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It's really kind of amazing the number of these articles and columns that are coming out these days, taking positions which would never have gotten past the editor five years ago, when daring to oppose immigration was considered blaspheme in the mainstream media. Prominent business economists say they are baffled by the government’s insistence on sticking to supersized immigration quotas at a time of widespread housing shortages. Stéfane Marion, chief economist at National Bank of Canada, and David Rosenberg, president of Rosenberg Research, have urged Ottawa to consider revising its targets to allow housing supply to catch up to demand. .. The authors – Matthew Doyle and Mikal Skuterud of the University of Waterloo, and Christopher Worswick of Carleton University – argue that policy makers are mistaken to conclude “that if some immigration is good for the economy, then more must be better.” ... Research has demonstrated that measures of per capita GDP are closely tied to feelings of well-being and life satisfaction. If immigration offers a surefire way to boost this number, then there is good reason to think it is benefiting the nation as a whole. Unfortunately, for the pro-immigration camp, there is no evidence that it does much of anything to help accelerate growth in GDP per capita. The opposite is often true. When immigration is limited and labour is in short supply, businesses can find it profitable to invest in new capital – tools, computers, factories and other gear – to boost the productivity of scarce workers. This capital investment can help to swell per capita GDP. In contrast, when immigration is surging, the case for capital investment may look less attractive. Businesses can find it cheaper to hire an additional worker to meet new demand instead of investing in new equipment. The result can be a larger work force, but one with lower productivity and lower per capita GDP. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/article-whats-the-right-number-of-immigrants-for-canada/

This is the silly equity argument we see whenever the facts are pointed out. It makes absolutely no sense except as an aspect of progressive social justice beliefs (which themselves are mostly nonsensical). Yes, we did a lot of polluting when the alternative to burning wood or coal or oil was death by freezing. But that's not the only alternative now. So why do countries like China and India get a by on building coal plants?

At that point it doesn't really matter. But I'd rather swim in 90% than 75% if I'll be a broke assed homeless guy with the 75% but be comfortably middle-class with the 90%.

The developed world now represents 70% and growing of Co2 emissions. And none are required to meet any reduction goals under the treaties we have signed. If you add in the US and Russia, who likewise have no Co2 reduction goals that's the 88% of Co2 emissions. If the nations spewing out 88% of the world's CO2 have no required reduction coals why in the hell do we?

There is no such thing as 'gender fluidity'. There is no such thing as 'non binary'. These are the things that are being made up. And we're all required to cater to their fantasies and pretend they're sane because cowardly institutions are afraid of being accused of being 'phobic' or some other such crap and patronize these weird little freaks by pretending their fantasies are reality.

I'm pretty sure I'd consider much of what this type says and does as being an arsehole, too.

It's expensive. And as I pointed out, I'm not for spending a fortune on non-productive solutions. As long as the top five aren't committed to major reductions in a reasonable period of time we shouldn't go too far out of our way to do so either. Because it would be a waste of time and money.

I'm all for pursuing nuclear energy and technological innovations which will, at a reasonable cost, downsize CO2 emissions. But I'm NOT for handicapping our economy by placing a burden on it and all Canadians that most of the world, including our chief trading partner, refuse to place on themselves. China, India, the US, Russia, and Japan are the top five emitters of CO2. These five countries represent over two-thirds of CO2 emissions and NONE have carbon taxes or have signed on to any treaty to reduce their emissions by a specific date like Canada has. Why? And how can we possibly hope our sacrifice is of any worth given the above? Without their commitment to deep cuts there is no purpose for our extremely expensive efforts at reduction and we'd be better off putting that money to flood control, irrigation, better building codes, and better fire suppression equipment and systems.

Yeah, yeah, to the SJW set refusing to call someone who is 'gender fluid' whatever the hell that is, by today's pronoun is 'abusive'. If these people got punched in the face more often they might have a better understanding of what 'abuse' is.

And why am I required to supply that? I don't respect them. I think most of them are either in desperate need of psychiatric treatment or are just going along with a fad as they seek attention and 'likes' from their peers. So in other words, you're not allowed to act or speak in a way the fashionable set considers improper or you will be sanctioned by the state.

Absolutely agree. Absolutely disagree.

So we'll ruin a business and cost everyone else their jobs because some wacked out snowflake wants their pronouns changed whenever they feel like changing 'gender'? Thirty thousand grand because the snowflake didn't get proper psychiatric care and instead insists the world cater to her fantasies? And you think that's a swell idea, right?

Give the judiciary time and we will have. The constitution is what they say it is, after all.

I didn't realize you were indigenous...

The crudity of the culture surrounding the woke trans and LBGTSKUS2&*whatever the hell ideology and its new obsession with demonstrating it before children is disgusting. And only exceeded by the willingness of woke parents to expose their kids to it.

Take your bickering somewhere else, b1tches. A new Leger polls says only 27% of Canadians believe David Johnston or his report are neutral and unbiased. Just 27 per cent of survey respondents said they believe Johnston’s recent report recommending against a public inquiry into foreign interference was based on either “rigorous impartial work” or “foreign policy expertise.” Johnston has been under fire from opposition parties over his qualifications as special rapporteur, including his ties to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Trudeau family foundation, which is at the centre of some foreign-influence allegations. https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/only-27-of-canadians-believe-david-johnston-is-credible-and-impartial-on-foreign-interference-poll David Johnston ignores rebuke from parliament, demand he resign. Says "I don't work for you, peasants." OTTAWA — David Johnston has refused the House of Commons’ request to step down from his role as special rapporteur on foreign interference. Johnston said he “deeply” respects the right of the House of Commons “to express its opinion” but said his mandate comes from the government. https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/house-of-commons-asks-david-johnston-to-step-down-as-special-rapporteur-in-non-binding-vote

Thank you for giving us your conclusions.

The Gladue principles were invented by the Supreme Court out of nothing but their own ideological political and social views, and are presently in the process of being expanded to include black criminals, as well. https://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/appeal-court-cuts-five-years-from-sentence-of-man-who-beat-choked-mother-outside-edmonton-daycare https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-appeals-court-aboriginal-background-1.4237838#:~:text=The Yukon Court of Appeal reduced a convicted,judge did not consider the man's Aboriginal heritage. https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/court-reduces-man-s-sentence-by-16-months-because-of-aboriginal-status-1.3490223 https://lawinquebec.com/mandatory-minimum-sentence-declared-unconstitutional-for-aboriginal-accused/ https://www.lawtimesnews.com/news/general/sentence-cut-for-aboriginal-offender/262150 https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/318941/Appeals-court-lowers-sentence-for-man-who-fired-7-shots-indiscriminately-inside-home https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-rcmp-timeline-james-smith-cree-nation-myles-sanderson-1.6823147 https://nationalpost.com/opinion/first-reading-how-canadas-broken-justice-system-got-a-mother-and-child-randomly-stabbed-to-death

This is so much bullshit. They've invested heavily in order to be the majority producer of EV equipment to the world. To make money. To use to build up their military. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/4/24/china-approves-coal-surge-despite-emissions-pledge-greenpeace herbie writing in from China again. Always eager to defend China and push their agenda...

China pollutes so much because much of their energy comes from coal, and they continue to add more coal plants every year. They've approved more new ones so far this spring than in all of last year. And it's interesting you find reality a childish sentiment. Let's just keep dipping that tablespoon into the pool to empty it like good lttle boys, bankrupting industry as we do, while China and India and the rest of the world have firehoses going full blast to fill it up. Because... because that will make us feel good about ourselves! Well, those of us who don't lose our jobs...

And the firehose never stops. You also mixed up who Johnny is in your own dumb analogy.

Uh, I don't think this one works. I have a quarrel with Ottawa, and I live there. TONS of people have a quarrel with Ottawa. Especially given the incompetence and stupidity of the people running the ship of state these days.

Johnny isn't pissing in the pool. He's backed up a tanker truck and has a firehose emptying it of the full load of yellow liquid it downloaded from a cruise ship. The lifeguard is screaming angrily at another boy for pissing in the pool at the other end, while completely ignoring the thousands of gallons pouring into the pool behind him. I mean, is there ANY room in that smug, lazy little brain of yours for common sense and reason?

Do you even know what you're talking about or just pulling on a cliche to excuse floundering instead of dealing with my response? You stated the colonizers were not pleasant people. By our own standards of today, at least. I merely put that in the context of the world in which they lived. Who invaded whom? Why, whoever had the power to do so. Invasions and wars were frequent throughout Africa prior to the coming of the White man, as was slavery. There was no such thing as respect for borders, much less human rights. Any more than there was in India prior to the coming of the Europeans. Brutality and slaughter reigned supreme. Your antipathy seems to be directed at the white colonizers because they were better at it than others, at least toward the end. And of course, they themselves decided the practice was not moral and so abandoned it. What other imperial colonizer or power ever did that throughout all of history?

Tony Keller lays it all out pretty clearly in this Globe and Mail column. Canada's emissions constitute 1.5% and falling. China's emissions have been increasing at the rate of Canada's ENTIRE emissions every two years. Think about that, those so anxious about the oilsands emissions. The oilsands represent 11% of Canada's emissions. So China alone is adding almost 5 of them every single year! Five new oilsands pop up in China every year! And China isn't alone. Throughout the developing world other countries, India, Malaysia, and Vietnam, all of them are increasing their emissions. The developing world now represents 70% of CO2 emissions and they are not slowing down. They're growing them as fast as possible, adding more coal plants every year. We're going to bankrupt ourselves making our energy ever more expensive, punishing Canadians and Canadian corporations, punishing Canadian manufacturers so they move to places with no carbon taxes and cheap energy like uh, Vietnam and China and India and Malaysia - while the rest of the world is building coal plants. We're putting every roadblock we can in the way of developing and exporting natural gas that could cause some of those countries to ditch coal while seeking to close down as much of our energy industry as possible. For what? It's not going to help a goddam thing. All it is is virtue signaling. It's so Trudeau can stand on a stage, lift his chin and look smug and noble. Take China. It is now the biggest polluter, by far. Its emissions more than doubled between 2002 and 2010, as Canada’s flatlined. China’s emissions grew at a pace equivalent to adding an extra Canada’s worth of carbon into the atmosphere each year, for eight years in a row. China’s growth has since slowed; it’s now adding new carbon emissions at rate of one Canada every two years. China produces a third of the world’s emissions, more than all of the developed world. That’s more than 20 times Canada’s carbon output. And China has company. India’s emissions, barely higher than Canada’s in 1990, now equal those of the EU. Indonesia, whose emissions were a third of Canada’s in 1990, is now a bigger polluter than us. Or consider Vietnam. I travelled the country for a few dollars a day in the 1990s when its official name, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, still meant something. There were no bank machines, the national airline flew Soviet jets inherited from defunct East Germany, cars were a rarity and electricity demand was minimal. In 1990, Britain’s carbon output was more than 2,500 per cent larger than Vietnam’s. By 2021, the two countries were level – because Britain nearly halved its emissions, while Vietnam’s carbon output increased 16-fold. https://archive.is/xMAEs