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  1. OftenWrong

    We need to allow in unskilled, uneducated immigrants because there are jobs left unfilled? Are there no unemployed? Are there no welfare roles?

    1. scribblet

      scribblet

      https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/we-felt-we-were-reborn-thousands-of-eritrean-refugees-quietly-welcomed-to-canada/ar-BBT66iq?li=AAggFp5

      Surprised this was kept secret, so much for Trudeau openness and transparency... 

  2. OftenWrong
    Not deals, but there is a major trade relationship existing. The ongoing trade talks are considered quite important by some. Not by me, mind you. Recently we heard that some Canadian trade missions to China have been cancelled, or at least put on hold due to the Huawei crisis.
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    Of course it is. This is farm country out here. It is unusual to see a black person, or a muslim where I live. There's lots of places like this in Canada. In the big city it's different, I know but actually most of Canada is small, isolated communities. Never mind Kingston, although still a small city it is growing fast. Won't be long it'll be the same as Mississauga or Brampton. You missed the real point, which is a point that's actually related to the topic. The issue of Canada and China making big trade deals that benefits those big centres of industry and commerce It has little effect on small communities, and we like that just fine Sir. We have our own cheese makers, because we have to. But at least we know it is made here by our friends and families, to a level of outstanding quality. You just can't depend on Chinese cheese.
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    What's a "free-school" anyway? School was free for everyone when I was a kid. The only schools I'm aware of that were kinda different was the one we called "The Ranch", where where students who were kinda funny would go. Hmm... I don't think that's what eyeball meant. To be honest I thought he meant he went to a kibbutz. But then I don't really know what those are either.
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    This is why, if Canada does suspend its relations with China it wouldn't mean squat to me and those who live off the grid, whose livelihood is not really connected to the global economy. Whatever fallout there is in the Canada/ China crisis, it will hit the urban areas first. Small, isolated but self-sustaining communities are immune from this.
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    We got some nice local cheese makers here in the boonies. Maple Dale, or WIlton Cheese. Hard to get at the grocery. Besides, we ain't got no Costco.
  7. OftenWrong
    Don't misunderstand me, I do love diversity... just in very, very small doses. I like Chinese food, for example.
  8. OftenWrong
    Well whatever. You can eat their cheese too, fella, if that's your kind of thing.
  9. OftenWrong
    Not Chinese I know but Asian, Malaysian, Chinese, all kinda same same to me!
  10. OftenWrong
    Hard to remember what I was doing in those days, but probably said "Who cares? Roll over, baby." Seriously, I was always in favour of Canadian made products, and investing in Canadian jobs. I see it a a class based issue, not necessarily partisan.
  11. OftenWrong
    You are welcome to enjoy all the Chinese cheese you care to eat. I'll go with Cracker Barrel
  12. OftenWrong
    We've already screwed the pooch, with the TPP.
  13. OftenWrong
    I already told you why I wake up, every day. Because of you
  14. OftenWrong
    I think it's just another one of the many incarnations of our resident "forum friend", here to give you folks a distracting ride.
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    Not entirely. China is also a cheap labour force, and is able to produce many goods far more cheaply due to a lack of safety and environmental regulations. Unlike western nations which must necessarily impose them on our industries, driving up production costs. This is one way they maintain an unfair profit margin over western manufacturing processes and standards. Greedy corporations then exploit this, and we have their products on our shelves. ETA- In the USA, the Trump administration has made deregulation a priority. Many regulations imposed during the Obama era have been removed, with the intent to lower costs and ramp up production. Economics is trumps virtue.
  16. OftenWrong
    Canadian content, please!
  17. OftenWrong
    Nice. Is that you, John Galt?
  18. OftenWrong
    Good speculation. It's my speculation as well!
  19. OftenWrong

    Firing McCallum was yet another mistake. It has further politicized the situation, and further angered the Chinese government. Had PM Trudeau simply left it well alone, rebuked McCallum but not dismiss him, it would have helped put a damper on the fire. He needed to display tolerance, and he failed. Instead, he lashed out like some childish imbecile. The terse manner in which McCallum was dismissed by PM Trudeau also made matters worse! This PM is truly in over his depth, and proves he is incapable of handling important issues pertaining to foreign affairs. Just like we knew he would be. He has got to go!

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    2. Argus

      Argus

      MCallum was an idiot and a blowhard. They told him to shut up after his first incident with the media and he went and did it again. He had to go.  I cannot imagine why I would care if that bothers the Chinese.

    3. turningrite

      turningrite

      Trudeau must have known McCallum was a loose cannon when he appointed him as ambassador to China and therefore the fiasco reflects the PM's own lack of experience and good judgement. As Trudeau's immigration minster, McCallum had an annoying habit of publicly plugging his own personal preferences as well as those of special interests who had his ear, particularly where he held that there was widespread support for dramatically increasing immigration levels when polling indicated there was not. One has to believe that the ambassador in Beijing is a relatively important posting, so Trudeau should have chosen a respected career diplomat to fill it.

    4. OftenWrong

      OftenWrong

      Because Argus, it would be irresponsible for Canada to piss off a significant trading partner with whom we are currently making lots of business plans, when there is no reason to. Especially if it's done by reason of incompetence. 

  20. OftenWrong
    Economy ain't never going to be stopped. That much should be clear. We've been ignoring warnings about the environment and mass extinction for decades, and its not even part of serious discussion. There is no serious discussion, nonsense has enslaved peoples minds. Hence, thy moral cup is empty. Or not empty, but full of shit.
  21. OftenWrong
    Such cynicism can only come from those who support remain.
  22. OftenWrong
    Please explain why Donald Trump does not deserve nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize? https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nato-head-says-trumps-tough-talk-has-helped-alliance NATO head: Trump's tough talk has added $100B to alliance, helped deter Russia
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    As with the Danforth guy, it seems they are trying to suppress the information. To what end, I have no idea. Perhaps because it does not sit well with their virtue-signalling narrative. However what the Liberals are doing is political suicide, and hopefully it will reflect in the polls. Seems that the British media are desperate to do likewise, keep information from being released to the public. In Germany they are now doing an about-face, the German government is scaling back on the number of migrants they are accepting, and has ramped up deportation. This is in response to growing public opposition to the immigration levels, and the fact that migrants are not being returned to their home countries if/when it is removed from the high-risk countries listing.
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    Eco-tourism is recognized as a serious and growing problem. There is no need for me to prove that. I hope you make sure those city slickers don't trample on any nests, and stuff. The environment needs to be protected entirely from human intervention. People who love nature should watch from a distance, preferably on TV. Don't go there. If eco-tourism grows it will only harm the very environment they seek to preserve. And this demonstrates a larger point about our ignorance. They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
  25. OftenWrong

    "The needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many." - James T. Kirk

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      DogOnPorch

       

    3. Dougie93

      Dougie93

      "Live now; make now always the most precious time.  Now will never come again" ~ Jean-Luc Picard

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