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Trump tapping $12B US to help farmers affected by tariffs | CBC News I'll applaud him if he can clean his mess.

I started flying a 1957 Canadian Red Ensign this weekend. I'd been thinking lately about how some states have a state flag and then a different country flag. Germany for example has a presidential banner, a state flag, and a separate country flag. The state flag simply adds the German coat of...

For years, Finland, bordering the Soviet Union and now the Russian Federation and so depending on it somewhat economically, has never joined NATO and, for its own economic interests, had to remain somewhat neutral towards both NATO and the Warsaw Pact and now towards both NATO and the Russian...

Leaders say EU-Japan pact protects workers | Euronews Trump and Brexit might in fact be benefiting the EU. for a long time now, the EU has lazily basked in ignorant protectionism. Now faced with the double threats of Brexit and Trump, the EU has finally started to wake up to the need for global...

'Why did they do this to mommy?': Ottawa urged to reunite Edmonton family after mom's deportation | CBC News Canadian family values in action?

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-the-papers-44836288 I feel another referendum coming. I hope it will be more clearly worded.

Ottawans rally against 'horrendous' Ontario sex ed changes | CBC News Why not make the pre-2015 curriculum the default curriculum but allow parents to have their children follow the post-2015 curriculum where parents present sufficient demand to allow the school to offer it efficiently as an...

https://www.thecut.com/article/compulsive-sexual-behavior-mental-disorder.html Will this provide scientific support for if not the prohibition then at least the strict regulation of prostitution?

state ownership of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation essentially creates a conflict of interest between profit and enforcement of gambling laws which results in lax laws and lax enforcement of the laws that do exist. Wouldn't privatizing the OLG remove that conflict of interest and so...

Young man with no birth certificate doesn't officially exist | CBC News Why didn't the CBSA arrest and detain and start removal proceedings against him immediately? Isn't that what we pay them for? I don't believe the story. I think his 'parents' kidnapped him and then sneaked him into the...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44785916 What's the minimum level of education one needs for that job?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44752273 It looks like the UK might end up following the Norwegian or Swiss model. One possibility could be the right to study, work, or do business visa-free but that's it. No social services, etc. for example.

Though I don't agree with the annexation of Crimea, I can still understand the complexities of the situation. Prior to the annexation, protests in Kiev had gotten so far out of control that protesters were starting to occupy ministry headquarters while western politicians condemned the...

At present, Canada's word means little on the world stage. We are NATO members who do not fulfill our NATO obligations. We are still signatories to the International Convention on civil and Political Rights even though the UNHCR has repeatedly criticized Canada for the religiously-discriminatory...

Should Canada remain a member of its present free-trade agreements or should it adopt unilateral free trade? 1. Canada should remain a member of its present free-trade agreements. 2. Canada should adopt unilateral free trade. One advantage with this referendum question is that the two...

The referendum question was: 'Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?' The possible answers were: 'Remain a member of the European Union' 'Leave the European Union' I think the biggest mistake the question-writer or writers made was to...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgGiANHjdM4 With jobs pulling out, foreigners won't want to seek work in the UK anyway. Looks like the Brexiteers are getting what they wanted after all.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/04/new-zealand-former-sex-worker-becomes-a-dame-in-queens-birthday-honours We need to give the monarchy more teeth. I have difficulty imagining that the Queen truly wanted to give that honour. We're not talking about just befriending a person here, but...

Would you vote for a candidate who owns shares in a casino or porn business or brothel (however legal it might be in this hypothetical scenario) or a tobacco business, etc.? I accept that people change, but in this scenario I'm presuming that he still owns at least some shares in the business...

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/trump-praises-close-bonds-in-canada-day-message-1.3995871 Trump must be speaking another language because I don't understand what he means by 'close bonds.' I need an interpreter.