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I see the best way forward for Canada in the face of these tariff threats from the U.S. is to become economically independent of the U.S. That means we must change our whole system which is presently paralyzed by government red tape, taxes, and regulations hampering resource development, home building, and investment in Canada. This problem has existed for a long time and was created mainly by the Liberal and NDP government. Companies have pulled out of Canada because of the heavy hand of government against investment and resource development. If we really want to succeed we must change our thinking and government and get a development and resource oriented government. Even provincial government have caused problems by opposing resource development. We have had that problem with the BC NDP government which opposed the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion for example. It is the only pipeline that carries oil to the west coast and Pacific port and Canada depends on it. It is telling that even the federal government recognized the necessity of the pipeline expansion and when the private company could not get it built because of all the opposition groups and the BC NDP government was against it, the federal government realized they had no choice and purchased it from the private company in order to get it built. However, they really had no choice because of it being the only pipeline to the west coast. But the federal Liberals and NDP still created an anti-development country and that must be abolished. If we really want to succeed and prosper, we need to develop our country and find other trading partners in the world. This will not happen overnight, but it must be the long term goal.

You are proof.

" We’ve seen massive investments in the energy sector go elsewhere, not because Canada lacks resources but because we have made it clear that investment here isn’t welcome. Take our oil and gas industry — one of the cleanest and most ethical in the world. It has been vilified and squeezed, while foreign oil from dictatorships with no environmental standards continues to flow into our ports. It’s insanity. Natural gas, one of the cleanest and most efficient energy sources, is being demonized by activists who don’t seem to care that other nations are expanding their use of coal. Meanwhile, we get lectured on carbon footprints while countries like China build two new coal plants per week. Does anyone truly believe Canada’s tiny fraction of global emissions is the problem? This isn’t about the environment anymore — it’s about control. The same people who want to shut down the oil and gas industry refuse to acknowledge that wind and solar are unreliable without a massive, stable energy backup. Instead of investing in practical, balanced energy solutions, including nuclear and cleaner fossil fuel technology, our government is obsessed with eliminating fossil fuels entirely — no matter the cost." KLEIN: Canada is digging its own grave: Total economic ruin

There is a group of folks on here who have a Liberal left cult mentality. NO amount of reason or debate will change their minds. Liberal left ideology is a kind of god to them.

"We have allowed our leaders to dictate an energy and economic agenda that cripples our own industries while the biggest polluters in the world — China, India, and Russia — continue full steam ahead, laughing at our self-imposed restrictions. We have killed pipeline projects that could have provided secure, affordable energy to our own citizens and trading partners. We have burdened businesses with regulations and taxes that make it impossible to invest in our own country. We have turned our back on the resource wealth that built this nation. Now, we are expected to believe that more of the same will somehow fix the problem? It won’t. A deliberate destruction of Canada’s economy Since 2015, Canada has lost more than $225 billion in capital investment — money that could have created jobs, built infrastructure, and secured our future. Instead of addressing why businesses are leaving, our leaders have doubled down on anti-growth policies, making it harder for companies to operate." KLEIN: Canada is digging its own grave: Total economic ruin Canada has been digging its grave and carbon taxes have helped to do that.

I know nothing will convince diehard liberals that Canada has been self-destructing under Liberal governments, but these are the facts. " We have allowed our leaders to dictate an energy and economic agenda that cripples our own industries while the biggest polluters in the world — China, India, and Russia — continue full steam ahead, laughing at our self-imposed restrictions. We have killed pipeline projects that could have provided secure, affordable energy to our own citizens and trading partners. We have burdened businesses with regulations and taxes that make it impossible to invest in our own country. We have turned our back on the resource wealth that built this nation. Now, we are expected to believe that more of the same will somehow fix the problem? It won’t. A deliberate destruction of Canada’s economy Since 2015, Canada has lost more than $225 billion in capital investment — money that could have created jobs, built infrastructure, and secured our future. Instead of addressing why businesses are leaving, our leaders have doubled down on anti-growth policies, making it harder for companies to operate." KLEIN: Canada is digging its own grave: Total economic ruin Since Trudeau believed that Canada was a post-national state and was more of a globalist, it is not hard to imagine Trudeau and his type believed we should become a globalist country under the dominion of organizations like the U.N. and the World Economic Forum. He spent much of his time and our money jetting around the world to attend every international function one could imagine. But this ideology of the Liberals (and NDP) has made Canada a basket case economically although we have massive natural resources buried in the ground. It is very hard to build resource industries in Canada because of all the roadblocks.

Will Carney cancel the gas and oil cap on industry to allow Canada to compete with the rest of of world. Rob Breakenridge: Carney's chance to scrap job-destroying emissions cap

When Carney is sworn in as Prime Minister, possible on Friday, March 14, it will be revealing to see what he does with Trudeau's gas and emission cap's law. Will he renounce it and do what is required to cancel the law. This cap required the energy industry to reduce emissions by one third by 2030. Hopefully he will take action and eliminate the cap. Canada needs to be able to compete with the U.S. and the rest of world and start selling oil and gas to many areas of the world so we can be less dependent on the U.S. "To what extent is Carney prepared to depart from the Trudeau agenda and is he prepared to take meaningful steps to address what has suddenly become the country’s top priority? How he chooses to now deal with the government’s planned oil and gas emissions cap will be revealing." Rob Breakenridge: Carney's chance to scrap job-destroying emissions cap

Beware of woke Carney. He is just another Liberal and is surrounding himself with the same woke liberal gang. That means all the same failed policies as under Trudeau. Exactly! Those responsible for the harm they did to Canadians with their phony war on climate change should be charged and imprisoned.

We have had carbon taxes for years and it has not stopped or slowed down climate change or forest fires. PP doesn't make climate change a major platform probably because it is a phony issue. Nobody can control the climate. However, he knows a lot of voters are worried about it and many still believe man can control the climate. So PP plans to stop the phony carbon tax and not put carbon taxes on industry. This will raise the standard of living for Canadians which makes a lot of sense. He will speed up the approval process for things like small nuclear reactors so instead of taking 15 years to approve a project, it should be approved in a few years.

quote Experts have pointed out that the U.S. retains control over F-35 software. Mission programming for these jets is handled entirely in the U.S. The Pentagon can update or modify the aircraft’s systems remotely. This has led to speculation that the U.S. could theoretically shut down foreign-operated F-35s if it wanted to. unquote The U.S. Maintains Control Over Canada’s F-35 Fighter Jets He's an American and MAGA guy.

The answer is because we may not be able to control the F35 jets. Reportedly they can be controlled by the U.S. only and can even be shut down remotedly. quote Canada ordered 88 F-35A fighter jets for $14.5 billion. Now, security experts are discussing whether the United States could remotely disable them. This concern stems from recent actions and statements by former U.S. President Donald Trump. He has repeatedly suggested that America should take a tougher stance with its allies. Some fear this could include controlling access to military technology, writes Newsweek. Canada is a large country with vast resources but a relatively small military. It sits between two global powers—Russia and the United States. Given the current geopolitical climate, this is not an ideal situation. Many Canadians are now questioning whether relying on U.S. defense technology is a risk. Experts have pointed out that the U.S. retains control over F-35 software. Mission programming for these jets is handled entirely in the U.S. The Pentagon can update or modify the aircraft’s systems remotely. This has led to speculation that the U.S. could theoretically shut down foreign-operated F-35s if it wanted to. unquote The U.S. Maintains Control Over Canada’s F-35 Fighter Jets

This thread is about you repeating the Devil's lies, which needs to be corrected. The best way to answer the Devil's lies is with God's truth, the King James Bible. I have heard that old fake claim you make about space fairies. I am not talking about fairies. You have no idea what you are talking about. But what you believe does not nullify the truth. "1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. " Matthew 4:1-4 KJV

"1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. {filthy: Heb. stinking} " Psalm 14:1-3 KJV You realize you are a lost sinner on the road to hell. There is certainly a God, a heaven and a hell. Read the King James Bible, starting with the New Testament, gospel of John. "1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. {again: or, from above} 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. {again: or, from above} 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." John 3:1-8 KJV

Man cannot control the climate. It is foolishness to believe that man can stop climate change. The thinking that man can somehow control the climate is a result of man's total depravity and swollen ego. Man's depravity is taught in the King James Bible. Man tried once to build a tower to heaven but God stopped that. " 1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. {language: Heb. lip.} {speech: Heb. words} 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. {from…: or, eastward} 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. {they said…: Heb. a man said to his neighbour} {burn…: Heb. burn them to a burning} 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. {Babel: that is, Confusion} " Genesis 11:1-9 King James Bible

China emits the highest percentage of greenhouse gases in the world. Location % of global total Fossil emissions (1,000,000 tons per year) % change from 2000 2023 2000 World 100% 39,023.94 25,725.44 +52% China 34.0% 13,259.64 3,666.95 +262% United States 12.0% 4,682.04 5,928.97 −21% India 7.6% 2,955.18 995.65 +197% European Union 6.4% 2,512.07 3,563.26 −30% Russia 5.3% 2,069.50 1,681.14 +23% Japan 2.4% 944.76 1,248.81 −24% Iran 2.0% 778.80 353.93 +120% International Shipping 1.8% 706.32 503.29 +40% Indonesia 1.7% 674.54 299.09 +126% Saudi Arabia 1.6% 622.91 265.24 +135% Germany 1.5% 582.95 871.74 −33% Canada 1.5% 575.01 543.04 +6% South Korea 1.5% 573.54 474.16 +21%

??? Are you serious? You think a healthy economy is causing global warming?

So you're ok with continuing with the liberal policies of soft-on-crime. The continual catch and release of offenders. Some businesses are losing thousands of dollars a month or week because they are being hit openly by shoplifters who just walk in, grab thousands of dollars worth of goods, and walk out. They are often arrested and released right away by the courts. The Liberals have refused to change the laws to make the courts stop this insanity. Also it was the liberals who liberalized the drug laws laws that made hard drugs legal in B.C. The Liberals with their taxes, regulations and red tape have made business more unwelcome in Canada. Mass immigration has resulted in a housing crisis and middle class Canadians cannnot afford a home in cities across Canada. Thank the Liberals. But you don't care about ordinary Canadians as long as your climate change god is appeased.

Sad that so many Canadians are so gullible that they would fall for carbon tax Carney. He is much the same as Trudeau and the Liberal cabinet. Liberals are the ones that put Canada in a huge debt and threw our money around the world like it was nothing. Only a few years ago, Carney said in Europe that he was a European. He was a big figure in the World Economic Forum and some kind of climate change representative in the U.N. So he is a globalist and a fanatical believer in Trudeau's war on climate change. He also opposed pipelines in Canada. He will be no better than Trudeau. Trudeau said to the Liberal crowd at the liberal leader election results convention today that Canada is not guaranteed. Sound familiar? He reportedly said in the past Canada is a post-national state. Does this sound like a strong patriotic Canadian? Who could trust Liberals to really defend Canada? Just look at the countless homeless encampments since Trudeau became PM in 2015. The rampant crime with the Liberals soft-on-crime and catch and release policies. I thought after all the Premiers and chiefs of police lobbied the government a couple years ago that things would change and the courts would stop the catch and release business. Nothing changed. Only the gullible fall for Carney and the Liberals.

Sad that so many Canadians are so gullible that they would fall for carbon tax Carney. He is much the same as Trudeau and the Liberal cabinet. Only a few years ago, Carney said in Europe that he was an European. He was a big figure in the World Economic Forum and some kind of climate change representative in the U.N. So he is a globalist and a fanatical believer in Trudeau's war on climate change. He also opposed pipelines in Canada. He will be no better than Trudeau. Trudeau said to the Liberal crowd at the election results convention today that Canada is not guaranteed. Sound familiar? He reportedly said in the past Canada is a post-national state. Does this sound like a strong patriotic Canadian? Who could trust Liberals to really defend Canada? Only the gullible.

Only a fool would think threatening the U.S. with nuclear weapons or any kind of military action makes sense. Grow up!

That's the world we live in. Each country is acting in what they believe is in their best interests.

We can see why it is so important for Canada to be part of NATO. If one member is attacked, all members are attacked. Nobody ever thinks Canada will be attacked, but perhaps the fact we have NATO is the reason why we are not attacked and still exist. This is also why we need to put our full share and more military support into NATO, that is, spend over 2% on the military soon. We should not get too worried about what the U.S. gov't is saying. Trump is just one man and many politicians know he is a loose canon and often out of his mind. He changes from one day to the next just like the weather.

Money is a big thing with the Vatican. Read the book "The Vatican Billions" by Avro Manhattan. You can actually read the book online. Put "The Vatican Billions archive" in a search window and presto, you should find it and can download the pdf file and save it. He wrote many books exposing the Vatican. His books are out of print, but you can find some of them online at the huge online library called archive.org. I have one of his books and found other copies for sale online for over a hundred dollars. The Vatican accumulated billions of dollars in the past 1,500 years. Probably the most wealthy corporation in the world. He explains in his book how they did that. Yes, there are some TV evangelists who have made fortunes by conning people. Some have huge mansions worth millions of dollars, maybe tens of millions. I heard of at least one who has a jet that he uses to get around and stays in the best hotels. I watched a video on youtube about some of these megachurches. Some have thousands of people that go to them and contribute. This documentary revealed how some of them are run like businesses. Yes, it is about the money with some of them. Many of the people supporting them are in ignorance and don't know what is going on behind the scenes. But aside from all that, there are some honest evangelists too. Some are not doing it for the money Some sacrificed their lives to go to remote backward areas of the world to take the gospel. There is a lot of false religion in the world. But at the same time, there is a truth that everyone should know about. It is revealed in the King James Bible. There have been many martyrs in past centuries who have been burned at the stake or killed in some other way for standing for the truth. Jesus Christ certainly was not trying to make money. He was actually God who took on a human body and was crucified, died, and rose from the dead the third day. Read about it in the gospel of John. The universe did not create itself. It took an incredibly intelligent designer Creator to create it. The Bible says God spoke everything into existence. He has the power because He is God. Do you know God is a spirit that is present everywhere although he is not a part of the material uiniverse? What we believe is of vital importance to our future. "16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." John 3:16-21 KJV

Also could give someone like Trump an excuse to declare Canada is now the 51st state and send some troops in to enforce it. What would happen to our Old Age Security and Canada Pension Plan, public health care system, etc. etc.?