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I propose that before any Canadian citizen casts a vote during an election that they be required to recite an oath of allegiance to Canada and/or the Queen of Canada. In the USA kids recite a pledge of allegiance. We don't do such things in Canada (as far as I know). If you're born in Canada, you don't have to have any loyalty to the country besides following the laws. You can run off and fight for ISIS and return. You can be a dual citizen and have your true loyalty with another country, and vote with those loyalties in your heart. You can be a Quebecois nationalist born in Canada and want the destruction of Canada and never have to declare your loyalty to the country. How about we separate the snakes who are disloyal citizens of convenience from the loyal Canadians. We'd see how many oaths people refuse to take. Even this proposal itself would cause uproar from the traitors. Thoughts?

Nothing wrong with steam engines, if you burned hydrogen to heat the water they would produce no pollution or CO2 at all.

What exactly is this going to accomplish, other than put Canada another step closer to a totalitarian state? If you are asked to raise your hand to Hitler, the Queen or any other leader just so you have your basic rights recognised, what kind of message does this send??

Does Putin have something on Joe Biden or maybe his son Hunter Biden? One starts to wonder. He cancels the keystone pipeline, lifts sanctions on the Russian pipeline, and now kisses Putin’s ass in public. Sheesh.

I somewhat disagree with this part. Yes, people should be judged on their own merits. But if you choose to openly attach yourself to a questionable group, it is natural for others to assume certain things about you. If you're wearing a KISS t-shirt, I'm going to assume you like that band. For instance - could I join the KKK, only because I enjoy their fellowship and agree with "some" of their beliefs, am attached to their style of dress, live in a predominantly KKK area or whatever - and then claim I'm not part of the violent aspects of the group? If I choose to dress as a KKK member, should I really be surprised and offended when others associate me with that group? If a "large part" (as you say) of a group holds violent, misogynistic, barbaric beliefs - why on earth would someone want to associate themselves with that group? Like it or not, we are judged by others for the groups we attach ourselves to.

So all the Bloc Québécois voters would have to swear an oath too?

1. Religion continues to decline, and the world is bound closer all the time. 2. Who is to say that optimism won't be the dominant view? 3. If economic times are good, people make it work. 4. Was it triggered by an economic collapse? And then political scapegoat making? 5. Quebec has been part of Canada fir centuries now. How long until you would call this a success? 6. Yes, a closed society with a dictator who repressed dissent. There were other factors at play. 7. If you meet some of the immigrants who are making things happen, creating products and bringing new ideas, you could change your mind. The world is open now, so money, people, ideas move freely between borders. Canada, has a small and traditionally risk-averse country, could advance itself very well in this new world. What's the alternative? Saying no to foreign investment and skills? Sitting on our resources as our future? EDIT: Army Guy helped establish, on this thread, that what appears as an ethno-religious phenomenon is actually geo political. That means, with time, we should see the melting pot effect that (in Canada) absorbed Irish, German, Chinese, Japanese, Italian and then Indian immigrants. It's also borne out by the Pew survey that shows Muslims "lose" religion at the same rate as Christians in the US. Fifty years in the future is a long time. Go back to 1971, and see if you could predict the roles of the Pacific countries, Europe, the fall of the Soviet Union, the new global economy, and digital technology, Green energy... and the role of women, LGBTQ, international terrorism... If you're talking 50 years into the future, you're talking about mega trends. I would bet on continued prosperity, increasing interconnectedness of countries and their governments, increasing prosperity and the reduction of poverty, more Green technology. And my predictions are not optimistic, they're based on what's happening right now.

Just a reminder.

Oh okay then I didn't say that it had no effect, I said it was not the cause as in THE cause. It definitely could be a co-factor, but that doesn't mean that you can screen based on that.. As for not doing my research for me, that's basically the refrain I hear from every Qanon nut on the internet so welcome to that club. I'm not asking for research, I'm asking for some single factual basis for where you formed your belief. Doesn't seem like you have any. And you didn't answer my question about race either.

his top priority is bribing voters with other people's money and some of their own Trudeau makes it rain raise the debt ceiling, yo