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On 12/16/2018 at 2:02 PM, Zeitgeist said:
I’m afraid that’s misinformation. The government borrows money by issuing debt like most governments. The Bank of Canada does earn interest. The central banks trade with each other. Private banks don’t own that debt. You should visit the Bank of Canada in Ottawa. It’s a fascinating place. I’ve asked direct questions and received clear and direct answers. It is not a private bank.
Many countries are in debt trap. "Like most governments" is not an evidence to prove it is a good choice. Bank of Canada does not earn interest means it is a best choice for government to borrow money from.
Who received the interests of public debt? that is 10% of the tax dollars that Canadians pay to the government? Where does it go? I think the government should give us an clear answer.
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Why fentanyl in China did not cause problem? But cause problem in other country, it is obviously this is just a management issue of the country that has the problem, not a problem of China at all. If you need cooperation from China, why not just talk to them and ask them to make from new laws. Why you enjoy blame others first, as if you are an angel?
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On 12/1/2018 at 6:23 PM, Argus said:
Stopping the import of fentanyl is almost impossible because Canada lacks the policing (we have among the lowest police per population in the western world) border agency agents (the budget has been cut year after year forever) and laws (it's almost impossible to get any cooperation from the courts). In addition, of course, our federal government is obsessed with trying to please China to get more trade with them, so is not about to stand up to them in any public, meaningful way. As a result, China is ignoring the fentanyl production and its shipment to Canada.
It seems lots of people enjoy every negative news about China, and ignore any positive news about China. Over a long time, this kind of self hypnosis become the illusion that China is evil.
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14 hours ago, Zeitgeist said:
Also, there’s no such thing as a central bank giving direct loans to individuals.
I was not talking about loan to individuals. It is about loan to government and pay interest by tax to private bank. All Canadians have been suffering this exploitation for so many years. This is the key reason that our product cost is so high.
QuoteWhy did Pierre Elliot Trudeau move Canada from having a public debt (printed money from the Bank of Canada) - Edit - this should state that the bank of Canada loaned money to the government before 1974, this was very manageable as the public debt was only 18 billion dollars in 1974 before Trudeau drove it to over 100 billion dollars which got the compounding private bank monster rolling) to borrowing money from private banks and issuing bonds (money) that pay interest?
This was essentially a criminal act, there was never any referendum of Canadian taxpayers that agreed to let the government start borrowing money from banks and investors. Approximately 70% of the 600+ Billion dollar federal debt is from compounding interest. If they had just printed the money from the Bank of Canada we would only have a 200 billion dollar excess currency in circulation instead of this monsterous 600 billion debt that is compounding and threatening to destroy our civilization.
The whole mess was started by the Liberals, a bunch of lawyers who know how to pass laws and spend money but cannot run a business, no business can just pile up debt with no intention of paying anything back and neither can a country, it just takes longer for a country to finally go bankrupt. With interest rates at record lows now there is great danger that as rates swing back up (like a pendulum that has built up momentum) Canada's debt service charges will become overwhelming, taking from vital government services, just when the demand for those services will be rising as the baby boomers retire. Currently 14% of tax dollars are going to service the debt as interest rates rise that number could double, triple or worse until the system collapses. Government cannot continue to raise taxes and inhibit the productive members of society from creating wealth so that the capital can be wasted on debt and overpaid civil servants, including Pierre Trudea's offspring Justin who has now moved up to the trough.
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35 minutes ago, cannuck said:
My total loss to bribery, fraud, deceit and other BS to date adds up to a grand total of...let me calculate...THERE's the number - $0.
Sorry for you bad luck. However, China has more than 500 thousand foreign invest companies, if no money can earn, I think most of them will have to go somewhere else. When GM close its factory in Oshawa, it did not close the factory in China yet. That means it can still earn money there.
43 minutes ago, cannuck said:If you for one moment think that China has a good record for human rights, ask the Tibetians, the Uyghurs or ANY political "dissidents".
When you talk like this, I know you are not in China, or stay in China but only read western fake news, and has too less connection with ordinary Chinese people. You know nothing about real China. And China never did something like smallpox rugs or residential schools.
46 minutes ago, cannuck said:What I hate is people to ignorant or dishonest to admit the truth about what ACTUALLY happens there.
I agree with you on this although I am not sure if you actually know the truth and what happened there, or have just illusions.
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There are too few big companies own by Canadians, too many companies acquired by the US. when Canadians pay too much tax for the interests of government loan, the cost of Canadian product goes very high, and can not compete with the product of foreign products. In this situation, job loss is inevitable.
If Canada can stop paying debt interest for private banks, new government loan are only from Bank of Canada, and prevent US from acquiring companies from Canada, Canada economy will start to grow very fast.
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When there are enough job opportunities for them, and they receive enough education for the jobs, and they are busy in jobs, they will not likely have enough time to crime.
Government can do a lot on this.
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32 minutes ago, Machjo said:
If you're referring to the arrest, that was strictly apolitical. Even our politicians have no power over this. They did not request the arrest and had no power to prevent it either. It's now up to a judge to make that decision.
This is not true. According to the Extradition Act:
Quotehttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/e-23.01/page-2.html
Minister’s Power to Receive Requests
Marginal note:Request to go to Minister
11 (1) A request by an extradition partner for the provisional arrest or extradition of a person shall be made to the Minister.
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Warrant for Provisional Arrest
Marginal note:Minister’s approval of request for provisional arrest
12 The Minister may, after receiving a request by an extradition partner for the provisional arrest of a person, authorize the Attorney General to apply for a provisional arrest warrant, if the Minister is satisfied that
(a) the offence in respect of which the provisional arrest is requested is punishable in accordance with paragraph 3(1)(a); and
(b) the extradition partner will make a request for the extradition of the person.
And actually Trudeau knew that:
Quotehttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/trudeau-huawei-arrest-meng-wanzhou-1.4935471
Trudeau says he had advance notice of Huawei executive's arrest
37 minutes ago, Machjo said:Clearly a country like the US or China that whos the will to bully Canada is a country Canada should approach with caution.
I don't think China is bully Canada, I think Canada is helping US bullying China.
38 minutes ago, Machjo said:would grreatly minimize the PRC government's ability to intervene in Canadian political affairs
I don't think China has ability or intention to intervene in Canadian political affairs.
I know US and Canada never stop intervene in China political affairs, they keep try to convert China into a western style democracy system.
41 minutes ago, Machjo said:On the matter of Chinese espionage,
I don't know Chinese espionage, just heard the media talk about it everyday among others which Trump called "fake news". I did hear about US never stop spy everyone in this earth from Edward Snowden's story.
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57 minutes ago, Argus said:
Are you still here? Haven't you been deported yet?
So you mean I am very important, after I go to China, Canada will be one of the state of the United States, instead of one of the province of China? LOL.
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Why should Canada damage China by sacrifice its own economy? Is it simply because fear of the united states? So Canada is not an independent nation, it is only one of the salves of the US?
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The US record of violating or dissolving key international treaties
It is no secret that the modern globalised world is increasingly dependent on the quality of states implementing international agreements that regulate relations between countries. This is of particular importance in fields such as human rights, the environment, and, of course, disarmament and WMD prohibition.
The United States and the Western political circles, the self-styled architects of the “new world order,” constantly violate or drag their feet on the signing of fundamental international agreements. For example, the US ratified the 1948 Genocide Convention only 40 years after its signing. It has not ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The United States has repeatedly violated principles of the UN Charter. For example, that state launched an armed invasion of Grenada in 1983. UN General Assembly Resolution 37/8 described the US action as a gross violation of international law. In 1986, the US made an assault on Libya and invaded Panama in 1989. Both misdeeds were condemned by the UN General Assembly which qualified them as violations of international law.
The International Court of Justice also denounced US violations of the UN Charter. It passed a well-known verdict on Nicaragua vs. the US in 1986, stating directly that the United States had violated Nicaragua’s sovereignty and the norms on non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs and non-use of force.
The irresponsible attitude to the UN Charter on the part of the United States and its allies, translated into the bombing attacks on Yugoslavia in 1999 and the invasion of Iraq in 2003. In March 2011, the US spearheaded NATO’s intervention in Libya, which led to that country’s complete disintegration. An illegal interference in the form of illegitimate air strikes and arms supplies to nongovernmental armed groups spurred on the growth of radical sentiments in Syria, which eventually helped the emergence of a global community of militants and terrorists. America’s absolutely ill-conceived, short-sighted and illegal actions in Iraq as well as the region as a whole have in some way or other facilitated the emergence of the Islamic State. The consequences of US interference in Libya and Syria are amazing in their scale.
The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was signed in 1970 and supported by practically all countries with the exception of Cuba, India, Pakistan and Israel. The treaty outlined a strategic goal, the renunciation of nuclear weapons. Apart from other things, it provided for nuclear states pledging not to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear powers. The US claims that it “performs” its NPT obligations but the worrisome situation linked to Washington’s failure to comply with some key provisions of the treaty is still there. The United States continues to engage NATO’s European non-nuclear countries in so-called joint nuclear missions. These “missions” include elements of nuclear planning and skill enhancement drills in how to use nuclear weapons, drills involving non-nuclear NATO countries’ carrier aircraft, air crews, airfield infrastructure and ground support services. All of this is a direct violation of NPT articles 1 and 2. In 2002, certain high-ranking US military officers went on record as saying that they allowed the use of nuclear munitions against non-nuclear states or terrorists.
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) has been discussed over a period of four decades and signed in 1996. It bans all nuclear explosions, for both civilian and military purposes, in all environments – underground, ground, water, air and outer space. The Treaty was signed by 44 countries possessing nuclear infrastructure. The US and China signed but failed to ratify it. For over 20 years, it was not possible to bring this crucial international treaty into effect. Given that the non-treaty countries take their cues from the United States in the matter of joining the CTBT, Washington’s stagnant stance is the main obstacle standing in the way of tuning the Treaty into a valid international legal instrument.
In 1972, the USA and the USSR signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABMT) that created a mutual assured destruction system. Neither the USSR, nor the USA could attack each other, for a response was sure to destroy the aggressor. Thus, a missile attack automatically became an act of suicide, with the so-called “strategic balance” being established between the two superpowers. This agreement was signed at Washington’s initiative. In 2001, US President George Bush declared that the Americans were unilaterally withdrawing from the agreement. The formal pretext for this step was that the United States wanted to secure itself against missile attacks from so-called “rogue countries” and terrorist groups. This could be taken for granted, if we didn’t see their strategic planning aimed at avoiding international commitments in the spheres where it was important for them to assure their total domination. This is a strategy. Therefore, their explanations that Russia allegedly is failing to live up to its commitments under some or other treaties are just subterfuges. Today I will familiarise you with the real history of US politicians’ behaviour in the area of international law.
Since then, the US efforts to put in place an antimissile system have most adversely affected the international security system, aggravating relations not only in the Euro-Atlantic but also in the Asia Pacific region, emerging as one of the most serious obstacles to the further stage-by-stage nuclear disarmament and creating dangerous prerequisites for a resumption of the nuclear armed race.
The next point is the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) which prohibits the development, production, transportation, diffusion and use of chemical weapons, as all of us well know. Apart from this, it provides for the creation of a complex and total international surveillance system. The US played a key role in drafting and signing this agreement. But it was and is doing its best to avoid international inspections as likely to threaten their national security interests. We have been hearing this explanation from Washington for many years. Some other countries have followed in the footsteps of the US.
The next agreement, Biological Weapons Convention, was signed in 1972 and came into force in 1975. It banned the development, production, stockpiling and acquisition of biological agents that could be used as weapons and of biological weapons proper. The Convention included a special protocol that banned the use of even tiny quantities of deadly microorganisms or toxins for research purposes. The US was rather a reluctant participant in efforts to reach an agreement on the Convention, while some senior US officials were in principle against the signing of the protocol as it would likely damage the interests of US microbiological research companies. In July 2001, Washington declared that it would not abide by the protocol until it was amended.
The next document is the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The aim of the Convention was to reduce industrial atmospheric emissions causing the so-called “greenhouse effect.” The “greenhouse effect,” in turn is believed to be one of the main causes of the global climate change. The US signed the Kyoto Protocol in 1992, but in 2001, the then US administration refused to comply with its provisions, saying that there was no unambiguous proof of the relationship between global warming processes and the amount of gaseous emissions. The Bush administration believed that implementing the Convention put the US industry in a quandary while not helping to fight the “greenhouse effect.”
I think it makes no sense to reiterate the information concerning the Paris Agreement. All of you know what has happened to it.
In assessing compliance with the obligations under Vienna Document 2011 (VD11) on confidence and security-building measures, the United States keeps reiterating the same accusations against Russia, citing “selective implementation” and “insufficient transparency.” However, this US dissatisfaction with Russia boils down to some vague concerns from 2014 in connection with “Russia's implementation of the document, including in relation to Ukraine.”
By groundlessly accusing Russia of “arming and training separatists in Eastern Ukraine and conducting joint military operations,” the United States and NATO countries have seriously discredited the role of this document as an instrument of objective control of the military activities of the OSCE member states.
The United States and its allies have repeatedly circumvented the restrictive provisions of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) through the NATO expansion everybody knows about. At the same time, they in every possible way avoided the renewal of the regime of conventional arms control (CAC) in Europe proposed by Russia in accordance with the new military and political realities on the continent. The most vivid confirmation of this, for example, is their refusal to ratify the Agreement on Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (adapted CFE).
In August 2018, the United States froze cooperation with Russia under the Treaty on Open Skies. Practically from the very moment of the signing of this document, Washington has been ignoring its requirements to work out special procedures for the aerial observation of its islands and territorial waters. Thus, for a long time a significant part of US territory was simply inaccessible for observation, which was a gross violation of the foundations of the Treaty. Only at the end of 2015 did Washington meet Russia’s requirements. However, the procedures for the Aleutian Islands still provide no possibility for the flight crews to rest there, which may adversely affect flight safety and significantly limit Russia’s ability to observe this part of US territory.
On August 31, the US authorities demanded the suspension of the work of the Russian Consulate General in San Francisco, the trade mission in Washington and its branch office in New York until September 2. After this, the buildings belonging to Russia were seized. According to many legal experts, these actions of the United States with respect to Russian diplomatic property are illegal because they violate the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
At the October 3 briefing, Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Affairs John Bolton said the US was withdrawing from the Optional Protocol Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which allowed Convention violation disputes to be settled by the UN International Court of Justice in the Hague.
US President Donald Trump said Washington is withdrawing from the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, which we have already talked about today.
This is a far-from-complete list of examples of how the US treats international law, international agreements. They are actually manipulating these documents depending on the current political situation and predominant interests in Washington.
Therefore, when we are told that the US is withdrawing from some agreement because we are not complying with something there – this is not true. Such excuses will not work.
This is just a small list of how they joined and withdrew from international agreements; signed but not ratified them; signed, ratified, but not complied with them; or modified agreements in their own way and taste. It can be expanded.
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1 hour ago, turningrite said:
......China's lack of adherence to the rule of law ......
I don't know any "rule of law" China break with Canada, I know US lack of adherence of rule of law with Canada such as NAFTA.
1 hour ago, turningrite said:the one that has the ability to cause Canada the greatest damage is the U.S. and not China.
I agree with this, US bully every country in this planet include Canada.
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I have lived in both Canada and China for more than 15 years. How long did you live in China? what you know about China is from media, you know media tell lies about Canada and the US. But why you choose trust what they say about China?
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3 minutes ago, Argus said:
It's called judgement. I see what a crude, corrupt, violent, bullying country China is and how they threaten everyone around them and I make a judgement.
You could do the same if you didn't have to write whatever the Communist Party ordered you to.
what makes you think china is a "crude, corrupt, violent, bullying" country?
The US is far more "crude, corrupt, violent, bullying" than China, and you can not see.
Either you are brainwashed, or you are trying to brainwash others.
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15 hours ago, Argus said:
China is a shithole country......
Do you use products from s***hole everyday?
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12 hours ago, Argus said:
China is a shithole country. All its citizens in Canada should be arrested and deported.
Why do you think like that? Is it just because you are not able to organize an argument? What a pity.
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I doubt how much China care about such a small economy like Canada.
I think Canada should care about self. Not always think others will take from Canada, especially talk about other countries when ignoring US acquire hundreds of Canada company each year.
Actually, after Meng's incident happened, the winter of economy has already start.
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Trump's trade war, makes everything expensive. Canada's arrest of Ms Meng will make things in Canada even more expensive. They fight political wars based on lies, the most people in US and Canada suffers, and have to lower their living standard.
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On 12/11/2018 at 7:31 PM, Argus said:
The crude bullying by China...
Canada just bullied by US in NAFTA, and many other issues. The biggest bully in this world is from the US.
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German prosecutors drop Angela Merkel mobile phone spying investigation
There is no evidence for the case to stand up in court, prosecutors say, following the revelations last year that the German chancellor's phone was allegedly tapped by the NSA -
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How America Spies on Europe and the UN
The Americans recently drew up a secret chart that maps out what aspects of which countries require intelligence. The 12-page overview, created in April, has a scale of priorities ranging from red "1" (highest degree of interest) to blue "5" (low interest). Countries like Iran, North Korea, China and Russia are colored primarily red, meaning that additional information is required on virtually all fronts.
But the UN and the EU are also listed as espionage targets, with issues of economic stability as the primary concern. The focus, though, is also on trade policy and foreign policy (each rated "3") as well as energy security, food products and technological innovations (each rated "5").
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Crime in Canada seems to align with natives
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If the government has already done a lot and result is not good, does that mean it is not efficient?
Does the government acting based on carefully study or just for votes?
Are there more effective ways to do it?