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I'm totally going to be bugging you about this, but dylan is a trans person and is a big trans controversy with bud right now. Do you remember how i mentioned that we are CONSTANTLY being bombarded with trans issues? Even when you never mentioned trans people, just gays? You can't get away from it. Didn't mean to re open that debate but you see what I mean now?

Are you saying Dylan is gay? Not trans? Are you denying Dylan is a woman? You sexist ignorant transphobic twat. (Gotcha! now go cancel yourself)

Arguably historically it's the popular ones you have to watch out for.

It doesn't matter in who's name it's done - it matters who does it. And it's not the head of state. I doubt the king could even name a minister in Canada. And if you're seriously proposing we go back to being a monarchy, i think that's been tried before and abandoned. I think you forgot it also passes laws. It also determines the functioning of the gov't that will require taxes. If that's what the people want then that's who'll claw their way to the top. remember - the people vote on the leaders of the party AND THEN vote on which party has power and even how much power. But i do want the strongest candidates to put themselves forward. Yes - it is insane. But it's better than all the others. I think you've been watching a little too much "yes minister" Sounds like you're one lab accident away from being a super villain LOLOL Joking aside it's a simple fact that only the people who want it badly will succeed and that's true no matter what system you use. Coincidentally number 17 on my list of 'sentences i never thought i'd hear" But what your'e saying is that you are unsuitable to that particular job and the system weeded you out. See? It works!

Good lord Now i'm picturing a gay jabba the hutt... They finally came and rounded you up did they? What was it, the police? Mental health services? The zoo? Probably neither of those things is going to happen

There hasn't been a genocide. So yes. Of course there were plenty of genocides committed BY the first nations against other first nations but that predates contact so not really relevant. I think trying to judge people in hindsight is a fools game. I think people on both sides had decisions to make and did what they felt was best, and i think most of the people involved genuinely thought they were doing the right thing. The first nations DEMANDED education, it was part of their treaty stuff. The gov't wanted assimilation because they felt it would lead to a better life. And remember the schools weren't made mandatory til 1920 and even then there were loopholes. I think your hypebole doesn't really help the discussion move forward.

They present as one. Sorry - but that's what's being promoted right now. Like it or not they're going to sink or swim together. As i very clearly pointed out this goes way beyond celebrating their identity. They use that celebration as a political tool AND i have to help pay for it And trying to suggest that somehow i'm not allowed to have an opinion becuase i'm 'CIS' (a derrogatory term now) only convinces me more that things have gone too far and MY rights to even have an opinion are in jeopardy with these people. Your own comment demonstrates that it is now seen as an us vs them confrontation, not acceptance. I can shut up because i'm Cis? Well then they can get the hell off my streets. Well that would depend on how you define perverse i guess. Looking at the dictionary i see this definition which seems to be the most neutral: Willfully opposing or resisting what is right, expected, or reasonable. Is it "right, expected or reasonable" to expose children to sexual acts or imagery? Or guys with their dick out bunny hopping down the street? Probably not. Do we see any gays speaking out against that? Nope. I think you may have a tough fight trying to argue they're not a little perverse.

A number of schools in ontario are promoting the event and suggsting kids should go. You should be able to find that info with a few quick searches. As to kids being exposed to explicit sexuality at pride events: https://thepostmillennial.com/adults-expose-themselves-to-children-at-toronto-pride-parade Adults expose themselves to children at Toronto Pride Parade There are a LOT of examples. And there are pride organizers who say children SHOULD be exposed to it, they like it. I'll be blunt - hetero OR homo i don't think children should be exposed to overt sexual issues at a young age in the first place. They're too young to safely deal with the concepts in a responsible way. Hell they're too young to decide what to have for breakfast without supervision. I'm sorry but you can't blow it off as 'not an issue'.

The Democrat whining on this issue is seriously disingenuous. It is the job of the republicans to keep spending in check rather than in cheque. So - the dems should be negotiating an agreement over what the money will be used for. If you don't control the house - that is what the public has voted for. If they wanted no checks and balances on the dems they'd have given them a majority. Republicans on the other hand will have to justify why they feel refusing to agree to a propsoed increase is legit. Or the public will blame them. But rhetoric like "They're holding the poor hostage" is ignorant, and it's the kind of bull crap that leads to more instability and the kind of social unrest we've seen. It's low brow politics.

https://archive.ph/oxF8i Another clue that claims of a widespread labour shortages aren’t quite what they seem came in a Statistics Canada report last week that looked at job vacancies, which were 2½ times greater in 2022 than in 2016. There were stark differences in the rates, depending on a job’s education requirement. For positions requiring at least a bachelor’s degree, there was no general labour shortage. But there were a large number of vacancies for jobs that only required a high-school diploma, or less. For those lower-skilled jobs, there were many more vacancies than unemployed workers. Even if all those workers were instantly hired, there still would have been 131,000 vacancies in the fourth quarter of last year, for instance. It doesn’t cost much to post a job electronically, and automatic sorting reduces the administrative burden dramatically. Some of those vacancies may be placeholders. TL/DR - there does not seem to be a labour shortage when you get to jobs that require some certification or university skills. Unskilled labour jobs however are hugely unfilled. BUT - is that real? Employers are using temp workers instead and may be putting out 'fake' ads to either keep a supply of potential workers coming through the door or to swap out their weakest with better ones if one happens to apply. It's an interesting take on it - maybe the so called 'labour shortage' isn't quite as short as we thought

Still, i think you have to admit that after 302 years we may be past the 'trial' stage And lets recall that democracy as we know it is still comparatively new. So of course things like having a president or a prime minister (instead of a dictator such as rome or monarch) is going to be newer as well - but we still like democracy. Any political system is going to be terrible. THe old joke is that democracy is a horrible way to govern people with it's only redeeming quality being that it's better than all the other ways So the goal is to have something that is the least imperfect. In short - we want a system that makes everybody equally unhappy. There are definitely tweaks we can do to our system to make it better. But having a confrontational party based system has been doing fairly well and that kind of model requires a leader to be in charge of the party. Whether that leader is elected seperately (like the us) or by the party itself (canada party leadership races). And we WANT people clawing for that top position. That's how you weed out the weaker candidates.

@impartialobserver , here's yet another example of what i was talking about. You can't go for any time without it.

Appointed by whom? You see where you're going to run into a problem. So again what happens is instead of getting 3 or 4 people running to lead the country, you get 338 people trying to form power cliques and grandstanding to pressure whomever doles out the goodies to give the most to them. There needs to be a head of the party if you're going to have a party system and without a party system you have utter chaos.

You realize you kind of just proved him right @Mako is right. You rarely debate, and lets face it, you are an authoritarian. Most of the left wing ideology you espouse wouldn't work without authoritarianism.

And they don't have to have pride parades. They can be gay or queer without them. So it works both ways doesn't it. They want to have them others don't want to have to see that and don't appreciate that children are exposed to it and that a big hunk of the city is shut down to accommodate it. And while the parade pays for some of the costs, the taxpayer still pays a hunk. So you're also footing the bill for it with your own money if you're against it. And then there's the politics. The gay pride parade people decide no police are allowed to participate and make a big stink about it. And the papers drop everything and talk about how terrible police are. Then it's the gov't - if a mayor or prime minister or political figure doesn't attend then the parade is turned into a political tool to bludgeon them and turn people against them. Oh no - whether you go or not the parade is affecting your life and your finances. But if you dare speak out, you're an evil homophobic bigoted mysoginistic alt right transphobe fascist nazi deplorable who should be left homeless on the streets. And people wonder why there's a backlash. I"m pretty pro gay - hell i grew up in Vancouver, you kind of have to be but even I'm getting fed up.

Well the thing that's got to bug him is every time he tries to be 'clever' he winds up looking like an !diot. PP's ability to think on his feet is extremely strong. Both Scheer and O'toole had a problem with that and both got caught by questions during the campaign that they had no answer for (and should have known were coming) and it cratered them. Scheer got clobbered on the abortion question he had no answer for and erin on the gun question (and 'where's kenney') I suspect that things will go very differently with Pierre.

https://twitter.com/therealkeean/status/1663993851114328064?s=46&t=cRwDAwEF-1fKEqCRPfhcJw As many will remember - Justin trudeau was accused of having had to leave his acting job due to 'inappropriate' relations with a student. Here PP shows his skill at the art of insinuation again This guy has the skills to win the next election.

It really isn't. I"m honestly not sure - it would be a tough one to beat. It's honestly why i've always preferred a Westminster system vs a republic.

It is necessary to have one voice to set policy and direction. the cabinets may make day to day decisions but that's all guided by a unified vision for the gov't (or should be). Its a little like saying why do we need a general when the majors do all the real work. The PM also does the appointing and that would be hard to do for the public. THe PM is like the coach of the canucks - he's hired to get fired some day It gets worse without a pm. Without a pm and the party whip then mp's are focused on their own brand and exposure. Nothing gets passed without it benefiting them, they'll look to grandstand and improve their own name, their fate is no longer tied ot the party. You'd get what we see in the US house and senate but a little less orderly. THe benefit of having one person in charge is that it keeps the others in line and there's one agreed upon vision and things get done. Harper wasn't popular but he lead us through a dark fiscal time expertly, That wouldn't have happend without a leader.

the problem is the culture and identity wars. People were fine with gays for the most part. The issue was settled long ago and even Conservatives made peace with gay marriage 20 years ago. But now suddenly it's all back in everyone's face, If you don't think men who think they're women should be allowed to compete in women's sports, you are an evil racist nazi homophobic degenerate deplorable. Unless you're a white male in which case you were all that already and now you're MUCH worse. And naturally when someone picks an unnecessary fight like that the other side fights back. And that's where we are at,

Seemed to be pretty happy with the textiles, the metal tools, the firearms, the vastly more secure supply of food, the medicines and the seriously extended life span isn't such a bad thing i guess.

You overplayed your scotch. But i love that a guy who hates canada, has no honour, and hides behind justin trudeau thinks that pretending that i'm NDP would somehow make me WORSE than he is I dont' need to pretend what you are - you admit it with your own words. You're an honourless scudbag living off the benefits of a country you're not worthy to be a citizen of.

Another loser who can't even use complete sentences. And yet you claim my responses are child like. Go away boy, the adults are talking.

Right - because ndp'ers ALWAYS stick up for Canada. ANd you and Army guy are not 'all' the conservatives on the board. You're not even a conservative. Hell you're not even Canadian according to you So you have been drinking. As soon as you have to say something other than your prepared anti-canada script you sound like an illiterate !diot.

Are drunk or something? You can't even speak English any more.