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1. Bilingualism: I agree that having official languages handled at the national level is wasteful and imprecise, especially in a country with the size and history of canada. Consider cases like the city of Gimli or ethnic enclaves like chinatowns in big cities; the government does not need to be involved, especially at such a broad scope. If a city or part of a city has a large proportion that uses a certain language then that area will naturally want to use that language on signs and such; no legislation necessary. Side note: I live in quebec and speak mainly english. 2. Multiculturalism: With communication being as easy as it is over the internet, a person's culture does not need to be geographically determined anymore. Of course, parts of a person's culture can still depend on location; a jamaican bobsled team (this was a movie!) or being a lumberjack in the desert will not go so well. Meanwhile other cultural limitations are lifted with greater ease of travel or communication; you can be interested in poetry or a great starcraft player from practically anywhere in the world. Overall, I agree that the government making rules to try to force this is a waste. 3. Foreign Aid: This is good in principle but so often drained or derailed by the middlemen. Unfortunately, many persons want to simply throw money at a problem rather than seeing it through. Even worse, those with money may only give charitably as a way to avoid taxes and not because of any desire to do good. Ultimately, the person giving is responsible for doing the research to determine that their efforts are not misused or corrupted. Giving money can often do more harm than good as it can create a dependancy on money rather than addressing the problem directly, which may be blankets or water, et cetera. Installing our own problematic currency systems elsewhere can be a form of economic warfare, which leads to the next point. 4. Immigration: Physical warfare isn't really cost-effective anymore (considering the world would learn about any sizeable aggressive action with the present day ease of reporting machinery (anybody with a cellphone can simply post something onto youtube) and there would be outcries to intervene). Also, Canada is cold ;p There are many alternative methods that have been used: economic warfare, cyber warfare, psychological warfare (mind control, for instance, through the media), information warfare, and more. Why physically attack someone when you can convince them to build a prison around themselves and pay for it out of their own pocket? In terms of a country encouraging immigration: it depends on the reason. Whether immigration is being encouraged to attract a cheaper labor force (and compete for the jobs of current citizens) or whether it is to attract talented thinkers who stimulate industry in the country are different scenarios. Citizens should, of course, have a say about such policies. I do think it's schizophrenic and financially wasteful to install tools to invade the privacy of those crossing something vaunted as an open border. 5. Minorities: I don't think it's the job of the government to encourage or punish being a minority. Everybody differs in many ways (too many to list). Some like certain books, some like certain foods, some like certain ideas. A variously skilled population provides a resilience. Again, I don't think it's the government's job to pay for (even less, to enforce) personal beliefs. 6. We have to stop waiting for others to fix our problems (this has not worked very well so far)! Nobody wants to rock the boat or see when it's sinking: this is a bad combination. Rising above a fearful survival-based way of thinking offers a greater perspective. I agree that to achieve this we must be skeptical of stories we're being told and verify them. Ignorance is bliss if it's not abused by others. Putting it another way: stupidity taxation has to end, one way or the other.

The Sioux were pushed westward from their traditional lands . . . . they become a part of the 'horse culture' of the Great Plains. They were pushed into the traditional Crow territory, and the Crow were pushed into Blackfoot/Peigan/Blood territory. Many bloody tribal wars. As above . . . do the Sioux apologize endlessly to the Crow people? I doubt it.

Exactly. In the US people love the Sioux, they have a mythology that paints them to be this high minded people. But they were originally Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes people. Then they got the horse and ran the local tribes out of the Northern plains. Some of those tribes no longer exist, and the Sioux had a big hand in destroying them. No one says the Sioux needs to leave the Black Hills and go live in East St Louis. But East St Louis is their native land.

Well, I agree with you partly but you seem to simultaneously think trying to please everying is a factor in our success, as well as something we should stop doing with regards to native unhappiness if I read this right. It's not that difficult to broker solutions. You just have to kick out the troublemakers, which is basically The Rebel and the poisonous populist bullshit makers and foreign agents trying to destroy us. We don't have to throw money at problems, nor do we have to ignore them. We just have to stop listening to the blowhards and have a real conversation.

Looks more like trying to collect rent from a deadbeat tenant to me.

Everyone is living on occupied land. England was over run by Danes and Normans. Eastern Ukraine is occupied by Russians. The Blackfeet drove the Kootenai out of south- western Alberta. Everywhere you go, be it India, Africa, Asia or Europe, people are living on conquered land. Colonialism is part of the human condition. The only difference is Canada and the US now recognize that it was wrong. Most other countries don't give a darn. In spite of the colonial condition, this is a great county. Not perfect, but we are striving to be better.

I actually agreed with you on immigration in my second post above and gave you a like.

Conspiritard drivel. The government spends twice as much per capita on natives as it does on anyone else, and natives, on reserves, pay no taxes. Do you imagine this money is looted from some imaginary first nation vault deep beneath Gringotts bank or something?

Fun and games with Canada aside, the American women's team does have a strong case for getting equal pay as the men, because the women have been far more successful in soccer. Cut the men's pay and give it to the women !

So, what the hell do you want all of us to do about this? Should everybody just pack up their belongings and leave the country? The killing will never end and the reason for that is that Canada has an immigration problem. There are just too many people immigrating to Canada and there are now too many people driving on the roads these days. Why is it that no one can see this writing on the wall that too much immigration is the real problem for just about all of our problems. More immigration means more animals will be killed. I cannot understand as to why some people seem to want to find any other excuse for what is happening to animals being killed when the answer is right in front of their bloody noses. More new immigrants means more animals must die. It's that short, sweet, and simple. At least that is how I see things now.

Only White Pride is racist, and all other forms of racial pride aren't racist? That's ridiculous and anti-white discrimination. People who only are suspicious of the motives of white people when they are proud of their heritage, and no other race, they are the real racists, projecting their racism on everyone else.| Either be suspicious of all races who use the term "fill in the blank" Pride here, or don't be suspicious of any race who the term "fill in the blank" Pride here. There are plenty of people who use those terms who aren't racists, and plenty of people who use those phrases who are racists, I don't see why a few fringe extremists get to ruin the term for everyone else, and narrowly define the term from much broader use. Why do they get to control the english language? That sounds like a really stupid idea to give fringe extremists the power to define entire terms for the rest of society, not sure why Hardner can't see that.