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I'm Canadian and I love both Canada and the US. However, I don't think I would live permanently in the US because I think life is better in Canada overall. We have free healthcare, so no medical bills and no health insurance to deal with. Only a bigger tax bill that doesn't change according to your health situation. We have much less crime, especially gun related crime. We have less poverty and a much better social safety net. It horrifies me how many Americans are homeless even if they previously had a good job, but they had to stop working because of a health condition. We have less political extremism and polarization. Extremist Christians have no control over our politics, so LGBTQ+ rights and women's rights are much safer here than in the US. We don't have cities being burnt down by antifa on one side, and elections and social peace being jeopardized by MAGA extremists on the other. On a more positive note, I love the weather of the US, their fast food joints, their local food, the landscapes, the cheaper gas and all the attractions. I really wish the US could solve all its problems and become a better country. Maybe one day, we could end up similar and open our borders like Europeans do with the Schengen Accord.

What a coward. I’m pretty much horrified at all human behavior anymore.

I am so sorry that you experienced this horrifying incident. Nobody deserves it. Hope the guy gets a conviction and changes his heart. Praying for your healing.

horrifying people following a false prophet who was the leader of their horrifying false ness. ..wake up London. read their ridiculous false book and get your nation back. you need to make laws stopping them - not the other way around.just. saying.

Can you just imagine what it's like? Can you imagine being with your children, your spouse, and having to make these difficult and terrifying decisions? Can you imagine being at the receiving end of such hatred, hostility and resentment? The vile rhetoric that dehumanizes and demonizes them- can you imagine enduring all of this? All while attempting to save your family, to wish to be treated as human, to be treated fairly, to receive safety...\nbut to, instead, be persecuted, detained, separated, traumatized...\nIt's horrifying. This isn't who we are. We are better than this. We can treat people as human, with kindness and compassion, not fear and aggression. We can treat each other with love and understanding.

I am a proud Islamiphobe. The more I learn about this vile religion the more terrified and horrified I am.

The niqab looks ridiculous.  It looks like what a bank robber or someone with a facial defect would wear.  The hijab should not be mandatory either.   Even the Quaran is not specific about the modest attire it prescribes (for both sexes).  There is too much pressure for Muslim women to put on this stupid attire.   It's pathetic that Muslims have to fear speaking out to even mildly criticize their religion and truly horrifying that most Muslims actually support killing people for leaving the religion.