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Very accurate in my opinion. Let's take a page from the evolution of official bilingualism which started with the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Commission_on_Bilingualism_and_Biculturalism Then came the first Official Languages Act (1969). Then came the 1973 Parliamentary Resolution on Official Languages in the Public Service to expand the provisions of the existing Official Languages Act. http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/prb0256-e.htm#A-The1973 Next came the revised Official Languages Act (1988) enshrining the Parliamentary Resolution of 1973, The Liberals were in government for all initiatives except for the revised Act of 1988 when Mulroney was PM. Governments are masters at getting their way in an incremental manner that, most times, flies right over the heads of the electorate. And even so, majority governments can do as they please and the peons can go to hell.

Well within their Charter rights. Protests are meant to be "inconvenient". See "Black Lives Matter". As long as no direct threats were uttered, the protest is legal freedom of expression.

Perhaps someone should explain that to him

Why being against Semitic people is called "anti" while being against Islam is called "phobia" ? What is the difference of these two usage, so what does "anti" mean and what does "phobia" mean ? I dont think that these words are chosen randomly but chosen on some purposes. If you ask me, this is done on purpose because the word "anti" evokes something offensive and Jewish racists use it often to play the innocent crocodile. So using the word "anti" helps them to back up their fake claims of being under attack. When it comes to the word "phobia", it does not evoke something offensive but it evokes of the innocence of the phobic person. So phobic person is not actually an attacker but he/she is a defenseless fearful poor kitty and which he/she does not like is the evil. What do you think ?

Lack of face-to-face interview! How is that? It used to be that every immigration applicant was interviewed, but not anymore. Since 2002, only immigrants from the spousal category are interviewed. Are all applicants for immigration, coming as spouses? http://paceimmigrationlaw.com/canadian-immigration-needs-interview/ In this context, what Kelly Leitch proposes in her campaign, can't be called extreme at all. It's only sensible, and definitely, the right thing to do. What we have in place now - hardly any proper screening/vetting at all - is, what's extreme. It's recklessly irresponsible! Security of a nation and its citizens, has to be the highest priority!

Yes, this is getting close to the border. Standing on the other side of the street and shouting names is one thing, but getting in someones face and saying go back to the jungle is different. One is expressing a vile opinion, and they should be denounced. The other is causing fear, and they should be charged.

I hate the fact that this can be so long that you cannot see the whole message and have to click on it, bringing you to another page. Then you have to click back to see what the hell you were looking at before, and what do you know, you forgot and then you end up posting garbage on this sidebar which is really not used for anything productive. I doubt anyone will be reading this.

My guess at ranked ballots is that the highly polarizing candidates will not get second shot. O'Leary can be polarizing, but some of the others might be more so. There are several safe second choices, like Chong that might be able to get through between their first and second choices. O'Leary's advantage is he will be one of the leaders in the first choice, and might get enough second choice to take the win. I think it will come down to how many safe second choices there are, which means they will need to differentiate themselves.

Does "valid outrage' mean calling "women from the Muslim world are too mentally handicapped to be able to use birth control" or "Muslims are unable to embrace progressive values" or "Muslims are terrorists; if they aren't terrorists then they aren't Muslims" or "Muslim are inherently violent"? Comments like that don't sound like 'valid outrage' or 'valid criticism'; they sound Islamaphobic to me, and I have every right to say so. Valid criticism of Islam and Muslim-majority countries and outrage at the actions of some of those countries or some Islamic groups is certainly justified. Criticizing and holding to account the Montreal Imam and the Mosque at which he preached for inciting hatred of Jews is valid in my opinion. Saying Muslims want to kill Jews is not valid and falls under the umbrella of islamphobic rhetoric. Condemning the Islamic practice whereby a man can divorce his wife verbally while she cannot is valid criticism and reason for outrage, in my opinion. But assuming Muslim men are universally misogynistic and beat their wives becomes islamaphobia. Do you see the difference between valid criticism and islamphobic comments? Valid criticism focuses on the thing that is unacceptable, but does not make the people unacceptable. Islamaphobia condemns the group and ignores the fact that there are many individuals within that group who do not subscribe to the 'unacceptable' thing and even reject it. i

This assumption that all minorities immediately vote for the politician that panders to them is b.s. Trump is far different than Trudeau. He has said some irresponsible hateful things. Its a bad comparison. However I think Hilary Clinton was an elitist phony and far from the Liberal she posed as. She was a rich privileged girl. She was never a person of the people. You bet I dislike Trudeau-I think his using Syrian refugees as photo props and his tossing the Somali lawyer out as Immigration Minister are as racist as it gets. I get politics goes into the choices such as gender and race with cabinet Ministers -I get that. I just think his use of this man as Immigration Minister was an abuse of a good man, placing him in an Uncle Tom like situation. It was wrong. Dead wrong. That to me is crass tokenism the worst kind of racism. He exploits that man's skin colour and refugee status so if they do something restrictive they can hold that man up under the bus as their Uncle Tom to take the blame. That's as disgusting as it gets. On the other hand I do not think he does what he does to be hateful or mean spirited-I think he himself is a naïve idiot. I think its the crass cynical machine behind him that comes up with these things. In Trump's case you can see the hate originates with him. I can not stand people who smile and drip sugar coated words to slum people then retreat to their privileged lifestyles and trust fund sheltered lives to shower and wash the germs off when the press has done. The detached reality of what Trudeau says and lives to me screams out. I know many like him. They drip two faced platitudes. Watching McCallum an elitist banker pose with refugees made me want to puke. The last genuine grass roots politician we had was Rene Levesque. He actually lived what he was-a chain smoking journalist, politician. No pretentions. Bill Davis in Ontario was also pretty down to earth. We don't have to many like that. David Crombie the Mayor of Toronto was another one like that. There ain't too many of them. I forget the guy who died in Alberta who was the federal Tory cabinet Minister then switched to Alberta politics. Everyone said he was a modest grass roots guy. They said that about Ray Natyshn (spelled wrong) the former Energy Minister-Gov. General, Tommy Douglas too.. I like Harry Truman for that reason. I actually like Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles for that reason. They were born in this bubble of monarchy they imposes a lifestyle but they and Princess Anne do not live decadently.Princess Ann still works 12 hour days. Modest genuine people no matter what their politics show their true qualities. Trudeau is a variation of Trump. One is in your face the other closeted.

Yes, but this is something which won't cost him anything. It will tick off conservatives, who'd never vote for him anyway, and please the left, especially the progressives who might consider voting NDP. And it won't appear as a budget item in his already overcrowded, overloaded budget. This is a very politically expedient way to show how noble and inclusive he is, too. And remember, this is a guy who brooks no argument or disagreement on social matters to begin with. Witness him simply outright banning anyone from running for Liberal if they weren't pro choice. You can imagine what he thinks of people who openly question the wisdom of bringing in hundreds of thousands of Muslims.

I've always maintained that the bulk of us, those who grew up here, do have similar agreed values, within a broad framework. You can see it in how our society functions. Are there riots? Not unless some people get drunk after a hockey game. We don't even have violent political protest. The snooty Europeans have always liked to think of themselves as the most civilized of people, but you get way more violent protest and physical confrontations all across Europe including in France (and I don't just mean by Muslim immigrants). I was just reading The Independent, and came across some political cartoons. Now you might find political cartoons an odd way to differentiate cultures and values, but I found these political cartoons to be gross, incredibly nasty and mean-spirited, and unlike anything you would find in Canadian newspapers. We're simply too civilized a people for that kind of thing. Canada's culture and values show themselves in a thousand different ways like that every day, in how society functions. In the polite way we wait to board crowded buses and subway cars, in the fact attractive women in short skirts walk down the streets and aren't harassed, in the fact ultraorthodox Jews in their black coats and hats and Hindus in their turbans and Muslims in their Hijabs can mix with girls in miniskirts and boys on skateboards and nobody cares or shouts abuse at each other. But that culture is threatened when you import so many people, so fast, from countries whose beliefs are diametrically opposed to all of that, and don't give society time to adjust and assimilate them. When every additional wave reinforces the one which came before them in their certainty that things should be the way they were in THEIR country. Some people say that's not so great a threat. But nobody really knows what our future will hold like this except that if it turns out badly there's no way to go back and have a do-over. Given the the fact immigrants from our major source areas have been found, by the government itself, to be the least economically successful, a finding which reinforces an early, independent study done a decade ago, I have no idea why we persist except for the narrow, venal political advantage of the political parties involved.

Trudeau wants to give "excluded" terrorists a big hug.

The notion that religion is above reproach or exempt from criticism has been linked to many historical tragedies and debacles. It is an unacceptable premise. Lampooning religion figures and doctrines and practices is worthwhile, even if just to make that point. It's my opinion that many people try to use the label "Islamophobic!" to shout down reasonable criticism of Muslim practices. I can't help thinking that the same people, if we were in the 1600s, would be running around shouting "Christophobic!!" in response to criticism of burning "witches" at the stake. -k

Trumplethinskin, the biggest snowflake of them all.

I see Trump went all "crybaby" toward the press yet again today in Florida. Is it perhaps that orange crap he sprays himself with that makes his skin so thin?

Trump rally draws MILLIONS!!!

Am i suggesting their is corruption, as the Haitian people if there is corruption, your tarp and emergency supplies where gone and used up after the 1 st year.....how long ago was the earth quake anyways.....and how much was donated all together, and yet the people have yet to rebuild, living under torn tarps given out long ago.....how much funds were raised by other NGO's or the UN or Unicef programs ....all full of shit, staff driving brand new european land rovers,collecting big cheques , selling relief supplies out of vans and cars...those are the guys getting all that money.....and maybe , maybe if they are lucky the people in need see about 1 to 5 % of all of that.....only way the people get what was sent is to deliver it ourselfs.....I seen first hand a Unicef food warehouse full of food, sitting their rotting, because it was not delivered to the hunger masses, but rather sold out of the warehouse in our UN Camp under UN troops protection, and sold by a bunch of crooks....in Yugo and Somolia.....Mean while people were starving ....and those bastards who sold this food, grew fat over profits, even when the food was rotten people would pay big dollars for it.....

Trump seems to have taken to hanging around hangars lately. So now he's in one in Florida holding another "campaign rally". When is he going to figure out the campaign is over, that he lost the popular vote, that he didn't have the highest electoral college votes ever, and that perhaps it is time to start trying to govern? Oh well, Floridians did support him so I image the hangar will be yuuugely full. http://www.vocativ.com/403839/donald-trump-is-already-holding-another-campaign-rally/

He obviously hasn't heard that one about when you find yourself in a hole...etc...etc.

See, even we can reach agreement sometimes.

Perhaps that actual infirmity wouldn't have been recognized by the military as a reason not to serve. I don't think it takes a high IQ to fire an M-16.

Yeah because he had "bone spurs"

Yeah there was/is a petition signed by ~2 million last I checked against a full state visit by Trump but apparently May dismissed it. Her Majesty may not be amused.

That's about as dumb as putting Rick Perry in charge of energy.

Other than maybe Putin, who really wants to see him?

maybe they share an addiction. Does Oxy make you sniff a lot I wonder?

Fox & Friends seems to have tried to ignore the latest nonsense in lieu of reporting about some South American newspaper who posted a picture of Alec Baldwin playing Trump in a story that was actually about Trump. Their nose seems to be out of joint but I think most of us are laughing our heads off. Go Alec!

It doesn't seem to matter what news channel you flip to you hear the phrase to do with "the chaos in the White House". I can only imagine it is a similar situation more and more at the GOP as well.

You mean like congress and SCOTUS? Oh and did I forget to mention the GOP, they seem a tad unnerved lately.

Maybe he should just leave the hair at home and get to the office and make sure his crew aren't chatting up the Russkies again.

I certainly had to burst into laughter today as he dug into his best attempt at sincerity, lowered his voice, and assured everyone that his administration was "running like a fine tooth machine". Not only is that absurd a we all know with people either jumping ship or being thrown under the bus, but he even screwed up the comparison. The press must love him. Such an easy target.

I must agree with you there, he actually did get something right. Too bad about al the other stuff, You know Russia, the constitution,etc. etc.

I'm getting the strong inclination that there are a number of those who have already hitched their wagons, who are now wishing they hadn't and will try to unhook before too much of the shyte behind that wagon lands on them. I don't recall any previous US federal election that was followed by so much turmoil in such short order. We're only in week 4 right? Crickey!

IMO in their briefing Justin Trudeau held himself really well and composed considering he is almost half the age of President Trump. I am not trying to sound political to take sides but just an observation on the conversation that took place between the two men. It may be seen that Trump came across as aggressive telling Trudeau how it is. Perhaps he feels that being the president of the most powerful country gives him the right to get people to his way of thinking. Whether this is right I don't know. There is just simply too much politics behind the doors....

Yeah so how come you hid under the bed for so long when it came to fighting Nazi-ism, but but you jumped in right away to break international law barging into Iraq? Maybe the military industrial complex wasn't quite up to speed by '39.

Frightening thought isn't it! Luckily the VP or the Joint Chiefs can shut him down if he gets all huffy one day.

1. Leading is leading. Look at the approval #'s after a couple of weeks for Trump 2.Trump doesn't know what goes on outside the Beltway. We try to be inclusive of all regions. 3.How many times has Trump gone tits up? Trudeau 0 4.And your namesakes are unable to travel because of their use of that big military 5.Trudeau is more (much more) educated. 6. Re-read #4 7. Well so far he has pissed off China, Mexico, Australia. 8.huh? 9.That is true. Our elections are not bought and sold by the likes of the Koch Bros. like yours are. 10. I doubt Trump will make it anywhere near that far if his first couple of weeks are any indicator. bonne chance

Altai raises a good point about the sloppiness of English. Anti-Islamism would be more accurate because the prime emotion is hostility, not fear. Anti-Semitism is also imprecise because the hostility is directed against one Semitic group.

Oh wait the poor bad education...These are the things you don't want to see... http://www.usnews.com/news/best-countrie s/iran Countries with most engineering degrees http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2015/06/09/the-countries-with-the-most-engineering-graduates-infographic/#6ec4e561455d http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Iran/United-States/Education