Canadian Values
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Canadian values, as espoused by the former government of Our Glorious Steve, seem to include complicity in "extraordinary rendition," enthusiastic support of interrogation-by-torture when carried out by Syrian and Egyptian inquisitorial offices, and thorough and total disregard for the principles of consular assistance given to citizens detained in a foreign country.
Documents show CSIS and RCMP's role in post-9/11 torture of 3 Canadians in Syria - Canada - CBC News
Kellie Leitch's supposed "conversation" on Canadian Values is a very thinly veiled xenophobic rant, with an awful lot of barely-disguised anti-Islamic rhetoric dressed up as jingoism and wrapped in cuddly words. It's poisonous and despicable.
https://thebeaverton.com/2016/09/try...st-immigrants/
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I'm going to visit that next Saturday as a newly joined member of the Toon Humanist Society.
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Canadian values, as espoused by the former government of Our Glorious Steve, seem to include complicity in "extraordinary rendition," enthusiastic support of interrogation-by-torture when carried out by Syrian and Egyptian inquisitorial offices, and thorough and total disregard for the principles of consular assistance given to citizens detained in a foreign country.
Documents show CSIS and RCMP's role in post-9/11 torture of 3 Canadians in Syria - Canada - CBC News
Kellie Leitch's supposed "conversation" on Canadian Values is a very thinly veiled xenophobic rant, with an awful lot of barely-disguised anti-Islamic rhetoric dressed up as jingoism and wrapped in cuddly words. It's poisonous and despicable.
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Ah yes "Our Glorious Steve". He certainly redefined 'citizenship' and it's value to anyone in a precarious situation. Mind you, didnt he pay to bring back Lebanese Canadians stranded in Beirut and reverse his decision to revoke citizenship of Chinese that had no intention of living in Canada?
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Ref: 40% in another country - looking forward to that for me. The amount of my Canadian pals who hate snow make me chuckle.
Oh and to add, you simply have to drive fast and tail gate in bad weather, and never learn from the accidents.
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I see your point and yes we taxpayers footed that bill too. That was probably the first & last act of protection of Canadians overseas. Since then, a theme of 'abandonment' of Canadians appears to be commonplace which begs the question of what values Canada truly upholds?
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Here's a way to solve so many of the problems of "Canadians" born in other countries caught up in problems in the country of their birth while they are visiting or living there.
If you come to Canada and become a Canadian citizen, the government of Canada will recognize you as Canadian and will assist you in problems anywhere in the world, unless you get into trouble in the country in which you were born or hold another passport for.
In this case you will be recognized, not as Canadian, but as a citizen of the country where you were born, hold a passport for and are in trouble in.
If you come to Canada and become a Canadian citizen, the government of Canada will recognize you as Canadian and will assist you in problems anywhere in the world, unless you get into trouble in the country in which you were born or hold another passport for.
In this case you will be recognized, not as Canadian, but as a citizen of the country where you were born, hold a passport for and are in trouble in.
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Here's a way to solve so many of the problems of "Canadians" born in other countries caught up in problems in the country of their birth while they are visiting or living there.
If you come to Canada and become a Canadian citizen, the government of Canada will recognize you as Canadian and will assist you in problems anywhere in the world, unless you get into trouble in the country in which you were born or hold another passport for.
In this case you will be recognized, not as Canadian, but as a citizen of the country where you were born, hold a passport for and are in trouble in.
If you come to Canada and become a Canadian citizen, the government of Canada will recognize you as Canadian and will assist you in problems anywhere in the world, unless you get into trouble in the country in which you were born or hold another passport for.
In this case you will be recognized, not as Canadian, but as a citizen of the country where you were born, hold a passport for and are in trouble in.
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Here's a way to solve so many of the problems of "Canadians" born in other countries caught up in problems in the country of their birth while they are visiting or living there.
If you come to Canada and become a Canadian citizen, the government of Canada will recognize you as Canadian and will assist you in problems anywhere in the world, unless you get into trouble in the country in which you were born or hold another passport for.
In this case you will be recognized, not as Canadian, but as a citizen of the country where you were born, hold a passport for and are in trouble in.
If you come to Canada and become a Canadian citizen, the government of Canada will recognize you as Canadian and will assist you in problems anywhere in the world, unless you get into trouble in the country in which you were born or hold another passport for.
In this case you will be recognized, not as Canadian, but as a citizen of the country where you were born, hold a passport for and are in trouble in.
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Re: Canadian Values
Here's a way to solve so many of the problems of "Canadians" born in other countries caught up in problems in the country of their birth while they are visiting or living there.
If you come to Canada and become a Canadian citizen, the government of Canada will recognize you as Canadian and will assist you in problems anywhere in the world, unless you get into trouble in the country in which you were born or hold another passport for.
In this case you will be recognized, not as Canadian, but as a citizen of the country where you were born, hold a passport for and are in trouble in.
If you come to Canada and become a Canadian citizen, the government of Canada will recognize you as Canadian and will assist you in problems anywhere in the world, unless you get into trouble in the country in which you were born or hold another passport for.
In this case you will be recognized, not as Canadian, but as a citizen of the country where you were born, hold a passport for and are in trouble in.
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That is a fairly standard approach. I had a friend from Russia who fled to Germany, when she finally got citizenship she had to sign a form explicitly acknowledging that if she got in trouble anywhere in the world, German consulates would provide her with all the help they could - unless it was in Russia, in which case she would be considered a Russian citizen, and they wouldn't get involved.
But what of the Canadian born person who visits a place of ancestry but unwittingly gets snared into something local? Canadian identity is a core pillar to citizenship, but if that identity is diluted at official levels it cant be enticing for wannabe Canadians.
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Agreed. Ref daggers - but its called being polite or "having a filter". Personally I think its just an excuse to be two faced.
Ref: 40% in another country - looking forward to that for me. The amount of my Canadian pals who hate snow make me chuckle.
Oh and to add, you simply have to drive fast and tail gate in bad weather, and never learn from the accidents.
Ref: 40% in another country - looking forward to that for me. The amount of my Canadian pals who hate snow make me chuckle.
Oh and to add, you simply have to drive fast and tail gate in bad weather, and never learn from the accidents.
+1...
Re bolded I am one of those ones who hate the snow, and i'm actually making plans to leave but I get the flak for it from those same people who hate the snow
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[QUOTE=Novocastrian;12056575]No. It hasn't, unless you count the shiny new(ish) Sikh Temple around the corner.
I'm going to visit that next Saturday as a newly joined member of the Toon Humanist Society.[/QUOTE]
Cool.
I'm going to visit that next Saturday as a newly joined member of the Toon Humanist Society.[/QUOTE]
Cool.
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Are the other countries more compassionate than Canada? Less bigoted? More accepting that people wanted to return to their homes once they were able?