[speechlesstx]

Dear God how I love my Canada after reading this site!

Yeah, all is well there, isn't it? A bastion of peace, tolerance, diversity and unity, eh?

Dog lovers mistaken for abusers

A dog-loving Chinese-Canadian couple are pleading for understanding after a case of mistaken identity has left them dealing with threatening and racist phone calls...

"I'm scared," said Qing Li, 35. "People leave the message, say 'Go back to your country,' and then many of the bad words I can't say. So I'm scared. Why? ... I didn't make the mistake, I didn't make the trouble."

University of Windsor student Qu Li is accused of choking, kicking and slamming a four-month-old Husky puppy, hurting the dog so badly that it had to be euthanized.

But Qing Li and her husband, who live on Randolph Avenue, have nothing to do with the alleged animal abuser -- other than a common country of origin and similar initials. "I don't know who the heck he is," said Chen, 45.

One of the obscenity-laden messages left on the couple's answering machine on Tuesday told them: "You're not gonna live to see the (expletive) light of day tomorrow... You just see what happens to you tonight, (expletive)."

Another male caller stated: "I know where you live. I'm coming over to your house, and I'm gonna bring a shovel and beat you with it."

A female caller said that "if you're the Peking that beat the dog, go back to your country. You don't know the laws in this country. Go back to your country and stay there. We don't want you here... Go back to hell."

REAL Women Demands Canadian Taxpayer Funding of Obscene Films Must Stop

Bill C-10, an omnibus bill of amendments to the Income Tax Act, contains a government proposal to amend the Income Tax Act that would allow the Heritage Ministry to withhold federal tax credits to Canadian film and television projects it deems offensive...

"No other industry has ever enjoyed such carte blanche immunity from corporate responsibility and public accountability," she said in a Globe and Mail report.

She explained that the film American Psycho, based on the book of the same name that "was considered a how-to manual for convicted serial killer Paul Bernardo, received $120,000 in Canadian tax credits."

In a report by the Hill Times, Rev. Charles McVety of the Canada Family Action Coalition warned the Conservative government that it will "pay a price", in the way of a grassroots rebellion, if it gives in to pressure from the film and television industry and amends or waters down its provision to deny government tax credits for offensive screen productions.

"If they want to capitulate to David Cronenberg so that he can make a few hundred more million dollars, then they don't deserve to be in government and they won't be in government for very long," Rev. McVety told The Hill Times. "If the government loses common sense and says that, 'We're going to continue funding films such as "Young People F-ing" and other such movies,' then they will pay a price for that. That's not good government and the grassroots will rebel."

India lodges protest with Canada

India has lodged a very strong protest with the government of Canada over letting Indo-Canadians to organise a Baisakhi parade where Indira Gandhi's assassins were glorified. After the Congress and other parties expressed their shock and horror over the parade, New Delhi today (April 15) lodged a formal protest with the Canadian authorities.

Minister of State for External Affairs, Anand Sharma said, “Well I have conveyed to Canadian Minister of Sate for External Affairs, Helena Georges India’s anguish and concern over the parade that took place in the city of Surrey and the fact that assassins of the Late Prime Minister and beloved leader, Indira Gandhi were glorified in the posters and were declared martyrs.”

More youths in gangs

Less than 48 hours after Toronto Mayor David Miller launched a national push to have handguns banned by the federal government, his city recorded three more shootings.

Elsewhere last week, Calgary police appealed for tips following two shootings that injured two young men.

Neither shooting was a random act, Calgary police said, summing up the gunplay as just the latest example of the "blatant disregard gang members have for innocent members of the community who could have been hit by errant bullets."

Michael Chettleburgh, author of Young Thugs: Inside the Dangerous World of Canadian Street Gangs, warns of a rise in the number of young people joining gangs and says the increasing gunplay on Canadian streets is a symptom of a burgeoning drug trade.

Charge Canadian polygamists to protect children

Disgruntled Chinese Rally in Ottawa

Yet another Indo-Canadian youth dies in gang violence

And of all things...

We should be changing hockey; the violence is so unCanadian

[NeedKarma]

Speech,
You are so predictable. I'm so happy I don't have negative types like you hanging around me. You should seek some counselling to find out why you are so angry at most of the people around you.

[inthebox]

NK : what if Obama was running for PM and he made these comments?


“And they fell through the Harper administration, and the Martin administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are going to regenerate and they have not,” Mr. Obama went on. “And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to hockey or universal healthcare or antipathy to Americans who aren't like them or ANTI-BUSH sentiment or anti-RElIGION sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

[NeedKarma]

Hockey and universal healthcare are not suitable replacements for your gun culture (which we do not have) and the inclusion of religion (gay marriage issue in your last election). But people would be correct to vote for issues such as healthcare but hockey and religion never enter politics here (except that veil issue in Quebec).

[spitvenom]

I don't see anything wrong with what Obama said I'm bitter when I call my credit card company and I have to speak to someone who took an American's job just so the company could get a tax break and pay that person two bucks an hour. That doesn't make you bitter.

I don't have a gun to cling to when my government fails me. I don't have religion to cling to when the government fails me. I cling to hope. Hope that one of these candidate's can start to change this mess. And Obama is the only one who makes me feel like he can change things.

[tomder55]

Sounds like your debates about gay marriage mirrors ours

The error that dare not speak its name

[inthebox]

Point taken Need

But for a lot of voting Americans gun ownership and faith is an issue. For a presidential candidate to make the statements that Obama did is disappointing since he presents himself as a candidate to unite and not divide.

These words were spoken at a private San Francisco event. I'm certain that Obama never expected these words to get out to the general public. Credit should go to Huffpo for exposing them. In San Francisco, these statements might have been met by approving nods but to flyover country, middle America these statements are condescendiing and they won't play well in a general election.

[tomder55]

I don't see anything wrong with what Obama said I'm bitter when I call my credit card company and I have to speak to someone who took an American's job just so the company could get a tax break and pay that person two bucks an hour. That doesn't make you bitter.

We really have to move past this . No one is guaranteed a job and no one is guaranteed a rate of pay. It is not unusual for jobs to come and go due to among other things technoligical improvements that make the jobs obsolete. Someone explain to me why it is the job of the government to be the guardian of such jobs ? You are lucky to get a human at all. I had Sears service done this week and I dealt with robo-call service . Why should I be bitter about that ? My service was performed just as well regardless of who took the call.

[NeedKarma]

Tom,
It's one person's opinion piece. He's allowed to say what he wants but it doesn't mirror the view of the population. Personally I kind of agree with him in that allowing gay marriage in a church should not be imposed by the government, christianity is set in their ways. Recognized civil unions are the way to go.

[inthebox]

Barack Obama | Change We Can Believe In | Economy

"Amend the North American Free Trade Agreement: Obama believes that NAFTA and its potential were oversold to the American people. Obama will work with the leaders of Canada and Mexico to fix NAFTA so that it works for American workers."


What does he mean by "FIX"

Is he for or against NAFTA?

Is he anti-trade and therefore "bitter" just like his own comments?

That Canadian memo about what Obama really thinks about NAFTA. - By Bonnie Goldstein - Slate Magazine

[tomder55]

and again one of those rare convergences . We agree. It would be much easier to resolve if the word marriage was removed form the equation.

[NeedKarma]

What would YOU do about NAFTA?

[tomder55]

I'm in favor of NAFTA and other bi-lateral trade agreements . I think they are a net plus for all the nations involved .

[spitvenom]

Tom you skipped over the entire out sourcing problem It's one thing to have robo call and everything is fine. It's another when you call someone one who can speak English but has no comprehension of the English language.

Box
When the government fails somebody that person clings to what is familiar they cling to their guns or religion and that is a good thing!! I don't own guns and I think religion is a story to tell little kids so they behave correctly. So please point out to me what he said wrong?

[tomder55]

Because religion is a foundation and not something to "cling to " .That is Marxist rhetoric.

[NeedKarma]

Funny that, my kids have a great foundation without religion. That could be considered proof that your statement is incorrect.

[tomder55]

No it isn't because I did not say it was a foundation for everyone . Do you " Cling "to atheism when times get tough ? I believe it would be insulting for me to imply that. If Obama changed his words slightly he could've just quoted Marx "opiate " line of bs.

[NeedKarma]

no it isn't because I did not say it was a foundation for everyone . Do you " Cling "to atheism when times get tough ? I believe it would be insulting for me to imply that. If Obama changed his words slightly he could've just quoted Marx "opiate " line of bs.

But people do cling to their religion in troubled times. You seem hung up on this 'communist' ("Marx") slant, why?

[tomder55]

Tom you skipped over the entire out sourcing problem

Not at all. You act like outsourcing is a one way street . I can just hear Japanese auto workers complaining that Toyota has a manufacturing plant here .

[tomder55]

But people do cling to their religion in troubled times.

Perhaps but the implication is much deeper in this case because of the "elite" limosine liberal audience he was addressing . See answer #4 to this posting for more detail on my position .