immovable 

property by way of purchase, 

transfer or disposal by way of 

sale or inheritance or gift in 

India is the most important 

issue which NRIs, and even 

revenue or land registering 

authorities in India do not 

know. All such acquisitions, 

especially agricultural land, 

are being made back home 

under general notion or assumptions 

which do not hold 

any legal sanction. In India 

now, NRIs investment is 

governed by the Foreign Exchange 

Management Act or 

FEMA 1999 and Regulations, 

2000 under the overall control 

of the Reserve Bank of India 

(RBI). 

To be more specific and 

clear, acquisition/disposal of 

immovable property in India 

is discussed in following categories: 

- 

A) By NRIs holding Indian 

passport: 

Brig Nawab Heer and 

Ms Preet Heer 

be changed. For the Liberals, Premier 

Kathleen Wynne still enjoys a very good 

equation with the Indian community. 

She is trying to woo voters with a $15 

minimum wage, free pharma care up to 

age 25, free tuition for college kids and 

reducing hydro rates, etc. 

As for the huge Punjabi community, 

if Wynne clears on a priority basis the 

community’s long-standing demands 

for seniors’ homes and long-term care 

centres, the Liberals will gain an edge. 

She has already played one card to wean 

away the Sikh community. 

Tories will look to cash in on some 

of the failures of Liberals, including 

high insurance rates, lack of affordable 

housing and homes for the seniors, and 

failure to improve commuting and fixing 

high cost of living. Voters in and around 

Brampton will seek promises on better 

medical facilities, LRT, the University 

for Brampton, HW 413, improved 

commuting and traffic, reduced auto 

insurance rates, abolition of temporary 

workers hiring and enhanced quota for 

family immigration. Voters do not care 

whether these issues fall in the preview 

of city council or the federal government. 

If PC Party have to break strong hold 

of Liberals on the Punjabi community 

because of their perceived pro-immigrant 

bias, Brown and Co will have to convince 

voters that they too will look after the 

1. NRIs holding Indian 

passports can purchase all 

types of immovable property 

except for agricultural land. 

No permission from the 

RBI to buy residential or commercial 

immovable property 

in India is required. 

2. The purchase consideration 

may be paid either 

by remittance of funds from 

abroad through normal banking 

channels or out of NRE/ 

FCNR/NRO account. 

3. NRIs do not require 

any permission for acquisition, 

transfer, or disposal of 

immovable property except 

a farmhouse or agricultural 

land or plantation property. 

4. An NRI has to file a declaration 

in Form IPI-7 with 

the RBI for the acquisition of 

commercial property for carrying 

out any industrial, commercial 

or trading activity 

by their proprietary/partnership 

firm within 90 days from 

the date of purchase. 

welfare of immigrants. 

Now let us talk about budding 

leaders. One interesting thing about these 

budding political leaders in the Indian 

community is that few have emerged 

from the grass roots. Most of them are 

parachute candidates and their major 

vote banks are centred around religious 

places. And the sad part is that most 

people in the Indo-Canadian community 

vote on the basis of the candidate’s caste, 

origin in India, language and other 

factors, not on the basis of the candidate’s 

education, leadership qualities and 

competence. This trend, if not checked, 

will prove counterproductive for all the 

parties and the country. The second 

important thing about our elected leaders 

is that they dishonestly avoid giving their 

opinions on the burning local issues. 

Voters must start asking tough questions 

about their stand on controversial issues 

before the elections. 

Thirdly, it is also reported that some 

of Indian political parties are taking keen 

interest in the local politics in Canada. 

I am afraid to say that in the long run 

it is not in the interest of anyone. The 

Indo-Canadian community may end up 

importing undesirable political practices 

from India. In fact, some bad political 

traits from India seem to have already 

infiltrated Canadian political culture. 

The upcoming election contest in Ontario 

will be interesting and close one. It will 

be a major challenge for the PC Party if 

they can ride on the anti-incumbency 

factor and people’s desire for change. The 

Liberal Party will have to contend with 

voter anger over unfulfilled promises. 

Can NRIs buy property in India? 

Ravinder Pal 

Singh Walia 

B) By NRIs who are foreign 

citizens but of Indian 

origin: 

1. NRIs who are holding 

foreign citizenship can buy 

residential or commercial 

immovable property in India. 

However, no farmland or 

agricultural land can be purchased. 

2. Under the general permission, 

the RBI has allowed 

them to acquire, transfer or 

dispose of by way of sale or inheritance, 

immovable properties 

situated in India. 

3. It is, however, necessary 

for foreign citizens of 

Indian origin to declare such 

property to the RBI within 

a period of 90 days from the 

date of purchase in the form 

IPI 7 to the Chief General 

Manager, Exchange Central 

Dept., Foreign Investment 

Division, Central Office, RBI, 

Mumbai. 

To sum it up, NRIs holding 

Indian passports and 

foreign citizenship can now 

acquire, sale, gift all type of 

property, both residential 

and commercial. But they are 

debarred from acquiring agricultural 

land, farm -house and 

plantation property except inherited 

land. Failure to follow 

the above-noted law can have 

serious consequences under 

FEMA and regulations. 

(A former PCS officer, Walia 

is an expert on NRI affairs. An advocate 

in Punjab & Haryana High 

Court at Chandigarh, he is the author 

of `Legal Guide for NRIs’. He 

divides his time between Punjab and 

Canada and can be contacted at walia.rps@gmail.com) 

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Now US widow files application in Alberta 

seeking damages from Khadr 


TORONTO: Canadian 

lawyers acting for the widow 

of an American special 

forces soldier have filed 

an application in Alberta 

— essentially duplicating 

one filed earlier in Ontario 

— seeking enforcement 

of a massive U.S. damages 

award against former 

Guantanamo Bay detainee 

Omar Khadr. 

The claim calls on the 

Court of Queen's Bench 

to recognize the judgment 

from Utah, and to issue a 

"corresponding" judgment 

in the amount of $173.88 

million — the Canadian 

value of the US$132.1-million 

American award made 

in June 2015. 

"Given that Canada 

has substantially similar 

legislation in relation to 

civil actions for victims 

of terrorism, it is entirely 

consistent with the fundamental 

public policy 

of Canada to enforce the 

U.S. judgment," the notice 

states. "There are no defences 

to enforcement and 

recognition that operate in 

favour of the defendant in 

this case." 

According to the notice, 

bringing the Alberta 

action in parallel with 

the Ontario case is proper 

"given the territorial limitations 

of the respective 

judgment-enforcement regimes." 

Calgary-based lawyer 

Dan Gilborn refused to 

discuss the proceedings on 

Thursday, saying his office 

was not authorized to comment. 

While the Alberta 

action was filed in early 

July amid word that the 

federal government was 

paying Khadr $10.5 million 

to settle a civil lawsuit, 

the lawyers acting for the 

Americans said they were 

having trouble serving notice 

on him. 

"We have thus far been 

unable to locate Mr. Khadr 

for personal service, although 

we are aware that 

he has been residing in 

Edmonton, Alta., for much 

of the past two years," Gilborn 

wrote Aug. 14 in a letter 

to Khadr's lawyers, a 

copy of which was obtained 

by The Canadian Press. 

One of Khadr's Edmonton-based 

lawyers, Nate 

Whitling, said on Thursday 

that it would be a waste of 

time and money to try two 

identical actions at once. 

"It's two duplicative actions 

and there's no point 

in proceeding with both of 

them," Whitling said from 

Edmonton. 

He also said the Alberta 

action had been filed 

too late. Both actions — the 

Ontario one was filed June 

8 — are on behalf of relatives 

of U.S. special forces 

Sgt. Chris Speer, who was 

killed in Afghanistan in 

July 2002. 

Speer had been part of 

a massive American assault 

on an insurgent compound, 

where Khadr, then 

15 years old, was captured 

badly wounded. Retired 

U.S. sergeant Layne Morris, 

who was blinded in one 

eye during the same operation, 

is a co-applicant. 

The applications — 

like the uncontested civil 

suit in Utah — lean heavily 

on Khadr's guilty plea 

before a widely discredited 

military commission 

in Guantanamo Bay in 

2010 to having thrown the 

grenades that killed Speer 

and blinded Morris. Khadr 

later said his confession to 

five purported war crimes 

was his only way out of the 

infamous prison and to return 

to Canada. 

Khadr, 30, who recently 

got married, has been 

on bail in Edmonton for 

the past two years pending 

his appeal in the U.S. of his 

commission convictions. 

The Americans failed 

last month to get an injunction 

freezing Khadr's assets 

— including the $10.5- 

million sources said the 

federal government paid 

him — pending outcome of 

the Ontario enforcement 

action. 

However, in previous 

Ontario filings, Whitling 

argued against enforcement 

of the Utah judgment 

given its reliance on the 

military commission. Canadian 

courts are statute 

barred from enforcing foreign 

judgments that offend 

Canada's public policy, he 

noted, and the Supreme 

Court has found the Guantanamo 

system contrary 

to Canadians' concept of 

justice. 

"Officials at the highest 

levels of the Canadian 

government have already 

stated...that (Khadr's) detention 

and prosecution in 

GTMO offended our most 

basic values and principles," 

Whitling said in 

court filings. 

What if Canada is caught in US-North Korea missile war? 

We must join US ballistic missile defence, says Romeo Dallaire 

Agencies 

OTTAWA: Retired general 

and senator Romeo 

Dallaire says Canadians 

can't just assume the U.S. 

will shoot down a missile 

heading towards Canada, 

and that it is time for this 

country to finally embrace 

continental missile 

defence. 

"Canada should join 

the ballistic missile defence 

program," Dallaire 

said in an interview 

Thursday. 

"We currently cannot 

put a hand on our 

heart and say that it will 

be used to help us should 

something happen." 

His comments come 

amid growing concerns 

that Canada could be 

caught in the middle of a 

conflict between the U.S. 

and North Korea, which 

has been showing off its 

growing nuclear and missile 

arsenal. 

The U.S. invited Canada 

to join its continental 

missile-shield system 

more than a decade ago, 

but then-prime minister 

Paul Martin opted against 

it in 2005 following an extremely 

divisive national 

debate. 

Since then, Canada 

has sat on the sidelines as 

the U.S. has spent more 

than $100 billion building 

a series of land- and seabased 

interceptors that 

could stop the type of limited 

attack North Korea 

might launch. 

Ballistic missile defence 

has also been adopted 

by NATO allies in 

Europe and those in the 

Asia-Pacific region such 

as Australia and South 

Korea, leaving Canada as 

an outlier. 

That doesn't mean 

Canada wouldn't see a 

ballistic missile attack 

coming. Canadian and 

American militaries work 

side-by-side monitoring 

potential airborne threats 

through the North American 

Aerospace Command, 

or Norad. 

But any decision on 

whether to shoot down 

such a threat would rest 

solely with U.S. officials, 

who Dallaire noted have 

no legal obligation to react 

if the missile is heading 

toward Canada. 

Joining ballistic missile 

defence would not 

only create that obligation, 

Dallaire said, but 

also act as a deterrent 

should North Korea or 

any other country use 

Canada as a "proxy target" 

for the U.S. 

"Feeling that (the U.S.) 

would respond is quite 

different than having it 

somewhere on paper and 

being able to hold them 

accountable to respond 

should Canada be targeted," 

Dallaire said. 

Dallaire acknowledged 

having his own doubts 

about missile defence 

when the issue was first 

raised, but he said the 

technology has improved 

significantly. 

And while critics have 

pointed to the cost of the 

system, Dallaire said such 

arguments overlook the 

potential technological 

and other industrial benefits 

participation in such 

a project would entail. 

"Budgets cannot be ignored 

and the Americans 

realize the budgetary limitations 

that we have and 

the scale of our financial 

investment in national 

defence," he said.

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Priyanka Chopra and Lady Gaga 

coming to Toronto film festival 


TORONTO: Lady Gaga 

will debut a new documentary 

about herself and perform 

at this year's Toronto 

International Film Festival. 

Organizers say "Gaga: 

Five Foot Two" will make 

its world premiere at the 

fest, which runs Sept. 7 to 

17. The premiere screening 

at the Princess of Wales 

Theatre on Sept. 8 will be 

followed by an intimate 

onstage performance. 

Emmy-nominated filmmaker 

Chris Moukarbel 

directed the doc, which 

goes behind the scenes 

of the life of the singer, 

whose real name is Stefani 

Joanne Germanotta. 

Organizers say the Netflix 

original documentary 

follows her over an eightmonth 

period as she records 

and releases her 2016 

album, "Joanne." 

Cameras also capture 

her personal struggles as 

she copes "with intense 

emotional and physical 

pain." Viewers also get to 

see her with family members, 

friends and her dogs 

at home. 

"Moukarbel's documentary 

offers an unprecedented 

look at Lady Gaga 

in full creative mode: the 

ideas, the emotion, the 

sheer work it takes to do 

what she does," TIFF artistic 

director Cameron 

Bailey said Thursday in a 

statement. "I had a rare opportunity 

to create a portrait 

of an artist with such 

an open heart and mind. I 

feel really lucky that Gaga 

trusted me and my vision," 

added Moukarbel. 

TIFF has also announced 

four new special 

events for the fest. Among 

them is an exclusive first 

look at footage from "Legend 

of the Demon Cat" 

with Chinese director 

Chen Kaige, who will do a 

Q-and-A and is also on the 

jury for this year's Toronto 

Platform Prize. 

Meanwhile, actress 

Priyanka Chopra will be 

on hand for an evening 

celebrating actor and firsttime 

feature filmmaker 

Paakhi A. Tyrewala's "Pahuna: 

The Little Visitors." 

Chopra co-produced the 

film, about three Nepalese 

children separated from 

their parents. 

Other special events 

include a Q-and-A for the 

world premiere of "On My 

Way Out: The Secret Life 

of Nani and Popi," directed 

by Brandon and Skyler 

Gross. Canadian filmmaker 

Barry Avrich and 

comedy star Howie Mandel 

produced the 40-minute 

documentary, which profiles 

two 95-year-old Holocaust 

survivors. Avrich 

and the directors will be at 

the Q-and-A. 

The menu on India's last night 

as a British colony 

By Mohammed Shafeeq 

Hyderabad: Consomme 

al Indienne, Delicacies a 

l'Hindustan, Poularde souffle 

independence. These 

were some of the dishes on 

the dinner menu at The Taj 

Mahal Palace, Mumbai, on 

the night of August 14, 1947. 

The night when India ushered 

in its independence, 

it was celebration time 

at the famed five-star hotel 

with music, dance and 

speeches and, of course, the 

delicious food, reflecting 

the Indo-French cuisine of 

those times. At Shamiana, 

the popular restaurant at 

the hotel, the menu of three 

courses was set to cabaret 

entertainment, albeit rationed 

as per government 

regulations at the time, say 

officials of the Taj Group of 

Hotels. The rationing conditions 

were applicable to all 

restaurants at that time and 

diners had to choose course 

combinations rather than 

feast on each choice. 

Dosabhai Framji Karaka 

also known as D.F. Karaka, 

an Indian newspaper 

editor and then owner of 

Current Weekly, addressed 

the guests, the officials said 

quoting from the book 'The 

Taj at Apollo Bunder'. 

Seventy years later, Taj 

has recreated the menu 

served on that memorable 

night. The group's flagship 

hotels in Delhi, Hyderabad, 

Chennai, Bengaluru and 

Kolata besides Taj Mahal 

Palace, Mumbai, will take 

their guests back in time 

by serving the same dishes 

beginning this week and till 

Independence Day. 

The chefs have developed 

a menu which is in 

sync with the culinary 

trends of that year. They 

had to go back and understand 

the essence of the recipes, 

and adapt it to current 

tastes using local ingredients 

and techniques. 

"We've retained the 

Indo-French touches not 

just in the dish names, but 

also in their foundations on 

the core French sauces and 

ingredients -- albeit with a 

modern Indian twist," said 

a chef. 

Nitin Mathur, Executive 

Chef at Taj Krishna, 

Hyderabad, pointed out that 

since the photographs of the 

dishes are available, they 

used their imagination to 

match the menu. 

"As chefs we tried to 

recreate the whole thing by 

working on it. We used our 

imagination to match the 

menu," Mathur told IANS. 

"We did not tweak the 

menu and retained all dishes 

that were there," he added. 

However, the chef has 

provided few choices to the 

vegetarians. "There were 

no vegetarian choices in the 

menu, but we have added a 

few," Mathur said. 

There were a total of 

five combinations on the 

original menu, comprising 

a soup, a starter, two dishes 

in the main course and one 

dessert.Words like 'al Indienne', 

'a l'Hindustan', 'independence' 

and 'liberation' 

were added in tune with the 

significance of the occasion. 

The chef tried to match 

the preparation of the menu 

with the Indian dishes. 

Cardamom enhanced 

clear chicken soup (Consomme' 

al Indienne) was 

the only soup served, but 

the chef has added another 

soup -- creamy almond veloute. 

The starter comprises 

three flavoured smoked cottage 

cheese steaks with mint 

chutney (Delicacies a l-Hindustan). 

The original main 

course comprised Paupiette 

de saumon joinville (Salmon 

roulade, soft creamy mash, 

wilted spinach, turned vegetables 

and joinville sauce) 

and Poularde souffle Independence 

(chicken souffle 

with steamed vegetables 

and lemon parsley sauce). 

The chef added two vegetarian 

choices -- Crepes 

aux epinards (stuffed spinach 

crepes with makhani 

gravy) and Champignons 

Vol-au-Vents (truffle and 

wild mushroom, paprika 

cheese sauce). 

Taj has fixed Rs 1,947 as 

the price of this dinner (for 

one person). While guests 

will enjoy the sumptuous 

meals inside, the hotels from 

outside will be illuminated 

in the Indian tricolour.

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11 

India not banning Rs 2,000 notes 

Agencies 

NEW DELHI: The Indian government is 

not considering banning Rs 2,000 notes 

while the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will 

decide when to issue the new Rs 200 note 

that has been notified, Finance Minister 

Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday. 

Asked whether the government was 

considering the phasing out of newly introduced 

Rs 2,000 notes, Jaitley told reporters 

here after a meeting of the cabinet: 

"No, there was no such discussion." 

On the Rs 200 notes notified by the government 

on Wednesday, Jaitley said the 

RBI would decide on the matter. 

"The whole process regarding when 

the notes will be printed, RBI will take 

care of that issue. Thus, it will be appropriate 

for the RBI to announce about dates 

and matters related to the note printing," 

Jaitley said. 

The Finance Ministry on Wednesday 

Rajiv Gandhi killing convict 

gets parole to visit ailing father 

Agencies 

formally announced the launch of 

the new Rs 200 note. Earlier, Minister 

of State for Finance Santosh 

Kumar Gangwar told IANS that 

the Rs 200 note, printing of which 

had begun, would be in circulation 

soon. The move to introduce the 

new currency was to increase the circulation 

of smaller denomination notes. Postdemonetisation, 

there have been reports 

of people facing problems in using the Rs 

2,000 note as sufficient quantum of smaller 

denomination notes of Rs 100 and Rs 500 

were not available. 

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu 

government on Thursday 

granted parole to A.G. Perarivalan, 

one of those convicted 

in the assassination of former 

Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, 

to visit his ailing father. 

It is the first time Perarivalan 

has been given parole 

since his arrest in 1991. 

His mother had applied 

for one month parole for him 

to visit his ailing father. 

The government order, 

granting him 'ordinary leave' 

or parole, did not specify the 

number of days of parole. It 

also said that strong police 

escort should be provided to 

Perarivalan during the leave 

period. PMK founder S. Ramadoss 

in a tweet expressed 

happiness at the development. 

Earlier, Tamil Nadu 

Chief Minister K. Palaniswami 

had told the assembly that 

the matter is under the government's 

consideration. 

He said the government 

would take into consideration 

the feelings of all concerned 

and take a decision. 

Perarivalan and six other 

convicts have been in prison 

since 1991, the year a woman 

Tamil Tiger suicide bomber 

blew herself up and killed 

Gandhi at an election rally 

near Chennai. 

India linking Aadhaar with 

PAN in 'national interest' 

IANS 

New Delhi: Law Minister Ravi Shankar 

Prasad on Thursday said linking the Aadhaar 

number with the Permanent Account Number 

(PAN) was in the national interest as it would 

prevent money laundering. 

Prasad, who is also the 

Information Technology 

Minister, was answering 

a question on the issue of 

linking the Aadhaar number, 

in view of the Supreme 

Court's Thursday judgment 

that right to privacy was a 

fundamental right. 

The government had in 

June notified rules that required 

all assessees to mandatorily 

link their Aadhaar 

number with their PAN effective from July 1. 

It had also said that from July 1 onwards, 

every person eligible to obtain Aadhaar must 

quote their Aadhaar number or their Aadhaar 

enrolment ID number for filing of income tax 

returns as well as for applications for PAN. 

Asked to clarify the government telling 

the Supreme Court that citizens could not 

claim "absolute" right over their body parts, 

Prasad told media persons these were just exchanges 

in the court. 

"You quote one of the 

exchanges in the courts. 

Whenever cases are argued, 

there is banter, exchanges, 

but ultimately, the core of 

the argument is noted in the 

judgment and conclusion is 

reached. Therefore what I 

read of Attorney General's 

argument is what is noted 

in the judgment itself," he 

said. 

Prasad did not comment 

on a query about the impact of the judgment 

on the surrogacy bill that does not allow homosexuals 

and live-in couples to go for surrogacy.



Nandan Nilekani returns to Infosys 

as non-executive chairman 

IANS 

Bengaluru: Infosys cofounder 

Nandan Nilekani 

on Thursday returned to 

the global software major as 

non-Executive Chairman of 

the Board with immediate 

effect. "The Board of Directors 

has appointed Nandan 

Nilekani as a non-executive, 

non-independent Director 

and as the Chairman of the 

Board of Directors," said the 

IT major in a regulatory filing 

on the BSE. The Board 

accepted the resignation of 

R. Seshsayee as its Chairman 

and as a Director on 

the Board with immediate 

effect. It also accepted the 

resignation of Co-Chairman 

Ravi Venkatesan with immediate 

effect though he 

continues as an Independent 

Director. The Board 

accepted the resignation of 

Executive Vice-Chairman 

Vishal Sikka and as a Director 

on the Board with immediate 

effect. Resignations of 

Directors Jeffery S. Lehman 

and John Etchemendy were 

also accepted with immediate 

effect. Nilekani, who 

was CEO of Infosys from 

March 2002 till April 2007, 

quit the company a decade 

ago to head the Unique Identification 

Authority of India 

(UIDAI). 

India's oldest cinematographer 

Ramananda Sengupta dead 

IANS 

Kolkata: Country's oldest 

cinematographer Ramanda 

Sengupta, who worked with 

legends like Jean Renoir, 

Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal 

Sen, died in Kolkata on 

Wednesday, West Bengal 

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee 

said in a statement. 

Sengupta, 101, left behind 

his son. 

Born on May 8, 1916 in 

Dhaka, Sengupta studied in 

Santiniketan in his formative 

years and got his first 

break in 1938 when he joined 

Film Corporation of India in 

Kolkata (then Calcutta) as 

an assistant cameraman. 

His first film as a full-time 

cinematographer was in 

"Purbaraag" directed by Ardhendu 

Mukherjee in 1946. 

Two years later, French 

Adirector Jean Renoir came 

to Kolkata to shoot The River 

(Le Fleuve, released in 

1951), and Sengupta joined 

him initially as a clapper 

boy, but ended up as the operating 

cameraman while 

the auteur's nephew Claude 

Renoir was director of photography. 

He worked with Ritwik 

Ghatak on his debut film Nagarik, 

that was completed in 

1952, but released a quarter 

century later in 1977 after 

the film maker's death. In 

1955, when Mrinal Sen made 

his debut film Raat Bhore, 

he chose Sengupta as his 

cinematographer. Sengupta 

worked behind the camera 

in over 70 films, including 

landmark ones like Shilpi, 

Nishithe, Bindur Chhele, 

Personal Assistant, Headmaster 

and Teen Bhubaner 

Pare. 

Sengupta was also a 

founding member of the 

Technicians' Studio in South 

Kolkata's Tollygunge. 

Condoling Sengupta's 

demise, the chief minister 

said his death has caused 

an irrepairable loss to the 

world of films. 

"I pray that his soul rest 

in peace. I extend my sympathies 

to his bereaved family," 

said Banerjee. 

Jammu Sikhs 

protest against 

video clip 

IANS 

Jammu: Sikh community members on Thursday 

staged a protest here and demanded action against 

persons involved in recording a derogatory video clip 

on some Sikh gurus that has gone viral. 

Sikh religious leaders and community members 

demanded action against those responsible for spreading 

the derogatory video clip on social media. Police 

have registered an FIR (First Information Report) in 

the case and assured action against those responsible 

for the mischief. Meanwhile, intelligence sources said 

it was being investigated whether the video clip was 

intended to stoke passions among the Sikh community 

at a time when the verdict would be delivered 

on Friday in the case against Gurmeet Ram Rahim 

Singh, the founder of Dera Sacha Sauda sect. The sect 

chief, who has lakhs of followers in Punjab, Haryana, 

and other states, has been accused by a former female 

follower of raping her more than once inside the 

sprawling Dera campus on the outskirts of Sirsa town 

in Haryana, 260 km from Chandigarh. The Special 

Central Bureau of Investigation court in Panchkula 

in Haryana has asked the sect chief to appear in court 

on the day when it pronounces its verdict. The hearing 

in the case has been going on since 2007. The Dera 

Sacha Sauda founder has little following among the 

Sikh community in Jammu and Kashmir. 

Dera chief appeals for peace 

Agencies 

Chandigarh: Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh 

on Thursday appealed to his followers to maintain 

peace before his court appearance on Friday."I have 

always respected the law. Despite pain in my back, I 

will obey the law and must visit the court," Gurmeet 

Ram Rahim Singh tweeted. He urged his followers to 

maintain peace. "I believe in God. All should maintain 

peace." The CBI case against him has been going on 

since 2007. The sect chief, who has lakhs of followers in 

Punjab, Haryana and other states, has been accused by 

a former female follower of raping her more than once 

inside the sprawling Dera campus on the outskirts of 

Sirsa town in Haryana, 260 km from Chandigarh. Nearly 

two lakh sect followers have reached Panchkula and 

nearby places from across Punjab, Haryana and other 

states, raising fears of possible violence.



13 

Right to privacy declared a fundamental right in India 

IANS 

New Delhi: Coming out 

strongly in support of individual 

freedom, the Supreme 

Court on Thursday 

declared right to privacy as 

a fundamental right guaranteed 

by the Constitution, 

a ruling that could have a 

bearing on the case related 

to Aadhaar that has been 

made mandatory in various 

services. 

In a unanimous verdict, 

a nine-judge Constitution 

bench observed that privacy 

was protected as an 

intrinsic part of life and 

personal liberty and freedoms 

guaranteed by the 

Constitution. The verdict 

can impact on the apex 

court's earlier judgement 

re-criminalising gay sex. 

Rejecting the government's 

contention that privacy 

was not a fundamental 

right, the bench headed by 

Chief Justice J.S. Khehar 

unanimously overturned 

two earlier rulings in the 

M.P. Sharma and Kharak 

Singh cases that held that 

the right to privacy was not 

protected by the Constitution. 

"The right to privacy 

is protected as an intrinsic 

part of the right to life and 

personal liberty under Article 

21 and as a part of the 

freedoms guaranteed by 

Part III of the Constitution. 

Decisions subsequent to 

Kharak Singh which enunciated 

the above (line) lay 

down the correct position 

in law," the bench said. 

There were six judgements 

written by the nine 

judges but all of them held 

that right to privacy was a 

fundamental right. 

The other judges in 

the bench were J. Chelameswar, 

S.A. Bobde, 

R.K. Agrawal, Rohinton F. 

Nariman, A.M. Sapre, D.Y. 

Chandrachud, S.K. Kaul 

and S. Abdul Nazeer. They 

were ruling on a reference 

by the court hearing petitions 

filed by retired Karnataka 

High Court judge 

K.S. Puttaswamy and others 

against the validity of 

the Aadhaar scheme on the 

ground that it violated the 

right to privacy. 

In his ruling, Justice 

Kaul said: "Let the right of 

privacy, an inherent right, 

be unequivocally a fundamental 

right embedded in 

part III of the Constitution 

but subject to the restrictions 

specified, relatable 

to that part. This is the 

call of today. The old order 

changeth yielding place to 

new." Thursday's verdict 

was hailed by the opposition 

and legal experts and 

led to a fresh sparring between 

the government and 

the Congress. 

The Congress saw in 

the verdict a setback for 

the government which had 

argued there was no fundamental 

right to privacy. 

Congress President Sonia 

Gandhi slammed Prime 

Minister Narendra Modi's 

government, saying the 

court had struck a blow on 

the "unbridled encroachment 

and surveillance by 

the State and its agencies in 

the life of common man". 

Gandhi said the verdict 

heralds a new era for individual 

rights, personal liberty 

and human dignity. 

But Law Minister Ravi 

Shankar Prasad and Finance 

Minister Arun Jaitley 

termed the ruling as 

positive, saying the government 

shared the court's 

view that privacy was a 

fundamental right. They 

said the court had endorsed 

the government's view 

that citizens' data could 

be collected to ensure that 

benefits of social welfare 

schemes reach the targeted 

poor. 

"The government does 

not give the right to release 

data to anyone, except in 

case of compelling public 

interest," Prasad said. 

Both the ministers 

lashed out at the Congress 

record on individual rights 

and cited the Emergency 

regime of 1975-77 to show 

its scant regard for liberty. 

Against the backdrop of 

Aadhaar controversy, the 

court expressed the hope 

that the central government 

would take necessary 

steps putting in place a robust 

regime for data protection. 

"But the data has to 

be utilised for legitimate 

purposes and not unauthorisedly 

for extraneous 

purposes. This will ensure 

legitimate concerns of the 

State are duly safeguarded 

while, at the same time, 

protecting privacy concerns," 

it said. 

Referring to the committee 

chaired by former 

Supreme Court judge B.N. 

Srikrishna to review data 

protection norms, the apex 

court said since the government 

had initiated the process 

of reviewing the area 

of data protection, it would 

be best to leave the matter 

for experts. 

Recalling the ADM Jabalpur 

case in which the 

apex court declared that 

right to liberty could be suspended 

during Emergency, 

the judges said the ruling 

by four judges in that case 

"are seriously flawed". 

"Life and personal liberty 

are inalienable to human 

existence. These rights are 

primordial rights. They 

constitute rights under 

natural law. No civilized 

state can contemplate an 

encroachment upon life 

and personal liberty without 

the authority of law. "It 

would be preposterous to 

suggest that a democratic 

Constitution without a Bill 

of Rights would leave individuals 

governed by the 

state without either the existence 

of the right to live 

or the means of enforcement 

of the right." 

The judgement is likely 

to impact on the interpretation 

of Section 377 of the Indian 

Penal Code that criminalises 

same sex. It refers 

to the Delhi High Court 

judgement that decriminalises 

the section and the Supreme 

Court ruling overturning 

it and said the apex 

court had found fault with 

the basis of the High Court 

verdict. It said the Supreme 

Court's earlier view that a 

miniscule fraction of the 

country's population constitutes 

lesbians, gays, bisexuals 

or transgenders" 

"is not a sustainable". 

"In a democratic Constitution 

founded on the rule 

of law, rights (of minorities) 

are as sacred as those 

conferred on other citizens 

to protect their freedoms 

and liberties. Sexual orientation 

is an essential attribute 

of privacy." 

"The right to privacy 

and the protection of sexual 

orientation lie at the core 

of the fundamental rights 

guaranteed by Articles 14, 

15 and 21 of the Constitution." 

Dera chief verdict: Army on standby; curfew imposed in Sirsa 

IANS 

Chandigarh: The Army 

was on Thursday evening 

put on standby in Haryana 

and Punjab even as authorities 

ordered imposition of 

curfew in Sirsa town from 

10 p.m. onwards, on the eve 

of a court verdict in a rape 

case against controversial 

self-styled godman Dera Sacha 

Sauda sect chief Gurmit 

Ram Rahim Singh. 

Sirsa Deputy Commissioner 

Prabhjot Singh said 

that the curfew would remain 

imposed till further 

orders. 

Punjab Chief Minister 

Amarinder Singh told media 

here on Thursday evening 

that the Punjab government 

and police were 

fully prepared to deal with 

any situation emerging after 

the court verdict. 

"We have made adequate 

deployment of police 

and para-military forces. 

The Army is on standby 

(if the situation demands). 

We are in touch with the 

Western Command and the 

south western command," 

the Chief Minister said. 

Haryana Additional 

Chief Secretary, Home, Ram 

Niwas, said that the Army 

has been alerted and would 

be requisitioned if the situation 

demanded. 

He said that senior 

Haryana Police officers 

have been deputed along 

with civil administration 

officers to deal with any 

situation. 

The tri-city area of 

Panchkula, Chandigarh 

and Mohali (in Punjab) 

were turned into a fortress, 

ahead of Friday's judgment 

by CBI special court judge 

Jagdeep Singh. 

The situation in Sirsa 

and Panchkula towns, both 

in Haryana, was tense on 

Thursday with thousands 

of sect followers converging 

at both places in support of 

the sect chief and announcing 

that they were ready for 

a "do or die" battle for their 

leader, and the security personnel 

being stationed in 

large numbers to maintain 

law and order. 

Curfew-like restrictions 

have been imposed in Panchkula, 

Sirsa, Chandigarh and 

some other places, with educational 

institutions shut 

for two days (Thursday and 

Friday), trains cancelled 

and bus services disrupted. 

Authorities have suspended 

mobile internet services (including 

2G, 3G, 4G, CDMA 

and GPRS) and all SMS services 

and all dongle services 

provided on mobile networks, 

except voice calls for 

the next three days, while 

shops in Panchkula and 

Sirsa have been shut and 

stadiums converted into 

temporary jail complexes. 

A Central Bureau of 

Investigation (CBI) special 

court in Panchkula town in 

Haryana is to announce its 

verdict in the alleged rape 

and sexual exploitation of 

a 'sadhvi' (female religious 

follower) by the sect chief 

on Friday. 

Haryana and Punjab, 

where the sect has millions 

of followers, was put 

on high alert on Thursday 

with thousands of security 

personnel stationed in sensitive 

areas. 

The alleged rape and 

sexual exploitation, first 

reported through an anonymous 

letter in 2002 to the 

then Prime Minister Atal 

Bihari Vajpayee and the 

Chief Justice of the Punjab 

and Haryana High Court 

here, has taken nearly 15 

years to reach the verdict 

stage. The High Court had 

ordered a CBI probe into the 

matter. 

The sect followers regard 

their chief, who has a 

colourful and controversial 

personality and has acted in 

and directed three movies, 

as a "messenger of god". 

Thousands of security 

personnel, including paramilitary 

forces, have been 

deployed to control the 

"premis" or sect followers 

at Panchkula, as they converged 

from across the region.

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Will Modi opt for early general election? 

Amulya Ganguli 

The synchronisation of 

the next general election 

with the assembly polls of 

2018 to set a pattern may 

not be the only reason why 

the Narendra Modi government 

is said to be considering 

bringing forward the 

2019 general election by a 

year. 

While the need to evolve 

a system where the major 

elections are held simultaneously 

has been talked 

about for some time, the 

present conjecture relates 

mainly to the calculations 

about the prospects of the 

ruling party at the Centre. 

The belief seemingly 

is that it will be better for 

the Bharatiya Janata Party 

(BJP) to cash in on whatever 

gains it has made in the 

last three-and-a-half-years 

rather than wait for another 

20 months or so when its inadequacies 

on the employment 

front and in relieving 

the distress of farmers may 

become more apparent. 

It will serve the party 

better, therefore, to advance 

the dates of the general 

election when the Modi 

magic hasn't quite faded as 

a recent opinion poll has 

shown and the opposition 

continues to be in disarray. 

Although the government 

cannot but derive 

considerable satisfaction 

from the opposition's discomfiture, 

it cannot be 

unaware of the fact that it 

still has pockets of influence 

as is evident from the 

marginal improvement in 

the Congress's position in 

the recent Madhya Pradesh 

local elections and the Trinamool 

Congress's sweeping 

victories in the West 

Bengal municipal polls. 

The BJP also knows 

that it has to guard against 

the anti-incumbency factor 

affecting the party's prospects 

in the assembly elections 

in Madhya Pradesh, 

Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan 

and Gujarat next year. Even 

if it wins, a loss of seats 

compared to the previous 

elections can be disheartening 

on the eve of the general 

election if it is held in 2019. 

It will also be demoralising 

for the BJP if the Congress 

wins in Karnataka and the 

CPI-M in Tripura. Holding 

the general election earlier 

will enable the BJP to avoid 

such uncomfortable possibilities. 

What the BJP will 

have to remember is that 

people often vote against the 

ruling party because of dissatisfaction 

with its performance 

even if the opponent 

is weak. This happened in 

Goa and Manipur, where 

the Congress was the first 

party before it lost this position 

because of the BJP's 

success in weaning away a 

number of legislators. However, 

such defections could 

not hide the fact that there 

was dissatisfaction with the 

BJP. The same disenchantment 

has also been voiced 

by a fairly wide section of 

the people in recent weeks 

as can be seen from the protest 

letters written to the 

Prime Minister by retired 

bureaucrats and army veterans 

and the processions 

taken out by scientists 

about the encouragement 

of obscurantist practices by 

the ruling dispensation. 

These grievances have 

nothing to do with unemployment 

and farmers' distress 

which are undoubtedly 

the two most serious 

problems faced by the government. 

Instead, these are 

the grouses of the average 

middle-class householders 

who have been feeling 

uneasy about the growing 

climate of intolerance although 

it probably does not 

affect them in a personal 

capacity. 

Even then, the depredations 

of the gau rakshaks, 

along with the possibility of 

the police entering private 

homes to check whether 

anyone is eating beef, as the 

Maharashtra government 

wants to do, the competitive 

jingoism in TV channels, 

the foul language used 

by the BJP's supporters 

against the party's opponents 

in the social media, 

the distortion of history, 

including the blanking out 

of Jawaharal Nehru's name 

from the speeches of high 

dignitaries, are some of 

the trends which can cause 

unease among the common 

people. 

No one can predict the 

cumulative effect of these 

feelings over the next two 

years, along with the slowing 

down of the economy 

which is a prime cause of 

the unemployment problem. 

Although early general 

elections can enable the 

government to make hay 

while the sun is still shining, 

albeit faintly, it is only 

a temporary palliative. 

As of now, a more longstanding 

solution of the 

current ills is not visible. 

As a result, the BJP has to 

continue to depend on the 

faith which the average person 

still places in the Prime 

Minister's ability to tide 

over the difficult situations 

through hard work. 

The government is also 

fortunate that it hasn't had 

to face the kind of corruption 

charges which brought 

down its predecessor and 

still hobbles many of the 

opposition parties. At the 

same time, it is obvious 

that the expectations of rapid 

economic advancement 

which are behind Modi's 

success have been largely 

belied. No wonder the "achhey 

din" phrase is not heard 

any more. 

The BJP's other problem 

is its total dependence on 

Modi, which is not unlike 

what it was in the Congress 

in Indira Gandhi's heyday. 

It is a scenario which is not 

politically healthy for a party, 

as can be seen from the 

Congress's present plight 

when it is pathetically dependent 

on the dynasty despite 

its fading charisma. 

The BJP, on its part, has to 

capitalise on Modi's popularity 

as long as it brings in 

the votes. Hence, the need 

for the general election next 

year. 

(Amulya Ganguli can be 

reached at amulyaganguli@ 

gmail.com) 

Britain wants India and China to 

resolve Doklam face-off 

IANS 

Kolkata: Calling upon India 

and China to peacefully 

resolve the Doklam standoff, 

British High Commissioner 

to India Dominic 

Asquith on Thursday ruled 

out any intervention on 

the part of his country as 

neither party has sought 

its services. 

"We think, we still 

think, we always thought, 

and continue to think, it 

should be resolved peacefully. 

And so we look forward 

to these two countries 

- India and China 

- resolving the issue. They 

are trying to do." 

Asquith said the two 

countries would get opportunities 

to discuss the issue 

in the next few weeks. 

"A few opportunities 

are coming up in the next 

few weeks. I hope they 

make progress. We will 

support and encourage 

them," he said. 

The High Commissioner 

said he had not held any 

discussions on the Doklam 

issue with Chinese Ambassador 

to India Luo Zhaohui. 

"No. it's not my business. 

I meet my opposite 

number from China, who 

is in Delhi, just as I meet 

the other envoys. But I did 

not talk to him on this (issue), 

because it is not my 

role, as a third party," he 

said. 

Asquith answered in 

the negative when asked 

whether his country could 

play a role as a third party 

to work out a solution to 

the problem. 

"I think we have been 

asked, neither by the Chinese 

side, nor the Indian 

side, to be involved. So 

since we have not been 

asked, it means we will 

not impose our services. If 

neither party wants us to 

intervene, we won't intervene." 

About the security 

scenario in South Asia 

against the backdrop of the 

India-Pakistan tensions, 

Asquith said his country 

considered both nations 

as friends, but pointed out 

Britain has for long been 

standing by New Delhi on 

the issue of fighting terrorism. 

"We have been standing 

shoulder to shoulder 

with India on the issue of 

fighting terrorism for a 

long long time. You notice, 

the first country (British 

Prime Minister Theresa) 

May visited outside the EU 

is India. So this is a very 

important relationship 

which we are going to take 

forward," he asserted. 

However, Asquith was 

categorical that Britain 

would not intervene in the 

ongoing dispute between 

India and Pakistan. 

"India and Pakistan 

both the countries are our 

friends. We value the relationship 

with them very 

deeply.We are not going 

to intervene between them 

just as we won't intervene 

between India and China 

on the issue of Doklam. 

Both the countries are 

very important for us," he 

added. 

Emphasising the utmost 

importance of securing 

the data in a digital 

economy, he said they 

would be working more 

closely with India in order 

to protect the data in cyber 

space within the next couple 

of years. 

"Digital economy is 

to make sure that people 

feel confident that their 

personal data is protected. 

So the cyber security is 

very important. we have 

been working on that very 

closely with India. We will 

go even more close in the 

next year or two. 

"We would be collaborating 

with India in order 

to secure data that is out 

there in the cyber space. 

That is the most sensible 

step to take. If you are going 

to be a digital economy 

you have to protect the 

data," he said.

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countries are childless 

The leaders who don't have any children are: 

Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel 

France's president Emmanuel Macron 

Britain’s prime minister Theresa May 

Italy’s prime minister Paolo Gentilon 

Holland’s prime minister Mark Rutte 

Scotland’s prime minister Nicola Sturgeon 

Sweden’s prime minister Stefan Lofven 

Luxembourg’s Xavier Bettel (He is openly gay) 

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Trudeau plays down Trump's threat to blow up NAFTA 


OTTAWA: Prime Minister 

Justin Trudeau is playing 

down the latest threat from 

President Donald Trump 

that the North American 

Free Trade Agreement is 

a bad deal from which the 

U.S. will likely exit. 

Trump's latest threat 

to "terminate" NAFTA 

came during a campaignstyle 

speech at a rally in 

Arizona on Tuesday night, 

when he told the crowd he 

didn't think a new deal on 

NAFTA good enough for 

the United States was possible. 

It is not the first time 

he has made such a threat, 

but it is the first time since 

Canada, the U.S. and Mexico 

sat down to start renegotiating 

the 24-year-old 

trade agreement. 

Trudeau's response 

Wednesday afternoon was 

to stay the course. 

"We're going to stay 

focused on what we've 

always known and what 

we've always said, that 

the North American Free 

Trade Agreement has resulted 

in millions of good 

jobs on both sides of the 

Canada-US border and is of 

benefit to both Canadians 

and Americans," he said 

during a news conference 

in Montreal. 

"There are opportunities 

we have to improve 

and update the North 

American Free Trade 

Agreement and we're negotiating 

in good faith and 

working hard to do just 

that, but we're going to stay 

focused on the hard work 

we have ahead of us at the 

negotiating table and that's 

how we've approached this 

from the very beginning 

and I don't see anything 

changing in that." Canada's 

pro-NAFTA offensive 

in the United States has included 

intense lobbying to 

both state and congressional 

representatives with 

data showing nine million 

American jobs depend on 

trade and investment with 

Canada. 

Foreign Affairs Minister 

Chrystia Freeland was 

unavailable to comment 

Wednesday, but she as 

good as predicted Trump 

would threaten to bail on 

NAFTA during her appearance 

before a House of 

Commons committee last 

week when she said there 

likely would be "dramatic 

moments ahead." A Foreign 

Affairs official speaking 

on background said 

the only thing unexpected 

about Trump's NAFTA termination 

threat was that it 

came so quickly after renegotiations 

started. 

"We knew it was very 

likely the president would 

play this card," he said. 

"We're not going to get rattled 

by this." 

He said this was why 

the Canadian government 

has been working at developing 

relationships with 

others in the NAFTA circle 

in the United States. 

Canadian international 

trade expert Peter Clark 

said that is exactly the response 

necessary here. 

"You can't ignore 

Trump, he's a real wild 

card," said Clark, president 

of the Ottawa firm 

Grey, Clark, Shih and Associates. 

"But if he threatens 

something and you overreact, 

he is going to come 

back and double down on 

it. You can't give it legs." 

Mexico's foreign minister 

also shrugged off the 

Trump tirade as par for the 

course, initially tweeting 

that Mexico would remain 

at the table, calm and firm 

in Mexico's national interest. 

Wednesday he told 

Mexican television Trump 

was "negotiating in his 

own particular style." 

U.S. Trade Representative 

Robert Lighthizer said 

in a statement released by 

his office that "President 

Trump has been clear from 

the very beginning that if 

the NAFTA renegotiation 

is unsuccessful, he will 

withdraw from the agreement." 

However at a town 

hall meeting at AT&T's 

Dallas headquarters on 

Wednesday, Rep. Kevin 

Brady, chairman of the 

House ways and means 

committee, called Trump's 

rhetoric "red hot" and acknowledged 

he'd like to see 

Trump take a "different approach 

in tone" 

But he also suggested 

the people at the negotiating 

table are not working 

off Trump's's whims. 

"The actions by his 

trade team are measured" 

he said. "They are following 

the trade objectives 

Congress gave them." 

Back in Canada, Randy 

Hoback, the Conservative 

critic for Canada-U.S. relations, 

said Trump's comments 

might be more bluff 

than belief, but that doesn't 

mean they shouldn't be 

taken as a warning. 

"It really puts the 

screws to everyone at the 

table to get something done 

quickly," said Hoback. 

He said he hopes Canada 

can get a new deal done, 

but the government has to 

prepare for the possibility 

of NAFTA being torn up. 

"We need to prepare 

for what we would do if 

NAFTA isn't there," said 

Hoback.

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What house owners should know before 

hanging a 'For Lease' sign on their property 


TORONTO : With real estate sales softening 

in many markets across Canada, 

homeowners looking to unload their 

property may find it preferable to hang 

out a "For Lease" sign on the front lawn 

rather than sell it for a less desirable 

price. 

While rental properties can provide 

a stream of reliable income, housing experts 

say the first-timer's success will depend 

on a lot of factors — ranging from 

the location and condition of your property 

to the tax and legal implications of 

becoming a landlord. 

Royal LePage CEO Phil Soper says 

property owners should start by getting 

an up-to-date comparative market analysis 

from their broker or sales rep. 

"The challenge, like pricing any product, 

is to find the maximum value that 

you can drive in the marketplace and 

keep it empty for the minimum amount 

of time," says Soper. 

"You can kill the entire economics of 

renting your condo or your house out if 

it stays empty for any extended period 

of time." 

Other than taking a month of turnover 

to freshen up a property, he says, 

you never want a rental sitting without 

a tenant. 

Soper adds that landlords will also 

be affected by their personal preferences, 

skills and available time to manage 

the property. "It's not for me but other 

people love it. They love the do-it-yourself 

stuff. They love the regular income. 

They even like dealing with tenants and 

become friendly with them." 

Toronto realtor Daniel Greenbaum 

of Forest Hill Real Estate says one of the 

key services he provides as a sales representative 

for landlords is screening 

prospective tenants to be sure they have 

good references, are qualified in terms 

of income and are likely a good fit for the 

owner. "Unfortunately, once somebody 

moves into a property, it's very hard to 

get rid of them," Greenbaum says. 

Lawyer Max Cohen, senior partner 

at Cohen LLP in Toronto, says landlord-tenant 

law falls under provincial 

jurisdiction and the rules vary across 

the country. "Alberta, for example, is a 

little more landlord-friendly than Ontario 

(which) tends to be a fairly tenantfriendly 

environment." 

He adds that landlords need to understand 

how they'll be taxed under federal 

law when the property is sold. 

Once a principle residence becomes 

an income property, there's a change 

to its eligibility for an exemption from 

capital gains tax — potentially a large 

amount of money, depending on the specific 

circumstance. "It doesn't mean that 

all of the gain is taxable (but) probably 

just as important you can't eliminate the 

capital gains tax by moving back and living 

in the property for awhile," Cohen 

says. 

Low oil prices continue to hit Alberta 


EDMONTON: Sluggish 

oil prices are forcing Alberta 

to dip into its reserve 

fund and look for 

more in-house savings to 

keep its $10.5-billion deficit 

from sliding further 

into the red. 

In his first-quarter fiscal 

update, Finance Minister 

Joe Ceci said the 

province had expected 

the West Texas Intermediate 

benchmark oil price 

to average out at US$55 a 

barrel this year. 

Instead, it's hovering 

below US$49 a barrel 

and isn't expected to rise 

much in the near term. 

"The forecast (at budget) 

in March was based 

on the best private sector 

forecasts available. 

The same is true of the 

updated forecast," Ceci 

said Wednesday. "What it 

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$500-million contingency 

fund to keep this year's 

deficit from growing. 

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the amount of money 

spent on department operations 

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continue to consolidate 

services, streamline IT, 

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hiring restraints 

while avoiding civil service 

layoffs. 

About $120 million 

has already been found, 

he said. 

"It's an ongoing exercise 

and I know my colleagues 

in different ministries 

are up for it." 

Ric McIver, the United 

Conservative Party finance 

critic, said taxpayers 

deserve more details 

on the savings. 

"The minister gave 

himself a pat on the back 

for doubling the in-year 

savings projections, but 

can't tell us where these 

savings are coming from, 

or why he's so confident 

in his double projection," 

said McIver. 

"One could at least 

wonder whether the second 

$200 million wasn't 

concocted to make today's 

media conference go better 

for the minister." 

Ceci noted there are 

bright signs on the horizon. 

The province expects 

the economy to grow by 

3.1 per cent in 2017, up 

from the March budget 

forecast of 2.6 per cent. 

Employment is also expected 

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crude oil to India. 

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in Washington. Indian Ambassador Navtej Sarna 

yesterday exchanged documents for the shipment 

with Texas Governor Greg. 

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Aug 6-14 will reach India early next month. 

President Trump has welcomed the latest development 

in bilateral relations. The US state department 

said, ``The President pledged that the United 

States would continue to be a reliable, long-term 

supplier of energy. "During the Prime Minister's 

June visit to the White House, President Trump 

and Prime Minister Modi committed to a comprehensive 

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goal of creating a fair and reciprocal trading relationship 

and removing obstacles to growth and 

jobs creation, including in the energy sector. ’ 

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the 40-year-old embargo on crude oil shipments to 

India, the two countries are deepening their ties 

in the energy sector. 

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been signed by the Indian Oil Corporation and 

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Not possible to have Shahrukh, Salman and 

Aamir in the same film, says director Balki 

IANS 

New Delhi: Filmmaker 

R. Balki, who has worked 

with Amitabh Bachchan 

in all his movies, doesn't 

think it's practical for him 

to plan a project with Bollywood's 

leading Khans. 

At an interactive 

session on Harnessing 

the Power of Creativity 

from Ads-Shads to Films- 

Shilms for Ficci Ladies 

Organisation (FLO), Balki 

was asked if he'd be given 

the option to work with 

Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir 

Khan and Salman Khan, 

who would it be at the top 

of his list. 

He said he's working 

with Akshay Kumar in 

"PadMan", and would love 

to keep working with Amitabh. 

Prodded why he does 

not work with the Khans, 

he said: "No, not like 

that..It's just that if I start 

thinking of making a film 

with them right now, I 

will get quite old by the 

time I start... I'd rather be 

more practical." 

Balki was present 

with his filmmaker wife 

Gauri Shinde, both of 

whom have contributed 

significantly to the Indian 

advertising field as well 

brought a freshness to 

Hindi cinema with their 

movies. While Balki is 

known for movies like 

"Cheeni Kum" and "Paa", 

Gauri has carved her 

niche with heart-warming 

films like "English Vinglish" 

and "Dear Zindagi". 

In a field where 'nepotism' 

is the hot debate, the 

two are examples of outsiders 

who have cemented 

their space. 

Gauri, who is junior to 

Balki in the ad and filmmaking 

world, quipped: 

"He got there first... So, 

there's a bit of nepotism 

there... I think it's tough 

until you prove yourself, 

and you need something 

success." 

Balki said that "it's an 

industry like most other 

industries... They celebrate 

success". 

"It's really simple. 

There can be camps and 

other things, but all 

camps form around successful 

people... It's very 

strange. But to achieve 

that, you need something 

very interesting to start 

with and more importantly 

lots of luck... 

"There are some brilliant 

people out there who 

haven't had the chance to 

be famous and it's not getting 

any easier... Once you 

have all that, it's not that 

tough to survive in the industry 

because there are 

camps." 

Model attempts suicide 

in Andhra jail 

Agencies 

Hyderabad: Former air hostess and model Sangeeta 

Chatterjee, facing trial in a red sanders smuggling 

case, on Thursday attempted suicide in a jail in Andhra 

Pradesh's Chittoor district. 

Reportedly upset over not getting bail, she consumed 

phenyl kept in a toilet in Chittoor sub-jail. She 

was rushed to Chittoor Government Hospital, where 

she is stated to be out of danger. 

Sangeeta, hailing from Kolkata, was arrested by the 

Andhra Pradesh Police in March this year. Three cases 

were booked against her and a court had granted bail 

in two cases. 

The 26-year-old is the second wife of red sanders 

smuggler M. Lakshman, who was arrested in July 2014 

from Nepal. 

According to police, Sangeeta, who began her career 

as a model, came in contact with Lakshman in Kolkata, 

where he frequently stayed as he had established 

a base there too. 

After the arrest of Lakshman, Sangeeta had taken 

over control of his network's illegal activities. 

She is alleged to have expanded the red sanders 

smuggling network to six states in India and also in 

other countries, including China and Japan. 

The gang is allegedly involved in red sanders smuggling 

from the forests of Chittoor, Kurnool and Kadapa 

districts of Andhra Pradesh. 

Madhuri Dixit to 

produce family 

entertainer 

Agencies 

Mumbai: Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit is gearing 

up for her new journey as a producer. She will 

back a Marathi film. 

The "family entertainer" will be directed by 

Swapnaneel Jayakar, and produced under Madhuri's 

RnM Moving Pictures banner, which has 

already come up with e-learning and DTH content, 

read a statement. "We at RnM Moving Pictures are 

very excited to step into this new role and start 

working on the project. It's a family entertainer 

and we have a lovely team on board. I am looking 

forward to starting the shooting process soon," 

Madhuri said. The film, written by Yogesh Vinayak 

Joshi, is expected to be released next year. 

Meanwhile, actress Priyanka Chopra is executive 

producing a comedy series about Madhuri's life 

for US network ABC. 

Singer Gwen Stefani using eastern 

medicine to get pregnant 

Agencies 

Los Angeles: Singersongwriter 

Gwen Stafani, 

47, is reportedly trying out 

a new method to increase 

the chances of getting pregnant. 

She is consuming 

Eastern medicine. According 

to Celebrity Insider 

magazine, Stefani is sure 

that singer Blake Shelton 

is the right person for her 

and wants to start a family 

with him. However, she is 

afraid that it will be very 

hard for her to conceive 

due to her age. The "Hollaback 

Girl" hitmaker is 

worried about her health 

as well as the baby's if she 

manages to get pregnant, 

reports aceshowbiz.com. 

According to a source, Stefani 

is trying out "alternative 

sources of medicine" 

which includes Chinese 

herbs. In addition, she has 

been doing hypnosis. "She 

has been monitoring all 

her hormone levels and 

they are really balanced. 

She is also doing hypnosis 

because she knows there 

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My best is yet to come, says Chateshwar Pujara 

By Debayan Mukherjee 

Kolkata: Cheteshwar Pujara, 

India's standout performer 

in the last 12 months 

wearing the white flannels, 

feels he still has a lot of areas 

to improve on and his 

best is yet to come. 

"As a cricketer, I always 

feel my best is yet to come 

and I have been working 

hard for it," Pujara, who has 

just helped India rout Sri 

Lanka 3-0 in the Test series 

in the latter's backyard, told 

IANS in a telephonic interview. 

"I am performing well, 

but I still feel there are areas 

I can improve and even 

perform better. So this is 

not the best phase of my 

life. I think the best is yet to 

come," said the 29-year-old 

right-hander known for his 

craft at the crease. 

In the last year or so, 

the Saurashtra batsman 

has gone from strength to 

strength, becoming the new 

Mr. Dependable in Virat 

Kohli's Test team. 

The second-highest run 

getter in Sri Lanka, amassing 

309 in three games, 

which included two centuries, 

Pujara has been India's 

most consistent batsman 

alongside Kohli since the 

team's return from the tour 

of the West Indies last year. 

He aggregated 1,316 runs 

from 13 matches in the 2016- 

17 home season. 

Pujara feels playing 

county cricket for Nottinghamshire 

in England has 

helped him a great deal. 

"This was my third season 

(in county cricket). My 

first was for Derbyshire, 

then I played for Yorkshire. 

This time I played for Nottinghamshire. 

So I've always 

enjoyed playing county 

cricket," said Pujara, 

who struck a century and a 

half-century in five innings 

of four games for Nottinghamshire. 

"The wickets are always 

challenging; there is always 

something in it for the fast 

bowlers. So when you start 

scoring runs you feel confident 

as you start knowing 

your technique better. The 

culture and the atmosphere 

also (helps). I always have 

a good time playing over 

there and I learn a lot." 

Asked about the way India 

virtually bulldozed Sri 

Lanka, Pujara said the team 

played to its strength after 

fine preparation. 

"We have always backed 

our strengths. All our batsmen 

and bowlers are very 

well prepared. As a team we 

outplayed them; that is what 

I think and I don't know 

about how they played and 

how their bowlers were. 

They were a decent team, 

but we were stronger. We 

are the No. 1 Test team in 

the world and we played 

like that." 

The islanders surrendered 

meekly, losing by 304 

runs in the first rubber and 

the next two by an innings 

and 53 runs and by an innings 

and 171 runs. 

Pujara, who pays his 

bills by playing only Tests, 

will be seen in action for 

the national team next in 

November when Sri Lanka 

comes to India. 

Asked if it would be an 

ideal preparation ahead of 

India's tour of the mightier 

South Africa, Pujara said: 

"Playing in South Africa 

against South Africa will 

be challenging. But at least 

before that we will be playing 

three Tests against Sri 

Lanka in India. So the good 

thing is that we will all be 

together. 

"We will have to have 

different gameplans and 

strategies when we play in 

South Africa, but playing 

against Sri Lanka in India 

will help us continue with 

our form. Conditionwise it 

will be different, but it is 

always good to play international 

cricket before an 

overseas tour." 

Does Pujara fancy his 

chances in the shorter formats? 

"There will be a time 

when I will get my opportunity. 

At this point, all I 

can say is I am improving 

on a few things which is 

helping me in Tests and 

eventually will help me in 

the shorter formats." 

Pujara, who has played 

under M.S. Dhoni and now 

under Virat Kohli, refused 

to compare the two as captains, 

saying both wanted 

India to win. 

"To me and everyone, 

that is the most important 

thing. I have enjoyed 

playing under MS and I 

now enjoy playing under 

Virat." 

Dhoni, Bhuvi guide India to three-wicket victory over Sri Lanka 

IANS 

Pallekale: Disciplined innings 

from former skipper 

Mahendra Singh Dhoni 

and pacer Bhuvneshwar 

Kumar saw India defeating 

Sri Lanka by three wickets 

in a thrilling second One- 

Day International here on 

Thursday 

Chasing a revised target 

of 231 due to rain, India were 

cruising at 108 for no loss in 

the 16th over. But the match 

turned on its head in a space 

of six overs as the visitors 

lost seven wickets for just 22 

runs. 

All-rounder Akila Dananjaya 

created havoc in the 

India's batting line-up as he 

scalped six wickets in his 10 

overs. 

But then Dhoni (45 not 

out) and Bhuvneshwar A(53 

not out) forged a match-winning 

partnership to seal the 

deal for India. 

India now lead the five 

match series 2-0. The visitors 

had defeated Sri Lanka 

by nine wickets in the ODI 

at Dambulla. 

Indian openers Dhawan 

and Rohit started the 

chase perfectly by forging 

a 109-run partnership. The 

duo slammed Sri Lankan 

bowlers all around the park. 

In the process, Rohit completed 

his half-century. But 

after adding four more runs, 

the Mumbai batsman was 

adjudged leg before wicket 

off Dananjaya. 

Trying to be aggressive, 

Dhawan mistimed a shot 

and fell prey to Milinda Siriwardana 

in the very next 

over. 

All eyes were on new 

batsmen Lokesh Rahul, Kedar 

Jadhav and Virat Kohli, 

but the trio failed to rise to 

the expectations and were 

dismissed by Dananjaya in 

the same over at scores of 1., 

4 and 4 respectively. 

With half of the side 

back to the pavilion, it 

was now on Dhoni and allrounder 

Hardik Pandya but 

the the latter disappointed 

as he was also dismissed by 

Dananjaya after three overs 

with no runs to his credit. 

With chances of winning 

looking sleek, Bhuvneshwar 

then joined Dhoni in the 

middle and played sensibly. 

The duo forged a 100-run 

partnership and finished 

the proceeding with more 

than two overs to spare. 

Earlier, sensible innings 

from Siriwardana (58) 

and Chamara Kapugedera 

(40) helped Sri Lanka score 

236/8. But due to rain, the 

target was revised to 230. 

Apart from the duo, 

opener Niroshan Dickwella 

(31) contributed to the cause 

for the hosts. 

After going down in the 

first ODI by nine wickets, 

Sri Lanka regrouped their 

strategy in this game and 

started off on a positive note 

but some poor shot selection 

from the in-form and experienced 

players resulted in 

their downfall in the middle 

overs. 

However, Siriwardana 

and Kapugedera played the 

ball to its merit to stabilise 

the innings. But after the 

fall of the latter's wicket, 

the lower-order failed to 

provide the much required 

support and, thus, the hosts 

only managed to score a 

chaseable target. On the 

other hand, Indian bowlers 

stepped up to the occasion 

in the overcast conditions 

and chipped in with vital 

wickets at regular intervals. 

The fielding was also up to 

the mark. 

After India won the toss 

and put the Islanders in to 

bat, the hosts crossed the 40- 

run-mark in the eighth over 

but then Dickwella was sent 

back to the pavilion. Soon 

Danushka Gunathilaka, 

who troubled the visitors in 

the first ODI, was dismissed 

by leg-spinner Yuzvendra 

Chahal. Once again the 

middle-order got exposed 

soon and experienced players 

Upul Tharanga (9) and 

Angelo Mathews (20) were 

dismissed by Hardik Pandya 

and Axar Patel, respectively. 

But just when things 

seemed poor for the hosts, 

Siriwardana and Kapugedera 

displayed their temperament 

and forged the crucial 

quality time 

runs for their team. After 

giving a tough fight in the 

middle, the duo was, however, 

sent packing by Jasprit 

Bumrah. Then the lowerorder 

batsmen -- ananjaya 

(9), Dushmantha Chameera 

(6) and Vishwa Fernando (3) 

-- once again failed to make 

their mark and Sri Lanka 

only managed to score 236 in 

their allotted 50 overs. 

For India, pacer Bumrah 

scalped four wickets 

while leg-spinner Chahal 

took two. 

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and his actress girfriend Anushka 

Sharma enjoying some quality time together in Sri Lanka.

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