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    Canada's future ?? after all, Trudeau Idolized PM Jacinda Ardern after she banned all assault rifles on the island.

    " Not that there is anything wrong with that"..Seinfeld

    WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's next parliament is set to be the most inclusive ever, with several people of colour, members from the rainbow communities and a high number of women.

    The ruling Labour Party was handed a resounding mandate in the election over the weekend, as voters rewarded Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for her decisive response to COVID-19.

    Although Ardern has the numbers to govern alone, she is in talks with former ally the Green Party to build a wider consensus.

    Labour won 64 of the 120 parliamentary seats, and more than half of those are female candidates. It also has 16 indigenous Maori MPs, the first leader of African origin, Ibrahim Omar, and Vanushi Walters of Sri Lankan origin.

    "This is the most diverse parliament we have ever had in terms of gender, and minority ethnic and indigenous representation," said Professor Paul Spoonley from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey University.

    Its also expected to be the most rainbow representative parliament system in the world, with about 10% of the members in the 120-seat house being openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.

    This includes prominent leaders like Finance Minister Grant Robertson who is openly gay.

    The Greens surprisingly won as many as 10 seats in parliament and a majority of them are women, indigenous leaders or LGBTQ+.

    The majority of the new MPs elected into parliament are also much younger and many of them are millennials, Spoonley said.

    "What we have seen is a departure of many of the older, male, white MPs including some who have been in parliament for over 30 years," said Spoonley.

    Ardern herself arrived onto the global scene in 2017 when she became the world's youngest female head of government at the age of 37.

    The 40-year-old leader is feted globally as a progressive leader, who is a champion for woman's rights, equality and inclusivity.

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    The only thing I have to say about the ban is at least it made sense how they did it.

    By action and capacity of the rifle not by make and model.

    The way Canada is trying it will end up costing us millions more every time they try it.

    Not saying I’m for it but “if your going to do something, do it right”


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    Quote Originally Posted by Saskfly View Post
    The only thing I have to say about the ban is at least it made sense how they did it.

    By action and capacity of the rifle not by make and model.

    The way Canada is trying it will end up costing us millions more every time they try it.

    Not saying I’m for it but “if your going to do something, do it right”


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    I assume what you mean by 'do it right' is NOT TO DO IT AT ALL??

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