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Add to this doubling housing, doubling homelessness and food bank use.

Do you think tattoos should be illegal? I’m trying to figure out why you would post this in the federal politics section.

Pierre did a great interview with CTV Atlantic yesterday.

Precrime! Someone call Tom Cruise! Oh, wait, he's already on it. He knew.

No Shady, we all know Trump didn't do that he's merely the President of the USA that threatens to make things worse for us. Another gross error is our dollar is actually UP not 69c and wasn't the first time it tanked like that. Remember Mulroney, a Conservative? Or that every Cdn govt has made efforts to keep the dollar low as a trade advantage and that often worked too well? But we're all aware Trump is a useless steaming pile of shit who's gone out of his way to act like Canada's Public Enemy #1. Something PP should comprehend and not try to emulate.

How American of you. More concerned about the shooter;s politics than the fact they walked into a school with guns.

Rumor is that he is trans. Let's take a beat and wait for the reports to settle on reality. There is a safe assumption that the shooter is mentally ill. Normal people don't do this.

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/annunciation-catholic-school-minneapolis-shooting-08-27-25 At least 2 children killed and 17 people injured in shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school Mass If the shooter was a conservative, you can expect to see their 'manifesto' online within a few minutes. If the shooter has blue hair or shouted Allakaboom", this was just the result of a mental disorder. Next.

A one or two year increase in one place isn’t a trend but it’s a soother ring you can suck on for awhile.

https://www.mediamatters.org/climate-deniers/spreading-climate-misinformation-fast-becoming-shortcut-popularity-across-right For starters , he isn't a climate scientist, he is a geologist. Unfortunately the right is making a scientific issue part of their culture war agains things like DEI and wokeism which have nothing to do with science. But that is what the new right does.

As soon as Trump announced he was going to run again and put himself back in the public eye, this was going to be the Liberals line of attack. Trump is the ultimate boogeyman, and it wouldn't matter who won leadership of the CPC, they were going to be called Trumpy.

Happy Wednesday. Today, from the LPOC toady POV, Poilievre's 'investment' in and ties to Brookfield rivals that of Carney. And that's probably not even their dumbest talking point today. Ho-hummmm.

Not true. There are shootings in Toronto every day. Any one of those perpetrators could walk into a school, but they don't. Anyone that owns a legal hunting rifle could walk into a Canadian school and shoot, but they don't. If you go back to the 50s, 60s, 70s etc, school shootings rarely happened. The culture has changed, that's the biggest issue.

He quoted Harper's words spoken to Parliament. LMAO!

If Democrats rose up and started shooting National Guard troops because Trump is using the military like a dictator, what do you think would happen? Allowing everyone the right to own firearms doesn't mean they can change anything a government does. All the 2nd amendment has done was make the US the only industrialized nation that has schools where someone shooting kids is a realistic possibility.

I dont think Poilievre emulates trump. He emulates common sense. But ya...you did have to try that one again eh?

The rumor is that his is the shooter showing off his arsenal before he attacked. Everyone should notice multiple stylized swastikas, lots of kill Trump, a "6 million wasn't enough" (referring to the Holocaust), Israel must die and some other crazy stuff. If this is the guy, the people around him need to be held accountable for not reporting this behavior. How could you not see this coming? Ray Stevens could see this coming.

Then shut the freezer door.

It doesn't matter. If you restrict firearms enough these types of crimes simply don't happen, and when they do they're exceedingly rare. Having handguns available for protection do the opposite. It makes it more likely mentally ill people have guns and will use them. The Good guy with a gun theory is a fallacy. It's better not to allow people to have guns meant to kill people. BTW the 2nd amendment doesn't mean squat. You have a POTUS right now that's demanding his military to go into cities to seize control and ya'll aren't saying shit.

There's plenty of awful stuff in the Hebrew Bible. If you want to condense all your morality to what is written in Red, fine. But stop considering the Old Testament as a holy text. And elect them President.

The shooter is trans. I'm sure that will give transphobes fuel to treat trans people like crap, only making more incidents like this more likely.

Red flag laws sound good, in theory. We saw, in the "me too" movement, that people abuse laws that presume guilt.

Has anyone heard the nationality or cultural background of the filth? I note the TV news won't say...or the police won't...

Meh...I'm gonna retire and go renovate that Czech house we have. I swear...Toronto in particular is just stoopid. Hell its Maxi-Stoopid! Think I'll leave the spawn here to build their careers...while the wife and I exit, stage east. Do you know I've quit going to Tim Hortons? I love the coffee and some of the goodies but...they can't get my order right more often than not and I sense it's because very few of the staff speak friggin English! AT TIM FCKING HORTONS! Meh...time to go enjoy real good beer in Bohemia...

TBH it doesn't really matter, because they live there now and they're humans, and it's impossible to determine citizenship and land rights by DNA results. Right now the Palestinians' decades-long support of genocides in Pakistan, their decades-long devotion to genocide in Israel, and their love of terrorist attacks all over the world are all coming home to roost. Just like some people's ugly exterior is the physical manifestation of their inner ugliness, Gaza's smoky, cratered landscape is a reflection of it's people's collective soul. Gazans wake up every day choosing violent religious bigotry, and Gaza looks like their dream for Israel.

Keeping income trusts was a key campaign promise. He knew as well as anyone the state of Canada's finances, they're open to anyone to look at all the time. Mr. Harper: "... once again, this government will not apologize for trying to protect the interests of individuals and a tax system that makes big business pay its fair share." Conclusions: One, Harper and other leaders of the Conservative Party very clearly and repeatedly, orally and in writing, promised Canadians that they would not tax income trusts. Two, Harper's defence of the huge trust tax involved a lie when he denied that that his party had promised not to tax income trusts. Three, the PM made no substantive response to any of the questions posed to him. Instead, he attacked the Liberal Party and made false statements about its position on the taxation of corporations. Four, Harper's reversal of his promise and his defence of it are exactly this type of behaviour that leads citizens have such a poor opinion of politicians and accord them such a low level of trust (below that of car salespersons). The Hill Times https://archive.ph/UbaSG#selection-2433.0-2441.14 LMAO!

So the solution is to elect politicians who have no investments so there is no potential conflict of interest? Again, Poilievre holds investments in Brookfield, big 6 banks, Enbridge, CPKC rail, etc.... No conflict of interest there, or only because Carney holds more, and is a 'lib'?

And, your point is, what? It's called investing.

What does this Mean? Nothing.... Really... I thought Canadian's were close to unanimous in that we have to start unleashing our natural resources to the world? It means a lot to the mining companies that signed agreements - At the same time, three Canadian companies in the mining sector — Troilus Gold Corporation, Torngat Metals and Rock Tech Lithium — all signed co-operative agreements with German companies. Kudo's to Poilievre for figuring that out that a letter of intent is not a binding agreement, It's an agreement they have to work together toward the objectives they outline to grow trade between the countries. He's probably just now starting to understand that it's hard to put numbers around a trade deal when we first need to build the LNG terminal/s infrastructure on the East Coast to support this trade to Germany and other European countries. Those details as noted will be laid out in a couple weeks. This is terrible news.... I think we need to get the focus back to Trudeau's shortcomings and deporting immigrants.

Yeah, maybe you should specify those deals. How does a junior cabinet minister do any of those? You're fawning like Trump's ass-kissers.

Arms dealers such as Mark Carney are not respected by other countries but are rather seen as scum.

That other forum sucks

Another false statement. The smart tariffs that Canadians put on American goods those were targeted at specific products meant to have maximum impact on USA and minimum impact on Canadians. Tariffs o items that Canadians could easily substitute or do without such as Kentucky bourbon and Florida OJ. And it dis have am effect. So yes heroic and smart and minimal impact on prices. And at the end of the day Canada wants ZERO Tariffs, our tariffs are only retaliatory. By contrast Trump had dumb tariffs, applied across-the board to every import from every country regardless of whether Americans can substitute it or do without. Many the things he’s tariffing are things Americans and American industries need like potash, cobalt, coffee and bananas and so kn that USA can’t ever produce. So yes, they will increase prices and hurt more than they help. I’ll remind you that the steel tariffs under Trump 1.0 cost tens of thousands of American manufacturing jobs, exponentially more than they created in the steel industry because steel prices went through the roof and manufacturers couldn’t afford it.

I thought that was what I was pointing out. I am trying to support the case for investment. I'm sure there will be enough tired excuses as to why not.

When you consider the reaction that our country had to the scissor attack on a muslim girl's hijab, before it was revealed to be a hoax, and then compare it to the reaction to an actual stabbing/throat slashing incident by a muslim, you get a really clear picture of how f'd up this country is.

Of course Trump is going to say crap like that,, there’s not an honest bone in his body. Even when he loses, he not only claims he won but that that he had the greatest victory in history. 2 be clear TACO Trump backed off his tariff threats MULTIPLE TIMES. That includes when he made the same concession that Carney just did almost 6 months ago. As you’ll recall, when Trump first announced the bogus Fentanyl tariffs against Canada they were originally across the board against our entire economy. Then he walked it back and said it would only be on goods that didn’t comply with USMCA. He’s been whining ever since that we didn’t exempt USMCA-compliant products like they did. So if your standard is that having USMCA exemption is caving in, Trump caved in months ago. Of course the worst part about dealing with dishonourable scumbags like Trump and his cult is that they will cease upon any arrangement or courtesy or good faith gesture that is the normal part of bargaining to gloat and jeer and claim they forced you to submit. While we adults have to take the high road and not get dragged into the childish name calling. As Carney has conveyed from the beginning the real game is pivoting away from USA. There’s no real deal to be made with an incompetent, corrupt and dishonourable president whose words are worthless and who doesn’t respond to reason or facts or respond rationally. Carney is just buying time and making whatever futile gestures he can in the meantime. Canada is still the least tariffed country in the world because of the USMCA exemption

No no, that was last week. Now canadian tariffs are BAADD BAD BAD and dropping them is the only sane thing to do. Who even put them on?!!?! Meanwhile trump's tariffs are no big deal. Barely affect 10 percent of our market. Best deal in the world. I'm not sure what to tell you about next week.

It depends on what tariffs you're talking about, and whether you're talking to liberals or conservatives. If Cdn liberals are talking about tariffs that Canadian liberals put on American goods, then the tariffs are heroic and they save the Canadian economy while prices here are completely unaffected. Even imaginary tariffs that a liberal candidate lies about are heroic. If Cdn liberals are talking about tariffs that American conservatives put on Canadian goods then all they do is increase the price of goods in the US, and the American economy isn't protected by them. Now you understand liberal economics at the PhD level.

The delay is so Brookfield will have time to get their ducks in a row.

Is it though? The world is a more peaceful place than it used to be. That can be measured.

Yeah fires start naturally, by lightning, etc... But people make the risk and likelihood MUCH worse! Concerns about woods travel during drought: People starting fires is only one concern. People getting stranded in woods by fire, requiring a lot of resources for extraction People starting fires while all fire-fighting resoiurces are already over-strained Fishermen in small boats on lakes preventing water bombers from reloading Complete id!ots with drones or fireworks (It happens) Keeping id!ots from going in "to watch' (It happens) Etc.... But God forbid you right wing Snowflakes should have one of your privileges temporarily restricted!

Got another quote for ya, maybe you'll recognize it: "FAKE MEMES are the fantasies of CHILDREN."

You believe a man can give birth and a dress makes a guy a woman. You believe a ZEF is not human. Don't talk to me about science.

Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, covering 5.4 million square miles (14 million square km). The average winter temperature in Antarctica is −81°F (−63°C) and has reached −128.6°F (−89.2°C). About 98% of the Antarctic continent is covered by glacial ice that averages about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) in thickness. The total volume of ice in Antarctica is about 6.4 million cubic miles (26.5 million cubic km), comprising about 90% of the world's ice and about 70% of the world's fresh water. The average height of the ice sheet is approximately 10,000 ft above sea level. At its thickest point, the ice is 15,700 ft (4776 m) thick. The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is by far the biggest ice sheet, making up 92% of the total glacial ice, while the West Antarctic Ice Sheet makes up only about 8%. The Steig et al. analysis that all of Antarctica is warming was refuted by O'Donnell et al., who showed that their methodology was badly flawed. Using the same data as Steig et al., but with better technology, they produced a map showing cooling dominating most of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet with warming primarily constrained to the Antarctica Peninsula. Satellite and surface temperature measurements demonstrate that the Steig et al. contention that all of Antarctica is warming is clearly false. Antarctic satellite temperatures show no warming for 37 years. The Southern Ocean around Antarctica has cooled markedly since 2006. Sea ice has increased substantially, especially since 2012. Surface temperatures at 13 stations on or near the Antarctic Peninsula have been cooling sharply since 2006. Ocean temperatures have been plummeting since about 2007, sea ice has reached all-time highs, and temperatures have been cooling since 2000. The Larsen Ice Shelf Station has been cooling at an astonishing rate of 1.8°C per decade (18°C per century) since 1995. The thickness of most of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is more than 6000 ft (2000 m) and large areas are more than 10,000 ft (3000 m) thick. The importance of ice thickness is that virtually all of the ice sheet is considerably thicker than the depth below sea level to bedrock, so the ice is grounded and will not float. If the West Antarctic Ice Sheet melts away, where the ice is 10,000 ft thick, the land beneath will rebound isostatically several 1000 ft, bringing most of the subglacial bed above sea level. The Pine Island and Thwaites outlet glaciers are only about 30 miles across, so draining 2.2 million km3 of ice through their narrow channels or sending sea water 1000 miles under the ice sheet is not plausible. Studies of subglacial geothermal heat flow show that the area under the Thwaites glacier is unusually high and is the most likely cause of subglacial melting, rather than ocean water. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is not collapsing, the retreat of these small glaciers is not caused by global warming, and sea level is not going to rise 10 ft. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780128045886000070

Between 9.5 and ten gigatons of carbon from fossil fuels is released. Into the atmosphere annually. That equates to 35 to 37 gigatons of CO2. Does anyone seriously think we can do that with no consequences?

We may have passed the tipping point already, it won’t be until sometime after it happens that we can look back and say, this is was probably it.

You appear to be the 'group' you speak of.

Yes but no but yes but no but yes but he's banker, all hail the banker.

What about the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo?

How do you know it's increased?