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It's estimated that Israel has between 90 to 400 nuclear warheads at their disposal which can be air launched, submarine launched, or carried by ICBM's. I doubt they need Canada for protection. I would say 'support' would be a better term.

If it's dishonest then what have they done to try and stop it? And if it's only a question of Israeli government policies, why do so many Jews and Jewish institutions in Canada feel threatened?

Yes, he did refer to Zionists as Nazis in reference to the Deir Yassin massacre. So since we agree on that let's move on from there and see what else he says. Einstein publicly stated reservations about the proposal to partition Mandatory Palestine into independent Arab and Jewish countries. In a 1938 speech, "Our Debt to Zionism", he said: I should much rather see reasonable agreement with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace than the creation of a Jewish state. My awareness of the essential nature of Judaism resists the idea of a Jewish state with borders, an army, and a measure of temporal power, no matter how modest. I am afraid of the inner damage Judaism will sustain—especially from the development of a narrow nationalism within our own ranks, against which we have already had to fight strongly, even without a Jewish state. ... If external necessity should after all compel us to assume this burden, let us bear it with tact and patience. His attitudes were nuanced: In his testimony before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry in January 1946, Einstein stated that he was not in favor of the creation of a Jewish state, while in a 1947 letter to Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru intended to persuade India to support Zionist aims of establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine, Einstein stated that the Balfour Declaration's proposal to establish a national home for Jews in Palestine "redresses the balance" of justice and history, claiming that "at the end of the first world war, the Allies gave the Arabs 99% of the vast, underpopulated territories liberated from the Turks to satisfy their national aspirations and five independent Arab states were established. One percent was reserved for the Jews in the land of their origin".[37] Einstein remained strongly supportive of unlimited Jewish immigration to Palestine.[38][39] In 1949 Einstein wrote in a letter to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem that this period is "the fulfillment of our dreams", but that he regrets that "we were compelled by the adversities of our situation to assert our rights through force of arms; it was the only way to avert complete annihilation". He also expressed the hope that "the wisdom and moderation the leaders of the new state have shown" will gradually lead to "cooperation and mutual respect" with the Arab people. Before his death he wrote an unfinished draft. In the draft he speaks about the dangers facing Israel and says “It is anomalous that world opinion should only criticize Israel’s response to hostility and should not actively seek to bring an end to the Arab hostility which is the root cause of the tension."

Einstein was a pacifist who advocated for a bi-national state to replace mandatory Palestine where Jews and Arabs could live and work peacefully together. He was as much against an Arab state as he was a Jewish state. That was until reality set in. The holocaust, the wars, his own experiences with antisemitism, surely played a part. The thing is that even a person with the intellect of an Einstein is allowed to change their minds.

Nobody should be forced to hide their identity for fear of being singled out or be forced to change schools because of it. Not in this country anyway. And comparing what Coulter may have said in the past to what a teacher may have said to a 6 year old school girl about being 'half human' for having one Jewish parent.... is revolting, or just plain ignorant at best.

Cut rates and risk higher inflation. Raising rates also supports USD which has been under attack. I say let the Feds do their job.

Yep. After 10 years of Trudeau, this is where we are at now. He may have had good intentions, but left us with a country that's in such a mess I fail to recognize it anymore. Carney in my opinion, while being a vast improvement, leads a party that is basically unchanged and in no way deserved to be re-elected. His hands may be tied. I see recovery as something in terms of decades, not years.

According to 2025 IMF statistics, U.S. federal debt to GDP ratio is 122.5%, while Canada is not far behind at 112.5%. The difference between IMF and Canadian estimates is that Canada uses net debt figures while the IMF uses general gross debt in its calculations. Canada subtracts it's Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan holdings from its gross government debt, while other countries see them as both assets and future liabilities, so ignore them. So basically, the figures you provided are comparing apples to oranges.

We can thank Trump for one thing.... for finally getting our politicians to get their collective asses in gear. The future for this country at the very least looks a bit more promising. Whether Carney and the Liberals are the ones most capable for this task has yet to be resolved.

I doubt we're going to get along on this one.

I can understand how you feel. But what replaces it? Vacuum's of power often lead up to civil war. What did you have in mind?

ByAMICHAI STEIN JUNE 15, 2025 09:49 Updated: JUNE 15, 2025 22:31 Iran has reached out to Oman and Qatar, requesting that they mediate with Washington in an effort to halt the ongoing Israeli strikes and restart nuclear talks, a source familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post. At the same time, Saudi Arabia is also working behind the scenes to promote a ceasefire framework aimed at resuming talks, the source added. These Iranian efforts come amid clear messages from Washington: Only full Iranian acceptance of the American proposal, which includes a complete halt to uranium enrichment, will lead to an end to Israeli military operations. for more.... https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-857732

As long as war and the resulting flood of humanitarian aid is so profitable for so many (especially at the top), the carnage is never going to end, or all the remaining hostages released. So kids starve while others become multi-billionaires. And Gaza gets leveled to parking lot status.

I never thought I'd see the day when young adults began voting Conservative and older folk Liberal. We have major problems in this country and they are largely of our own making. And besides housing and doctor shortages, and unemployment... there's the climate, economy, and energy thing which are far more important and have to be addressed in a sensible manner. Carney's got his work cut out for him if he wants to turn this ship around.

Jasper, being a 'National Park' (and not a Provincial Park) is the responsibility of Parks Canada. As such, Parks Canada is responsible for land use planning, development, and environmental matters. Alberta's responsibilities are generally in education, healthcare, and the licensing of drivers. I noticed that one of your interests was 'fighting economic growth', yet you claim we can grow in all kinds of other directions. An explanation perhaps?

Well it does. It destroys everything it touches. Party first. Ideology second. When someone comes along and says country first and means it.... well that's kind of special. And as voters we should demand it.

Politics sucks.

The letter itself makes perfect sense. The best way to get the country back on track is to .... support free enterprise eliminate barriers restore fiscal discipline reform the tax system develop natural resources It also doesn't take a genius to implement these things, only the will and desire to do so. As they say.... 'government is not the answer, but the facilitator'. With the Liberals track record, they logically would support the Conservatives. When governments stop being facilitators and try to micromanage things they usually screw up. Living standards are dependent upon how well an economy functions, and an economy is dependent upon energy and lots of it. If Carny wants to cut fossil fuels... then that baseload energy has to be replaced by something equivalent. And by the time 2050 rolls around were going to require massive amounts of it according to government sources. It's going to be interesting to see how Carney deals with these conflicting realities.

That just about sums up everything in a nutshell. Instead of focusing on Trudeau, Conservatives should have spent their energy focusing on the Liberal party. Otherwise, when Trudeau's replaced.... problem disappears.

Right about now I'm hoping the Liberals can either pick up the seats they need to form a majority government, or come to some working arrangement with the Conservatives to put this country back on track. If not, we're going to go through another 4 years of hell. Of course Liberals working with Conservatives could only happen in a perfect world.

No idea what you're referring to. Or maybe I'm just dyslexic or something.

Ideologues such as Carney only commit themselves to their beliefs and ideologies and rarely to their country. I'm not suggesting he's a bad guy or anything, and I surely believe there's a lot of voters who go along with his beliefs. He wrote a book about them. But I'd rather go with the guy who's actually preaching change and common sense.

The 500,000 per year building starts also includes building starts by the private sector, and only hope to achieve this 500,000 target in 10 years. Best to start out small and see how it works. If successful it can always be expanded. The idea of building these pre-fab and modular homes on publicly owned land is interesting. They also mention something about 'leasing' which could also potentially knock prices down for first time home buyers even further.

I'd be happy with being self sufficient and not being dependent upon oil from the Saudi's and Venezuela. Or for that matter, Alberta oil from pipelines going to refineries in Ontario which have to pass through a number of northern U.S. states. Then as we add more wind, solar, nuclear, hydro electric power, and the infrastructure to get the power where we want... we could gradually turn off the taps and weed ourselves off of fossil fuels. But I have no idea of how long that will take. And no politician can tell you that either. Carney's idea of weeding us off fossil fuels by 2030, well good luck with that. No more fossil fuels to heat our homes or power transportation? Good luck with that too. We've got to be careful here. If covid taught us one thing, is that supply chains can't be depended on, and that wars wherever they may take place cause shortages. Best to be self sufficient especially in regards to food, medicine, vaccines, and energy. Whether any of this makes an ounce of business sense I don't really care either. Just get it done.

It's not as if the oil companies are spending more to pump more oil out of the ground, or that Liberals have anything to do with it either. It's simply because oil companies have found more efficient and profitable ways to go about doing it.