Sindhu

no I'm damn serious. Reform votes in Vote Blocks of White voters....mostly from hicktown Alberta and interior BC. If they ever get a majority, they will undue many of the rights that we enjoy in this country. They are anti-immigrant, pro-private healthcare, for privatization and deregulation, anti-gun control, their crime bill ideas are too harsh, they want to turn the clock back on abortion, gay rights, amongst a list of other things. A lot of what Harper really wants to do but can't do because he doesn't have a majority (and as witnessed last week -> will never get one) is in direct conflict with rights that are entrenched in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Harper's REFORM party did not win any seats inside Vancouver proper, Montreal proper, or Toronto proper, a.k.a. 'Canada's Cities'. They won some an outskirts and suburbs. That can change in the next election. Harper knows that he will never get his majority. Even with the Liberal party with such a weak leader and Green Shift, he still couldn't do it. They will have a better leader next time and probably make up some seats. NDP will more or less stay the same or loss some seats to the Liberals. The Bloc is almost guaranteed to hold onto 50 of the 75 Quebec seats they have now and maybe even add to that. After those 2 recounts take place in Atlantic Canada, Reform/Alliance could very well be left with no seats in Atlantic Canada. It is a sad state of affairs when a sitting Conservative Premier, Danny Williams, campaigned hard against Harper and was effective in doing so. I for one look forward to the next election which will either bring a minority or even a majority Liberal government. Even if Reform wins another minority government next time, will Harper bother to stick around or will he leave politics? I for one am betting on the latter...

Harper's REFORM Party has been doing it since 1993 in most of the ridings it runs candidates. Sure there are the token coloured people that they run to show they are an inclusive party. In actual fact, the Reform/Alliance/CRAP/new Conservative party is a party by red neck white people (where everyone is marrying their cousin) for red neck white people that always vote as one big ethnic bloc. If you want to stop ethnic people from voting as a bloc, lets start with the REFORM party. Harper's party is the most anti-immigrant party, most socially extreme conservative out of all of them. Until that changes they will never become a majority government. BTW - Harper's extreme right-wing REFORM party again FAILED to gain a majority of seats and again only gained a minority of the popular vote. As long as they don't make inroads into Canada's major cities (Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto - all full of minorities who will never vote for REFORM), they will never win a majority. One of those token coloured people in the Reform/Alliance caucus is Nina Grewal (Fleetwood Port Kells). She represents a riding where English as a spoken language is a minority and Punjabi is the dominant riding. The only reason this party won in that riding is due to the candidate being of Punjabi origin. The same is true in other ridings (like Calgary Northeast or Edmonton Sherwood) where they now have a person of Punjabi origin elected.

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Catholic Schools ?????

Freedom of choice. How is that any different from `Reform Party` whites who only talk to and marry only other whites?

Wearing a turban is a requirement for practicing Sikhs. The RCMP or any other employer forcing a Sikh to remove the turban is the same as denying someone the freedom to practice their religion which is guaranteed under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Sikhism is the 5th largest religion in the world with more followers then Judaism: http://www.sikhs.org/religion.htm The issue of Turbans in the RCMP was settled by the Supreme Court of Canada in favour of Sikhs. Read it and weep: http://www.nriinternet.com/NRI_police/Cana...illon/index.htm

Sikhs played a prominant role in the Indian army from independence in 1947 to about the 1980s. Sikhs were at the forefront of the British army along with Pasthuns (Afghans) and Gurkhas during British rule of India. During the time of the Sepoy Mutiny it was Sikhs who the British could trust. The British did not require Sikhs to change their religion. They allowed them to wear turbans since they were putting their lives on the line for Britain. If the British didn't have a problem with turbans then why do these redneck 'Reform Party' members? Sikhs have already fought for the British in WWI and WWII when the British ruled India. Sikhs fought to liberate Europe and also later on in WWII in Burma to stop the Japanese. Ignore all of that if you like.: http://www.sikhs.nl/worldwar2.htm http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/index.php?opt...view&id=781

All people who are citizens are equal under the law according to the constitution of this country. It doesn't matter if you're ancestors were the first whites to land here or you came here 3 years ago from India and just got citizenship last week. EVeryone has the same rights protected under the `Charter of Rights and Freedoms'. This is not hicktown, texas. This is Canada. Multiculturalism is official government policy. Canada has 2 official languages. According to the law of the land, no one has to learn English or conform to white culture unless they want to. If Canadians who have immigrated here or their children & grandchildren who are born here wish to keep their culture and religion, they are free to do so. That is guaranteed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. If you have a problem with that, please feel free to goto the Supreme Court of Canada to fight it. Good Luck and Best Wishes !

How did Robert Pickton fall through the cracks?

How about those who are born here in Canada and refuse to embrace white culture ....where are you gonna send them ? Everyone regardless of language, religion, skin colour is equal in this land called Canada (once they have citizenship). Get off your high horse. Why is the onus on minorities to conform to your world view of trailer parks and Paris Hilton ? Why not the other way around? Afterall we are all equal.

As a Sikh who has grown up with racism in Canada, I can't say I'm surprised to read what I have on this thread. I'd like to address many of the things posted on this thread that are just plain wrong. The original post has a link and that link (if you bothered to read it) is about a cult leader who himself `Gurmit Ram Rahim Insaan` (Ram =Hindu,Rahim=Muslim,Insaan=human) who 'imitated' and 'mocked' the Gurus (like prophets) of Sikhism. That's like somoene claiming to be Muhhamed, Jesus, Buddha, etc. That is what provoked the violence in the Punjab region of India where Sikhs are from. Secondly, the swords that a are used are not the exact same as kirpans carried by baptized Sikhs. Those are full sized swords meant to be used for one purpose and people are legitimately pissed off in Punjab. The highest spirtual and temporal authority on Sikhism, the 'Akal Takht' issued a religious edict ordering the destruction of all the places where this `insaan` guy has followers and for him to be summoned before them to explain himself by May 27, 2007. He is operating out of another state called Haryana which is next to Punjab and has few Sikhs. The Haryana and Punjab governments so far have been offering him protection. That deadline of May 27 passed and he gave a half-hearted apology. The Akal Takht is still deciding what to do next. There been daily clashes between Sikhs (followers of the world's 5th largest religion) and these cult members for weeks. To put things into perspective, violence like this has not been seen in that region since around 1984 when all hell broke loose and Sikhism's holiest shrine was desecrated by the Indian Army with tanks. That's what likely prompted the 1985 Air India bombing. Right now there is a period of calm but it has the potential to turn into something worse. Kirpans are much smaller and have a cover. They are not 'daggers' as many have incorrectly said so. Baptized Sikhs carry kirpans which are a religious symbol (just as the cross is for Christians). It is obviously different then a cross. It is one of 5 symbols that all Baptized Sikhs have to carry with them at all times. Its purpose is to be used as a last resort anytime the person carrying it sees a wrong being committed or is attacked then the are justified to use it in self-defense as a last resort when all other peaceful means have failed. Baptized Sikhs (not all Sikhs are Baptized) take an oath and try to live a more spirtual life then the majority of Sikhs are who are not baptized. Someone mentioned about Sikhs being a threat to Canada. A few rogue elements set out to bomb a plane in 1985 (still unproven by the way) and all of a sudden all Sikhs are terrorists? Get real. The biggest act in history of terror is still 9-11 and that was by Muslims. IRA and PLO have been terrorists with more attacks over the years as well. There have been between 5-7 different MPs in Parliament from Paul Martin's time to now who are Sikh. Ujjal Dosanjh is a former BC Premier and former Federal Health Minister. Wally Oppal, the Solicitor General of BC (and former BC Supreme Court Judge) is a Sikh. You may not have noticed us but we are human just like you. We have good and bad just like you. The turban in the RCMP is here to stay. It is not about changing anyone's uniform. It was all about being inclusive and letting others practice their religious beliefs fully. If Whites can to keep their culture and didn't have to change to fit into the culture of the Natives then why can't the Sikhs keep their culture, religion and traditions? It is in the law of this land that this country is officially bilingual and officially multi-cultural. That Charter of Rights and freedoms further protects those rights. Last but not least, if anyone doesn't believe that racism isn't here and isn't real well look up the 'Kamagata Maru' incident. Canada's immigration laws at that time were denying entry to people into Canada solely based on skin colour. The law was that only whites could come in. Also, if you get the chance talk to famous environmentalist David Sazuki and ask him how he felt when during WW2 him and his family (he was a child) were stripped of their property and jailed for being of japanese descent. Sikhs have been in Canada over 100+ years but have had the right to vote only about 40 years or so.