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DarylInCanada

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  • Assault charges dropped against Ontario man who confronted home intruder

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  • This case makes it clear. Once the authorities determine through an investigation all of the facts, and what actually happened, and collect all the facts, they will determine if the level of self-defense was appropriate.

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  • My point exactly. We do NOT have the unrestricted right to defend by any means possible, specifically to AVOID the situation I described.

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  • So a privatized police force, on contract to only the wealthy who can afford them, accountable only to their employers?

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  • My point was to demonstrate the end result of the unrestricted right to defend by any means possible. What exactly does 'intruder' mean? It goes both ways. If it applies to a law-abiding citizen, it applies to everyone, criminals included.

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  • The amount of times myself or someone i know has called them, only for them to say “not much we can do, just file a report online”

    Exactly how high do you want your taxes to go? Complete coverage for all o the calls would be prohibitively expensive, and I suspect you would be one of the first people to protest your high taxes.

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  • "Open season' has a tendency to develop into open warfare against anyone you do not like. Unrestricted 'self defense' is wide open to abuse, like it is in America.

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  • The Mexican cartel that thought they had a right to defend themselves by using a rocket against a police helicopter.

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  • I am SO glad you do not rule our country.

    It is only a very small step from what you said to the male head of the household having the right of life or death over the wife or female children. The right to do whatever he pleases with the wife and children. The right to be as racially prejudiced and the right to do whatever he pleases to any non-white male, because of course all he has to say is 'they were an intruder'.

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  • There is a very big difference between 'defending yourself' and 'deciding to take the law into your own hand and dishing out your own brand of justice and punishment'.

    Doing the first is your right, doing the second is vigilante justice and almost always turns the country into 'rule by organized crime'. Mexico is a good example of what happens when the 'right to defend' leads to 'the right to impose your will regardless of the law'.

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  • Then I wonder, can you imagine living in Canada? You know, that land where the Rule of Law is still important. That land that defines when 'self-defense' turns into 'assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill'. No matter what Ford says, he is provincial and has no authority nor say over the Criminal Code, which is prosecuted by Federal, not Provincial, prosecutors. Ford would get charged if he crosses that line, just like any other person in Canada. And he could go to jail if convicted, just like any other person in Canada.

  • Survivor of forced sterilization says practice is still happening

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  • If the legislation passes, they just might be.

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    DarylInCanada @lemmy.ca

    Assault charges dropped against Ontario man who confronted home intruder

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/toronto/lindsay-ontario-mcdonald-charges-withdrawn-9.7106757
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    DarylInCanada @lemmy.ca

    Survivor of forced sterilization says practice is still happening

    toronto.citynews.ca /2026/02/25/survivor-of-forced-sterilization-says-practice-is-still-happening/

  • Canadians kind of hate America now. Our new poll shows just how much.

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  • Why does this read so much like a conversation between two chatbots? Neither is listening to the other.

  • Canadians kind of hate America now. Our new poll shows just how much.

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  • Considering that it has been less than 100 years that America has been considered our ally (the entire purpose of Confederation in 1867 was to form a strong Canada that could defend itself against the American foe), the needle has been pointing to 'enemy' longer than it has been pointing to 'ally'. History will regard the 'friend' part as just a brief interlude.

    I am afraid Americans in general do not look at Canadians as 'friends', they look at us as 'customers'.

  • Conservative MP says Canada is harming its relationship with the US by throwing an "anti-American hissy fit".

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  • I really good suggestion that was made was that they have to serve their term out as an independent until the next election.

  • Send Canadian oil to Cuba | CCPA

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  • You have an interesting version and concept of history and current events. Even if the Dems win the house, and even if they win the next Presidential election, nothing will change about the US because there is nothing any President can do to save it. The problems America has are systemic and ingrained in the economy. Trump is just the poster boy, bringing them out to the attention of the world. America has gone from America 80% world GDP to less than 20% world GDP in two decades. That will never be undone by ANY future President.

    South Korea is actually taking over the role of America as the world's arms manufacturer, (heading for fourth place) and that will not change no matter what happens in the US politically. As the world shies away from American arms, South Korea is determined to pick up the slack. Once they get market share, they will not lose it. They have the industrial capacity to beat out anyone, even the US.

  • Conservative MP says Canada is harming its relationship with the US by throwing an "anti-American hissy fit".

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  • Law of Unintended Consequences - More federal PC members are going over to the Liberals because they can n ot tolerate what is happening in their own party. Soon Carney will have his majority.

  • Conservative MP says Canada is harming its relationship with the US by throwing an "anti-American hissy fit".

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  • PP has already split from him.

  • Send Canadian oil to Cuba | CCPA

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  • They do not intend to use it. Just the knowledge that they have it and CAN use it is causing the US to back off against warmongering rhetoric against China. However, it is China that is developing the stable allies because of their military might, and America that is losing stable allies because it is becoming militarily impotent. America did not have the resources to defend even the Ukraine, so no country is now relying on the US to even defend America against another major military.

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    Premier Ford suggests some students taking advantage of OSAP as he defends cuts to government grants

    toronto.citynews.ca /2026/02/17/premier-ford-suggests-some-students-taking-advantage-of-osap-as-he-defends-cuts-to-government-grants/
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    DarylInCanada @lemmy.ca

    No, Canada didn’t give the U.S. a trillion-dollar gift—but there’s still reason to worry: Trevor Tombe in The Hub | Macdonald-Laurier Institute

    macdonaldlaurier.ca /no-canada-didnt-give-the-u-s-a-trillion-dollar-gift-but-theres-still-reason-to-worry-trevor-tombe-in-the-hub/
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    DarylInCanada @lemmy.ca

    Canadian Tire ordered to pay nearly $1.3 million for false advertising | Globalnews.ca

    globalnews.ca /news/11657561/que-canadian-tire-fines/