Moonlight Graham

Don't forget to fill out the census. Bahahaha.

For me most difficult thing to eating healthy is that even many healthy foods are loaded with salt. Cheese, meats...so much salt everywhere.

McDonald's doesn't force parents to bring their children to their restaurants, it's a choice, parents have free will. There were many sugary cereals I wanted as a kid that my mom would rarely buy me. McDonald's should be required to make their nutrition info available. But you can't blame them when virtually any parent knows McD's isn't healthy food anyways. Believe it or not, parents can say no to their children.

I'm just quoting the numbers from the article I posted.

Well then there's this: https://ocdsb.ca/continuing_education/international_languages_program https://www.tcdsb.org/ProgramsServices/SchoolProgramsK12/InternationalLanguages/Pages/integrated-programs.aspx https://www.tcdsb.org/programsservices/schoolprogramsk12/internationallanguages/pages/default.aspx

That's a lot. In fact, in 2019 there were 642,000 international students in Canada. The 2 largest countries of origin are India and China. Tuition for international students isn't subsidized by the gov, so the schools make a lot of money. It's basically an industry. https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-number-of-chinese-students-in-canada-plunges-by-44-per-cent Is this good for the country? Economic benefits worth it? One of the problems is security from countries like China where students can be involved in Canadian research and be involved in espionage. I would think that's a small minority of the overall students though. Some come to study and then try to get their permanent residence after they graduate, others go back home.

They're putting a 10% tax on cars over $100k. A bit weird that boats are so much higher threshhold at over 250k. Motorhomes are except because they don't want to make retired seniors PO'd.

They did some testing. But clearly it was rushed by years and we're still guinea pigs to an extent, given the blood clot problems.

You can help your neighbours the most by trading with them. We've helped China get out of poverty by doing business with them, not by giving them charity. You don't build wealth through charity, you build wealth by selling things to other people in exchange for money. The Liberals have no intention of paying down the deficit they've incurred. They're ready to announce a national childcare program.

Justin Trudeau is a nutter too though. He suffers from a mental illness called narcissism. Lefties and righties suffer from different types of crazy.

People like getting free money, and don't like the prospect of not getting any more free money. The Liberals have been a good mommy and daddy giving out free cash to many Canadians. The Liberals should have this election in the bag.

Why is Scientology not taken seriously, but other religions are?

Adding a political aggravator to a no-fly list because you don't like his speech is a pretty serious thing to do. If this is why he was on the no-fly list this should be a front-page national story. Maybe there's more to him than we know.

I agree. He needed to be more specific in his words.

Blaming China for the virus, which we should do, doesn't mean a person is culpable for hate-crimes. Trump never told anyone to hate on asian-Americans or blame them for anything. He just told people to hate the CCP because of what they did.

If this Chris Sky truly did nothing wrong he should sue and I hope he does. Liberal government going authoritarian.

Mentally unstable person + terrible childhood = cult murderer.

You have to teach something. I guess judgement calls have to be made. American schooling seems to do a lot more patriotic propaganda. There's value to teaching historical accomplishments but it should be factual. If people know about their country, good and bad, they're probably going to feel more connected to it anyways. The point you show is that this is all easier said than done.

Well with Remembrance Day you're not commenting on specific wars being good or bad, but just thanking people who died so you don't have to. If you don't do that it makes you an entitled ungrateful arse really. It would be different if a teacher got up and said war X was good but war Y was bad. Then you're teaching a subjective viewpoint instead of just facts. If you taught the residential schools even, you can just teach what happened, and then the kids can have a discussion about what they feel about it. A teacher shouldn't say "Sir John A was bad" or "he was a hero", they should say "Sir John A did X, Y, and Z". It's odd how we've been raised to see some historical politicians as deities and not as just politicians. George Washington and Lincoln weren't perfect either.

I have a friend who has gone really hardcore woke the last several years. He seems to enjoy it so i've tried to stop arguing with him lol. He means well.

Well I'm not sure if slavery being wrong is controversial, but I suppose it is still political. I also think you can teach what happened during slavery, the history, and the civil war etc. without taking sides, like any good history textbook would do: present the facts. Students will either agree with Lincoln or General Lee when presented with the facts, and i'm sure virtually all will go with Lincoln on that one. The point is if they're allowed to make up their own minds. You make a good point about patriotism. Though they barely taught me anything about Canadian history in high school. They taught the geography though.

Truth can be verified. Teachers, at least in the public system, should teach knowledge/facts, and are not paid to moralize our children. Teaching morals/values should be up to the parents. Kids can discuss politics and issues in class but the teacher is the moderator, not the preacher and indoctrinator.

I friend got mad at his wife and dragged her into the forest and car accidented her.

Why do Scheer and O'Toole have creepy grins that never go away?

Foreign nationals (both white of course) arrested arbitrarily for reasons of political tit-for-tat is a pretty big deal. China has shown it's willing to use arrests as leverage in international relations. I find it probable they are both spies who were on China's radar, but it still ups the game either way. I don't see a huge problem speaking out over atrocities and exerting pressure. Everyone gets their hands dirty sometimes including Canada/US but other countries should call out others on their BS. It certainly bothers China otherwise they wouldn't retaliate.