August1991

Disagree. Europeans have a tendency to fight each other. You know, Germans vs French. We Canadians (Catholic, French, English, Protestant) have a long history of getting along.

Pierre Trudeau spoke good French, international French. I raised my daughters to speak such. ===== But they can imitate a Newfoundlander. What is genuine?

Thanks to Harper, the REM works

I have no naval experience, nor any military experience. But I have walked the paths of various battles in various wars: the collapse of civilised Europe in Summer 1914 is striking; similar to our current world situation.

And wearing a Rolex watch is also a signal. Young white male kids paint graffiti. Why?

We Canadians avoided the cataclysm/collapse of August 1914. Heck, we Canadians even avoided the US civil war. We Canadians get along. We Canadians: French, English, Catholic, Protestant, indigineous, whatever. We get along.

All the more reason to avoid wasting money on building a larger dreadnought.

Canada does not need submarines. They are a waste of money. Full stop. Carney wants them because he thinks that it will appease Trump. ==== We Canadians are greater than that.

Strongly disagree. ==== John Stone, you are a typical English-Canadian from Ontario. You are terrified: Without the federal Liberals, Toronto would be Detroit; Ontario would be Michigan.

You make a good point. Centuries later, people in Quebec still speak French: Newfoundlanders still have their accent. And people in Iceland - a few hundred thousand, no immigration, sustainable - still make good music:

To be clear: Various US governments are borrowing faster than the US economy is growing, faster than these governments can tax. A Ponzi scheme. We Canadians are similar - but our governments started from a better position.

Our federal debt is now $Cdn 1.4 trillion (thanks to Justin!) Canada's GDP is about $ Cdn 2.2 trillion. Canada's federal debt-to-GDP is still below 100! ===== Unlike the US government, Canada's federal government is not a Ponzi scheme.

It makes no sense. -Canada does not need submarines -Carney is saying this to make Trump happy (as if that will work)

Years ago, heck centuries ago, we Canadians voted across various identity lines: Protestants voted for a Catholic. Our first federal Roman Catholic prime minister was chosen in 1892 - an anglophone. We have had many since.

Emotions? 44/46? ==== Some women will not vote for candidates like Trump or Poilievre. For some women -typically older women, these male candidates are toxic. In Canada, it is a major problem for candidates.

They vote for Mamdani.

Bush/Cheney American view. Give it a break. ==== Kennedy/Nixon/Reagan won. The Soviet Union is no more.

I agree. Arctic Ocean? WTF? ===== Harper wisely bought a few costly C-17s. This is Canada: When needed, fly in to fix the problem. ===== Carney is doing what Trump wants - spend zillions on useless nonsense hardawre.

Herbie, Coloured people? I have been to a few other US cities. In Atlanta, I sensed that blacks ran the show. A new version of Africa. As kids say, it was a vibe.

Agreed. And he has all the anglo media on his side.

Guys like Nixon, Charest, Clinton, Bourassa - even Mackenzie King - lost for obvious reasons, but came back. Poilievre lost for no reason. Like Dukakis.

Agreed. ====== Poilievre should have known what the Liberals were doing in his Ottawa riding. Do I want a guy like that to negotiate with Trump?

America is not like Europe: America has 50 different states. The Democrats will rue this win.

Carney wants to spend money on military, submarines. To appease the US, Trump

Like Bulgarians under Turk rule, french-speaking people in North America will survive.