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I can see one possible very positive outcome for Brexit: 1. Unilateral free trade. In other words, unilaterally abrogate all tariffs. 2. Visa-free travel. Should no EU country budge on this, the UK will suffer. However, should other countries decide to also leave the EU and unilaterally go...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Treaty I like the idea. The Treaty limits Svalbard's powers of taxation, migration, and trading powers. Anyone in the world can go there visa-free, work there, and do business there. I don't remember ever reading about a single terrorist incident there...

The new political divide | The Economist Interesting article. Might we be seeing a gradual shifting from the traditional right-leftdivide towards a closed-open divide? Drawbridges up | The Economist

Moral case for open borders | Open Borders: The Case I found this article to be interesting. It looks at it from Libertarian, Utilitarian and other standpoints. A Christian case is presented here: Open Borders, Christianity, and the Enlightenment | Open Borders: The Case I don't agree...

'Free trade might be good for the economy, but it hasn't helped me.' I remember reading this or a similar quote a while ago. A few decades ago, when everyone was on the free-trade bandwagon, governments were also promising loads of cash for trades, professional, and other education for...

Should online pornography and personal advertisements seeking out sexual partners be opt-in only? This is the case in the UK right now: UK to automatically filter 'adult' internet content | ZDNet And there is increasing talk of it in the US and Canada. Though the main target is children...

Should proof of marriage to a citizen or permanent of Canada who resides in Canada constitute the right to work in Canada? The reason I ask is that such a person will certainly gain that right anyway but only through a lengthy bureaucratic process. If he has a criminal record or any other...

If Clinton takes office, Canada might need to renegotiate NAFTA. Should Trump take office, Canada will probably need to renegotiate NAFTA. If we must renegotiate NAFTA, it will probably be towards protectionism. My proposal? Unilaterally drop all import tariffs and then negotiate from there...

Does Canada need a Federal Minister of Interjurisdictional Educational Standardization whose focus would be on getting provincial and foreign ministries of education and NGOs to agree on and implement common educational standards for different trades and professions?

I know some anti-free-traders provincial nationalists and sovereignists will oppose efforts to break down free trade between provinces, but I think it's pretty sad when there is freer trade between EU states than between Canadian provinces.

Florida policeman shoots autistic man's unarmed black therapist - BBC News Too many incidents like this make it such that any person, criminal record or not, should be allowed to bear arms in the US for his own protection. Furthermore, the presumption of innocence should be equally strictly...

A close friend of mine who needs to rent a room in Toronto for a few months shared his online ad with me. Here's how he ended it: 'Though the following might seem like the result of basic education, I'll mention it here anyway to reassure those who want to know. 'I keep myself clean: I shower...

1. Cameron,knowing full well that leaving the EU will hurt the UK and so not having the heart to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, will ask the Queen to dissolve Parliament and call an election. 2. No one in a constituency tje majority of the voters of which voted leave would have the...

Brexit would be harmful at almost any time, but the UK wants to leave now, just when Trump is championing protectionism, Hilary Clinton is turning to protectionism to try to take votes from Trump, and a post-Brexit EU will probably be more protectionist. We have sanctions against Russia and...

To be clear, I believe the vote to leave the EU was an absolutely stupid decision on the part of the British electorate, but what is done is done and now we should make the best of it. NAFTA will certainly not compensate for the EU. The EU imposed minimal transportation costs on products due to...

Fake police posters label Oshawa man a sex offender - Toronto - CBC News If someone ever did this to me, I'd be livid.

I speak a language from France, one from England, one from China, and one from Poland. I profess a religion from Iran and also believe in past religions from different lands too. I used to cook vegan East Indian and now vegan cook Sichuan. Does this make me an evil fascist swine pig cultural...

Half of Canadian soldiers faced childhood abuse, study indicates - Health - CBC News "Prevalence much higher in military than in general population, Canadian-led research suggests." I wonder how improving mental health cervices for for veterans and mental health services for the general...

For example: Should lottery tickets be legally obligated to print educational advertizing concerning Gamblers Anonymous and its website similarly to cigarette advertizing? What about requiring alcohol bottles to print educatonal information pertaining to Alcoholics Anonymous and its website...

Essentially a combination of the following: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-partisan_democracy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurality-at-large_voting Your thoughts on it? Such a system would tend to favour moderate candidates by far, which in turn would lend itself to very stable...