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What does that have to do with the merits of my post? And frankly I have the same question about the U.S.'s policies.

The Trudeau and former Obama policies have nothing to do with climate and everything to do with redistribution of wealth and obtaining revenues for the government.

We have New York. And we don't really look inward.

If someone doesn't pass the screening process are they sent back home? I doubt it. They just don't get to pad Liberal and NDP vote rolls further.

An attack against police is an attack on social order as much as an attack on another person.

No. As a matter of fact a 20 year old Iraqi raped a 9 year old boy while in the supervision of an adjustment worker.

The groups thinking they're entitled to special treatment don't want equality; they want the right to dominate and force others to submit.

We need to beef up the system enough that deportation hearings and actual deportations take a short rather than long time. And that applies to both countries. The "build a wall" types don't want to acknowledge that this means spending real money and resources.

I think a bill like this is a good thing. Why should we support efforts for the West to self-destruct?

Why should we have sympathy for tribal warfare?

Same with KeepitSimple.

Plainly true. People want to transmogrify a tribal dispute into one of "human rights" where the advanced society loses.

I agree. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I miss posters such as jdobbin and many others who enlivened the Board in the past. I wish this one and others would return.

The Europeans were the only ones really moving around throughout the world. Their own borders were more important to them than borders elsewhere in the world. I can understand the overstatement. The extreme version of this was a map by the New Yorker grossly overstating New York's size. It was satire, of course.

Let's just all throw in the towel! </sarcasm>

Canadians are the best! (besides maybe Americans)

Happy centennial of (real) Independence Day, Canada.

If they negotiate a settlement there will be lots of glass-clinking at a diplomatic forum. The slaughter will continue, maybe with a short pause.

I assume that China and Russia will engage in "coordinated cries of anguish and nicely orchestrated hand-wringing" (original phrase by William Safire, a New York Times columnist, in the December 11, 1980 issue [link]). Otherwise they won't do much. No. the denizens of Ellesmere Island and Devon Island are to blame.

Good analysis, Rue. Of course our similarities are extreme. You really have to scratch hard to find much in the way of difference. As for defense and militarism Canada has a long and proud military tradition. The geography basically dictates that you're under our defense umbrella so you can afford to be nicer and friendlier.

Arrest leads to renewed criticism of refugee policy. Here is a snippet of the article: This reminds me of a similar incident in Austria, Iraqi refugee who raped a boy in Germany has conviction overturned. Snippet from article: Maybe both of these migrants just can't control themselves at a swimming pool. I don't know. But it seems that immigration policy should be driven by the needs of the receiving country and not just being "big-hearted."

Liberals never lie.

What you describe is how we got Trump. Open immigration and a welfare society don't mix. Full stop. Muslims don't help with the birth rate problem if they're not ready and willing workers. We can have lots of people at the snap of a finger by providing them with transportation and then welfare benefits when they get here. And lots of mouths to feed as well.

Do you consider me to be a "paid Trump campaign staffer"? Keep in mind I've been a fairly steady, albeit intermittent poster since 2006. And my area newspapers carry quite a bit of Canadian news.