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What horse-hockey. Do you have any evidence to back these outlandish claims, or is this just sheer fantasy?

There is no point in killing prisoners, other than satisfying their savage feelings of vengeance. Then there's those who blandly claim that the cost of keeping an individual incarcerated is too high, not worth it. Nice for them to put a value on human life. Even if they are a murderer. The above question still begs to be answered, but I think the answer is very obvious. But the one thing that should be changed is the length of sentencing. If a criminal is still high risk should they be let go, where in most cases the cops know they will re-offend, it's just a matter of time? Certainly killing them eliminates that problem and the expense. Therefore kill all criminals, regardless of their crime.

Oh Yeah???

Looks like Myata has done an outstanding job defending her view, against waves of gun loving vigillante wannabees. There's no doubt in my mind about it either, as I've voiced here before. We require mandatory gun registration and safety training for all gun owners. Also a minimum 48 hours wait for picking up guns when purchasing, and I believe police notification during the purchase of either guns or ammunition should be mandatory!

If we must register cars we can certainly register guns. For one thing if guns are at a crime scene are un-registered, it should be an additional crime that adds extra time to the sentencing. If ALL guns are registered in a database when they are first made by the manufacturer, that would help to identify the weapon used in murder investigations. Secondly, that all owners require mandatory safety training and to properly store guns and ammo in locked cabinets, with trigger locks in place. Third, a waiting period of several days before a new gun can be purchased, or even ammo, during which time their information is submitted to the police. And just because criminals will always break laws doesn't mean those laws are irrelevant and therefor should be eliminated. No, quite the contrary. The intention is not just to identify which gun was used in a crime, but to make it hard to obtain guns, and reduce the number of guns in society. Just as with other constant battles in society, such as the war on drugs, Moles can be planted who are used during sting operations, people who will offer to sell guns illegally, a network of insiders to tip off police about gun sales. It's an on-going battle, but the guns must be criminalized first. A war on guns would be a progressive idea. If guns are seen as a big deal and not just common items in everyday experience, the woman who was taking care of that kid might have reported him to police when he showed her his rifle just a few days before he went on his rampage. She just thought it was a little odd, but presumably since guns are not unusual in their violent permissive society she did nothing about it. If guns were illegal, or difficult to obtain without proper training and licensing, crimes like this can be prevented.

It's now quite obvious somebody did a very stupid thing, shutting down this reactor merely for punitive or for political reasons, completely disregarding its vital function in light of the actual risks it presents. Whenever we hear about "safety concerns", it could mean anything from not having the right written procedures to not posting a proper sign. It doesn't necessarily mean something serious is wrong with the reactor. And the fact that the reactor ran for an extended time with these safety concerns indicates that they were probably minor violations. They could have been dealt with, without a shutdown ordered by the regulator. The fact that our ministers, seated in the house and not experts on reactors by any means are able to call for its immediate return to operations, confirms this likelyhood. The problem was not bad enough to prompt a full shutdown. Meanwhile the ripple effects of this citical shortage it creates are being felt around the world. The head of the CNSC, and the minister, should be dismissed.

"In spite of the pressing need, Linda Keen, head of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, told legislators on Thursday that if AECL had not shut down the Chalk River plant on its own accord she would have ordered it closed because of various safety violations. But these safety concerns, which compelled the shut down of the medical isotope reactor, have been known of for some time, and indeed it may not be running again until well into January 2008." "Amid accusations of government incompetence by opposition parties in Parliament for the on-going lack of a back-up source for what many doctors complain are "single-source" materials, Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn, told reporters, "I've asked them to ... collectively work together to come up with a solution on this as quickly as possible..." And Health Minister Tony Clement said Wednesday in the House of Commons, "We are working with industry right now, we are getting emergency supplies for emergency procedures and that will continue..." http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_17458.aspx ---------- It's an emergency all right, Mr. Clement. But Was It One That They Created?

Another Day, another anonymous shooting by an individual who's snapped, and git themselves a high-powered rifle. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22174890/ I say enough is enough... and it shows why Canada must not slack off on more gun control legislation. Why does this government want to repeal the Gun licensing registry? Because it is "tough on crime?" How is that helpful? It sounds like more American-style ideas coming from our current government, who show in so many ways now their intentions to make Canada's laws the same as in the United States? I say F the NRA...

I watched the whole meeting and I would say that Schreiber has made some very damaging allegations, but he is not able to back them up with evidence. He only admits he was asked to do something, but refused. The rest is up to us to figure out, Schreiber admits to knowing nothing else about what happened with regards to any "other" money payments. Brian Mulroney will be next! You can watch it on www.cpac.ca

I heard that a reactor is shut down in Chalk River, that is the main supplier of nuclear medicine in Canada and most of the United States. As a result hospitals risked running out of Technicium. I thought it was surprising that this 50 year old reactor was the single producer of this substance for most Nuclear Medicine departments. In fact this has also hit the US News now. I heard somewhere that the regulators have shut them down. Does anyone know what went wrong?

I saw this part of the debate on the webcast and if it's true that he's watching porno while sitting in the house, he should be publicly criticised for it. There's no excuse for that. These people need to get on with some serious work, or be removed from office. What an idiot he'd be to do that, especially in a public setting. Just give the CPC enough rope and they'll hang themselves quite nicely. Justice and decency- the great equalizer. Those with the biggest mouths, who estoll their virtues loudly from the pulpit, are often the worst ones and everyone knows it. So let the shysters be outed.

Socialism has been around in Canada alot longer than you have, and we are doing just fine economically. In recent decades things have gotten tougher for families here as it has elsewhere in the western world, but the golden age of prosperity was during a time whan Canada had far more socialist policies in place. Those hard working immigrants had no interest in living on welfare, as their offspring, third and fourth generation Canadians tend to do now.

If you want any credibility I wouldn't recommend showing a link to that kind of website. Thats certainly not the kind of website I would read. Every page is screaming about scary muslims... and the links at the top are just a sad joke. Come on, I feel like I'm wasting my time discussing this with you after that.

Yes the laws can be changed in a democracy, by the will of the people. That's what a democracy is all about. No need to be frightened...

The laws of Canada are completely clear, nothing there to be confused about. All people in this country live under those laws.

Tolerance and freedom are the principle virtures of multiculturalism. You can live here and enjoy your own culture, and practice your religion, as long as you tolerate the same freedoms for others. If not, its off to jail you go. That's what living in Canada is all about, and that's what the free world wants us to continue to be.

Hate crime is illegal, not posting without a link.

What some in the world are thinking of Canada's latest position on climate change: "Last week, the UN Development Program severely criticized Canada for its failure to address climate change. It described Canada as an “extreme case” of ‘all talk’ and ‘no action’ and noted that Canadians leave the second largest ‘carbon footprint’ per capita in the world after the United States. According to the UN report, it would require nine planets if everyone on Earth had the same footprint. A few days earlier at a Commonwealth meeting in Uganda, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was widely blamed in the British and African media for blocking a draft agreement that called for developed countries to meet greenhouse-gas targets. According to Environment Minister John Baird, Canada has gone to Bali to push for a “constructive” agreement involving all countries, but it is hard to fathom what credibility Canada has left to achieve this. On this issue — and not only this issue — Canada seems more and more isolated on the world stage. In Bali, as this Australian action was widely hailed by delegates, much attention was given to the fact that the United States is the only developed nation that has not recognized the accord. But Canada, although a signatory, has also done little to achieve the Kyoto targets. ------------------- And on some other recent issues: There have been other positions taken recently on international issues by Canada’s Conservative government that have alarmed some of this country’s allies. In addition to the Commonwealth controversy over climate change, Canada was one of only four countries to vote against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. It refused to co-sponsor a resolution on a moratorium on the death penalty. There is also still anger throughout the Arab world about Canada’s unqualified support of Israel during its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Even though the U.S. Bush Administration is in its final year and has largely been discredited in many parts of the world because of Iraq, there are increasing signs that Canada is becoming closer to the United States on many key issues. This has caused considerable surprise in many international circles and spirited debate here at home. http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_burman...issue_of_c.html

I was wondering, could that be why Iran sent our ambassador home? And BuffyCat do you have any links?

We can help this person by advising them of their poor conduct, but if we act like idiots ourselves we're only encouraging more of this back and forth childishness. I am getting very tired of it, seen it before here and its generally the same perpetrators over and over again. Some of you should be banned for repeated rule breaking and inflammatory behaviour. People like this new guy always bring you out of the woodwork. If the admins don't step in and put a stop to it I will no longer participate.

More evidence that all is not going as well as we are being lead to deceive- Poll indicates Afghan support for NATO plummets, but Canadian minister rejects it OTTAWA - Canada's international development minister took issue with a new poll Monday that suggests Afghans are increasingly critical of the war in their country. The survey - conducted for ABC News, the BBC and the German public TV station ARD - suggested that Afghans overwhelmingly prefer the government of President Hamid Karzai to the Taliban. But they also believe that government should negotiate with the Taliban to end the war. The poll found that in southwestern Afghanistan, support for NATO-led forces has plummeted to 45 per cent this year, from 83 per cent a year ago. According to the survey, the biggest complaint is the rising number of civilian casualties. Last year, 81 per cent of residents in the southwest said the Taliban had "no significant support at all." Now, only 52 per cent say so. 60 per cent said Karzai's government should negotiate a settlement in which Taliban leaders would be allowed to hold political office in exchange for laying down their arms. The survey firm Polltakers conducted 1,377 face-to-face interviews with Afghans in all of the country's 34 provinces. The poll was the third survey in Afghanistan sponsored by ABC News and media partners, and was conducted between Oct. 28 and Nov. 7. It has a three percentage point margin of error. Bev Oda, the minister responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency, dismissed the findings of the survey, which suggested support for NATO has plummeted the last year and the Taliban is growing in strength. But Senator Joseph Day questioned whether progress is being held up more by corruption within the Afghan government than by ineptitude on the part of CIDA. Karzai said last month that he has had increasing contact with Taliban leaders in exile. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/071203/...nal/afghan_poll

Canada is a social democracy and Canadians care about the social safety net. Dion is pressing all the right buttons now. My impression of him is that he does have certain unique talents and vision, but is not the type of politican who uses flashy soundbites and propaganda to win over the impressionable public. Dion is actually an intelligent man. The problem he has is, can he convince Canadians of this, or are we dumb enough to contmue to believe Stephen Harpers bullshit coming from his mouth while he continues to do things hidden from the public view, which the majority would tremendously disapprove of if they knew. It comes down to that. I believe we will reject the Cons when the time next comes.

Technically it was the second largest in Canada, making it a 40% reduction in emmission from all coal fired generators.

"In the vicious circle that surrounds the new talks, China,India and others might continue to hold out without a positive signal from the U.S. - still the world's biggest polluter and biggest industrialized nation. Critics say Canada's tough bottom line could ultimately scare away key developing countries who still feel the rich, Western world is asking them to do too much while they're just kicking their economies into gear. China's main climate-change official complained that industrialized countries have not lived up to their previous promises to help others introduce new, cleaner technologies. "Only when I know what technology I have can I calculate how much I can reduce emissions," Gao Guangsheng said last Thursday. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/071202/.../cda_bali_talks

The Lakeview Thermal Generating station located in Mississauga Ontario was shut down in 2005. Its eight boilers were the largest ever installed in Canada; the 300,000 kilowatt generators the largest ever purchased by a Canadian utility; and its power transformers were the largest ever built in Canada.The closing is said to have the same impact as removing 30,000 cars off the road every day. Everyone in the region is so glad that it's gone! Thanks, Dalton...