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LOOOOOOOL and the "Welcome refugees!" sign across the street from the building that you don't live in is "excellent, rigorous and statistically significant" data? Also the fact that you didn't answer my questions tell me how greatly informed you are of the situation :).

I would say you're in an awesome position that you don't have to pay for a place. I would enjoy the ride and save unless the price of a certain real estate object is right. I'm more of a dividend as opposed to a capital gain investor so I would look to generate income as opposed to "flip" the...

Re: coalitions I voted for Harper back in 2008 and was against the failed Liberal-NDP coalition because Dion specifically said "the NDP doesn't understand the economy" and then flip flopped when he realized he could have become Prime Minister and to top it off, this was during the Great...

Really? I didn't find Trudeau was substantially different from the rest. With charisma, now that's another story but then again he's younger, has the looks and doesn't have much competition: Harper being a humourless stiff and Mulclair kind of looks like a lumberjack.

Oh wow you’ve found one store with a “Refugees Welcome” sign! Guess what? I’ve seen one store in Austin, Texas with an “Eat Vegan” sign as well; the store owner told me how thrilled she was at how much positive feedback she was getting. I guess that means that the great majority of Texans are...

I’ve tried to provide a rational account of things from my perspective here in Deutschland/Europe and I see got a bit of an emotional outburst as a response :). It’s only a coincidence that these migrants risk their lives even further by marching from the safety of Greece to Germany huh? A few...

I've never understood how people sleep at night while in debt with depreciating assets. Housing, on the other hand, appreciates in the long run but I agree with you it's extremely overpriced, not just in Canada but worldwide. cornflakes - It's extremely difficult to predict when the real...

The fact is that Canadian culture was founded on the basis of British culture and French culture in the French speaking areas. If you take a look at our traditions, legal and political system it's very similar to U.K. Even if you want to buy a house in the U.K. the process is a lot more...

^Immigration is a good example on how they all sounded alike: Harper - Claimed to be pro immigration and in favour of helping refugees while he accused the others of being reckless and wanting to import them without any security screenings. Mulclair and Trudeau - Claimed Harper was anti...

It's true that the Canadian debate was more polite than what you see south of the border but I find there is very little difference between the big 3. Neither Trudeau, Mulclair nor Harper did a good job of differentiating themselves from their counterparts. It seems to me they all have roughly...

I'm a Torontonian living in Cologne, Germany and I have to say Germans have a very good impression of Canada and Toronto in general. One guy said how interesting it must be to have so many people of different races, nationalities and ethnic groups. I've met quite a few people that have been to...

Toronto has a lot of immigrants, which is why a lot of them tend to stick to their own communities. There's nothing wrong with speaking a foreign language, in fact as a polyglot myself I can tell you it has a lot of advantages. But I sometimes wish we could all say we're Canadian instead of...

After watching the debate on the 17th, I regret that's an hour (I couldn't watch the whole thing) that I'll never get back. All 3 of them went on and on but didn't say anything which has become pretty common for not just our politicians but for any. And they wonder why Trump is leading the...

Here's one: the myth of Diabolos and Reznikoff working on University College in the 1850s. Whether or not this is true I haven't bothered to fact check but rumour has it Reznikoff caught Diabolos messing around with his fiancé and chased him to the tower of University College. Diabolos...

As a Canadian, who's been living in Germany for the past 3 years (and sees no return in sight) I thought I would share my perspective as a primary source about what's going on in Europe. You really have to distinguish between "economic" migrants and actual refugees. First off, the majority of...

Perhaps I look at Canada through Toronto so I can't really say about the rest of the country but I don't really think Toronto is really "prospering" or at least the "prosperity" is not being evenly distributed. One thing that I've noticed is that it's extremely difficult to find a job in the...