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I'll be honest, I'm wouldn't really consider myself very capitalist, but more corporatist, or social-corporatist to be precise. That said, there are similarities between capitalism and corporatism, and so naturally I'll sometimes end up siding with capitalists in debates. From what I've been...

(Bearing in mind this would require provincial-federal collaboration owing to jurisdictional divisions): 1. All children would be required to learn a martial art in elementary and secondary school, even if only a simplified form such a 24-form tai chi chuan for example. 2. The professional...

The Associated Press: Swiss gun culture under fire in Sunday referendum Tomorrow's result will be interesting. I was looking up the Swiss Army today wondering if maybe it would be a good idea for Canada to adopt something similar and I came across this article. Granted the article is not...

I could see this as a means to scrap Canada's Official Languages Act (no official language, just as is the case in the US right now, thus, at least legally putting all language groups on an equal footing before the law), and Canada's separate school system as it appears in some provinces (owing...

Often we read posts about how Canada has become too multicultural. Yet in reality, Canada is far more linguistically and culturally united today than it's been at any time in its history. Sure about 15% of Nunavummiut still can't speak English or French today. Sure bout 57% of Quebecers still...

What would be your thoughts on Quebec voluntarily separating from Canada but sharing a common citizenship and passport? Pros and cons?

... any proposals? Which current Canadian party would you say comes closest to the tax-and-axe principle. On the tax front, I'd focus ideally on a resource tax. On the spending front, here would be a few places to start: 1. Require all who enter Canada to know at least one of Canada's...

I was thinking what would happen if all of a sudden Canada and other NATO, SEATO, or ANZUS countries, along with some members of the Unaligned Movement such as Sweden, agreed to automatically grant Iranian Baha'is citizenship upon landing on their soil. Though it seems quite simple a plan, it...

Please help me to understand the popular Canadian conception of human rights. Seeing that at least a pluralityof Canadians vote for governments that: 1. Choose for Canada to remain a member of the UN, 2. Defend Canada's separate school system, 3. Defend Quebec's sign laws, 4. Choose to...

Seeing that the UN Human Rights Committee has criticized Ontario's Separate school system: United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Jurisprudence - Canada And certain aspects of Quebec's Bill 101 (specifically its sign laws): Ballantyne, Davidson, McIntyre v...

I'd come across the Kipling Reader recently as I was looking up what was taught children in the English-speaking world historically: http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/16578/pg16578.html In it I'd come across the poems below in the Kipling Reader. Granted they are mainly focussed on England...

We often use the Swastika as a Nazi symbol today, in spite of the fact that Nazi Germany had fallen years ago and that self-proclaimed Nazis represent a small minority of our population, far less represented than Canada's Hindu, Buddhist and Jain communities. Is it not time to abandon the...

Even Fox News challenges him on this and he proudly proclaims himself a liar! RealClearPolitics - Video - Showdown: John Bolton Vs. Judge Napolitano On Wikileaks

I've noticed that Americans truly are proud of their constitution. I wouldn't be surprised if many might disagree on various details of their constitution, but I doubt very much many would oppose its principles at least. Some are even so proud of their constitution that they give out copies...

Seeing that Canada's human rights record isn't perfect, should we not be holding our tongues about criticizing other countries' human rights records until we clean up our own back yard? I realize that many countries have a much worse record than Canada. My problem though is that many Canadians...

This video is just a classic. US Ambassador Bolton literally brags about his ability to spin the truth for his country. I sue hope Canada's ambassador as a little more integrity than this, which really should not be too difficult a task. YouTube - John Bolton Declares Cyber War On WikiLeaks

YouTube - Ron Paul Slams WTC Mosque Protesters! I don't agree with Ron Paul on all fronts. But I will say that he truly is a man of sound character. Whether you agree with him or not, you know he's saying exactly what he sincerely believes with no concern for whether it wins him votes or not...

What woudl be your thoughts on a voting system that allowed partisan voters to vote for a party and non-partisan voters to vote for a candidate? Here's a proposal I have and would like to know your ideas on it. 1. On election day, each voter would need to choose either a partisan or...

To avoid the fiasco of the last election, I think one solution would be for the Governor General to hand the government over to the Cabinet that can get the support of the majority of Parliament, while leaving it up to the MPs to decide how to get that support. I'd guess that in our partisan...

With all the talk of how to deal with Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Libya and others, I was wondering on the following idea: Canada, in collaboration with other countries, establish an English-language pasport, a French-language pasport, and an Esperanto-language passport that only members of such...