Queenmandy85

Only bring it back if we use the traditional system. Parade the condemned out of town on Tuesday morning and hang them from the town gallows. Capital crimes include treason (separatists), murder and theft Petty treason (a wife who disobeyed her husband or cheated on him) should be burned at the stake.

If you want their vote, yes. The only part of the Conservative party that has earned the ire of the LGBT community are the social "conservative" wingnuts that believe they have the right to tell someone else who they can fall in love with or how they should dress. Remember, it wasn't that long ago when our leader was the grand marshal in the Calgary Pride parade. We had a good relationship with the LGBT community until the merger with Manning's socialist credit/ reform group. It would be better to invite three million LGBT voters and embrace the science supporting the need to fight climate change, than pandering to a few social conservatives and uneducated dolts like crooked Jason Kenny who is a failed philosophy major. Even our failed drama teacher has a better education than that idiot. Peter Lougheed must be rolling in his grave. So that is why I don't hate liberals. I grieve for our party but I don't hate anyone, not even socreds. I just hate the fact they stole from us and would persecute anyone with a different life style if they had the chance.

He should have courted the LGBT community. It was after the merger with reform / Socialist Credit that conservatives in the LGBT community were forced out such as Scott Brison. As long as a member stayed in the closet, they didn't have as much of a problem One even became a powerful member of Harper's cabinet. Mr. Sheer ignored the fact that politics is about gathering support, not alienating it.

We don't need to wreck the economy to transition away from fossil fuels. The operative word there is fuel. We need to move into production of non-carbon emitting energy using uranium in the short term while developing thorium reactors and solar. We already export uranium. We should be building reactors across Canada, electrify and rebuild the rail network and build reactors from around the world. The economic benifits to Canada, especially western Canada go far beyond imagination.

They are not taking 4 years from student. The students are adults and make a free choice to study in the field of their choice. Universities are not job training. For job training, go to a trade school and take plumbing, computer science, carpentry, or medicine. Universities are for research and learning.

I was listening to one of my favourite folk groups, the Clancy Brothers, singing God Bless England and it made me think of our wonderful neighbour. With apologies to the Clancy brothers, I have mofied their lyrics: But ould America loves us still!Now Canadians, forget the past!And think of the time that's coming fast.When we shall all be civilized,Neat and clean and well-advised.And won't Uncle Sam be surprised?

The poll reflects the reason we did not win the election. It displays a complete disregard for the critical issue of climate change and the rights of millions of members of the LGBT community. To understand the impact of a sudden change in global temperature, you only have to look at the western Roman Empire's collapse when Europe cooled a few degrees. The LGBT community is not a political monolith. Prime Minister Harper included at least one member of the community in the top level of his cabinet.

You do realize that if the three prairie provinces plus western Canada (BC) separate, the power will reside in the Left coast. You will have frequent liberal and NDP governments. Both Saskatchewan and Manitoba have strong NDP bases so I doubt we would see many Conservative governments. The real power source for the Conservatives lies in Ontario and Quebec. I cannot vote in your poll because the selection of answers does not have enough choices. I do not hate the Liberals or the Conservatives (except for the Reform / Socialist Credit wing) or the NDP. I have always been a life long Progressive Conservative but politics is a sport. Democracy depends upon the players not taking it too seriously.

I am thinking your choice of user name is meant to be sarcastic since you clearly do not adhere to conservative values. The prime role of a conservative is loyalty to the Queen. It was the foundation on which Conservatism was founded. Also, if you were actually a conservative, you would know it is spelled "labour," not labor. Aside from that, you've presented an interesting analysis.

The US is a nation of wonderful people but they are a republic, the antithisis of Canada's traditions and culture. The pipelines are vunerable to attack from Canadians who take a dim view of someone trying to destroy our country. Lets see, 5 and a half million against 31 million. Not good odds and that doesn't include the couple of million loyalists in Alberta and Saskatchewan who want to stay in Canada. The First Nations have treaty rights that basically give them the right to stop separation, according to the news reports..

Queen Elizabeth II is a Canadian citizen so therefore is not a foreigner. (FYI)

The main reason for Premier Kenny's confrontational posture towards Ottawa is the continuing threat to the legitimacy of his election to the leadership of his party. It is all theatre to distract attention. As Jacee said, "Alberta could be getting on the renewable energy gravy train instead of wasting time and money on temper tantrums." There are lots of ways to make money other than oil.

Saskatchewan won't separate. How long do you think it will take before the west is sucked into the huge American gut? The wexit people are already threatening to become a republic. How many troops will the Alberta government be able to commit to protect the pipelines as well as counter -terrorism? How are Saskatchewan and Alberta going to convince the First Nations to allow separation? As for pipelines to the US, how is Keystone going? What will Albertans do when the Americans have sucked all their oil out? (Answer: go back to being a recipient of equalization payments.)

Why in the Name of God would she do that? What is your problem with transgenderism? Don't answer that. (thread drift.)

How is that possible. The Queen IS the Canadian government.

The party is not as important as the candidate running to represent your community. I always look to Bert Herridge. He went to the Liberal nominating meeting and told them he could win the riding for them. They thanked him and said no thanks. He went across the street and told the CCF he could win the riding for them and they welcomed him with open arms and he turned the riding into an NDP-CCF safe seat for decades. Then he voted for his constituants rather than the party line and David Lewis fired him. The riding went Tory in the next election. The lesson, it is all about the candidate, not the party. It is time to downgrade the parties and the leaders.

A run off election in those ridings where the leading candidate did not receive a majority would be a lot simpler and would get the parties out of the mix. While parties are neccessary, they are fixated on ideology and not the quality of the candidates.

The Conservative Party was founded on the principle of loyalty and support of the Monarch. Pitt, Disraeli, MacDonald, Borden, and Diefenbaker are the prime examples of this. The Monarchy costs the British taxpayer less than the UK embassy in Paris. Just the economic injection from tourism resulting from the Monarchy more than compensates the expense. It costs the Canadian taxpayer nothing. If we were to abolish the Monarchy, who would appoint the Prime Minister, the Premiers and the cabinet? Some would say a President but the examples so far have been less than comforting. Putin, Trump, Xi Jinping, Mugabe? Most of the best countries in the world are Monarchies. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Japan and the 13 nations that Queen Elizabeth II reigns over. Our Queen has been a Canadian citizen since the designation of Canadian citizen was created. I prefer a Head of State who is not a politician. In the last 1000 years, we have had Richard the Lionheart, Henry VI, Edward II, Richard II, Bloody Mary, and James II who were disappointments. That is six in over a thousand years. On the other hand we have had Alfred, Edward the Elder, Edward the Confessor, William I, Henry II, Henry V, Edward I, Edward III, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Charles II, Louis XIV (longest reigning monarch of "Canada")George III, Victoria and George V. That is 15 outstanding leaders. Can a republic like France, Russia, or the US make the same claim?

Also, Trudeau is only 1/4 French at most. :-) However, I have to wonder why Kenny is so focused on Ottawa when Alberta's main obstacle is the Government inVictoria...specifically Weaver. That is who Premier Kenny should be sitting down with the find a solution. We seem to forget that BC has more to lose and little to gain in the petroleum export issue.

Edit: second thoughts.

I agree whole heartedly but we are hurtling towards 12 billion and that is a huge problem. An analysis presented on Quirks and Quarks determined the maximum sustainable human population is 1.5 billion.

Edit: deleted comment- when I tell myself to go to bed, I really should shut up and go to bed. My apologies to all.

Our civilization depends on iron ore, coal and oil. When those resourses are exhausted, we cannot sustain 7 billion people. Now it is past my bedtime. Sleep tight every one.

What I understand is if there is no work where you are, move to where there is work. You can't work in the resourse extraction business without knowing it is uncertain and you have to be flexible.

They are already getting ready to build it, but I am sure they are just waiting for you to lend a hand.