RB

What if I told you the right wing folks keep moving left and pushing the lefties further left. I mean the Conservatives picked up votes based on moving their social agendas closer left, you agree?

ahem, I can't fire myself, and I am the only one who can fire me - I post when I have free time.

Thats the truth. I feel that if one black face appears in marketing materials or you hang out with your one black friend. You have accessorized your life, makes it all seem geniune

its a liberal day out there thats also the sign of ontario - my guess

Well, I didn't change my mind - just got back I voted liberal

there can be different classifications of tariff for a product e.g. sometimes in the case of textiles in NAFTA the product must be transformed through several tariff classifications. If the product has transformed enough it causes it to move to another classficiation There were several bilateral agreements, agriculture was one, cultural industry was another and auto but they were all stapled in one single document to enter Canada's wish inclusion for trilateral agreements.

RB, You seem to feel guilty about voting Liberal tomorrow. Look, I know most people on this board know I do not like the Liberals and that I support the Conservatives. However, I think people should vote for the party they feel will serve their interests best. I do not have a guilty conscience to vote for the Liberal of my choice. Mostly immigrants have settled in Toronto (consists of 55% immigrant pop) and Ontario is the place of choice for them. The Conservatives will not represent the majority of the people voices in Ontario and will leave these folks poor, suffering and induced more systemic troubles. I have followed the Conservatives campaign trail a bit, and it is not difficult identify the demographics at their meetings. Women are not central to their main platform, in fact, one meeting I attended only maybe 5 women were present Plus, I fail to see how I can allow “old” white men to make decisions on women’s choices, and their health

I have made up my mind and will vote for the Liberals in Ontario, I believe they reflect the kinds of policies needed for Ontario and do will good for all the people despite all their scandals. And I do this knowing that the Conservatives is a better choice for me as a person.

Until a fews weeks ago I worked within the government system so I post from work but mostly when I am on the phone which explains some of my own post even I don't understand, I post mostly before I start the working day or at the end of day, I take off for lunch and is never around but also its my private time - I read your postings from work - and I do come often Nowadays, I travel a lot so hardly much time to do anything until late at night, but I will post from work when I have the time

You believe this about everything . Not saying you are wrong, mind you... I also believe if the world was run by female there would be less traumas. I would like to see some alpha female in operation.

I believe incest is more about a power relationship and usually it is the males taking advantage of the females. When those who are put into trusting and caring roles proceed to exploit the same for their own selfish pleasure it deem it immoral. Some places in the "North" still practice incest e.g. Grimsby and along that area, you can't distinguish the folks, they all look like siblings

Martin=Old money/ Father knows best Duceppe=Debate king/Prime ministerial Layton=Buddhist saddened by current world situation Harper=Dull but studious guy at the back of the class I have the perverse notion that if Gilles ran Bloc candidates in the ROC he'd wake up PM. He was the only one who could actually think on his feet & wasn't just Binder Boy. God love Jack Layton ... he's such a delicate flower. I was glad to be home to watch this debate with my kid who put it into perspective. Layton: looks like the guy who can take our tax money and head off somewhere for a vacation. damn, always looking good. Duceppe: looks like the president who can play ping pong Harper: looks like the guy who opens his blazer wide and show off all those hanging shinny watches Martin: has the kid's loyality, he is the prime minister

new immigrants are a benefit ONLY if they can pay their way, and will not drain the system but also be a benefit to those present.

but thats illegal isn't it? Anyway why haven't we implemented e-voting - maybe it would tap into the young votes

Perhaps, this is a reason why I received 3 Voter Information Card, one for my first name and 2 for my middle names.

Perhaps, this is a reason why I received 3 Voter Information Card, one for my first name and 2 for my middle names.

Stay at home parents might disagree with your encouragement. First they forgo their salaries and then there are no tax benefits such as a dependant or (childcare) offered for them to stay at home. The one year paternity leave is shared between the parents and I question how folks can survive on $414 per week. Next, how come I never had access to this child tax benefit? The tax system penalizes and punish working parents with these choices. Instead of encourage couples to provide stability for the child, couples have to choose to live financially autonomous or give up their relationship - divorces have a large failure percentage attributed to financial difficulties. I am not. I am surprised when one skilled, qualified folk can just show up in a short period, gets disappointed, but a few months later an entire village arrives for more disappointments. I am embittered about the immigration system because it never turned out right for myself. First, you are screwed, then you get screwed and then you screw-up. I can tell you that I got married to a fellow from someplace else that I had to do “the” sponsorship since he was afterall now my spouse. Anyway, I when I found out I was pregnant right after the marriage I approach the embassy to see whether the fellow can show up early so that we can be together. Well, I had to grin and bear my pregnancy alone. When my daughter was born, the 2 of us waited and waited. Well, 5 years later a stranger shows up. It really takes a long time for families to unite. Well admittingly people do change, I am maladjusted. So, my stranger headed off to the US for the next 5 years. Sad to say a marriage that never got reconciled – and I am never more regretful. Anyway, I would like to see those showing up contribute to productivity and support the systems. Currently, immigrant communities have far higher unemployment rates than "Canadians" and unless these folks can find work and allowed to integrate into the mainstream culture they are hopelessly dependant on the government.

Cheers for a Happy New Year here's a chance to get it right in the new year!

I don't think I have discredit my position - The population growth is still .4% and the other growth amounts due to interventions such as immigration. But, we will have to account for migration from Canada to elsewhere such as the US. The 60,000 new immigrants that was the origin of the thread was cancelled. Governments will need to take responsibility to find new ways to increase the population since immigrants are really getting failing report: shooting in Toronto the most recent, Muslim riots all over the place are making folks agitated. Perhaps they will try my solutions of encouraging Canadian women to have more children. Women will be encouraged if they can see the benefits. See those who have been putting off having kids taking advantage of some legislation built into employment laws. Japan will be having a very old population and guess who has smarten up - the government. The ideal population is 60 m that Canada and her resources can accommodate, unless you start developing more of the land.

I am working with the Canadian population. Population in Canada in the year 2070 Quote Canada like in other countries is tightly bound with population growth rate. Canada's natural growth rate is 0.4% (percent), but Canada's overall growth rate is 1.0%, due to Canada's immigration policies. It has been approximated that by 2070, Canada's population will double from 30 million to 60 million people in Canada. Unquote. Doubling time and population growth I wanted to supply a link for the 60 million. But, I think I got my 60 m figures from Kendall - Sociology in our times, or a NAFTA economic journal. The economies of scales is a calculated figure I did for fun with my visiting brother – a mathematician, using analysis of squirrels to confirm along a diminishing curve the optimum population point I will return later to reply to the rest of the post

Last night the kids wanted to go to church. So our gathering relatives, drunk and all went to the midnight mass. I had not gone to church since I was a corrupted youngster. But, we sang lots of carols, and hymns. It was very special. I hope you have all been good, and showed your love in the spirit of giving and receiving. If you didn’t receive, well, we have much to be thankful for and there is always new hope. Also know that it does not take much effort to share your love, and it doesn’t cost anything. Christmas is about peace and loving each other. Merry Christmas to you and your family RB

I have taken some of your attacks from your various post and I don't believe it fits a lawyer's profile -gang of thugs -manipulative weasels -…what these people get away with and how it is tolerated -above the law -self governing body -self governing profession -gang members Lawyers can advocate on your behalf or advise you and I am sure they are interested in what you have to say, currently they won't benefit from much

FTA Lawyer is part of a self governing profession. The only people that can do something about the level of corruption in Canada is other lawyers. You do not owe FTA lawyer an apology. He is fully aware that many of his colleagues are corrupt and he knows we can't do anything and he choses to do nothing. He is part of the same group - its as if he was walking down the road with a Crips jacket on and watching one of his fellow gang members thump someone out, knowing full well they get away with it because all the other gang members are standing there ready to stop anyone from doing anything about it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't know that this is a place to bash professions or professionals - if you would like to be represented by a lawyer - calm down - you can be hysterical only once

Renegade - Posted Dec 12 2005, 10:34 AM Uhm lots of people live and breathe by the bible – it is the most important book of all times. You don’t want to be seeming to have an anti-Christian enlightenment agenda now do you? Are you thinking that following the bible could demonstrate how immoral a person can become especially if he seriously took the literal interpretation of ethics directed and recommended in the bible? A layman’s response – I don’t believe that if you give an average Canadian their 700$/yr CPP dollars they will invest it for the future. Look, Harper is relating to middleclass people with his income of 255k, imagine where the poor line falls @ 100k?. Consider which average Canadian would be interested in the following - inflation - interest rates - stocks, mutual funds - economic uncertainty - unemployment The percentage of Canadian that invest in the markets would be less than 5% I am afraid you are giving us an argument from a point of view of economic good times without contingencies to protect Canadians from hardship. A national system of social security is needed if you did not want to decimate a country. The current system does protect workers and their families from loss of income due to retirement, death, disability, plus CPP recipients receive amounts based on their contribution Economies of scales in country in not realized until you have a population of 60 m Recapping, what you are saying is that people should have individual freedoms to make their choices and therefore face their costs, and reap their benefits based on their decision to have children. So, you are not convinced that the government needs to be involved with population policies. But, lets try again, so first we elect governments to do the correct thing and then the government decides what the correct thing to do is. There is something called optimum population size different from the natural rate of growth. Say we give the parents rights to control the number of children therefore the government has no control over population size so now there is no optimum size. Plus, parents only think in terms of one generation and is less concern about population, a good government would think in terms of 2-3 generations. There is something call planning. Look, when a child is born the government suffers a cost for compulsory school, but that child grows up and becomes an adult and will pay taxes for other children to attend school. If parents see there is addition cost to having one more child they will not take a burden. The mere conclusion is children are inferior goods. There is a negative co-relation between income and children and children are found to be inferior to golf, cars, vacations, business etc. Look at this scenario: According to your prior arguments parents will decide to have children based on the cost and affordability. But, also as consumers we are irrational in our behaviors and it has a random effect on population size (probably catastrophic). A government intervention, however clumsy would work to produce a balance in population. Mincer's numbers would confirm that with subsidy there is an increase in population. But also low income parents would behave erratic with such a system to almost 20% in population size. Immigration bring wages down - the Canadian system is not very accommodating or liken to new Canadians.

Christmas was “X” a long time ago. Look, in the 15th century X-mas emerged as a widely used symbol for Christmas. You can decide whether it is a plot to overthrow Christendom then or now How do you think we ended up with Xmas? X is an unknown variable in mathematics and can take on unknown meaning Christ was X out literally in Christmas and replace with X the unknown. X is used to replace Christ in Christmas i.e Xmas I mean its a pretty long time trying to be politically correct. Happy holidays folks