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You mean like Rev. Franklin Graham picked by Donald Trump to be part of his inauguration? Graham is a very prolific anti-Muslim bigot.

Yes, that is why we never again should elect a "Conservative" government. Canada however will rebuild. Don't shake the hand of the Great Satan.

That is the biggest danger here. Increase in defence spending is simply going to funnel its way into (mostly) American corporations. Perhaps that is the Trump goal, boot the American economy by trying to force his "friends" to buy more American arms. Any penny of defence spending should ensure that 100% of the money goes into Canadian corporations, and for the most part just more Troops. Revive some of those old bases (money for construction kept in Canada), and ensure that equipment comes from Canadian manufactures without any out of country parent company (no General Motors, General Dynamics. etc.). We don't need more fancy high-tech weapon systems.

Yes Sir, Mr. Trump Sir. How high Sir. Would you like me to get on my knees Sir?

Just to make things clear, doubling our spending on defence means a 7% increase in federal revenue (income tax, sales tax, tariffs, etc.) across the board.

Today Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael D. Cohen confirms that he met with Ukrainian lawmaker, Andrey Artemenko, who is associated with a former Ukrainian leader backed by Russian president Vladimir Putin and advised by Paul Manafort (Trump's former campaign chairman). The meeting took place in January, and was setup by Felix Sater, a former Trump associate with a criminal past.

Yes, that is one thing that can be better done. The other, much larger part, that you seem to totally ignore is this is not just about laws and law enforcement. Only military dictators rule with an iron fist.

Again, the motion is not a law nor a motion to create a law.

So what is your end game. Are you saying No to Islam at a mosque, or are you saying No to Islam at immigration? What about Muslims already in the country, should they be deported? Should they be sterilized?

So you are cool with the term Islamophobia, and understand it? Could you clarify for the rest of us?

The motion is not to create a law.

You seem to be debating M-103 which is worthwhile of debate. In this thread however I was trying just to focus on what Islamophobia is since that seems to crop up everywhere and we might try and reduce duplication.

No. But there are a lot of hate crimes, and yes most of them are other crimes as well. Scrawling anti-Muslim graffiti on a Mosque, and then lighting it on fire is a good description of a hate crime. What is a terrorism offence, and why do we need it? Are not the acts of terrorism other crimes as well?

or reduce immigration, etc. Yes, those are good topics that we as a country should be discussing.

You can also submit directly to the committee, bypassing your MP. You will have to wait until they actually table anything to do with it, but the motion was to send it to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage I believe. Sixth Floor, 131 Queen Street House of Commons Ottawa ON K1A 0A6 Canada E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 613-947-3089

Then it will be studied in committee. Write your MP, make a submission to the committee, you have ample opportunity to have your opinion heard.

The motion is to study the issue, and perhaps develop a plan. There is no plan, what part of that is hard for you to grasp?

It seems that every other topic has gone back to definition of Islamophobe, and a simple motion (M-103) has become the topic de jour everywhere. Maybe we can have a clearinghouse here about Islamophobe, or a better term if you prefer. I will start with the issue, not specifically a definition but at least some context. It might also be helpful to cite what others have defined Islamophobe as. There continues to be a dramatic increase in recorded Islamophobic hate crimes and attacks targeting Muslim persons and property, and Islamic religious, educational and communal institutions. We are alarmed by the explosion of Islamophobia and hate on the Internet, a medium crucial for the promotion and protection of freedom of expression, freedom of information, and the participation of civil society. The government should collect and maintain reliable information and statistics about Islamophobic crimes, and other hate crimes, committed and report such information periodically to the public.

Nobody, repeat nobody, has put forth a motion making it illegal to criticize Islam. Stop it with the alternative facts, because they are just lies.

Scroll back about an hour, you will find that discussion.

Many of the protestors did appear like Islamophobes. What does that have to do with where the motion is heading? The motion is a call to wake up.

Yes it was a typo, fixed. Automatic spell correction has some benefits, but the way it silently corrects makes spotting your own typos harder. I don't know about suicide, but certainly converting and then being killed. Did anyone ever find out what happened with Aaron Driver, he did kill himself with a 'device' which I presume was an explosive when the police raided his place but was it something he intended to use as a suicide bomb somewhere else?

In western countries like Canada, it is not the Muslim migrants that seem to be lining up but rather the ill adjusted locals converting to Islam and then lining up.

Obviously you didn't read the entire article and the many sources it referenced. I can't be responsible for your selective reading.

The New York Times has a good article about all the imagined issues with Sweden, and of course the imaginer in chief as well. It addresses many of those imaginations that have been repeated at MLW.