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So, in an age of mass travel, and migration, how do you propose a nation actually do that? It was a lot easier when crossing the oceans took a month, and the people coming were all from the same cultural backgrounds.

The problem is, China is an open declaration of economic warfare. It is the way to accelerate your fears, without giving us time to find alternate trading partners. We relied too much, for too long, on good relations with America. Now we need to slowly expand our trade to other, less...

So, for less than 1% of our GDP you want to declare full scale economic war on our largest trading partner, and the world's largest economy? I'll proudly stick to pragmatism over knee-jerk "patriotism" on this one.

What is the obsession with building cars here? If America wants to back out of our auto deal, we can shop elsewhere (not China) for a deal, or just make parts and import cars like most other countries. Going full China on America with cars will guarantee that they will be out to destroy our...

We aren't beggars, and we can always choose to not give more money to China, so they can come up with better ways to kill us.

I'd rather we ask our friends than let in an adversary.

Or... maybe reach out to Europe. The people we don't expect to at war with in the next decade or so...

I suspect it's because if the RCN allowed him to make a random job in San Fran for himself, so he could stay in, they'd have to allow others to do the same.

I think it's far too early to be making declarations like that. Things may have shifted for now, but Canadians are quite adept at ignoring the dangers of the world. We shouldn't pretend past behaviours are not an indicator of future ones. Acting like this shift is permeant right now comes...

I'm late to the party, but it was the French Empire. Then they lost, because supporting an armed revolt inside your enemy's borders can sometimes come back to bite you.

The RCN has switched away from No 3s for shore units in Esquimalt as well, so I suspect there is more than just the CA's DEU shortages at play. I wore No 4 "Work Dress" for the first few years I was in. It was dropped to simplify our orders of dress, and because it didn't look "military"...

I had a cell phone in 2001, but I barely used it, and it sat dead in my car's glove box for months at a time. I think a lot of people forget that until the iPhone in 2007, cell phones were portable phones more than they were portable pocket computers. My current phone has more in common with...

Just because something was invented then does not mean it was widely available or used. I'm not even 45 yet and I've spent about half of my life without smart phones, or widespread use of internet based service portals. That people nearly twice my age struggle with it isn't surprising. Just...

Now that we are wearing operational dress in the NCR, the usefulness of No. 3 orders of dress has diminished greatly. Perhaps, if the CAF wants to continue to have No 3 orders of dress, they should modernize it away from being No 1s, but without medals. Perhaps make it from comfortable and...

So why the Sturm and Drang from the Anti-Trump crowd? It's a tiny fraction of the illegals in the county. It's like being upset that the OPP ticketed 20 people on the 417 yesterday, when 20, 000 were speeding. Have you heard of "sanctuary cities"? Places that loudly proclaimed that they would...

Ok... so replace "Jews" with any other group in the world, and pretend you aren't a bigot for saying what you said. I'd like to really drill down on this one. If the CAF made homosexuals uncomfortable, but the CCG was welcoming to them, would that make the actions of the CAF acceptable? If...

That out team made it to the finals was a major accomplishment. I hope our men's side learns some lessons and steps up as well. The ladies of Rugby Canada have been awesome for years, and I'm glad I had the chance to watch them when I lived in Esquimalt.

I think ours is more effective, particularly for a team like Canada that is new to most. Simple is good, and few things look more "Canada" than a giant red maple leaf.

They have an effective emotional string to pull, and that is far better in politics than facts or reality.

As a complete layman in the legal world, I think this might be a useful distinction for crime stats tracking. Breaking into an obviously empty structure is very different from breaking into a structure that is clearly, or likely occupied. As a youngster, I myself engaged in some minor "break...