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Yes...but Mr. Ignatieff is consistent and congruent with respect to the United States (for the most part), unlike the the usual America bashers from Canada who still cross the border for personal interests and gain.

I guess Pierre Trudeau, who attended Harvard Law School, would be in the latter category.
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I guess Pierre Trudeau, who attended Harvard Law School, would be in the latter category.

Trudeau not only continued the long history of anti-Americanism in Canada, but took it to new levels for political and personal gain. It is now a permanent fixture in Canadian (mostly liberal) campaign rhetoric as you and others have described before.

"We don't want American style _______ !!"

...but many still want to shop, winter, and get educated in the U.S. Fickle bunch are these......

Economics trumps Virtue. 

 

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Trudeau not only continued the long history of anti-Americanism in Canada, but took it to new levels for political and personal gain. It is now a permanent fixture in Canadian (mostly liberal) campaign rhetoric as you and others have described before.

"We don't want American style _______ !!"

...but many still want to shop, winter, and get educated in the U.S. Fickle bunch are these......

All or nothing, eh? If people buy gasoline in the US, suddenly they should want privatized healthcare and public executions of criminal offenders too? You're a laugh.

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All or nothing, eh? If people buy gasoline in the US, suddenly they should want privatized healthcare and public executions of criminal offenders too? You're a laugh.

It a lot more than that and you know it. How do you say in Canada...."bad optics". I learn so many new things here !

Economics trumps Virtue. 

 

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You're the one that compared to people saying, "We don't want American-style _______!" with shopping in the US. Fill in the blank for me. What are you comparing to US shopping?

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You're the one that compared to people saying, "We don't want American-style _______!" with shopping in the US. Fill in the blank for me. What are you comparing to US shopping?

The comparisons are well documented by Canadian authors....go read some books instead of arguing with me about it. Mr. Ignatieff is a great...American...and he will tell you so.

Economics trumps Virtue. 

 

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Trudeau not only continued the long history of anti-Americanism in Canada, but took it to new levels for political and personal gain. It is now a permanent fixture in Canadian (mostly liberal) campaign rhetoric as you and others have described before.

"We don't want American style _______ !!"

...but many still want to shop, winter, and get educated in the U.S. Fickle bunch are these......

Yeah we'll come down to gas up once in a while, or maybe a little Florida sun in the winter. Education, not so much. Unless you can play the "cash is king" then the education system has nearly as bad a ranking as the health care.

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Mr. Ignatieff is a great...American...and he will tell you so.

did not know this - I was always certain Ignatieff was a Canadian... that he didn't have American citizenship. Oh... wait... he doesn't! Just more of your ongoing act, hey?

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Yeah we'll come down to gas up once in a while, or maybe a little Florida sun in the winter. Education, not so much. Unless you can play the "cash is king" then the education system has nearly as bad a ranking as the health care.

Then what was Trudeau doing at a U.S. law school?

  • Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone."
  • Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds.
  • Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location?
  • The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).

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Because he has a lot of cash.

Speaks well for U.S.-style higher education.

  • Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone."
  • Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds.
  • Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location?
  • The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).

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Good question...it looks like he needed to get out of Dodge because of his Marxist views and anti-conscription activism during the war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau#Education_and_the_Second_World_War

He rode motorcycles with Nazis, not Marxists, according to Trudeau, Son of Quebec, Father of Canada.

  • Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone."
  • Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds.
  • Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location?
  • The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).

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Speaks well for U.S.-style higher education.

No it doesn't. It actually speaks the opposite. In general US public education seems to fail as badly as their private health care, unless you happen to have a boatload of money and then things are fine. Do you have a boatload of money?

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No it doesn't. It actually speaks the opposite. In general US public education seems to fail as badly as their private health care, unless you happen to have a boatload of money and then things are fine. Do you have a boatload of money?

No, but myself and my children are quite educated.

  • Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone."
  • Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds.
  • Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location?
  • The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).

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Well he failed miserably here in Canada so he took the next logical step.

Do you think it's easier to succeed in Canada than the U.S.?

  • Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone."
  • Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds.
  • Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location?
  • The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).

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Do you think it's easier to succeed in Canada than the U.S.?

Obviously the US has a much higher population density and therefore a bigger market which provides opportunities. Studies do show that, not unlike healthcare, Americans pay a lot for their public education system but have relatively poor outcomes. I guess it depends on your definition of "succeed"

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:lol: oh, I get it! You like Ignatieff, you really, really like him!

I gather you voted NDP in 2011?

  • Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone."
  • Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds.
  • Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location?
  • The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).

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I'm no nationalist but I'm a democrat. If you want to represent people, you must surely want to live among them.

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Unlike Michael Ignatieff, Marc Garneau and Justin Trudeau will likely stay in Canada. Unfortunately, the federal Liberal Party now has a reputation of choosing a leader who is "just visiting". Michael Ignatieff has damaged the brand name.

Wonder if we will see the same type of crap written about Kevin "I live in Boston" O'Leary?

If a believer demands that I, as a non-believer, observe his taboos in the public domain, he is not asking for my respect but for my submission. And that is incompatible with a secular democracy. Flemming Rose (Dutch journalist)

My biggest takeaway from economics is that the past wasn't as good as you remember, the present isn't as bad as you think, and the future will be better than you anticipate. Morgan Housel http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/01/14/things-im-pretty-sure-about.aspx

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