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From what I hear this seems to me like an attempt from the Taliban to incite the anti-war people like yourself, by having so-called innocents get dressed up to look like are wearing a bomb and approach NATO forces. What are they supposed to do wait until the guy is close enough to blow up himself and the NATO troops? You don't pull a toy gun on a cop who has his weapon already drawn, and you don't walk around Afghanistan (or Iraq, or anywhere else for that matter) looking like you have a bomb strapped to your torso.

Wow! What a fanatical Lefty I am. Your political compass Economic Left/Right: -1.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.05

He and Harper will be gone next election. How? One of them will by default be a winner. Unless you are thinking Harper will leave or be forced out if he gets another Minority Govt..

Taxes and other commonalities aside I think the CPC's openly pro-Isreal stance will hurt them with Islamists.

The word hasn't left my mind since Emerson. So what have we learned so far? Minority Conservative Govt. is no different than a Liberal Govt. Which begs the question, which Harper is the real Harper? The one who called Canada a welfare state and seemed to idolize the right wing policies of the Republican Party of the USA, or the Liberalized, free spending, environment loving Harper that is now in office? Would the real Mr. Harper please stand up?

Good for him. Becoming a Liberal has really helped his public image.

I know a guy who is trying to get a medical permit to grow his own.

I remember my friend driving high once. That 30kph in a 60kph zone he was doing sure was dangerous. But in all seriousness you are right, Marijuana is a mind altering substance and impairs judgment, and should be treated in a similar, but less harsh, manner as Alcohol and driving.

Prove it. You want to talk Bulls**t like this, prove it. Such overblown crap is expected from you I guess. Seeing as how your conservative-blue googles you view the world through would never allow you to admit any wrong doing by your beloved CPC. I would like you to show 5 instances of my obvious "fanaticism". If it is so obvious it should be easy. Yet I doubt you can. Infact I am sure you can't. You are just creating your own sh*t and using me as an excuse to spew your own anti-liberal beliefs. "...Liberals can rape babies in death camps...." ??? What is your problem? Not only is that sick disgusting and uncalled for, it's totally fabricated bulls**t. Your post is a joke. You do realise you are calling me a fantatic because I called the following statement "hogwash"? Is that fanatical? No. Is it hogwash? Damn straight it is. "Real Canadians" ?? So I'm not a real Canadian if I want a politician to keep a promise he made during his campaign? Or does that make me a "blind partisan"? Both labels are being used to dismiss the person who would dare to question anything the Govt did, and delfect from having to deal with the issue. So why don't you take your hate-fest somewhere else. Maybe put your energy into something productive.

well there goes the credibility of your link poser. The ice is already in the Ocean. It melting would have ZERO effect on water levels as it is already in the water. Any moron knows this. In fact, it may reduce sea levels as ice is less dense than water. Yes, and as any moron knows the ice covering the ocean is not the only ice to be found in the arctic.

This is so wrong. The dept of Indian and Northern Affairs had 5.9 billion dollars in it's budget last year. If the natives are having trouble maybe thay should be looking at how to redistribute the money.

Right...the industrial revolution. That was just a time when every home and business in the world was heated by coal or wood. No polution there right?

So everyone missed the ad? I didn't actually see it but I heard it. So unless someone had changed the channel when I left the room, it was the "that's not fair" "its hard to set priorities" ad.

OK thank you both. Now onto my next questions. How does ownership work and differ between the two? Are there a limited number of units for an income trust, like there is for stock in a company? Do IT unit holders get any input towards the company like a shareholder gets to vote at a shareholders meeting?

It is currently about 1/20th of the original size. Good job trimmming that down Luc.

..but making fun of the name of a man's dog is just so much classier and tasteful.

Just want to get this straight. Now with a trust, the money paid out wasn't taxed until after it was already given to the individual. Whereas in a regular corporation the profits are taxed before dividends are paid out. This correct?

I don't think that is Geoffrey's argument - he wants all corporate taxes eliminated and only sees exempting income trusts as a short term politically possible objective. I think the decision on whether to become a trust or a corporation should only be based on the needs of the business. A tax regime that encourages companies to adopt less than ideal corporate structures because of the tax advantages will hurt the economy in the long run. That is why income trusts and corporations should be treated exactly the same as far as corporate tax goes. I didn't say that was Geoffrey's argument. I said that I would rather see it that way.

What are you doing responding to me? I thought you had me on ignore. Nice job of ignoring there RB.

I'm just saying it is pretty convenient that these "other expenses" amount to almost exactly the same as the undeclared and new revenues. How does it cost so much to cash cheques or swipe credit cards for the convention fees? What a load of paranoid garbage. Where did I attack you this time you poor little boy? Why don't you just keep your head up your arse where it seems it is the most comfortable for you. Yes Thanks for putting me on ignore. If you put everyone else on ignore, they would all enjoy the forum alot more too. Besides if you have me on ignore just what the hell are you doing referencing my posts? That's a pretty shabby job of ignoring you are doing there. Again, I laugh at you.

Holy crap man. Trim your post and just put in some links.

See what I mean? Now that ^^ is funny.

http://www.scienceagainstevolution.org/ Just where do you think Scientific DATA comes from if not from a persons own experience and observations? The whole field of scientific study is fundamentally based upon observing things.

You are missing the point: income trusts were given a special break that put non-income trust companies at a disadvantage. Taxing income trusts levels the playing field and brings some sanity to the tax policy in this country. If you believe that lower corporate taxes is good for the economy then you should be calling for the reduction or elimination of taxes on _all_ corporations. It makes no sense to demand that income trusts be given a special tax exemption. From reading a little of what geoffrey posted, I think I would rather see the companies operated as income trusts, than see no taxes on corporations.