Queenmandy85

All authority rests with the Queen. She appoints the Prime Minister and she appoints the Governor General. Political power rests with the Prime Minister. All power relies on the will of Parliament. That is where money is voted. If the Prime Minister tried to go against the Crown, the PM would pay a considerable price. The position of the Queen is double locked into the Constitution. The PM is hardly mentioned. So, the answer to your question "Doesn't that mean the PM would choose a person who would never under any circumstances kick out the PM?" is no, the Prime Minister is, by convention, obligated to nominate an eminent person who would dismiss the PM should circumstances warrant it.

So what are you suggesting a Ford government do to eliminate most carbon emissions as we transition into non-carbon sources of energy? Building nuclear reactors and electrifying and expanding rail transportation will create a lot of jobs. What choice is there? When do we start taking action? We've known this was coming for almost 50 years. We should have started reducing emissions in the 1970's but "it would have hurt the economy." Well, it's like the oil filtre commercial, "you can pay me now, (Oil filtre) or pay me later (seized engine)."

Congratulations Impact.

Fortunately, the Federal Government will take care of pricing carbon regardless of what Mr. Ford does.

So you are advocating rationing. That is what Ford and Moe must be planning, or do you believe they are morons?

If you are in a boat the is taking on water,and some Russians and Chinese are putting water into the boat, do you give up and stop bailing or do you bail harder to overcome their actions? Agreed. We need to transition to nuclear power. Presumably, Mr. Ford is an intelligent man. You would think that when credible physicists like the late Professor Hawking say we need to stop emitting carbon, any intelligent person would listen.

The alternative is rationing. Do you really prefer that? At least with the carbon tax, that revenue could be used to help transition into nuclear power, if the government could be persuaded to. The rationing choice would be expensive and bureaucratic.

I was going to say Sessions in the J. Edgar Hoover Building with a candlestick but can I change it to Rex Tillerson in in some TPLC with a noose? Just following Sir Humphrey's and Bernard's advice.

So Doug Ford is following the lead of the Socialist Credit government of Saskatchewan in choosing carbon rationing over a carbon tax. Screw the consumer and never mind the added revenue benefit.

I bet that is true for all of us.

Yes I do.

How so? You go to the riding association meeting to nominate delegates. You can run to be a delegate. Even if you are unsuccessful, you can still go to the convention as an observer and work for your candidate. I worked for Joe Clark at the 1983 convention. I had a beer with George Hees, danced with Flora MacDonald, toured Ottawa with Allan McKinnon and got to hug Maureen McTeer. It is not whether you win or lose, it is how you play the game. Democracy depends on not taking politics too seriously. Politics is a participation sport. If you don't campaign, you can't complain.

Actually, they should return to delegated conventions. They were a lot more fun and better for the parties. The conventions gave the parties more exposure. Elliott should have conceded immediately. Drawing it out, reflects on her character and costs her any influence she would have had in caucus. Nobody likes a sore loser.

Hmmm, who to believe, Stephen Hawking, or an unknown like Taxme.

Premier Notley really seems to like playing hardball. A few months ago, she got into a fight with Brad Wall over licence plates.

The potential problems of nuclear power pale to insignificance compared to the problems from emitting carbon. But that is not the issue between BC and Alberta. The BC government is desperately trying to cling to Green support to stay in power. The Alberta government is desperately trying to fend off defeat in the next election. What the activists in BC and the oil patch workers in Alberta want is just a vehicle for political power. I am biased since I remain a Kootenay boy at heart and a Tory in my soul. Sort of mixed feelings.

Then we expand our vast uranium resources which are also in western Canada. It also provides jobs in manufacturing Candu reactors throughout Canada and around the world.

It is all academic. The pipeline is approved and will be built. They will delay it but KM has the go-ahead and will build it. It is not up to the governments any more.British Columbians won't like it, for their own reasons, but it will go ahead.

How are we screwed? The oil isn't going to evaporate. It is deferring production until it is worth more. We will run out of oil. That is when we will be screwed. In the mean time, it is not just "lefties" who are concerned. We are finally waking up to the fact that, like oil, once our wilderness, the feature that defines Canada, is gone, we will never get it back. People in BC are concerned that they are putting the natural beauty of the province at risk for money. You can always get more money, but you can't replace the river valleys and coastal waters. Just look at the damage to the Slocan after a mere truck load of aviation fuel spilled, or the North Saskatchewan after the Husky spill.

I think BC will not be able to stop it. The pipeline is approved and will be built. Horgan just wants to buy time to keep the Greens sweet a while longer. I understand both sides but I question the wisdom of selling off our oil at such a rate. When it is gone, it is gone and Alberta will go back to receiving equalization payment just as they did before the oil went into production.

It is not just the NDP and Greens pushing this. A lot of people in BC are opposed to KM. It is a problem of one province not wanting to destroy it's natural beauty vs the other province wanting to make money.

Are you familiar with the trial of Adolph Eichmann? His defence was not that the holocaust never took place. His defence was that he was just following orders when he participated in the killing of millions of jews. He did not deny millions of jews were murdered. Since he was on trial for his life, do you not think if he could prove the holocaust never happened, he would have? He was present at the Wannsee conference, after all. If you go to the original documents, you could have no doubt that Heydrich and Muller, under orders from Hitler, murdered millions of jews, as well as others.

Well, that says everything we need to know about your credibility.

You can't ignore the imperatives of geography. The New York-Chicago- Toronto-Montreal axis is the engine of North America's economy for a reason. Economic power settles in an area based on such things as water transportation, access to markets and access to resources. Western separation would not change the economic picture of North America. Politically, you will have socialists as the natural governing party, with the power centred in Vancouver. How is that different than being ruled by Toronto? As for immigration, the asian demographic would become a larger proportion of the population with much more political power. For anyone with racist views, I doubt that is a prospect they would relish. Separation brings with it an added security problem. There will be people who violently object to separation. I studied the OAS insurgency in Algeria. Due to the west's geography, it is extremely vulnerable to disruption sufficient to cripple the economy. Quebec's security would be even more perilous in the event of their separation. In the event of separation, there will be a significant drop in population. People do not like instability and unemployment. Finally, there appears to be an assumption that oil production would run the economy, but for how long. We are going to run out of oil, or the rest of the world will transition away from it.

Several years ago, a woman in Saskatoon was in her final days in a battle with cancer. She wanted to die at home. She was transported by ambulance and for the final two blocks, she had them drive with lights and sirens. I don't know if that is dignity, but that is the way to go, in style.