August1991

1. Johnson said that he "respects the law". (Yet he clearly disagrees with homosexual behaviour.) 2. Johnson believes that America is exceptional - protected by God. (Yet we now live in a multi-polar world.) ==== Johnson is no Tip O'Neill. He's not even a Newt Gingrich. At best, this Johnson is a Gerald Ford. === As a Canadian, travelling abroad, I've always liked quoting Gerald Ford's first speech: "I'm a Ford - not a Lincoln."

He is like Joe Clark, Stanfield. Someone after Diefenbaker. ====== You can go off the cliff with a flag - or like Mulroney, win 80%.

I watched this interview: Two points struck me: 1. He respects the law. 2. He believes America is exceptional. ===== On both points, he is lying. 1. Homosexuals have the right to be. 2. We must live in a multi-polar world.

Canada is a federal state. At the central government, we have two official languages - our federal state bureaucrats must be able to speak to us in French and English. We have no official state cultural. Canada is a multicultural state.

Smoke, noise. === In federal America, what about your House speaker? Online: smoke, noise.

IMHO, Trudeau Jnr should stay for the good.

In 1993, Mulroney walked away - it was a disaster. In 1979, Trudeau Snr stayed on. It worked. In 1984, he walked away - disaster. In 2015, Harper stayed. It was not a disaster.

The CPPIB and the Caisse are paper claims on real resources. Foolish people in Norway believe that - because of their savings - Norwegians will never have to work again. The Norwegian pension fund has some US $1.5 trillion - our Quebec fund is close. === My cat too will have food next morning.

There is a huge fiction of "money saved" - how to divide the CPPIB.

Disagree. If ordinary Albertans want to work in Quebec, they should be free to do so. And their work should have a similar federal State pension system.

There are 32 seats in the Maritimes - about another 30 seats in rural Quebec and Quebec. This is an attempt to save the furniture.

Herbie, You are an urban person. To you, an animal is a pet. To rural people, an animal is something we eat.

Mea culpa: I encouraged this idea of more categories. ==== Computers! You never know.

Years ago, the Maple Leaf Forum was simple. As someone in Quebec, this forum allowed me to discuss federal Canadian politics from a different perspective. (At the time, there was a French-language forum: but that's another story.) ==== Maybe Re:Politics (Maple LeaF Forum) should return to its root.

Greg, Please read my previous message.

I am open-minded. And this forum is a private venue. If I find a topic discussion thread objectionable - and I want nothing to do with re:politics, what do I do?

Keep you in line? You need a good woman.

As a young Bulgarian woman once said to me, "You like to eat the chicken. But you cannot remove the feathers!"

Many self-centered older American men are happy with a Filipina wife. You know, like Woody Allen: Whatever works

I was wrong. I thought that the Israelis would do to Gaza what the Russians did to Berlin. What we did to Germany.

Disagree.

The Caisse paid for the REM. Maybe a similar Alberta pension scheme could build a Calgary-Edmonton rail system. ==== Ordinary people put aside, delay consumption. They save for the future - they give-up now so their kids will have more.

True. Maybe for pensions. === But certainly not for education. In Canada, education is a provincial issue. And health care.

As a young man, centuries ago, my English was not good. I worked in various parts of Canada. Older, retired, I was surprised to learn that my work there counted. ==== If you work in Alberta or Quebec, it should count.