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wow, who ^^ does that sound like down in freedom land ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ted Striker
what did Trump actulay do before being pres but rip a bunch of people off, turn a large fortune into a small fortune, be in the cross hairs of federal & state lawmakers who are now all gunning for him ?
JT did actulay get himself elected in Vangroovy and he was the bouncer at the Savage Beagle
I've actually made the comparison IRL between Trump and Justin vis a vis "name recognition" vs actual substance.
Of course, the big difference is that Justin's heart is in the right place, and that public service is very much integral to the Trudeau brand, whereas the Trump brand is 100% grift.
Trudeau is just okay. I'd love to vote for someone else, but the reality is he's been the best option out of a choice of shit sandwiches the past 2 elections. Jagmeet is smart, well-spoken, and would probably be a good PM but there's no way he's getting elected.
TBH i don't think it's the point of the NDP to get elected. The role of the 3rd party is not really to get elected, but to push the social issues to the forefront and in a minority situation their buy-in is crucial. NDP almost had a chance back in the Jack Layton days though. Still makes me sad.Quote:
Originally Posted by paulster2626
Jack layton could have really done some good
Trudeau has been meeting world leaders since he was little kid cuz Pierre would bring them home
whereas Trump has just been an embarrassment to the American people on the world stage
I don't think people care whom Trudeau has been messing around with as long as no laws are broken
I think it would bother me if the messing around was his downfall and not the ethics violations.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peyto
While the puritans would say they are the same thing - I don't see it that way. What he does in his private life and on his dime are between him and Mme Sophie. The other entitled politician BS should be what causes his party to replace him - but they won't. The Liberals see themselves as Canada's natural governing party and he has been wining them elections - so he stays.
I have to agree somewhat but politics is cumulative, shit starts to stick, old stuff that didn't really stick comes up again. Esp if you portray yourself as one thing and are actually another. Though is being a cheat mean your not a feminist? I don't know. I think for women, and I had to ask my wife on this, JT being cheater speaks to his character plus if its hidden esp for a long time it means Sophie had to put her life on hold and keep up appearances. Which doesn't seem very 2016.Quote:
Originally Posted by LHutz Esq
Jack Layton.... well there is a very different impression of the man out west than in Ont. For westerns he came out of nowhere and had a clean slate and seemed pretty reasonable. Whereas if you lived in Ont years before and paid attention when he was on Toronto city council he was a nut job. ( also he was caught in a tugjob place)
The NDP are always be caught in a catch 22. Get up in the polls you have to have policies that are grounded in reality to get those few more votes that will get you enough seats to get power. Also prove to the sceptics that can govern well which is not a hard sell in BC or Sask but is in Ont where the NDP rule was problematic. But that starts pissing of you base who don't have a handle on this reality ( my bias) . Look what happened to Mulcair , leading in polls and the left wing of party launches leap manifesto. Its like that some parts of the NDP really don't want to govern. Look at BC NDP. Are they able to do anything or say anything radical? No they have to govern from a rational place. To the right of where they naturally are.
I will say, despite their bitching, Racheal Notley was the best premier Alberta has had in a long while.
Granted the bar is pretty low.
Why do you say Rachel was the best premier in a long time ?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Tortoise
Are you from Nickleback land?
This person claims Nickleback's not so bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH8KX3aRiCM
She was the least corrupt and had the best interests of Albertan's at heart.
She was just dealt a shit hand with the collapse in oil prices.
everyone i know in edmonton said she did a great job. obviously some user selection bias but a couple of them were lifelong conservative voters with open minds that are also softening up a bit socially in their retirement years (one healthcare worker, one farmer).
As a guy that grew up in Ontario and moved to BC 15 years ago it took a bit of time for me to figure out the BC political translation.Quote:
Originally Posted by DougW
BC NDP = Liberals
BC Liberals = Conservatives
BC Greens = NDP
Reminds me of Bob Rae in Ontario when he got blamed for an economic slowdown across the globe. The lies in politics never stop.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Tortoise
Kennys current problems are nothing that 100$ a barrel oil won't fix
True but the NDP still says stuff that a Liberal in any other parts of the country couldn't get away with. And certainly a BC NDPer is much more pro organized labour and anti privatisation than any Liberal across the country. But day to day not really that different. BC Libs they still confuse me who they are.Quote:
Originally Posted by shirk
BC Liberals are the old Social Credit but more clumsy at hiding their love of payouts, money laundering and graftQuote:
Originally Posted by DougW
He really had a shit sandwich fed to him. He didn't have the option that Notley did of just keep spending. So he tried the best he could without his party behind him. If he had had pragmatic NDPers from BC or Sask in his caucus he would have done a lot better. I remember seeing him on a podium with a row of chairs. Nobody sat down beside him. It was like he had leprosy.Quote:
Originally Posted by petey_
Bob wasn't soo bad, he got us some extra days off school with them Rae Days.
Sounds like thing are moving:
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/0...ictions-492111
I'm getting hopeful that fully vaccinated folks will be allowed to cross the border starting June 22nd.
Can't happen soon enough. My mother is in late stage dementia in a senior care home in Victoria. I hope she can still converse and share the joy of a re-union but it won't take the place of all the visits I would have made were it not for the border closure. I attempted to obtain a "compassionate visit" clearance but it came with the 2 week quarantine & other restrictions that made the word "compassionate" a joke. Here's to a safe and soon re-opening!
CBC story
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An official aware of the Canada-U.S. talks, who asked to remain anonymous, said he doubts a June reopening is likely and suggested July would be a likelier starting date for the first phase.
Other technical details still have to be worked out, such as the form proof of vaccination would take. The same official said that proof would require, at a minimum, a vaccination card and perhaps another form of evidence.
once again Ted shows the great canuck savy by linking to and knowing how to spell CBC
i haven't heard anything about vaccine passports but I expected them, I think its a great idea and i want one
I don't see the feds moving fast enough for june
maybe next year tho
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Originally Posted by mntlion
I'm curious about that. Unless they plan to setup a test site at the border itself, I don't see how this would be of much value. For instance, someone wants to go to Canada, so they google "Covid Test" and all of the local pharmacy tests claim they will receive the results "within 24 hours (to 5 days) via email". Meanwhile, they're out at the bar trying to get infected.Quote:
Travelers entering Canada would still be tested for the virus and may be required to quarantine for a shorter period.
There is actually a local laboratory that has the fast test tech, but they're only using it for suspected infections and essential personnel.
My take is that the NDP blew a real chance at power when they elected Angry Tom Mulcair over our local homey Nathan Cullen. Nathan had it all as far as I'm concerned. I think he could have taken the NDP to a win federally. Of course it's just speculation, however I've never been wrong (sarcasm emoji).Quote:
Originally Posted by danmelon
I think this too. Oil crash killed her. As did, the uninformed boneheads in BC who said "no pipelines evah" even when talking twinning an existing, and not realizing that their province depended on Alberta oil. The inability for Rachel to get a pipeline to tidewater sunk her in Alberta the next election. Ironic, Alberta finally has an NDP premier and she gets sunk by a bunch of BC NDPers. However, see below:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Tortoise
So there, polyass in the ski snowboard forum. Love it :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by shirk
Yeah but it's Canadian polyass where we know ineptitude is there in every leader who comes along so nobody gets too riled up about someone dissin' their team. It's very watered-down, not like the 151 proof shouting matches you get down south. We are the "three-two" of the polyass world.Quote:
Originally Posted by garyfromterrace
Its like the acoustic version of polyass
I seem to remember there was a Canadian federal election and nobody in America mentioning it before or after
but in any case the 2 countries are side by each, same language have pretty much all the same markets but they are very different
Polyass Unplugged.
don't tell anyone that hereQuote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
well the most obvious thing is we still worship the queen
pas l'mème language là, tabarnak.Quote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
pis ta reine, elle j'men calisse ben raideQuote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
I guess XXX-er missed that "Canadian Bacon" clip a couple pages back.Quote:
Originally Posted by danmelon
J’ai le feu au culQuote:
Originally Posted by danmelon
too much poutine budQuote:
Originally Posted by ml242
I keep a framed photograph of the queen and the current prime minister in the garage next to my grampa's war medals. It just feels like a classy canadian thing to do. Makes a good conversation when people notice it. "What, you DON'T have a picture of the queen and PM hanging up somewhere? Pffft"Quote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
And it's the young version of the queen if you care, not the old lady version.
I did consider the bilingual thing but didnt think anyone would pickup and just expected queen haters, i'm pretty sure she is on the wall at the legion down the street
I wonder if the U.S. actually has a higher percentage of its population with Spanish as a first language than Canada has with French.
20% french speakers according to goggle BUT out west there are almost none
In BC way mo azn fo hevan sake, my people are everywhere
Sounds like there is more french first language in Canada than Spanish first language in the USA. How many of the provinces are officially bilingual though, is it just Nouveau Brunswick? I remember a lot of french signs near Ottawa.
All of the parks canada employees spoke french when i approached them that way a couple summers ago. Ah, genvieve.