August1991

Huh? Zero chance . Top choice? ==== Good fun guys.

Canada is largely Catholic, and bilingual. Americans are mostly Protestant - stuck-up. ===== The greatest difference: Canada has a centralised monetary system; Americans do not.

I was in Singapore in the early 1980s. Then I travelled to Hongkong, and Shanghai. ==== Modern China is following the Singapore model. .

My life is a short period in a longer process. This short period of awareness. Others lived a full life. He lived almost 100 years .==== Such are the words that an AI poster would write.

Lucid? Robosmith is obviously hallucinating.

How about not! My point - America has lasted longer than Japan or China, as democracies. ==== Note to others: Let's see how Robosmith answers.

Robosmith! How about Social Security? Medicare? Is China viable?

Disagree. As a part of the population, more immigrants arrived each year in the late 1900s than arriving now.

Historical Note: The Finns allied with Hitler because Stalin invaded them. The Swedes remained neutral during both World Wars. "Not my problem!" The Norwegians collaberated - Google: Quisling.

Agreed. So, why did the Swedish government agree to join NATO? Practical Swedes.

Lee Kuan Yew is the model of modern China.

Disagree about people in Canada. ==== But in your view, we Canadians are free-riders. Like the US Dems. Other people will find these miracle drugs.

Taken to task,

I reckon that Toronto is to Montreal what Singapore is to Hongkong To work well, society requires order.

Are you autistic? A real person would ignore/laugh at my question "fair bit".

Define fair bit. And why did you use liberal in lower form.

1. In Montreal, I trust the STM guy. 2. State bureaucrats are likely to become, uh, bought. 3. We Canadians live in the cold north.

In a thread about Mulroney's death, I'll say this: the Japanese LDP lost power because it changed the VAT. Ordinary people hate consumption taxes. Why? They can't avoid them. Thatcher tried a poll tax. Mulroney's original GST was 5% - but applied to everything - everything He backed off - the tax would be 7%m but not on food or rent. Albertans hated him. Whatta guy!

Well said. 1. The US is the only civilised society without a federal value-added tax. Mulroney reformed ours. I suspect that some American politician will be forced to have the courage to impose a US federal consumption tax. 2. I remember when Mulroney ran on free-trade in 1988. Everyone remembers his debates with Turner.

eyeball & cdnfox, Get a room.

A smart editor would paywall such content - and then add a MarketPlace.

I am amazed that there is no response, no opinion on this thread. The federal Liberals and NDP just signed a federal pharmacare bill. With this law, there will be fewer incentives for new drugs, or new medication.

In 1976, Stanfield resigned. There was a federal Conservative leadership. Joe who? Clark (Catholic, from Alberta, lousy French) won. Wagner (from Quebec) lost. Mulroney (Catholic) came third. Note: Federal Conservatives chose Clark a third candidate someone outside Quebec. (People folded Mulroney's name so that it was "Money".) === In 1979, Clark became PM, in a minority government. He bungled everything in Feb 1980 and the rest, as they say, is a walk in the snow.

Andrew Coyne is behind a paywall. And the simple fact is that years ago, I was willing to pay a dollar or so each day to find what his editors chose to show me. I'm stilling willing to pay. I miss reading Coyne. Nowadays, I can go elsewhere.

Golden age? I remember very costly DC-8s - and Lester Bowles Pearson. I remember Freddie Laker.