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What a thread! ===== In the past (1890s or so), Quebec had many people. Catholic, birthrate. But the federal government encouraged foreigners to populate the West - not Quebecers. Imagine if Laurier/Sifton had allowed Catholics to go West rather than South.

Try Bastiat and his petition. ==== Harris should try that with JD Vance. "Let's impose a tax on sunlight!" Sadly, Harris is no Trudeau Snr. Nor was Obama.

Life is a process. Successful societies ensure that young care for old as an incentive.

Robosmith, Knock, knock. C'est qui?

Same idea. You declare and put after-tax money in a TFSA. All your gains and dividends are tax free - in Canada, according to the CRA. Note: The IRS has a different view. You buy risky Tesla shares - no problem. Ford dividend shares? I would not use a TFSA to buy a US dividend stock.

Musk speaks it. Educated Chinese too. Americans rarely, even if they understand calculus.

Norway is a country of 6 million, like Quebec. Norway has a sovereign fund of about US 2 trillion dollars. Quebec has a sovereign fund (la Caisse) with about US 500 billion. ==== These funds are claims, (paper) IOUs, on real resources. Are Norwegians really rich?

Please understand two points: 1. The US pension system is more generous than our RRQ/OAS. 2. Our RRQ/Norwegian system is based on US paper.

Inserts I was recently watching a documentary.

Dead wrong.

BeaverFever, Thank you. You made my point.

I disagree. In the past, we received far more. Canada has lots of space. We Canadians can receive 400,000 or about 1% of our current population. ---- In the 1890s. OTOH, we accepted "Ukrainians" (Galicians, Ruthenians, Slovaks, Poles etc) while sending French-Canadians south. Google: Clifford Sifton ==== At issue is how we bring these people into our Canadian world.

Strongly disagree.

Herbie, you miss my point. IME, many Asians do not understand sarcasm. They rarely if ever understand irony. ===== But we Europeans (Westerners) use knives to eat.

Robosmith - you're an AI whatever. ===== Knock, knock.

I strongly disagree. Nationalist. Google Creative Destruction Or try Wikipedia and Luddite

We are getting data on how many ballots have been submitted by hand, in person (or received by mail) according to registration. Is there any data on choice after exit? Post hand-in, post mail-in? Aside from registration, how have these people voted? ===== Side Note: As a Canadian, this American "registration" is truly weird.

Eh? Around the world, since 1990 or so, from Vietnam to China to Russia to, uh, Albania, countries have opened to foreigners. More people live better.

You Americans defeated the Soviets; you won the Cold War. America now has a different role to play in this world.

The speech later became known as "The New Frontier." In his remarks, then Senator Kennedy famously states, "The New Frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises-- it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them." https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/historic-speeches/acceptance-of-democratic-nomination-for-president This link needs subtitles.

Some books are stories. Other books are a way of thinking.

Hey kids, copy and Google search: Erik Nielsen MP Neil Macdonald CBC

Disagree. Some people eat food with fingers (India) or with sticks (China). We in the West require a knife.

Disagree. JFK ran on the slogan "New Frontier". ==== McGovern and Trump/Vance want America to come home.

Sarcasm. Irony. ===== This forum is wonderful.