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Just now, blackbird said:
The Liberals are mostly Papist Liberals and they rule the country to a large extent. They are also backed by Quebec.
Ironically, we still have that small lifeline, the Constitutional Monarchy, King Charles III. Not sure how long it will last.
If Rome can find away to take that away from us, they will.
actually, King Charles III is a Greek Orthodox Christian, like his father before him
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Just now, CdnFox said:
Sure sure. Still not as embarrassing as having a stolen valor loser like you as part of the team so at least we've got that.
I actually applied for and received my UK passport,
so now I'm like Mark Carney was ; three passport holding Citoyen du Monde,
Liberal Party of Canada Laurentian Elite FTW
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1 minute ago, CdnFox said:
Sure kid. Anyway not your problem seeing as you're not a canadian. Thank god.
no worries, Canada hands out passports to anyone, so I'm as Canadian as the next Punjabi Sikh or whomever,
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4 minutes ago, CdnFox said:
This is stuff that canadians can worry about, and as you've said many times that's not you. Which saves us at least ONE national embarrasment.
"Canadian" is a meaningless distinction, just another colony of the British Empire
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41 minutes ago, Nefarious Banana said:
Some of us are red by defination . . . and laugh at your 'classifications'
Cucumber on Rye . . . you must be a vegetarian, and so be it.
well, suit yourself,
but Canada doesn't have an alternative system of governance and it's not going to invent one,
basically, you can defend & uphold Westminster Parliamentary Supremacy as founded by the Prince of Orange,
or you can be an American,
those are the realistic choices, there's no third option in play,
which, if you prefer to be an American. we will welcome you with open arms,
just bear in the mind the consequences therein ;
there's no imperial parent coming to your rescue if you are an American,
if you are an American, it's live free or die, by your own hand, nobody else is coming to save you,
you are all alone against the world; that's what it is to be an American,
you are the centre of attention, everything is about you,
there's nowhere to hide on the sidelines like Canadians do
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8 minutes ago, Nefarious Banana said:
Aaaahhhhhh . . . not everyone is an 'Orange man' my friend.
Or familiar with Cucumber on Rye
Bison burgers comming right up!
William Prince of Orange is the founder of Parliamentary Supremacy,
it's the Canadian system of governance,
so if you're not Orange, you would be rendered into an American republican by default therein,
which is fair enough, perhaps you are an American republican, and so be it,
but to be Canadian, one must be Orange by definition upon the Parliament Hill founded by the Dutch Regent in 1690
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1 hour ago, Army Guy said:
Again what is our true identity ?
Loyalist Orangemen of Upper Canada,
Guardians of Confederation,
more British than the British in the face of an American menace at the gates,
Victoria Queen & Empress ; Mother Canada,
from Queenston Heights to Juno Beach,
Cuidich n' Righ
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5 hours ago, Army Guy said:
Ya, i was responding to couch about good Canadian shows, beachcombers brought me back to when i was a a lot younger..
22 hours ago, CouchPotato said:I do miss Bob Cole.
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19 hours ago, CouchPotato said:
What if the Americans cease to be rebellious Canadians?
the Commonwealth is not the British Empire,
there is no qualification to be a member of the Commonwealth,
the largest Commonwealth member is the Republic of India,
the Commonwealth is not a political alliance, merely a social club,
the alliance which already binds America, Britain, Canada, Australia & New Zealand,
is called the United Kingdom United States Agreement ( UKUSA )
governing Five Eyes intelligence ( FVEY )
often referred to as the "Special Relationship" and/or the "Anglosphere"
officially enacted on 5 March 1946,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKUSA_Agreement
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16 minutes ago, CdnFox said:
dude you're a scumbag who pretends to have served when you've done nothing at all and pretends to know about canada when you're not even canadian by your own admission.
We're fine. you go live in america and we'll take care of things here, you lying valour stealing piece of human waste.
you're the one who represents the pro-American party, the CPC are the Republicans of Canada,
I'm supporting Canada's British Prime Minister,
Dieu Sauve le Roi
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11 hours ago, CouchPotato said:
I think the fact that CBC is even considered Canadian culture is a problem of it's own. The government's effort to protect Canadian culture inevitably leads to the government defining what Canadian culture is. It's very phony. Culture comes from the people.
I would argue against the statement that American culture is supplanting Canadian culture, but only because I would say Canadians have always consumed American culture more than Canadian culture. Talented Canadian artists have always made their money in America. Even the 'elbows up' movement was started on an American television show by a Canadian who made his career in the US.
I think an honest assessment would be that Canadian culture and American culture are very similar. They have always been related. We were both largely colonized by Brits. We are neighbors. There are, of course, things which are distinctly Canadian. But I would also say the fact that Canadians have always consumed American culture is reflective of Canadian culture. I mean this is what actual Canadian people decide to do, as opposed to what the CRTC tries to promote that we do.
The government puts too much effort into being Canadian. If you are something, you don't have to try very hard to be it. Also, I think so much of that effort is focused on the idea of not being American.
at the end of the day, when Canadians ceased to be British,
that simply returned them whence they came,
which was not from England,
but rather the American colonies,
there's really no such thing as Canadian culture, other than being Loyalist Americans,
"Canadian" being a French name adopted in the wake of the War of 1812,
the CBC is a classically British institution therein, a British North American state enterprise,
but if one is not British anymore, but rather has reverted to being American ;
then one views the CBC as Americans do ; as statist propaganda
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6 minutes ago, Zeitgeist said:
Yes we produce top tier engineers and coders, but we tend not to cash in on intellectual property or keep our best companies from being acquired by larger fish.
that is indeed an almost uniquely Canadian deficiency,
but again, that is all due to Canadian complacency and naivete,
so the shock of an existential trade war is a good thing,
Canada is getting its comeuppance for decades of being asleep at the switch
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Just now, Zeitgeist said:
Yeah but I think it’s worth maintaining a presence in these sectors, not at all costs, but I like the idea that if need be we can manufacture anything in a pinch.
the way to do that is to invest more in 3D printers and robots,
the problem with Canadian companies is that they refuse to invest in technology,
so again, forcing them out of that comfort zone is creative destruction
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3 minutes ago, Zeitgeist said:
I’m excited to see resource development in the Ring of Fire. Ontario has so much going for it.
well if you go to a Linamar plant at shift change ; all the employees are immigrants just off the cabbage boat,
that's the only workers they can get to work there for what Linamar pays,
forcing Ontario to move on from auto manufacturing would in fact be creative destruction
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3 minutes ago, Zeitgeist said:
True, you really have to get southwest of London, north of Barrie, or east of Oshawa to find affordable housing. Hamilton is the exception, but pick your area wisely.
well I would suggest the trick is to invest in more value added sectors,
that could be tech in K-W,
or it could also be mining in Northern Ontario,
either way tho, auto manufacturing is a dead end,
that industry is dying a slow death regardless of tariffs,
those jobs that the Americans are "stealing" don't even pay well anymore,
nobody is aspiring to make $20 an hour assembling auto parts,
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9 minutes ago, Zeitgeist said:
I’d like to see Ontario seed infrastructure in massive new planned communities in places like St.Thomas and Chatham in southwestern Ontario, cheap land that becomes economically viable when connected by high speed rail and decent amenities. Toronto is Manhattan North. It’s not affordable for young families. We should also be seeded cities farther north. This strip of development along Lake Ontario is a traffic nightmare. It’s going to keep growing and the subway and highway construction are going to have to be continuous. For me the most desirable places in Ontario are cities like Guelph, K-W and London. Oakville, Burlington, Kleinburg and Markham are beautiful but too expensive for most people starting out. Toronto is great for the rich.
well again, the condo market is so overbuilt in Toronto,
that soon it will be cheaper to rent a condo in Toronto than it will be to rent one in K-W
K-W ain't cheap, sure your condo might be a little larger than in Toronto, but the rent will be the same
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28 minutes ago, Zeitgeist said:
In urban high immigration Canada I agree, except in Quebec, the Maritimes, Newfoundland and the far north where it’s not as easy to forget where you are. The fact that these new influences are so overwhelming should be reason to reflect on our reliance on immigration for our persistence and the fact that life in Canada is becoming unaffordable for families. It also should make Canadians question whether further Americanization is desirable. Again, I think we can have these different influences and maximize opportunities if people are feeling confident about the future. It really starts with the basics: Can I have a good job and afford a home? Is my community a good place to live and work? Can I expand from here?
well I am steeped in Canadian history right back to Samuel de Champlain in June of 1603,
but that plus the exact fare, gets me a ride on the public transit,
yet I don't find Canada to be unnafordable, certainly not compared to the 1980's ,
like when was a fully detached home ever cheap in Toronto ?
never was, my father had a good government job, practically for life,
but he couldn't afford to buy a home, just a duplex, until he was almost 50,
and with a mortgage rate of 18%, he could barely afford it actually,
the youth simply have no perspective, they don't know how rough the 70's & 80's actually were,
I grew up in cockroach infested basement apartments with junkies shooting up in the alley behind,
downtown Toronto has become totally gentrified now in comparison,
my niece thinks she's "poor", but she actually lives in a luxury condominium,
and since the condo market is collapsing in Toronto, her rent costs are going down not up
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8 minutes ago, Zeitgeist said:
but a strong country can have both.
but again, Canada is a very weak federation, by design in fact,
never mind politically, even just geographically, Canada doesn't work as an east - west enterprise,
it's not that anybody chose to go north south politically, that was in place long before Free Trade,
as an emergency measure in the face of Trump's lunacy,
Canada can adopt a defensive posture,
but it's not sustainable long term in the face of market forces
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1 minute ago, Zeitgeist said:
But without culture we’re just worker bee consumers.
American culture is simply supplanting Canadian culture,
to wit, only Boomers watch the CBC
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Just now, Zeitgeist said:
These can’t ever be downplayed, whether or not our main government eventually shifts to Washington.
again, you're thinking like a Boomer,
when already there is no difference between an American Zoomer and a Canadian Zoomer,
these relationships you are invoking are dissipating very rapidly in Monoculture Smartphone world,
kids can't even read books these days, never mind feel any affinity for archaic Canadian history
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3 minutes ago, Zeitgeist said:
True, but the rhetoric out of Ottawa, our media, and even international media, including half the U.S. media is that Canada is the cooler cat in this match. Carney spoke with authority and garnered attention. Of course we know the deadbeat military status of Canada and the airhead radical progressivism of the last 10 years under Trudeau, but right now the Canadian government sounds pretty adroit and of the common people. Most Canadians are on board.
which is why I am going with Carney over the CPC "Canada First" position,
even Carney's defence plans are better and more realistic than Poilievre's,
contrary to popular myth, it's actually the Liberals who have spent the most on the military over time,
the Conservatives want their tax cuts, only the Liberals want to spend big on anything at all,
Paul Martin was a better friend to DND than Stephen Harper was
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13 minutes ago, Zeitgeist said:
I’m not sure. I think it would depend on how much bureaucracy and duplication we could remove over time, and how aligned we become policy-wise.
I think it would just come down to money in the end,
as America continues to get richer while Canada continues to get poorer,
as the MAGA Republicans die off like Dinosaurs and America actually becomes more Progressive not less,
at some point, the difference between New York & Toronto becomes indistinguishable
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10 minutes ago, Zeitgeist said:
But that may still be a worse option overall for Canadians than simply being in an economic union of two countries with the U.S. that has free movement of people and goods.
depends on whether America is offering that union or not,
Donald Trump is going about this in a very ham handed fashion inciting a backlash,
but there are subtler and more effective ways which America could apply pressure, over time,
long after the Boomers are gone,
when immigrants make up the dominant majority of the Canadian population,
that population may simply become sick of living behind an Iron Curtain,
to wit, what does a Punjabi Sikh care for Isaac Brock ?
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1 minute ago, Zeitgeist said:
The problem is that Ontario runs Canada. How would we ditch that responsibility? lol
soon as Ontario makes its move, the rest are dragged along kicking & screaming or otherwise,
except for Quebec which seeks Protectorate Status,
I, for one, welcome King Chuckles
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it's well known that Charles followed his father into Orthodox Mary worshipping.
despite being the titular head of the Anglican Church now,
"titular" meaning formality without any authority,
never mind that the Anglican Church should be an abomination to any devout Protestant,
since the Anglican church is Popery by any other name,
no man nor office between a sinner and his Saviour after all