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I suggest you do some studying about the history of Israel. "Social and political developments in Europe convinced Jews they needed their own country, and their ancestral homeland seemed like the right place to establish it. European Jews — 90 percent of all Jews at the time — arrived at Zionism partly because of rising antisemitic persecution and partly because the Enlightenment introduced Jews to secular nationalism. Between 1896 and 1948, hundreds of thousands of Jews resettled from Europe to what was then British-controlled Palestine, including large numbers forced out of Europe during the Holocaust." The fact is they have been persecuted for 2,000 years and much of it by Europe and the RC Church. So it is understandable that they would want their own country back after being driven out of it centuries ago. The world in general is anti-Semitic and their only choice is to return to their homeland of Israel which they did over the past century. Israel-Palestine conflict: How did Israel become a country | Vox

"6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. 9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour. Proverbs 14:6-9 KJV

. Guess you don't think God, who created everything out of nothing, could part the sea. "21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, 25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. 26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. 29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. 31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses. " Exodus 14:21-31 KJV

It i There are some things that people don't have to be a Christian or believe in the Bible to know. You don't appear to know that. It is a fake excuse to dismiss these things as just being religious. Things like murder, stealing, adultery, and yes, fornication or pre-marital sex are all wrong. Just because many people in modern society are pagans and don't accept Christianity, doesn't make what people do right. Society has become quite depraved and fallen in the last 100 years. You seem to somehow think these things are progress or progressive and great improvements. Actually it is the opposite. More divorce, and breakup of families, more crime, and more youth involved in these things is not a improvement of society at all. It is a collapse of society.

That is just pure evil. You have a very debauched and decadent mind it seems. Prostitution is certainly evil and spreads evil around as well as syphilis, gonorrhea, HIV, etc. This is a well known fact. It leads to people committing fornication and adultery. Adultery often results in breakup of marriages and children being raised by one parent which is a handicap to them and often leads to problems itself. When government condones or allows something harmful like illicit drugs, prostitution, etc. then government is promoting things that are harmful and evil. They are contributing to the destruction of an orderly society and the ruin of the lives of millions of people. Your problem is you have no sense of right and wrong or put another common way, no moral compass. You are not alone. Society is full of people like that. Perhaps you have friends that think that way too. That doesn't help. You need to leave them behind. The only thing I can recommend for you is to get a King James Bible (Authorized Version) and start studying it. Possibly also find a good fundamental church and start attending. Perhaps you could find some good friends in such a church that would help you find the right path and provide some real friendship and happiness.

That's an empty argument and possibly false. Our leaders should not be governing our country based on what someone claims are the most popular opinion. First, we don't know if that is a fact or just a lying piece of propaganda. Second, prostitution is harmful to society and the individuals involved and their families. So let's not see you promoting evil in Canada. We have enough already. Similar arguments are being made for safe injection sites and free hard drugs for addicts. It doesn't solve the drug crisis and only enables it. Again it is people promoting evil and turning society into a dumpster fire. I'm sure the devil loves the people promoting all this evil.

Allowing prostitution is allowing girls and women' bodies to be exploited and used as a commodity. This is repugnant to many Canadians. Prostitution degrades the dignity of women and girls and is not something that should be condoned. That sounds like you inventing something that doesn't exist. What happens between men and women, if it's not prostitution, does not interest the government. It is wrong from a Biblical point of view because sex outside of marriage is fornication and condemned in the Bible. But it is not something any government in recent decades has become involved in. Nobody has been arrested unless it involves exploitation of women, girls, or youth. Bill C-36 was passed but it was fundamentally to outlaw the sexual exploitation of women and girls.

Uh...ok whatever.

What basis do you say PP is no better? Do you think he is in the same position as the PM or government and able to control what government is doing? It is not the job of the opposition party or its leader to have detailed policy for every department of government. Opposition parties are not in a position to run government from the opposition benches. There are several hundred thousand government employees in various departments. The job of government is to run those departments and the opposition's job is to examine the way government is running things in general terms and criticize as they find problems. The Conservative Party does have a website describing their policies as to how they would run the various departments of government were they to form government. 990863517f7a575.pdf

That's fine to know, and thanks for the information. But whoever brought it in, never understood the consequences which would develop over time and which have been a tragic disaster. The health care system is getting worse in B.C. and the government can't fix it because they don't have the money and the problems in the system appear to be insurmountable. The Socialists just don't seem to understand that. Their only interest is in seeing a system that everyone can use without paying even though it is not providing health care equally to everyone. The Socialists ignore that part of it. They also ignore the huge failings and deaths on waiting lists. As long as they can claim there is a public health care system with no private care involved they are satisfied even though it is in a crisis and failing. Any time a province wants to allow some private care to try to alleviate the crisis, the unions and Socialists cry foul. The BC NDP and previous Liberal governments have been fiddling with the health care system for years now and it is not getting better. The population is growing by a significant number every year. I understand many politicians have good intentions and are sincere in wanting to make it work, but good intentions and sincerity is not going to fix it. The whole concept is flawed. Socialism is just spreading the pain and suffering with a failing health care system around to the population at large. I feel ill when I go into the building where the walk-in clinic operates and see the people lined up in the hallway on chairs for two hours to get in to see the doctor. The clinic is only open for a couple hours at a time and the one doctor can only see about a dozen patients in that two hour window. That means you have to arrive two hours before it opens to be one of the twelve that get to see the doctor. If you can't get in there and it is urgent, you have to go to the ER in the hospital and sit there for hours. This is not acceptable.

As I said provincial government won't spend more because of all the other demands. Housing is now a major issue too. BC has spent between 2 and 3 billion dollars fighting the drug crisis and it has been a failure. These are decisions made by politicians and health care is not their only priority. It is the people who need health care that will suffer, not the fat cat politicians and unions.

Canadian government just won't spend more on the health system because they are politicians under demands for many other services. That's the reason it won't get better in Canada. It is ideology that prevents trying a different approach such as more private services and allowing people with the money to purchase private insurance. That would be one way to get the large amounts of money needed to try to improve the system. Otherwise don't expect things to improve much if at all. The BC government has even sent cancer patients to the U.S. for cancer treatments rather than allow any private care to be added in Canada. They have no choice. Cancer treatments should not be delayed as the cancer spreads. However, the long waiting lists are often where people die and it is not something that is obvious or reported by the media. The big health care unions run campaigns against any private care or any profit motive. They are in it strictly to keep their monopoly over health care workers. The NDP is scared stiff of the unions because that is where they get a lot of support.

I have not found anything that says people that pay for private insurance in Germany get faster service. There are some extra services one can pay extra insurance for. The fact is health care in Canada is not equal for everyone. There are many inequalities. The lengths of waiting lists would vary depending on where one lives and other factors. Millions don't have a family doctor and do not receive the same care as those who have their own doctor. Some can get an appointment in a few days to see their doctor; others must wait over a month to see family doctor. Some small places people see a doctor in a couple days. I know this for a fact because I phoned a small place to enquire about that. " Germany has a universal[1] multi-payer health care system paid for by a combination of statutory health insurance (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung) and private health insurance (Private Krankenversicherung).[2][3][4][5][6] The turnover of the national health sector was about US$368.78 billion (€287.3 billion) in 2010, equivalent to 11.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and about US$4,505 (€3,510) per capita.[7] According to the World Health Organization, Germany's health care system was 77% government-funded and 23% privately funded as of 2004.[8] In 2004 Germany ranked thirtieth in the world in life expectancy (78 years for men). Physician density in Germany is 4.5 physicians per 1000 inhabitants as of 2021. It was 4.4 physicians per 1000 inhabitants in 2019. [9] It also had very low infant mortality rate (4.7 per 1,000 live births).[note 1][10] In 2001 total spending on health amounted to 10.8 percent of gross domestic product.[11] According to the Euro health consumer index, which placed it in seventh position in its 2015 survey, Germany has long had the most restriction-free and consumer-oriented healthcare system in Europe. Patients are allowed to seek almost any type of care they wish whenever they want it.[12] In 2017, the government health system in Germany kept a record reserve of more than €18 billion which made it one of the healthiest healthcare systems in the world at the time.[13] " Healthcare in Germany - Wikipedia For more info about Germany's system: Healthcare in Germany: A guide to the German healthcare system - Wise

There is no guarantee of satisfactory health care in Canada. Millions don't even have a family doctor. Thousands died on waiting lists. Canada only has about 2.4 doctors per thousand citizens. This website has a list of countries with the number of doctors per 1,000 people. Germany and the Scandinavian countries have far more doctors. Germany has about 5 doctors per 1,000 people. Sweden is listed as having 7.1 doctors per 1,000 people which is almost three times the number of Canada. Certainly the number of doctors a country has is of major importance to health care. Many cannot even find a doctor in Canada and must depend on walk-in clinics if there even is one in their area. Some doctors have so many patients that it takes more than a month to get an appointment. And then they will only deal with one problem. If you have more than one problem, they might not attend to it. Physicians (per 1,000 people) - Canada | Data

The information on Wikipedia about the system in Germany doesn't say anything about private insurance holders being placed ahead of people who only have public insurance. That is just you trying to smear their system because you prefer only government systems, that have proven a total disaster. "According to the Euro health consumer index, which placed it in seventh position in its 2015 survey, Germany has long had the most restriction-free and consumer-oriented healthcare system in Europe. Patients are allowed to seek almost any type of care they wish whenever they want it.[12] In 2017, the government health system in Germany kept a record reserve of more than €18 billion which made it one of the healthiest healthcare systems in the world at the time.[13]" -- Wikipedia Did you see that? People are allowed to seek almost any type of care they wish whenever they want it. In Canada you don't have that choice because millions of Canadians don't even have their own doctor. Germany has about 4.5 physicians per 1000 people. Canada has about 2.4 physicians per 1000 people. That is a huge difference. " 242 physicians per 100,000 population Supply: In 2020, there were 92,173 physicians in Canada, representing a 0.9% increase over 2019. There were 242 physicians per 100,000 population; 8% of physicians were located in rural areas and 92% were concentrated in urban areas." www.cihi.ca/en/a-profile-of-physicians-in-canada-2020

The health care system in Germany is reportedly quite good. "Germany has a universal multi-payer health care system12that covers everyone living in Germany34. The system is divided into two sectors: the statutory health insurance (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung) for people who earn less than a certain salary, and the private health insurance (Private Krankenversicherung) for those who earn more and choose to purchase their own152. The system dates back to the 1880s and is based on a legal obligation for everyone to have health insurance3" So are you saying we should keep the failing system we have? If so, that is a terrible mistake. Thousands are dying on waiting list and millions are not getting the care they need. The public health care system is basically run by provincial governments who just do not have the money to put into it and it is also run inefficiently. I don't know what else to say. Governments are under countless demands for money and services. Health care is just one thing on their list. They are not going to put significantly more money into it. It is impossible for government to fix. It requires a different system which NDP /Liberal lefties are not willing to allow. They are ideologically blind and say any profit health care is wrong. That means no real change. The only place the money could come from to really improve the system would be to have a mixed public/private system. But you are probably one of those union left radicals who believe profit is evil and oppose any kind of system with private care taking a major role. If enough people believe that lie the system will continue to deteriorate and thousands will continue to die on waiting lists. The system in Germany should be looked at. They guarantee everyone receives health care regardless of their financial position. But there is still private insurance that could bring billions of dollars more into the system to help improve it.

You folks are going way off topic. What does Trump have to do with Trudeau accusing Peterson? Perhaps Trudeau making false allegations against Peterson will just give Peterson a lot more notoriety and fame. We know Trudeau is already way down in support, perhaps about 20% and most Canadians want him gone. So anything he says may just help Peterson now.

If that is true, why hasn't the number of drug addict deaths dropped? The truth is the safe supply has not helped solve the problem. It hasn't worked. They even found some government paid for drugs were being sold by dealers and addicts to obtain money. What we got was people taking drugs in public places like Tim Horton's, city parks, hospitals, and just anywhere. And still the same number of people dying. Safe supply just created new problems and didn't solve the drug addiction problems. Even the radical Socialist BC NDP saw it was a disaster and is trying to reverse decriminalization and stop allowing addicts from take drugs wherever they feel like it. The stop sign comparison is infantile. Like comparing apples and oranges.

I don't think you really understand. I know it is complicated in some ways but the basic principle of thinking Socialism is the solution and only government can provide health care for everyone is seriously flawed thinking. There are several reasons why it doesn't work and hasn't worked in Canada. Do you not understand the public health care system is failing seriously. It is in a crisis whether you see it or not. Millions of Canadians do not have their own family doctor. That is serious business when you start having serious health problems as you age. No family doctor when you need ongoing care and medications and possibly treatments. You may not be taken care of as you should be. That is a disaster for thousands of Canadians. Thousands are dying on waiting lists and because of lack of care. There are many other health care models that Canada should be looking at as in Europe for example. Many or most are not strictly government health care systems. Government does things inefficiently and is bureaucratic with countless administrators at various levels for everything. It is very costly and wasteful. If you take private enterprise out of it there and say we must not have any profit motive, you destroy any incentive to do things efficiently. That is what happened in Canada. The ideology of Socialism took over and we now have a total disaster with half the population brainwashed into believing Socialism is a kind of god that will save them, while it is doing the opposite. We need to get away from ideology of thinking only government can do things for everyone because it is the biggest lie around. It is a complete disaster. Forget about the U.S. They have their own problems and complex issues. Just because they are a big country right next door doesn't mean we have to have either a Socialist government run disaster or an American disaster. We can look to other countries like Germany or Scandinavian countries and see how they do it. Take the best examples and kick out the Socialist ideology that is also controlled by big unions in health care who want to keep controlling everything for themselves. We don't need big unions dictating everything as it is now for their own benefit. Health care is necessary for the patients first, not unions. If private industry does it better they should be involved. There has to be a motive for doing things efficiently and effectively for the patients. The people come first, not unions, not politicians, not ideology.

The fact that half the population seems to support the evil Socialism is just a sign that many people don't really understand what Socialism means and how it is evil. Part of the reason might be the cost of living crisis for many people, the inability to buy a home and seeing no hope of ever being able to own one, or the failing health care system. This is a serious problem for the older people who depend on a proper health care system. Many people die on waiting lists because they don't get the care they should have received a lot sooner. Many of these people vote for a Socialist party like the Green party or NDP thinking they will solve the problems. Sadly these parties have only created the problems and continue making them worse. The solutions of parties is increasing taxation and increasing social programs and spending. All this inevitably results in increasing government debt. Debt is a serious issue because it must be paid down and interest must be paid for it. All this means less money available for all these social programs that the government promises. Government does not provide anything free. The debt must be born by every person one way or another. The solutions to the economic problems are not easy or simple. But we won't find the solutions in Socialist governments.

Why? Because Peterson exposes the DEI nonsense of Trudeau. DEI is part of Trudeau's foreign policy with China and India. Those countries just laugh their heads off at Trudeau and his DEI policies, thinking he can impose them on China and India. When will liberals learn they can't force the rest of the world to accept their DEI progressivism ideology? Nobody is buying it much of the rest of the world, especially in non-democratic countries like Russia, China, India which have a somewhat different system than Canada. Trudeau and liberals thought they could bring in thousands of Sikhs and these people could carry on their Khalistan stuff in Canada. In India there are terrorists among them and there has been a history of trouble. Now Trudeau is learning that allowing foreign groups to bring there struggles to Canada, such as the Khalistan movement and now the Palestinian radicals, just doesn't work. It only leads to problems.

I never said that. But the names of MPs who are involved in foreign interference should be announced. What good is it to keep it secret? If the government is going to keep everything secret and handcuff the opposition in order to give them any information, then that right there should tell you there is something wrong. How can anything be done about it if nobody knows except a few politicians who agree to keep it secret? If the public is told, that would be a big deterrent for politicians thinking of getting involved in it. This is simple logic, like grade 1 school level.

You missed the point. What good is it to know names of those involved in foreign influence if you can't speak out about it? You are the one in ignorance. Agreeing to the government's security clearance silences the person who agrees to do it. That is what the government wants to do, silence the opposition.

What is the use of a security clearance to hear supposed high security information if it prevents you from speaking about what you hear or going public with the names? If you are a political leader, it seals your mouth shut. That benefits Trudeau and the government because you can't talk about the details of information in Parliament or in public and the media. Trudeau and the Liberals are the ones who benefited from foreign interference. China helped elect Liberals. Also, why should the names of MPs who participated in foreign interference be kept confidential anyway? How is that protecting Canadians from foreign interference? Conservatives are much wiser to not agree to any kind of security clearance which is just a way to silence people. In politics, if you can't speak, you have been neutralized.

"I served as minister of finance and held other cabinet portfolios in British Columbia’s New Democratic Party governments over the past seven years. Ostensibly, for my impolitic words about the state of the land that became Israel, I was fired from cabinet by David Eby, who hopes to be elected B.C.’s premier next Saturday." Selina Robinson: NDP's cynical ploy to gain Muslim votes by championing the Palestinian cause The NDP federal and provincial seem to be bent on causing divisions between Canadians.