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Don't take this the wrong way, but you remind me of head cheese. You see, I am an uncircumcised man. And if I miss a shower, under my foreskin, I sometimes get this pasty white, foul smelling material. If this happens, I immediately need to wash the "head cheese" under the foreskin of my penis to keep it clean. You remind me of head cheese, since I have a urge to shower, and wash my genitalia when I read your posts.

I appreciate you posting here, Michael. However, JMT's forum is desperately short of Ontario residents. You are invaluable to the JMT forum. Too many ppl from BC and Alberta....they need diversity over there.

Well Ukraine could have given 1/3 of their territory and installed a Kremlin-friendly leader to power in order to avoid war, but as we ahve seen throughout history, appeasement almost never works. This is an absolute horrible take. First off, it is Zelenskyy. Secondly, do you know anything of the history of the Ukraine? Russia has been invading and occupying the countr Ask the majority of the Ukrainian population this. They are literally fighting for the lives, in order to preserve the sovereignty of their country. I have not seen a conflict so cut and dry as to how is the bad guy and who is the good guy as the Russia-Ukraine War. It boggles the mind how some here are rooting for a dictator, who is heel bent on destroying an ethnic group and nation. History will be kind to Zelenskyy and the courageous men who fought the Russian aggressors. As opposed to the Kremlin propaganda that you are spoon fed?

It's not worth it. Taxme is a rapid antisemite, who also has fallen deep into the rabbit hole, and now spews Russian propaganda. Do not encourage him. Just ignore him, and hope he goes away.

You are like a horrible take machine. Come back to the forum that Wilbur is a moderator at. We all respect you there.

There are probably 500 million people in the Arab World (North Africa and the Middle East). There are only 7.5 million Jews. So the ratio of Arabs to Jews is almost 100 to 1. And you expect the two groups to have equal number of supporters?

Under that logic, everyone in North America must be gay, since the Straight Pride marches that were attempted fizzled out, yet the Gay Pride marches draw thousands in large cities.

There is one big difference. Supporting COVID vaccines is beneficial to society. All one has to do is to compare the COVID fatality rates of countries that imposed mandatory COVID social distancing measures, as opposed to countries that did not. The Israel-Palestine issue is multi-layered.

That may ahve something to do with the Arab population being exponentially higher than the Jewish population in the World. There are only 15 million Jews in the World, and only 7.5 million outside Israel. Compare that to 2.2 billion Muslims who support Palestine, or nearly 133:1 in ratio. I mean a "Icelandic Heritage Festival" will not attract as many people as a "Chinese New Year," considering there are over 4000 times as many Chinese people as there are Icelandic people.

That is mainly due to social media.

It's always been like this to a certain extent. The West has always been weary of Ottawa. This is not a new thing. distrust of places like Toronto and Ottawa area s old as Confederation. And yes, Trudeau is foolish for allowing double the amount of immigrants that we can sustain.

We're not going to "get along" if there is not enough housing. Besides, Canadians being better at "getting along" with each other, better than other countries is a myth. Just ask some Indigenous people if you do not believe me.

The fact that you fail to see the problems in doubling or tripling the number of permanent residents we bring to this country annually, without the infrastructure to support them, is incredible. Maybe it's time you learned how to tie your shoelaces.

This is not necessarily correct If we look at the Baby Boom generation, the birth rate was at an all time high in 1958, and continued to be at record levels until finally beginning to drop around 1962. That means that the people born in 58, will be of retirement age this year. Some of them just turned 60. I have seen the need for tradespeople in the past few years, but it will begin to really affect other fields very soon, and probably reach crisis levels around 2026. Exactly. I mean if a city like Winnipeg has enough housing for 750,000 people, and current population figures have the population at 850,000, that means that housing is needed for 100,000 people. That will drive the prices of housing up substantially. It will also increase the homeless population, and stress the education system, health care, and infrastructure. Bingo.

The kids won't succeed if their parents cannot afford to put a roof over their head.

That explains why tens of thousands of Canadians (especially young people), are moving away from Vancouver and Toronto, to other parts of Canada (mainly Alberta, and the East Coast), since they are being priced out of the market. In spite what you think, the vast majority of young people cannot afford home prices on average of $1.1 million, or spend $3,000/month on one bedroom suites. This is why Edmonton and especially Calgary are seeing a huge influx of people from Toronto and Vancouver moving there, considering wages are higher in Alberta, taxes are lower, and housing prices are cheaper. The result is that the average one bedroom apartment in Calgary has gone from $1200/month in 2020, to $1750/month today. Pretty soon, this will destroy the economy, as most people will spend nearly 1/2 of their income paying for housing or rent, and not be able to afford to go out and eat, or have any money for entertainment or luxury items.

You seem to have no comprehension of the supply/demand curve. Canada can let in 50 million people in the next 10 years. The problem is that we do not have the infrastructure to accommodate that increase in population. This seems to be lost on you. We need housing, social services, infrastructure, etc. to keep pace with the increase in people. Canada is clearly failing in this regard.

That is a rather narrow and entitled view of observing the issue. What about first time home owners? What about renters? In other words, screw the working class, and continue to let in more people so it makes people who own tons of property richer? Would you recommend that 5,000 immigrants move into a hamlet in Saskatchewan with a total of 10 houses? When a huge percentage of people cannot afford housing, we will inevitably see a rise in racism against new Canadians. In fact, a recent survey suggests the demographic that is most opposed to letting in more immigrants, is new Canadians who have come here during the past 10-15 years, as they are the ones who are struggling to find housing.

lol Fort McMurray would literally be a ghost town if it were not for the oil sands. The population of the town peaked at about 90,000 in 2014. In the past decade, the population has fallen by 20,000 people due to the oil price crash. This is the same with any Northern community. People only live there due to mining and extraction. There are virtually no secondary industries to support the population once mines close, or oil prices drop.

This is not the argument I am making. The problem is that Canada does not have enough housing units to accommodate the new Canadians. Have you been to downtown in any large Canadian city? The homeless population is everywhere. There are probably 10,000 homeless people at any given time in Edmonton alone. It is going to get a lot worse in the next few years. Canada could conceivably have Third World style shantytowns. If we really look at it, how many large cities are there in Northern Canada. Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Thompson, High Level, Ft. Saint John, Churchill, etc all have less than 20,000 people. The 3 territories, that make up 40% of the land area of Canada, have 130,000 people.

Canada has gained over 2 million people over the past 24 months. Considering the housing shortage is getting worse and worse, home prices are bound to increase dramatically for the next few years. This will also place a strain on our social services. Should we reduce the number of immigrants arriving in our country until we catch up with housing? Here is the lastest population quarter from Statistics Canada, ending July 1, 2023. In brackets, represents the increase in population from a year ago: Estimated population of Canadian provinces (July 1, 2023):Canada 40,097,800 (+1,158,700)1. Ontario 15,608,400 (+463,400)2. Quebec 8,874,700 (+202,500)3. British Columbia 5,519,100 (+162,700)4. Alberta 4,695,300 (+184,400)5. Manitoba 1,454,900 (+41,500)6. Saskatchewan 1,209,100 (+30,700)7. Nova Scotia 1,058,700 (+33,300)8. New Brunswick 834,700 (+25,100)9. Newfoundland 538,600 (+7,000)10. PEI 174,000 (+6,600)NWT 45,000 (+300)Yukon 45,000 (+1,100)Nunavut 40,700 (+200) Population, according to Statistics Canada population clock, as of November 23: growth from July 1):Canada 40,510,900 (+413,100) Ontario 15,775,500 (+167,100) Quebec 8,946,700 (+72,000) BC 5,578,400 (+59,300) Alberta 4,755,000 (+59,700) Manitoba 1,470,000 (+15,100) Saskatchewan 1,221,500 (+12,400) Nova Scotia 1,070,600 (+11,900) New Brunswick 844,400 (+9,700) Newfoundland 541,000 (+2,400) PEI 176,200 (+2,200) Yukon 45,300 (+300) NWT 45,300 (+300) Nunavut 41,000 (+300)Provinces ranked by growth (percentage wise) since January 2022: 1. Alberta 2. PEI 3. Nova Scotia 4. New Brunswick 5. Ontario 6. British Columbia 7. Manitoba 8. Saskatchewan 9. Quebec 10. Newfoundland

Maybe you need your meds. You may be off them. This is not rocket science. Russia has had nuclear weapons for over 70 years. They have never used them against their enemies, and will probably never use them. Which country in Europe or North America does not groups of Neo-Nazis? The idea that you still actually believe that the Ukraine is full of Nazis is a testament of your limited intellect.

Russia is not going to deploy nuclear weapons. Even if Putin ordered his generals to do so, they would refuse to do so. The Russians are well aware of the consequences of this action, as it would most likely mean the end of Russia. Aside from that, the Russians have threatened Ukraine and NATO, with using weapons of mass destruction for two years. It is all a bluff, since Russia is well aware that a direct conflict with NATO would mean the end of Russia. I'm honestly surprised how many gullible people buy this line of thinking.

Maybe disgraced Col. Douglas MacGregor has an account here.

I am beginning to think that Taxme cannot make it through a day, without attacking Jews. He is one of the worst antisemites I have ever witnessed on a political forum.