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The reason pipeline construction companies are not anxious to build in Canada because of the all the hurdles that make it almost impossible to build. There are so many roadblocks including the application process, studies, hearings, dealing with all the opposition groups such as environmentalists, and FN groups. Some provinces like Quebec and B.C. oppose pipelines and fight against them. The federal regulations, decarbonization regulations, caps, and carbon taxes also discourage companies from doing anything. If the federal government does not change the regulations and get rid of C69 and the tanker ban, there may be no new pipeline to the B.C. coast. Canada lost tens of billions of dollars in revenue and taxes under Trudeau's ban on pipelines. Not sure if Carney will change anything.

You show your total ignorance on this topic. Many illegal migrants were just fleeing from a dire situation in the countries they came from. Poverty, violence, and gangs are common. People are also threatened by gangs. So many of these people were just trying to find a safe place for them and their families. You would do the same thing in their situation. That's why your comments show you just don't understand the situation of many of these people. If you are a Christian, you should show it with a little more empathy and love for downtrodden and desperate people.

Only a simpleton thinks like that. There are lots of extenuating factors. Every case is different. There are laws and courts and human rights that play into it.

I hope you remember your words when the government does something unfair to you. Maybe the Canada Revenue Agency fines you for something you didn't do or maybe the RCMP arrests you for a crime you didn't commit. Then we will see how you oppose due process won't we.

You are lying. "On April 10, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled, without dissent,[c] that Abrego Garcia's removal to El Salvador was illegal.[19] The court rejected the administration's defense, which claimed it lacked the legal authority to exercise jurisdiction over El Salvador and secure his return. Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor noted that this argument implied the government "could deport and incarcerate any person, including U.S. citizens, without legal consequence, so long as it does so before a court can intervene." Many people have been apprehended and deported to the notorious prison in El Salvador without any trial or due process. That is a simple fact.

" Matthew 7:16-23 King James Version 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." The issue is really quite simple, but you can't seem to understand. Deporting people without due process is against human rights and sending people to a notorious prison of torture and death is even worse. Alleging people are gang members when it is questionable or unproven and then sending them to a notorious foreign prison in defiance of court orders is horrendous, as in the case of Abrego Garcia. It defies logic as to why you would find all that acceptable.

Quite a number of migrants have been sent to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador, where many people have died due to inhumane conditions. It is a place of systematic torture where people die even though they were not sentenced to death by any court. The Trump administration pays El Salvador six million dollars a year to put migrants in this place. " Terrorism Confinement Center [edit] Main article: Terrorism Confinement Center Salvadoran justice minister Gustavo Villatoro (left) and U.S. homeland security secretary Kristi Noem (right) observing inmates inside a cell in CECOT, March 2025 Prisoners are held in large concrete cells that the Associated Press reports can house 65 to 70 individuals, but in videos lack enough bunks for everyone.[92] The BBC reports that with access severely restricted and journalists only allowed on choreographed tours, the number of inmates per cell is not clear, that some rights groups put it at 80 while others say it can go above 150, and that when asked, the prison's director responded "where you can fit 10 people, you can fit 20."[93] The cells are furnished with four-story bunks of bare metal without mattresses or sheets, two toilets, two sinks[94] (reported by CNN as a cement basin and plastic bucket for washing, and a jug of drinking water)[95] and two Bibles.[96] The cells are artificially lit 24 hours a day[96] and the temperature can reach 35 °C (95 °F) in daytime.[94] Prisoners are allowed to leave their cells for 30 minutes a day for group exercise in the hallway.[93][94] There are no visits, letters,[97] workshops, or prison educational programs, and prisoners are not allowed outside.[92] Food is served without utensils, to keep them from being fashioned into weapons.[94] Occasionally, prisoners who have gained a level of trust give motivational talks,[92] which CNN reported as Bible readings during the hallway half-hour.[97] CNN said two sources told it the deportees' situation is less regimented, but with the same facilities. The prison director said of the deportees, "there are no privileges."[95] El Salvador's Minister of Justice has said those held at CECOT would never return to their communities,[92] and the BBC in 2024 cited Miguel Sarre, formerly of the United Nations Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture, as warning that CECOT appeared to be used "to dispose of people without formally applying the death penalty," referring to the fact that no-one had so far been released from the jail. Cristosal [es], which the BBC described as El Salvador's primary human rights organization, has documented torture and more than 150 deaths in custody in the country during the ongoing state of exception. Amnesty International has accused Salvadoran authorities of "a systematic policy of torture towards all those detained under the state of emergency on suspicion of being gang members," leading to deaths in custody, and of other prisoners dying due to inhumane conditions and denial of medical care and medicine.[94] Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia - Wikipedia

quote Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia[a][b] is a Salvadoran who was illegally[9] deported from the United States on March 15, 2025, in what the Trump administration called "an administrative error".[10] He was imprisoned without trial in the Salvadoran maximum security Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), despite never having been charged with nor convicted of a crime in either country,[11][12] under the countries' agreement[13] to imprison U.S. deportees there for payment.[14] The administration has since defended the deportation, publicly accusing him of being a member of MS-13 (a U.S.-designated terrorist organization), an accusation based on a bail determination made during a 2019 immigration court proceeding, which Abrego Garcia contested.[15] Abrego Garcia grew up in El Salvador and then illegally immigrated to the United States in 2011 at the age of 16 to escape gang threats. In 2019, an immigration judge granted him withholding of removal status due to the danger he faced from gang violence if he returned to El Salvador. This status allowed him to live and work legally in the United States. At the time of his deportation in 2025, he lived in Maryland along with his wife and children, all American citizens, and was complying with annual check-ins with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).[16] On April 10, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled, without dissent,[c] that Abrego Garcia's removal to El Salvador was illegal.[19] The court rejected the administration's defense, which claimed it lacked the legal authority to exercise jurisdiction over El Salvador and secure his return. Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor noted that this argument implied the government "could deport and incarcerate any person, including U.S. citizens, without legal consequence, so long as it does so before a court can intervene." The Supreme Court required the U.S. to "facilitate" Abrego Garcia's release, but stopped short of a lower court's directive to both "facilitate and effectuate" his return, instead directing the lower court to clarify what it meant by "effectuate".[20] The administration interpreted "facilitate" to mean it is not obligated to arrange his release and return,[21] and can meet its obligation by admitting him into the U.S.[21] and providing a plane[22] if El Salvador chooses to release him, which President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador refuses to do. Bukele stated in an Oval Office meeting that he would not "smuggle a terrorist into the United States".[23] The case regarding facilitating Abrego Garcia's return continues to be litigated in district court. The government has argued that the case involves state secrets, and refused various discovery requests on that basis.[24] U.S. senator Chris Van Hollen met Abrego Garcia in El Salvador on April 18, 2025. Abrego Garcia said he had been transferred from CECOT to another prison in El Salvador, and he is being held in isolation.[25] unquote Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia - Wikipedia

Nonsense. There are enough examples of the Trump administration outright ignoring court orders to show this is a lawless administration. This short ten minute video talks about some of that. Bing Videos

This is mentioned in a news article I posted earlier on here. Guess you never read it. "After Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 in March and prepared to fly planeloads of accused gang members to El Salvador and out of the jurisdiction of U.S. courts, Boasberg ordered them to turn the planes around. This demand was ignored. Boasberg has found probable cause that the administration committed contempt of court after the flight landed. El Salvador President Nayib Bukele posted a taunting message on social media — reposted by some of Trump's top aides — that read “Oopsie, too late.” Name one. "Trump confronted for defiance of court orders across series of cases The Trump administration is ramping up its feud with the judiciary even as the courts fire back, accusing the executive branch of defying court orders. On Tuesday, a federal judge in Maryland admonished Justice Department lawyers for failing to provide meaningful updates on their effort to secure the return of a man mistakenly deported to El Salvdaor. On Wednesday, a federal judge in D.C. found probable cause that the administration had willfully disobeyed his order to halt or turn around flights carrying some 200 men to a Salvadoran prison. The same day, a watchdog group accused Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe of defying a judge’s order to preserve communications in a now-infamous Signal group chat used to share sensitive military information. And on Friday, another judge paused mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over concerns they ran afoul of her previous order. Experts say the unusual moves signal an administration willing to be more combative with the courts — and that they raise concerns about whether the dynamic will escalate over the rest of President Trump’s term. “What you’re witnessing is a kind of adversarial stance that is unusual for government lawyers to take,” said Rebecca Roiphe, a former federal prosecutor now teaching legal ethics at New York Law School." Trump confronted for defiance of court orders across series of cases

In Canada, there is a process whereby migrants may appeal deportation. According to this news report, Trump just ignored due processes and deported many people. Also, many were sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador, under the allegation that they were gang members, even though this has been strongly disputed by many. quote WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration must give more than 100 migrants sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador a chance to challenge their deportations. U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg said that people who were sent to the prison in March under an 18th-century wartime law haven’t been able to formally contest the removals or allegations that they are members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. He ordered the administration to work toward giving them a way to file those challenges. The judge wrote that “significant evidence” has surfaced indicating that many of the migrants imprisoned in El Salvador are not connected to the gang “and thus languish in a foreign prison on flimsy, even frivolous, accusations.” Boasberg gave the administration one week to come up with a manner in which the "at least 137" people can make those claims, even while they're formally in the custody of El Salvador. It's the latest milestone in the monthslong legal saga over the fate of deportees imprisoned at El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center. After Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 in March and prepared to fly planeloads of accused gang members to El Salvador and out of the jurisdiction of U.S. courts, Boasberg ordered them to turn the planes around. This demand was ignored. Boasberg has found probable cause that the administration committed contempt of court after the flight landed. El Salvador President Nayib Bukele posted a taunting message on social media — reposted by some of Trump's top aides — that read “Oopsie, too late.” The U.S. Supreme Court later ruled that anyone targeted under the AEA has the right to appeal to a judge to contest their designation as an enemy of the state. Boasberg, in his latest, ruling wrote that he was simply applying that principle to those who'd been removed. Boasberg said the administration “plainly deprived” the immigrants of a chance to challenge their removals before they were put on flights. Therefore, he says the government must handle the migrants cases now as if they “would have been if the Government had not provided constitutionally inadequate process.” The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The administration and its supporters have targeted Boasberg for his initial order halting deportations and his contempt inquiry, part of their growing battle with the judiciary as it puts the brakes on Trump's efforts to unilaterally remake government. The fight has been particularly harsh in the realm of immigration, where Trump has repeatedly said it'd be impossible to protect the country from dangerous immigrants if each one has his or her day in court." Judge says migrants sent to El Salvador prison must get a chance to challenge their removals Also, the right to deport migrants apparently, according to an article I saw, becomes weaker the longer a migrant has been in the country. If they have a wife and children who were born in the U.S. for example and have established themselves in a trade or career and years have passed, the argument to deport them becomes weaker also. There is no simple rule such as Trump digging up some 200 year old Alien Enemies Act and using that as justification to deport any migrant. Trump has also been ignoring court rulings.

No, that's not how it works. There is a justice system, laws and processes that must be followed and everyone has the right to the due process. You sound like you don't believe in a legal framework with rights and due process for everyone. I have a surprise for you. Due process is how it works in Canada. What is going on the U.S. would never happen in Canada under our system. I corresponded with a cabinet Minister, possibly the federal Minister of Justice, a long time ago about a case and I was told everyone has the right to appeal and follow the due process before they are deported. That is exactly what he told me.

I don't believe in Fascism where people are not given due process. America is supposed to be a country of law and due processes, not arbitrary arrest and deportation with no process. Hope you don't agree with how Hitler and Stalin operated. Canada has a process which is followed to deport people and those people have a legal right to appeal any rulings.

It's the way Trump and ICE are going about it. They don't respect due process at all and human rights. They don't care about any legal process and have no conscience about taking kids away from their parents and locking anybody up.

Obviously he won't stand up for Canada. His only interest is in staying in power.

What is happening in a country which was once supposed to be a leading country for human rights and freedoms is shocking. " The group has collected dozens of reports from immigration attorneys whose clients were immediately arrested after their court appearances only to be placed into expedited removal proceedings where they can be rapidly deported without an opportunity to appear before a judge. Detainees include immigrants of all ages, including families with young children and toddlers as young as two and three years old, according to the group’s analysis of recent arrests. In at least one case, ICE agents detained children who were in court with their parents and attempted to arrest a mother with a nursing infant, the report found." Outrage after California fourth grader is detained by ICE agents during immigration hearing

BC NDP Premier Eby is opposed to a Northern Gateway Pipeline to move oil from Alberta to the northwest B.C. ports of Prince Rupert or Kitimat. That means he opposes making Canada an energy superpower. He in effect is backhandedly supporting Alberta separatists because he is opposed to making Alberta a strong province within confederation. How dumb can anyone be?

Whoa! You are uneducated on the basic situation in the middle east. You don't understand Hamas are radical Islamists who hate Jews and want to kill all of them. In fact, they consider any non- Muslim as infidels. That includes you. 85% of Palestinians are Muslims and many of them support the terrorist organizations such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and these terrorist organizations are supported by Iran. They are deeply embedded in the Palestinian society and use the people as shield. They don't care about how many Palestinians get killed. They are a continual threat to the people of Israel. How is it you don't understand that simple fact?

There are many terrorists who attack Israelis. Israel has a right to defend itself and arrest suspected terrorists because they live in a state of emergency. You are used to living in a peaceful country that is not under constant threat of attack and terrorism. You have no idea what it is all about.

This video from a Hamas bodycam shows Hamas shooting into homes as they walk through the community. Bing Videos

This video was release by Israeli authorities because there are people like yourself who cast doubt on the magnitude of the violence perpetrated by Hamas on October 7th, Here is one video clip. Bing Videos Google and find some. It's not difficult.

Most Canadians believe religion and society can live together in a degree of harmony. That is how people live in the west. But that is not how followers of Islam look at it in the middle east. They do not believe in a free society where everyone has the freedom to practice their religion. Many Islamists believe other religions are not allowed to exist in their territory or country. This is more true in the middle east where human rights are unknown and not respected. Islam: The Politically Incorrect Truth

"The majority of the Palestine population is Muslim of the Sunni sect, and they account for 93% of the total population. Palestinian Muslims consider Jerusalem as an important part of their religion, with the Al-Aqsa mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem being regarded as the 3rd holiest site in the Muslim world. According to Islam, it is believed that Mohammed was taken from the sacred mosque in Mecca to the mosque of Al-Aqsa in the night journey. Accessing the site poses challenges to Palestinians because it involves several formalities, with casual visits being prohibited. Muslims in Palestine practice their religion with some dimensions to the popular religion. In the recent past radicalization has taken root with the interpretation of religion replacing the more tolerant and informal understating of society and religion." Religious Beliefs In Palestine - WorldAtlas Islam has extremist beliefs and violence to spread their religion. The extremist beliefs are at the root of the terrorist groups that operate in the middle east and other places. They are willing to die for Islam. If you want to know more about why they are fighting the middle east, go to: Islam: The Politically Incorrect Truth It is not land that is their main objective. It is the destruction of Israel and the elimination of Judaism in Israel.

quote The majority of Palestinians are Muslim, with approximately 85% of the population in the West Bank being Muslim, including Israeli settlers. In the Gaza Strip, around 99% of the population follows Islam. " There you have it. So that explains why they support Hamas and other terrorist organizations that want to destroy Israel. Islam does not allow for another religion to exist in their midst. It is as simple as that.

I assume you mean Israel should acknowledge Palestinians own half of Israel and you think that giving them a large part of Israel would solve the problem, correct? This shows you don't understand the very basic things about the conflict. 1. The land of Israel belongs totally to Israel and that is a fact historically and biblically. 2. The Palestinians are mostly Muslims and their belief is that Israel has no right to exist and must be destroyed completely. You need to study the beliefs of Islam and the history of the spread of Islam in the middle east. It was spread by the sword. That's why it is called, with tongue in cheek, the "religion of peace". 3. Cutting Israel into pieces and giving a large part to the Muslims who don't believe Israel has a right to exist requires very twisted reasoning. All the countries surrounding Israel are in fact Islamic countries and do not accept Israel's right to exist. So Israel is a tiny democratic country on a tiny piece of land in a sea of hostile Muslims. Therefore your whole way of thinking is irrational and meaningless.