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I'm not big on governments giving foreign aid, unless it's dealing with an emergency. Foreign aid is great but I think citizens should decide who to give it to and how much out of their own pocket. Taxing citizens for things like roads, water systems, national defense etc is reasonable, but taxing them (re: forcing people to you give money by force of threat and jail time) and then giving that tax money away to foreign countries doesn't seem right.

Incredible how lowly considered is the free speech debate and freedom of journalism in Canada. The two main parties, Liberals and Conservatives, are actively, and using tyrannical ways, trying to impose a narrative to the population it sights to predate. Liberals and Conservatives are the enemies of the people, as well as the paid media shills.

It's driven by fear. It's a religion that kills any who criticize it, terrorizes news organizations and gets revenge by killing innocent citizens in cities all over the world. Muslims rioting and killing - in Western countries - over a TV program or a cartoon or a book, it's an enforcement of Islam's blasphemy laws. We either stick to our values of freedom of speech and separation of church and state or we cave into Islam's bullying and extremist religion. So far, in the name of tolerance, we have chosen to cave. Reminds me of that parable about the woman who helps the snake across the river......

There was a time when having some form of that was probably warranted, but even then it was controversial because it was a form of race or gender-based favouritism used to level the playing field. The bottom line is that no one’s resume should ever be set aside either negatively or positively based on race or ethnicity. Evaluators shouldn’t even see names on resumes or student exams. Evaluate the content without reference to gender or race. That’s as fair as can be. If we offer preference based on race, even to try to bring up the diversity, we’re in dangerous territory. How much preference should one individual have over another? How black are you? How gay are you? It creates a competition for victimhood. Stick with equal pay for work of equal value, equality before the law, and skills-based hiring. Keep identity politics out of HR.

Sexual orientation or any other characteristic doesn’t warrant special treatment. You don’t get additional points for more intersectionalities. The point is that no one gets mistreated on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, religion, colour, etc. That’s as much as any free society can offer.

No political party supports the Indian Act. Support for the Indian Act comes from vested interests within Indigenous communities. Another dirty secret is that residential schools were not some great targeting of Indigenous in an intentionally negative way. All schools were run by a mix of religious denominations and state funding. Education was valued, even if today our idea of quality education has changed. Many students were abused in schools, Indigenous and non-Indigenous. Even today, if you come from a small distant community, you will have to move far from home to attend high school. Now there are Indigenous run high schools for such students, and guess what? There are still suicides and there is still substance abuse at such schools. It’s a contentious discussion because despite status Indigenous not having to pay taxes and having access to free higher education, there are indeed reserves and lands where there are water advisories and poor infrastructure, but at least some of this problem relates to the fact that these communities didn’t pay for much of what they have. It was provided by the state in what many would call unsustainable communities. Most people would move away from such places, but those who cling to the Indian Act or the idea that protecting the location of a community trumps all economic considerations perpetuate this bad situation. This is the problem with throwing more money at it. Sir John A. Macdonald is called a genocidal racist for saying that the government shouldn’t feed Indigenous people, but it’s a moral hazard for any government to create such dependency by feeding or housing people. It’s why nobody wants to live near public housing projects in places like Jane and Finch in Toronto. Government has become too interventionist and has created additional problems. Yet some political parties want more intervention. We see this in identity politics. There are more women than men in higher education institutions, yet affirmative action continues to emphasize recruiting more women than men. The state also has to stop using tax dollars and public policy to force feed a narrative that minorities and people with multiple minority identities (intersectionalities) require special treatment, extra funding, and additional job opportunities. These kinds of initiatives are unfair, unaffordable, and sow seeds of social discord. It relates to immigration insofar as charity starts at home. If we cannot afford to address our problems at home, why unnecessarily import new ones? I know so many well qualified Canadians who can’t find work. We don’t have a skills shortage as much as we have an unwillingness to trust the workforce that we already have. Some immigration is necessary to fill skills gaps and meet labour market needs, but what is happening now with immigration is far outside those lines. Many immigrants are arriving with little English, straining public services, heightening demand for housing in cities that is already unaffordable, and bringing worldviews that are very outside of mainstream Canada. Government needs to get back to basics.

Whip out those CF-18s. Can we borrow some bombs?

President Trump would rather tweet a snarky response to that kind of hit piece. Trump ain't no Nixon. The Trump haters don't get it...and they never will. This is the throbbing attention that Trump lives for, and he has been doing it for 40 years....and the haters keep giving him what he wants. Another election season is upon America, and this is when Trump can pull out all the stops and have a really good time....again.

I'm from BC. Others have volunteered. Why not you? Not enough outrage? These Kurds are your tried & true friends...right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_Rosenberg You're pretty quick to send other folks' kids to war.

And you are obviously unfamiliar with Canada's withdrawal from the fight. That's OK.

Canada/Trudeau removed tactical air support for the troops on the ground because "bombing" looks bad back at home. Canada also removed refueling and recon air support soon thereafter. Why is it America's job ???

On CBC, similar 'outrage' that America is pulling out of the area. All from the left, of course. When quizzed if their outrage went so far as to volunteer for front-line duty with the Kurds, the response was a chorus of crickets. Conclusion: the left wants war as long as they don't have to fight it.

Canada first removed a squadron of CF-18s, then removed all refueling and other air support to the ISIL mission. So why is it Trump's/USA's responsibility to stay and fight while Canada leaves ?

OK....so Trump betrayed, but Trudeau did not ? Where are the posts about Trudeau's "betrayal" ?

Canada's CF-18s ran away from the battle a long time ago....thanks to Trudeau.

I have a friend in Ireland, they're quite upset there too: https://theliberal.ie/fianna-fail-td-proposes-irish-families-take-in-migrants-into-their-own-home-and-get-paid-to-so-by-the-irish-state/ "I'll take a 30 year old male posing as a 13 year old, please."

Thanks for posting this. Just the other day on Friday our dear commie leader Blackface told the person in charge of the debate on Monday today to deny entry to The Rebel and Ezra Levant. Now how is that for a communist style tactic? Blackface does not like or believes in freedom of speech or assembly. No problem, says Trudeau.. I will deny anyone I do not like with the heavy hand of a real and true communist dictator. Even Scheer did not say a word about this. WTH? I guess that Scheer does not believe in freedom of speech or assembly also. Scheer will not even talk to The Rebel and Ezra Levant. As I have said many times here before? Scheer is just liberal light. Scheer is no better than Blackface. To me, Scheer is no fan of freedom of speech and assembly, but does appear to be against freedom of speech and assembly. Sad to say but Scheer cannot be trusted with our Canadian freedoms. Scheer will just carry business in Canada on as usual. When Scheer had Dave Manzies arrested outside his rally, that should say it all about Scheer. Untrustworthy to run a democratic country. My opinion, of course. A right until either Trudeau or Scheer takes that away from you and me and thee. Heed the evidence being presented. Maxine Bernier is our only hope for the restoration of freedom of speech and assembly in Canada. To vote for anyone else is to vote to have your freedoms taken away from you, and our bought off Canadian media will do whatever they are asked to do by our present day dictator of Canada. If one cannot see as to what is going on in Canada today, then they never will get it. And these fools are allowed to vote. What a country this Canada has become.Aw well, what more can be said.

Agree for the most part. We do have to give some foreign aid but 600 million for abortions in the the third world, maybe food and education would be a start.

Well it is arguable for sure. Getting $30000 from the government plus an all access pass to health care, education, and all the services Canadians enjoy without having paid a penny in taxes towards those services is a tremendous gift from the Canadian people that I’m not so sure many Canadians will continue to support, not when the government has to pay out $40000 per residential school student as set by the courts. These are the forces the Liberals have unleashed. As long as most people are employed and feel that their living standards are improving, perhaps these costs will be ignored by the public, as the costs are kicked down the road in the form of debt. There will be a reckoning if the economy tanks. Basically the Liberals will overspend throughout their mandate, handling out freebies at the people’s expense.

I want to reaffirm the importance of equality. MLK had it right: no discrimination based on colour, race, religion, or creed. Keep it simple. No special privileges for any groups. No Bill 21. No Indian Act. No endlessly debatable and questionable funding for equity. Everyone equal under the law. Everyone with access to healthcare and a strong education. Support for the disabled and vulnerable people such as poor elderly and children. Beyond that it’s whatever individuals can achieve. Legislation that is an attempt to engineer behaviour much beyond that should always be suspect.

The challenge that keeps Trump afloat is his Everyman failure. Because everyone is a deplorable to at least some degree, we all see ourselves in him. He’s Joker, the evil misfit. He’s pure emotional reaction, the privileged under attack. Even though he’s rich and out of touch, we know what he’s about. I think many people feel assured by the very fact that someone like that can persist in the face of Puritanical political correctness. It’s why he may win the next election. He’s the reactionary conservative punked out. Right as left, world upside down, Saturnalia. War on everything. Disruption. Strange times.

To the fallen , may you not be forgotten.

Joe Biden has been corrupt for big U.S. corporations and banks for decades, especially credit card usury laws. That's why so many are incorporated in the state of Delaware. Biden has a long, well documented history that any "progressive" lefty should run far away from, including the infamous 1994 Crime Bill that Bill Clinton signed into law.

Some Canadians seem to care more about corruption in the leadership of other countries, than their own.

How many times does it need to be said it doesn't matter one iota if the Bidens are guilty of anything? Why should anything Biden's done excuse Trump from being subjected to impeachment?

Nobody even flies flags here, there's no Canadian flags at all, so first off, just flying a huge flag is un-Canadian in of itself. But you can see the fear in their eyes, like OMG there's an American here. One woman looks up and sees me watching here from my window, she quickly looks down, eyes cast down; American overlord is watching you.

Yeah the Faith Goldy hatred is just more Eskimo Communists calling everyone who disagrees with them a Nazi. Her interviewing some Nazi's doesn't make her one.

Rebel media were a nuisance group which nevertheless served a purpose in pointing out things the mainstream press wouldn't. Then came Faith Goldey, who almost single handledly destroyed what reputation they had, and made everyone shun them as if a web media site controlled by a Jew was part of the 'alt-right' (which chiefly hates Jews). Even though they fired her immediately the Liberals have continued to use them as part of their narrative of the great and hovering menace of the massive army of white supremacists the Conservative party are fronting for. The Conservatives never confront that sort of narrative, but generally fall to their knees grovelling and sobbing their innocence. So they shunned The Rebel as they frantically tried to proclaim themselves free of the taint of the 'far right'. Want to give Andrew Scheer some exercise? Say to him. "Hey, isn't that Faith Goldie?" and watch him squeal like a little girl and run away as fast as he can while pulling his jacket over his head.

It probably has to do with the fact that Rebel Media is a joke and are viewed by people as such. I doubt they would push a reporter from The National Post or CTV.

No media coverage of this. Imagine if it were a CBC guy who would just have an altercation with a right wing nut... everyone in the media would be in distress and showing everyone how Scheer and Bernier's rhetorics are influencing weak minds to act upon.

I would sue.

Why would a cop feel they have a right to assault a member of the public, especially a reporter? When no crime was being committed? They should be charged with assault.

It bothers me that Dimples can't seem to grow a pair and wants to be just like Little Tur......TRUdeau. Bothers me more that the so-called "Conservative" party lets it happen,.

The conservatives never should’ve taken the hard line against Rebel news that the Liberals have. That being said, my main take away from this is that it’s good to see that people are still protesting against Trudeau wherever he goes.

Ya that would be deemed racist. Someone needs to call a spade a spade without fear of being called racist. Sometimes the truth offends people, tough.

This problem is supposed to be solved by increasing wages.