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Lets hope! Sars did let me bring my girl to my native Toronto for her first vist cheap though, the year after they had crazy deals to promote tourism. I do feel bad for T.O. about the stones, I know someone (not well, but i see no reason to not trust them) that was at one of their surprise warm up shows they did before many of their world tours

Like i said i can only base my opinion on what I've seen, I don't know the man. He can, of course, express any political opinion he chooses, and overall I think this forum is well run (never participated in another one, but perused a few before deciding which to sign up for) but again, based solely on my limited experience, he does seem to interject in favor of those expressing one particular ideology over another

Didn't they do a big study last year at a Mayo clinic, or john Hopkins, that coincidentally used a version of the corona virus, that concluded the states were the best equipped to handle an outbreak? Kind of similar to the thinest kid at fat camp, but still

Silly little man, read the name written in the comment i quoted Insult? You can play the victim all you want, but I simply point out your ignorance, you're the one that likes throwing around insults. You're the one who continuously crys anti conservative bias whenever your faulty logic is put on display Suggesting someone has a political bias is not an insult to those who rely on reason and not emotion, you of course are the latter

Son, learn to read, wasn't talking about you, was referring to the moderator

Feelings??? What do feelings have to do with definitions? One of the most basic tenants of rational conversation is establishing that both parties need to agree on a working definition of the concept being discussed to avoid taking past each other. That you think feelings are involved just further indicates you have no understanding of logic and offer nothing but emotional drivel. No one cares about your feelings, son

Granted, I've only been on this forum a few months, but based on the interjections I've seen him make, seems pretty obvious to me He agrees with such opinions

I hope so, I was in microeconomics 101 in the JMSB, when a postgraduate student came in a wrote PPP on the board before class, she briefly explained the concept (it was a great break from learning things like "super normal profits" and i sought her out after to learn more, it wasn't being formerly taught back then (about 10 years) Of course, always with the caveat "easier said then done" Even putting aside things like how much water (another natural resource we should be doing a better job of protecting) is being used to extract the bitumen, or the impact on the ecosystem, it's important to remember the way we extract it now is not very efficient and wastes something like 35% (don't quote me on that exact number it was something i read a while ago) of the possible raw materials that could be extracted. The idea that in the foreseeable future the world will have no dependance on fossil fuels, im sure you'd agree is a pipe dream (pun intended), but if we we're to put a moratorium on tar sands extraction, until we can do it more efficiently and with less environmental impact. Big petrol already have huge infrastructures in place on how to provide their services, RnD etc..., why not continue to funnel the same monies we already do to these companies with the condition is must be used to create or improve renewable resources. We have one of the biggest reserves of oil in the world, if managed properly (included but not limited to environmental impact), could create an economic windfall for rhe entire country that we could also be proud of

Are you offering to run my campaign for federal party leader

Repeating the exact same thing brings no clarity or elucidation to this non sequitur

My "roots" were mentioned for ONE reason only, to illustrate that French Canadians exist outside of Quebec, nothing more. No idea what your objection could be with that

Thank you, it is hard, but like the old adage says " if you love what you do you'll never work a day in your life" even if they're 18 hour days. It went very well,I sold the business a couple years ago, and consult now waiting for inspiration for my next adventure, unfortunately a little bit of money isn't great for the motivation. Why people left of center? Does everything need to be viewed from a left right axis, do you not see how interpreting every situation through a partisan bubble makes you blind to all possibilities? I do agree that if the average person had a better idea of how difficult it is to balance all the things involved in running a business, less would complain about problems they don't understand, on both sides of the political spectrum. Here are a few of the many things ive learned. Government programs work; between the BDC and the three levels of government, i received through grants and loans hundreds of thousands of dollars to build and expand my business at very low interest rates, not only helping me personally, but( if you understand the concept of money multiplying) literally added millions to the economy. A happy(well treated) employee is a productive employee; by doing things like profit sharing and having amazing insurance( both taking money directly from my pocket initially) I actually made more money, because when my guys worked harder, we all got paid more not just the boss, in fact most of my permanent staff made the same hourly wage as me PPP; this is a relatively new concept in economics, not necessarily taught formally in schools but gaining momentum, it means People, Planet, Profit, essentially the idea is that your impact on the community and the environment should be factored into your bottom line. I tried to follow this principle and what happened in the long run was my community involvement allowed me to develop a good reputation which in turn brought me more business, and my concern for the environment gave me a) a better understanding of how we impact the world around us and b) more gov't money by way of tax credits etc... So again government programs(can) work

Well, since you seem to not understand the difference between assets and liabilities, im afraid you're not Did I say i didn't? All i did was ask a couple people to give me their definition of a specific term they were using Honestly, that's great. Too many hard working people don't have that opportunity. I for example have never worked somewhere(at least long enough) that provided one, and have spent most of my professional life running my own business.

The curse of intelligence I guess, good thing you're not infilcted Oh my god!!!! Canada covering a news conference by the leader of our biggest trading partner, almost unbelievable. Still does nothing to address how well he will present any message he gives or if its even coherent. Hmmm? Named bush_cheney, supports trump, never makes an argument not in support of right wing ideals, my mistake you don't sound like a Republican at all. Im sure you voted Obama in 08 and 12 and Clinton in 16, or wait was it jill Stein? Come on now, you're not trying to claim you're not partisan are you?

Your complete and utter ignorance to all topics is so absolute it's almost impressive. Honest question, are the views you express on this forum your genuine beliefs, or is this a character you play for amusement?

Your welcome? Still beyond me how you wear stupidity as a badge of honor, but to each their own i guess That everytime you need to deflect by bringing up people, or issues, which have nothing to do with Trumps inability to express himself above a 6th grade level, just shows you know he's an idiot but can't or won't admit it, as that would burst the hyper partisan bubble you've based your entire world view around. You don't need to support everyone with an R beside their name to keep your conservative strips, and in fact by praising trump you just show you don't actually believe in conservative principles, but are simply a partisan hack

When you've actually said things like " of course he's rich look at all the things he owns" you're not really well placed to comment on the economy. In fact i would think you would support things like old age pension. Based on how your average comment on here is void of comprehension, valid/sound reasoning, or wit, I'd bet money you'll need to avail yourself of that very program to not starve.

Vue que la qualité de votre anglais est si pitoyables, je peux avec tout confiance, dire que je suis sûr que ton français n'est pas a un niveau suffisant d'avoir une opinion valide par rapport au Québec

Again you speak to solvency, which I not only didn't mention, I in fact share your concerns that handled as they are now will not continue to be sustainable, regardless of if you're for or against. What i did do, is ask two very direct and simple questions 1. How do you define social welfare program? Agreement over at least a working definition of a possibly politically contentious or subjective word is always the first step to any discussion when both parties want good faith, ernest dialogue 2. Are you against such things as EI and pensions? This one you at least answered, and with an affirmation of support, in contradiction to your original statement "end all the social programs our economy pays for". The third law of logic, "excluded middle" states something is either true or not true, so which is it you do agree with social welfare or you don't? How the "program" is run is irrelevant to does it have merit

If that's your definition i would tend to agree Unfortunately that's not the widely accepted definition which most certainly includes such things as EI and pensions

I did not inquire about the long term financial feasibility of these programs, but if they had merit. I did though inquire about your statement that we should "end ALL the social welfare programs our economy pays for"". So are you willing to walk that back, or is this just a partisan hyperbolic rant?

Again, please define "social welfare programs" as you understand it Again, are you against things like EI and old age pensions?

My lord you're daft. I asked a question, no "point" was even attempted

Im curious to how you would both define "social welfare program" Are you against, public education, old age security, EI etc.. ?

Only a trump supporter braggs about an obvious idiot getting through to the masses, probably why you rank lower in education than most of the free world. Maybe he is a good representation of the intelligence level of the average American. Silly me i gave y'all more credit than that