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I don't like to see my fellow man, grown children, grandchildren, and great grand children have to go through this phony war on climate change which is costing everyone a lot. But all the catastrophes, natural disasters like the flood in Libya, earthquake in Morroco, hurricanes, war in Ukraine, and endless troubles some say point to mankind being in the end times before Christ returns. Jesus Christ may be returning soon. I intend to study that aspect more. All I can say is people should be ready. That's the message. All these natural disasters, etc. mean tough times for a lot of people. Who knows what will happen with China, Russia, N. Korea, Iran, etc. Some of them unpredictable. I think the North Korean leader is unpredictable. He may have made a deal with Putin which might make him bolder yet.

So if those things are happening because of climate change, what has been the point of carbon taxes in B.C. the last 15 years? Since it has done nothing for the climate, wouldn't it be better to stop the carbon tax scam?

This is nonsense. Many Canadians have major concerns about such things as the phony climate change agenda, the carbon tax attack on Canadians, and the endless divisiveness caused by Trudeau. Then there is the U.N.'s attempts to control the world and form a one-world-government. These are not conspiracies. They are facts. To complain about the insane government policies that have caused outrageous costs of homes, high costs of food, and other things is not hyperbole or hysteria. Teaching little kids perversion in schools is a reality. It is plain facts.

"If the Bible proves itself as divine, then why do most people still not believe it? The problem arises from the condition that Jesus explained in John 7:17, only the person who desires to do God’s will can see that the teaching of Christ is from God. The foundational problem is that sinful humans do not want to do God’s will because they are blinded by the darkness of sin and the devil (2 Cor 4:4). Therefore, they cannot see the self-authenticating glory of the Scriptures. The person who has their will set on doing what is evil will not submit to God’s authority, since they think of it as foolishness (Rom 8:7). They love the darkness, instead of turning to the light of the Word, which would expose their evil deeds (John 3:19-20)." How Can We Know That the Bible is from God? (tms.edu)

Jesus saves. " 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 3:4-8 KJV " 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. {reproved: or, discovered} 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

Trudeau and his government are planning to meet with the major food chain representatives next week and pressure them to reduce or hold prices with the threat of taxes or other actions. This completely ignores that the food prices are determined by many factor in the supply chain such as the farmers, wholesalers, transportation companies, etc. It is not as simple as the Liberals seem to be trying to make it out to be. I am concerned that their meddling with the major retail chains could trigger serious damage to the whole food supply system. " If the five largest grocery chains — Loblaw, Metro, Empire, Walmart and Costco — don’t come up with a plan to get prices under control by Thanksgiving, the government “will take further action,” Trudeau threatened. “We are not ruling anything out, including tax measures.” It is notable that these threats are not being levied at businesses further down the supply chain, such as truck drivers, food processors and farmers, all of which are experiencing higher costs of doing business, and in turn passing those costs on down the line. The grocery stores are obviously the most visible. Singling them out as the cause of inflation is performative in the typical Liberal way." Carson Jerema: Here come the Trudeau food shortages (msn.com) Liberals have cozied with the Socialist NDP which of course are all in favour of controlling big companies. This may be affecting their thinking. Yet it is government policies, taxation, carbon taxes, etc. that have helped drive the price of food up. They are starting to think like Communists within a Capitalist system. Government cannot mix Communism or state control of food prices within a Capitalist system without dangerous consequences that are presently unforeseen such as food shortages on the shelves. Major grocery chains hold a lot of power and may not take kindly to government intervention in how they run their business which is very complicated and involves many other companies within the supply chain. I think we should be very concerned when politicians start serious meddling with the Capitalist system that brought the west its prosperity to begin with. We could end up like Cuba with serious shortages of all kinds of things.

I don't have much faith in municipal and regional district governments. They can't even seem to manage the recycling facility properly. I went to the recycling depot on a Tuesday with a trailer load of flattened cardboard boxes and their cardboard container was full to the brim and the guy told me I would have to travel to the landfill site many kilometers away outside of town because the cardboard bin would not be empty until Thursday morning. I also tried to drop off a small 1 lb. propane bottle at the recycling depot and they said they don't take them and didn't know where to take it. I tried several places like the Co-op gas station and they wouldn't take it, although I think they took the larger propane bottles (probably because there was some money in those ones). For municipal or regional governments to try to fight climate change is a joke. Man cannot control the climate. The regional government started making everyone put organics in a bin and said this will keep it out of the landfill site and lower CO2 emissions. This is a lie. Doesn't matter where you place organics; it will still emit the same amount of CO2 into the atmosphere. This just proves their absolute ignorance. They don't know what they are doing. I am not sure about that. It is a very complicated subject. But Trudeau just doesn't get it and is doing next to nothing. I would be willing to give a different party and leader a chance to see what they can do because the Liberals and NDP have had eight years and the problem has just gotten a lot worse. I think drastic actions will have to be taken at all levels of government. But basically we depend on private construction companies to do the job. They will have to be given the keys, resources, and the gate keepers will have to be dragged out of the way, kicking and shouting. That means local governments will have to be legislated out of way and environmentalists subdued and ignored. I am not sure PP's financial incentives for municipalities will be enough to do the job. It may take far more intervention by the federal government and provincial governments.

Oh yes, spread the blame around and let the government off the hook. The truth is nine out of ten young people will never be able to afford a home, no matter what, because the prices are far out of their ability to afford. If you are a young person and you must pay $2,000 or $3000 or more per month for rent, buy groceries, pay for gas for your car, etc., you will never be able to save up 5% or $50,000 to buy a home for a million dollars. Many young people do not make $40 or $50 an hour either and their monthly income is just not enough to save much money.

PP raised a good question. Why are apartment buildings not being built on a massive scale close to rapid transit stations? This would make sense for students, seniors, and everyone. It would reduce the need for a motor vehicle for many people as well. Also PP plans to take 15% of federal land and sell it to developers to build housing and apartments. That is a great idea. He also promises to withhold funding from municipalities that do not approve a minimum number of building permit applications and reward municipalities that do meet or exceed the requirement. Again he hits the target. He will also go after the CMHC and fire executives or withhold bonuses if they are not speeding up the building of homes and force them to do so. Apparently the CMHC has put up roadblocks to getting homes built. Why have the liberals not done these things the past eight years?

In the present climate there are countless NIMBY groups opposing home construction or apartment construction in towns and cities across Canada. A company where I live was planning to build a billion dollar housing development on the edge of town. All the NIMBYs got together and made big protests to the town council. This project would have created homes for many people and created thousands of construction jobs for years. I have not heard what happened to this project the past couple of years. This is one of the problems. It takes years for projects to be approved or they are destroyed by environmentalists, NIMBYs, and foot dragging politicians and red tape. The BC building code is a frightening mass of regulations that would fill many books. As example of excessive government over reach and authoritarianism is in 2014, Vancouver banned the round door knob in new homes and required levers to be install instead. Ban the doorknob? Building code change removes choice for renovations contractors | Canadian Contractor

The thing is this. Canada is short about 3-1/2 million homes. Nine out of ten young people cannot afford to buy a home because the cost of owning a home has doubled or tripled since Trudeau took over eight years ago. The situation is dire and the Liberals/NDP have no solution. Another two years of Liberal/NDP rule will mean that things just get progressively worse for millions of Canadians. They are not capable or willing to do anything to solve the crisis. They are like a natural disaster happening. They need to go NOW. If people think things will be rectified under the NDP/Liberal coalition in the next two years, they are only fooling themselves. Things need to turn around now so the millions of Canadians will have a chance.

I don't know where you get your facts. I think most parents when asked if they have a right to know what their kids are doing and what decisions they make, they will say parents have a right to know what is going on. Seems to me polls show the great majority of parents feel they have the right to know what is going on with their kids in schools. Seems to me you claimed to be a Christian, but now argue in favour of the LGBTQ agenda, teaching little kids that all that is normal, and allowing kids to "come out" as being gay or trans and keeping it secret from the parents. You can't have it both ways.

How could it hurt anyone? You don't think teaching little kids in school they can be whatever gender they choose and transition is not harmful? Parents have had enough. They demand to know what is going on.

Just came across another article which says Jordan Peterson was targeted by the College of Psychologists of Ontario (CPO) for his views on climate change podcast, among other things, which had nothing to do with the psychology profession. "The CPO reprimanded Peterson for, among other things, remarks he made on a Joe Rogan podcast concerning climate-change policy , a subject that bears no relationship to his clinical practice as a psychologist." Opinion: Climate censorship is worse than you think (msn.com)

This is the result of psychiatrists and "professionals" in charge and making decisions about giving day passes to dangerous offenders in a psychiatric institution. There is going to be a "review" of this event. I would not be surprised if the authorities learn that the so-called professionals had decided he was making progress and was now safe to be given a day pass. Anyone should see through this whole thing and realize the system is a farce and needs to scrapped. It only proves no professional can predict with certainty what these kind offenders will do and such people should never be let out under any conditions. Nobody should be given the authority to let them out.

" How Can We Know That the Bible is from God? Miska Wilhelmsson | March 13, 2018 When Jesus walked the earth about 2000 years ago, He was faced with a very similar question when the people who heard Him teach wondered if His teaching was truly from God. Jesus answered them by giving this simple, yet profound answer, “...My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself.” (John 7:16-17) We can apply this same principle to knowing that the Bible is truly from God. All those who desire to obey God will know by the very words of the Bible that it is indeed from God himself. This is an astonishing argument, since most people would claim that simply hearing Jesus’ teaching could never be enough. They would have to see miracles before they could believe Him to be from God. Jesus even challenged his hearers to believe because of the miracles He had performed (John 14:11). Yet, did everyone believe in Jesus when they saw these undeniable miracles? No, even when faced with miraculous proof, many remained in their unbelief. The reason for this is found in Jesus’ original answer—­only those who truly want to do God’s will shall know the truthfulness of Christ’s message (John 7:17). The Bible itself is sufficient proof for all who desire to know if it is from God. This can be clearly seen in a story that Jesus told about a rich man and Lazarus, found in Luke 16:19-31. As Jesus concludes the parable, He explains that if they will not believe the message of the Word of God based on its inherent authority, neither will they believe that message if an undeniable miracle was performed. The Bible itself is all the proof that is needed; it is self-authenticating. There is no need for additional proofs or miracles to establish the authority of God’s Word. It stands on its own." How Can We Know That the Bible is from God? (tms.edu) As for the King James Bible itself, the proof has been well established. It is the only version based on the majority text or Received Text. The King James Bible is the Perfect Word of God - Her High Calling

Oh, why is there no law in the justice system to prevent people found NCR who committed serious crimes like murder from being released on day passes?

Apparently the federal law does not require someone who has been found not guilty of murder by reason of "not criminally responsible", although they committed the crime, does not require such a person to be kept in a mental institution under guard. They can be released on a day pass and go out to stab other people. Again, a total failure of the Trudeau liberals. Even the B.C. NDP leader, Premier Eby came out today and condemned what has happened. He should put his words into action and do whatever he can to change the system. Public safety comes first.

The existence of hell is well-documented in the King James Bible. Let us not fool ourselves or be deceived by others. Hell is a real place just as heaven is a real place. Jesus spoke clearly about hell. See Mark 9:43 KJV. Jesus was raised from the dead and seen by many eyewitnesses. This proves what he said is true. " Revelation 21:8 - But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. John 3:16-18 - 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. (Read More...) Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Revelation 20:15 - And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Matthew 25:46 - And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. Matthew 10:28 - And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Mark 9:43-48 - And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: (Read More...) Matthew 13:50 - And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Revelation 20:14 - And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 2 Thessalonians 1:9 - Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; Revelation 20:10 - And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Psalms 145:20 - The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. Matthew 5:22 - But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Hebrews 10:26-31 - For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, (Read More...) Revelation 14:11 - And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Luke 16:19-31 - There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: (Read More...) Luke 12:5 - But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. " BIBLE VERSES ABOUT HELL (kingjamesbibleonline.org)

Did you know according to the King James Bible there is a hell and a heaven? Ignoring it doesn't change the fact.

Whatever makes you feel good, go for it.

That's true. It would be difficult to end the existing system because so many FNs are totally dependent on government funding to exist. That's the problem. I don't know how it can be solved. Not overnight anyway. Would take decades, but I don't know if we are even moving in that direction. They need to become self-supporting somehow.

Sorry to have to tell you, but you are not in the category of "grown ups". You are incapable of a rational, respectful conversation. Your modus operandi is insults. Sometimes the truth must be told.

Just googled Starlink since you mentioned the name, and found out how much it costs for individual service. " Starlink is a division of SpaceX that offers satellite internet service to Canada and the rest of the world. The company recently expanded services throughout much of Canada, with only a few areas that are not yet part of its coverage map. Starlink’s $140/month Residential plan delivers unlimited data and download speeds up to 150Mbps, making it a great option for those in remote areas looking for faster internet service." Starlink Internet Canada Review 2023: Plans, prices, and speeds | WhistleOut When you consider the costs of living in some remote native village in the far north, it adds up to a lot of money. Housing, groceries, health care, education, etc. is prohibitively expensive. And FNs expect government to provide and pay for everything. So add another $140 a month to the bill and many Canadians in towns and cities across Canada begin to ask where are all these services for them? Why should natives or anyone living in some remote village receive everything for free while the other 40 million Canadians have to struggle to survive and now can't even afford the rent or to buy a home? The whole idea of providing free everything to some Canadians and not the other 40 million is a non-starter for many. It's just not a popular idea.

We know you are a woke liberal pretending to be a conservative. PP 's comments are not "harsh" as you claim. He speaks the truth in the language that draws support. That's how politicians have to speak to be successful. That's just how politics works. Trudeau is the biggest fake and divider that ever existed. So what are you talking about? If anyone talks "harshly", it is Trudeau. He has made endless divisive comments in the process of wrecking this country.