Canada will increase its funding to international organizations that provide abortion-related services after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order blocking American funding for those services.
In an interview with As It Happens guest host Helen Mann on Friday, Minister of International Development Marie-Claude Bibeau said the Liberal government would support a Dutch-led initiative to fund international programs supporting women's reproductive health.
"I think that restricting the access to abortion does not reduce abortion. It only increases the number of unsafe abortions and it endangers the lives of women," Bibeau said. (...)
Trump-style politics incites passions and strong opinions. There are bound to be serious disagreements about Trump and his policies here. It will be a challenge not to harangue each other as that woman was haranguing the guy on the plane, but it'll be a worthwhile challenge.
For you maybe, but I feel no urge to harangue anyone, disagree sure, but when you cross the line on a personal level in political discourse it no longer has anything to do with politics or opinions at all, you are now talking about poor individual character in dealing with others.
I'm about as far left as one can get and I would have applauded her getting removed from the flight too. You simply cannot harass people just because they feel differently than you do. What an asshat
Agreed. However, there have been similar incidents in which Trump supporters have been kicked off planes for harassing fellow passengers. There's intolerance on the right and left. We could play the victim game and post supporting videos all day, but doing so provides no basis for substantive discussion about national politics and policy.
Unfortunately, it's going to be very hard to separate Trump's personality from his administration's decisions. Trump's beliefs and behavior are going to be the basis and driver for national policy and actions. It will be very difficult to analyze and discuss federal policy without taking into account Trump's stubbornness, ignorance about current events and his failure to remove the personal element from his interaction with people opposed or disagreeing with him.
Trump cannot or will not consistently base his opinions or positions on facts or logically change his mind when faced with evidence that contradicts his beliefs. During his 2006 White House Correspondence Dinner speech, Stephen Colbert noted the same behavior in Dubya:
"He believes the same thing Wednesday that he believed on Monday, no matter what happened Tuesday. Events can change; this man's beliefs never will."
Trump takes that dangerous tendency even further. He regularly issues statements that contradict his earlier ones without any explanation for the apparent change in thinking. He outright lies. He repeatedly reacts to news and fixates on matters that might not reflect well on his popularity. He threatens those who disagree with him.
Kurtster strongly supports Trump and he has every right to do so. He sees a real chance for change and prosperity during Trump's presidency. He might strongly disagree with my characterization of Trump as a leader. Personally, I think Trump is a modern-day Caligula. Check out the 1976-78 British mini-series "I Claudius" starring Derek Jacobi if you're not familiar with the Roman emperor Caligula (played by John Hurt). I think there's a good chance that the next four years will be very dangerous and ugly.
Trump-style politics incites passions and strong opinions. There are bound to be serious disagreements about Trump and his policies here. It will be a challenge not to harangue each other as that woman was haranguing the guy on the plane, but it'll be a worthwhile challenge.
I'm about as far left as one can get and I would have applauded her getting removed from the flight too. You simply cannot harass people just because they feel differently than you do. What an asshat
fantastic 
