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  1. Machjo

    Please no proportional representation.

    I just thought of this. A minority Conservative government could mean the next election will be pro rep. And you think elections are too partisan now? Just wait till the next election! :(
  2. Machjo

    Germany's offer of chemical castration cruel?

    Germany has been criticized in the past for offering some of those who have been convicted of sexual assault the option of chemical castration as an alternative to imprisonment. Some human rights organizations have argued that offering this an an alternative to imprisonment puts undue pressure...
  3. Machjo

    How to appropriately punish the Russian Federation for the illegal annexation of Crim

    With Russia's annexation of Crimea and consequently the sanctions against the Federation appearing to be of an indefinite duration, long-term economic sanctions with no end in sight harm not only the Russian Federation itself but the world economy as a whole, including even Ukrain's that one...
  4. Machjo

    Should Canada promote friendlier relations with Russia?

    I'll admit that I like Russia's style. Soft-spoken, friendly, competent, trustworthy, respectful of international law (or can at least overwhelmingly win a referendum when it doesn't), and doesn't fight a war it doesn't know with certainty beforehand that it can win efficiently.
  5. Machjo

    21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act

    https://www.change.org/p/to-stephen-harper-deaf-canadians-matter http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/topstories/sign-language-mansbridge-1x1-1.3273832 How is it that the US has already passed such an Act and Canada hasn't? This is far more fundamental than the question of whether the Government should...
  6. Machjo

    Share at least two prefered public media funding reform ideas here.

    For me, First choice: Cut public media funding altogether: its present content is too similar to that provided by the available private media, making it too redundant. Second choice: If the government refuses to cut public media funding altogether, then convert it to media vouchers that...
  7. Machjo

    What Are You Having For Dinner?

    I just followed the recipes from the Chinese Vegan Kitchen: The Chinese Vegan Kitchen: More Than 225 Meat-free, Egg-free, Dairy-free Dishes from the Culinary Regions o f China: Donna Klein: 9780399537707: Amazon.com: Books Delicious and authentic, just meatless.
  8. Machjo

    What Are You Having For Dinner?

    In the last few nights I'd been cooking mostly Sichuan. Kong Pao tofu, mapo seitan.
  9. Machjo

    Loi sur la liberté de participer à la réconciliation

    Étant donné que les politiques fédérales de l’emballage et l’étiquetage et des médias publics actuelles donnent l’avantage aux membres des « deux peuples fondateurs » dans l’accès aux ressources économiques des industries concernés au détriment des communautés linguistiques sourdes, autochtones...
  10. Machjo

    Zunera Ishaq, who challenged ban on niqab, takes citizenship oath wearing it

    http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/topstories/zunera-ishaq-niqab-ban-citizenship-oath-1.3257762 ... or so the CBC claims. How can we be sure someone else did not step in for her? :)
  11. Machjo

    I just voted.

    I voted for my local NDP candidate. I crossed out her party name underneath and hope it doesn't spoil the ballot but won't be bothered too much if it does. I hesitated at first sinse I was unaware there was an independent candidate on the list. I did some quick online research and could find...
  12. Machjo

    Law prof claims Tory candidate told him to renounce his heritage over citizenship law

    Law prof claims Tory candidate told him to renounce his heritage over citizenship law concern - Edmonton - CBC News All I can say is if you're going to vote for any candidate of any party, make sure you know what kind of person he is. Don't forget, you'll be voting for the person who'll be...
  13. Machjo

    Non-Muslim reasons For the headscarf and the niqab.

    I'm aware of non-Muslim women who wear the headscarf for esthetic reasons. I'm also aware of at least one non-Muslim woman in the US who chose to start to wear the headscarf after being raped, believing that its symbolic significance might deter future predators from her. Though I am unaware of...
  14. Machjo

    What party would you most trust to revise the Constitution?

    What party would you most trust to revise the Constitution? I was tempted to vote Libertarian, but then it would really depend on the individual candidates in each riding, so I chose other answer. But if I had to choose a party, maybe Libertarian as a first choice.
  15. Machjo

    Should working or studying in Canada without a visa be a criminal offence?

    Should working or studying in Canada without a visa be a criminal offence? Right now, working or studying in Canada without a visa is not considered to be a criminal offence. It merely involves deporting a person and preventing him from returning to Canada for a year. Not making it a criminal...
  16. Machjo

    A competent BQ candidate a good libertarian choice in Quebec in the absence of a comp

    A competent BQ candidate a good libertarian choice in Quebec in the absence of a competent Libertarian candidate? To clarify, I'm not necessarily a sovereignist. However there is one policy area on which the Bloc Québécois is more fiscally conservative than any of the major federalist parties...
  17. Machjo

    How to strengthen the CBSA and the IRB?

    News in the last few months has revealed the Vancouver transit authority breaking its ties with the CBSA, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation breaking its ties with the CBSA, NGO's increasing pressure on the police to break their ties with the CBSA, and Lawyers criticizing the CBSA for...
  18. Machjo

    Chrétien pot calls Harper kettle black.

    Was Jean Chrétien not the one who had written the infamous Indian Policy of 1969 at height of the Sixties Scoop? Did the Oka Crisis not erupt under his watch?
  19. Machjo

    The Charity of the CPC

    http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/topstories/conservatives-flyers-survey-refugees-1.3217603 If only the CPC had some vestige of the Christian spirit left in it. Alas!
  20. Machjo

    Why we need this law to ensure all the guarantees necessary for our defence.

    Why we need this law to ensure all the guarantees necessary for our defence. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 11 (1) states: "Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has...