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Totalitarian, yes; one-party state, yes; but it no longer fits the definition of communist. It is a kleptocratic republic now. Like I said, the Soviet Union was our close ally in WWII. Without them, the war would have been a lot worse for us. Both Canada and the US have close relations with Saudi Arabia. Human rights are a foreign concept to that government. You take that out of context. Mr. Trudeau was referring to the ability of a dictatorship to get things done expeditiously. An example is when Covid 19 exploded on the scene in 2020, China built two large hospitals dedicated to treating the disease. Both hospitals were up and running in just over a week. In a democracy, it takes years to do that. The fact that they are able to do that because of forced labour and intense coercion is understood. In a society like China, Professor Peterson would not have to take classes on ethics. They would just take him out and shoot him in the back of his head. To all those contributors out there who throw the word communist, nazi or dictator around to refer to any leading politician in Canada, get a brain. I've studied Soviet history under a professor who talked about Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin and Beria like he played poker with them every Saturday night.

Perhaps you would like to give that some context. What was the question he was answering and what exactly did he say? If Canada and the US had not opened up relations with china, that country would still be a Maoist Communist country. Now it is just a kleptocratic dictatorship.

So you want Canada to be a vassal colony to the country that has attacked us, not once, but twice. Canada's overture to Red China was at the request of President Richard Nixon. President Nixon needed Prime Minister Trudeau to initiate the process. The crisis of the two Michaels was caused by Canada fulfilling its obligations by arresting a Chinese executive on behalf of the US. The United States is an ally. But, they have no right to have any say in our affairs, anymore than we have in interfering in theirs. Neither China nor Cuba are our enemies any more than the US is. Currently, the only nation we can consider to be our adversary (God help us if that changes to enemy) is Russia. You seem to have forgotten what a nasty piece of work Batista was. Castro wasn't much better, but he was better. He got rid of the Mafia. You say we should not ally with communists? How do you think the Second World War would have turned out without our close ally, Stalin? In the Cuban missile crisis, who was it that prevented a nuclear war? It was Nikita Khrushchev. He had a clear view into hell and backed away. That you and I are here, alive and well, is thanks to the courage of that commie SOB. He paid a heavy price for that. "Only Nixon could go to China." Cast. Spock Unsaid was that it took a Canadian to pave the way.

Thank you, Doug. Good points.

Like Conservative Prime Minister John Diefenbaker?

In the back of Mr. Poilievre's mind is the concern about peaking too early. Riding high in the polls is always a nice position, but it is where he will want to be two years from now. That is a long time to sustain momentum. Things get in the way. As Prime Minister MacMillan said of the challenges he faced, "Events, dear boy, events."

I apologize. I made an off-hand reference to the success all Canadian governments and parties achieved in preventing many plague deaths and the thread became mired in a fruitless agurement over vaccines that was already exhausted months ago. My understanding is this thread is supposed to be discussing the next election. Let us do so in a manner that is respectful to all of the people who make the personal sacrifices required, in order to serve the country. We can disagree with policies and ideologies without giving into personal attacks on people we disagree with. Let's aspire to debate with empathy and courtesy. Good manners are essential in civil discourse.

Back to the topic of NATO, we would be ill-advised to leave NATO before the spring of 2029. By then, Presidents Putin, Trump and Xi will be out of office. Since nobody in Canada is willing to pay for our own defence, let alone participate, we depend on article V for our defence.

I had many issues with Pierre Trudeau's policies. I don't believe he understood economics. I really did not like the idea of patriating the BNA act and bringing in the Charter. I will give him credit for his guts to refuse to run from the barrage of bottles hurled at him on the St. Jean Baptiste parade. I approved of the invocation of the War Measures Act. I liked his response when he was challenged with the fact than if he had not been PM, he would have been one of the peope arrested under the act. "Yah, but I wouldn't have (whined) about it."

I agree with everything you said except the last line. Since we no longer have a federal Conservative Party, not since 2003 when Peter MacKay killed it, there has not been an opportunity to elect a Conservative government. I respect Mr. Poilievre, and anyone who is willing to serve the country. I feel the same way about the Mannings or the Bennetts, but I cannot support their socialist credit party.

Finally, somebody gets it right. I was born and raised in British Columbia (the Kootenays), but now I live tn the eastern province of Saskatchewan. I have always maintained eastern Canada begins at Canmore. Cheers.?

Tell that to the American patriots. They go after me for even uttering the word "democracy." You are correct. I am a monarchist.

I get the impression if Prime Minister Trudeau or Minister Freeland came up with a cure for cancer or world peace, you would still find a reason to complain about it. ? You are forgetting creating an all party - all levels of government team to save NAFTA and tens of thousands of lives during the Covid 19 plaque.

If we continue in the direction we are going, the temperature will rise at an accelerating rate, faster than the earth can adapt. It is the velocity that is the problem. Previous warming periods took place over millennia, not centuries.

Hey, don't tell me. I'm just the messenger. Tell the Americans.

Be very careful. I have been flamed many times for calling the USA a democracy. I have been told firmly it is not a democracy...it is a Republic. I don't understand the difference either, but that is the way they want it. ?

Past Prime Ministers quickly go from being reviled at the end of their final term in office to being respected elder statesmen a few lears later. It happened with John Diefenbaker, Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney. I would expect our current Prime Minister will benifit from the passage of time.

There is a lot of it going about. I am pretty certain President Trump will be elected in 2024. It would be inappropriate for a Canadian to tell Americans whom they should vote for. In retrospect, his impact on Canada was some what positive.

Well, as I said, we can replace the carbon tax with rationing. At least with the carbon tax you have a choice to burn less fossil fuel. That is the whole point. We can reduce carbon emissions or herd future generations into a global crematorium.

You sound like a Liberal. You are certainly consumed with money, rather than conservative values.

The election is likely two years away. The writs will drop about six months after the American Presidential election. Even if President Trump does not win, that campaign, and its aftermath, will have a significant impact on Canadian voters. Mr. Poilievre faces a tricky road map to navigate his way to victory. He will have to assure the anti-Trump electorate that he is nothing like President Trump while the Liberals will be doing everything they can to paint him as President Trump's Mini-Me.

You seem to have an irrational hatred of the Prime Minister. It almost looks like a fetish. Why would you hate someone? He has been unable to get an effective response to deal with climate change, but that is partly due to having a large swath of uneducated citizens. His government has dealt effectively with the American attempt to wreck NAFTA by getting support from the CPC and the provincial governments. The government also built a similar team to deal with Covid 19 that likely saved 10's of thousands of lives. That isn't a bad record but the credit belongs to the team, not just one man. Nobody deserves the kind of personal hatred you appear to project on the Prime Minister. I have to wonder what he could have done to twist your prospective in this manner. Note: I should not be singling out CdnFox. He is not the only one who feels this way.

Is saving the lives of future generations a core duty of the government? Our actions today are going to determine the survival of future generations of Canadians. I have to assume that if you end the carbon tax, you will bring in rationing of fossil fuels.

Did you miss the eight other examples I gave? Just because you don't like to hear other opinions than your own, doesn't make them wrong. It is vital to hear opposing views in order to grow. But the CBC is a lot more than politics and news. What private broadcaster has programming such as the Nature of Things, Cross Country Check-up, Quirks and Quarks, Coronation Street, As It Happens, Ideas, Q, Rick Mercer, and quality children's programming. "CBC as a whole had 24.2-million monthly average unique visitors in fiscal 2022," (Globe and Mail)

I find it hard to reconcile people's resistance to paying a carbon tax but , are willing to flush billions of dollars down the toilet in casinos and lottery kiosks. There doesn't seem to be a shortage of money.