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Feb 29th, 2008
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Sexual abuse, addiction, and counter-addiction policies
In the light of different child-sexual-abuse scandals, some like to talk tough and propose policies based on pure emotionalism (like giving the victim a pistol with which to shoot the perpetrator). Unfortunately, there is little of any practical value in...
(by White_Unifier)
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Tony Clement out for sexting
Veteran conservative MP Tony (Fake Lake) Clement is stepping down over a sexting scandal where his dick pics were sent to an extortionist rather than a 12 year old girl as he had hoped. ...
(by Hoid)
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Breaking : Cdn news
McCallum out as Canadian ambassador to China after comments on Meng extradition
(by Ocean Breeze)
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Abortion
In the news this has been the topic of choice, but how do you guys feel about abortions, I mean, is it the woman's choice or is she murdering a human being? There are a lot of extremes on this one, I know how the politicians feel, but how about Canadians?
(by joellewoodruff)
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Hoid
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So who will lead Canada's new minority govt.??
Appears Harper is slowly, ever so slowly taking the lead in seats. A minority is projected. CBC News | Ăric Grenier's Poll Tracker CPC NDP LIB BQ GRN OTH 30.7% 29.1% 30.8% 3.7% 4.8% 0.9% -0.6 +0.2 +0.5 +0.0 -0.2 +0.1 123 seats
(by Goober)
2 days ago by
Hoid
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Harper push for pipelines likely to backfire
Harper push for pipelines likely to backfire Is the Conservative government deliberately trying to manufacture dissent against proposed pipelines to bring Alberta oil to the B.C....
(by mentalfloss)
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Gun Control is Completely Useless.
Okay folks, I went crazy. I got thinking about the insistence of the anti-gun folks that we don't want to be like the AMERICANS, with no gun control, and blood running in the streets! I had read that murder was so high in American ghettoes that it...
(by Colpy)
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Open military to non citizens?
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Canada continues to struggle to recruit people into its armed forces. Why? Rather than answer that question the idea of recruiting non citizens into the forces is gaining some momentum. It works very well and many countries do it and always have. I was...
(by Hoid)
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Trudeau just gave away another 2.65B for climate change
He's given this money to some third world climate change trust fund. We all know the money will exchange hands several times before it disappears into thin air. This stuff is just bullshit. Can we get this clown out of Ottawa ASAP? ...
(by Kreskin)
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Hypocrisy of the Left
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Bob Rae apologizes for tweet about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford taken as offensive | CTV News ...
(by Walter)
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You want to promote human rights in China?
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Free copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in American hotels | Crazy Ideas Bank A copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in hotel rooms. Not a bad idea. Have it in Chinese too to target Chinese tourists. And have a copy in...
(by White_Unifier)
5 days ago by
Hoid
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POVERTY and THE GAP is COMPLEX !!!
The strength of the economy is not the central factor that drives the gap between rich and poor. I could find several countries that are much poorer than Canada and still have a smaller gap. There are both richer and poorer countries with smaller gap...
(by jimmoyer)
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Hoid
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Socialism works
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I`ve often wondered whats wrong with Socialism. I really can`t find a fault. Wait a minute, I`m not talking about the kind which is viewed as Capitalism`s arch enemy, I`m talking about the kind where its something that's funded by society, so, I guess,...
(by whitedog)
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CDN Election 2019
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Conservative leader predicts a 'nasty' election campaign in 2019 as if we don't have enough ugly juvenile mudslinging to he...
(by Ocean Breeze)
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Provinces should petition Ottawa for control over trade.
Ontario, Quebec, and other provinces should petition Ottawa to revise the Constitution to give each province control over interjurisdictional trade. That way, any province that wants protectionism would be welcome to it, any province that wants unilateral...
(by White_Unifier)
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A partial solution to Canada's poverty problem.
Canada has tariffs against US food imports because the US just subsidizes it so much. So what if we allowed a shop that sells only to social-assistance recipients to import US food tariff-free? I presume that the state could provide a government card to...
(by White_Unifier)
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Scott Moe is Saskatchewan's New Premier.
We voted for Koch after hard deliberation with Moe as second choice over Tina Beaudry Mellor. Those three are hardcore anti-carbon tax. With the lowest debt and back in black come spring we don't need to be scammed like BC AB or Ontario. ...
(by petros)
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Good news for retirees.
Incremental increase in cpp benefits and contributions over the next few decades Thanks Justin.... not as good as good as Harper's income splitting....just a...
(by DaSleeper)
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Ford government admits they can't do what they promised
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Ontario minister admits Ford government broke election promise by scrapping basic income project An Ontario minister admits the new government has backtracked on a campaign promise to keep the province's basic income pilot project in place. Social...
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Harper was right.
HARPER WAS RIGHT. 15 December at 6:30AM Harper was RIGHT! He was right on the Liberal taxation plan, He was right about the Islamic State, He was right about Rachel Notley and the Alberta NDP, He was right about the refugees,
(by B00Mer)