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help to honour our Kyoto commitment to get your copy of the plan or to join the one tonne Challenge Call 1 800 o Canada 1 800 622 6232try 1 800 465 7735, or visit climate change. Go. Ca by Katherine Wilton Montreal the invitations to Justin Trudeau is wedding began arriving last month. But with the big Day just a Short time away details of Mont realms most talked about wedding remain shrouded in secrecy. In an bid to keep his wedding to Sophie Gregoire a closely guarded secret the eldest son of the late prime minister Pierre Trudeau has Given instructions to family and friends not to discuss the Date time or place of his upcoming nuptials. I have received an invitation but i cant give you the Date because he does not want it Given to the press Trudeau is aunt Janet Sinclair said in a Telephone interview this week from Vancouver. He said that he hoped he could have a private Day. Sinclair confirm the wedding will be held in Montreal and said she does not know who Trudeau is Best Man will be. Gregoire told the Montreal Gazette yesterday that she too was unable to reveal her wedding Date. But she did imply that despite Trudeau is High Public profile their wedding wont be a Star studded celebrity affair. She said their guest list is comprised of family and close friends whom we love and have shared special experiences with. Some of the people a Hove made the Trudeau guest list include his Mother margarets four Sisters his 83 year old grandmother Kathleen Sinclair and several of his cousins in British Columbia. Trudeau 33, and Gregoire 28, who works As a personal shopper at Holt Renfrew have been dating for about two years. Trudeau proposed to the confident and gracious Gregoire at an old Montreal hotel last october on what would have been his late fathers 85th birthday. After living in relative anonymity during his teenage years Trudeau was thrust Back into the spotlight in 1998 following the death of his younger brother Michel who was killed when an Avalanche swept him into a Lake in British columbian a Back country. But it was Trudeau is stirring Eulogy at his fathers funeral in 2000 that catapulted him into National prominence. Since then Trudeau has used his celebrity to promote causes dear to his heart such As Avalanche safety and Katim Avik the National youth Volunteer program. Just last week he was doing radio advertisements encouraging Young canadians to become involved in Katim Avik after graduating from High school. Trudeau worked As a teacher in Vancouver for several years before returning to Montreal in 2002. Last fall he began hosting a French language talk show on Cikac. Can West news service by Joe Paraskevas o Ottawa Media fragmentation is a greater threat to the Success of Canadian journalism than concentration of ownership a senior executive at can West global communications corp. Told members of a Senate committee yesterday. The proliferation of news websites and their Appeal to Young audiences the decline in circulation of traditional newspapers the Rise of free papers and specially to channels and the migration of advertisers to the emergent Media forms Are All trends that have led to unprecedented Media Competition and have influenced the business decisions of Media owners said Richard Camilleri president of can West Media works the executive in charge of All of can wests print television and web based operations. The committee is studying the trends shaping the country is Media and How Public policy can encourage a healthy Industry. The Senate committee has heard from about 200 witnesses and some have raised concerns about the concentration of ownership in the hands of companies such As Winnipeg based can West which owns in whole or in part Many of this country is major daily newspapers two new free papers a television network specially channels and a news internet site. Camilleri leading a team of can West executives appearing before the committee said Cross Media ownership should be seen As a natural business strategy that brings the efficiencies of consolidation of Central services like finance information technology and administration. But concentration of ownership within a Given medium and across different forms should raise concerns on two fronts said a former Ottawa Bureau chief for both the Csc and the Globe and mail. On the convergence Issue the interesting question is the degree to which it becomes a vehicle for Cross promotion said Christopher Waddell now a professor in the school of journalism and communications at Carleton University. Moreover the reduction of permanent journalistic staff by Media owners trying to improve efficiency has led to fewer specialists and More generalists covering the news Waddell said echoing testimony he has Given to the Senate committee. The Senate committee will make recommendations on How government policy can suit changes to the Media Industry in report expected in june. The can West Brief made several policy proposals including a Call to repeal a Section of the Security of information act that states Possession of government secrets is a crime. The Section was cited in the Case of Juliet Oneill a reporter with the can West owned Ottawa citizen whose Home and office were searched by the ramp last year. Oneill was believed to have information about Maher Arar a Canadian detained by United states authorities and then deported to Syria where he alleges he was tortured. Can West news service Edmonton Albertas Shirley Mcclellan is probably the Luckiest finance minister in Canada. In her first budget Mcclellan was Able to boast that her government has eliminated the provincial debt will spend record amounts on health and education and will still rack up a $ 1.5 billion surplus that will Likely swell to even More Gargantuan proportions later in the year. The Centennial year budget tabled in the legislature yesterday proposes $ 25.5 billion for program spending up almost six per cent from last years actual spending. We have the Best fiscal position in Canada we have an Economy that leads the nation and we have no accumulated debt Mcclellan said outside the House. What a wonderful Way to Start your second Century. Advanced education is the Centrepiece of what Mcclellan called an investment budget with spending pegged at More than $ 1.6 billion 13.4 per cent More than last year. In kindergarten to Grade 12 education the government promised an extra $ 287 million or 7.1 per cent increase most be spent on hiring another 435 teachers. Albertas 12th consecutive balanced budget offered Little in the Way of tax cuts. But a family employment tax credit is being increased slightly and extended to cover third and fourth children. Canadian press Justin Trudeau dances with Sophie Gregoire at the Daffodil Ball in Montreal on april 29, 2004. Alberta budget focuses on health education Trudeau is songs wedding plans closely guarded Media concentration no threat can West Cross ownership natural senators told Marie France Coallier / Canadian press ;