Michael Hardner

When you say per capita, you're negating the size Thank you. There's no paper in offices anymore. 😐

How old are you? Have you ever heard heard of the paperless office? Is this new thing from the 1980s. Look at your hands. I type on the same thing you do. That's my job.

Yes that's one advantage. But there are a lot of disadvantages too. The risks are for everyone who resides on Earth.

The only thing I ever argue on here is: Climate change is beyond all doubt caused by humans.. And It represents a risk that we have to look at ... I don't say we have to spend a lot of money on it. I don't say the world is ending. Those are my points. Those two and not much else.

1. Well you were the one comparing about being ripped off for parking so does it bother you or not? 2. No. I would never drive down there, I live here so I know better. 3. I don't know that it makes me happy or not. Kind of my duty as a Canadian I guess. 4. Fine. Just don't say I didn't try to help you. 5. Thank you, come again.

They need separate independent organizations who can investigate each other. They need access, with minimal delays, to financial records upon demand.

1. Pro tip there is a green P just across the street, South side of Queen Street. Do that. Next time. You are welcome. 2. It did not take 40 minutes to drive 500 m. 3. We pay your bills. Thank you, come again. Read it again. It's number one against North American sh1t holes.

That's right, they keep heat in. The same effect as with a greenhouse.

This is just a big long juicy plaint ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Toronto Toronto is cited as the sixth safest major city in the world and tops in North America. But your post is about you letting your feelings out, so just keep doing that.. I respect a good plaint 😥

Presumably if they separated it wouldn't be because they didn't want to make a go of it. 🤔

Saying we are conducting business... That just steps over the details of what actually has been done. In the next sentence you say, basically, corporations that have been engaging in global trade should go broke. This is not really a serious post actually.

The greenhouse effect can be replicated in a lab though. How does it violate the law of thermodynamics? Where did you see that? They have data for more than 175 years...

It seems like you look down on professions that actually add value. But I get it... Ditch diggers have clean souls right?

D-bags. And business is booming. You provincial peasant...

She would not have started knee-jerk trade wars, done lasting damage to international relationships, what caused corporations to pause investments due to instability. I've seen evidence of all of these things. It's not much of a discussion, but we're having one.

No. 😂

I thought it was because of a postal error. As such, I thought it was a bad decision, however, my political Insider friend indicated that close elections will be more likely to have a second election called locally. I'd like that option because it wakes people in the writing up as to how close it is and therefore the second vote would be more reflective of what people actually want. Those who stayed away the first election would wake up and vote the second time. I concur with the implications for the Liberal government.

Pursuing trade deals has nothing to do with a lax justice system... it's almost conspiracy thinking to believe it I would say.

1. I'm pretty sure I've read that on here. People being miffed that Trudeau apologizes for this or that? 2. Here's the difference between you and me: I recognize that pride is a very personal And subjective thing, and I try to explore the differences between how you feel it and how I feel it... And how that manifests in our opinions on the news of the day, policy, etc. But your take on it is that I have a bad attitude because my feeling is not the same as your feeling. 3. I agree that it's not the same thing. 4. I definitely am not going to tell them that, nor will I make that statement in public. Really what I'm trying to do is to talk about what pride means in different contexts. I can't relate to pride in something that I was born with. I think another poster expressed it above, maybe more clearly than I did. And as such, I think of such pride as a kind of non-shame...

1. Maybe this is why people who feel such pride repel suggestions that Canada (or PM Stephen Harper for example) apologize for wrong doings by the nation in years past. I have a new perspective now. 2. That works for me but it's emotion so you can't ask people to feel differently, just to understand that their personal feelings aren't universal and others aren't lying when they say so.

That Roman conquest of Britain one had me conflicted... Its like TWO HOME TEAMS ...

Well I DO think it's weird, but I want to assert that I think there's something honest in your stance in all this. Even though you want to make it about deficiencies in my part, I don't feel the same about you here. You seem to have a consistent and axiomatic "ethic" about this and I admire that. But still weird to me, In that you're describing a foreign feeling. That doesn't mean I think your take is bad, or worse than mine, just that I can't relate. Maybe You could understand me better if I said I admire these things we're talking about, that I have a deep affection for the work that my ancestors and others put in to building... I don't know.... Canada, Western civilization.... I stood at the amphitheater at Nimes, I think, when I was a young man.. And standing there I could feel the force of the Roman will to build, and create. I could really feel in my heart that they intended to be there forever. It was awe-inspiring. I have felt that way every time I visited a Roman site ... Such as Pompeii or the aqueduct. And I suppose for Canadian cities and American cities I visited. But pride? That's a very personal feeling I think. I can only really feel pride over my achievements and the ones close to me. And I'm a perfectionist so I don't even feel that about myself very often despite how hard I've worked to achieve what I have in my life. I would say not egotistical, but maybe the opposite.... I don't really feel like I've ever done enough. But I commend you for having a principled take on this. Interesting talk. Thanks. You made me think a lot about what pride means.

You made a big leap there... I'm not interested in hysteria on this question. I just want down to earth discussion...

You shouldn't.

So weird. 1. So I guess I should also be proud of Chinese people since they built th the railroad? What is it? I'm supposed to feel proud of everybody who contributed to Canada? 2. So because I'm not proud of other people... I'm egotistical? That's a stretch. People should be proud of their achievements, but grateful for those who made it happen. There. .. I think this is your habit of furiously rubbing sticks together trying to get smoke. I can't even say that I disagree because the point you're making is such a stretch. Let's find something else to disagree on.