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Yes, and that is a good thing. Without foreign companies and their investments we wouldn't have the thousands of good-paying jobs and billions of dollars in royalties and taxes in Canada to pay for all of our health care, and other services we receive. Foreign companies is why Canada is prosperous and Alberta is the most prosperous province in Canada. T That is an obvious lie. I asked Google the question, do we have oil refineries in Canada? "Yes, Canada has refineries for oil. As of 2025, there are 17 operational refineries in Canada, with a total refining capacity of nearly 2 million barrels of oil per day. These refineries are operated by various companies, including Imperial Oil, Shell Canada, and Suncor Energy, which manage multiple facilities across the country. Refineries in different regions process a mix of domestically produced and imported crude oil. Pocket Option+3 unquote We are at capacity for oil refineries in Canada. We need to ship and sell our oil overseas to make Canada an energy superpower. Now I will go to McDonalds and get a great one dollar coffee from a great foreign company.

What is criminal about our health care system is the way it is set up to prohibit private health care and private health insurance from being a partner in providing health care for everyone. The result of this controlled health care-denying system is everyone has equal access to dying on a waiting list or not having a family doctor or often not having excellent timely care. The health care unions and the left political parties claim they oppose ANY private care involvement ostensibly because the strictly government run system will provide equal health care for everyone. Sadly that is not the way it has worked out. Their ideology has proven a failure.

The mindset of the government in Quebec seems to be an inherited mindset from the Dark Ages of the Holy Roman Inquisition. That was a long period in history that lasted around five centuries when the state and church acted together to stamp out all opposition or even questioning of the dominant religion which was Roman Catholicism. Anybody who did not go along with Rome or did not participate in it was a target of the Inquisition, which meant torture, imprisonment, or death. The Jews were a major target as were some minority religious groups. Of course they won't go that far in the present law in Quebec, but basic freedom of religion will be under attack as it has at times in the history of Quebec. Even though the Quebec government claims to be acting to enforce secularism, it is really stamping out anything contrary to the dominant religion of Quebec, which is Roman Catholicism. This Quebec government in the legislature has a huge crucifix in the legislature which they do not wish to remove and if you asked each of them, most would likely admit that they are Roman Catholics. So now they are bringing in laws that mainly target other practicing religions in Quebec. quote Jean-François Roberge, Quebec's minister responsible for secularism, said the bill is part of the government's longstanding goal of ensuring the "religious neutrality of the state" and "equality for all citizens." "We think that when the state is neutral, Quebecers are free," Roberge said at a news conference Thursday. Roberge rejected a suggestion from a reporter that religious minorities were unfairly targeted with Bill 9. "We have the same rules applying to everyone," he said. The proposed changes include: Banning subsidized daycare and private school workers from wearing religious symbols, such as a hijab or kippa (with a clause exempting those already in their position). Prohibiting public institutions, such as hospitals, from only offering food based on a religious tradition, such as halal or kosher meals. Roberge said other meals would need to be offered as well. Phasing out public subsidies for religious private schools that select students or staff based on religious affiliation, or that teach religious content. (NOTE: Catholic schools in Quebec will not be touched or defunded but other religious schools will see their funding phased out) Banning prayer spaces in public institutions including universities, as well as group prayers in public spaces such as parks without municipal authorization. Universities are "not a temple or a church," Roberge said. Expanding the requirement to have an uncovered face at all times to anyone present in a public education setting. The bill also invokes the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively, shielding it from challenges under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. unquote Quebec's new secularism bill targets daycare workers, prayer spaces and religious meals This of course is a denial of freedom of religion which is guaranteed under the Charter of Rights. But we know where this is coming from. It is a deeply ingrained mentality in Romanism to eliminate all other religious practices and beliefs. Catholic schools will not be defunded either. In a way it is totalitarianism and does not bode well for freedom in general in Quebec.

Right at the moment a woman Indian chief up on the north coast who probably represents an aboriginal band of a few thousand natives is telling our Canadian governments they will never give to permission for oil tankers off the B.C. north coast or permission for an oil pipeline to Prince Rupert. She has no real authority and is not the governor of Canada. There are 40 million Canadians. She is not our ruler and should have a cold shower. She should and hope she is ignored and told to get lost.

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You really need psycho help. quote More than 1,500 people in B.C.'s Interior died while on a medical waitlist in B.C.'s Interior over the past fiscal year. The data was recently compiled through an number of Freedom of Information requests by the thinktank SecondStreet.org, showing 4,620 people in British Columbia died while on a wait list between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025. These included 3,781 deaths among those waiting for medical diagnostics and 839 deaths among those waiting for surgeries. unquote More than 1,500 people in B.C.'s Interior died while on a medical waitlist last fiscal year - Castanet.net

They won't. So that's the problem. Government can't give them what they demand. They want everything to go back to pre-settlement days. Not going to happen.

You don't understand. If aboriginals demand the whole province of vast territories, it is impossible to reach a deal. That is why there are no treaties in many areas. You can't give away vast areas to unreasonable demands.

This is just another example of a serious problem with the so-called public health care system in Canada. It denies essential care and medication in some cases and leaves people to wait in pain to die. There is one case in Saskatchewan where a woman has chosen Medical assistance in dying (MAID) in the coming January because she has been refused care so far. She is in extreme pain and requires urgent surgery, but so far has not be given it, possibly because there is no surgeon in the province capable of doing it and they won't send her somewhere else to get it. A young man went into the Surrey hospital recently in pain and serious symptoms and was sent home with anti-biotics and died within 24 hours. This is being investigated. quote An appeals board says Manitoba should pick up the tab for the spinal surgery a patient had in another country amid debilitating pain and intolerable wait times in the province. The Manitoba Health Appeal Board suggests the patient met the criteria for urgent surgery, but resorted to paying more than $77,000 for it out-of-country last fall due to barriers they faced in the provincial health-care system, as their condition began "rapidly deteriorating." "Their health required surgery without delay…. The appellant was in a state of urgency and had lost bowel and bladder function and was being severely debilitated by their condition," the board — an arm's-length organization intended to provide recourse for patients unsatisfied with certain health-care related decisions — wrote in its October decision. "This situation is deeply concerning to the board." The Manitoba Health Appeal Board met in July to review the complaint and recommended the patient be reimbursed for costs incurred for out-of-province medical services, a diagnostic procedure, accommodations and travel. In its review, published online Oct. 29, the board asks Manitoba Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara to respond within 60 days. unquote Appeal board says Manitoba should pay for out-of-country spinal surgery in 'deeply concerning' case Nobody should have to go through this and struggle to find help to get care. The public system is a complete disaster also with millions with no family doctor and thousands of patients on waiting lists, many of whom will die before they receive care.

That's not the point. The fact is they claim about 120% of British Columbia as their territory, which means some of their ancient ancestors might have hunted or fished, for a few weeks, 50, 100, or 200 kilometers from where they lived. Or they might have traveled to attack some neighbouring tribe, to massacre them, and take slaves. Therefore they claim it as their "traditional territory" and want massive compensation. That's what the term "traditional territory" means to them. They know the weaknesses of non-natives and know they can extort massive amounts of money and land and other things out of white man. They want us to accept them as the owners of land that they never really occupied and pay them forever. That's what this is all about.

That's your belief, but it may be completely false. It could be just a fictional claim invented by the woke and natives who are making wild claims. The source of that claim is more likely an invention by people like yourself and people who nowadays think we are just colonials who have no right to be here. No sensible person believes that nonsense. Occupation of land is nine-tenths of the law. The people of B.C. who own land are perfectly in the right and any contrary opinion is absurd nonsense. The natives do not own the areas they are claiming as their traditional territory. You need to stop being a traitor to non-natives. You are selling out all Canadians and trying to make us slaves of aboriginals. What kind of ideology is that? That is NDP woke ideology.

I don't think you know what you're talking about. The British who settled in British Columbia never asked the local aboriginals for permission to do so and nobody believed that had to have permission. They just came here, settled, and formed B.C. That is just how the world was settled. In fact, the settlers didn't force aboriginals out of where they were living. They just settled in vacant areas. So the whole business of aboriginals claiming wide swaths of land as their "traditional territory" today is a frivolous claim. They may have travelled through other areas from where they resided in order to fish and hunt, but that was long ago and the world has changed. That is not how the people live today. So the claim of traditional territory is a bogus claim used as a excuse to get more out of white man. That is why there is no way politicians should recognize such bogus claims and surrender to them. quote The colony of British Columbia was founded in 1858 in response to the Fraser River Gold Rush. (See also The Fraser River Gold Rush and the Founding of British Columbia.) The colony established representative government in 1864 and merged with the colony of Vancouver Island in 1866. In May 1868, Amor De Cosmos formed the Confederation League to bring responsible government to BC and to join Confederation. In September 1868, the Confederation League passed 37 resolutions outlining the terms for a union with the Dominion of Canada. The terms were passed by both the BC assembly and the federal Parliament in 1871. The colony joined Canada as the country’s sixth province on 20 July 1871. The threat of American annexation, embodied by the Alaska purchase of 1867, and the promise of a railway linking BC to the rest of Canada, were decisive factors." British Columbia and Confederation | The Canadian Encyclopedia As I've often said, you need to do some reading and get a little education.

The ruling that gave the Cowichan Indian band legal rights over a large piece of land in Richmond, BC sets a precedent for all Canadian owners of property. Precedents are used in courts to argue the validity of other claims over land. " NEW WESTMINSTER — A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court says the provincial and federal governments had "long-standing" knowledge that unresolved Indigenous land claims threatened the security of property ownership in Canada. The lawsuit filed this week in New Westminster, B.C., alleges the recent decision by the court recognizing the Cowichan Tribes' title over a swath of property in Richmond, B.C., has caused economic and ‘psychological harm" to members of the proposed class." Lawsuit seeks damages against B.C., federal government over Cowichan title ruling When the NDP and other MLAs in the legislature in Victoria adopted the United Nations Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) did they really think this through before they voted on it. Did they realize they could be creating a monster of a problem for Canadians, particularly property owners. It was already well known that various band were claiming over 100% of British Columbia as their "traditional territory". So what on earth were they thinking in adopting a motion of this nature? Well, now the truth is coming out. They have put the ownership of private property in Canada at serious risk and created a monster that has the potential of causing serious psychological harm to Canadians. One has to feel some empathy for the people in Richlmond, BC who are now victims of this mentality in the political world which seems to be entirely removed from reality. Recently the NDP and other MLAs in Victoria also defeated a motion to put a stop to the land acknowledgements that are repeatedly made by municipal, provincial, and federal politicians when they get up to speak somewhere. These kind of acknowledgements are a serious attack on the property rights of individual citizens. This is shameful ignorance and leadership in this country. They are creating a monster.

I'll tell you what I said. "Now our private property rights may be in jeopardy because of the NDP. UNDRIP may have given away a lot of our rights." He or she responded: "you should have no rights on stolen lands and resources, we have asked corporate Kkkanada and it's citizens to provide a bill of sale, they can't, cause it's stolen. Property rights just prove possession of stolen lands and crying about the theft, there needs to be charges for possession of stolen lands. Justice." Obviously he or she is a professional red power activist who believes all non-natives are living on stolen land and resources. These are dangerous radicals. You have swallowed the great lie that we are all colonials who stole the land. What are you doing here? If you think you stole the land, why don't you go back where your ancestors came from? Simple, you are a hypocrite who pretends you believe the red power radicals just so you can throw BS around on the forum at conservatives who don't buy all that nonsense.

The point is just having electricity produced by non-fossil fuels is not a transition from anything. We in BC have used hydro electric dams for ages and we are not transitioning off fossil fuels. So it proves nothing. All those countries would be still using gas and diesel powered vehicles, ships, planes, and trucks etc. So you have shown nothing to prove a country is transitioning. What a tiny country does also proves nothing if they don't have the industries etc. that larger countries have. They have nothing to transition from. So what you are claiming is just a joke.

I looked and those countries didn't "transition" away from fossil fuels. They are mostly very tiny countries. Some have a lot of hydro power. That proves nothing. Just having the electricity in a small country produced without fossil fuels is not an example of a transition. All countries are still using fossil fuels for almost everything. We is B.C. have always had hydro-electric dams for electricity. That doesn't prove anything.

I wouldn't waste my time arguing with insanity and fictitious nonsense. That's how they make their living, spreading manure (BS.

Here is what a native red power activist told me on another forum today. "you should have no rights on stolen lands and resources, we have asked corporate Kkkanada and it's citizens to provide a bill of sale, they can't, cause it's stolen. Property rights just prove possession of stolen lands and crying about the theft, there needs to be charges for possession of stolen lands. Justice."

You must be a "reasonable Muslim". .

There are people on here that can't think rationally at all. No matter what anyone says about supporting our energy industry, they say NO and give no rational reason. Total waste of time. It's a bit like trying to reason with someone with serious mental disability that can only say one or two words.

The Pembina Institute is a radical environmentalist organization, partly funded by foreign money. They are opponents of the Canadian energy industry.

Why are you pretending there was no Energy East pipeline proposal that was killed under Trudeau?

Wow! You need to do some reading. A simple search will tell you why the Energy East project was cancelled. It was cancelled mainly because of regulatory hurdles (under Trudeau) and opposition from Quebec, FNs, environmental radicals, and liberal/NDP/Green politicians. "The Energy East project was terminated primarily due to regulatory hurdles and opposition. Key factors included: Regulatory Uncertainty: The National Energy Board's decision to re-scope the project and its subsequent changes led to significant uncertainty for TransCanada. Political Opposition: Activists and local leaders, including Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre, opposed the project on environmental grounds, which contributed to its cancellation. Market Conditions: A significant drop in oil prices and the lack of support from key stakeholders, including the federal government, also played a role in the project's demise. These factors combined created a challenging environment for the Energy East project, ultimately leading to its cancellation in October 2017. 3 Sources

"Lheidli T'enneh First Nation bans herbicide use across north-central B.C. A First Nation in north-central B.C. says it is banning the use of herbicides across all of its territory, which includes Prince George and the Robson Valley. The Lheidli T'enneh First Nation says the ban is being put into place because of the negative impacts herbicides, and glyphosate in particular, have had on the environment and wildlife for which they are stewards. "It is our duty to disallow toxic chemicals in our territory that reduce biodiversity and have negative impacts on our members' health, wellbeing and the environment where we exercise our living rights and traditions," Lheidli T'enneh Elected Chief Dolleen Logan said in a statement. She also says the nation expects both government and private industry workers operating in the region to adhere to the ban. It was not immediately clear if the ban would also apply to private and municipal property. The nation says it will share more details of the ban at a news conference Tuesday morning. The Lheidli T'enneh First Nation says its traditional territories span approximately 41,000 square kilometres that have not been ceded via treaty or other means, spanning from the Rocky Mountains near Valemount through the Interior Plateau and the city of Prince George. City says it uses herbicides 'sparingly' CBC News has reached out to the province, as well as the City of Prince George, for their response to the nation's ban. In a statement, the city said it uses herbicides "sparingly," primarily to target trees impacting critical city infrastructure such as sewer lines. While a spokesperson said they have yet to speak directly with the Lheidli T'enneh about the ban, the statement said that the two levels of government have a "good relationship" and "staff look forward to learning more about the ban and working together to find suitable alternative where possible." Lheidli T'enneh First Nation bans herbicide use across north-central B.C. This is another case where giving aboriginals the names "First Nations" and pushing the idea that non-natives are 'colonials" and intruders, making land acknowledgements is backfiring big time. The more you give them, the more they demand. They are using this herbicide ban as a front for huge land claims. A woke judge gave the Cowichan band some kind of rights over a huge part of the city of Richmond including over a hundred private properties. The Kamloops band claims a large part of the city of Kamloops. They use the unproven claim of finding 250 graves of residential school children as a propaganda tool to make huge land claims as well. Political leaders have been making land acknowledgements constantly and are selling out Canadians and Canada for votes. This is creating a huge problem that we must face up to. They will soon be claiming the city of Prince George and/or various parts of the 41,000 square kilometers covering that area. Wake up people. These aboriginals know what they are doing and we are the suckers.

You think using blasphemy proves anything? You need to be born again and repent. The King James Bible New Testament will tell you how to be born again. Are you heading for hell? Read the King James Bible and find out. You haven't given any explanation of how other countries have transitioned away from fossil fuels (if they even have) which is doubtful. More likely a made-up claim.