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Interesting. My free speech views fell in the middle the middle group as well - which most closely reflect the values of the US Constitution. Canada's fall under the third category right now due to section 13 of the CHRC code - which hopefully will be over turned someday soon.

Not really much to be debated about in my opinion. What did your peers say in your debate?

The difference being, of course, my ideology is not taking any rights away from people that are protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms - and your ideology is. Something for you to think about, I'd say.

I see, so do you advocate seperation from Confederation for Ontario?

You know what they say about assumptions! Something about looking like an ass? lol

Look up the meaning of provincial in the context that I used and write a 4 page double spaced essay on how not properly understanding the English language can make you look dumb.

What about me? ~sniff~

hear hear! Well said

He's from Hamilton, Einstein

I think it's sad that you are so provincial in outlook and mindset.

The wit!

By what authority do you feel that you have the right to deny someone their right to pay for health services shoudl they feel like they would like to? Certainly the Quebec Supreme Court does not agree with you and cited the Charter of Rights and freedoms in it's decision. You can have private, user pay services and have a better universal system. One only needs to look at pretty much any other European system to see that it's true. Predictably, opponets like Hisself, cite the American system which is private only (for the most part). That dichotomy is what has left us stuck in the 1960's. It's time we grow up and move on as a country. If you disagree with a private, user pay system, it's pretty simple - Don't use it.

I don't find his comments understandable at all. They are bone headed to the extreme. I think Harper should fire him. I find them extremely distatsteful and I am not going to be partisan in supporting him at all. He did himself, his position as Agricultural Minister and the party a huge dis-service here. unreal.

If it didn't they would go out of business! Simple!

Not only that, we should also have private pay services too. The Quebec Supreme court says so. I lived in Alberta for 12 years, no family Doctor. I have been here for almost a year and have been on a waiting list for a family Dr all this time. My wife and I have been trying to bring a baby to term and we went to a private, pay clinic (cash since I have no supplemental insurance) and I was alot happier with the service I received there than at the public system. There is something wrong there.

ummm... Yes, yes it is?

The biggest problem with out healthcare system is that there is no competition in it. It is an inefficient, cold beaurocratic inefficient nightmare. Just visiting a hospital takes you back to what you can imagine Eastern Europe was like in the 1960's. It is a fossilized ideaological dinosaur and throwing more money at it will not only not make things better, it will make it worse.

It's terrible. full stop. The funding needs to change to where hospitals budgets are based on how many people they serve and if they serve more, they will get more money. That makes an incentive to serve people. We also need alot more private sector involvement in our healthcare system and thanks to Quebec 9credit where credit is due) we are going to get it. Being used to the healthcare system and having lowered expectations does not mean it is a good healthcare system. One only needs to look at the recent study comparing Canada's Health care system to that of Wester Europe where my suggestions are common-place.

Things have improved in Canada smallc, but I think alot of people think that Canada could be alot better than it is. We should be THE wealthiest country in the world, bar none. But we are not. Our productivity rate is declining relative to other Western countries and our health care system is terrible. There was a report released yesterday ranking us last as compared to Western Europe. There are some glaring anomolies that need to be corrected and then Canada can come closer to it's potential. Edit to add: Don't get down about the people complaining - at least they care. Get down about the people who can't see past the end of their noses. People criticizing the country does not mean that they love it any less than you do - necessarily.

Traditional Infrastructure is one of the core responsibilities of government. It is not a left wing or right wing thing. The type of infrastructure may be..

Agreed, good policy - wrong party.

For the purposes of your discussion it was comparable. For you to say the NPR does not have a leftist agenda is laughable to say the least.

Having lived in Alberta for 12 years I can appreciate it. However, I do not define myself individually by which province I come from. Each province's success's and failures are largely outside of my, personal, control. Hence, I take no shame being from and living in a have-not province. I can only make sure that I am doing the best I can as an individual to be a net contributor to society, which I am. Perhaps those that are net economic drains on society have to look to larger entities to salvage some sort of personal pride, but I am not one of those.

How will Ontario cope without huge transfers of money from Alberta under the equalization formula that Canada uses?

Granted, but in the case where it is a Muslim man and wife. The wife would undoubtedly feel pressured to try in a Sharia court by her parents, peers and of course husband where she will have virtually no rights at all and the outcome is already pre-determined. It will in effect force muslim woman to stay in marriages where who knows what may be going on behind closed doors and to give her a hopeless view of the future with no way out. In Canada. I know it won't affect me personally but I hate to see people have the same rights (civilly) in my country as they do in Pakistan, but color me crazy I guess.