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This is very simple. This law doesnt "target" anyone. There is no reference to women or Islam. Nothing about the niqab or burka. It is simply banning face covering in certain situations. The idea that subscribing to iron age belief systems grants you exemptions from the law must end. I fully support the removal and rejections of religious exemptions.

Based upon her performance as a minister, especially her answerability to Parliament, this lady either thinks herself royalty or a Zupta.

Comparing gold to Bitcoin is a case of comparing apples to oranges. There are almost 6 billion ounces of gold in circulation in one form or another. Supply sources are decentralized. New supply can easily increase substantially if its price went up like Bitcoin's has. I read that there are currently about 17 million bitcoins with a maximum of 21 million possible. Bitcoin creators hold a monopoly on supply and are preventing expansion of amount in circulation that would cause its value to fall. Other than this the author may be correct about the future of Bitcoin although the five year rule may not apply exactly. Bitcoin is not likely to gain enough users to replace fiat currencies unless its creators give up control. The general public is not likely to accept bitcoins instead of conventional currencies if its value continues to fluctuate as it has.

While not a laughable outcome the notion that one should look out for our fellow man because they don't is patently ridiculous. When visiting the sidewalks of Toronto I delight in walking with my head up on a straight and predictable course. I am not looking out for my fellow man whose head is up his arse in his phone. Collisions are bound to happen.

Has the ANC had much to say about this? Has the ANCWL had much to say about this? Has Cosatu had much to say about this? Has the SACP had much to say about this? Has the health minister had much to say about this? Has the Gauteng premier had much to say about this? Strangely, and to their credit, the ANCYL in GP came out with a statement - only to be slammed: The mother body is seething after the league in Gauteng joined opposition parties in pressing charges against Premier David Makhura and former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu for their handling of the tragedy. Then the GP ANCYL back down and withdrew the charges - but the national ANC called on the party in Gauteng to “strongly reprimand” the league for its “inhumane behaviour”. “Inhumane behaviour”? Tripe! Now would have happened had this occurred in the Western Cape... protest marches, questions in Parliament, calls for DA to be taken to court, violence, you name it. Hmmm... quite a different sort of scenario, right?

Thank goodness the MSM snowflakes are happy again- sarc/

That is very rude not to show up. Junior must have been thinking about this before he even left Canada why go then? But that’s what someone who “isn’t ready” does. I’ll give him credit for this one he shouldn’t have signed in the first place. It definitely needs more scrutiny before he commits Canada.

A month ago we were walking through a parking lot and I decided to check out the tires on some vehicles. So many of them had the winter gumballs on the rims. It's all part of a scam, the industry knows that many folks will run those things all year destroying them prematurely.

The swamp is in control.

That was Rush Limbaugh

He went for the APEC meeting. This is another matter.

Not surprised, the victims were a target of a insane Leftist.

This writer is obviously an Iran supporter. Not even pretending to be balanced.

If one has to conceal one's face and body (as shown in the accompanying photo), then one is isolating oneself from society. As Prof. Mohammed Qadeer of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario once observed the wearer is symbolizing distrust for fellow citizens, implying "I am violated if you look at me." In 2015, Raheel Gaza wrote, "As a Muslim mother who never saw a niqab while I was growing up in Karachi, Pakistan, I am astonished to see Canada's judiciary caving in to Islamists who have nothing but contempt for Canada's values of gender equality." She has lived in Canada for 27 years and fears such developments, saying she must fight for a safe place from the "medieval theocratic adherents of my faith." Why must women be 'swathed' to hide their identities while their male counterparts wear jeans and shirts? It is unhealthy for Canada to divide itself with new exclusionary 'rights'. Let's stick to a set of MODERN gender neutral HUMAN rights that apply to all Canadians.

Rik, have ever considered that it is facts, evidence, and peer-reviewed science which have resulted in the US being 74.5% fluoridated? Corruption and conspiracy nonsense, while always being the fall-back excuse for antifluoridationists, obviously has no merit. Steven D. Slott, DDS Communications Officer American Fluoridation Society

Can't have it both ways. There are laws in most states against this kind of behavior. If arrested and found guilty, Moore (or any other man) would be deemed a convicted "sexual predator" landing his name on the national register. Meanwhile Anthony Weiner is going to jail for sending nude photos of himself to a teenager. Using the bible to excuse Moore make these people sanctimonious hypocrites. Also people condemn other countries, particularly Muslim ones where young women/girls are wed to older men. So if Moore did make sexual advances, IT WAS WRONG. No EXCUSE.

Conspiracy lunacy alert!

"Of course Muslim women feel apprehensive going outside " It isn't "Muslim women", it is the small minority of islamists, wahhabists, who wear the face covering. Most Muslim women do not even wear the hijab, never mind the face covering. Some people are nasty to smokers, too, that is not a reason not to ban smoking in all kinds of places.

It is very sad to see what is happening to our healthcare system. Except for the patients, we (govt, providers, hospitals) all shoulder the blame to varying degrees. I personally feel that it is important to keep (or more appropriately, establish) decision making power within the provider-patient relationship, not government or any other third party. I encourage patients to consider "concierge" types of family practice models and just pay for catastrophic health insurance. This will be cheaper and more efficient in the long run. Along these lines, I strongly feel that the dedicated physicians/providers of the SJIs should initiate the establishment of this type of service. I am trying to establish this model in my own practice (another state). This system, I hope, will put the power back into the hands of patients, where it rightfully belongs. In addition, it will hold them responsible for taking care of their own health. This idea is feasible , but we have limited time...

More fake news from the WP.

Stephen: Nice story on Mautautia but when are you going to write about UH Football reprehensible off-field actions? Don't you think we should take the proverbial 2 stroke penalty for hitting the ball way OB instead of pretending that the NCAA is going to give us a mulligan? If not, I smell death penalty.

Disgusting that the Globe takes the position that these agents represent buyers at the high end. These buyers also buy affordable housing. Worse Ms. Kalles promotes off-shore buyers who pay NO INCOME TAXES in our country. The long term effects of this practice will be felt by the next generation when publicly funded hospitals, schools, infrastructure etc., receive less funding from non-residents who own both affordable and luxury homes. Unless Canadian tax laws change, these tax evaders will keep profiting on the backs of the Canadian taxpayer.

I know he is linked to Trump. So what, they are both sexual pigs. I am calling out you libs for your hypocrisy. You love calling conservative Christians hypocrites while you turn a blind eye on your own sexual deviants. You all voted for Hillary even though she did more to publicly destroy Bill’s victims than Bill did.

What you write would be amusing if it were not so terribly wrong. The forests have been destroyed by the tar sands and the air and the water are NOT clean.

Many tourists cancelled holidays.....are you kidding me. Who in their right mind would waste travel time by visitng this hellish waste hole.

what Jewish tradition are you referring to and where did you hear of it besides Katz's deli on Houston Street

How dumb are these people? Do they not know that their entire religion is based on the belief that Joseph DID NOT HAVE SEX with Mary? He did not rub her. He did not place her hand on his underwear. Unbelievable hypocrites. Unbelievable.

his jewish roots showed through ask remy beauregard about that

Alberta has had a chip on its shoulder for the over 50 years I have been around. Its time to grow up and diversify the economy, diversify the population, and diversify the public discourse. The good news is that the cities have this process underway. Eventually the rest of the province will catch up.

The article could be more specific about why this law was put into place. The tone seems to try to trivialize the intent. The government of Quebec wants to be able to see your face when you receive government services. This would seem to make perfect sense. In the examples stated above teachers should be able to see the faces of their students writing an exam. if a bus company requires people to verify their identity before getting on a bus then why should it be any different for those wearing a Niqab? Finally, would you want your child attending a daycare where the staff hand over the kid to someone who doesn’t show their face? Plus what about health care, drivers license, social security etc etc etc. All of these services require the government to know who is receiving the services in order to combat fraud. This debate is nonsensical. Why are we even discussing this? We are not living in the 16th century. It is, after all, 2017.

100% the latter

The case built by the Post story would probably constitute sufficient proof if this were a court case. It has multiple women giving similar stories, and the stories are corroborated by other people who knew them at that time. So the only thing the Republicans could hinge "if proven true" on is whether the Post is being honest in its reporting. And it would be very surprising if they were hiding important details or making things up in a story of this weight.

Huge turnout in the NoVA swamp. The hive protecting the hive.

If you educated yourselves on the topic, Canada has clearly stated that they want the final NAFTA agreement or non agreement done before doing anything on the TPP. Of course, I can understand the right not knowing this, it was not in Briebart or Levan's weekly rant.

And the Donald is not attending APEC. Anything to gripe on that?

We hold these truths to be self evident that we can't believe what we read in the news and we can't believe what a politician says. Crappy choices.

The problem is that this is just another WAPO attempt to cover up and protect the liberal predators who are being unmasked. Like a magician , watch the other hand. After decades in politics and with powerful enemies we are supposed to believe after all this time this is just being found out. If you believe that I've got a bridge in Brooklyn for you. The better explanation is that this is cooked up by same people who hired and paid Russian agents to fabricate the Trump with the prostitutes story. And an attempt from a dying Democratic party to protect the Communist policies they implemented for 8 years

“Wear and tear on water”?? Just when I thought I had heard all of the ridiculous antifluoridationist comments possible.....yet another one pops up. Steven D. Slott, DDS Communications Officer American Fluoridation society

You criticize him for talking about racism then make the issue racial. Sorry, you wouldnt be on my debating team. And BTW you mischaracterized what he is saying so if there was a reading comprehension team, you would not have a spot their either. It seems that Nenshi is referring to you.

" Mr. Drumpf's speech before the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation yesterday, was one of powerful, articulated excellence, and long overdue. It showed great strength, something that past administrations have long lacked, especially Mr. Obama who was very weak on the concerns raised in that speech, and it was well received." How odd. I also saw that speech and was appalled that such an ignorant dilettante represents our country on the world stage. I guess we just have different ideas about what America could/should be.

This guy should change his name to Bob Menendez and the press will ignore him.

Actually what hurt was the anti oil and pipeline climate and carbon tax fear from the liberal government. Several big multinational companies divested their holdings in Alberta for precisely that reason. Keep telling yourself that while other oil producing nations continue to get rich from oil. Canadians need to realize oil consumption is projected to increase for at least the next 50 years, it's not going away anytime soon.

You are incorrect. He is a columnist and as such a journalist. Wikipedia notes: "Depending on the context, the term journalist may include various types of editors, editorial writers, columnists, and visual journalists, such as photojournalists (journalists who use the medium of photography)."

Alberta's motto: Still blaming others

Okay, Chicken Little, certainly it doesn't sound good, but let's hear the other side of the story before drawing too many conclusions. If you're a Conservative party supporter I'll assume that this is just the normal rhetoric.

Jesse And what, exactly, does the town “owe” your small band of antifluoridationists that has been ripping your community apart for the past year? Steven D. Slott, DDS Communications Officer American Fluoridation Society

Walter Francis Watson Sime was killed at Vimy. He was my great-uncle. He was studying architecture at the University of Toronto and didn't want to miss out on the glory. One of four brothers. Adam, my grandfather, was captured in 1916, pow, drowned in 1942. David, Spanish flu in 1918. Cecil, of natural causes in 1976. Comment on: First World War action frozen in time in archives, photos Approved mws3238 days ago William Adam Irving survived the gas at Ypres. He was my great-uncle and at one time deputy sheriff in Little Current, Ontario. Killed three days later, trying to move a broken-down ambulance. Thank you for your post.

Disheveled Drunk Uncle, sound like Weinstien or was that Ted Kennedy

I do not believe most Canadians care about the religious side of this ...why does media insist on stirring up inter religious unrest ? ...it is only the aspect of having to identify yourself when accessing public services ...I guess this would also be he case when withdrawing funds from your bank account ...that's the issue ..how do these folks propose to identify themselves when required?

I hope that Trudeau (and Rae) finally realize that Aung San Suu Kyi does not control the country! The Burmese Generals and military do!

What about the ever more millions of Twitter, Facebook, Denver Post trolls that continue to defend Obama, Clintons, etc. including the media themselves ignoring stories about them just to put up absurd things about Trump? Those FAR outweigh the Russian trolls.

Or unbox a woman from eastern Europe.

Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?

To the various comments mentioning Trudeau: This is a Quebec Liberal Party law. Trudeau has been carefully avoiding getting into the issue. To those cheering the possible collapse of the PQ, the vote could just go to the CAQ /QS, both of whom would impose a tougher law with actual effect (no religious exemptions).

It is nice that it appears to be our fault that SHE made a mistake and would like for us to reimburse her for the costs. Here is a poppy....put it on and say thank you.

Ahhhhhhh.....fey usage is pretty much one sided. I dont think there is much debate as to its meaning. I am surprised that Doyle did not know this given that he is an avid reader.

Its not the word, its the use of the word.

The General is right...treating other people with respect and behaving with dignity are the key to a civilized society. Whoever wrote those words failed to do so. If he or she was an Air Force cadet then, regardless of race, he or she should be reprimanded. Period. That said, it is one thing to do something like this as an expression of your own bigotry. This is bad. It is worse to do it to spread a false narrative.

The general theme of Habs commentary after the game, from what I read at least, was: "how on earth can you get a fair shake when the goals are reviewed in Toronto, and team in question is Montreal?"

The editorial doesn't explain the pedestrians hit by streetcars this year. I can't quite understand how a BIG, RED and noisy streetcar pounces on pedestrians. Really. On a separate note it has become a royal pain to drive into Toronto for anything anymore. We didn't renew our Mirvish subscription this year partly because of traffic. Too bad so many of my provincial and federal tax dollars go to the city and it tries it's hardest to keep me away.

Why, if we are a Sovereign State, would we split this revenue and give half to the Feds when we need the money here.

What history, all you have is unsubstantiated allegations.

Liz Instead of falling back on the corruption/conspiracy nonsense why not attempt to address the facts and evidence which have been repeatedly provided to refute all antifluiridationist arguments against fluoridation? Steven D. Slott, DDS Communications Officer American Fluoridation Society

Really? You live here then? Or did you read that somewhere on the internet and now consider yourself “informed”??

like a true head in the sand liberal you forgot to mention that the only thing Justin can do is spend, tax, lie and vacation ... rinse and repeat if we elect this child in the next election.

Every day I wake up thanking Jesus for Trump.

Thanks Jacques for joining forces with Thuli Madonsela and other reporters and whistleblowers to enlighten the nation as to what is really going on in Government & its captured structures. Shame on Zuma and captured friends who are selling out our country for personal enrichment - your future lives should be spent behind prison bars.

You seem to have overlooked the big fact that we seem to be in the midst of a large movement where people are finally feeling comfortable about coming forward. The timing of this is actually not fishy in the least.

"Just not Ready" prophetic.

Not actually - 'reining in' is the correct way to spell the phrase (as in tugging on the reins of a horse, to slow it down)

Probably because it is money losing. That is why it was sold in the first place.

They're all on the website. Go do your own research so you don't look foolish next time.

What does veneration of relics mean?

First, the fiasco of taxing the employee discounts. Somehow, the Liberal government was asleep at the wheel. Next, the cutback of benefits of injured JTF2 soldiers. Again, the Liberal government was asleep at the wheel. Now, Canada doesn't even show up to the TPP meetings, long after Prime Minister Harper had finalized the deal? This is a true embarassment to Canada. If it wasn't for just plain ineptitude or laziness, the only other fallback excuse Justin could have is that the trade deal does not mandate transgender rights or require fair trade in the coffee bean industry.

Victims don't report because of this. This is victim shaming and blaming by convervatives who feel morally superior and as a result feel entitled to push their agenda regardless of the victims in their path. Your idea of what God expects of Christians has gone off the rails. Listen to yourselves, claiming a smear campaign when you yourself have no inside knowledge. Does God want morally bankrupt Christians running around victim blaming in His name? I think not.

but you still like to spend their transfer payments..... a true ignorant hypocrite if there ever was one.

Uhhh, clearly you don't follow the financial press. Go check out business sentiment. Go check the Michigan Consumer Confidence survey- which hit an ALL TIME HIGH recently. Sorry, but you look ridiculous bringing in GLOBAL approval ratings.

You mean, of course, that my comments are wholly factual. You have supported Burke in his homophobia, saying that he was being doctrinally correct. You support Paprocki in his homophobia. You support that student group at Georgetown in their homophobia. And now you are supporting Morlino in his homophobia. And you are calling these homophobes "Bishops who adhere to Catholic teaching". No, YOUR words demonstrate the accuracy of my statement, that you consider homophobia to be part of Catholic teaching. What is even more annoying than your support for bigotry is that you lie about it.

All of those infractions and he's still employed? What does a cop have to do to get fired? His job? Lol

Praise the Lord!

As the original poster wrote, "Nice guys all around." There are few good guys in the Syrian conflict, just some who are less objectionable than others.

Incorrect-- The DNC favored HRC, which was certainly unethical. No proof exists, at this time, that ANY votes were fixed, changed, altered, etc. during the primaries. The story here is about a man that is about to become a US SENATOR is being accused of being a PEDOPHILE. Sorry about the all caps, but some of you don't seem to get it.

these women are going to be subjected to harassment no matter which way the SC rules.

Why was this comment decked? It was perfectly civil. Yet Purg's brazen homophobic insults stand.

LSUC is a pompous bully which should be abolished. It reinstates disbarred lawyers, cannot be sued and steals the interest from client's deposits to the tune of 3 million dollars a year and on and on.

Dont be jealous that he's leaps and bounds smarter than you. Classic compensation for your own failings.

She can reunite with her family any time she wants - just not in Canada. In our culture we value honesty and we abide by the law. She has not learned this after living here for decades?

and no need for further security upgrades at Nkandla as he will have all the security he requires. Bonus all round

Allisa Yet more conspiracy/corruption nonsense. Have any of you ever considered that you might be accorded the credibility and respect you desire for your opinions if you would simply cease the unsubstantiated nonsense and adhere to supportable facts and evidence? Obviously not. As long as you insist on spewing nonsense, intelligent people are going to keep tuning you out. Steven D. Slott, DDS Communications Officer American Fluoridation Society

He just looks like it.

I am having great difficulty understanding the glaring contradictions associated with this whole controversy. On the one hand it seems to be acceptable and even fashionable to try to erase from our public space those symbols that represent people or practices of repression in our distant and not too distant history. As a society we appear to be attempting to sanitize our language and are even prepared to jail offenders who do not adhere to what the police of political correctness mandate as acceptable or not acceptable. Allegedly, we are doing this as a society because of what those symbols or historical persons or entities or hurtful language represent to some members of our society. In other words a minority of people who object to playing by the new rules can be demonized, sanctioned or jailed for not conforming. Why is it then acceptable and defensible to allow these articles of clothing that also represent oppression and tyranny the freedom to offend? These are not religious items

Weak effort there, Joe. You've got the alternative facts bit down but your vitriol needs some work. Besides, you forgot the obligatory Hillary smear, so I'm afraid I can't award you any better than a five.

He could win in any Democratic stronghold he would choose. He has flown on 26 sex trips with convicted pedofile Epstein where there are no legal age limits protecting children.

you might try expanding your reading list to include either the NYT or WaPo. They covered the speech. They also pointed out that the abandonment of multilateral agreements in favor of bilateral ones limits the effectiveness of the US influence. For all of his "strength", the Groper in Chief did not call out China with regards to intellectual property or the South China sea expansion. Gotta keep his suppliers happy I guess. You know, the ones who make all of his MAGA hats and other stuff. Please stop with the "fake news" crap. By any standard, the hated MSM is far far more responsible with respect to fact checking and is much more accountable than say Breitbart. Just because ya don't like it doesn't mean it's fake. there are no alternative facts.

Must have been a closed doors/"no selfies allowed" event. It's no wonder he didn't appear.

No, I'm not being a cultural relativist: I'm insisting upon our western tradition of individual rights. And here in Canada, women are not typically being forced to wear it, so your argument falls apart.

Trumpers would hand the country over to North Korea if it meant their orange cult leader being President.

Great one line editorial

" Mr. Drumpf's speech before the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation yesterday, was one of powerful, articulated excellence, and long overdue. It showed great strength, something that past administrations have long lacked, especially Mr. Obama who was very weak on the concerns raised in that speech, and it was well received." How odd. I also saw that speech and was appalled that such an ignorant dilettante represents our country on the world stage. I guess we just have different ideas about what America could/should be.

Hawaiians' silence should not be construed as an endorsement of the Kealohas if that's what you are implying....far from it. Many of us choose to hold our tongue rather than spew the obvious.