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Supply-management does not affect me directly as a vegan shopper in Canada as far as I know. As far as I know, the Government does not subsidize milk products but rather just limits competition. This means that the buyers of milk products bear the full brunt of the cost of milk-production in...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bernier-statement-conserative-1.4795894 I think Bernier has potential. Most people in most riding suffer from supply-management. On the matter of immigration, Bernier never said he was anti-immigration per se. I think he goes too far on the culture front, but as...

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/man-who-fled-biker-gang-to-became-australias-first-known-refugee-sues-canadian-officials-after-winning-asylum 'Stevan Utah believes officials didn’t take him seriously because he was a white asylum claimant from a developed nation. He is now suing for more...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_Jargon I've been reading about Chinuk Wawa and find it fascinating. Indigenous peoples, Hawaiians, Chinese, Spanish, English, French, were all trading around the Pacific North West in Wawa prior to confederation. The Wawa-speaking community shows a history...

I'm sure the different levels of governments own all kinds of statues, paintings, etc. of John A MacDonald, Hector-Louis Langevin, Lord Elgin, and others. I say put them up for Dutch auction and put the profits towards the debt.

... but at least he had a degree in economics.

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 English too to educate traveling Nazis.

CRTC's unlocked phone rule has sparked a crime spree, Bell and Rogers say | CBC News We should introduce mandatory SIM registration.

At least 7 Pennsylvania priests accused of sex abuse were sent to Toronto-area clergy rehab | CBC News I don't profess the Christian Faith but from my reading of the Gospel, the behaviour described in the article seems so un-Christian.

Ottawa to declare federal holiday to mark legacy of residential school system | CBC News If the Federal Government wants to cease all non-essential services on that day, by all means, but don't impose it onto the private sector: we have enough statutory holidays, thank you very much. There's a...

In 2012, the Government adopted the national Flag of Canada Act: National Flag of Canada Act Why not rename it the Flags of Reconciliation Act and add the following flags to the list of protected flags: 1. the flag Canada and of any other sovereign state. 2. the flag of the United Nations...

B.C. Wildfires 2018: Province declares state of emergency | CBC News This is costing the taxpayer much money. We should ban smoking tobacco. Besides, e-cigarettes are less unhealthy anyway and, more importantly, pose less of a fire hazard.

Morneau ready to use 'emergency' measure to protect steel sector | CBC News Canada sides with producers against consumers.

I'm presently flying a 1957 Canadian red Ensign on a 4-metre outdoor flagpole with a 5-metre lenghtof solar-powered white fairy lights wrapped around the pole. Some of my neighbours who don't know me well (and who might never have even met me) have been questioning whether the residents at our...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45123607 Trump tweeted: 'I have just authorized a doubling of Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum with respect to Turkey as their currency, the Turkish Lira, slides rapidly downward against our very strong Dollar! Aluminum will now be 20% and Steel 50%. Our...

There is no culture section, and this thread will have more to do with esthetics than politics, so for lack of a general culture section, I'll put it here. I was looking around to see if the US has a civil flag, official or otherwise. It turned out that some group online is promoting an...

I don't profess Isl;am myself, but even non-Muslim scholars acknowledge that Muhammad himself had appointed 'Ali as the leader of the faithful. The Twelver Shi'a are actually right on that one.

I like Filipinos, but I like Indian and Chinese dishes. Too bad my wife can't stand Indian dishes though. Small price to pay: Chinese food tastes delicious too. A caffeine overdose will do that eh?

Air Canada to offset rise in fuel prices with higher fares, may trim capacity | CBC News Who said carbon taxes don't work?

The Maple-Leaf flag is now the official state flag of Canada and, in the absence of a different civil flag, has served as the civil flag of Canada too. While keeping the Maple-Leaf as its official state flag for official purposes, should Canada adopt both the Maple-Leaf and the Red Ensign as...