Queenmandy85

I was going to say he's not a bully. Then I remembered some of the women he has had issues with and I can't say he's not a bully. So sure, take your best shot. It is funny that so many nations are shifting from left to right...except the UK. They are going the other way. But then, they drive on the wrong side of the road too.

I wasn't referring to President Trump in this case. Putin is the yellow bellied bully I was referring to. 😉

Sikhism is no more foreign than Christianity. Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Hinduism, Judaism, and Zoroasterism are all very new arrivals to Canada. People have worshipped God in hundreds of different ways in Canada in the last 5000 years. My dad went to work in Butedale in 1925 and his supervisor was a Sikh who had lived in BC for years. God doesn't give a tinker's curse what religion you are, as long as live your life as God wants. Be a good person.

I am not very good at forcasting so I will put my money on your prediction. Pierre Poilieve to be Prime Minister of a majority government from 2025 to 2040. Bear in mind, I predicted Secretary Clinton in 2016, President Trump in 2020, Charest in the last leadership race, and the Bluejays in every World series since 2016. The last time I won a bet was Cassius Clay to beat Sony Liston in 1964. I got 10 - 1 odds on that one. I wish I had bet more than a penny. So are you sure you want to be on the same side as me?

The Liberal Party of Canada and the Democratic Party in the US, have failed to read the room. Liberal / Democratic politicians have fallen into the habit of not listening to the voters. They believe they know what is best for the voters. Mr. Poilievre and President Trump have a keen sense of what voters want and they promise to deliver solutions. They will win. I believe Canadian voters will be dissapointed and the USA?...God help them. (Read Project 2025.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025 For clarity: Mr. Poilievre is in no way like President Trump, other than his ability to read the room.

"The evil men do lives after them. The good is oft interred with their bones. So let it be with Caesar."

The PC's are not going to field any candidates in the coming election. I believe you confused the CPC (the party of Lincoln, Aberhart and Manning) with the Progressive Conservatives (the party of MacDonald.) Any damage to the CPC brand will be the result of the actions of the CPC, not the CBC. Mr. Poilievre's attacks on the CBC, Global and CTV appear to be an attempt avoid accountability. He claims the CBC not only supports the Liberals, but has the power to influence people's voting decisions. So how is it that the CPC is about to win a super majority. Every government needs to be held accountable by a vigorous press. This is particularly vital in the absence of a sizable Parliamentary opposition. Global and CTV news divisions are in trouble, which makes the national broadcaster all the more important.

I don't see the point of Prime Minister Trudeau stepping down. It won't change the result because he is still more popular than the potential replacements. For him personally, he should be working to at least get enough seats to form the official opposition. That way, he can watch Mr. Polievre come to grips with being PM and make the new Prime Minister's life "interesting." Remember MacMillain's response, "Events, dear boy, events." Leader of the opposition is a lot better job than Prime Minister. No stress, no accountability. And who knows what the next election will bring. MacDonald lost and then came back. MacKenzie King lost and came back. It is amazing how the most hated politicians become respected statesmen with the passage of time. Diefenbaker, Mulroney, and a few people are even saying a few nice things about Harper. My disclaimer will not come as a surprise. I do not believe my scenario will have any relation to reality, aside from the probability that whether the Prime Minister steps down or not, the electoral result will be the same. Why shouldn't he stay in office until the election?

What is left unsaid in this debate is the bottom line of the indictment in the OP. It states that the accused is presumed innocent unless he is found guilty in a court of law. Has the case been tested in court yet?

I am curious as to why some of you have an issue with M2F transition, but never any issue with F2M? Also, do our same correspondents know the difference between cross dressers, transgenders, drag queens and drag kings? I believe that a lack of knowledge is the main driver of this issue.

I publicly dis-respected Nationalist. I apologize to him. I always need to be held accountable.

I agree with you about air travel being a bad idea. With modern communications, Prime Minister Poilievre will be able to have a face to face meeting with our King or the President of France without having to leave his office.

Statistically, about 2.5 million voters are gay given that 9% of people are gay. That figure does not include heterosexual cross dressers who, though they are straight, and make up almost 90% of the crossdressing community, have some affilliation with the LGBTQ community. That is a lot of voters. Every political leader is aware of that. Mr. Poilievre is particularly sensitive to the rights of Canadians who belong to the rainbow community. More power to him. As for schools, they have a duty of care. That means, if there is a Catholic school with 300 students, 27 of those students will, statistically, be gay. In order to protect those students from bullying, the school should educate the student population that being gay is not an excuse for bullying anymore than being black. We all have friends and family members in the LGBTQ community whether we know it or not. Their sexual orientation has no bearing on the merit of their character. In any group of people, most are nice people and a few are jerks. Pride parades not only bring in a lot of business and tax revenue, they are also a lot of fun. My only issue is the recent issue brought forward by some groups, of not allowing law enforcement members to march in uniform. (According to Leviticus, law enforcement uniforms are an abomination in the eyes of the Lord, just like being gay.) Pete Buttigieg told Mike Pence "if you have a problem with who I am, your quarrel is not with me. Your quarrel, sir, is with my creator."

I corrected what I said from "Ukraine" to Kyiv, not that it makes any difference. You still haven't pointed out where I lied. As I said, I was paraphrasing President Kenney. Where is your issue? You really need to chill, Sweetie. 😘

😉 You know, I should know better than to argue with hippies.😁 To be charitable, I will acknowledge that your lack of education is not your fault. 🥰 Peace and Love my friend.🌈🎈

You need a geography lesson. Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine.

I said "Let them come to Kyiv." Negotiation means a brief ceasefire while Russia regroups and attacks in force. If Russia wins, what do you think is going to happen to the people of Ukraine? Do you know what the Holodomor was? The only way to negotiate with a cowardly bully like Putin is to kick him in the nuts until he is down and then stomp on him until you have his attention.

To paraphrase President Kennedy: Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was "civis Romanus sum." Sixty years ago, the proudest boast was Ice bin bin Berliner. Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is I am a Ukrainian. There are many people in the world who really don't understand, or say they don't, what is the great issue between the free world and the Russian world. Let them come to Kyiv. There are some who say that Putin is the wave of the future. Let them come to Kyiv. And there are some who say in Europe and elsewhere we can work with the Russians. Let them come to Kyiv. And there are even a few who say that it is true that Russia is an evil system, but it permits us to make economic progress. Lass' sie nach Kyiv kommen. Let them come to Kyiv.

"You are thinking like too many Americans." No. I am thinking of Sir Winston Churchill. How do you negotiate an issue like Ukraine? Russia has no right to parts of Ukraine but will not withdraw. What compromise will Russia make? Putin is playing for time until President Trump resumes office in seven months. I admit, you can negotiate with a bully. But first, you have to get his attention. The most practical attention acquisition method is to kick him repeatedly in the balls until he is down, and then stomp on him until he is willing to listen. We tried to negotiate an "end" to the Korean War without success until the US offered to use nuclear weapons on the hydro-electric sites in Manchuria. (I may have the details of that wrong because I just woke up, but that is the jist of the event.) Suddenly we had a ceasefire. JFK negotiated with Russia over the Cuban missile crisis by assuring the Russians that if they did not remove their missiles, he would destroy the world. Chairman Khrushchev was a wise man and saved the world. He paid a heavy price and retired with a smile. Like all bullies, President Putin is a coward. President Biden might consider pointing out to President Putin that if Russia withdraws completely and pays compensation to Ukraine and returns the 2940 warheads removed from Ukraine by fraud, the US will not turn Russia into a radioactive glass plate. To make sure the Russians understand, President Biden can point out he is a frail old man facing defeat so he has nothing to lose. This can be seen as a drastic response, but When President Trump is back in office and gives Putin a free pass, the end result will be the same. If President Putin gets the Donbas and Crimea through negotiation, he will attack again to take the rest of Ukraine. There will be a second Holodomor to exact revenge. Without US support for NATO, Putin will attack a NATO member. That will trigger Article 5. The UK and France will respond and there will be a general nuclear exchange. The cole's notes version is, if Russia does not withdraw from all of Ukraine, we will have World War Three.

And as a result, the Ukrainians will suffer through Holodomor 2.0

If Ukraine had not given up her nuclear weapons, Russia would not have attacked her.

I am a Canadian too. The only way to deal with a bully is to kick him repeatedly in the balls.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum The guarantors promised to guarantee Ukraine's existing borders as they were at the time of the signing of the agreement. If Russia wins, Ukrainians fear a second Holodomor.

Ukraine was guaranteed its borders and independence in the Budapest Memorandum by Russia, the UK and the USA. In exchange for this guarantee, the Ukraine gave up it's nuclear weapons. (2940 nuclear warheads in 176 ICBM's and 33 heavy bombers.) Russia has already violated that pledge and when President Trump takes off next January, the USA will also breach their promise. Therefore, the guarantors must return Ukraine's nuclear weapons, all 2940 of them.

The thing to give us comfort is: 1. Very few MP's have access to anything a foreign government would be interested in or any influence that would be useful. This is a tempest in a teapot.