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Your insults show a flaw in your character. My opinion has nothing to do with self centeredness. You feel superior. Tough.

You're not capable of rational thinking. Time to move along and accept the fact someone has a different opinion than you, which you can't understand. You have to learn to respect other people's opinions without being insulting. That's your big problem. A difference in opinion is one thing, but when you can't take it without insulting, then you disqualified yourself from the discussion, much like some others on here who've been blocked for good reason.

No I'm not self centred. I just have common sense that you can't cope with. When fire fighters drop water on a forest fire, they don't go everywhere where there is no fire and drop the water. The concentrate on the fire area. But if throwing out false accusations makes you feel better somehow, go for it.

I never said they shouldn't send it to truck drivers, buses, and travelers in the area. Of course they should and likely did. You are confused. An amber alert should go out to everyone in a given area through the cell phone towers in that area. It should reach everyone in the area regardless of where they came from. The telecommunications system should be capable of doing that.

As I said the amber alert should have been issued for the northwest area, not the whole province. It turns out I was correct. They found them in Burns Lake because of a tip from the public. That is a distance of 349 KM from Terrace and is on highway 16 and about 3 hrs 49 minutes drive along Highway 16 from Terrace. Highway 16 is the only route out of the northwest to get to Vancouver or other places via Prince George and that is the area the amber alert should have been given to, which it was, and not far distant areas a thousand or more km outside the northwest. Surely the telephone company has the ability to issue it to specific areas if requested to do so. " The short-lived BC Amber Alert issued early Monday is being credited with the safe return of two children. RCMP said Terrace RCMP were informed May 10 that two children had been taken by an individual and the children may be in danger. "Within 1.5 hours of the BC Amber Alert, tips were received; the children were located in the Burns Lake area within the suspect vehicle, and two individuals were ultimately taken into custody in relation to this incident," RCMP said in a media release. unquote Children found in Burns Lake due to successful use of Amber Alert - Castanet.net

You are making the foolish assumption. I never said there should be no amber alert in the northwest area. Of course there should be in the areas along highway 16 between Prince Rupert and Prince George and even down south of Prince George perhaps as far as Williams Lake. But putting out an alert farther than the woman could possibly travel doesn't make much sense. You simply calculate the time she would have left Terrace in case she was planning to leave and calculate the possible places she could reach and alert those areas along the highway. The RCMP probably alerted other forces in the towns along highway 16 so they would have been watching for her vehicle. This whole thing had nothing to do with the cities and towns in southern BC and Vancouver Island or southeast BC. Simple. Not rocket science.

They didn't tell the public but it looks like they found them right in Terrace. On the report I read they didn't say where they found them or give any details for some reason. Withholding the the details from the public? Why? Is it because they don't want us to know a province wide alert was a mistake. They found the children and cancelled the amber alert at 3:30AM, 2-1/2 hours after it was issued. That proves there was no need to send it out to whole province and wake everyone up 2,000 km away, including the millions of people in the lower Mainland and Vancouver Island who could have contributed absolutely nothing to help. How is that helping in any way? Common sense man is what is needed.

Your usual bull reply. I'm sure in this day and age they have the technology to select what area to issue the amber alert. The telecommunications network is all computer controlled. Amber alerts are simply messages sent out by computer. Of course they can program it to send it to whatever area they wish. I doubt very much they must send it out to the whole province. The kids were probably found in Terrace as the RCMP announced they found them at 3:30AM, just 2-1/2 hours after they issued the Amber Alert. So it is doubtful the Amber Alert had anything to do with finding them, but it is possible. They just haven't said. Could be someone is Terrace heard the alert and reported seeing something. We don't know. They haven't said how they found them. Considering the location of Terrace, it would have made more sense to just issue it to Terrace and possibly towns within a few hundred kilometers. But to wake up everyone in greater Vancouver and Vancouver Island, no. It made no sense. Simple logic.

Just another guy who can't think straight. Why not alert the whole country and get 40 million people out of bed? The fact is the woman who took them could only drive a few hundred kilometers along highway 16 in a few hours. The police in Terrace knew they were last seen only a few hours before the 1AM amber alert. Lots of time to put road checks on Highway 16. No reason to wake up the rest of B.C. That is extremely far from where the population of B.C. live. The only route out of Terrace is Highway 16. I know, I lived in the area for decades. She would have to drive to Prince George first if she was heading for the Vancouver area. That is the only route out of there. So it would take at least 20 hours to get to Vancouver. They could put up a road block anywhere along highway 16 between Terrace and Prince George if she was really trying to travel toward Vancouver or Prince George. Absolutely no reason to wake everyone up in the lower mainland and Vancouver Island or the rest of the province outside that area at 1AM. And actually they found them at 3:30AM but didn't say where on the news report. Probably in Terrace. All this doesn't matter to you. We know you just like to throw BS around for fun. That's why you are blocked.

If they keep doing this for cases that are far from the population and useless to the cause, a lot of people will just disable their phones or shut the alert system off. That will make the whole system far less useful. It is like crying wolf when there is no wolf around.

Lots of people who are wakened up in the middle of the night take hours to get to sleep again. Doing that for nothing is totally irresponsible, especially when they are a couple thousand kilometers from the area. It doesn't take much intelligence to figure that out.

You are totally brain dead. Look on a map and learn that Terrace is in remote northwest B.C. about 20 hours by road from Vancouver and southern B..C. where almost all the population lives. Millions of people live in the southern edge of B.C. and have to go to get up in the morning to go to work and everything else. Waking all the populations of B.C. up in the middle of the night will do absolutely nothing to find these two kids. Use your head and think a little. There are a few towns up in northwest B.C. like Prince Rupert 90 km west of Terrace and one highway between Terrace and the other towns east of Terrace. If you can come up with any idea why waking people up in the middle of the night will contribute anything to finding this woman and the two kids, let us know. Even Prince George is about six hours east of Terrace. Perhaps issue an Amber Alert in the morning when people are up and getting ready to go out might make some sense. But nobody is going out in the middle of the night so how is it going to help? It isn't. Also, The woman could only travel a certain distance by car and could not reach the lower mainland where almost everyone lives. Therefore there is no reason to wake up everyone in the lower mainland or Vancouver Island in the middle of night for this. Whoever did it should seriously be examined and replaced with with someone with a brain.

Two children were abducted in Terrace BC, 2000 km by road from Vancouver and they woke up everyone they could in BC at 1 AM.

Canada would do well to seriously examine the German health care system. The problem is in Canada we have two major levels of government and the provinces are mainly responsible for health care. There are major problems in the Canadian health care system but it seems there is no way to fix the problems. The system is paralyzed. I don't know how Canada can rectify that. It seems our confederation is more of a hindrance to fixing the health care system than a help. How do we get around that. quote Public Health Insurance (GKV) Eligibility: Mandatory for employees earning below €73,800 per year (2025 threshold), students, pensioners, and people receiving unemployment benefits. Freelancers and self-employed individuals may choose GKV or PKV scienceinsights.org+1. Funding: Contributions are income-based, currently around 14.6% of gross income, split equally between employer and employee, with additional supplementary contributions varying by fund www.doctolib.de. Coverage: Includes doctor visits, hospital care, prescription drugs, preventive services, and long-term care. Non-working spouses and children are covered at no extra cost scienceinsights.org. Administration: Managed by about 105 non-profit sickness funds (Krankenkassen), which negotiate fees with providers and hospitals. The Federal Joint Committee determines covered services and quality standards commonwealthfund.org. Private Health Insurance (PKV) Eligibility: Available to employees above the income threshold, self-employed, and civil servants. Premiums: Calculated individually based on age, health status, and risk factors. Young, healthy individuals often pay lower premiums, but costs increase with age. Each family member requires a separate policy scienceinsights.org. Benefits: Often include faster access to specialists, newer treatments, and more comprehensive coverage than GKV. Switching back to public insurance later can be difficult scienceinsights.org. Historical Context Germany pioneered social health insurance under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in 1883, initially covering workers and gradually expanding to universal coverage by 2007 commonwealthfund.org+1. The system is built on principles of solidarity, subsidiarity, and corporatism, ensuring access for all while allowing self-governance by insurers and providers Wikipedia. System Features Universal access: Nearly all residents are insured, and hospitals and doctors treat patients regardless of insurance type commonwealthfund.org. Self-administration: Providers, insurers, and patient representatives share decision-making, with the government regulating but not directly delivering care www.doctolib.de. High-quality outcomes: Germany has high physician density, low infant mortality, and strong life expectancy, reflecting effective healthcare delivery Wikipedia. Funding scale: Healthcare spending is about 12–13% of GDP, making it one of the most expensive systems globally www.doctolib.de. Challenges The system faces pressures from an aging population, workforce shortages, rising demand for services, and administrative complexity. Policy priorities include addressing climate change, infectious diseases, and antibiotic resistance www.doctolib.de. Summary Germany’s healthcare system is a dual, universal, and highly regulated system that combines public and private insurance to provide comprehensive coverage. It emphasizes solidarity, equitable access, and self-governance, ensuring that nearly all residents receive medical care while balancing cost, quality, and efficiency Wikipedia+2. unquote

Yes, we are over burdened with government administration, taxes, and control. Do you know it now costs the provincial government 1.8 million dollars to build each long term care bed? There are 7,200 people waiting to get into a long term or extended care home. The construction of long term care homes has been put on hold by the provincial government until the companies find a way to bring the price down. It is over burdened with bureaucracy and red tape regulations at every step of the process. Under the existing rules, long term care rooms are being built like hospital rooms which also increases the price a lot. Meanwhile, thousands of elderly people can't get into long term care and are stuck in hospitals at $1,500 per day or with aged relatives struggling to look after them.

A meeting of Metro Vancouver’s Regional Planning Committee on Thursday that lasted less than four minutes saw each member make a whopping $557. The regional government body has confirmed to CTV News that each of the 13 members who attended the scheduled 9 a.m. meeting—some of them virtually—will receive the standard compensation as laid out in its Remuneration Bylaw: a $7,241 hit to taxpayers. Metro Vancouver has come under increasing scrutiny due to the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant boondoggle, plus it’s massive 41-person board, each member of which is paid per meeting up to a daily cap of $1,114. Metro Vancouver meeting nets committee members $557 for 4 minutes The provincial government which is the BC NDP under Premier Eby is the one in charge who could do something about this out of control metro board, but they continue to refuse to touch the problem. Meanwhile the taxpayers are the ones footing the bill.

Europe has a long history of anti-Semitism going back 2,000 years. Get the book "God's First Love, Christians and Jews over two thousand years" by Friedrich Heer.

Canada and the provinces need to examine the German health care system. It is a combination of public and private, It sounds like it is a much better system than Canada's failing system. You can read about it by doing an internet search. Many people in Canada have a mental block driven by radical leftist ideology and refuse to consider changing the failed system.

So you have just admitted you are responsible for the continuing catch and release of criminals and repeated crime against businesses. You sound proud to be allowing all the crime to continue. Your excuse is the wealth distribution has to be changed or some kind of Communist system that gives the repeat offenders a better financial situation or more prosperous life. That is your excuse for doing nothing to stop all the crime. That is a really sad, deplorable way of looking at the world and a bizarre way of thinking. According to your thinking, criminals can just carry on with their crime and nothing will change unless some miracle happens to make all these repeat offenders financially well off. That is really a terrible, perverse way of thinking. You are actually more of a hindrance to building a safe, law abiding society than a help. An example why Canada is in the mess it is in. At least you are honest in admitting what your belief is. I give you credit for that. But you do need help. Perhaps find a good, Bible believing church where you can learn something about the truth about the fallen human nature and the need for repent. Those who are responsible for evil such as the repeated offenders need to be taken off the streets to protect law-abiding citizens and businesses. Why don't you care about the well-being of good people and care more for criminals?

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If you are opposed to the catch and release of repeat offenders, why do you support Liberals or NDP? They are the parties responsible for the soft-on-crime system.

Are you ok with the constant catch and release of repeat offenders and the light sentences given to murderers?

Chinese cars are generally banned from Canada because they can be far below the price of cars made in Canada by the big three. The typical wage in Canada for an auto worker is $35 an hour or $72,000 per year PLUS benefits. In China auto workers earn typically $4,000 per year. I don't know what kind of benefits they receive. Of course the cost of living is far lower in China than here. The system works differently so it might be hard to compare. But the fact is obvious. They can produce EVs or anything at a fraction of the price of things produced in Canada or the U.S. The government regulates what cars are allowed in to Canada from elsewhere to be sold. This is catering to the auto industry in Canada of course. In effect, Canadians are forced to pay a very high price for vehicles made in Canada in order that auto workers continue to earn the high wages and benefits they earn. Many other Canadians do not earn near that kind of wages and benefits. That's the problem. People earning far less are forced to buy these expensive cars made in Canada in order to protect the big three auto companies in Canada. I have to admit I don't know what the answer is. It is a conundrum.

Yes, liberals eventually lose, but they do a lot of damage in the meantime. They govern Canada two thirds of the time. They spend wildly and conservatives are expected to clean up the mess. That's the story of Canada.

B.C. under the radical NDP is in a slow suicide mode now. The NDP is in the process of giving everyone's right to private property away to the natives. Mines and resource development must seek the approval of native bands for resource development if it happens to be on land claimed as their traditional territory. This is part of the BC NDP DRIPA law that they brought in a few years ago. Eby promised to amend it months ago, but now under pressure from FN chiefs, he backed down and put the whole thing on hold. It is obvious a handful of unelected natives are actually running this province, not the elected government. Crime is out of control, extortion rampant, and homelessness and crime a serious problem. The province may be under NDP rule for another three years, during which time they could do more serious damage to the province.