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You don't understand how the Constitutional Monarchy works in Canada. I already explained it in detail. The Governor General already has the authority to act on behalf of the King in Canada and does. That is just how it is. " The power to dissolve Parliament is a royal prerogative exercised by the governor general. The governor general retains certain constitutional discretion whether to accept the advice of the prime minister to dissolve Parliament. General elections are to be held on the third Monday in October, in the fourth calendar year following the last general election (in accordance with the Canada Elections Act S.C. 2007, c. 10, s. 1), unless the governor general dissolves Parliament prior to that date. " Procedures for the Dissolution of Parliament and the Calling of an Election | The Governor General of Canada (gg.ca)

More background in this article: Trial begins for Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief accused of blocking Coastal GasLink pipeline | CBC News The article also says: "Videos also recorded him saying, "Wet'suwet'en are looking after their own territory. We're not recognizing that injunction. We're not part of B.C. We're not part of Canada. " So he reportedly said he doesn't recognize the nation and laws of Canada pretty well sums it up.

You don't know how our Constitutional Monarchy works. The Governor General represents the Monarchy (at present King Charles III) in Canada and has the power to dissolve the government and call an election any time. The GG is also the head of the Canadian Armed Forces. This is the most powerful position in Canada. It has nothing to do with the popularity of the present King Charles IIII. "The Governor General of Canada also serves, ex officio, as the Commander-in-Chief of Canada and exercises the duties of the Head of State as the representative of Her Majesty The Queen." Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada - Canada.ca She is the head of the Canadian Armed Forces. At present the GG is the representative of the King in Canada. The RCMP has the responsibility to protect the Governor General, the King when he is in Canada, the PM and Members of Parliament.

Those were different than what I was thinking about. I was talking about a dictator type of PM who just decided on his own to cancel elections or change the system. I doubt he could do it in Canada It would be a different situation if there were a massive number of people in Canada including in the Armed Forces and RCMP and government who wanted to abolish the monarchy and set up a different system. Then they may be able to do it. But that is not the situation in Canada. There is no massive Communist group of revolutionaries as there were in Russia with the Bolshevik revolution. The French Revolution was a special case also where there were many people who revolted against the monarchy. Remember there was no Parliamentary democratic system in Russia or France at the time of their revolutions, but we have a Parliamentary democracy in Canada which is protected by the Constitutional Monarchy. So our system is geared to protect it.

I don't think that is true. People do care about the Royal family. Some members of the Royal family are very popular, such as Princess Anne, Prince William and Princess Katherine. King Charles III is trusted and popular. I don't see any problem with that. The Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP are not divided on the Monarchy and would support them. It is silly to say the King does not matter. Of course many Canadians understand the monarchy is an essential part of our Parliamentary democracy. It would be very difficult in our system for a would be dictator to take over and cancel elections. In Venezuela, the whole structure is geared to supporting the President and it is very difficult at the present time for the opposition party to stop him. That is not how things work in Canada.

According to this article Canada's forests emit more carbon than they absorb. Dead rotting trees, insect infestations, and forest fires emit carbon. Canada's forests actually emit more carbon than they absorb — despite what you've heard on Facebook | CBC News So tell us again how planting a massive number of trees is going to affect CO2 levels and climate change?

If you think civilization is doing the wrong thing using fossil fuels, you better stop driving. This article says in B.C. forest fires emit two to three times more greenhouse gases than man does using fossil fuels. So much for the claim carbon tax helps reduce global warming.

The word "First" implies some kind of special status, which means everyone else is lower in status. Strange that the DEI people would use words to try to create divisions between people. We are all created humans who have the same right to live on this earth. There should be no second class citizens or "colonizers".

But if it wasn't for one-third of the price being taxes, the price would a lot lower. Why does it have to come from Alberta and Washington? Most likely because of government interference and regulations and the lack of a pipeline. We had Trans Mountain for decades but it probably wasn't big enough to supply more refineries. So they built bigger pipeline and use it to ship oil overseas. If government had not interfered so much with the industry, there might be more refineries in B.C. and lower prices. Trudeau stopped the plan to build the Northern Gateway pipeline soon after they were elected in 2015. They also banned tankers off the B.C. north coast. A Northern Gateway pipeline would have reduced pressure on the TMX pipeline and possibly provided more oil for refineries in B.C.

" OTTAWA — Amnesty International is calling for the release of a First Nations chief who was convicted of criminal contempt, and is calling him Canada's first prisoner of conscience. Chief Dsta'hyl, who represents one of the clans within the Wet'suwet'en Nation, also goes by the name Adam Gagnon. He was arrested in 2021 for breaching a court order not to impede construction of the Coastal GasLink liquefied natural gas pipeline, and is currently confined to house arrest. Amnesty argues this amounts to unjust confinement of the chief and others who defend their land and rights during a climate emergency. The group says the court order is unjust because it bans activities that should be protected under the Charter right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression. This is the first time Amnesty International has recognized a prisoner of conscience within Canada, and it is seeking his "immediate and unconditional release." Amnesty International names Wet'suwet'en chief Canada's first prisoner of conscience (msn.com) I guess according to Amnesty International nobody has to obey the law if the offender is doing it according to his conscience. He can block major natural gas pipeline construction and should get off scott free. Incidentally most native bands along the Coastal Gaslink pipeline route agree with the pipeline construction. The radicals who caused a lot of trouble and blocked the construction were mostly a small group of Hereditary Chiefs and environmental radicals. The elected band councils along the route approve of the pipeline construction.

When are you going to repent of your sins, wash your mouth with soap, and believe the gospel of Jesus Christ? You should know a fake religion won't save anybody. Also, confessing your sins won't save you either if you don't believe in the Savior. Nobody can atone for their own sins. You can say all the Hail Mary's in the world, but it won't do any good.

Yes, did you know one-third of gas prices in B.C. are taxes of various kinds? Did you know we have the highest gas prices in north America. All because of government intervention in the economy and taxes. With this NDP government it is a crime to develop natural resources. How do you explain why gas prices are much lower in the U.S.A. More freedom and less government is the reason. Government makes sure there is not much competition in B.C. Only one pipeline (TMX) and few refineries.

If we look at what is going on in Venezuela with an alleged stolen election by Socialist Maduro, we should realize it would be very difficult for this kind of thing to happen in Canada. The reason is we have a Constitutional Monarchy whereby the Armed Forces, RCMP, and members of Parliament swear allegiance to the Monarch or King, as head of State represented by the Governor General in Canada. This loyalty to our Monarch King Charles is what would make it nearly impossible for a would be dictator to ignore election results and establish his own dictatorship. A country like Venezuela, where the President controls the whole government, armed forces, and judges means they are all subservient to the President. So he is in a position whereby he can just dictate everything including the election results and deny the public any transparency. Such a thing would be impossible in Canada with our system. Jon Hartley: Nicolás Maduro's stolen election is what socialist dictatorship looks like (msn.com)

The idea of calling natives "First Nations" is a kind of racist ideology to begin with. Designating one particular ethnic group as "First Nations" is pandering to their ethnicity and is saying they are somehow superior to everyone else or/and deserve special privileges that nobody else should receive. This could be divisive and has endless consequences. It certainly seems to go against the ideology of the woke left which claims everyone should be equal. I recall the DEI, diversity, equity, inclusion claims the objective is to treat everyone equally. Well, the name "First Nations" certainly doesn't do that. It is exactly the opposite. Just curious but who started calling them First Nations? Was it the aboriginals themselves demanding it? Or was it the liberals/progressives who decided that is the name we must call them? I suspect it was the liberals as part of their phony list of words that are meant to appease a group for votes.

One problem in making every human need a human right is the whole idea of human rights becomes meaningless. The list of rights becomes very long and unattainable in a world of 8 billion people. The U.N. has something called the SDG or Social Development Goals. This is a list of goals they hope to achieve by 2030. It is a pipe dream because of course the cost would be impossibly high. The idea behind making every human need a human right is to then use the power of the state to extract the wealth from all those who have something to give to those who have not. In other words a form of Communism. It is unlikely to get anywhere because it goes against human nature. Those who work and earn will say why should they support the rest of the world while the masses are unemployed or unwilling to work?

" Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault boasted last year that the federal government has committed more than $200 billion of taxpayers’ money to addressing climate change in more than 100 government programs. Among other polices, this includes a carbon pricing system for large industrial emitters, a cap on emissions in the oil and gas sector, methane regulations, clean fuel and clean electricity regulations, green energy tax credits, electric vehicle mandates, subsidies for people who buy EVs and more." What is tragic about this is a fraction of this kind of money would have made a significant difference to improving the health care systems in all provinces, where it is currently in a crisis. Emergency rooms are shutting down in various towns and cities in B.C. for one or two days endangering people's lives. They must drive or be driven sometimes an hour or more to the nearest ER. A fraction of this 200 billion dollars could also have gone a long way to building up the Canadian Forces and meeting the NATO 2% of GDP commitment. There are many other desperate needs in Canada too such as the housing crisis and the need for rehabilitation centres for drug addicts, rapid transit expansion in the major cities and solving the crime and catch and release crisis, perhaps with more treatment centres or mental institutions. The real tragedy is this 200 billion dollars of taxpayer money is not going to make the slightest difference to global CO2 emissions or climate change. EDITORIAL: PM’s climate plan costs $200 billion (msn.com)

Canada needs to stop trying to appease Communist China. We need to stop supporting human rights violators. Wake up and grow up!

Why? Can't you read the article yourself? Apparently you never read it or never understood it. Apparently you didn't understand the article is a criticism of Minister Joly and the Liberal government's trying to suck up to Communist China. The first paragraph tells you that. "On the one hand, there’s the spectacle of Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly happily abasing herself at the feet of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday after being summoned to China to take instruction on how Canada should behave itself as Xi Jinping persists in flouting international trade rules, accelerates his encirclement of Taiwan and pours ever greater resources into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine." Do you understand that Melanie Joly with Canada is trying to cozy up with a prolific human rights violator. Chinese leaders just responded by telling Joly that Canada must stop interfering and criticizing China's internal affairs. " Members of the minority Uyghur ethnic group reported systematic torture and other degrading treatment by law enforcement officers and officials working within the penal system and internment camps. The treatment and abuse of detainees under the liuzhi detention system, which operated outside the judicial system as a legal tool for the government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to investigate corruption and other offenses by officials, featured extended solitary confinement, sleep deprivation, beatings, and forced standing or sitting in uncomfortable positions for hours and sometimes days, according to press reports. The law stated psychiatric treatment and hospitalization should be “on a voluntary basis,” but the law failed to provide meaningful legal protections for persons who could be involuntarily committed, such as access to a lawyer or other advocate or the right to communicate with those outside the psychiatric institution. Official media reported the Ministry of Public Security directly administered 23 psychiatric hospitals for the criminally insane. While many of those committed to mental health facilities were convicted of murder and other violent crimes, there were also reports of activists, religious or spiritual adherents, and petitioners being involuntarily subjected to psychiatric treatment for political reasons. Public security officials could commit individuals to psychiatric facilities and force treatment for “conditions” that had no basis in psychiatry. On February 28, media reported church leaders Lian Changnian, Lian Xuliang, and Fu Juan were under RSDL throughout 2022 and were finally transferred to a detention center in February. While in RSDL, interrogators beat them, deprived them of food, blew smoke in their eyes, and denied them the use of toilets." China (Includes Hong Kong, Macau, and Tibet) - United States Department of State

" HALIFAX — Federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has announced more than $192 million for six clean energy projects in Nova Scotia. Wilkinson says $117.6 million will help with the installation of three 50-megawatt battery storage systems to be operated by Nova Scotia Power Inc. in Bridgewater, N.S., Spider Lake, N.S., and White Rock, N.S. The minister says the funding builds on the $138.2-million loan announced for the battery storage projects by the Canada Infrastructure Bank in February. As well, Wilkinson says three wind farm projects will get $25 million each from Ottawa’s $4.5-billion Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program. That money is to assist the wind energy projects near Windsor, N.S., Higgins Mountain, N.S., and Wedgeport, N.S. Wilkinson says the federal government wants to assist Nova Scotia in electrifying its economy to meet the province's goal of getting off coal by 2030." Ottawa announces more than $192 million for Nova Scotia clean energy projects (msn.com) Ottawa is already billions of dollars in debt and deficit. What's another two hundred million!

LOL , the left defends squandering money unnecessarily on a 9 million dollar condo that could have cost around 1 to 2 million dollars and just as nice. This liberal government are the biggest wasters of hard-earned taxpayer money we ever had. All comments to the contrary are obviously politically motivated and hate motivated.

You are completely bizarre in your comments. I never said anything about killing everyone who disagrees with my interpretation. I think you have shown you are incapable of rational discussion. Seriously, you need help before you get yourself into real trouble. I don't have time for that nonsense.

Do you seriously think he is a "pro-capitalist" politician? His remarks don't seem to say that. He comes across as a politician who would like to take over control of corporations or take a large chunk of their profits, which is purely anti-capitalism. They would shut down and the shareholders would take their investments to some other country. Anyway, carry on.

No, I didn't "dial back". Leaning toward Marxism as evidence he is some kind of Marxist is not dialing back. There are many shades of Marxist ideology. What he says just gives me the impression he is somewhat of a Marxist but not to the extent others have been in history. His ideas seem to support it to some degree. I explained how he leans that way with his frequent anti-corporation comments. That should tell you something. As far as being a serious poster, I think I already am a serious poster. The problem is we have a different view. That's why we don't see eye-to-eye.

Sorry, you are wrong. Did you actually read the article I posted as the OP? Everything in it is factual and true. You are way off base. It is critical of Minister Joly, but for good reasons which it states clearly. I am not sure how you find fault with that. Just total denial I guess of the facts.

What I said was right on. Yes he leans heavily in his comments toward Marxism. Therefore it is fair to say he is a Marxist. He obviously is dead against our free enterprise - Capitalist system. He constantly rants against corporations and their executives incomes. The only alternative to that is some form of state controlled Marxism. He also praised the Communist revolution in Cuba saying it helped the people.