Under Secretary General Hervé Latsous is one of the most senior people that we've hosted. He's been head of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations at the UN since 2011. He has a very distinguished previous diplomatic career joining the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1971, has served in a whole range of places before ending up his deputy perm rep to the UN in New York, served as French ambassador to the OSCE and had senior positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris. And then he also was chief of staff for the French Minister for Foreign and European Affairs. Has the interesting distinction of holding a degree in law and a diploma in Chinese and Malay-Indonesian at the National School of Oriental Studies in France. But today the focus is on UN work and the peacekeeping, the vast array of responsibility that that represents. We're very delighted to have very senior members from the Department of Foreign Affairs and from the Defence Forces here with us and a whole variety, if I could introduce you to everybody I would, but a whole variety of people from a wide range of spectrum of Irish life. So we're all waiting with great interest to hear what you want to say. Thank you very much. Good afternoon to everyone and let me first thank very warmly the Institute of International and European Affairs for hosting me and having such a large gathering and indeed the Secretary-General retains very good memories of his passing here and asks me to convey his greetings. I'm very happy about this opportunity to speak about the role of United Nations peacekeeping especially here in the capital of a country which has been so committed over years and decades to being peacekeepers. You have done an incredible effort over many years in many circumstances. Right now you have very brave people in Golan Heights, in Lebanon. We had very interesting talks this morning with the Minister of Defence and with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. I think this is an appropriate place to tell you about how we see our work, what we're trying to do to both try and make a difference on the ground and also to keep pace with a world that has been changing so significantly in recent years. So thank you for providing that forum. I think as I said it's been 30 peacekeeping operations altogether in which Island has participated and it illustrates of course the commitment of your country to international values and to all the ideals that are those of the United Nations. It is illustrated also by the considerable help you have given to strengthening the relationship between United Nations and the European Union because if there is indeed a community of ideals and values it is between those two entities and I was just yesterday in the semester gathering of the Ministers of Defence of the European Union and there is considerable interaction. I think right now there are no less than 20 mission settings where we are working whether in peacekeeping or in political endeavors alongside and increasingly organically with the EU. So that I think is something to be saluted today and I'll just not to have more about it but I think that your military are playing a very critical role in those places the Golden Heights of Lebanon which are so vital to maintaining at least some islands of stability in the part of the world which is prone to so much disaster and I think everybody agrees that it is critical. As indeed you have placed a role in the past in Liberia, a mission that we are now I think going to close before long because it has done the job and I think this is something that has to be you have to be commended for. So one word still about European endeavors for the common security and defence policy I think what was debated yesterday in Bratislava of course is first is not for me to comment upon it wouldn't be proper and it's something very much in a making but I think we can expect that there will be further developments along the line and that indeed increased capability increased agility on the part of the European Union will allow us to register more successes like the one we had in Central African Republic only two years ago when the EU decided to go along with the bridging force which did from the UN point of view a perfect job perfect on substance, perfect in timing, perfect in coordination. So this is probably some way to go and I know that your country will continue to encourage that. In the context also where we just had three weeks ago a ministerial meeting hosted by the UK which was an opportunity for many countries from all over the world but especially from Europe and that included Ireland to pledge yet for the capacity for UN peacekeeping. I think this is absolutely critical and an element of great hope for the future. So all this is important because I think we are at a turning point. As we look at the international peace and security landscape in 2016 we see that UN missions increasingly are deployed earlier, much earlier in the span of a conflict. Places where fighting more often than not is still going on and that was the case only three years ago in Central African Republic. In some cases we have to do our work so as to protect civilians and to maintain stability in environments which are completely unpredictable. Examples are Sudan today, nothing can happen, anything can happen tomorrow. Resumption of fighting on a massive scale, ethnically based with enormous violence. I am among those who believe that South Sudan already accounted for 60,000, 70,000 people killed, tens of thousands of women raped, at least 20,000 kids recruited by young groups and this can resume tomorrow because the leaders don't care and there is no political process emerging yet we are there dealing with this on a sort of hand to mouth basis with 200,000 civilians and there is no mistake, we had to do that, we took them on in our camps on our bases but it is a severe weight on our people, it is a severe constraint on what we can do elsewhere because we simply have to protect those people that the government considers as its enemies or quasi-soldiers who just need to go and dig out their weapons from wherever they are hidden in the bush nearby to resume hostilities. So very complex situation and there is no tidy I would say continuum from conflict to peace, it is a continuum, there's no question but when does each situation start or cease to exist is complex and in certain places it's true that we are ourselves fighting to support peace. The tools that we have more often than not have been stretched to the limit, there are no longer a match to the new patterns of violence when we see that every other day in Mali almost we blow we have a vehicle blowing on a mine on an IED despite all that we have invested in training, in equipment, in technology in general, well touching wood there's maybe a hope that it does less victims but the number of incidents has rather in fact increased. So this is a huge challenge because it impacts on us and needless to say it impacts also on the populations that we are supposed to protect. So this is why two years ago we embarked on the so called reviews of peace operations but alongside a review on the peace building architecture and alongside a review of the implementation of Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. This was I think an opportunity, a great one to try and come up with ideas, proposals to adapt our tools to address those conflict more effectively. It shows clearly where we are, sort of snapshot reality check but also a pointer towards what it is and how it is that we could do better. So I would like today to focus on two areas which I think are of particular relevance in your country. One is the protection of civilians and the other one is women, peace and security. As you know for 15 years now or there about the Security Council has made protection of civilians the core of all our contemporary mandates. It's really the heart of the mission. It is the benchmark rightly or wrongly by which our efficiency, our effectiveness is judged. It is probably the most high profile activity of our peacekeepers and yet we are I think at some crossroads on protection. We have made a lot of progress in conceptualizing, in designing policy tools, strategy in the field, in headquarters. But at the end you know it is more often than not a matter of life of death. I said in South Sudan if we hadn't opened our camps to those 200,000 civilians most of the people would be dead by now. So there's no going back on that. But how to manage the net result is an incredible challenge. I was in the north of South Sudan in the United States in June before the incidents resumed. Terrible violence resumed in July. We were seeing a situation in Ben-Chu where very gradually some people were returning home or hinting that they might return home. But in Malacal no such thing because near Malacal the other side of the Nile you have another community called the Shiluks with a rather nasty general called Oloni who was trying to or hinting that he was preparing an attack. So no way anybody wanted to move out. So what do we do? And there was a government of South Sudan official with me said well you might start by handing out some seeds and so they can plant vegetables. I said but no we don't want to give them any encouragement to stay further you know. We have to make it clear that protection is a necessity. But there's a point where you know people have to consider returning home to their place and to forego what it is that they get in camps which is not negligible. They get medical services. They get food distribution. They get schooling for the kids. But that's not sustainable. So it's really a conundrum. So what it is that we have to do you know to address such challenges. First I think we have to build a much stronger consensus among the member states on what the expectations are in this area and about the will to protect civilians. There are things that are expected and there has to be clarity. But there has to be clarity also about the use of force. What are we ready to do you know to actually implement that mandates. Because if we ask the countries and the commanders of the force to put the lives of the troops on the line then the council has to be clear about what it is that it requests. What it is that the consequences that it is ready to live up to the council. And of course the two contributors have to be clear as to the extent to which they are ready to do the job. I've been fighting a constant fight to get rid of caveats. Caveats are not in the logic of peacekeeping mandates but they are even worse when the existence of a national caveat appears during an operation when commanding officer of a unit refuses the order of the force commander calls his capital so whomever and says no I will not do it you know and that is something we simply cannot accept. So all these aspects the role of the council of the contributing countries of other actors I think there is a need for a new sort of framework of cooperation amongst the partnership that is peacekeeping. Second issue has to do with communication you know clearly you will never be able to have a peacekeeper behind every civilian on a given theater. So we cannot be a tool that can deal effectively to deter and contain very large scale and sometimes unfortunately state sanctions violence but we need also to be clear with the local populations that they cannot expect everything from us they can expect a lot but of course the primary responsibility lies with a whole state and the whole state has to be made fully aware of what the consequences will be for it if it fails to do what it is expected to do again something to clarify between the security council in particular and the secretariat. That of course has to do with capabilities we need adequate tools civilian and military uniformed to do the tasks which means a very realistic assessment of a threat of the ability to adapt or to re-adapt. There of course it brings to mind the fact that the civilian component of our mission is absolutely essential. We have civil affairs officers. We have of course the role of the police that is essential. We have all the specialized advisers on women, on children, on sexual and gender based violence. All this means that we have to be permanently in a position to adapt and to be able to face all these issues. And there of course we need further investment by the member states because in particular in the civilian field I mean we dealt with the military pledges in the peacekeeping summit last year the London ministerial three weeks ago but also we need more pledges in the civilian field and I think Ireland has committed. Other countries I think it's good that we mobilize the best tools possible. All this of course with the constant concern to ensure the best level of performance and conduct. Also we should never forget that peacekeeping operation is not an end in itself. It's a tool. It's a tool towards implementing a political process, a political solution. If there is no viable political strategy then it's a bit pointless you know. It's costly, it's costly in human lives, it's costly in money, it's costly in political capital but at the end of the day we need to have a process you know that will show the way and benchmark possibly what is happening. And even when there is extreme violence there has to be some prospect and this to come back to South Sudan which is a bit of an obsession with me these days. You know I knew nothing about the Sudan until I joined the UN five years ago. France ceased to be interested in the Sudan in I think 1898 when Colonel Marchand was halted in his progress by Lord Kitchener in a place called Fashoda. I flew over it by the way. So no for a French it was terror incognito but the more I go to that country the more I invest time and efforts in it the more shocked I am and in South Sudan clearly there is no political process. I think it's an impossible situation yet we have to keep trying to forge a political agreement to have a way out. So this really is a matter of redoubling effort with the strong support of in particular the European Union and your country can do a lot I think leading by example drawing on your historic experience you know the courage the determination the constant trying I think that forces admiration and it gives you maybe more credibility than other countries who had a less complex history if I could say well for you to consider you know the second issue I would like to mention sorry for being a bit long is women peace and security. I think we have made important steps in the implementation of the agenda since 1325 adopted it's clear that women has to play the rightful role that should be they should be at the core of collective security in post-conflict countries. The London Ministerial Summit was very much insisting on that angle and well I think the message was made there yet again that peace is more lasting when the voices of women are heard and are most importantly acted upon. So it's been incumbent on us to develop robust structures to integrate deeply you know the gender issues in the framework of peace and security to develop policy guidance also accountability mechanisms and I think we've made some progress. We have now gender advisors in every head of missions office in all missions. We have developed women politicians network just to give a few examples but clearly it remains a challenge in many places and there is still much to continue to do and doing really the mainstreaming of gender at all levels will still require many efforts. I mentioned it accountability is the key. Leadership has a role to play and I means me including you know from at every level of the organizations we need to engage yet further in work plans in compact and it's not easy. My predecessor at the head of DPKO rather maybe foolishly signed a commitment you know that before 2015 we would have 20% women in UN police at the time we were at 10. Well today I'm still bound by that commitment but we're still barely at 12 so I failed on compact you know but it's a matter also of dealing with a sociology of world police forces where some are quite advanced in a percentage of women they have on board some are way behind and can we be expected to do much much better than national police forces. There is a real question there. So we have this forward looking strategy on gender that also insists very much on the needs for further partnerships in particular with the civil society. We have a number of mechanisms not go into them in detail but let me say again this is a matter of priority high priority. So of course I could have talked to you about technology about the need to develop an intelligence policy which to my mind is something absolutely essential and critical for the future of our operations but I thought these two issues were something that needed particular insistence but we can only do that with the support of member states of partner organizations of course as I said including the European Union the support of your country Ireland will remain very critical but of course we need to continue looking ahead. We have to do a better job on a day to day basis but we also have to think about what is it that peacekeeping might look like five or ten years from now and what we see today is already maybe a prefiguration of that when we see the problem of dash. I've made it very clear in my tenure and that has been endorsed by the membership that peacekeeping is not and will not be and cannot be a tool for anti-terrorism. We have never been designed from that we are not equipped for that we will never find the troops or the police to do that job. So what's the solution coalition of the willing intervention of a parallel operation like the French against the jihadists in Mali maybe various possibilities but I think there is going to be for the new secretary general and his team a need to you know reflect about those future dimensions and finding the proper way ahead. And this of course again while implementing the reforms accepted by the membership at the end of the HIPPO and other reviews last year. So all views are welcome forward looking we have to be just no doubt but at the same time knowing the limits of what it is that we can do. The example I give always one of the three basic principles of peacekeeping is the need only to fire to your weapon to defend yourself or the mandate.  So the lines are moving the problem is to know to what extent and to what point and at what point perhaps a change in the tooling will be necessary but that will be for our successors of course to consider in due course. But in the meantime thank you very much for the opportunity. Thank you for being so numerous and thank you again Ireland very much for your splendid contribution to our efforts over so many years and we look forward to continuing that.


HTC is a multinational mobile device manufacturer that's in Taiwan. We have been building phone for over 20 years and since 2007 we have shipped over 100 million phones. All made in Taiwan with our talented engineers and we've proven ourselves that we could build trusted hardware, we built the first Android device, we built the first 4G Android smartphone in the US and we have the first one with the dual camera and all that. On our journey to the pursuit of brilliance, we have always been adapting the latest tech to find our ways to improve our lives and we see the beauty of blockchain and we believe that the mobile device is the agent of decentralization. So Phil, our decentralized chief officer announced the Exodus project back in May at consensus and we have many many things we're planning to do with the goal to build a foundation of trust and security for the blockchain ecosystem on mobile devices. The early access of Exodus 1 was announced last week and we're only accepting Bitcoin and Ethereum. The purpose of this early access is to first of all show people that we're really doing this and the most important thing is to really invite more people to work with us. The first step for us is to build a secure environment to protect our users' crypto assets because cryptocurrencies is the first step to have anyone go into blockchain so we think it's really important that we build a secure environment for people to be able to explore what blockchain can do and it is our belief that we should let our data go and have ownership of our assets, data and even identity but also what we usually forget is to keep an eye on the methods we're protecting our properties. So we found out the truth is most users don't understand and many times forget about their security and it is our responsibility as a manufacturer and developers to keep an eye out for them, for their security. So we have created XION, the only one secure access to blockchain. Starting with the XION wallet we're utilizing what we already have in the phone, a TEE, Trusted Execution Environment by ARM called TREZZONE to safeguard the keys. So TEE runs in parallel of the operating system in an isolated environment. Trusted applications running in the TEE have access to the main processor and memory whereas the hardware isolation protects these components from user-installed applications running in the main operating system. So software and cryptographic isolations inside the TEE protects the different contained trusted applications from each other as well. And on top of the TEE our trusted UI when users are typing in passcodes, authorizing payments and reading their seeds it will be all done under a trusted UI where not even Android can touch. So this is how we're providing this initial security for the users. And our second feature this year is the social key recovery. This feature is optional on top of the 12-word C recovery phrase. Basically you can set up five trusted contacts of your choice, iPhone or Android and XION will break your seed and encrypt using Shamir's secret sharing. When in need your trusted contact can help you recover the wallet and I'm going to give you an example of the use case. So say Mr. Trump bought the Exodus 1 and he created the XION wallet and did what he was told securing his C phrase in his vote at the White House. And he traveled around the world to promote world peace as he usually do. And on the way to North Korea his Exodus 1 dropped and fell off the Air Force 1. And with his C phrase locking the White House he cannot access his wallet and can't pay for gas for the Air Force 1. So luckily Mr. Trump set up the social key recovery with XION. So he called his trusted contact Putin, President Xi and Merkel at the gas station. It was able to have all three of his trusted contacts recover his wallet for him. So that's the idea of one way to use social key recovery. Last but not least our XION Key Management API will soon be available. We would like to work with anyone who believes the same let my data go and build a foundation of trust and security. So XION API will allow your DAB to store your key in the TE to provide an added value for your users on Exodus. Also your users will be able to be protected by the trusted UI when authorizing transactions and more. So we're inviting, you know, if you have a DAB or wallet or marketplace or anything you're working on that could be using this for an added value. Feel free to contact me if you are interested. So we're also open to work with projects that believes in people owning their own data. One of our goals down the pipeline is to achieve, like what our tagline says, let my data go. If you're working on a project that's related to distributed resources and allowing people to decide or share or donate their components on the phone or their data we're really interested in knowing more about your project as well. Like Phil always says, this was the promise of the internet and which why someone like me and many of us and many of the people in the room to get into that go into the industry in the first place. The promise of open network, freely share of knowledge and unleashing human creativity. And today I'm not here to sell more phones although as much as I like every one of you just purchase one right now. But I'm here to ask for your help to help make our vision come true one phone at a time. It's not something we could be doing on our own and we shouldn't be doing on our own as well. So please join us to build a foundation of trust and security. Or if you just want to share what you're doing, we're always happy to host you. So please feel free to contact me if you're interested in any of the above and we'd like to know about what we're doing or how we could collaborate. And thank you very much for your time today.


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Therefore, it's time for Member Statements, the Member from Lampton, Kent, Middlesex. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. This is Rail Safety Week, and every year this week serves as an important reminder for both pedestrians and motorists to be aware and vigilant around railway tracks, and especially at crossings. Our railways are critical infrastructure and an important part of our history, but unfortunately more than 100 deaths or serious injuries occur each year in Canada as a result of collisions or trespassing incidents. Whether you're on foot, in a car or on a bike or snowmobile, a collision with a train will not end well, so education and mindfulness about rail safety are critical for everyone. Mr. Speaker, in my riding of Lampton, Kent, Middlesex, there are, I believe, more unprotected level crossings of the CN and CP mainlines than anywhere else in Ontario. Unprotected crossings do not have barriers or lights and bells where rural roads meet railway lines, a situation that can be made even more dangerous at times when brush may be high blocking sight lines. Tragically, Mr. Speaker, there have been a number of fatalities at these crossings in Lampton, Kent, Middlesex in recent years, which is why I also urge all levels of government to be aware of the danger of inadequate sight lines at crossings as they develop and maintain properties along rail lines. Trains today are quite quiet and are often moving much more quickly than they appear to be from a distance. Remember, always obey railway signs and signals and be vigilant at unprotected crossings and along tracks. Thank you. Good message. Thank you. Further member Stavis, the member from Trawl of Antwerp. Thank you, Speaker. Last week, the Liberals announced a number of changes to rent control legislation in this province. Unfortunately, there was no mention of a very large loophole in the legislation and that's called vacancy decontrol. In my writing, tenants report that they deal with landlords who cut services, consistently push for above guideline rent increases, who carry on incredibly disruptive construction as a way of demoralizing tenants, discouraging them and getting them to move out. And unfortunately, those tactics are successful. They do happen. And people see units that friends and family lived in being rented out to a new person at 30 to 40 percent above what they were paying previously. This is a huge loophole, Speaker, a huge loophole. One which, if not closed, will result in more and more tenants being pushed out as landlords see the opportunity to cash in on the real estate bonanza that's going on in the GTA. Speaker, tenants worked very hard. They pushed very hard to get protection. They were able to push the Liberals to move some distance, but this loophole still has to be dealt with. This fight is not over. And tenants need the law changed so that their homes will be secure and so they won't be driven out just so that someone can make the killing. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you for their member statements. The member from Durham. Thank you, Speaker. Last Friday I had the pleasure of visiting Grandview Children's Center located in Oshawa. While I have visited there many times before, this visit was extra special because I had the opportunity to meet with five mothers whose children attended Grandview Children's Center. Each parent had a different story to tell of how Grandview helps with their child's development and unique needs. Grandview Children's Center is the only Children's Center treatment center in Durham region that provides specialized programs, outpatient clinic clinical treatment and support to thousands of children and youth with special needs and their families. Mr. Speaker, two of Grandview's satellite locations are located in my riding of Durham and I see firsthand the great work that is being done to support our children. In fact, Grandview Children's Center has repeatedly stressed how they want to do more but can't do the space constraint. Mr. Speaker, I'm pleased that the Minister of Children and Youth Services is committed to making Grandview's capital request one of their top priorities. It is my hope that the five parents whom I met and the many other parents like them will soon see a larger Grandview for their deserving children. I'd like to thank the Grandview staff and the Children's Center for all that they do in our community as well as their families for their ongoing commitment and dedication to their children. Thank you. Thank you. Will you remember from Kitchener? Yes, thank you, Speaker. Today on behalf of, I rise on behalf of our leader, Patrick Brown, the Ontario PC caucus to speak to again recognize a very tragic day of remembrance for the Armenian community. April 24th, 2017 is the 102nd anniversary of a horrifying eight-year period of systematic deportation and mass extermination of Armenians by the Turkish government at the time. Beginning with the arrest and murder of many prominent members of the Armenian community, this genocide saw 1.5 million Armenians die through state sanctioned action that included forced conscriptions and deportation death marches towards the Syrian desert. Men, women, children, and elderly, none were spared by in what has been recognized as an attempt to exterminate Armenians in Turkey. To date, over 28 nations have publicly acknowledged the genocide. Even today, more and more evidence of this terrible crime is uncovered. Just last week, a Turkish historian working out of the USA deciphered Turkish government telegrams providing details on the deportation and murder of Armenians in eastern Turkey. Despite constant denials and refusals from some camps to characterize these actions as genocide, we will continue to recognize and remember these events for exactly what they were. I stand in solidarity with the Armenian community in commemoration today as we ensure these heinous acts are not forgotten and we continue to push all governments to acknowledge the genocide so that meaningful reconciliation can occur. I know yesterday, Speaker, the Armenian communities here in Toronto as well as Cambridge held services and I again on behalf of our leader Patrick Brown and the Ontario PC caucus want to recognize what is now the 102nd anniversary of this horrific act. Thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I have spoken a number of times in this chamber about the importance of healthy food and last Friday I had the great privilege to attend the grand opening of the Hamilton Community Food Centre on Hamilton Mountain. This is a project of our neighbour to neighbour centre partnering with community food centres Canada and I have to tell you this is a fantastic addition to our community. Neighbour to neighbour plays a vital role serving my constituents. Over the years they have expanded to provide a number of services that support those in need. Our community food centre is a welcoming and safe space offering food-based programs that bring everyone together to grow, cook, share and advocate for good food. People can take advantage of the after-school program. They can drop in for the global roots lunch or a family dinner. They can get a fresh, affordable and nutritious fruit and vegetables offered every week at the global food market and cafe. The centre also offers a language exchange program and an intercultural community kitchen as well as support and training advocacy and community action. The Hamilton Community Food Centre has been two years in the making and it has received support from the Ontario Trillion Foundation and many other contributors. I'm delighted to see the results of that work and it will be such an improvement and such a great hub on Hamilton Mountain that will play a huge part in our lives. I want to offer my congratulations and thanks to neighbour to neighbour's executive Denise Sarkel, her dedicated staff and the hundreds of volunteers who do so much to make our community a better place. Thank you. Further member statements? The member from the Tobacco Centre. Thank you speaker. I rise today to speak about the importance of financial literacy. Teaching financial literacy speaker is so important because it allows people to make the most of their money. It allows them to do important things in life like go to university or to college or to buy a home or to retire or support their families. And teaching financial literacy at a young age is that much more important and that is why I have been an advocate along with many of my colleagues to make sure that we do more to teach financial literacy to young people in Ontario. And that is why I'm so proud that our government is introducing a financial literacy pilot programs in civics classes at 20 high schools across the province. A really important step in that regard. Recently speaker I had the opportunity to participate in two great events that do just that. That teach young people about financial literacy. That welcome students from my riding at Tobacco Centre but also from across the GTA. For the second time now I joined the junior economic club of Canada for their day on bay where students had the chance to ask me anything about financial literacy. Like in November when I took part of my first day on bay I was once again impressed by the curiosity and passion of young students to learn about how to manage their money. And I was also thrilled to speak at the talk with our kids about money event hosted by the Canadian Foundation of Economic Education two weeks ago. I was particularly proud of the first and second place winners as they were from hilltop middle school in my riding of a Tobacco Centre. At both these events I saw students who were excited to learn about financial literacy how to manage their money better and seeing this reminded me of the importance of financial literacy and reminded me that our future is indeed bright. Thank you speaker. Thank you. Further members take the number from York simple. Yes thank you very much Mr. Speaker and it is my pleasure to rise today to acknowledge an important milestone that has had a long lasting impact on the protection and conservation of our important natural heritage and water resources in southern Ontario. This weekend was the 15th anniversary of the Oak Ridge's Moraine Conservation Plan. I am pleased as a long standing member of this House to have been here on December 13th 2001 when the Oak Ridge's Moraine Conservation Act received third reading by an all-party unanimous vote. The Oak Ridge's Moraine alongside the Niagara escarpment is one of the most significant landform features in southern Ontario. As the head waters to over 65 river and stream systems and the drinking water supply for over 250,000 people our government acknowledged that it was time to bring people together to come up with a long-term solution to protect the Moraine and its important natural heritage and vital water resources. In 2000 our progressive conservative government of the day announced a 15 million dollar fund be established which led to the creation of the Oak Ridge's Moraine Foundation. The foundation has provided essential support to many many groups. I had the opportunity to introduce visitors today but we have many more who are unable to join us. So on behalf of the countless numbers of community groups and individuals I'd like to say thank you and to my colleagues in this House I urge you to continue to build on the legacy laid down by our government 15 years ago. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. I rise today in solidarity with the Armenian community here in Ontario and across Canada to recognize the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. This occasion is an opportunity for us to come together in reflection and strengthen our resolve to reject intolerance and hatred in all of its forms. On this very day 102 years ago troops from the Ottoman Empire were dispatched to massacre and remove Armenians from their homes. These innocent people were violently displaced from their communities and many were subject to torture, abuse and starvation. In all it is estimated 1.5 million Armenians were massacred during the genocide. Despite this great tragedy Mr. Speaker the Armenian people remain resilient and many manage to escape this attack against their communities to find homes across the world. In my own writing of Scarborough Agent Corps we witness the strength and determination of the Armenian Canadian community here in Ontario. Just yesterday Minister Koh Tu Anay attended an annual Armenian Genocide commemorative event hosted by the Armenian National Committee of Toronto. This event now only allows us to bear witness to the tragedy that struck Armenian people between 1915 and 1923. It also enabled us to reflect to remember and to celebrate the contributions of Armenian Canadians to Ontario. The Armenian community centre where the commemorative events were held was seen as a hub for Toronto's thriving Armenian community since it was established in 1960s. The people of Scarborough Agent Corps Mr. Speaker actually received many many support from this exceptional hub. Speaker on behalf of the legislature I'd like to thank the Armenian community for reminding us of the significance of the recognizing this past tragedies. As we celebrate Ontario 150 we must keep in mind the importance of education on atrocities such as the Armenian Genocide so that we may work towards shaping a more peaceful future and remain steadfast in creating a more just world. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Thank you for the member statements to move from Alderman Norfolk. Yes last year Ontario became the first province in Canada to rack up over 300 billion dollars in debt. Worse yet there are plans to add more debt in the future with no plans to cut taxes. To paraphrase a famous quote from Ben Franklin in today's Ontario nothing can be certain except death, debt and taxes. This government is mortgaging the future of a generation that really doesn't have a running start due to physical mismanagement. It's not only our children or grandchildren future generations who will be burdened with paying off government debt through ever increasing taxes. And last week's housing taxes no surprise as the government solution to any problem seems to consist of taxes, taxes, taxes and more taxes. This housing tax will do nothing to address housing supply and the shortage of residential land. So I do question how many new taxes like this housing tax have we seen over the past 13 years of present government rule and how many tax hikes have we seen under both Kathleen and Dalton the debt doublers? I thank all members for their statements pursuant to the order of the house earlier today under unanimous consent. I will now recognize three members one from each party to speak for up to five minutes to recognize Jean Vichem. I would now turn to the member from Thorn Hill. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. I want to first state that we remember here on the side of the house Ted Chudley. He was the member of the former member for Halton Hills and he passed the it was bill 66 in 1998 an act to proclaim Holocaust Memorial Day in Ontario. So we want to thank him for his great work. It's an honor and a privilege to rise each year and to speak before our distinguished guests. We have Barit Kalam from the Israeli consulate here in Toronto as well as many of the board members from Yad Vashem Society and Holocaust survivors, their family, their friends and good friends of my family Jocelyn and Jerry Cooper from my writing of Thorn Hill. There's a movie out in the theaters now called The Zoo Keeper's Wife and it's based on a non-fiction book written by a poet and a naturalist Diane Ackerman and she's drawing on the unpublished diary of Antonina Zabinski and it recounts a true story of how she and her husband Jan Zabinski, director of the Warsaw Zoo, saved the lives of 300 Jews who had been imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto following the German invasion of Poland on September 1st 1939 and basically what happens is is that the zoo had been bombed and damaged and many of the animals were killed but this family with their son were obviously not Jewish but they were fighting with the resistance against the Nazi occupation of Poland and what they began to do is covertly they began working with the resistance and bringing Jews who were trying to hide from the Nazis often temporarily into the zoo and I haven't seen the movie yet but I wanted to speak about it today because I want to encourage people to understand that there were many Yad Vashem terms righteous among the nations who helped Jews escape who saved Jewish lives and we always remember them on this day while we mourn those who were slaughtered. I think it's an interesting story for a lot of reasons because they had sympathy for animals and I like to feel that that translates into their sympathy for human beings and they even gave names of animals to the Jewish families that they were hiding one family was called the squirrels and things like that and they couldn't keep it up for very long Mr. Speaker for the simple reason that they had staff that came during the day that were suspicious about why so much food was being consumed so you could see all the challenges that they faced their own lives were in danger and in fact they were punished for what they had done the story revolves around the fact that she was a very you know established piano player and there was a certain song that all the Jews knew meant go into hiding if she played that song and she played a different song when it was safe to come out so we see the resistance that people have the strong how strong we can be in the face of adversity and I think that that is the message from the Holocaust we've also heard many statements today about the Armenian genocide and there are many in the Jewish community who feel that the Armenian genocide encouraged the Nazis to have their own genocide against the Jews they felt wow the world didn't care so they felt very comfortable with what they were doing and just yesterday there was I believe the one of the members mentioned there was an article in the Toronto Star about a professor who's finding more data on the Armenian genocide and we keep uncovering unfortunately more data on the Holocaust as well I just want to say that Yad Vashem is you know an organization as well as the memorial in Israel and with their beautiful garden a testament to the righteous among the nations and it's a museum that's you really have to spend a whole day there and even then you haven't touched on all the displays and everything there is to learn and to witness it's difficult but it's important that we not just remember the horrific things that were done to those in the Jewish community but that we ensure that we try our best to ensure that this doesn't keep continuing and unfortunately Mr. Speaker we see what's going on in Syria we saw what went on in Rwanda and it's very hard breaking for people who went through the Holocaust to wake up in the morning and see that the world isn't perfect still after everything that they suffered I think they really thought well at least now the world will understand anti-Semitism and understand genocide and unfortunately that's not the case thank you Mr. Speaker so the response is the member from Parkdale High Park thank you Mr. Speaker and welcome to distinguished guests members of the Ad Vashem Society and to the Consul General welcome to Queens Park I usually say when I stand up that it's a privilege to rise in the house but today I'm going to say something different it's a duty to rise in the house it's a duty because I'm not Jewish I'm Gentile it's a duty because I'm a Christian minister it's a duty because I'm an elected member of a Canadian government and it's a duty to say among other things may a culpa may a maximum culpa my sin my most grievous sin quote a Christian Latin phrase because there's lots to be sorry for first of all the hard history in Canada right now there are eight times more hate crimes against Jews than any other group that's right now according to stats Canada my father regaled me with stories about anti-Semitism as I was growing up and one of them was during his lifetime which was on the beach in the beach on the boardwalk sign that said no Jews no dogs in my own riding of Sunnyside just by the lake there's Sunnyside pool which everyone knows in my community had signs up where Jews were only allowed to swim at certain hours during the day we've had prime ministers we've had premiers we've had elected members from all parties who've uttered anti-Semitic remarks in the house over the history of our country this was not a fringe aspect of Canadian society this has been a part of Canadian society and it's one we have to acknowledge and certainly we see it now we see it in this last year with bomb threats the JCC not too far from here with swastikas painted on people's doors and certainly with a barrage of online hatred as a christian minister of course I have a lot to apologize for too certainly in the history of the church during Nazi times very very few Christians actually stood up to Hitler most churches had swastika flags and had Nazis worshipping in their communities there was a small minority of Christians who stood up who were the righteous among nations people like Dietrich Bonhoeffer who was executed the confessing church very small minority and he said something very profound he said the most important thing a Christian can say in these days this was back in the 40s in these days is that Jesus was a Jew and for that he was killed himself a particular story that I've used in my preaching many times about a small town in the former Soviet Union where 90 children were holed up in a warehouse where all their parents have been killed and the soldiers the Nazis who were on duty complained about the crying of the children that it was bad for their morale that it kept them awake at night and the chaplains said something yes they did they objected they didn't object to their parents being killed but they objected to that and then when that objection was overruled they just went on with their jobs again maya culpa maya maxima culpa I have had the privilege and it is a privilege to go to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem to walk through all the rooms there and there are many the hall of names the hall of remembrance the garden of the righteous among the nations all of them profound all of them moving but the most moving is a children's memorial and when you stand in that room with five candles lit magnified by a number of mirrors around that house and you hear the names of 1.5 million children who were murdered during the Holocaust continuous continuously it gives you just the beginning of a sense of the horror that was the Holocaust and that we remember today certainly I think that that is something everyone should do and I would invite everyone to do that go to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem but you know it's not enough to apologize it's really something we have to continue to make sure never happens again as my friend from Thornhill says and that is to put real life to those words never again to put real meaning behind them to make sure that in this day at this time wherever we are in all of our writings that we are a testament to what happened to those who lost their lives and a commitment to breathe life into the words never again and to put everything we have into that sentiment and honor of those 1.5 million children to the six million Jews to the horror that was and that has been part of our own history that we need to acknowledge I say again never again thank you further statements the member from the minister children and youth services and minister responsible for anti-racism thank you thank you mr speaker and it is an honor to join my friend from Thornhill and Parkdale High Park as we welcome our distinguished guest and the concert general here to the legislature it's an honor for me to to rise in the house today to recognize Yam Hashua Holocaust Remembrance Day for 70 years mr speaker this day has been held in the memory of over six million Jewish people who were killed during the Holocaust there are no words mr speaker that I or any person can say to do justice to describe the atrocities of the Holocaust and adequately honor all of its victims but it is important that we try it is important that we reflect to remember on what happened and how it happened and understand its devastating effects in 1933 before the start of world war two there were over nine million Jewish people in Europe only 12 years later almost two thirds of all Jewish people in Europe had been killed even in Canada Jewish people were barred from entry into the country in 1939 when they were desperate to escape Nazi Germany during world war two this is not a history as Canadians that we are proud of anti-semitism also meant that Jewish people were routinely denied access to jobs and the public public services though it has been 70 years since the tragedy of the Holocaust anti-semitism has persisted throughout history and continues today the Ontario human rights commission creed policy says that anti-semitism can take many forms ranging from individual acts of discrimination physical violence vandalism and hatred to more organized and systemic efforts to destroy an entire community and genocide the Toronto police service most recent hate crime report found that 30 percent of all hate crime in Toronto in 2016 was against our very own Jewish community here in the city this is 2017 and this is Ontario history shows us that the Holocaust started with hateful words and acts it was nurtured by intolerance and include an exclusion and by the willingness of ordinary people to go along with the systemic erosion of Jewish social and political rights which led to genocide when we stand still and turn a blind eye we are complicit we risk repeating history when we ignore the hatred and the discrimination that surround us today we as a government stand united in the elimination of racism and anti-semitism here in Ontario there are no excuses anti-semitism is unacceptable racism bigotry and hate crime are unacceptable so are the systemic barriers and unconscious biases that can perpetuate anti-semitism and disproportionate outcomes for racialized people in our institutions so we as a government are taking action last month the anti-racism directorate released a better way forward on terro's three-year anti-racism strategic plan which sets out a roadmap and how people in the province will combat systemic racism and build a culture of social inclusion and racial equity here in our society Mr. Speaker together government is working towards eliminating systemic racism our three-year plan includes public awareness and education and initiatives to make people aware of any form of racism that any form of racism is unacceptable we have a responsibility as ontarians to stand up and to be bold in the face of racism today we remember those who were tragically killed in the Holocaust and we stand together with the Jewish community against anti-semitism here in our province across Canada and around the world we cannot be silent to any form of racism or racial discrimination thank you Mr. Speaker I thank all members for their statements and by the same unanimous consent I now turn to the member from Thornhill to recite the ancient Hebrew prayer I would ask it all that can please stand and show our respect thank you very much mr. Speaker normally normally the mourners Kaddish as it's called is recited for a close relative people come to visit mourners for the week after they've passed away we call it Shiva Shiva's from the Hebrew word seven and for 11 months after a close relative such as a parent passes away we've recited and then we recite it on specific days on specific holidays in synagogues or wherever we may be today we're standing to recite the Kaddish in memory of six million who perished in the Holocaust who don't have anybody to recite it for them because mr. Speaker not just families were wiped out entire villages were gone so please join me if you um well we're going to break protocol because normally people can't talk in the galleries is it okay with you mr. Speaker if people recite in the galleries thank you very much Yidgadal and Yidgadash Meirabah be'al ma di v'ra kuru kru hote bi'am likh marhutei be'chayekhon bi'yome'ekhon u be'chaye dacha beti israel bagala izman kareev bi'imru hame yehish mei rabah u v'rach le'olam u le'a mei ala me'a yidbarach yidgad yishtabach bi'itpa'ar bi'itraman bi'itnasay bi'ithadar bi'itale bi'ithalal shmei kudshah brichu le'le min kol bi'chata bi'ishirata tushpechata bi'nechamata da'amayran balma bi'imru amen yehish lama rabah mi shama'ya bi'chayeen ale'inu ve'al kol israel bi'imru amen ose shalom bi'imromav hu'yase shalom ale'inu ve'al kol israel bi'imru amen it is therefore now time for reports by committees


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Looks like I've got a cat for this for this show. Yeah, we're both very well.  It's just a different suit, right? It's like the same card, but dogs are definitely hard Half a second. I thought you were implying that my dogs were just dog suits. Yeah They're people in dogs. It's a complicated life. We're not here to judge you Yeah, which chat wants to know if me being more cynical than Roger is even allowed and Why do people say that I am not cynical. I am not a cynical person ask anyone who actually knows me and they might Might agree with you, but I'm not a cynical Tom can confirm this I am not quick to lavish Agulation or praise on anything because people say like this is the greatest thing ever But he he is skeptical more than okay. Okay, I had a boss Try to tell me that I'm so optimistic that if I'd been on the Titanic I would have said great news everyone. We're getting swimming lessons Great news everyone you'll have no problem chilling your drinks soon.  What? Did how that go did you get buckwild? I did If you consider sitting inside and drinking a pint of beer buckwild then yes Sure. I mean compared to a year ago. I do.  Oh Geez, that's a good old time. You know what that is such a nice normal story to hear that I just love that story and I want to go to a bar and I don't even drink. Yeah, why just get some coffee I'm doing it. I'm going. Yeah, I'm getting in. Oh, I was a kid So my toys consisted of you could buy a full-blown chemistry set. Sure. Oh, I had one on Full-on. Yep. No holds barred. You want to make Make gunpowder go right in that keep them in the garage. You know. Yeah. Oh, yeah. So that Jarts. Oh Yeah, which I know are gone. We never were we never had Jarts, but neighbors did. Oh, yeah Jarts on kids shoulders What's a what's a chart a chart is is a ridiculously heavy dart So it's a lawn dart game where you have like these two hoops on the ground in a grassy field and and each team it's basically butchie ball but with Darts with Kill somebody. Yeah. So these charts are about this big and the tail end with you grab the tail end Which oh, I've seen those. I've seen those. Yeah, and the front end was just solid lead with a with a poker poker on it Yeah


Hey, what's going on guys? Patriot Prime here once again with another episode of The Sit Rep. And my guest tonight is Phantom Super from the YouTube channel, Phantom Super. Phantom, how are you doing this evening? I'm doing pretty good. I had some sushi with a friend and a girlfriend, so it's been pretty good. I can't complain about that at all. First off, thank you very much for hopping on the show with me. I know we've been trying to do this for a while. Oh yeah. Nice to do it. Good, good, glad to have you. So for those of you who don't know, or if you need a refresher how The Sit Rep works is I have 10 questions for my guest, five questions regarding him as a transformer collector and five questions regarding you as a YouTuber. So if you are ready to go, we will rock and roll. Yup, I'm ready. All right, sir. Question number one is, what's the appeal of transformers for you? I have ADHD, so I like just moving around. And also like puzzles, because it keeps me moving, or at least my hands. And I see transformers as a puzzle, and I love just getting from A to B pretty much. Nice. So yeah. All right, question number two. Aside from G1, which is always the number one answer, what's your favorite transformers fiction? Maybe Transformers Prime. Although I liked the Shia LaBeouf films, just because I grew up watching Shia LaBeouf on a Disney Channel, and that's pretty much it. Yeah, he wasn't his first show. Wasn't that Holes, that was the movie he was in? Yes, but also even Steven's. Okay. I'm pretty sure. That hit me during that age where I wasn't watching stuff like that. I'm old, I'm old. All right, question number three. Do you have a favorite Transformer figure or grail, one toy you will never get rid of? Possibly Studio Series, Judge Fire has to be that grail. Is this the newer one or the, yes, all the Studio Series is the newer one. Yeah, the one. Okay, I see him. Yeah. He can combine with the Optimus Prime, right? Yeah, the 32, number 32 Optimus. I have yet to get a Studio Series. I've got to dive into that at some point. I've been looking at the Megatrons and definitely the Bumblebee Optimus Prime. Yeah. There's prices, man. I know, I know. Of course, I'm trying to save up for old TF Conn here. So I'm trying to really hold off on getting any. Yeah, I'm trying to save up for a car. Okay. So, number four is what figure is your white whale, your most wanted toy? Possibly, I love powder rangers or at least not the new stuff, the old ones. So at the time of Energon, I never had the Optimus and I always loved it as a kid. Is that the one that combines with the submarine and the helicopter and everything? Yeah. So like, as an adult, I got the Platinum Edition one, the Year of the Snake and it's just better colors and there's no electronics, but I really like it just because it's kind of Megazory type robot. My son just got a Power Ranger figure from his cousin the other day. She founded a Goodwill, paid $2.99 for it. This thing is half-dicast metal. It's made from different animals. It's awesome. It's missing like two parts. I think it was, it's called Animus or something like that. It's got a bull, a condor, Oh, yeah. A saw shark and a cheetah and a lion.  It's like... Wildcourt. Yeah. Oh yeah. That's from Wildcourt. Well, it's pretty cool. I want to go on eBay and find the rest of it. And of course, after seeing what it goes for on eBay, after I do get rest of it, I'm gonna lock it up for a while. He's like, well, why can't I play with my toy, daddy? Because I said so. All right, question number five is what's your favorite Transformer character, any fiction, any media? I think Hot Rod. That's my favorite Optimus Prime. Not Optimus Prime, but Prime. I don't know where you're going. He killed off Optimus Prime, so he could be Optimus Prime. Rock. I just like, he's like pretty much a hotshot until he gets the Matrix and he actually has responsibility in, I don't know, just something speaks about that and I think he's kind of cool. He's a great mold. I was so glad that they reissued him. I mean, everybody's complaining because Walmart was overstocked with him and it was so cool to get another Hot Rod. Yeah. The one I had, he was old, missing some stuff. So I bought, I ended up getting two of them. About one, it was on clearance for $12 and then I got another on clearance for seven. So I didn't spend too much on him. Yeah, that's what I did as well. Keep one on box. Yeah, those two boxes look so good on the shelf. I've got a box of Starscream and Hot Rod up there. Did you see that? I got a G1 Optimus for $14.88? I did. I went to my Walmart, they have one and it looks like it got put through a washing machine. The box is beat to hell, still regular price and if you saw my video where I got the prowl, the most they will do is 10% off and I'm still like, that's still too much for just the cab. But yes, congratulations. I bought the prowl because of you. That's right there and that's right there. He's much better than I thought he was. Yeah. All right, well that's it for our Transformers questions. Now we're gonna get to know you as a YouTuber.  I actually like filming. It's not something I thought I would like and doing it as a hobby now, I kind of do as a job because I have ads on my videos sometimes and it just makes me appreciate for what I do because I put a work into it. And now I just like filming anything. I might do vlogs like daily, but yeah, it's pretty much it. I think my favorite part, a lot of people hate this. I love the editing. I feel like that's where your creativity comes in, especially if you screw up a lot like I do and you have to cut it out. Yeah. Well, I don't have a computer to do all that. I just do it raw for my phone. Oh, wow. Then it's taking the app and just merge videos together. I've got one on my phone. I think it's called PowerDirector. I use that for real quick videos, but I've had this program. I think the one I run is from 2007. So it's an old one. I need to update at some point. Maybe after TFCon. All right, number seven.  Well, I never show my face, but for filming, I like creating content and from seeing the likes, the views and pretty much how I can entertain people and children, I guess, it's kind of cool being like an entertainer and seeing how many people actually want to watch you. And have you developed like a following? Like you got the same people that will watch and comment and they're always looking forward to your next reviews. That helps. I always love, you know, as soon as you pop up that video, I guarantee I'm going to get five comments from this guy, this guy. It's just cool. It's like your own little groupie section, if you will. It's me getting those comments about first comment and second. Yeah, at least like some substance to mind. Just don't hit me with the first. What do you think? Yeah. All right, where are we at? Number eight is there are thousands of toy reviewers on YouTube. What makes you any different? I have to give you the props for being brave. You toy hunt guys blow my mind because I feel so self-conscious if I'm walking down the aisle with my camera like, uh, yeah, here, yeah, it just, I can't do it. As I said, I do myself for all. I don't use any things for it. And I'm just trying to show that you don't need a computer or any fancy equipment. I mean, it's probably nice and easier if you do have that. But, but any, I just want to show that anybody can just go out and step like out of the comfort zone and just film what they love and showing people what they love. It's pretty amazing. And for me, it was a brand new way to appreciate what I already have.  But when you actually started showing it off, it gives you a new appreciation for what you already have. Yeah. That's, and I love it. I love it. I'm on this. I'll go ahead. Thought I would have. Yeah. I was just saying some of this. Yeah. So it's kind of nice. I just appreciate everything. And make other people jealous. Oh, I wish I had that. I mean, all I want to do is reach over and get this and people start drooling. Oh, yeah. Well, I have actually some Dark of the Moon Skywarp. Not many people have that. Was that the Starscreamery issue? Or it was like a Recaller? Yeah, of the Deluxe Dark of the Moon Starscream. I think I heard that. It was for Decora. It's a Deluxe. No, mine's like a Voyager. Hold on. Hold on. Oh, okay. Such a nice collection. Trying to see if I notice any. I see the Cybertron Optimus. I have the Siege. There you go. What? Right up there. Wow. That's the life. Living the dream. Lots of dusting by Jason Maske over there in the corner. Oh, yeah, that's the... I think that's the target of Walmart exclusive Skywarp. At the end. I think it was Walmart. Yeah, I think it was Walmart. Yeah, mine's from Decora and it was Dark of the Moon. I'll have to... I have a pic of it somewhere so I'll have to show you. Okay. That I have a Q. Dark of the Moon Q. So some people wish they had those of my collection. I wanted the sound wave from Dark of the Moon so bad but I guess he never came out. Like there was the Alliance version that was really, really cool looking. Not a huge Bayverse fan but some of the characters he introduced and their designs. Like I love sound wave. I love shock wave and barricade's my favorite. I can't wait for the siege barricade to come out just because I love that character so much. All right, moving on down the line here. Question number nine is what's your thoughts on the Transformers social community? IE, YouTube, Facebook and do you have any special shout outs? I think the community is great. A lot of positive energy. Is that what you're trying to say? That's it. Is that a... Okay. It's kind of your opinions on how things are going and you know, and I have to agree because I've met so many great people doing this just through these plastic robots. You never would imagine it. I mean a few years ago any of your toy collectors, it's the big guy with the neck beard that lives in his mom's basement. But it's a lot of normal guys like you and me and I've met some great people and what's really shocking is all the military guys I've met that are into this. Yeah, I know. It's crazy how many people there are and how much like the same love that you have for your hobby. It's nuts. Yeah. You like me? I'm not a sports guy at all. I can't sit down and talk anything about sports, but by God we will sit down and discuss the 86 Transformer movie over beer any day. Yeah. All right, my friend. Here we are. Last question. Do you have any channel goals for yourself and where can our viewers find you? This is your chance to plug yourself. What was the first time? What's your channel goals? Goals? I don't just showing what I love and keep entertaining. And always trying to show what's new out there for people to check their given hope that they can have the same luck as I do. What's your hunting grounds? What do you have available to you where you do your toy hunt? I know you've got a Walgreens. I've seen that. Yes. Yeah. My Walgreens is right by my work. So I could just easily walk there. And when that siege ratchet shows up, I'm definitely going to be filming that. My closest Walgreens is two hours away. My closest target is two hours away. I've got one Poedunk Wal-Mart here in town and another Poedunk Wal-Mart about 20 minutes down the road. Yeah. The Transformer section is a two foot tall by two foot wide area. Right. This city has one Wal-Mart and they're rearranging everything and it looks really not like a Wal-Mart anymore. And in Houma, Louisiana, there's two Wal-Marks and a target. And that's pretty much where the places I go unless I'm out of town. I would try to hit up what they have near to me. So that's pretty much it. I'm hoping, you know, we used to have three different department stores where I live. We had a Magic Mart, a K-Mart, and of course the Wal-Mart. And the Magic Mart and the K-Mart, they're gone. But rumors has it that we might be getting something in.  But time will tell.  And far as plugs, my channel is Phantom Super. I think I have enough following where you can just look Phantom Super up and it will just show up. Then my Instagram is Phantom underscore super, I believe. And yeah, that's pretty much it. I don't have a Facebook devoted to Phantom Super or anything. But I think that's it. Far as plugs. And for all of you guys watching, I will link Phantom's YouTube channel in the description of this video. And at the very end, when you see that American flag waving, there'll be a link to his channel and one of his newer videos as well. So my guys can easily find you. Okay, I appreciate it. Not a problem. Well, I do appreciate you stopping by and taking the time to talk to me. Sorry, it took so long to do this, but that's pretty much it, man. I appreciate it. I appreciate you coming on. Oh, I appreciate it. It's been nice. Good. I love talking to fellow collectors face to face. You know, we're always seeing each other via Instagram or YouTube comments, but it's so cool to actually meet people. Technology is wonderful. And guys, I want to thank you for stopping by and checking out my video. Don't forget to like and don't forget to subscribe. And don't forget to check out Phantom's Super. We both appreciate our viewers and want to thank each and every one of you. 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You are clear for launch. And with that, shut down your visors, O2 on, and prepare for ignition to O2. You can copy that and um... Hey, it's me, Mr. Ruschoff. Alright, so in our last lesson, we were looking at populations, we're looking at population pyramids. In this lesson, we're going to look at how the United Nations uses that and other demographics to classify countries based upon their development through what is known as the Human Development Index, or HDI. So let's talk about rich and poor countries for a moment. There are certainly advantages of being in a rich country and disadvantages of being in a poor country. I want you to just take a moment and think about what those advantages and disadvantages might be. Think about if you're in a rich country such as the United States, what services would you have available to you, and what would your quality of life be like? Then compare that with living in a poor country, and how would that be like? What would you not be able to easily have in a poor country, and what problems would you have? Now, as you think about your answers, you could probably group all of your answers into three broad dimensions, long and healthy life, knowledge, and standard of living. And this is exactly what the United Nations does. Now, the United Nations is an international organization made up of 194 countries that was formed right after World War II, and it was an effort to be able to prevent conflict. Essentially, the UN is the place where countries can come and talk it out. Now, working under the belief that if you assist poor countries become more developed, this would reduce the potential of future conflict, the UN does a lot of work with these poor countries. Now, to identify which countries need the most assistance, the UN developed this Human Development Index, or HDI. The HDI combines a variety of statistics and demographics within these three dimensions to come up with a score that goes from zero to one, with one being the absolutely most perfectly developed country you can have. And no, there isn't a perfect one. Norway is actually the highest, with a 0.953, and the United States ranks 13th of the world at 924. Now, compare that with the country with the lowest HDI score is the African country of Niger, which just has a 354. Now, let's go over these three dimensions that make up HDI. Now, the first of these indicators is long and healthy life, and the key demographic that the UN looks at is life expectancy. This is the average period that a person in that country is expected to live. Overall, life expectancy to the world is about 72 years old, but this varies greatly from country to country. For example, in Japan, the expected life expectancy is about 84 and a half. However, we also find that in every country, women will live longer than men. So a Japanese woman can expect to live on average to be about 87 and a half years old, but her male counterpart will just live just over 81 years old. Now, at the other end of the spectrum is an African country known as the Central African Republic.  Now, again, women live longer at 55 years, and men live just over 50 and a half years. Now, the United States, by the way, has a life expectancy of just under 80 years. Now, to assess the reasons for a country's life expectancy, the UN also looks at other demographics, such as adult infant mortality rates, the rate of infants without immunization, the incidence of HIV, and other diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis. Now, as you would suspect, the longer the life expectancy, generally the higher the development the country might have. Now, the second indicator that is used by the UN to determine its HDI is knowledge, and there's actually two demographics that are looked at to be able to come up with this index. The first is the number of years of schooling that a child getting ready to enter school is expected to be able to receive their lifetime. And under the world, the average is just under 13 years. The United States averages almost 17 years, but the highest in the world is Australia, which is just shy of 23 years. This is from being in elementary school from six years to being about 28 years old in college. Now, way at the bottom of the scale is the African country of Niger, where students generally begin elementary school at the age of seven, but they will only usually have about five years of schooling. This is actually a 17-year difference between Niger and Australia. Now, the second demographic that is used in order to determine the index for knowledge is the average number of years of schooling that adults in the country actually have. Now, this number is almost always going to be lower than what is expected. The world average is just about eight and a half years, and the United States actually is tied for being the second highest country at 13.4 years, traveling Germany, who has an average of just over 14 years. So, if the United States and Germany has to the top of the scale, at the bottom end of the scale, we have the African country of Burkina Faso, where the average adult only has about one and a half years of schooling. Now, this should be easy to recognize that the more developed the country is, the more educated its people will be. Now, among the other factors that the UN tracks to account for education of a country are its literary rates. Now, this is the percentage of the citizens that actually can read and write. Now, the UN also looks at other things such as what is the percentage of schools that have internet access, the percentage of elementary school teachers who actually train to be teachers, and then also the ratio between how many teachers there are to elementary school children. In addition to all this, the UN will also compare achievement scores in math, reading, and science. The last dimension that makes up the HDI is a decent standard of living. To store this dimension, the United Nations looks at something known as the gross national income per capita. Now, the gross national income is one of three ways that the amount of money a country earns can be calculated. The other two are gross national product and gross domestic product. Now, this is going to be a bit confusing. So, let me break it down for you and we'll let's look at GDP and GMP first. Now, the important letter to look at is the middle letter, D for GDP or N for GMP. D is for domestic, which means, well, quite frankly, being at home. So, GDP counts all the money that is made by the sale and purchase of products within the borders of a country. In other words, a country is home. Now, the N in GMP stands for national. Here, the GMP counts all the money earned from the sale and purchase of products by all the citizens or its companies, even if it's outside the borders of the country. For example, let's look at McDonald's, which is an American company, but it has restaurants in other countries. In fact, of the over $21 billion earned in 2019, only about $8 billion was actually sold within the United States. And if we're talking about GMP, remember, this is counting all the nation's businesses. So, all $21 billion of McDonald's revenues will count towards the American GMP. However, if we're looking at GDP or the gross domestic product, only those sales actually made in the United States, in this case, about $8 billion, is counted towards the American GDP. In other words, the Big Mac sold in Germany counts as part of the American GMP, but not Germany's GMP because McDonald's is an American company. But if we're figuring GDP, that same Big Mac does not count as part of the American GDP, but it does count as part of the German GDP because the Big Mac was actually sold in Germany. So, that's the difference between GDP and GMP. What's GNI then? Well, GNI is the same as GDP, plus any remittances or any foreign aid that's given to that country. Remittances send Mac money to their family in their home country. This money that's sent back to their family in their home country is counted as that country's GNI. Additionally, some international organizations, such as the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund, among others, will actually provide foreign aid and business money to be able to help poor countries be able to develop. These monies that a country receives as foreign aid is also counted into their GNI or gross national income. Now, in countries such as the United States does not receive foreign aid and whose remittances are very low, there really isn't going to be much of a difference between the GNI and the GDP. However, countries such as East Timor will have a GNI as much as four times as a GDP due to the amount of foreign aid it receives every year. Now, the UN takes this gross national income and divides this number by the number of people in the country. This gives you what is known as GNI per capita, where the amount of income of the country for each person who lives there. And is this GNI per capita that is used to determine the standard living dimension of a country's HDI. Now, together with the other two dimensions, which is long, healthy life and knowledge, the UN calculates the HDI for each country. Now, once each country has an HDI score, remember, this is between zero and one, the UN will separate these countries into four categories. Those categories are very high human development, high human development, medium human development, and low human development. However, many times, you're going to simply hear countries described as developed, developing, and newly industrialized. Developed countries are essentially rich countries, developing countries are poor countries, and newly industrialized countries are those countries that are transitioning from being developed countries to being developed countries, but they're not quite at the developed country level yet. Now, if you compare this to the UN's HDI, this roughly breaks down as the very high human development countries are the developed countries, your low human development countries are your developing countries, and your high and medium development countries are roughly your newly industrialized countries. Now, remember from our last lesson, we can largely identify a country as developing or developed by the population pyramid. Developed countries will have a distinctive triangle or Christmas tree population pyramid, and developed countries will either have that cup or that box style population pyramid. But in the population pyramid of a newly industrialized country, we actually see where the country has begun to modernize. The top portion of these countries will look exactly like that Christmas tree population pyramid. However, if we look at the younger age groups, we'll see how the country's birth rate has begun to decrease as it's beginning to develop from a poor, undeveloped country to a more developed country. So that is the United Nations Human Development Index. This index is just one of the many ways that we can look at a country to describe what it's like there. In our next lesson, we're going to look at the different economic systems of the world, but until then, keep on learning.