Sir Bandelot

So the lady who was scared of your dog, you know, the one who had a bad experience with dogs when she was a kid, the one whom you insulted, said that was not an excuse. Was it because she was threatening to torture it? Or because she had brown skin and was wearing a shawl. Come on... man up, man up

And what SS folks would that be? --- In US, web site reads you! Google map, looks at you! Cell phone, listens you! Bank, robs you!

Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) are the part of quality assurance that ensures that drugs are consistently produced and controlled in such a way to meet the quality standards appropriate to their intended use, as required by the marketing authorization. Part of the Health Products and Food Branch Inspectorate (Inspectorate) program is to conduct inspections of establishments that are involved in activities covered by the Establishment Licensing framework. These inspections are conducted to verify the compliance with GMP (Part C, Division 2 of the Food and Drugs Regulations) which is a requirement for the issuance of an establishment licence. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/compli-conform/gmp-bpf/index-eng.php The World Health Organization (WHO) version of GMP is used by pharmaceutical regulators and the pharmaceutical industry in over one hundred countries worldwide, primarily in the developing world. The European Union's GMP (EU-GMP) enforces similar requirements to WHO GMP, as does the Food and Drug Administration's version in the US. Similar GMPs are used in other countries, with Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore and others having highly developed/sophisticated GMP requirements. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_manufacturing_practice#Enforcement Sounds like it's not a matter of concern.

I know for a fact that cancer care has improved quite a bit since year 2000. Many new facilities have been built, which gave us additional radiation machines and other related resources. This was all part of a strategy developed almost a decade earlier, designed to meet a forecasted increase in demand. http://www.cancercare.on.ca/ocs/wait-times/wthighlights/ Also, there is a cancer treatment centre in Windsor, Ontario. It has been there for many many years. Not sure how long but I visited it in about year 1989, and it was already well established. Third, seems to me quite a few Americans have benefited from buying their prescription drugs in Canada, where they could be legally purchased at much cheaper rates. Then I remember some US Senators trying to make that illegal for Americans to do. They even lied and said Canadian made medications can't be trusted to be the same quality as the ones they could buy in the US. It sounded like protectionism to me.

I guess that'd be the majority of voters in BC then?

It's called drugs, and liberal degeneracy.

Really? They voted Harper a majority.

Not all of them though.

Not just for the NDP, but anyone who has enough skill to gain power through "the cult of personality".

For better or worse, it says Canadians crave a political 'Obama'. Layton has shown the way forward.

Err, yeah you are. Or if that ain't puttin down, I'd hate to see you really cut loose. Anyway yeah it does seem a bit much, given most didn't seem to care much about his brand of politics when he was alive. The good thing I see is Canadians need a hero, someone to inspire us and make people feel proud to be Canadian. If he's the embodiment of that at this time, so be it. I doubt it means they'll all be voting NDP come the next time around.

I don't disagree with you Argus. What I'd like to see is police being used to arrest real criminals. That includes people who break into homes to steal a TV, or steal your bike from the backyard. Now of course the punishment should also fit the crime. In some cases yes, we're being far too soft. Meanwhile in others, like personal pot possession (as raised in the OP), we're wasting too much time and money on it. My opinion is, if they want to light up at home, treat it the same as alcohol. If they go out and break into homes to get their drug money, off to jail they must go. That way we use the cops for what they're needed for, jails are not full of people who don't need to be there, and we're not letting the real bad guys go with a mere slap on the wrist. Now what's wrong with doing it that way?

The number is the same, but I'm sure you know the way the fed/provincial taxes were applied is different that the way the HST is applied.

It was a joke. Just giving back some of the polarized thinking DOP himself likes to throw around when he's on here.

Interesting point, Remiel! Sometimes we can't see the forest for the trees.

I don't need to report it, as long as you behave. If you doubt what you did is out of line with the forum rules, you can test that theory by continuing. Then we'll ask the mods to step in and see what they think.

Sounds like you have been dismissing my posts. But that's not a problem far as I'm concerned. Again, by making ad-hominems you're not keeping to the topic. Again, by making ad-hominems you're NOT keeping to the topic. That's what I was talking about. Then you weaken your own argument. You did step over the line.

No. Is that what you want to do? Maybe I am not like you at all. Because of that, the way I think might be hard for you to understand. We might never agree on certain things. I formulate my opinions over time. It doesn't bother me to make mistakes. I know everyone does. And none of you know me. "That type of mentality deserves no respect." Actually you lose respect by doing that. If you want respect, keep to the topic. In my opinion a little joke, a bit of a jab is not a big deal. As long as respect remains. Lack of respect is also breaking the rules. "Please respect others using this board by refraining from personal attacks..." You have not been reported in this case.

Fine, I will concede that since it was only speculation. But then who are all these people making such outpourings of sympathy towards Jack Layton? It's not just the media. There's all kinds of private citizens showing their respects. There must be something they admired about Jack Layton, and this resonates with them, even if they didn't vote for him. I mean, if all these people didn't vote for him, how can it be a partisan effort to 'Lionize' him?

So you love Muslims then?

And yet, when this happened you didn't call the police yourself? Or did you? I guess we both have a different explanation for why people don't report crimes to the police. There can be many reasons, to be sure. One that I put forward is, they felt the crime was too petty to call the cops. Why? because as you said, "There's nothing they can do about it". They won't be launching an investigation for who slashed a bike tire, for example. Now we can discuss whether they SHOULD do that or not, but that is a fact as it is now, they won't bother. Isn't that what you said? From the Forum rules: "Insults are the ammunition of the unintelligent..."

Could it just be possible that the many Canadians who voted NDP in the last round, did so out of desperation for the fact that they've lost faith in the CPC and Liberals? Only to have their hopes dashed as Layton quickly succumbed to cancer? Hence the outpouring. It is the death of HOPE for which they grieve...

In his case your request is quite unreasonable...

Because hate's not in the forum rules, DOP. I guess you wouldn't know that. Besides, I thought you disagreed with using the report button.

Because, it's a waste of their time and resources when they should be going after the big boys? It's not nice. But with so many more cops,they ought to be able to do a better job. Maybe they would have more time to deal with it if they left people alone who are minding their own business, not bust thousands for mere possession. Go after people who commit real crimes. There, we've given our support to the OP.