Definitely an allusion to the Pig War.Quote:
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Definitely an allusion to the Pig War.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ted Striker
This whole thread reads like a Canadian version of a MAGA rally…. “Build the wall!”
I find that hard to believe because besides la belle province, he doesn't give a sh!t about what any premier or province has to say.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Tortoise
Where do you think they get all the guns. Massive business smuggling American guns to Mexico. Literally people walking into sportsmans/cabelas to buy guns and send them to Mexico in exchange for drugs coming north.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldLarry
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While we were bickering yesterday, Trudeau was doing a press event.
Start at 38:40
https://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/covi...odes/66398152/
Really? To me it looks like the province is just a thorn in his side due to scandal, the CAQ, and kind of just the nature of everyone here. Can you point to anything specific?Quote:
Originally Posted by waxman
Also, it's a free internet, you can say shit, pussy, cunt, whatever.
I have to agree with him [Trudeau] because I had the same concerns about a month ago when the CDC announced that vaccinated Americans could ditch masks in most settings. My concern then was that many Americans (myself included) hadn't yet had the chance to get fully vaccinated, so we were being put at risk. One difference is that my concern was that saying vaccinated Americans didn't need to wear masks effectively opened the flood gates for everyone to no longer wear masks. Trudeau seems to be concerned that vaccinated people could still spread Covid to those who are not. I agree this is a concern, but much less of one than unvaccinated people spreading the virus.
It's a visceral, somewhat emotional reaction to the ugliness of the Trump era and a realization that a large and substantial minority of Americans literally don't give af about their own fellow Americans. Therefore the reasonable inference that Americans would also not give af about Canadians. This results in a substantial loss of trust. I'd imagine that this feeling is not only limited to Canadians.Quote:
Originally Posted by josef
Having said all of that I remain hopeful that relations may slowly get back to normal.
Ya got my vote!Quote:
Originally Posted by josef
Make ‘Murcia pay for it!
In seriousness I fully admit that I am taking a very nimby view of this.
I live in an amazing and somewhat remote part of BC. It’s hugely popular with our US cousins and most years we welcome them with open arms and cash registers.
Unfortunately, it also has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. Some of it is cultural and some of it is geographic but it is what it is.
Also, for geographic and economic reasons it is very underserved in terms of medical facilities as well.
I haven’t seen conclusive evidence that vaccinated folks can’t pass the virus on to non-vaccinated folks.
I also got to witness a significant number (and remember in a small population a small number can be significant) of our US cousins bending or completely ignoring the “Alaska” rules. (You don’t get to stop for a good deal on a fly rod or to rip some local trails). It’s too bad that some fuckers had to push it and fucked over everyone else - look at poor Hyder! If all the bad press about the Alaska exemption hadn’t happened I am sure some allowances would have been made.
So, take it easy- we will likely get the vac’ rates up soon enough. Canada will be here in the fall or winter or next spring- it’s not going anywhere.
I look forward to seeing most of you when that does happen.
I hear you. I don’t have an opinion on you all opening the border or not. I have two young boat anchors at home so it doesn’t effect me one bit. In years past I spent a lot of time in Canada and love the place. That being said according to the data I have seen the US is slightly further along in vaccinations than Canada and that’s with 10x the people to vaccinate.Quote:
Originally Posted by LHutz Esq
It’s your border and you get to open them when you want. I just find the narrative of pitting one group against the other to be a little comical.
most of the guns in mexico are stolen (bought/purchased) from Mexican police or military, Obama and Holder tried to prove your Cabela's theory by setting up straw purchasers in gun shops in the Fast and Furious op but got caught in the requirement for background checks and why would you trade guns when you can trade actual cash?Quote:
Originally Posted by altacoup
sorry, we're talking about 2 different things, you are talking about guns recovered, I'm talking about guns still being used by the cartels....Quote:
Originally Posted by ml242
Yeah, do you have any data to back that up? From the govt...Quote:
Originally Posted by waxman
The Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) found that 70 percent of firearms reported to have been recovered in Mexico from 2014 through 2018 and submitted for tracing were U.S. sourced: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-21-322
As far as the history of gunwalking goes, yeah, that also predates Obama and probably W.
^^^ why does every thread with american posters end up a gun debate. ;) ;) ;)
In all seriousness (not really), gas prices are getting out of hand and goddamn I miss Tillamook Cheese and cheap beer. I'm fully vaxxed, open er up. I really want to eat at Carnal in Bham, no jokre about that.
I can't find any stats about stolen military weapons, but the gun tracing is of more than 150k US sourced arms. That's a lot of fucking guns that are going over the Mexican border. And Canada's. And apparently, to the UK... and everywhere else. Stupid fucking gun laws.
Me too, and I live here. Haven't dined "in" in fifteen months.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gcooker
It's definitely still having an impact up here. I'd post a link to this article but it won't let me do that or even copy and paste the text. But hey, here's a maggot still building his post count anyway.
I ate out many times during the pandemic but have recently stopped going because the service sucks. Short-staffed restaurants and kitchens, along with a resurgence of customers suddenly showing up, make for a pretty negative dining experience and long wait times. Going to be six months to a year before this ship gets turned around and things come back into balance between supply/demand in the service industry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ted Striker
You're an optimist. I think a lot of people who had been working service industry jobs got forced to look elsewhere by the pandemic and then realized that they preferred steady income and less abuse from customers, this deciding not to return. As long as the economy is good, it's going to be tough to sell entry level service industry jobs.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
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Yeah that's true in this town. Everybody has a help wanted sign.
You may be right, but I'm curious to see what happens when all the federal unemployment benefits expire. I'm living proof people won't have any incentive to go back to work as long as that tap keeps flowing. Look at all the money the feds have piled on us this year just in terms of stimulus checks. We're a family of 4, and it's crazy how much money they gave us. And we didn't even need it, although it certainly came in handy. I dunno, I think it will sort itself out eventually. Lots of people still collecting UE and there's no work search requirement...who in their right mind is going to walk away from that to go work a service job?Quote:
Originally Posted by anotherVTskibum
Anecdotally, based on folks I know in Montana (where the governor already stopped the enhanced benefits), the ones that were actually good at serving and bartending are either already back at it or gainfully employed elsewhere, often for more money and with benefits like healthcare and PTO. I'm sure there are some people gaming the system as best they can, but a lot of those people are probably also the ones you don't want to see sharing your shift at the restaurant.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
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Its borders in general as much as it is can/US border and the acceptence that there are mouthbreathers on both sides of the border that don't give af. NS, NB , PEI have had a fairly long stretch of being able to have the maritime bubble , with NB checking all cars coming in from Quebec(more people there dont give af, amongst the good people) until the 3rd wave hit and they broke up the bubble. Theyre still negotiating to get the maratime bubble back in place before they invite the rest of Canada and then the US. Going to have to wait your turn for those frosty cold alpines and fundy lobster
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Actually the additional benefits don't expire until the end of June, per the Gov's directive. So time will tell.Quote:
Originally Posted by anotherVTskibum
That's what I get for not reading the whole article. I still think that the number of good service industry employees sitting on their butts (or riding their bikes or whatever) is relatively small, but the number of less-stellar employees doing so may be significant. As you said, though, time will tell.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
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I'm shocked
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Originally Posted by josef
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Originally Posted by josef
In the general population I agree with this statement. However in the small world of ski area employees the abuse of extra benefits was rampant. Countless ski patrollers and lifties I know didn’t show up for their summer jobs once the gravy train was rolling. The COVID summer of fun enjoyment and posting your travels to the gram was ridiculous last year, and many have continued this path.Quote:
Originally Posted by anotherVTskibum
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I don't often agree with our Republican governor, but I do think the federal relief bill that extended UE benefits until the end of September was overkill. Ending them in June made more sense because there are so many jobs available and everybody who wants to be vaxxed should be by now, so there's really no excuse for not going back to work. At least in Montana. I realize some states are farther behind in reopening, and that might make a difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by altacoup
But hey, this thread is about Canada. What is the Canadian government doing to help businesses and employees that have been harmed by the pandemic and lack of U.S. tourists?
Viewing the situation from a distance, it seems like Canada has been dealing with the same issues the U.S. has. It's a difficult balance between supporting displaced workers and supporting them so much that they'd rather be on the dole than working. Curious to hear the perspective from Canadians.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
I didnt really qualify for any free $$$$ but they gave me 500$ so i bought a FAT bike
Amazing how angry folks get when service workers and ski patrollers bilk the government when the wealthy in both countries have been doing this for years. This is chump change we are talking about in the grand scheme of things.
Some people are collecting CERB but the ones I know of who are doing so would be the perpetual EI takers anyway. Of all the things I've heard friends and acquaintances bitch about, freeloading Canadians taking government money instead of working has actually never popped up. People (myself included) seem more concerned about all the private small business owners being able to recover over the next year or so than anything, really.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Having said all that, I live in a (comparatively) rich neighborhood full of caucasian dentists so YMMV.
First thing I thought when I read that was "good. maybe they'll start paying them more."Quote:
Originally Posted by altasnob
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Originally Posted by altasnob
I get in this argument occasionally with my MIL... she complains about people gaming the system and uses that as a reason to get rid of whatever program some person is gaming.Quote:
Originally Posted by altasnob
I try to get her to not dwell on the outlier cases and look to see if said program HELPS people that need help.
But she's old and doesn't want to hear it. :D
this is all costing billions, it will get Trudeau re-elected, we will pay for it in future taxes but its a pandemic & can't be helped ,
and besides we wouldn't have enough iceflows to put people on
They should put the slackers to work building the wall
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Wall not really needed. The ones we want to keep out would never want to travel outside of 'murica anyway. The ones who come here would at least have to know that countries do in fact exist outside of the USA, which automatically puts them at the IQ threshold high enough that they'll be vaccinated.Quote:
Originally Posted by grinch
The real thing that's happening here is there is basically an exact date when it would be safe to open the border. There is no real appetite to hit that date right on, and if it happens later to be safe, pretty much everyone is cool with that. Eventually low COVID cases in North America won't be a new thing, it'll be old news and we can start to party together again.
I know someone who owns a business in Vancouver, and he said the Feds had a paycheck supplement program similar to the American PPP. Not sure if it needed to be payed back.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
there have been 3 packages of free money including the 500$ ( only for BC ?) to damn near anyone