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"mich" <copkat@videtron.ca> wrote in message 
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> "Aeroplan" <aplan967@shaw.ca> wrote in message 
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>> "Brian Bagnall" <bbagnall@mts.net> wrote in message 
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>>> Apparently Steven Harper agreed to apologize to the Chinese for 
>>> something
>>> that happened 120 years ago. How Canadian. Someone runs us over with 
>>> their
>>> car and we apologize for denting their bumper.
>>>
>>> It's amusing to see people today criticize the leaders of the past for 
>>> their
>>> decisions, as though we can say their decisions were wrong even though 
>>> the
>>> times were far different. Our leaders at the time knew China was a huge
>>> place, Canada had a small population, and to allow unrestrained 
>>> immigration
>>> from China would soon overwhelm Canadians. Imagine how many would have 
>>> come
>>> if there was no head tax. We would be China II right now. Instead of the
>>> Western way flourishing here, the Eastern philosophy would flourish and
>>> Canada would be a far different place today.
>>>
>>> Let me tell you something bluntly: Those Chinese who paid the head tax 
>>> were
>>> lucky to come here. If a stranger asks to stay at your house and you 
>>> say,
>>> "Okay, but you have to pay me $50 per day." you are *not* a bad person. 
>>> You
>>> don't have to apologize for asking for compensation. It is your home and 
>>> you
>>> are entitled to make whatever offer you want. Canada owes no apology to
>>> anyone they have allowed into the country. Apparently 81,000 came here 
>>> and
>>> paid the tax. Enough said.
>>>
>>> - B
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>> So dipshit Harper gives single mothers 4 cents a year for child care, and 
>> wants to pay how much to the Chinese?
>
> so in what program is he giving 4 cents a year? I must have missed that.

It's called sarcasm, look into it.

I heard that Harper wants to give $20000 per head for those who paid the 
tax.  In contrast, he gives single parents $1200 a year for child care, 
which is obviously not adequate.