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The Canadian Rangers were never intended to be soldiers.  Two positive things about the Rangers is that they are there and we are not.  Pretending otherwise serves no-one.  Anyone who thinks the Arctic is the next South China Sea worries way too much.  If there's a serious problem we would...

Shoot somebody with a .22 short in an oversized bore and they will likely give you a thrashing like you never had before.  Is there an under 500fps defence available here?  Note that such a pistol is only prohibited by having a short barrel, not because it is painted black.  I own one such...

Slavery was but one factor in the Civil War.  It was tied in with the fact that the North treated the South like Trudeau treats Alberta.  Economic imperialism was what the Civil War was about.  One of ways economic imperialism presented itself was opposition to slavery.  There were many others. ...

You'd have to ask the Supreme Court about that one.  Which way is the wind blowing today?  From the left?  I look upon the courts as being as political as the legislators.

Not a fan of Trudeau ..... But! He is the Prime Minister and he had enabling legislation passed and provided hints to Wilson-Raybould.  She was too thick to figure it out.  He should have fired her after the first hint and appointed himself Attorney-General and used his best judgement on the...

Isn't this a civil matter?  The truck that hit her must have had insurance.  Did she sue and recover from the truck driver's insurance?

Why doesn't the US negotiate with Mexico to place US immigration officers on the Mexican side of the border where illegals could be turned back before they are physically within the US?  Makes too much sense.  A rudimentary document search could be done in Mexico before waiving them into regular...

A wild guess but my thought is that the army securing the border is not what The Posse Comitatus Act was trying to hinder.  It was passed at the end of military occupation of the South.

Posse Comitatus Act does not apply - the President can use troops to enforce federal legislation. 3,000 km - on the prairies we call that a 2 day drive.

Canada does not control shipping in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Americans are less likely to commit economic hari kari than Canadians.  I'm guessing that over time, despite whatever Canada decides, ships heading into the Port of Seattle will be killing whales in ever increasing numbers. ...

Trudeau should directly refer the matter to the Supreme Court.  For the Federal Court of Appeal to assume lack of consultation with Indians is odd considering 43 bands are in agreement.  The Supreme Court has previously said that natives must be consulted but they don't have a veto.  The whole...

Sure.  Along with every other supremacy.  Like it is right now.  Ideas can be tolerated.  Calls to action cannot.  Nice straw Nazi - inserting white supremacy for Christian schoolkids who are likely among the most tolerant people on earth.

I believe that the government (and government authorized regulators) shouldn't pick winners or losers when rights conflict.  By picking a winner, the government is the suppressor.  By standing aside the government is merely an observer.

A matter of interest -The Surgeon General is head of The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, a uniformed service of the US government.  The Surgeon General wears a uniform very similar to a USN uniform and has the rank of Vice Admiral.  The current Surgeon General, Jerome...

In 2017 the average young person has about 2 years of post-secondary.  Why wouldn't the military want officers to have an above average education?  As someone said, when you're paying a captain $90,000 why wouldn't you expect a degree?  I was in the reserves in an age when maybe somewhat less...