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I have to say no, considering Canadians are on wait lists and we are always being told the system needs more money. She can go home and get treatment there. http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/weinreb011507.htm Last Friday and Saturday, the National Post wrote about a woman with a potentially fatal heart condition. The 67-year-old woman will die if she doesn't undergo surgery to repair her aortic valve. But the unnamed woman is an illegal immigrant from St. Lucia and as such she has no access to government funded medical care. And she can't afford the $20,000-$50,000 that the surgery to correct the defect would cost. The publicizing of the woman's plight has reignited the debate that arises from time to time about whether or not our publicly funded health care system should cover those who are residing in Canada illegally. Currently, hospitals must treat those in emergency situations but her condition is not in the same category as someone who has just collapsed from a stroke or has been hit by a car. If some people had their way, everyone who is physically present in Canada would have the same access to the full range of services that our medical system provides as do citizens and legal residents. snip- Anyone who has at least a bit of compassion naturally feels sorry for this woman from St. Lucia who is facing an early death that she would not be facing were she a Canadian citizen or legal resident. But we can't go down the road of making those who break our laws de facto citizens. And we can't save the world.

Canada has worked hard with loss of life to promote human rights and democracy in Afghanistan. Canada is also leading advocate of the "responsibility to protect" doctrine, which asserts that wealthy nations have a duty to prevent humanrights abuses in other countries. If we abandon Afghanistan, one the world's poorest countries what kind of a message would that send, and what would it say about future missions. I think it would say that we place no value on human rights and that we are too willing to abandon the neediest when the going gets tough. We have to help Afghanstan from slipping backwards into anarchy.

tHE NEDERANDS rOCk...... Well, maybe a few years ago, but .... Their gov't is getting tough and taking a stance, they are now going to ban the Burkha. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4616664.stm The Dutch government will announce over the next few weeks whether it will make it a crime to wear traditional Islamic dress which covers the face apart from the eyes. The Dutch parliament has already voted in favour of a proposal to ban the burqa outside the home, and some in the government have thrown their weight behind it.

Especially to help the women who have the most to gain by us staying and helping. We didn't expect the new gov't to be completely secular, we knew it would be a Muslim state, but what they have now is infinetely better than the Taliban. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...6111000850.html Five years after the Taliban fled Kabul under the cover of night, signs of fragile but real progress abound. Simple pleasures once prohibited -- song and dance, the flutter of kites -- have resumed. And for the first time, women and girls once repressed under Taliban rule are able to take better control of their lives and their futures.

I think that too, most people agree we need to stop polluting our waters etc. but there are more immediate issues to be looked at. Although, Jack Layton et al are doing their best to make it a major political issue to score political points, which would be okay if we could actually stop climate change. I hear that in Winnipeg, the zoo polar bears don't want to go outside because its too cold.

The Toronto Star has been running articles on poverty, this article on the poverty scam is worth a read. Like the Kyoto issue, it is a political tool where statistics are used to put forward a socialist agenda. http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.h...b9-01ebd223bb9a The Toronto Star's poverty scam National Post Published: Monday, January 15, 2007 On Saturday, the Toronto Star devoted the whole of its front page to "A State of Constant Dread: Poverty Today," a breathless piece of advocacy that ranks as one of the sloppiest pieces of Canadian journalism we've ever seen. The newspaper's evident goal is to promote a "national strategy" for combating poverty. But if an argument for such a campaign can be cobbled together only by nakedly misrepresenting the available data, as the Star has done, it doesn't say much for the cause. Whatever one's view of poverty in Canada, the Star's journalistic methods are an insult to its readers. The central theme of "Constant dread" is that Canada is suffering a poverty epidemic. According to author David Olive, "one in six Canadians [is] trapped in poverty." Later, he tells us there are "five million Canadians living in poverty, more than one million of them children." Then he serves up the same statistic in a third form, lamenting the "15.5% of us mired in poverty." Having thus established the extraordinary prevalence of poverty in Canada, Mr. Olive proceeds with a stream of leftwing policy recommendations. But astute Star readers might have noticed something odd: The statistic at the heart of the article, without which the whole argument falls apart -- the claim that 15.5% of Canadians are "mired in poverty" -- is never sourced. Why? -snip- nd what should Ottawa do to redress this imaginary poverty crisis? Why, implement the same laundry list of discredited left-wing policies the Star has been flogging for years, naturally -- including an increased minimum wage, universal day care and expanded welfare programs.

When people like Jack Layton et al realize that this planet is always changing, and continue to do so until the end of time. Politicians are now using the gov't as a whipping boy to score political points - none of them can do anything froth at the mouth over it but it scores points with the voters. The Liberals did absolutely nothing for years, including Dion. What we need to concentrate on is pollutants in the ocean and toxic wastes land etc, Kyoto is useless. A Canadian climatologist, Dr. Tim Bell, says "the Kyoto Protocol is a political solution to a non-existent problem without scientific justification." Check out www.friendsofscience.ca which notes that no one has yet come up with a formula for predicting climate change. I guess as an election time grows closer the politicians will continue to whip themselves into a frenzy over a problem we can do little about, but the public will buy into it.

People in Holland are scared, many are leaving http://tinyurl.com/yd5ywx they are scared as their way of life appears to in jeopardy. http://www.opinionbug.com/index.php?p=422

Paul Martin LOL not that he'll cross the floor, but I don't think he'll run as a MP next time around. Volpe - we can only wish.

I agree with McKenna on this one. Denmark and Japan have joined the US in the ballistic missile defense program, and now NATO is discussing a missile shield to protect continental Europe . http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/st...7f-d3add1a4b3f9 McKenna urges missile defence Liberals entreated to drop opposition OTTAWA - The Liberal party should reconsider its opposition to ballistic missile defence in the wake of North Korea's nuclear bomb test, according to prominent Liberal Frank McKenna, Canada's former ambassador to Washington. In a submission to the party's renewal commission, obtained by the National Post and CanWest News Service, Mr. McKenna "strongly urges" a reopened debate on participating in the U.S. ballistic missile defence plan, partly on the grounds that Canada must not be seen as "a free rider" on the United States.

Has it ever occurred to you that you are holding the Palestinians accountable for maintaining Israeli infrastructure? Huh....the Israelis pulled out leaving the greenhouses etc. intact, useable. Only madmen would destroy something simply because it had been built by Israelis, that would help feed them and their families.

Not sure how that happened either....back to Jean Lapierre Resigns - who's next.

??? They do have to meet the provincial curriculum standards, so obviously there is some oversight,so why not other subjects . Speaking of which, what subject would the teaching of hatred towards Jews come under ? Remember the Muslim school in Agincourt a few years back which was caught out teaching hatred of Jews; they were doing this during Arabic language lessons. As far as I know they only got a reprimand and not closed down.

I remember the story, and do believe that we need to take our heads out of the sand when it comes to what is being preached in some mosques. Not sure how we could get the info. and how they can determine which is a radical mosque and which isn't. Ask the Brits about the Finsbury Mosque and how it became a haven for terrorist and terrorism and where weapons where stored( I have heard that it is undergoing a make over) A mosque in Brooklyn was where the blind sheik inspired the 1993 World Trade Centre bombing. Milan's Islamic cultural centre served as AQs main European base.

Bingo. Bingo again The modern definition of racist (or bigot) is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal

Hmmm Senator Hillary is complaining about Canadian Trade Practices, is this what Canada can look forward to is she makes it as President. http://clinton.senate.gov/news/statements/...s.cfm?id=264008 Washington, DC – Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today released a report that details the devastating impact of Canadian trade practices on New York’s farmers and growers. The report, compiled by the Senator’s office, with the help of the New York Apple Association, the New York Horticulture Society, the Northeast Council of Dairy Cooperatives, the New York Farm Bureau and the Empire State Potato Growers, details the impact of Canadian subsidies and trade barriers on dairy, fruits, vegetables, wine and agricultural products and concludes that while Canadian growers have little problem accessing New York markets for their produce, New York farmers and growers experience severe restrictions on selling their products in Canada. download the pdf file http://clinton.senate.gov/documents/news/09_28_06_canada.pdf Tit for Tat I guess we are going on the offensive. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...NStory/Business OTTAWA, WASHINGTON — Canada is for the first time challenging the United States' multibillion-dollar farm subsidies at the World Trade Organization, a move that represents a more aggressive stand on trade for the Harper government.

I'd guess no. Remember when Jewish settlers left greenhouses, we know what happened there: the Palestinians destroyed a majority of them instead of reaping the harvest. The Palestinians would be a lot better off if they concentrated on building up their economy instead of concentrating on destroying Israel.

Weeelll, I just got me a T-shirt that says: Give me my da.n senior's discount NOW

IF that were true, how much of the TAXPAYER money was involved? Absolutely NONE - in fact, the taxpayer initially was saving money as the CPC did not consider convention fees donations. Apparantly under the new rules, they now are, so, will indeed cost the taxpayer money.

I believe in Ontario, since Davis extended RC funding, non catholics can attend , but only if there are spaces available (no RCs waiting to get in) I'd be interested in knowing what legislation would be required to stop funding RC schools - is it a constitutional issues as I know it comes from the BNA . (remember the UN weighed in on this and ruled it is discriminatory)

I know many people don't buy into it but I do. I was involved for sometime with various agencies and schools in TO a number of years ago, and so far have no reason to change my opinion. I believe the Journal of American Medical Ass. reached the conclusion that young people who smoke marijuana are two to five times more likely to move on to harder drugs Lots of people drink but don't become alcoholics, same with pot I assume. Either way they are not healthy habits to get into. What I don't understand is how we can be so adamant about harmful smoking, but the same people think its okay to smoke a substance that damages brain cells. In fact, a study by the British Lung Foundation found that just three cannabis joints a day cause the same damage as 20 cigarettes. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2419713.stm

Challenge is an understatement LOL I doubt that anyone would want to chair the committee after the beating Gwyn M. received at the hands of the opposition. Doubt anyone capable and competent enough to risk his or her reputation to a clearly partisan and vicious committee. Which btw, despite their hatred of all things American the opposition parties seem to have been quick to adopt its caustic and obstructionist appointment process. Therem are hundreds federal positions that have to be filled quickly which would have to wait - maybe months or years - if the gov't didn't act on them. Untiil vacancies right are filled Canadians are being denied the chance to get a timely resolution to claims and appeals. If the Liberals suddenly found themselves in power would they immediately proclaim all of the Act and immediately follow it all through from the start - doubt it. Read the act, particularly section 2, its not that easy to proclaim it all.

I tend to think not, but we do have a problem not allowing them as long as we allow public funding for Catholic Schools, which does discriminate. I don't know if there is way that can be changed (take funding from RC) I'm guessing they can't take away rights allready granted, any gov't that tried it wouldn't last long, I bet. Possibly a part solution to hate being taught in Muslim schools is more gov't oversight and a thorough check of all materials used in the curriculum.

Agreed. I only tried it once (had to try it before I die - ) there is no way I could have driven a vehicle or done anything rational for some time, and no I wouldn't try it again, I see no need to. As far as I'm concerned it is the gateway drug. I don't object to medicinal use if people think it helps them, who am I to stop them, but it has to still have gov't oversight.