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Anyway, I haven't been on this forum for years because of moronic posts like the one that started this thread. Provincial governments publish the program of study that teachers are required to use in the classroom. There's no conspiracy. http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/program.aspx

Seriously, can this board sink any lower than this thread?

... at 13 months of age. In the case of three year old Levi Prairie Chicken, who was allowed to wander out of the house and was struck and killed by a car the parent was charged with negligence.

Reading through this thread reminds me of another story from a few years ago. See if it rings any bells: EDMONTON, Alberta ­­ A toddler found nearly frozen to death after she wandered outside on a bitter winter night appears to have survived the ordeal without brain damage, her doctor said Sunday. The 13-month-old, clad only in a diaper, wandered from the home where she had been sleeping Friday night with her mother and two-year-old sister, and was found outside at 3 a.m. Saturday. No one knows how long the girl was outside in the subzero weather. The child's toes were frozen together and paramedics who responded to her mother's frantic call had trouble getting a breathing tube into the child's throat because her mouth was frozen shut. Her heart stopped beating for some time, doctors said, and her body temperature was 60.8 degrees when she was found. I don't remember the uproar of outraged voices when mom (who was negligent enough to let her 1 year old in a diaper wander out the door) wasn't subjected to the same kind of scrutiny as Christopher Pauchay.

EDMONTON — Alberta will post its first deficit in 15 years at the end of March, but the global financial crisis — not government bungling — is responsible, the province's finance minister told reporters Thursday. "The dollar losses that Albertans are experiencing today have not come because of things individual ministers have done," Iris Evans told a packed news conference at the legislature. "They have come from forces that are well beyond the control of ministers of the Crown." <snip> Scott Hennig, the Alberta director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, likened the situation to the deficit-financing of the 1980s after oil prices took a massive hit. "This is 1986 all over again," he said. "That year, (then-premier) Don Getty decided to run a massive deficit of $5 billion, and hope that they could get through the next year until oil prices rebounded. They didn't, and they ran eight consecutive deficit budgets until we had to have a massive cut in 1992-93 when Ralph Klein came in. http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/fp/...6789/story.html

As soon as copyright law (like the bill introduced by the Conservatives last summer) is created the manufacturers won't have any worries. The bill contained a provision that said it would be illegal to break a digital lock on anything. All the manufacturers would have to do is put a digital lock on the software and this will be a non-issue. Not only will the mechanics be shut out, despite any "right to repair" legislation, they will be violating the criminal code if they manage to work around the lock.

Canada posts 1st monthly trade deficit since March 1976 Last Updated: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 | 8:45 AM ET CBC News A sharp fall in exports in December pushed Canada to its first monthly trade deficit since March 1976, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/11/tradedeficit.html

Court finds RC Church liable for abuse of 8 altar boys The late Rev. James Hickey was jailed for sex abuse committed in 1970s Last Updated: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 | 11:56 AM NT CBC News After a decade-long court fight, the Roman Catholic Church in St. John's has been found liable for the sexual abuse of eight altar boys by the late Rev. James Hickey in the late 1970s. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labr...rch-liable.html

True. You acknowledge that the issue is complicated but then you make a statement like that. Have you ever even met a native person?

The Bloc has the support of 42 per cent of Quebecers, an increase of seven points, over the Liberals at 24 per cent, the Conservatives at 18 per cent, the NDP at 11 per cent and the Greens at 10 per cent. Five per cent of voters are undecided. http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Ignatief...2251/story.html

Nice!

And how is this post different to the ones you're complaining about?

My initial reservations about http://www.infowars.com were reinforced by the ad for "Debunking 911 Debunking." Conspiracy nuts.

The ultimate liberation. Feels great, doesn't it?

Wow. . . . . . just. . . Wow. . . on so many levels. . . Wow.

You poor dear.

A wedge is all this is. In a period where there might be an election the last thing the Conservatives want is to have is the economy being front and centre. They need all the wedges they can muster in order to shore up support from their base. We all know that people like "Mr. Canada" will be running to the polls in the event of an election to vote against those baby-killin' libruls.

Seriously. http://www.ratemyeverything.net/image/2128..._Sith_Lord.ashx

Just when you thought it was safe to come back to mapleleafweb. . . Ever notice how much the Pope looks like the Sith Lord?

Here's a short story I found that dates to 1947. Judging from some of the people that post on mapleleafweb.com forums, things haven't changed all that much. Just a caution, Flannery O’Connor lived in the south in the first half of the 20th century. There is language in the story that some might find objectionable. http://geocities.com/summerelection/barber.htm

This kind of bullshit is the reason I hate to post here anymore.

1983: A Gallup poll shows that 72 per cent of Canadians believe the decision to abort should rest solely with the pregnant woman and her doctor. 1988: The Supreme Court of Canada strikes down Canada's abortion law as unconstitutional. The law is found to violate Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it infringes upon a woman's right to "life, liberty and security of person." Chief Justice Brian Dickson writes: "Forcing a woman, by threat of criminal sanction, to carry a fetus to term unless she meets certain criteria unrelated to her own priorities and aspirations, is a profound interference with a woman's body and thus a violation of her security of the person." Canada becomes one of a small number of countries without a law restricting abortion. Abortion is now treated like any other medical procedure and is governed by provincial and medical regulations. http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/abortion/ In a June 2008 Angus Reid Strategies poll, almost half of respondents (46%) believe abortion should be permitted in all cases. Roughly one-in-five Canadians (19%) would subject abortion to greater restrictions than now, 22 per cent would allow the procedure only in cases such as rape, incest and to save the woman's life, and seven per cent would only permit abortion to save the woman's life. In addition, half of Canadians (49%) believe abortion should be legal under any circumstances. Conversely, 42 per cent of respondents want the procedure to be legal only under certain circumstances, while five per cent would outlaw abortion altogether. Younger, wealthier and university-educated respondents are more likely to uphold the legality of abortion. http://angusreidstrategies.com/uploads/pag...20_Abortion.pdf

There's no need to waste a perfectly fine wedge issue like abortion when we have the separatist card already in play.

http://gristmill.grist.org/skeptics How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic Below is a complete listing of the articles in "How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic," a series by Coby Beck containing responses to the most common skeptical arguments on global warming. There are four separate taxonomies; arguments are divided by: * Stages of Denial, * Scientific Topics, * Types of Argument, and * Levels of Sophistication. http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/12/22/224450/84 Objection: Correlation is not proof of causation. There is no proof that CO2 is the cause of current warming. http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/12/28/090/30666 Objection: The sun is the source of warmth on earth. Any increase in temperature is likely due to changes in solar radiation.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/05/16/...al-schools.html The Canadian government developed a policy called "aggressive assimilation" to be taught at church-run, government-funded industrial schools, later called residential schools. The government felt children were easier to mould than adults, and the concept of a boarding school was the best way to prepare them for life in mainstream society. Residential schools were federally run, under the Department of Indian Affairs. Attendance was mandatory. Agents were employed by the government to ensure all native children attended. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/05/16/...al-schools.html 1994: The Presbyterian Church offers a confession to Canada's First Nations people. 1993: The Anglican Church offers an apology to Canada's First Nations people. 1991: The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate offer an apology to Canada's First Nations people. 1990: Phil Fontaine, leader of the Association of Manitoba Chiefs, meets with representatives of the Catholic Church. He demands that the church acknowledge the physical and sexual abuse suffered by students at residential schools. 1989: Non-aboriginal orphans at Mount Cashel Orphanage in Newfoundland make allegations of sexual abuse by Christian Brothers at the school. The case paves the way for litigation for residential school victims.