Nukes for the Wahhabis.

Tell yer what I think, Canadians for a long time have had it quite good, they've fallen asleep and allowed the greedy capitalists to do their own bidding and successive governments for the sake of relative peace and quiet have acquiesced to the GD's.

And then the idiot buys a pipeline.

I remember all the antics and lies of the BCTF when I was teaching.

Well this is pure speculation, but it would seem that the Globalists are using the biblical narrative as their playbook and I fear Christians will fall for it.

Having said that, sometimes I am really not sure......One World Government talk has been a concept in political science for a long time.

I think the elite are trying to make it happen.....time will tell, meanwhile I stay a way from the fake news media and try to know what is really happening, now that article form the BBC is very enlightening and worrisome.

Workers unite !!

Workers unite !!

The idea that teachers should form trade unions is somewhat bogus in my opinion as they aren't a part of the market economy.

Same with nurses.

In 1987, when I started teaching in Surrey, after an absence of a few years, we were a professional Association. The BCTF, which had everyone's address, reps to drop "vote yes to a union" fliers in our mail boxes every few days, campaigned like mad to get a strong yes vote. I argued like mad, said we would soon be on strike, and no one listened. There was no "no" side.

The next year, my kids' school district was on strike. The year after, Surrey was on strike in May and June. What happened to all the grade 12 students preparing for exams at this time, against other districts that weren't in strike? I guess the ones with money hired tutors, and the others got nothing.

I became full on anti-union. Although, certainly in a big business, I can see the point, because it is all about the market place.

Hubby was also in a union, doing important work in ground instrumentation in airports to keep the planes and jets going. He had to sign an essential services/no strike close when he got the job. Can't stop politicians from flying, can you?

House launches probe of US nuclear plan in Saudi Arabia:

The US is rushing to transfer sensitive nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia, according to a new congressional report.

A Democrat-led House panel has launched an inquiry over concerns about the White House plan to build nuclear reactors across the kingdom.

Whistleblowers told the panel it could destabilise the Middle East by boosting nuclear weapon proliferation.

Firms linked to the president have reportedly pushed for these transfers.

The House of Representatives' Oversight Committee report notes that an inquiry into the matter is "particularly critical because the Administration's efforts to transfer sensitive US nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia appear to be ongoing".

President Donald Trump met nuclear power developers at the White House on 12 February to discuss building plants in Middle Eastern nations, including Saudi Arabia.

And Mr Trump's son-in-law, White House adviser Jared Kushner, will be touring the Middle East this month to discuss the economics of the Trump administration's peace plan.

Saudi Arabia has said it wants nuclear power in order to diversify its energy sources and help address growing energy needs.

But concerns around rival Iran developing nuclear technology are also at play, according to US media.

Previous negotiations for US nuclear technology ended after Saudi Arabia refused to agree to safeguards against using the tech for weaponry, but the Trump administration may not see these safeguards as mandatory, ProPublica reported.

Critics say giving Saudi Arabia access to US nuclear technology would spark a dangerous arms race in the volatile region.

The House report is based on whistleblower accounts and documents showing communications between Trump administration officials and nuclear power companies.

It states that "within the US, strong private commercial interests have been pressing aggressively for the transfer of highly sensitive nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia".

These commercial entities could "reap billions of dollars through contracts associated with constructing and operating nuclear facilities in Saudi Arabia".

Mr Trump is reportedly "directly engaged in the effort".

The White House has yet to comment on the report.

The report includes a timeline of events and names other administration officials who have been involved with the matter, including Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Mr Kushner, Mr Trump's inaugural committee chairman Tom Barrack and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

Flynn was found guilty of lying about Russian contacts by special counsel Robert Mueller as a part of the inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

The commercial entities implicated in the report are:

IP3 International, a private company led by ex-military officers and security officials that organised a group of US companies to build "dozens of nuclear power plants" in Saudi Arabia

ACU Strategic Partners, a nuclear power consultancy led by British-American Alex Copson

Colony NorthStar, Mr Barrack's real estate investment firm

Flynn Intel Group, a consultancy and lobby set up by Michael Flynn

The report states that Flynn had decided to develop IP3's nuclear initiative, the Middle East Marshall Plan, during his transition, and while he was still serving as an advisor for the company.

In January 2017, National Security Council staff began to raise concerns that these plans were inappropriate and possibly illegal, and that Flynn had a potentially criminal conflict of interest.

Following Flynn's dismissal, however, IP3 continued to push for the Middle East Plans to be presented to Mr Trump.

According to the report, one senior official said the proposal was "a scheme for these generals to make some money".

Full article:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47296641

Looks like there is mushroom for war in the Middle East.

Rex makes some good points - but it looks like he's championing bizness as usual. Nothing wrong with "windmills" and solar as part of an energy policy - yeah Ontario hydro with it's overpaying for power from Independent Power Producers wasn't the best move.

Yes we know you are against business.

Solar power and wind energy provide minimal output compared to need, I have an idea lets turn the clock back a five hundred years and we can burn coal if we can find some.

Who is 'we' … lol. Burn 'clean coal'? People are trying to help w/windmills, elec cars, solar etc not hurt us.

The we is the royal "we"

And the point was....... windmills and solar power cannot at this point in time provide sufficient or a reliable energy source.