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Agreed...if it was a logical argument, Canada would have been attacked many times by now because "we deserve it", "had it coming", and "should have known better". Certainly more than Sweden.

And a ban on blazing new pipelines through a 1000 fish-bearing rivers...especially under Ottawa's mismanagement. Its been proven over and over again that mega-projects of this scope are incapable of coming anywhere near salmon habitat without wrecking it. Again...especially when it's done with a big government's blessing and oversight. Maybe if the pipeline boosters and their ilk could do something about the incompetence and mismanagement of official responsibilities in this god-forsaken country they wouldn't have such an uphill battle. Put a serious enough dent in the government's deplorable regulatory incompetence and I'd be quite open to the idea of even using nuclear power. Just for the record, I burn around 300 litres of fuel everyday at work. I'm also subject to mandatory monitoring for compliance, sometimes with cameras, black-box data/GPS recorders and even human observers (on my dime) to protect Canadian's interest in conserving a valuable public (albeit privatized) resource...like fish. The real trouble with boosters of large-scale industrial exploitation of natural resources is that they're also the biggest sycophants to power and wealth on the planet and will not lift a finger to truly promote real transparency and accountability at the top of the power/wealth pyramid. They never have and will only move in that direction kicking and screaming every inch of the way. Why exactly is that anyway? What the Hell's in it for them?

Liberal's making friends every where they go.....This does not surprise me , Canada can not even look after it's own soldiers.....but to take this stand on the inter national stage is stupid for the lack of a better word. I mean here was an opportunity to show some compassion, to the world for mere crumbs to our full annual Budget....and yet the liberals who have spent 30 bil in a blink of an eye has said NO to the small compensation of the gurkha guards at our own embassy....I wonder who is guarding the gates now... more an likely the locals, as they would be the cheapest bidder.....Wonder i secure the embassy is now.... http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/kabul-canada-gurkhas-1.4019840

The ban isn't about safety. Its about Trump hamming it up for the retards who he wants support from. Tapping into anti-immigrant sentiment is just smart politics right now, and its worked very well for him. He probably wouldnt have won the election with the bigot vote.

The purpose of Carbon taxation is to create a market incentive by making companies internalize the costs of pollution. The hope is that creating an incentive for technologies that release no CO2, or less CO2 will increase investment in cleaner technologies and we are already seeing that. IF (and I realize its an if) a major breakthrough is made, then we could get off fossil fuels without much pain at all. Carbon taxes could make the difference between entering the next "energy age" 50 years from now instead of 200. If you think that the problem can NEVER be solved by technology then its understandable why you would be against incentives designed to increase R&D. I however firmly believe that technology will, so I support modest attempts to speed that up, which is what we are seeing. And CO2 is only one reason to get off fossil fuels. Energy costs have been rising and they are already an impediment to global economic growth. They are also very volatile because they are based too much on the price and availability of commodities instead of technology. I believe that at some point in the future energy will be virtual free... and I figure, the sooner the better. Plus... I didn't even notice when carbon taxes were implemented in BC. I don't feel like I'm suffering.

Thanks for that rousing vote of approval, Dalton McGuinty. And here we were wondering where you'd gotten to since you were run out of office... I don't think we really need to demonstrate how additional taxes damage an economy, do we, especially when the money is spent on nothing useful?

Thus my cobalt bomb musings...never again. It isn't science fiction...cobalt devices. Just unthinkable.

I lived in Europe about 30 years ago now. We had 3 different places. 2 with hot water on demand (one was electric, the other natural gas), and one place with a water tank that only heated overnight at a lower rate. The water tank was great for having a shower/bath in the morning once you got used to how much you could use, but you would need to wait till the next day for moe hot water. I really liked the on-demand natural gas, because you basically had unlimited supply of hot water; the only problem was if you wanted scalding hot water (of course many tanks don't heat beyond a specific temperature anyway). The electric hot water also worked, but didn't quite get the same rate of flow as the natural gas but there were multiple units close to the point of use each with a small tank if you wanted a little bit of scalding hot water.

Gurkha Rifles are troops of the British Commonwealth. Our buddies.

And speaking of the ol' Cold War...Beneath the Planet of the Apes was on the boob tube...ahhhh...the Cobalt Bomb.... Gold would work, too, apparently...as well as other heavier transition metals. But Cobalt wins due to price and and acceptable half life. Of course, one wouldn't put one of these atop a rocket. But, rather, it would be more like Ivy Mike...a huge facility...which is the high yield hydrogen device encased in cobalt. It blowed-up...blowed-up REAL good.

Say again? It's those theoretical unprovoked attacks known as a first strike that make atomic weapons such a specter of fiery doom. Israel is extremely vulnerable to a first strike due to its size. Iran has even mentioned it and claimed they could take any surviving retaliation...scary. An EMP device 'accidentally' exploding in LEO as it passes over Israel is also a growing threat...not only from Iran. They swore it was for scientific purposes...

No, I am providing an opinion which is what you were doing. Now do you want to get into details why? The world is slowing moving to a non carbon based energy paradigm. That is a given, for many reasons. Canada needs to be a leader or else we are giving away our future for the sake of the profit of a few foreign owned oil companies. That doesn't mean we stop oil today, but we create a roadmap to get us away from our dependence on it. Carbon taxes will incite the private enterprise to make the change, that will be far cheaper than the government paying the cost. Carbon taxes will not, repeat not increase the cost of living; government can reduce taxes in other areas to offset any carbon taxes. They will provide the incentive for using different, more efficient and less polluting sources of energy.

I can only imagine the sh.t storm had Harper rigged nominations like this.

According to the media the company has made payments. It is not a problem with Capitalism, this is a third world company , that pays out 3 rd world compensation, with that said what harm would it of created if Canada had said we will match NAPAL's contribution, it would have been a great opportunity for Canada to show how generous it is, after all it was Canadians diplomates that these Gurka were protecting...I mean 23,000 us dollars is spent every min by our government and a lot of it on useless shit.....here we would have gotten back so much more for our investment....

And then, to come is family reunification...mom, dad, grandma, grandpa etc...

Oh, so you have specific knowledge of some 300+ riding associations. Please provide a source for your claim that each riding association is different.

Pretty sure I can buy and sell you, boy. You isolationists are about as sane and sensible in your beliefs as the flat earth crowd. At a time when the likes of Iran and North Korea is improving its missiles distances there is no way to remain aloof from what is going on in the world. That, of course, is on top of any moral problems we might have with, say, standing back and letting a crazy lunatic like Kim John Un invade South Korea and slaughter millions, or happily playing video games, secure in our knowledge that while the Arabs are butchering millions of Jews in Israel it ain't our problem.

LOL. This kind of optimism is such a British trait, is it not?

Whether it's a man-made phenomenon or a natural cycle it is still going to affect humans, so mitigation seems like a good idea to me. From BC Gov Website At some point in the past, the BC Gov also wrote this: However, it's not all bad. Climate change is already affecting fish, farmers and ranchers in BC, who are working on finding ways to mitigate those effects: Climate change effects on animal behavior have been noted since 2008, including this one: Regardless of whether you believe that climate change and global warming is natural or man-made, the fact is we are going to be affected; no doubt, whether the change is ultimately good or bad only history will tell - but what's coming is a sea change for humans. Our generation is just starting to feel the effects, but the ones after us are going to be getting the full brunt of it. Hiding your head in the sand and yelling "It's a leftist plot" is just dumb.

Ottawa hospital at 120% capacity. "Let's bring in more sick Syrians!" Trudeau says gleefully.

What a former CIA agent said is they would appear to be very peaceful people until the call came out to attack the US/Canada for their religious purposes. I'm sure not all would do it and that is what makes this so hard to detect which ones would.

Average surface temperature on Pluto is 44 Kelvin

I keep finding points of agreement with you. But I do I think we're in the Elite seats, us Westerner types, along with Saudi Arabians and others from rich countries. Some lesser lights get coach, while Syrians and their ilk get the roof. Hope hell is what people expect for themselves.

That's pretty sexist, and we already have enough sex segregation as it is.

The Quran is hate speech? Do tell....

Lots of good comments. The U.S. always has been a tough negotiator on things like the lumber agreements. Canada and/or the U.S. have gone to the arbitrator on the lumber agreements. So I don't expect anything to change on that. I don't think we will see any major changes to NAFTA because it is a good deal for both countries as it is. There may be some slight tinkering. Canada has top negotiators ready. We have years of experience at it. Shouldn't be any big problems. I don't think Pence or any top officials will be involved themselves. They probably don't know much about it. It will be done by specialists in negotiating NAFTA.

Saudi financially backs ISIS and Al Qaeda. If this was about American civilian security and terrorism, Saudi Arabia should be first on the list.

Actually, Intel remains one of the world's leading producers of cutting edge semiconductors and many of their most advances fabs are in the US. While South Korean industry is impressive, many of the world's most advanced ships are built in the US. This is a common misconception. US manufacturing output has been on a continuous rise, it's never declined. While many US companies invest in overseas factories or third-party production, they've also continued to increase domestic manufacturing capabilities. The number of people employed in manufacturing has been reduced, but that's a result of improvements in processes and automation, not a reduction in manufacturing.

Killing Jews continued for thousands of year, not just decades, in case you're unaware.

Again: you're free to pretend that I wrote the Quran and am responsible for Islam's genocidal attitude towards the kafir. I expect nothing less of a defender of Islam.

What's Surah 60 really about since you claim I cherry picked it. There are 13 verses. So...what is it about?

Actually a retelling of Gilgamesh's tale re: rafting down the Tigris with the animals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh_flood_myth

Omar...one of Mohammad's Companions...very much a human. His claim was made after conquering Jerusalem in the Siege of 637 AD. Thus: Jerusalem = Third Most Holy Place In Islam Mohammad never set foot in Jerusalem...unless you believe Omar and that winged-beasts exist outside dreams.

The Quran 5:32 is often cited as the peaceful...non-compulsive...version of Islam's attitude towards all humanity. Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [Fasad done] in the land – it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one – it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And our messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs. Then indeed many of them, [even] after that, throughout the land, were transgressors. So: murder is okay as long as it is done 'to save a soul' or to prevent/punish mischief (Fasad) upon the land. What is Fasad??: one might ask... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasad

Why did you start a new topic when this has already been discussed?

Nor do you, but you sure do try. Clearly bothers the heck out of you that you can't refute my logic with your myths.

Probably because there isn't any chance of Sharia law in Canada; it's just a claim that the extreme right-wing is using to scare people into signing bogus petitions.

First off, you can't guarantee anything. So you would gladly pay for more for a military as long as it was under your personal control so you could guarantee it could do nothing. What absolute bullshit.

This the first time anyone as far as I know of has heard about birds bursting into flames and you're just automatically concluding the clean energy crowd isn't or won't be concerned about it in the least? That seems a little snide don't you think?

No, what people are waking up to is the reality that much of the economy works on industrial scale deceit, with the governments complicity.

The spill has reached 500km downstream. But don't worry... it's a small spill. A small spill that will take months of cleanup.

This coming from a climate change denier is a bit rich...

Don't worry... it was a small spill and will all be cleaned up. The Premier is acting tough... http://business.financialpost.com/news/energy/saskatchewan-premier-brad-wall-not-satisfied-with-husky-response-to-oil-spill-after-14-hour-delay-revealed?__lsa=a3fb-e24a Mayor of Prince Albert doesn't believe Husky's timeline. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/prince-albert-husky-oil-spill-response-north-saskatchewan-river-1.3697076 But don't worry everyone... this was just a tiny oil spill!!

Its also a slick that is approximately 500,000 acres in area that will take months and maybe years to disperse. Pretty massive in context.

What really sounds funny is listening to people like you pipe up for fish on behalf of oil companies. I'm a fisherman so trust me the death of a fish is really not the end of the world for me. Putting the NEB in charge of the 1000 fish bearing watersheds between Alberta and it's saltwater port on the other hand is. Now go get lost.

Do something about these first then we'll talk about oil. That will be even more impossible without a mean to monitor the monitors. Tell you what, you get the NEB to prove its better at protecting fish habitat by getting them to do something about the sewage and farm waste. Don't forget mining waste, logging and urban development. Lord knows we've tried to get Ottawa to do its job better maybe Alberta can do better

Until such time as I see you insisting that oil companies be subjected to the degree of monitoring and preconditions that fishermen are you should take your assessment of their ethics and put them back where the sun doesn't shine.

They will be ignored. As the article you cited shows the consultation process is a sham - designed for the purpose of eliciting the kinds of responses far right crazies can hoot and crow over.

no - gasoline excise taxes are not carbon taxes... they are not based on per tonne of CO2 equivalent emissions... they are not, by design intent, aimed towards causing a reduction in CO2 emissions.

Wouldn't they just go back to calling it an excise tax?