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Look and see who the Israel haters are!!!!

You are complaining about internet freedom is declining in the US. Read about how dictatorial regimes completely shut down internet to deprive their nations of freedom of expression in the slightest manner. https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/18/middleeast/iran-protests-explained-intl/index.html

Why is that the US gets always the blame? How about massive Russia"s crimes? These Syrian refugees are the victims of Russian crimes in Syria for propping up the murderous regime of Assad and so many thousands are dead and millions are refugees. Please get the facts right before posting.

I seem to agree with this statement. I find it hard to believe Syrian refugees who are mostly unable to speak English or French suddenly integrated and got good jobs so soon. In my view immigrants from third world countries in particular Middle East take longer if not much longer to integrate than Europe or South America.

Nonsense. Their soul is happy and in peace because they see their children and grandchildren are free (they are not under communist dictators of Russia or Fascist dictators of Germany or religious fascists) and live in a democracy in democratic West because of their sacrifices. But yes they are not liked by red anarchists or right Nazis because they would have taken over the world if it wasn't for their sacrifices. On anther note the red anarchists always see the wrongdoings by the west. They magnify the few wrongdoings by the West but they are totally blind or purposely ignoring massive crimes committed by Russia and China (their masters) in Syria, mid east and all over the world. These Russian red dictators even killed their own people in millions not long ago and colonized half of Europe but it is always the West in their eyes.

I had no problem with the pictures you posted but this appalling comments with reference to racial minority women and you know it.

Your comments were very demeaning to women and racial minorities. If it was a joke it was appalling.

Tomorrow is the Remembrance Day in Canada. Lets remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice with their lives all over the world in Europe, Africa, Afghanistan etc. so the we live in democracy. Lets not take our Western democratic system and freedom for granted. Many lost their lives so that we have what we have. Lets not jeopardize our democratic system either by going extreme and hence undermine sacrifices made or populate our land of freedom with those with do not believe in freedom and democratic values. God bless all those who made those sacrifices. May then rest in heaven and peace.

Real class PPC!!!. Sexist, racist and likely a Nazi too. Women to you are just like tools. No difference between you and those women hater mullahs in Mid East you just likely wear a tie instead of turban. I quoted you in case you edited so that intelligent people who may agree with some of your views know where you come from and what you stand for. Shame.

I voted for 150,000 BUT what is more important is that we need to bring in the RIGHT immigrants and if so then the number is not that important. The selectivity has to be based on potential for positive contributions to Canada and Canadians like education, monitory assets and equally if not more important adaptability. We don't want rich Saudi Sheiks to come over have no respect for women's rights and human rights, We want brains and hearts not oil money. The selection must not be regional or based on race or skin color. Canada has prospered past few decades and immigrants have a lot to do with it as most are hard working individuals who became contributors to Canada.

As I said barring based on where a person is born (which she has no control over) is very wrong and immoral. We should select immigrants based on personal beliefs (those who believe in Western democracy and behave in Western democratic manner, believing in human rights and equality and women's right) and personal assets (education, money, potential for good citizenship) not race or region. If we select immigrants the scenarios you described or the chaotic race relations in Europe will never happen in Canada. I have a question to you Argus. I must say sometimes I am taken by your posts which in some cases are very true and logical. To my assessment you are an intelligent poster but not extreme person (not racist but logical). Do you say that Bahareh (the Iranian beauty Queen who defended human rights and women's right and criticized Iranian tyrannical regime) should be sent back home facing rape and execution or she should be granted asylum in Canada? Or barred from Canada because she is born in Middle East?

Yes you are eating in their restaurants, being served and nursed in the hospitals by immigrants, taken care of every day in shopping malls, clinics, hospitals, universities, public places, every day and there are no videos of those many thousands of instances but once there is a bomb attack or a bad instance then the video is put in public and ALL immigrants are instantly blamed for the action of one. Did the super cute waitress who served you or the cook in the kitchen who prepared the good food for you had anything to do with the video you put online? or even indirectly responsible for it?. Or you wish her out in spite of serving you because she had non-white skin? Incredible how far hate can go.

Yes YOU don't owe her anything. The human race does but you are not part of that I can see. Also when a part of world is hit by a natural disaster I bet you are among the tiny minority who says we don't own them anything and we should not help. Let then take care of themselves. Canadians in general (and Americans too) have been the most generous nations when it comes to aiding the needy. So you are not spoke person for Canada for sure so do not use the word "We".

This is fear mongering and scare tactics. This will not happen if Canada is selective in who can enter the country. Race relations in Canada is by far better than European countries. The problem is not immigration. Immigrants have contributed and are contributing and will contribute to Canada in the past, present and future. The problem is NOT immigration but selectivity. Those blinded by hate cannot see these simple facts fear mongering that a highly educated human rights fighter beauty queen may become a bomb throwing terrorist just because she is born in Middle East!!!!!..

The topic is that immigrants cost Canada 30 billion dollars a year and as I have stated before many times I have said this is not true if we are more selective in who we admit in. In fact we benefit from immigration overall in spite of not being selective enough with current immigration system. That is why Canada is such a prosperous country and past 30 years since we have increased immigration Canada's economy has grown rapidly and standard of living risen significantly. Those racists and blindly anti-immigrants crowd who are in a tiny minorities are blinded by hate and don't wish even the best of immigrants and the ones who are genuinely in need of help p come to Canada even a beauty queen whose life is in danger and why the countries you have listed should take her any more than Canada. Are they better countries than Canada or their people have bigger hearts?

Join the free Bahari campaign. #FreeBahareh https://torontosun.com/news/world/beauty-queen-begs-canada-for-asylum-fearing-torture-in-iran “The Philippines has proven it is not a safe place for Bahareh, so Minister Freeland and Minister Hussen need to act quickly and grant asylum to ensure Bahareh is safe and away from Iran’s tyrannical reach.” She is a dentist a women's right defender and a beauty queen and will be a tax payer and positively contributing citizen for decades to come. She will not cost Canada a thing. Canada will benefit from immigrants like her.

Join the free Bahari campaign. #FreeBahareh “The Philippines has proven it is not a safe place for Bahareh, so Minister Freeland and Minister Hussen need to act quickly and grant asylum to ensure Bahareh is safe and away from Iran’s tyrannical reach.” She is a dentist a women's right defender and a beauty queen and will be a tax payer and positively comtributing citizen for decades to come.

I have difficulty in believing the survey results that the majority of Canadians are in favor of current immigration system. I am not sure it is an unbiased survey. Or maybe the majority of respondents were scared of being accused of racism if they opposed (current) immigration. Something is not right here. The current system does not take adaptability into account as much as it should and people of many cultures not compatible to Western democracy are being brought into Canada. Canada's Western democratic system is in danger when these immigrants form a large portion of population (not necessarily a majority as they don't respect a majority rule). Before you accuse me of being anti-immigrant know the fact that I am an immigrant myself but I love Canada and care about its future and I am not happy with the current immigration system as I see the future of this great western democracy is in danger of being swamped with other cultures who do not respect Canadian values. Once we are on the subject we should bring in more immigrants like this. https://torontosun.com/news/world/beauty-queen-begs-canada-for-asylum-fearing-torture-in-iran Immigrants.refugees should be screened out and accepted based on adaptability (respecting Western values and democracy and respect for women and equality) and potential for future positive contributions (education, assets.....) NOT regional (like banning everyone from Middle East) or Racial (like Europeans only) as a few are calling for.

The beauty queen granted asylum. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/08/philippines-grants-asylum-to-iranian-bahareh-zare-bahari The nation of Iran is grateful to Philippine's government for this humanitarian act in their time of need.

A former Iranian beauty queen Bahareh Bahari is stranded in Philippines airport and is in danger of extradition to Iran where she left in 2014. At the 2018 Miss Intercontinental beauty contest in Manila she made headlines by a courageous act of waving a poster of Reza Pahlavi who is very popular among Iran nation, the Iranian former crown prince and prominent critic of the current leadership. Bahari has been detained since 17 October after Iran regime put out a red notice about her to Interpol. The notice reportedly relates to an alleged offence committed in Iran, but Bahari – who is also a model and actress – said Tehran was seeking to extradite her to punish her for her politics She says that the Iranian authorities had made a “fake case” to try to silence her for being a vocal opponent of the regime. She has also spoken about Iranian women’s rights. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/06/bahareh-zare-bahari-former-beauty-queen-pursued-by-iran-fears-for-her-health

It is racist because you seem to have a problem with the non-white people to be in the position of authority in politics. It is the hard work and the size of the brain that should decide who will be in the position of authority not the skin color or race and you clearly have problem with this. There is nothing wrong with either being white or nationalist. I am nationalist too and my posts show all that but not racist because I don't reserve the power or good life for British/Europeans, That said as I have said many times we should pay a lot more attention to who we admit in. Those who are against the Western values or democratic way of life or lack respect for women and lack respect for other cultures and religions must be barred and that by itself will ban a large portion for non-British and non-Europeans nations

1 - You have very good points on immigration however, even after cutting in half we must vigorously screen out immigrants for adaptability to our Western democracy. Your past posts indicated that you wish a regional screening (for example screen out all those from Middle East or Africa), that I don't agree because we deprived many good potential citizens for something they have no control of. We have t preserve this Western democracy therefore screen out vigorously those who have no respect for our values or have no respect for women and yes that includes a large portion of Middle East and African population but not all. On immigration none of the major parties have the balls to do the right thing and cut down on numbers and improve the quality for the fear of being labelled as racist. It is however an important issue for the future and well being of this country. 2 - Allow PRIVATE health care system for those who can afford it (or wish it ) will have to pay (certain income threshold) and private doctors and clinics visiting patients at home for a charge. This way publicly funded health care would remain for those who really can't afford it and overall our very sick health system would be much improved with lots of funding and incentives to take care of our sick and elderly. on 3 and 4 I agree. On 5 I totally agree and long overdue. On 6 to 10 I don't have enough knowledge to comment. on 11, make guns totally illegal with harsh punishment for violators. Guns are for killing and I see no use for them. I do not support hunting. It is taking a life for fun. It is unacceptable. One day human race will evolve to the extend that all types of killings will be prohibited. You can be ahead of time by having this in your agenda. Let me know what party stands for all these and I will move my Liberal vote to that party.

Wrong. Prostitution was legal prior to December 2014 before the Conservatives and in particular Peter MacKay screwed it all up. Only solicitation in public place like streets and being found in a bawdy house was illegal but sex for money was legal. MacKay and his idiot Cons imported failed laws from Sweden and pushed them through parliament using undemocratic tactics I described before. Since then those paying for sex will be charged as criminals and any type of communications (not limited to public places) and advertisement will be criminal too. Those selling sex are immune from prosecution as they are seen as victims and buyers charged as criminals and rapists. The worse part is that the pimps can now get away posing as so called bodyguards or drivers!!!! A one sided law where selling is legal but buying is criminal just imagine if they had same laws for illicit drugs!!!!! These are laws based on conservative ideology and NOT evidence base. The old laws was challenged and ruled unconstitutional because it endangered the lives of sex workers but the new laws pushed through by MacKay and Harper are by far worse and endanger sex workers a lot more and until it is again declared unconstitutional (in decades as it is a very long process) God knows how many more sex workers have to be assaulted raped or even murdered thanks to those who imported and pushed these laws in an undemocratic manner in 2014.

The important thing is that paid sex is consensual between adults and as the former Prime Minister of Canada (and the father of current one) said well that government has no place in the bedrooms of the nation.. Sex should be allowed as long as it is consensual however I do agree totally that forced prostitution, trafficking, underage prostitution and pimping must be outlawed and those responsible must be severely punished by the law but what was stupid was that MacKay did extend the ban on also consensual sex (to keep conservative voters happy) and hence seriously endangered the sex workers for reasons I stated before in new laws and pushed it through parliament using undemocratic tactics. The version they have in New Zealand is working fine and it could have been implemented in Canada too. Btw, the need for sex workers may not be limited to very bad looking men but also those handicapped, or needing extramarital affairs or unable to find female companions for any reason or businessmen too busy to look for female companion or virgin men wishing to try first time but too scared or wishing to gain experience and many other groups. Workers in NZ also regularly tested for STD when their licences are renewal hence avoiding diseases to be transmitted. Ad they are much safer in there than here because they are able to screen out bad clients and ask for references and personal info and unlike here they don't have to face criminals every day in their jobs who refuse to provide info as who they are.

No, Iran is not an outcast country but a country with a nation having a rich ancient civilization of a Persian empire based on rich Zoroastrian culture of good thoughts, good deeds and good talks.