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...tidying up of Main Street itself. Caf?s and galleries have mushroomed there; so have boutiques?particularly around 21st and Main. Now branded a "fashion district" by local style mavens, south Main, or "SoMa," is just what the shopping doctor ordered. Bound for Vancouver and looking for a little Canadian chic? Here's a selection of our favorite SoMa outlets...
...here in the frozen North, Live 8’s reception has been frigid. At the June 21 press conference held to announce the concert’s Canadian host, Geldof issued a stern admonition to Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin on the subject of foreign aid; unless, like a number of European countries, he commits to a 0.7 percent of GDP foreign aid contribution by 2015, Martin should stay home...
...response from many Canadians was dismay. One writer, in The Toronto Sun, accused Sir Bob of appearing, “as heavy-handed and self-righteous as the tin-pot dictators against whom he’s fighting.” Another, in a letter to The Toronto Star, bemoaned the pushy knight’s interference: “Let’s have our foreign-aid policy and programs determined by our elected representatives, not wealthy non-Canadian musicians.” And just this week, a columnist for The Vancouver Sun described Geldof...
...development aid target of 0.7 percent of GDP is hardly a new concept. The number was born because of the work of the World Bank’s Commission on International Development—called the Pearson Commission after its chair, former Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson—which delivered its report in 1969. The next year, the UN General Assembly adopted the 0.7 percent target as the international standard for foreign aid contribution. In the 35 years since, rich countries have repeatedly pledged to meet that target, but only a handful—Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Luxembourg...
Martin has come under fire from a number of individuals and groups, most of whom lack Bono and Sir Bob’s musical credentials. UN adviser Jeffrey D. Sachs ’76, UN Secretary-General’s special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa Stephen Lewis, the Canadian International Development Agency, and the all-party Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs have all called on Martin to meet Lester B. Pearson’s original goal...