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Mighty AC

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  1. It's even an American owned bridge! The bridge pictured in the backdrop of the video is actually the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge, a U.S.-owned suspension bridge over the St. Lawrence River that connects Ogdensburg, N.Y., to Johnstown, Ont. Johnstown is less than 100 kilometres from Ottawa. http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1309049-bridge-stand-in-harper-celebrates-halifax-shipbuilding-in-ontario
  2. He said the most generous in the world...though he tried to lump in immigration numbers with refugee claimants during a talk specifically addressing refugees.
  3. Going to jail for your beliefs can, at times, be a very moral act. However, comparing one's self to MLK when your goal is to actually impede the rights of a class of people is effn' despicable.
  4. I'm not sure. Although, notice that countries not near conflict zones like Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, etc. are also ahead of Canada. So...can we conclude that our PM is yet again being disingenuous? Probably. The man is amoral...the ends justify the means for Steve. Anything that keeps him in power is justifiable and I want better for this country.
  5. Oh I'm aware... Also notice that he said immigrants and refugees in a speech specifically about accepting displaced peoples....not economic immigrants.
  6. We like to think that Canada is quite generous in its treatment towards refugees. But are we? Yesterday, Harper made the claim that Canada is the most generous nation in the world at accepting immigrants and refugees. However, when looking at refugee acceptance statistics, it turns out that Harper wasn't speaking the truth. At one point we ranked fifth in the world, but are now down to 33rd in refugees settled, per capita. http://ccrweb.ca/en/how-generous-is-canada
  7. When arrested, Kim Davis got exactly what she wanted. She sees herself as a martyr for religious freedom, though by that she really means Christian theocracy. Her supporters are trying to compare Davis to MLK...which is disgraceful considering he was arrested while fighting for civil rights and Kim D was arrested for opposing them. We could use a serious injection of critical thinking... Let's work to end the idea that faith is somehow positive or commendable.
  8. I wonder how many Repubs who are crying about restoring religious freedoms would back this exact same action?
  9. Bad timing: how Canada’s prime minister walked into his own electoral trap Here’s a tip. If you’re running a hard-right government with a tyrannical sense of mission, don’t pass a law mandating US-style fixed-date elections. For you are Father Time’s plaything. It will bat you like a cat toy. Stephen Harper, passed just such a law and so was forced to call an autumn election. And on Tuesday, Canada entered a recession, the only G7 nation to do so.

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    2. bush_cheney2004

      bush_cheney2004

      Helen Keller had more perspective than many people.

    3. bush_cheney2004

      bush_cheney2004

      Partisan "U.S. style" labeling is OK, but not election dates ?

    4. Smallc

      Smallc

      That article...so full of...that stuff.

  10. Worldwide, the cost of meeting increased power demand between now and 2040 via our current mix of sources vs. all renewable sources is almost identical. Also, oil use doesn't have to and will never disappear completely. If vehicles were to be primarily powered by electricity the world would be well oversupplied with oil reserves.
  11. She found Jeebus just 4 years ago; after her divorces.
  12. On a percentage basis immigration, since the mid 90's immigration has always been roughly 0.7 - 0.8% of the population. OT rules are specific to the provinces but in Ontario, hours worked over 44 per day on a weekly basis should be paid at 1.5 times the hourly rate. http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/es/pubs/guide/overtime.php Migrant workers don't get that pay. Also, migrant workers can never collect EI because they are not residents, thus deducting it isn't right.
  13. Our immigration rate per capita has been roughly the same for quite some time. Harper has just made it harder to reunite families. However, our acceptance of refugees is down 30% under Harper. We are doing less than we used to. I believe migrant workers must get the same minimum hourly wage, but there are no limits to hours worked and no requirement to pay overtime. Thus, it's cheaper to hire migrants than Canadians for the same job...even if Canadians would do the work for minimum wage. Additionally, we also deduct EI premiums from migrants despite the fact that they can never use it.
  14. Immigration is not the same as refugee claimants. Making it harder for immigrants to reunite with families is an ethical mistake. I don't believe the federal government can set the minimum wage for the provinces, hence the promise to increase it for federal workers. Also, migrant workers earn less than Canadians who would do the same job as they can be made to work 100 hours per week without any OT requirement. In your opinion should any business that can't fill jobs for minimum wage be permitted to import people that will? Construction, factories, IT, services, etc? Do you think it is acceptable for market forces to determine the price of goods and services based on supply and demand, but wages in the labour market can be artificially depressed by temporary migrant workers?
  15. Yet refugee acceptance is down 30%. Why do you support war on humanitarian grounds but not helping the people displaced by it? Also, why do you support a government that is happy to send soldiers into battle but mistreats them upon return? So you think it's just a weird coincidence that the developed world is so involved in the middle east? Like I said, the faster we quit oil, the faster our perceived need to interfere in ME affairs disappears. We can then choose to fight crimes against humanity on the basis of need.
  16. It's undemocratic...but it's what we have at the moment. Support is growing for PR but for this election the most effective choice for environmentally conscious and pro-democracy voters is the strongest ABC candidate in your riding. Let's avoid the split and give Anyone But Conservatives the win.
  17. The full report preceded the diagram by one post. Tricky... No, I asked a question. Why do we involve ourselves in Middle Eastern affairs yet ignore other, often far worse, genocides and human rights violations around the world?
  18. Why is it that we interfere in Middle Eastern affairs but ignore other genocide and human rights violations around the world? The faster we can replace fossil fuels with renewables, the sooner we can avoid the collateral damage of our addiction. Green energy solves so many problems (health, environment, economic, foreign affairs, etc.) all at once.
  19. I'm not interested in your ideology before facts approach.
  20. A 30% lower acceptance rate of refugees is a problem. Setting deportation quotas to strip refugee claimants of their status is a bad idea. Also making it harder to reunite immigrants with their family is a problem. Yet, under Harper temporary migrant worker program has exploded. Harper is fine with wage depressing, cheap labour but not so comfortable housing those displaced by war.
  21. Down significantly since Harper has been at the helm. http://www.mapleleafweb.com/forums/topic/24654-immigration/?p=1085696
  22. You both have a point. Government should have the flexibility to direct funds to where they are most needed. BUT past governments, including the Harper government have given us little reason to believe the money won't be frittered away. Didn't the Harperites misplace a few billion in anti-terror cash? This government is also closing in on $1B spent on ads, some of which were for programs that didn't exist. It has also spent millions more on selfies, fake lakes (next to a real great lake), gazeebos under the guise of border security, billions hosting the G20...something that other nations do for millions. There is the half a billion spent on additional lawyers, beyond the team already on permanent staff. In 2013 alone they misplaced $370M in cash, equipment and cases of Blackberrys. Citing cost as the reason, the Harper government was prepared to spend enough cash to shutdown a world class freshwater research project, to actually fund it for 25 years. Oh and they spent enough commemorating the war of 1812 to fund the same award winning research project, deemed too expensive, for an additional 18 years. In short, the problem is not the freedom to allocate funds, the problem is bad, unaccountable government. The solution, as voters, is to make it clear we will not support bad, unaccountable governments.
  23. Please, explain why you believe we should be fighting ISIS but not taking in refugees.
  24. I have a question for you PIK, though I'm not sure your party affiliation allows you to answer anything that hasn't been previously screened by the PMO. If, like according to your man Kenney, recessions are the result of 'sleepwalking finance ministers' and bad policies; what does that say about the Harper Government that has presided over two of them?
  25. I could be a Green voter but our electoral system would simply waste that vote in my riding. Any vote cast for a losing candidate adds zero representation under the dysfunctional, First Past the Post system. So, I would suggest that in this election any Green, Liberal or NDP voters cast their ballot for the strongest ABC (Anyone But Conservatives) candidate in their riding. Just pick the Green, Orange or Red candidate with the best chance of winning the riding. In my newly changed riding boundaries, the NDP candidate is currently the strongest of the ABCs so unless polling numbers show differently in October, that is how I will be voting.
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