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Meh, "poverty" in the US is not being able to afford to afford a 3rd car and a 2nd house, or blowing all your money on unnecessary consumer goods on your credit card and ending up in debt. The amount of people in actual poverty (i.e. can't get access to food/shelter) is far smaller, and they are mostly druggies.

That's the point, the individual and the state are one. They're part of a whole. No man is an island to them selves.

Actually, Americans working in concert with the state has resulted in notable innovations. For example, look at innovation coming out of the military which was adapted by industry and medicine, i.e. x-ray.

Canada's tariff and non-tariff barriers for dairy have been challenged many times by many nations (New Zealand, Brazil, EU, etc.) long before Trump became U.S. president. The difference this time around is that Trump is willing to put leverage behind the challenge, and cares far less about political cost. This is a game of chicken and Trudeau is at a disadvantage politically and economically.

Thanks for proving my point, which in this instance is that you apparently know little about history. Throughout recorded human history, until the 20th century, the philosophy of "might is right" dominated relationships between peoples. Pushing aside, enslaving and assimilating existing populations is a hallmark of human existence in almost every region of the world. Those who've avoided external dominance and enslavement, as for instance did the Japanese following contact with the West prior to the 20th century, weren't in general more humane in their treatment of others under their control when they got the chance. Morality is not the exclusive domain of any race or nationality. Neither is villainy. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Agreed...how many Apple Computers or Microsoft Corps came out of Syria ?

Thanks to Scribblet for this news item..... Our PM is a......a.......a.....a GROPER! http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/macdougall-trudeaus-answer-to-old-groping-allegation-puts-lie-to-feminist-bona-fides Not too long ago, in an interview.......... https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-careful-metoo-1.4511093 So.....when do they have an inquiry about this?

Actually that is exactly what a mosaic is. People become Canadian by staying in their own ethnic group in the Mosaic.

All joking aside, it's becoming clear that Donald Trump is not going away any time soon. In fact some say it's entirely possible he may win a second term. I bring it up because, as I said, the left needs to win at the polls not in restaurant parking lots. Yet they have nothing. All they continue to do is try and foment civil unrest, which is a complete political dead-end. Democrats badly underestimated Trump

If US taxpayers want to subsidize the food that Canadians eat, Canadians should welcome it and thank them for it.

What makes you think a low Loonie is in any way a bad thing? Oh...because it costs you more to buy Yankee and Euro crap that is not made in Canada. Well, here's a news flash: it is not made in Canada because you buy the Yankee and Euro (and Chinese) crap. Canada exports resources (the old drawer of water) and even makes a bit of stuff (hewer of weed...er, I meant WOOD), but by and large, we have followed in the US footsteps and convinced ourselves that we can live on nothing but speculative transactions and resource sales. Fact is, the big wealth is created by adding VALUE to our resources (hewing the wood), while selling the resource is just taking value out of our "bank" and doing speculative crap creates absolutely nothing but does a fine job of redistributing wealth to those who really don't need or deserve it. We have lost the ability to understand and execute investment in Main Street altogether. The lower the Loonie goes, the greater the incentive to go back to work and build for domestic and export markets. Which party is in power has pretty much NOTHING to do with it.

Illegals depress American labour wages. Capitulating to 12 million illegals with a "path to citizenship" or legal residency undermines legal immigration and those who followed the rules. Illegals put more burden on social programs and education costs. Detain and deport all illegals...no exceptions. And yes, that includes the 100,000+ Canadian illegal overstays who won't go home ! (Canada is going to start recording all departures from its borders...sharing data with the USA.)

If American was finding low-skilled labor in short supply it would increase the wages for low-skilled labor. Since it has not significantly done so, there is no shortage.

Yessss convince more people

None. We should ditch the Quebec dairy subsidies and pursue true free trade with the US. It serves Canadian best interests to have full access to the largest First-World Market on earth. The Perfumed Prince Trudope should quit posturing and shut his gob hole. Canada will pay a heavy price for electing this ridiculous arrested adolescent man-child.

Does this look anywhere like a train wreck? https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-jobs-outnumber-the-jobless-1528212776 I'd take that so-called Trump "train wreck" anytime.............rather than our Liberal pile-up!

Because Canada's biggest limitation is domestic...caused by other Canadians. Regional infighting, provincial trade barriers, lack of investment capital, foreign ownership and export market dependence, tree huggers, sins against First Nations, multi-cultural games, etc. , etc.

Canada's no Angel, granted. Dancing, telecom restrictions, supply management needed to go long ago and that Canada study to such anachronisms irritate me. Those policies hurt us more than the US. They do not excuse Trump's behaviour. And remember, this is Trump against everyone not just Canada. We can go back to normal relations once Trump is out. We're now at war.

So the next question is; how do principled conservatives reconcile supporting the right wing? First thing they should do is straighten out their deeply flawed perception that corporations are people just like any other human beings.

The rabid support of Trump from a great many from the Christian Right is the death knell of that voting block. They've lost all credibility as the voice of moral reason in America. Even if you don't buy that, at the very least they're eating themselves alive with the principled Christians taking a stand against those falling victim to the idolatry of Donald Trump. Trump's lasting accomplishment will be fracturing the right wing so deeply that it will be irreversible. The Tea Party was the wedge but Trump has been the mallet strike, severing the Republicans for good.

Trump lied . He got caught lying. Further more Trump justified his tariffs by calling Canada a national security threat. The day after 911 I flew an American flag. One of the most regret filled actions I have ever taken,