August1991

Dosage? Giggle. ==== I understand well what nationalism is, and how destructive it can be. Like religion, it can be tribalism - but also co-operation. BTW, we are seeing now its destructive side in the US. My side right; your side wrong. ===== As to the ethnic cleansing argument, there are many Anglo/American leftist-types moving into the Plateau. Montreal is San Francisco - without all the problems. Quebec, thank God, is nothing like what happened in Europe. For example, among many examples, in western Ukraine: Polish-speaking were forced to leave.

Please, no more. I am tired of seeing this foolish virtue signal. Anyone in our federal government who shows this symbol is a nationalist. ===== We people in Canada are different. We get along.

You guys in NZ, Aus, UK have no idea what is about to happen. In Canada, this election system still works. ==== In the American system, a citizen must choose among many. many candidates for various positions. (The ballot is a broad paper.) In the British system. a voter delegates a person to decide these decisons

Curious? I have been to all these places. Cities (or remnants of them). With my own eyes Konigsberg. Danzig, Chernoviitz I no longer trust Wikipidia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernivtsi

Disagree. --- Crimea is no more part of Ukrainia or Russia than the Westmount is part of Quebec or Canada.

Stephen Harper and Jean Charest made the new Champlain Bridge possible. The 30. This REM? A change in the thinking of our pension savings. The Caisse (Norway) does not manage a portfolio of paper: it decides the physical future of a society. === Americans with their Social Security? Smarter or Clueless.

I have many thoughts about this. I will note two. -I remember Jean-Marie Lemieux. (Lke any good actor, he took up the room.) -We all paid for this series. It should be free for all around to see it.

Someone posted this on YouTube (no irritat9ng Google ads):

Disagree. --- Look what Gerald Butts is doing.

IMHO, the future is a far better place than the past. Some people speak French, others English. More important, different people live together in peace. ==== Leftists/Progressives have made a mess of Haiti.

Trudeau Jnr needs the seats of urban Ontario and Quebec; the anglo NDP will provide the rest. Look at the cabinet; Butts has done the numbers.

In the parliamentary system. the prime minister is a dictator - restricted by the popular vote of parliament. Canada is a federal state. Our federal PM is restricted - in theory - by the Supreme Court but ultimately by language.

In the UK, sitting MPs of the governing/majority party are free to speak. In our federal parliament, only some votes provoke a test of confidence. ===== How we restrict power/control is not a simple question. I like Trudeau Snr's idea: create counter-weights. Our federal Charter of Rights is not perfect but - like unions - it made the Supreme Court another counter-weight.

In October 1970, the federal NDP opposed the War Measures Act. https://greatcanadianspeeches.ca/2020/10/14/tommy-douglas-october-crisis-1970/ The current federal NDP had a different view of federal State power: https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/jagmeet-singhs-support-for-emergencies-act-shows-hes-no-tommy-douglas-stuart-parker-for-inside-policy/

In Canada, we live under a dictatorship - with a few checks. True, the federal PM is a dictator. Except - a federal PM without caucus support (eg. Thatcher) is like a US President without Congressional support (eg. Nixon). ==== And then there is the Supreme Court and the provincial premiers. (In Canada, this is now a weak defense.) In the past, religion was a good defense. Pierre Trudeau added our Charter to restrict the federal government Now, it is language.

Myata, I want this death and destruction to stop. America should be on the side to negotiate an end. ==== Unlike the war against Hitler or Japan, or even against the Soviets, this is a foolish civil war between stubborn Slavs. Trust me.

In Canada, we are a federal system. Our basic protection against tyranny is our two languages- Germany had two religions. ==== In America, it is the written word.

As a Canadian, I tend to agree. I prefer a world where we have counter-weights

I taught my daughter English with this movie. (If you have someone in the family who doesn't speak English well. turn on the sub-titles.) This movie can be re-watched. Sarcasm is saying the opposite of what you mean: "Smart move!" Irony is saying something smart, when everyone else knows that you're clueless. This movie is filled with irony. Why has it survived? I reckon the actors. The script was good. Direction also. But the actors were excellent. (Think of each action in each scene.) .

Trust me. They are relevant. ==== Pierre Trudeau understood our country, its history - and its place in the world.

Michael & Cdn Fox, This is wrong. It is not my kind of Canada.

I looked at the names. All things considered, someone else designed this for re-election. ==== Years ago, I reckoned that Trudeau Jnr (like RFK Jnr) had enough of fame. I wuz wrong.

Corrected. Brussels is also such a city.

Can someone clearly explain when a person is "registered"? And what are the tax exemptions?

I read through your rant. I am fearful that we in Canada are about to do the same for people registered under the federal Indian Act as "Indians".