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That's you to a T, you bigot.

First off, the PPC isn't as bad as you say it it is. The main problems with the PPC are that 1) Bernier said that he wouldn't go against the CPC and that turned out to be a lie, and 2) that they were splitting the conservative vote. They were in favour of less immigration, but there's nothing wrong that. There are high costs associated with immigration and the same people who don't want increases in immigration are also against abortion and increased education costs, etc. Those last things have nothing to do with racism. Secondly, you're not in a position to be throwing the B word around until you can express some reasonable & positive sentiments towards Israel, Jews, and western society in general.

The Boy Who Cried Bigot. That's you. Everyone who disagrees with you is a bigot, if we went by your definition of the word, it would have no meaning aside from that. That's not what a bigot is, you wouldn't know a bigot if they slapped you in the face.

Study finds conservative content de-radicalizes people, contrary to leftist dogma. https://tnc.news/2019/10/28/conservative-youtube-content-prevents-racism-study-reveals/

Wow you’re really buying into Dougie’s lies. Canada has a healthier, more cohesive society than the US. We have the better model. The US wins on warm climate and began with the freer democracy. It’s riding on that legacy. Canada is the freer country now. We’ve made greater efforts with the Indigenous and Quebec than the US would.

Raise The Debt Ceiling.

Making the consequences more dire is not going to solve the drug problem. All you are doing is killing people for something that shouldn't even be illegal, and making the problem worse.

Confederation was underway before your Civil War shotgun marriage theory could be applicable. The Brits played an important role then but not anymore. We take care of our own business and the Brits take care of theirs. Stop thinking the US is so supreme either. That country needs allies too, especially as China rises. We do what we can. Necessity will dictate future public policy. The important thing is that the people are determining their fate. Most Canadians prefer their own system, otherwise they’d change it. You don’t like the fact that Canada is a separate country and want it to be a protectorate. Carving it up creates more problems because we are stronger together.

Fight other battles. You’re stuck with Canada. It’s got many problems yet remains one of the freest, best places in which to live and work. What you criticize is highly valued by many. I’m glad Canada invests so much in her people and does so without drowning in debt. It could go the other way and almost has. Stop trying to compare the power of a country one tenth the size of the US with a superpower. Canada doesn’t control the major canals or dominate the western world, nor does it try to. That doesn’t in any way diminish the value of Canada, so stop beating up on her. It’s boring. Focus on improving it instead of seeking to destabilize it, because you don’t want to see where that leads. The Transmountain will get built and Alberta will continue to make money off her dirty oil. Quebec will continue to demonstrate exceptionalism, including troublesome policies like Bill 21, but Canada will persist because the society is healthy and there’s a lot to like about the country. Love it or leave it.

Singh has potential as a young, well-dressed terrorist-supporting socialist commie. Scheer is just a dimpled a$$hat.

Maybe national unity is a goal we could get behind. FPTP accentuates and exacerbates regionalism by rewarding regional parties over national parties. The NDP got over twice as many votes as the BQ but the BQ got more seats. FPTP belies the diversity of opinion in this country by painting large swaths of the country the same color. It's anti-democratic and it rewards petty regionalism. The provinces already have too much power and the Senate is an archaic institution which cements provincial influence as it sat 100+ years ago. We need at least one institution in this country that truly reflects national concerns or we are destined to not be one country. Proportional representation outperforms FPTP on a wide variety of measures including voter turnout, voter satisfaction, minority representation and women's representation. If you voted Liberal this election, your vote was worth roughly 10x a Green Party vote. That's inexcusable from a democratic point of view. If you're a supporter of one of the big two parties and you want to keep FPTP, that's not a big surprise. FPTP is a form of systemic discrimination. Throughout history, members of privileged majorities have always been adept at rationalizing why discriminating against minorities is good for everyone. This is just one more case.

And they are on welfare. Let's not forget that. The Syrians, like other refugees, have no job skills to speak of, and little or no language skills. What jobs they can get are for largely for unskilled labour. This is not a reflection on who they are as people, but merely the reality of transferring a largely rural folk from a third world country to another land with a vastly different culture and language and with an economy driven by technology and communications. Here is a report from Macleans. Only 25% of them are employed. And for the government sponsored refugees it's a mere 5%. Less than half the Syrian refugees have a high school diploma. https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/how-syrian-refugees-to-canada-have-fared-since-2015/ We would be far better off using the money to take care of them back in Turkey than bringing them to Canada. It costs ten times more to fund a refugee in the West than it does back where they come from.

@Argus The National Post article is merely someone's opinion, the writer merely talked to some people in the camp; we don't know if they came to Canada or not, and he provides no data to support his opinion, so we can disregard that one. The Globe and Mail article is better, as the author at least spoke to people who are actually coming to Canada, but again provides no data to back up his opinion. When I look at the data about the Syrian refugees and how they're doing in Canada, they are getting jobs, they are starting businesses, they are working to fit in to our country. Nobody denies they have challenges, every immigrant or refugee cohort does. As Canadians we can make it easier for them or harder, as the Globe and Mail article points out. Calling them rude names, assuming they can't or won't work or learn English, that they are only here to take advantage of Canada's social programs, highlighting their crimes and dismissing their accomplishments contributes to their marginalization. If you want ghettos full of disaffected young men, angry and frustrated, where crime, violence and substance abuse is a fact of life, then the marginalization of Syrian refugees or any other immigrant group, is the best way to achieve that. In any case, there is nothing wrong with farmers or shopkeepers. Farmers grew our Land and shopkeepers clearly have transferable business skills, as well as a drive to succeed.

A classy video of the drive into Toronto at night. The city certainly has changed since I was last there.

Smoke rings from Mt Etna...old.

Former neo-Nazi, Pegida Canada official among People’s Party of Canada signatories https://globalnews.ca/news/5929770/former-neo-nazi-pegida-canada-official-among-peoples-party-of-canada-signatories/ Bernier's PPC signatories are a who's who of white nationalists in Canada.