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I think most of us are aware that English has been the recomended language for pilots and ATC since after WWII. What I just realized today however, is that it's still not mandatory for pilots even though 15% of air crashes are caused by pilot error. Here's a quote from the most recent policy...

With all the talk of a Liberal-NDP- Bloc alliance, I was thinking of how this could affect language policy. Of course neither the Liberals nor the NDP would really want to work with the Bloc, but seeing that even together they still form a minority, they'd essentially have no choice but to...

With the Liberals and NDP behaving as they are, do you foresee an increase in voting for independent left-leaning candidates in the next election?

What are your ideas on this? If spending must increase, where would you want the money to go? In my mind, here are some areas where I think the govt should NOT spend: The auto industry (enough cars and congestion on the road already!) The banking system (any increase in spending, be it...

With all this hype about cutting public funding for parties, I was just wondering how much cuts to parties would really affect the popular vote. Personally, I find that I'm not influenced by fancy TV ads in the least. I usually just want to know the candidate's character and that's it. I...

I'm not the kind who'd normally vote Conservative, but on the point of cutting government funding, I'm with them 100%. Why should political parties get funding for every vote they get while independent candidates are on their own. Winning a seat as an independent is tough enough when competing...

Would you agree to the following law for the Province of Ontario? 1. An elementary or secondary school may compel a pupil who is born on or after the second 1 January from the day this law is passed to learn a second language only if the school has proven itself capable of ensuring that...

Do you think we should transfer some income tax to user-pay (i.e., we lower income taxes, perhaps even considerably) while increasing taxes on social undesirables? Here would be some examples of what user-pay might entail: Cigarettes and alcohol would be taxed more with the proceeds going to...

I'm Canadian-born (going back 300 years to New France on my mother's side, and with some Irish and American indigenous blood on my father's side), yet I'm finding myself experiencing a kind of culture shock in Canada. On the one hand, the media, schools, etc., are teaching us about...

Historically, party's have tended to align themselves along a lenear spectrum depending on how much government involvement they wanted in the economy. Over time we've come to realise that it's not so straight forward. Historically, the Conseratives were protectionsist, and the liberals free...

I'd done this thread before but without the poll. Here I'll start it again but with a poll this time. What would you think of the following radically altered voting scenario? Once a year on the same day we hold a vote for the local assembly, with a blank ballot with nine or more lines (as per...

What would you think of the following radically altered voting scenario? Once a year on the same day we hold a vote for the local assembly, with a blank ballot with nine or more lines (as per the Assembly's agreement prior to the election, but with nine being the minimum) on the ballot sheet...

None of the above. That was literally a last-second decision. I was thinking of voting for the Green Party candidate, but when we consider that parties get $1.83 for every vote, but independents don't, that's hardly a level playing field for an independent. Of course I could have voted for an...

Some of you might not be aware tht for each vote a party gets, taxpayers give it $1.83. Now I'm not a member of any political party, so why should my tax money go to subsidize any party? Of course I could vote for an independent candidate, but there is none in my riding. And think about this...

Are you in favour of single transferable vote? It's similar to first-past-the-post, except that instead of just putting an x next to the candidate of choice, you number them in order of preference from first to last. This way, strategic voting is no longer necessary, since for example if many...

Imagine the following imaginary scenario. It might not be realistic, but it is asimplified version of what does happen at times: A friend comes up to you one day and says that he has fantasies he can't control about killing people... and he's serious. He tells you he called the police to ask...

This election, everyone is voting strategically to stop a CPC majority. But have they really stopped to think of the long-term consequences? And what would be the advantages of a principled vote. here I'll try to compare them in the long-term. Strategic voting: Out of fear of a CPC majority...

What do you think would be a good slogan for an 'anything but conservative' TV campaing? Some I've come up with that I think would have a good ring to it would be: Vote against! Vote Liberal! Vote Strategically! Vote Liberal! Don't vote for the best! Vote against the worst! Vote Liberal...

I'm sick of political parties! What do they really do to the political process? I've actually met people who'd told me that they'll vote party X because their parents voted party X! I've read accusations of candidates being labelled turncoats for changing political parties! Parties have...

I'm having a discussion over a proposed petition in chinadaily.com. Unfortunately, it appears that chinadaily.com.cn is censoring part of its contents owing to the fact that every time I've tried to paste it there, it never registers. So I've decided to post a draft here in Canadian Content...