nickjbor

I'm pretty sure that more than 4% of non-quebecois canadians know french. but lets find out: http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/P.../lang/provs.cfm surprising from this: http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/p...=Counts&B2=Both I get numbers that back that first statistic up. but from this: http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/p...=Counts&B2=Both I get 10.8% of people from outside quebec that know french. but according to the first table, 20% of canadians from english canada have a mother language that is neither english nor french. according to wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_in_Canada 753,745 people speak chinese. while this is close to the number that speak french as a mother tounge outside of quebec, it is not more. French is still the #2 mother tonge language outside of quebec, but it IS quite clear that wont always be the case.

you not maturity, the socalist tendencies. this "greater good" stuff has been used by socalists for a century. Ontario has paid into confederation for almost every year since 1867, the only time it did not was when Bob Rae was premier. but what has Ontario got out of Canada? not much.

there is no guarentee that such a high proportion of ontario's economy needs to be diverted within canada, and even so, perhaps ontario should consider seperation. we would be far better off.

I think global warming is real, but I dont think the threat is. IMO, the worst that'll happen is that the parts of canada that are currently to cold to live in will no longer be. in fact, this global warming could be good for canada.

I've read the article, and I've read other articles as well about the same problem. I also have read articles that place ontario's revenues generation at 41% of Canada, and its expendatures at 38.1%, which is near a 3% gap. I also worked out that as a country, Ontario would have a $17.1 billion surplus

things have got better recently, for sure, but I dont like this equlization scheme that benifits only quebec.

I dont know if anyone else here has read this http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/...s/prb0515-e.htm but it outlines Ontario's "32 billion dollar gap" that, the difference between what ontario pays in federal taxes, and what the federal government spends in ontario I'd like to hear opinion on this, how can this be fixed, do the feds need to cut equlization, or does ontario need independence?

yes, and note the ridings changed. here: http://esm.ubc.ca/CA04/forecast.html click "forecast" look under "seats, 2000" these are the results of the 2000 election on the 2000 election map however these: http://esm.ubc.ca/CA04/forecast-revised.html are the results of the 2000 election on the 2004 election map as you can see, the Liberals gained 2 seats, the Alliance 4, and the PC party 1, without gaining a single vote.

the Liberals and NDP in Alberta should merge, it's the only way they'll ever win

I've been to a forum that quite simpally does not allow a quote to be quoted. for example: edit - I'm speaking technologically. something edits it out. cant we get the same here? I beleive they use the same invision technology.

I hope Quebec votes to leave then Alberta then all the other provinces. we need a Canada that works. its time we built one

the bloc is in deep doo-doo now that Harper has shown he's willing to play ball on the issue of quebec/provincial rights. with Dion taking the stark contrast the next election will be Nothing VS Everything VS Balance. Balance will win, of course, and Harper could walk away with more seats in Quebec then either of the two other parties.

what surprises me is Ontario - they have the most to gain from independence yet they constantly say no, and instead whine about thier position in canada - which just makes everyone else want to leave

Kyoto makes no sence. the goal make sence, but the route to it is pointless. it's like saying "punching people is bad, therefore, no one is allowed to wear boxing gloves, except the people who are in boxing training school; they will be allowed to wear gloves forever" if you want to decrease the ammount of toxic gasses in the air, you need to decrease the ammount of toxic gasses in the air, not pay china to dump more CO2 in the air.

part of the reason for this is neither province has any idea how to use wind power. wind power is ment to supliment the existing grid, not replace it. wind power could never power "200,000 homes" because the question is simple - what happens on a non-windy day? the idea is to build a certain number of wind farms, and have a certain number of solar panels around (in europe they do this, they encourage households to have at least 1 panel each) this works because normally on cloudy days its windy, so 10% of your energy is generated by these sources; and 10% is the best you'll ever get out of them, but that's 10% less oil we have to burn. if your an environmentalist, that means 10% less toxic gasses in the air. if your a capitalist that means 10% less oil that's used and 10% less demand means lower prices at the pump.