SpankyMcFarland

The absolute number is open to debate but cops are well paid compared to other workers in most developed countries for good reason. Number of training years is one criterion for pay and degree of stress/difficulty another. A high school diploma also entitles you to sit the ATC exam, do the training and earn a very good income in a challenging job. https://takecharge.navcanada.ca/selection-requirements-and-process/application-process/

Well this won't change what the high earners on a real Sunshine List take in but it may alter what they end up with: http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/energy-resources/federal+government+moves+loophole+used/13769060/story.html Incorporation is sold to physicians with exactly these features highlighted. Paying your relatives as officers or employees of the company (which I didn't know as 'sprinkling' before) and deferring tax for decades are two benefits that have been widely touted in this country. So full credit to the Liberals on this, esp. Mr. Morneau who presented his proposals very well. Notice how quiet the Tories are on this file as they can see the downside of getting trapped into defending tax avoidance schemes. However, the monetary benefit to the lower orders is mainly in the morale column as 200-500 million bucks don't go far split millions of ways. The offshore crowd need to be hunted now.

We'll see what happens if that evidence is presented in the civil suit.

But isn't Labour divided on Brexit as well? The arguments seem less heated than on the Tory side but they are there.

I'm just stating the obvious. We are new arrivals by comparison. The First Nations have been here for many thousands of years. And I hope humanity can move beyond this conqueror/conquered stuff or we are all doomed to perpetual conflict.

Trump is doomed. Too many loose ends. If he'd had one good campaign boss of Axelrod calibre, he could have avoided nearly all these Russian problems. The key (apart from ignoring Russian overtures altogether) is to avoid mixing the family with campaign and admin staff.

Where are the Iranian terrorists on the streets of Canada and Europe? I put more store on what people do than on what they say.

It surprises me that Trump involved his own children with the Russians. You'd think that would be done by expendable people not directly connected to the campaign and certainly remote from Trump himself.

Strictly speaking, a few small human populations of East Africa, probably related to the San people of Southern Africa with similar 'click' languages, have stayed where they have always been and the rest of us are blow-ins. The thing is that our First Nations were literally that; before this great migration there were no humans in the Americas. IMO the GG meant no disrespect at all by using this term and too much has been made of it.

These lads behaved themselves on the video but they are alleged to be part of the Proud Boys movement which justifies further scrutiny. If you serve in the armed forces, you are never really off duty when it comes to associating with groups like this. Some of their aims are harmless but one of their leading lights, Gavin McInnes, is clearly unhinged. BTW we Europeans ARE settlers and colonists here. I don't object to that characterization.

Universities are still centres of rigorous academic excellence and the heart of professional training. The PC pendulum will swing back.

The Israeli flag deserves respect and gay rights are protected in Israel to an extent unknown in neighbouring countries. On this matter, Israel is definitely one of the good guys.

That's mad. These days, I find St. John's-Heathrow-Dublin too much and I'm just luggage. Last year, I went to South Africa and that was a mammoth task. Leaving aside his other issues, Trump has presidential-level energy and seems to get by on a few hours of sleep each night but I doubt his journeys are as unpleasant as a steerage ruffian like myself, constantly being told to line up and produce documents or move my elbow in or battling a kicking/crying kid behind me and snoring behemoths to the left and right of me.

I've been saying this for a long time but I seem to be talking to myself over here. Perhaps as an immigrant I am missing some important element of the story. Anyway, despite my misgivings about the process that selected him, I think David Johnston has been an excellent GG who has worked incredibly hard to reach out to all Canadians. He has set a high bar for his successor.

I would just thank them for the effort. Let's not sweat the small stuff.

What is the Canadian standard: pled, plead or pleaded?

Surprising take from Michael Coren here: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/khadr-responses-show-rights-ugly-side-434425273.html

Interesting to see Rempel and Polievre finally poking their snouts out again. I did not notice them much during the leadership campaign.

His French was criticized in the campaign, though: http://montrealgazette.com/news/a-look-at-the-quality-of-the-french-spoken-by-party-leaders

How many US soldiers will face such justice in foreign countries? This seems like a fairly asymmetrical process.

That scenario is highly unlikely for a 15 year old. Does he fully support AQ now? I don't know. BTW the family are an extenuating factor, not an aggravating one. I see them often brought up as making his guilt worse which is not the case in our system.

They really had no chance of freezing the money. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/07/13/judge-denies-us-soldiers-widows-motion-to-freeze-omar-khadrs-money.html

Sounds like the court filing to freeze the money is not impressive: http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/omar-khadr-fights-back-at-efforts-by-u-s-soldiers-widow-to-go-after-his-assets/wcm/221b65f0-5754-4ce4-ab14-b3418f41c1fe This will be a BIG problem too: I doubt the plaintiffs will want to discuss the evidence against Khadr and how it was obtained in a Canadian courtroom.

One for the astronauts. At least Payette has done something difficult and dangerous in her life. If we just reserved it for astronauts from now on we'd make the whole thing a lot simpler and Marc Garneau would get to win at last. The struggles of man must look small indeed when you've been up there.

Didn't he handpick the committee and select Johnston from their shortlist? https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/david-johnston-a-worthy-viceroy/article4323487/?arc404=true Anyway, there should be clear water between the PM and the appointment of the GG.