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PM Justin Trudeau's Canada

PinkLucy said:
Proud Boys labelled as a terrorist group. https://www.businessinsider.com/can...sFvNNkkl1L_Km5vBPxm6hPB1xdNgjBx770bRLBsX_I3WI
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So, if we're designating all and sundry as terrorists now, whether or not they've actually committed or plotted any violent acts to further their political goals, then we've lost the plot.

Are antifa next? Or nah, because they jive with the ideology du jour?


By the way, tomorrow is International Holocaust Rememberance Day, you think our government will finally call out China for their genocide against the Uyghurs or nah? Money, money when it's to be had, you're a terrorist becaue we don't like you when there's none to be found?
I mean I expect something like that from our feds, but some of you guys are fans.....how do you sleep at night?
 
lenaitch said:
The Morneau 'summer compound' is near here - it ain't Uncle Eddy's RV.
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It's probably nicer than their Toronto home. 😆


lenaitch said:
Besides, by the sound of this, he out earns me before morning coffee:
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No way....


lenaitch said:

Here are five things to know about Finance Minister Bill Morneau's wealth

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s credibility has come under attack for his decision not to put his substantial assets in a blind trust after he was…
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2) Morneau Shepell shares currently pay monthly dividends of 6.5 cents per share. Therefore those holdings would pay him dividends of about $135,000 per month.
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Oh.....nvm hahaha....135k in a month just from dividends from Morneau Sheppell....I don't make that in a year (yet...soon, soon)
 

Canada ranks as one of the strongest democracies in the world​

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Canada has one of the world’s strongest democracies, according to an annual ranking.

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index for 2020 ranks the world’s countries in four different tiers: full democracy, flawed democracy, hybrid regime, and authoritarian. Canada, which ranked in the top tier, finished fifth in the global ranks.

The index provides a snapshot of the state of democracy around the world, across 165 independent states and two territories. “This covers almost the entire population of the world and the vast majority of the world’s states,” says the Democracy Index.
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The Democracy Index is based on five categories: electoral process and pluralism, the functioning of government, political participation, political culture, and civil liberties.

Based on its scores on a range of indicators within these categories, each country is then itself classified as one of four types of regime.

The 2020 Index “represents a significant deterioration and came about largely — but not solely — because of government-imposed restrictions on individual freedoms and civil liberties that occurred across the globe in response to the coronavirus pandemic,” says the report. “The deterioration in the global score in 2020 was driven by a decline in the average regional score everywhere in the world, but by especially large falls in the “authoritarian regime” dominated regions.”

According to the report, “most people” concluded that preventing a catastrophic loss of life justified a temporary loss of freedom that’s been mandated by respective governments. “Many critics of the lockdown approach accepted that some form of social distancing was necessary to contain the spread of the disease, but they failed to put forward convincing alternatives to the policy of enforced lockdowns, and the question of how many deaths would be acceptable as the price of freedom was one that few lockdown skeptics were prepared to answer.”
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Using the five categories, countries were ranked overall, with 10.0 being the highest. Canada’s 9.24 overall score was good for fifth, wedged in between New Zealand (4th) and Finland (6th).

Norway, Iceland, and Sweden took home the top three spots with scores of 9.81, 9.37, and 9.26, respectively.
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The report examined the United States democracy after what it called a “tumultuous year” dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, and a fiercely contested presidential election.
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As a result, the US retained its “flawed democracy” from last year. “Americans have become much more engaged in politics in recent years, and several factors fuelled the continuation of this trend in 2020, including the politicization of the coronavirus pandemic, movements to address police violence and racial injustice, and elections that attracted record voter turnout.”

The United States ranked 25th in the global democracy ranking.
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As has been the case since the first edition of the Democracy Index in 2006, Canada ranked as North America’s top democracy.

“Its average score improved modestly, from 9.22 in 2019 to 9.24 in 2020,” says The Economist. “There has been a reversal of fortunes in the region over the past five years, with Canada improving its standing and the US experiencing a decline.”
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Finding it hard to believe Canada's democracy is stronger than Australia's. Their government functions worse, and they--despite having mandatory voting--score worse for participation?

And to think Canada is one of the best democracies in the world... yeesh.

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Well, that ranking is useless. A "full democracy" with a FPTP electoral system? 😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂


So, minority rule is "full democracy" according to the EIU.
South Africa 1979: "full democracy"!
 
Guns out and in full view.....and I am not being facetious.

If we don't properly assert our sovereignty at least to the same level as the Russians then it will be like stealing from a baby.
 
SunriseChampion said:
Guns out and in full view.....and I am not being facetious.

If we don't properly assert our sovereignty at least to the same level as the Russians then it will be like stealing from a baby.
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The problem is Canada is too large to adequately protect. We border 3 oceans and are the second largest nation in the world.

Military spending would need to be jacked up by an insane amount with mandatory military service if we want to have a standing army large and effective enough to defend the borders.

History shows how something similar happened to the roman empire. They went broke and couldn't properly defend themselves due to its size.

My point is that no matter how hard we try Canada is too large to defend every land claim so places like the artic get forgot about in favor of the more inhabited areas. Nobody cares if Ellesmere Island gets invaded but they do care if Vancouver Island or Prince Edward Island are.
 
What on Earth are you talking about?

Conscription wont be necessary til the war with China actually starts, first of all.

Second of all, there is no need to go mental on the spending ramp up.
A modest increase (oh, I don't know to 2% of GDP as it is supposed to be according to our NATO obligations) will suffice.

All that is required is regular and substantial military patrols in the area....and maybe debunking China's asinine claim to being a "near Arctic" nation. Maybe tell them what's what at the Arctic Council.

Anyway, the collapse of the Roman Empire was a lot more complex than the size of the thing.
 
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