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Who cares what the criminal history of the passenger was? He had a ticket and did not cause as disruption like the airline claimed. I think I saw on TV that United Airlines shares dropped the other day by a billion dollars. Wow! Money and millions of people have spoken.

WASPS (white Anglo-Saxon Protestants) are an endangered species in Canada. There may be many Orthodox, Catholics and others who agree with WASPS and actually form a kind of coalition to support the idea of defending a Canadian culture from the onslaught of those from other parts of world who oppose our culture and traditions. I believe it has historically been known as a Judeo-Christian culture. It is the western culture which was brought to North America from Europe starting around 500 years ago. It has been falling off the tracks in the last 100 years because of pressures of various sorts, including the liberal ideology of "multiculturalism". Multiculturalism has been a failed experiment in some ways. One need only look at the mess in Europe to realize that. One does not have to be a Jew or Christian to still believe in the Judeo-Christian culture as the basis of our western culture and democracy.

That would cost the medical system too much. Too many people visiting doctors already for very questionable reasons. When I was visiting Manitoba last year, I found they had brought in a new regulation requiring anyone to get a doctor's prescription to buy 222s with caffiene & codiene. So when you have a headache and need some 222s, you can't even walk into a drugstore and get them. I was shocked. This is costing Manitoba a fortune. You must wait until the walk-in clinic opens and go sit there, maybe for a couple hours. Glad I don't live in Manitoba. How much does it cost the medical system in Manitoba for one doctor's visit? Far more than the cost of a bottle of 222s.

Ontario has been mis-managed so badly by the Liberal government of Ontario. It is a total disaster. The Liberals went whole-hog into the green thing. I think they have the green energy act. Then they started building wind generators like crazy. They used taxpayer money to subsidize the green energy industry and that cost Ontario far more money. They wasted billions of dollars with the gas plant fiasco when they shut down gas plants. They wasted hundred of millions of dollars in the computerized medical records system disaster. To make matters worse, the people re-elected the Liberals in Ontario in the last election. Now they will have carbon pricing which will push up the cost of living even more. On top of it, you have the insane real estate prices in the major cities like Toronto that make it impossible for a middle income person to buy a home.

No, I don't think it is a good idea. First, I don't believe in man-made climate change. Google Ten Reasons Climate Change is a Hoax. Secondly, fossil fuels will be needed for the forseeable future. There is no viable alternative. Canada has a huge geography where many Canadians live in small towns or villages scattered over this vast country. Many people must travel long distances for various reasons. Electric cars are generally far more expensive than gas or diesel powered cars. Many people must drive trucks for their jobs and electric is not a viable option of trucks because of the amount of power trucks require. The main reason I oppose it is the high cost of electric cars and the inability of being able to drive long distances without stopping frequently for long periods of time to re-charge the batteries. We have a vast fossil fuel resources in the ground in Canada and we need to find ways to get pipelines built to be able to sell it to foreign markets. Right now Canada is losing billions of dollars because of the inaction and incompetence of the govenments of Canada.

I agree with you that materialism is a problem. I don't think if someone becomes a christian it means he has to give up everything he has. Everyone is at a different level of prosperity. Some have much; some have very little and are just trying to make ends meet. Rich people often donate generously. I don't think I use the bible as a damning weapon; I hope not. I don't think that is the way it is to be used. But is is full of warnings which we cannot ignore. The good thing is the bible teaches God is merciful and ready to forgive. Yes, Jesus is a healing agent. I agree with that. There are so many people suffering in different ways. There are many situations that people are in that there might not be an easy solution for. Family problems are major. Surely there must be an answer for that through the bible. I think Jesus is the answer. Yes, this is Easter week, an important time of the year for christians everywhere. Cheers.

Back in the 1970s, 1980s, and maybe later, we had some priests in central and south America who were apparently teaching "liberation theology". Maybe Google it. This is a marxist theology that supports revolution, including violence. This appealed to masses or the uneducated catholic people in those poor countries in central America. That may be why you had the war in El Salvador and some other central American and south American countries. Also don't forget the present pope is a Jesuit priest and he has promoted socialist ideas and criticized capitalism. So what is his ideology? Meanwhile the Vatican is probably the richest corporation in the world with billions of dollars accumulated over nearly 2000 years.

The heading for this subject is not something I would choose. If one is following the teachings of the bible (and few of us are strictly speaking), how does one say it is too much. But if one is in the wrong religion, then any amount is too much.

You said the Haradi were about 10% of the population of Israel. I saw that program the other night also. I don't think they will grow that much. There are probably a number of different sects. But the difference between them is they still live in a democracy in Israel. They have basic freedoms which the Muslim world does not have and are probably outnumbered by about 100 to 1 in the middle east, or maybe 1000 to 1. It's a sad situation but not much we can do about it, except put up a wall.

You should have said Islam instead of religion. One can be devoted to their christian religion and attend a christian school or university and be devoted to their education as well. The work ethic which includes education is part of the christian religion, particularly the Reformed churches and possibly other denominations.

I gave you a lot of information, carefully thought out, but you responded with a one sentence comment. So I don't know if you agree with the various details I gave you. The ordinary conservatives (not necessarily a party member) I believe favours birth control. Even the Catholic church people mostly ignore the prohibition against birth control I heard. I think most of what I said would also describe ordinary conservatives, not necessarily party members. A woman working in the Liberal government at Global Affairs is reported to have written a book for elementary non-Muslim school children to teach them with pictures to wear Niqabs or Hijabs to school to make Muslim students feel comfortable. This is completely wrong and demonstrates the kind of extreme social engineering Liberals will try.

It seems N. Korea is a very unstable place. I heard many people in South Korea are christians. In fact I heard they supply more missionaries than any other country in the world. I don't know if that's a fact or not, but I can understand living under the threat of North Korea could make one nervous. I hope and pray there will be no war with N. Korea. I think the U.S. has to find a way to negotiate with them to find a meaningful solution. I don't think there is a military solution. War would be catastrophic. The number of people killed in Seoul, South Korea could be in the millions, not to mention the number in N. Korea and other places. It could also draw China in.

I was wondering if anyone knows how it works with resource development if there is no treaty in an area. Logging, mining, etc. seem to be continuing to operate in areas throughout the province and there are no treaties in most of these areas. I would assume a treaty is not necessary to log and mine in an area. It is still crown land even though native bands claim it is their traditional territory. So what does a treaty accomplish?

People "discuss" things as a form of social interaction. Do you understand what I mean by social interaction? A person does not have to have a lot of information. If we don't discuss anything, then we don't really get to know other people. Sometimes we learn something from someone else that we never thought of. Sharing information and opinion is part of life. I am surprised you don't think discussion is a good idea. If you can't discuss things with people, you may have a hard time in life. It is important to learn to discuss things with people. These forums are a good way to learn.

Conservatives have never said a word against birth control. The Pope and RCC is against it but not the Conservative Party. Yes there are many Conservatives opposed to abortion. But the Conservative party has never had a leader that would do anything about abortion. However, I don't know if the majority of CPC members oppose abortion. It is a bad thing and should be outlawed. I don't think most Conservatives oppose someone wearing the hijab/niqab on the street but they probably oppose it during the immigration ceremony and if one is a public servant. There should be no religious symbols if one is serving the public. I think most Canadians agree. Liberals are more in favour of controlling people's lives as with M103. Conservatives no so much. That's why Harper opposed the long form census. Too intrusive in people's lives. Trudeau brought it back. I believe Liberals meddle in the Arts and culture by funding Canadian arts groups and culture. Also I think they have used government to control what television channels Canadians get and what movies we watch. There are movies Americans get on Netflix for example that Canadians do not get I believe. This is all liberal social engineeering. Big government knows what's best for you. Yes Conservatives are strong on support for the military. Looks like Trudeau is going to cut back on spending for the military. Liberals are a little more pacifist than the Conservatives. That's why Trudeau withdrew our fighter jets from the fight against ISIS. NDP is strongly pacifist.

Just looked through the report on the present status of treaties with native bands in B.C. and found that very few have been completed. There is a six stage process. A good number have reached stage four but seem to be stuck in that stage. Many bands are not in any negotiation at all, which is their right. Wonder how this bodes for resource development in B.C. Not sure how one could know or find out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_of_First_Nations_treaties_in_British_Columbia

So you never even read the article. I never suggested to get rid of lefties or atheists. That is something you threw in there. You use unparliamentary language. Seems like you are angry and venting yourself on here. I'm not interested in joining in that kind of discussion.

Just watching on CBC TV at Vimy Ridge 100th anniversary memorial today April 9, 2017 in France. I think 3,500 Canadians lost their lives at Vimy Ridge. The huge sacrifice made there by Canadians represents the freedoms we have today.

Every one is born with the sinful, fallen nature, you and me included. Not sure if you read the article about the title. The Enlightenment has become the liberal-leftist ideology. Atheism is dragging the west down. It is threatening civilization. You need to examine it to see if there is any truth to the claim. It makes sense to me. Canada was built on the Judeo-Christian culture in the past 500 years but in the last 100 years has shifted so that those in power and media actually oppose the things that built our civilization. Trudeau worships at the alter of "diversity". He talks as if that is the be all and end all. His concept of diversity is to shove Judeo-Christian culture to the background and embrace anything but traditional western religion and idea. He is bringing in masses of people who oppose it so we end up with something that threatens our civilization as we know it. We can see what is happening to Europe. You might like to poke fun at the idea. But it would be better if you would look seriously at the situation. It is individuals and ideas that make a country or threaten it.

That's the original reason for the fall. There are all kinds of consequences flowing from that.

I think you are mistaking me with someone else. I never mentioned a lot of what you are talking about. I don't think Canada should bring in a lot of low-skilled workers. This creates problems. Contractors will hire them if they are willing to work long hours for low pay and just lay off regular Canadians who don't want to work extra hours. My point was we need to go back to bringing in Europeans to try to save our Judeo-Christian civilization from being destroyed and bring in fewer from the rest of the world. Lot of the people from the third world are not willing to assimilate and want to change our society to suit their backward culture. Trudeau thinks that is great. That's why I think liberal ideology is destroying our Judeo-Christian civilization. Conservative governments are not much better either.

If they bring in a lot of low-skilled workers willing to work slave hours, a contractor will simply hire them and lay off Canadian workers. Why would he waste time with Canadian workers if he can get slave labour willing to work 14 or 16 hours a day. A contractor can make much more money with slave labour.

I just typed a long reply and hit some key causing it to all disappear. Very frustrating. I don't think you have it correct. Conservatives believe in obtaining the same good things for people but just believe in achieving it in a different way. Conservatives believe prosperity and happiness is best achieved by private enterprise. They believe private industry is the best creator of wealth and jobs not government intervention and meddling. Liberals believe in big brother government, and tax and spend policies. That is what Pierre Trudeau did and that looks like what Justin is doing now, by creating a big deficit. They somehow have the idea that this will create a strong economy. But it won't. Also Conservatives believe in personal freedom and respect for individual's rights while Liberals believe more in big government meddling in the social sphere. Example is M103.

We have to have immigration that will fill good-paying jobs in order to pay taxes and keep our Old Age Pension, Canadian Pension Plan, Health Care, Education, etc. going. Without sufficient immigration our social services will collapse. The percentage of the population in the older age bracket is increasing and we may be heading for a crisis. Canada is not having enough children or enough young educated people to replace them. But I like Kellie Leitch's proposal to interview every immigrant to make sure they will accept Canadian values. I would go further and try to get as many as possible who would fit in with our Judeo-Christian culture. That's my far right position. I don't know if O'Leary is talking about TFW or regular immigrants.

What is "right to take action"? That has no meaning in a corrupt world where many hostile powers exist and will do what ever they wish or what they think they can. The reality is the countries that have the power, use it when and where they deem. The U.S. doesn't report to some other power. There are times they might try to get a coalition as for example with NATO to take some action, but they are not required by any law.