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Too many people watching too much CSI.

More hockey porn for you Leaf lovers. Have at it, boys! LOL

"He is a very straightforward person, grasps precisely what his interlocutor says, quickly analyzes and responds to questions or new elements of the discussion.” Russian Statesman-speak for, "He outlined the American security and intelligence apparatus clearly so that we know how to hack election computer databases and get him re-elected with great ease. We give him hotels, he gives us your country." Putin smiling like the cat who ate the cow.

I agree Bob. This government's problem is that the cannot seem to say no to any one. They are spending us into a death spiral ad are desperate to bring in more revenue.

Never doubted even for a 2nd that you'd respond pretty much exactly as you just did. Now, make it complete, say you purposely took advantage of Osuna's mental health issues to get a laugh, that you slagged, taunted, mocked and degraded his illness deliberately. Your behaviour is predictable, sir. Accepting responsibility as someone who mocks the illness of others, now that's not your style, is it? That's gonna be much harder for you. That's what the issue is, not all this other stuff, and you won't address it, you refuse to admit. Trolling me won't change who you are.

Nenshi is the Justin of Western Canada.A self-aggrandizing narcissist and racist.Not so long ago he said there were too many white people in City Hall and they needed to 'diversify'.I wonder what the reaction would be if a caucasian mayor of a major Canadian city said that the taxi industry needed to diversify more because it wasn't white enough.

The answer to this problem is not more taxpayer money, it is smarter spending. Politicians and bureaucrats have to stop thinking in silos. We have a lot of half empty schools that could be converted to long term care facilities. I know the educrats whine that what happens if in 20 years they need the school to accommodate students. The answer is simple, give a 25 year lease to the LTC group/company. That way it can be converted back if needed. Right now 50 % of beds in our acute care hospitals are taken up by seniors waiting for LTC admission.

Oh? Has Trump ever apologized for anything? What does he expect of his people? His spokes people double down on anything he makes up. The video of the Congresswoman speaking at the FBI building is now available. It contradicts what Kelly said. You can call his statement a lie, or you can say he remembered incorrectly. It was on the basis of his story that he called her an empty barrel. For an honorable man, the entire episode was a dishonorable charade. He should apologize. I don't personally know the man, but something about how he presents himself makes me think he knows this and is bothered by it.

The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by more than 25% since 1958, when scientists started taking readings at summit of Mauna Kea. Most of the increase is the result of human activity. https://scripps.ucsd.edu/programs/keelingcurve/wp-content/plugins/sio-bluemoon/graphs/mlo_full_record.png

The reason "ole Evelyn"' has not been incarcerated herself is because she neither knew or participated in the abuse. Just because one person accuses you of something does not make it fact. She took a lie detector test which proved her innocence, but the a Register-Rag can still post their lies!

Perhaps it's time for Putin to vacate his position permanently. The world will be a much better place without him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Johnson In the 2008 presidential election campaign, Johnson endorsed Ron Paul for the Republican nomination, "because of his commitment to less government, greater liberty, and lasting prosperity for America." Johnson spoke at Paul's "Rally for the Republic" on September 2, 2008. Just another "Republican," who endorsed a racist Ron Paul. American Independent Party of America is another racist party according to their party platform.

1st trade surplus since 2014. Only because we posted a 4 billion $ surplus with the US. Our trade deficit with Mexico actually did narrow that month though. We only imported twice as much from them as we sold them. A half billion $ surplus doesn't make much of a dent in the ten's of billions of $ of deficits just in the last year. The last full year figure I have found are for 2015 and show a $25 billion deficit with Mexico.

It's certainly much easier to get "culturally appropriate" food - even in mainstream grocery stores - today than when my parents arrived in the 70s! I find more East Asian items at Loblaws and Whole Foods than "hipster"/western foods at Galleria or T&T. Walk into T&T and ask them for quinoa noodles and they'll look at you like you're some sort of weirdo.

Good luck with your little theories. Naivete is unbecoming in an adult.

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Sad state of affairs that Putin is a more reliable source for truth than the NYT, the Washington Post and the DNC. How's the grandkids, Loretta?

LH: Not in the least. Just mentioning the difference between facts and opinions. You get to have your own opinions but not your own facts.

Unfortunately, these types of studies from the society must be viewed with a highly skeptical eye, due to a previous "study" regarding children and firearms violence. That report was so flawed, misleading and politically motivated it damaged the reputation of this body.

But didn't the PIC already "invest" in a dodgy newspaper group owned by some icky guy?

It is not smart to advertise the location of guns. You've used your real name here.

What their story tells me is that may be a cure for ignorance, but there is no cure for stupidity. Joshua Boyle is wholly responsible for their ordeal.

"Here is a CBC article that says torture never happened....... " Yes, that's what Col. Patrick Parrish, an American military judge in Guantanamo said. However, the Canadian Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court ruled differently. Summary default judgments like the one obtained by Ms Speer in the US are not enforceable in Canada; that's why she tried the end-run injunction application as a last-minute hail-mary move.

How fortunate for the perpetrator that law enforcement works so hard to protect his/her privacy and rights...

Frankly, I find the use of "darkening" in this article's title to be quite racist. Is it time for Globe reporters to attend ethnocentrism-prevention workshops? Talk about white privilege!

I think people are just tired of the status quo, because the status quo doesn't work for most people anymore. I've been very pleased with Nenshi's support for the LGBTQ community, his commitment to inclusion and equality and his ability to represent Calgary on the world stage. But I think his lustre is wearing off. Most people, including myself, are worried about our financial future, and many issues like traffic, infrastructure and spending have not been adequately dealt with over the years. I don't give a damn if Calgary gets a new hockey arena, so long as I don't have to pay for it. I also don't like how so many incumbents just assume they will get re-elected without having to actually fight a real campaign. I'm not sure Bill Smith is the best person for the job, but change is certainly in the air.....

In the photo, Romney looks like a deer caught in the headlights. :)

It wasn't meant to be funny. Tell me Al Gore hasn't gotten fat in more ways than one, cozy in his energy-sucking mansion.

Why don't we just make murder illegal, that way the criminals wouldn't be allowed to do it? The problem isn't the implement used (guns in this case), the problem is that there are people out there with so much hate in their hearts that they choose to do unspeakable things to others. You could eliminate every gun on the planet, but until the actual problem is addressed, nothing will change other than the weapon of choice (sharp stick, knife, car, airplane, explosives, biological agents etc. etc. etc. etc).

ℐustin, his père putatively the pseudo-intellectual pockmarked peacock Pierre, "has the love of his many admirers with him", in his left hand.

I ran out of space. To finish off my reaction to 887, realizing after the fact that it was an anti-English rant done by an accomplished and skilled artist with a sophisticated technical crew backing him, any good feelings I had about 887 have evaporated. I heard Eleanor Wachtel interview him on Writers & Company on CBC Radio 1 today. Yes, there's lots of interesting stuff there. However, unless you are attuned to English-Quebecois history and those tensions, you will miss the fact that at its heart, 887 is an elaborately-produced slap in the face to English Canadians. Montreal Gazette Journalist and writer William Johnson spent much of his career looking at the history of English-French history and relations in Quebec and concluded that the Quebeois and their variant of the Roman Catholic church spent the last 150 years promoting hatred of the English. That's why I and some 250,000 English Canadians left Quebec in the 1970s and 1980s, the largest migration within Canada in our history.

Patrick J. Rider - I agree with you in theory on the subject of taxation, but let's be clear about this. The oil doesn't belong to the oil companies. It belongs to the people of Alaska. We should receive a benefit from the sale of our oil, but currently, we are actually paying the oil companies more to produce a barrel of oil than that barrel of oil makes when sold, so the oil companies are receiving the benefit of what amounts to reverse taxation. That's WRONG! Also, even when oil was making a large profit on a barrel of oil, Alaskans were paying much more for the production than any other oil-producing country in the world. That's WRONG! For this season, oil companies are struggling, but they've made enormous profits in Alaska and for 30 years (the AGIA years excepted) they have done so with huge subsidies from the State. That needed to change and did, until fools voted to cut the owners throats to benefit the oil companies. That needs to change.

So they "say".

Pebble bad. Everything else including Donlin Creek, Groundhog, BBNC's Milrock, good. Got it. Thanks for pointing this out. Cheers -

Sorry. Hint: According to the World Health Organization: "Gender refers to the socially constructed characteristics of women and men – such as norms, roles and relationships of and between groups of women and men. It varies from society to society and can be changed. While most people are born either male or female, they are taught appropriate norms and behaviours – including how they should interact with others of the same or opposite sex within households, communities and work places. When individuals or groups do not “fit” established gender norms they often face stigma, discriminatory practices or social exclusion – all of which adversely affect health. It is important to be sensitive to different identities that do not necessarily fit into binary male or female sex categories." "Socially constructed characteristics of women and men...." Get it? "Socially constructed." There is a perfectly good word that refers to the biological characteristic of sex. It's called "sex."

Information leaks have been a very normal part of open democracies for hundreds of years. Frequently it is the government itself that leaks information. In any case, leaking truthful information does not pose a great threat to honest governments. Can it be annoying? Of course. But it is only threatening to dishonest ones.

It is sooooo nice to have a different kind of presidency who stands up to the malignant corruption of the media.

We have an obligation to support public education. The state has an obligation to support it as well . All benefit sometime in their life from public education. U of A sports is different. It's an extra the U of A and the state can no longer afford . On top of that , what the heck are we doing spending over 10 million a year on sports when the schools own students don't support it ? IF students supported events , it would be worth fighting to save---but they don't. Raising tuition for everyone to support programs a handful support is wrong. The kicker is UAA students get free ( paid for through activity cards ) tickets to games and still don't attend. If alumni started donating big time to the schools that would say something---but even few of them care.

hey boy, talk big, you say there is corruption, then prove it. enough of this stupid nonsense, you sound like a 5 year old. you don't like it, then move, nobody is holding you back. just get the hell out of here, you really don't belong here, no rednecks.

What about healthcare for the million aborted babies every year in America? Does Obamacare about them? No.

You are living in a dream world. Drivers dont come close to paying for roads. You cant find any credible study that says that. I have a car and even I admit it.

Ozawa being absent could describe his council tenure. What is weird, if an admin function is provided by a rail contractor, the GET can be used to pay for it. There is probably a way around the prohibition on not using the surcharge.

Oh, Don Richey, this is laughable at best. Nice try. It's kind of like the bully blaming his behavior on his victims. Does the whole cycle of blame actually get us anywhere?

Oh, Monica, that's a bit disingenuous. With much money comes power. Many of those who are in power will go to great lengths to preserve that power. In our society, as in many, one who is quite wealthy is insulated from disagreement and from the consequences of many bad actions. The New Yorker has had a number of articles (and I can't recall them out of hand) about the various shady dealings of the Trump empire which often involve breaking the law. It's curious to me that all of the supporters of Trump who shout so loudly about all of the terrible immigrants who are breaking the law by remaining here without authorization are not shouting at all about Trump who has violated the law in so many ways. But that is just an aside. The fact is that Trump's wealth has insulated him from negative consequences about much, including constant lying.

For the very same reason that they endorsed Harper, of course. Even to the point of the absolute ridiculous : http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/the-tories-deserve-another-mandate-stephen-harper-doesnt/article26842506/ The stupid, squeaky wheel now gets the grease and drives media revenues. Hopefully, a strategy like this still backfires in Canada.

The cops don't really need militaristic equipment. When large group of cop haters or Trump haters take to the streets to riot, smash windows, burn cars, loot businesses, and throw Molotov cocktails at police, we should just let them do that. And it has been a couple months since the last time a cop was ambushed and murdered just for being a cop, so I'm sure that will never happen again.

We may ALL be wearing them in the afterlife, but we'll still be looking at Black and White photos of their latest Cup win.

"British Columbia’s real estate regulator has yet to implement several key changes designed to protect buyers and sellers, such as banning controversial “double-end” deals, " Could it be that it hasn't happened because the BC Liberals are beholden to their largest donors - realtors and developers? Nawwww.....

No, voters resisted voting for more do-nothing Republicans. The only person who convinced Republicans to go to the polls was President Trump.

Mr. Bauer you are right. One poster, a while back, compared them to King Henry's Prerogative Court of Star Chamber. If you hurt someones feelings you are automatically found at fault and a huge judgement is awarded against you, never mind the money you have spent on legal fees. They have an almost 100% conviction rate and there is no real defence you can mount. An out and out attack on free speech rights in Canada, of course numerous posters have pointed out already that Canadians have no free speech rights.

LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP!

We watched the game with a level of sadness over the injury. Worse yet, another game whose sound was turned off because we are tired of hearing Bill Walton's blah, blah, blah it's all about me and his silly antics. Wish ESPN could find someone interested in talking about the game in play and not his past life.

Eliminate the death penalty, eliminate death row, eliminate the costly death penalty appeals process, redefine the death sentence to "death in prison", lock them in a maximum security facility till death do they part.

Disagree. CMHC may make a profit, but on the backs of Canadians. Should the gov't really be in the for-profit business when there are viable private sector alternatives? Furthermore, by providing insurance to banks, it encourages banks to overlend to people (moral hazard), which is part of the reason why debt-to-disposable incomes are breaking new records every quarter and the big 6 banks total about $30bn in profit a year. So it's really subsidizing profit for the banks as well, meaning the poorest Canadians pay this extra tax. As the Federal Reserve starts raising the cost of debt for the world, the Canadian financial system is in a vulnerable position. Hence, Poloz and every other respectable economist warns Canadians about debt at every opportunity.

Has someone hacked or taken the name Diane Marie? Where once this person comments has some degree of intelligence lately they have all been dimwitted in their deflection of Harper did it or it's all Harper's fault that Trudeau does what he does.

The Cubs proved truly unworthy, as some of us figured they were, punctuating their dismal play by getting pulverized @ home. The only eyebrow-raising thing might be that they were actually able to win 1 game over the course of the series. In other news, we are reminded that Edm won the Stanley Cup after the Gretzky deal....that Your Js had a run diff of +100 after 'bout 100 games in 2015, and thus the deals made at the deadline which, it is claimed, mortgaged their future for that 1-time shot, were actually logical and correct given the circumstances....it is to laugh...er, whatever.

I appreciate your engagement; however, I wish you had read with care. "Third, the GET effectively taxes ***all to pay for a good which primarily benefits only some within the City and County of Honolulu***. . .There are valid arguments against taxing the residents of Kauai for a rail they can’t ride. ***Similar arguments for those on the Windward side of Oahu***" My counterfactuals are not endless; I provide three–the "present housing crisis, deferred maintenance for existing infrastructure, and lingering concerns for the state pension fund." If you can not make an argument for prioritizing rail over only three pressing issues, I would not trust you with $2B in taxpayer dollars.

"Why don't we acknowledge that political belief is also an aspect of human behaviour in need of external control? Let's call it conviction addiction. Sure, some people can, like social drinkers, moderate their views and stay clear-headed over the course of the day. " See folks? This is an attack on free speech, they want to frame it as a public safety issue so the liberals can control the conversation and dictate the language. Now they want the force of law behind them. Reeducation camps anyone?

For heaven's sake.....STOP SPENDING!!!!!!

Instead of ignoring prominent female lawmakers, and appointing 13 men to write a health care bill, Mitch McConnell should have presented the bill that the Trump announced long ago, in an interview with the Washington Post. "President-elect Donald Trump said in a weekend interview that he is nearing completion of a plan to replace President Obama’s signature health-care law with the goal of “insurance for everybody,” while also vowing to force drug companies to negotiate directly with the government on prices in Medicare and Medicaid." (Jan. 15, 2017). Stephen J. Remington

The FBI should've held onto their interview report with Hillary until after the November elections. It matters not what was said in the interview because the damn Republicans in Congress don't know what TRUTH is even if it came up and smacked them all on the butt. Same with the ongoing naysayers that post on this website. Be careful out there anti-Clinton or anti-liberal naysayers, TRUTH has a way of invoking karma.

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Anybody who would point a loaded weapon at strangers passing by does not have enough good sense and self-control to be free to interact with the public.They need to be separated from the rest of us in the hospital or a jail until they develop some self-control and brain cells..

True. Parents know that the "regular" system is drowning in kids with ESL, behaviour problems, and learning difficulties. Where do you go if you can't afford private school, but want a tougher level of schooling? French Immersion. Sad, but true.

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Ellen Sofio needs to adjust to change. She thinks rail is visual ugliness. Well what's greater ugliness is urban sprawl which we will have if we don't have rail. And urban sprawl is the less sustainable alternative. It will put us on a downward spiral to covering the whole island with residences and destroying agriculture. We will begin to look like Puerto Rico if we don't have rail..

Like your self , I've been to Burma , and Bangladesh and agree with your last paragraph . The Buddhists of Burma have no problem with the Christians or Hindus or other ethnic minorities because they do not insist upon you believing in their ideology. Unfortunately the Sunnis in Bangladesh are being taken over by the Wahhabi sect promoted by Saudi Arabia . This sect promotes "jihad", the "conversion" by any means , including force . This has been on going for a good number of years . It began in Bangladesh with the military's (Wahhabi officer corp) taking out whole valleys of Buddhist farmers along the border , and has expanded into Burma . All hatred is ugly , but there is a reason for it . Wahhabi Islam , not Sunni or Shia , is a very real threat to the world.

klastri> Everything with you is psycho this, psycho that, you must be the psycho. Since you are so wound up with the word. What you say about Trump is fake news which you continue to spew just like vomit.

I think the 2000 people who voted Conservative in Courtenay/Comox would reconsider. That riding would've put the Liberals over hump. If and when a new election is called, there will be heavy campaigning there.

"As opposed to paying for Obamas twice as large loans to fund social spending." When the Republicans were in charge "back then," they did nothing to decrease that spending, and so far The Donald hasn't either.

If there is a bidding war over Amazon, the City of Denver should not go it alone. Perhaps the state taxpayers should join Denver taxpayers in outbidding Dallas, Phoenix and other cities involved in the auction.

Boards need to implement policy requiring French Language teachers (immersion or core) to commit to 5 years in French language positions. Many use their language credential to get a foot in, then transfer to English at the first opportunity. This is unfair to students, English teachers and the Board. The English teachers often have put in years in supply and contact positions, taken multiple courses to stay current, and are passed over by the new person who was hired based on language only. The students are often not getting the most qualified teacher and the Board is stuck perpetually short-staffed. Some Boards have implemented this policy. Others need to hop to it. If people are under the impression that French immersion will provide a superior education, we need to look at why that is. Is it because of the benefit of two languages, or for other reasons. If it is for other reasons (e.g. lack of students with behavioural problems) then that is a concern.

Street design can get us there. No robot car technology needed.

It seems like every practice (or in this case scrimmage), Lynch throws a pick or two. Siemien, on the other hand, has very few flashy plays. But is steady with very few turnovers. If the Broncos can stay way consistently from 3rd and long situations, then Siemien may turn out to be the better choice at starting QB. That means Broncos have an effective running game on early downs and don't commit penalties. If it is 3rd and long, I cannot see Trevor converting too many of those into 1st downs. His instincts are to check down and play safe, which is not conducive to picking up 3rd and 7+ yards. Disappointing to see Lynch still struggling with the X's and O's and reading defenses.

agree and the boxy, tiny apartments built out here are a disgrace!

What Ms Merkel is hoping for is not having to shake his hand more often then absolutely necessary according to protocol. LOL

"The guy on the left (no pun intended) looks very thuggish and intolerant." How exactly? To me, He seems very calm compared to the other guy?

Damn straight!! The drug companies made massive profits peddling their product, telling their customers that it wasn't addictive, when they knew full well that it was. Alaska should jump onboard a nationwide class-action lawsuit. There's more than enough blame to go around, but it all begins with the drug companies and they should be held to account.

Never underestimate the idiocy of the Hawaii Democratic Party. This photo op with Muslim community leaders? Are you kidding me? Like anyone here really cares about Muslims or their values here in Hawaii, other than a handful of liberal Democratic do-gooders who kowtow to their D.C. counterparts every chance they get. Our attorney general was appointed to serve our state, not federal and international interests. If he loves Muslims so much, he should be airlifted along with the rest of the protesters to Syria or Iraq, and dropped right into the battle zone. They'll find out quickly that love is not reciprocal.

Given the news over the past few days of police supervisors either drinking themselves into a stupor then harassing female colleagues or neglecting to advise superiors of this behavior; as well as an officer tossing a loaded weapon to an inebriated passenger, it seems like this fella from New Mexico would fit in nicely at EPD...

Wow...talk about a despicable person. Katherine Kealoha is about despicable as they come. Then her husband to enable her and support her despicable and criminal ways. Mind boggling how people can be so materialistic and greedy. They were both making good incomes, but they couldn't control their spending so resorted to ripping the family off. Ripping off kids trust funds and your own grandmother. How low can you go?

Geoff said, "Berkshire doesn't pay dividends or do buybacks". Uhhh, no. The article says specifically, "Mr. Buffett practises what he preaches. His company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., buys its own shares only when they trade below 1.2 times book value – a threshold that, in recent years, has proved to be a good buying opportunity." Apparently Berkshire does do buybacks, but only when their shares trade below 1.2 times book value. TD is currently trading at 1.85 times book and BMO is at 1.73 times book. If these companies had excess capital and their shares were at 1.2 times book, buybacks may make sense.

Kefka, Perhaps it is you who needs to review his comprehension and grasp of logic, as the person to whom I responded above (Ed West) made the quite clear argument, indeed he stated it quite boldly and plainly, that the reason for the "Leave" vote in Britain was racism, pure and simple. How was that not clear to you? And as I couched my other argument above in the form of personal anecdote, let me make it more clear to you as well: those who complain the most about “racism” are usually those who engage the most in divisive and, yes, racist (group) identity politics. I hope that this helps resolve your confusion.

That's what the article said: .357

"Stephen who??????" What a great takedown!!!!!! Wonderful display of mental and verbal acuity!!!!!!

In a couple hundred years?

Other accounts of this case don't support your assertion that the couple were looking for a lawsuit. Do you have a source?

I've taken the R line twice, and its design is terrible. The line makes a major turn on the south side of the Aurora Town Center and meanders its way to the east of the "Mall". No other light rail in Denver has a similar design. The R line is the blue collar line, whereas the E line follows I-25 from Lincoln north.

But you're the only one bleating about it.

I believe I wrote what you attributed to Bill Hooper ... I will put my name in the hat if I haven't already, but I'll pass on breakfast.

The guy who loves Lynch is Cecil Lamme on radio. That bromance is crazy! Gotta wonder if Cecil bet a bunch of money on Lynch!

Sorry, but parents of the child have priority over the grandparents. However, smart schools set aside an area for parents of the performing class to stand/squat/sit and video/take photos, ususally just to the sides of the standard seated areas. Heck, if only the parents were allowed to attend May Day, there would be no crowding issues at all. Maybe that should be the solution. Kupuna can watch the video afterward.

Going after the terrorists in Afghanistan WAS completely wrong. The ruling Taliban offered to give them all over to the USA, INCLUDING bin Laden. The Afghans complied with the American ultimatum, within the required deadline. Bush than decided to ignore his promise not to invade, and did it anyway. And of course the whole invasion was a multi billion dollar disaster. Read a few history books, it will make your comments more honest.

"The practise of women covering their faces has and still is a wildly accepted norm." Where, outside of wahhabist-dominated countries? Nuns do not hide their faces, so your comparison is irrelevant. Hijabs do not hide the face either, so "I have many Canadian friends who want to wear their own hijab or other covering but have chosen not to not based on their own beliefs but in order to try and avoid the ridicule that comes with wearing any sort of facial coverings. " makes no sense.

Bad idea. Terrorism is about attempting to spread fear among the general population and prompting politicians or governments to over-react. Terrorism can be defeated by improving intelligence and police tactics.

Wow, just wow. The Ministry of Truth lost Winston Smith. You'd make a good replacement. Your revisionist comment is spectacular. Muted.

HitLIARy? You are so original (very original!) and clever!

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lol suckers

What's the point of keeping a brain dead and intubated person in a progressive vegetative state. It is an unbelievable tragedy for the family. Granted. But what is good for him. His family must accept that religious definition of death was formulated thousands years ago when determination of brain dead status was not measurable. Being wedded to belief systems is the cause of pain and struggle for many in Canada. Why would a religion have a say how a death is ascertained? We all must strike a balance between demand on taxpayers and religious beliefs. Canada will be a much better society if religion is taken out of the Charter. Enshrining any belief system is a heavy tool in not freeing the people in this 21st century. Pain and suffering caused by religions are enough.