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Forum: Current Events Topic: Dad who shot down drone hovering over his house is arrested |
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:58 pm
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I would, given the chance... |
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Forum: Federal Elections Topic: Stephen Harper & party: My views and opinions - merged |
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:56 pm
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This is a no brainer: the only reason for this tactic is to include legislation that cannot stand the light of day. It should be construed as deliberate deception of the house and Canadian public. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Ottawa closes sale of Canadian Wheat Board, name changes to |
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:44 pm
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We don't need a triple E senate, we need zero senate. There's no reason to believe that this or any other policy would be different if there was an elected senate. Heck, there's no reason to believe that it wouldn't be the same Conservative party elected to dominate both houses. The US is an exampl... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Ottawa closes sale of Canadian Wheat Board, name changes to |
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:39 pm
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Nothing is perfect. At least an elected senate offers the possibility of a buffer from a 'majority' dictator as well as the ability of dumping political garbage that is continually being appointed without any recourse. How well it is run should be the responsibility of the electorate, not the sittin... |
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Forum: Federal Elections Topic: Actor Donald Sutherland: I'm Canadian and deserve to vote |
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:16 pm
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1- I don’t like the state being able to manipulate the voting rights of natural Canadian citizens. That is a recipe for fascism. But manipulating the voting rights of unnatural immigrant Canadian citizens is ok then ? Good to know. :lol: I thought about that and was going to include a commentary on... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Canada�s economy shrinks for fifth straight month |
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 1:04 am
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Let the dollar drop and keep the interest rates low. What we need to do is start building and buying Canadian. This country has population mass and the resources, technical and intellectual, to be way more self reliant than we have let ourselves slump into. Ontario will be the hardest hit because th... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Ottawa closes sale of Canadian Wheat Board, name changes to |
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:38 am
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Hey, earth to forum: it’s about the wheat board sale, not the price of oil or multinational corporate strategies of oil. Bigger picture: Canada has to stop giving away our country’s national assets. This includes ‘controlling interests’ in these sectors. We can’t stop the more private ‘King Horton’ ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Wrestling star 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper dies at 61 |
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:10 am
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Replies: 17 Views: 616
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Rod was one of the truly great ones. I will remember him. He will surely be missed. |
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Forum: Federal Elections Topic: Actor Donald Sutherland: I'm Canadian and deserve to vote |
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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 11:08 pm
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I think there are a few different takes on the idea of whether or not a Canadian citizen should be permitted to exercise their right to vote in a Canadian federal election. The first is whether or not a sitting government should be able to define the scope of that right. If the right to vote is not ... |
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Forum: Improve Canada! Topic: Senate Reform |
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Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 12:04 am
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Replies: 17 Views: 349
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For once we Canadians should be a little less typical as complacent, polite Canadians: Make noise, get mad as hell and not take it any more. We have the option, and the responsibility, to demand an end to an appointed Senate, to demand an effective Senate, one of equal representation and not settle ... |
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Forum: Improve Canada! Topic: Senate Reform |
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:44 pm
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Replies: 17 Views: 349
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Canada needs an elected Senate. It is simplistic, even insulting, to have the ruling party nominate Senators and we have seen the results, over and over and over and over..... A Senate's primary function is to mitigate the possible totalitarian behaviour of a majority government. It is even more imp... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Why do we have a problem with handguns ? |
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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:19 pm
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And lets face it folks this is not America ( thank God) where they have a constitutional right to bear arms! I'm for banning hand guns entirely with the exception of authorities having jurisdiction, such as municipal police, government security personnel and formal armed forces. Recognized "we... |
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Forum: Federal Elections Topic: Fall Election? Bring it on! |
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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:36 am
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Replies: 38 Views: 612
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Remember the current "Conservative Party" is a re-named Reform Party. Once anyone substitutes the name it becomes apparent as to why they appear incapable of running a country with anything that remotely resembles "Vision". Their only real claim to legitimacy is that they have el... |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: Editorial / Opinion: UN climate fantasies |
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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:14 am
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Replies: 7 Views: 166
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Global warming is a fact. We don't know enough about how the planet works to be able to say with any degree of certainty how much industrial activity is a catalyst or contributor. Given the tonnage of noxious industrial output, deforestation, ecological transformation and food-chain disruption we ma... |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: Greetings from Saskatoon: Archten |
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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:31 am
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Originally from Ottawa, I have made my home here since 1982. It's a nice place (despite the name sounding like a cartoon) and has gracefully been exempted from the economic recession so many have been suffering. Browsing on the web is not something I have a lot of time for, so I am a novice when it ... |
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