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Sorry to say, but I lost my faith in this corrupt organization that serves the political will of a few super powers and does little to keep the peace, stop Russian and American invasions, and has no way to punish any member of the Veto-holding members. They consume a lot of money and are seldom objective as delegates (ambassadors) trade their votes for favors and money. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/united-nations-corruption-and-the-need-for-reform/ Like the IMF, WTO, and World Bank, the UN has become just another organization that serves the elite who have their own agendas. Yeah they operate UNICEF and a few good agencies, but overall it is a political machine that favors western and specifically American foreign policies. http://www.economist.com/node/4267109

Personally I feel more hopeful and safer. I feel proud to be a Canadian again and I worry a lot less about terrorism and I now believe my kids will get to see the best side of Canadian life - full of promise and equal opportunity. In short, I feel relief.

Free enterprise is a wonderful thing. Let's see how this plays out over the next six months.

It seems America is determined to antagonize China over those tiny Spratly islands that nobody wanted until natural gas and oil was discovered five years ago. Vietnam, and the Phillipines have their own military forces and mutual defense treaties with America, yet America keeps provoking China claiming they will put nuclear subs in the Philippines. Sorry to say, but it seems as if they want to provoke a conflict in the South China Sea - not avoid one. So if the shit hits the proverbial fan, should Canada get involved with troops, arms, or anything more than verbal support, if even that?

Certainly Toronto has always been in the top 10 IMO and Vancouver as well. Canada is a great country!

Compassion, empathy, and general kindness in western society has seem to evaporated since 911 I think.

Quite Boring IMO. I think Obama just wants to protect some semblance of a legacy and needs to blame others for his own failures to get shit done.