August1991

Disagree. I paid 50 cents for a good read, an editor who would choose. Good intriguing writers. Nowadays, a Google algorithim sends me crap.

Years ago, I bought the Globe and Le Devoir for 50 cents or so. (In Quebec City!) I enjoyed my morning read, argument. Richard Needham. Claude Ryan. ====== Nowadays, I don't know what to read. There is so much! -I would be willing to pay 50 cents each day for a trustworthy editor.

Trump is dividing us. Divide and conquer.

If the federal Liberals win even a minority, it will be entirely through seats in southern Ontario, urban Anglo-Quebec and the Maritimes. But what of Canada? Canada is a large, difficult country to manage. We get along. ===== I think Trump wants the federal Liberals to win and provoke Alberta/Sask/Upper BC separation.

Agreed. This 2025 federal election will be decided in suburban Toronto. ===== But here's my broader thought: Without Alberta and Quebec, Ontario is just another Michigan - and Toronto another Detroit.

Pierre Trudeau famously said that language is like breath - how we speak.

In the past, the 1700s, a person changing religion was as important as nowadays a person changing one's gender.

In America, people with blue eyes have higher incomes - check the stats. Language? Accent? It is hard for a Canadian to become PM with brown eyes. Diefenbaker had blue eyes. ===== Correlation is not causation.

For a larger understanding of this history, I recommend watching the PBS videos about James Hill: https://www.pbs.org/video/episode-1-xpovlk/ Hill was born in Ontario.

If Canadians want to live in Halifax, or Calgary or suburban Toronto: they should be free to do so, respecting local laws. Federal state pension contributions/receipts should be equivalent/transferable across Canada. Like established federal state health care schemes. Canada is a federal state with two federal official languages. Canada has no official cultural. ===== Herbie, Canada works. Why?

Disagree. Missed chance. ==== All numbers. I saw no passion for this country.

The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution restrict what the State can do. They protect the minority (an individual) against the tyranny of the majority (the State). Our Canadian Charter of Rights does the same. In theory, the premise of both is that an individual cannot physically change: language, sex, skin colour, religion, opinion. But what happens in a future society where technology/customs allow individuals to change sex, religion, language, skin colour?

In Canada, for better or worse, people like Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris are still around in parliament to argue. Diefenbaker, Churchill.

In 2016, everyone thought that Clinton would win. All the polls predicted her win. She lost. In 2025, everyone thinks Carney will win. All the polls predict it. I think he will win, but maybe only a minority.

Carney is a technocrat. From Singh or even Blanchet, I was expecting a Mulroney-style response: "You don't speak for Canada!" A huge loss for Poilievre. As Mulroney once said: "You could have refused.... " ====== You fish where there are fish.

Carney is not a tall man. He is visibly shorter than Singh.

If she has blue eyes, she's electable.

With HDTV, I was surprised to learn that Poilievre is left-handed, like Obama. And like Obama, Poilievre has brown eyes. Carney has blue-grey eyes. Blanchet has striking blue eyes: like Trudeau Snr. -Apparently Lincoln also had blue-grey eyes -JFK had striking blue eyes ===== Carney and Blanchet are short guys. Singh and Poilievre are taller. Carney is fit. ==== With HDTV, in modern democracies, I reckon that a bald man, a fat woman are un-electable.

French debate? I listened for about 20 minutes, then I gave up. True, the Anglo candidates now speak far better French than years ago. but I would still vote for Blanchet. ==== Politics is hard. Churchill wrote his own speeches. Trudeau Snr could speak off the cuff.

When it comes to politics, I've always liked the phrase of the economist Milton Friedman. I may misquote. You will never have a good politician. At best, you will have a politician who will do good things.

Spanky, 1) There has always been distrust of the financial system - in the US in particular. Such people bought gold. 2) Young people? It's a fad. 3) Ransom, illegal activities. I can see a demand for bitcoin. But how to clean it?

Years ago, I remember a reference to Trudeau. At the end of a meeting, someone asked, "Is there a hockey game?" Trudeau Snr was a smart guy.

Carney was born in 1965. Poilievre in 1979. ==== Parents? Both picked their wives well.

Both French (Wednesday 16 April) and English (Thursday 17 April) debates will occur in the new Radio-Canada atrium. I was curious about the place. The previous Radio-Canada building was built in 1973 - under Trudeau Snr, a determined federalist - but recently demolished because the building had asbestos.

Rand Paul is an ideologue. Your founders made it difficult for him to be President.