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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Rebuttal to Byfield's Inciting Destruction of Confederation |
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:02 pm
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| Catherine, I only meant that CAP's political foundation is a very important one, and though CAP is trying not to be a one issue party, in trying to give equal weight to other topics the monetary policy sometimes gets lost in the shuffle, or diminished as "just another platform plank". All ... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: So What If We Abandon Free Trade? |
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:42 pm
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Replies: 55
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| Modern technology-driven economies are combinations of cooperation and competition. Without cooperative stewardship, standards, etc., you get just as much waste and inefficiency as when you let the state run it. The standards approach is one factor in europe being way ahead of NA in wireless. The ot... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: So What If We Abandon Free Trade? |
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:21 pm
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| "Note to "mk". When a business sells an item from inventory it's replacement value is deducted from the balance sheets." Ed, you're absolutely right, so unless you're cooking the books it should balance--that's why I suggested my petty argument didn't affect your material point--... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Rebuttal to Byfield's Inciting Destruction of Confederation |
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:10 pm
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| I realize that isn't what happens, I was dreaming. Banking reserves are certainly important, I wish CAP would refocus its platform to try to hammer this home. Another is prohibiting consolidation amongst financial services; investment banking and retail banking should never have been allowed to merg... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: So What If We Abandon Free Trade? |
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:37 am
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| <a href="http://www.comer.org/2005/2005a/dyslexia.htm">http://www.comer.org/2005/2005a/dyslexia.htm</a> <-- here is the accounting scandal, the fraud?<br /> <br /> "because the SALE OF RESOURCES IS NOT AN INCOME, "<br /> <br /> Stricly speaking, the s... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Rebuttal to Byfield's Inciting Destruction of Confederation |
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:28 am
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| "When the CIBC recently had to pay millions(?) because of bad deals south, who do you think is picking up the tab?" If We bail out the bank, We (the people) get should equity in that bank or they should borrow money from us and agree to some "structural adjustment programs". If t... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Rebuttal to Byfield's Inciting Destruction of Confederation |
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:03 pm
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| "As for foreign investment, that is part of the problem, foreign investment and foreign debt, which is controlling our country, from coast to coast. How can a country control its own future when we are indebted to foreign investors and corporate interests, we are being crushed by an unnecessary... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Rebuttal to Byfield's Inciting Destruction of Confederation |
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 6:47 am
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| "Really why do we not share? No Alberta living or deceased ever put a drop of oil into the ground, nor did they create it through their hard work or ideas, all Canadians ought to benefit from all of Canada."<br /> <br /> By the same argument, why draw the boundary at Canada? &l... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: So What If We Abandon Free Trade? |
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:50 am
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| "We have to ensure that NAFTA and GMO's are made election issues and vote in a non-conservative, non-liberal government." The first part can happen with enough effort from Canadians, the second is not likely without cooperation from sympathetic party members from each. As we saw in the Mar... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Hitler's Germany Revisited in Canada? |
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Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:59 am
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Replies: 8
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| "Many people say, well if you aren't doing anything wrong, what's the big deal?" And at the same time these same people are giving authorities expanded, unthrottled freedom to determine, as a matter of circumstance or expedience, what is "wrong". And large, politically-well-conne... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: What Does Democracy Really Mean In The Middle East? |
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:35 am
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| The most frightening thing about the world today is that two so very stark choices are being presented. Each "democratic" choice is necessarily dictatorial, since its quality is not determined by the people, but by outside forces. To one side, all imprecision (by their judgement) tends tow... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Robertson: U.S. should 'take out' Venezuela's Chavez |
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:34 pm
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| Agreed. Webster's defines an insurgent as "a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government; especially : a rebel not recognized as a belligerent" By that definition, an insurgent becomes a terrorist when they elect to employ a particular kind of violence. Also by ... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Hitler's Germany Revisited in Canada? |
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:40 am
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| Nice. The domain is registered to the Madison Ave. PR firm Young & Rubicam, amply represented in a simple Google search for "greenwash": <a href="http://www.google.ca/search?q=%22Young+%26+Rubicam%22+greenwash">http://www.google.ca/search?q=%22Young+%26+Rubicam%22+greenwash</a... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Hitler's Germany Revisited in Canada? |
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:44 am
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| "Canada along with many countries has been participating for years in an eavesdropping program called Echelon" ... and though ostensibly a security device, the bulk of Echelon's productivity comes from (illegal) commercial espionage, does it not? Such tremendous expense and technological i... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Airport security system makes debut in Canada |
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:12 am
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Replies: 3
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| Will this be (should it be/is it already) required at all nuclear power plants, ports, train stations, marshalling yards and chemical facilties as well? |
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