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And I was telling you that’s actually describing Trump not Carney. Do try to keep up.

The one lying here is you. He literally said “CANS OF GASOLINE”. Do you deny it? I responded to all of your arguments and explained why they are irrelevant and don’t mean what you claim they mean. I explained what the text “part of a tree planting program” you ket harping about is referring to and why it’s still part of the military’s regular and routine expenditures Your argument tactics are these 1) call everyone who disagrees with you “a liar” randomly 2) repeat yourself endlessly in post after post without saying anything new and 3) accuse the other person of “running away” because you are a sad pathetic person with no life and live online 24/7 to argue with strangers on the internet its sad really

Not the NATO charter. The 2% is from a 2014 NON-BINDING PLEDGE signed by Harper and ignored for a decade afterwards by every country. The 3.5 plus 1.5 is from last year and is also a non-binding pledge.

Nonsense. Entire apartment buildings and hundreds of acres land has been bought. Bases are being completely renovated sewage electric housing. 7 bombardier jets purchased, multiple space and satellite deals. The deal for the apartment building deal they bought in ESQUIMALT was closed within 5 weeks. I have posted many of them on here. Your extreme partisan bias doesn’t allow you to absorb the truth.

Whether or not Iran is “innocent” and what it “deserves” are totally irrelevant. Trump’s war is stupid poorly planned and completely unnecessary, period Absolute Bullshit. If some doped up junkie breaks into your house and shits on your floor you don’t waive your right to complain when you insist they clean up the mess You certainly DONT offer to clean it up yourself under the supervision and direction of the junkie.

Except Washington is now run by incompetent trolls who are full of shit and are the embodiment of the gap between rhetoric and reality. “Inflation ending in day 1” and the “Trump golden age” were supposed to have started over a year ago, as but one example.

That’s just juvenile MAGA trolling. The fact the MAGA hack appointee linked to Carney’s Davos speech confirms it The board didn’t even meet last year either. MAGAs don’t do planning and don’t do collaboration with others therefore no need for a board anyway. Consensus from Canadian analysts is that the impact of this announcement is mostly symbolic and doesn’t affect much in the ground.

This is not news. Esprit did the story inly because DND just put out the RFI for the Heavy Direct Fire Modernization Project which Btw Aalso called for it to have a common platform with another major project, the Medium Cavalry Vehicle. Gen. Wright, Army Commander has said already tanks are NOT an urgent priority given how threats and the role of armour has evolved: As drones upend tank warfare, Canada's army races to rethink its armour …In a recent interview with CBC News, Lt.-Gen. Mike Wright acknowledged the need to move quickly on the modernization of the army, but suggested the recent lessons and technological advances on the battlefield, particularly in Ukraine, need to be factored into future decisions on what kind of armoured vehicles and tanks are purchased … "Is heavy direct fire modernization one of my top-five priorities? No, it's not," Wright said, noting that the army has a total of 50 major capital projects on the go. Among Wright's priorities are key systems that have languished on the wish list for years — including ground-based air defence systems, long-range strike missiles, mobile artillery and Arctic all-terrain vehicles. "Is heavy direct fire modernization one of my top-five priorities? No, it's not," Wright said, noting that the army has a total of 50 major capital projects on the go. Among Wright's priorities are key systems that have languished on the wish list for years — including ground-based air defence systems, long-range strike missiles, mobile artillery and Arctic all-terrain vehicles. …Replacing them isn't a question, it's what to replace them with, Wright suggested. "Right now, if you ask me in 2026, I can't say what should replace the Leopard tank," Wright said. "Do I believe that we need heavy direct fire? Absolutely. But I think by the time we will be looking at moving that project forward, we'll have a better idea of what heavy direct-fire options exist — uncrewed and crewed — and what technology allows us to have heavy direct fire on the ground." The use of cheap, expendable drones to destroy Russian tanks and armoured vehicles in Ukraine has forced a fundamental reassessment of how and when armour is deployed in battle. German and American tank-makers have redesigned their vehicles to deliver better protection for tank crews and installed anti-drone systems. The U.S. Army will also test the Ripsaw M3 and other Robotic Combat Vehicles (RCVs) this year with plans to potentially field them by 2028. Smaller robot tanks would act as so-called battlefield wingmen to crewed tanks. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tanks-drones-canada-army-9.7155312

More of your lies and gaslighting! Why can you not just admit when you say something wrong? Doubling down on stupidity doesn’t make you look smarter just dumber. Your exact words were “cans of gasoline” for which I have ridiculed you endlessly. And no they are not powered by “oil and gas” that is “stored in tanks” the fossil fuel plants in Ontario are powered by natural gas that is fed to them continuously by a direct pipeline you don’t need to “store” anything Second of all you completely miss the point of storing electricity is thatbso you generate it when it’s cheap during low demand and then distribute it to the grid when its in high demand and more expensive to demonstrate As I already explained to you and the other doorknob who tried to come to your rescue in that thread, when you have a gas plant running at full capacity 24/7 storing more “petrochemicals” doesn’t make it produce more electricity during peak times This is another example where you soout off on topics you know NOTHING about and then instead of trying to at least google coherent conservative talking points for your argument you try to freelance and make up your own nonsensical gibberish. Its pathetic I never said money spent in the past is new spending. But money spent in the future is now perfectly valid defense spending. Logic isn’t your strong suit but let’s break this down 1) Coast guard spending is legitimate defence spending per NATO: FACT 2) Coast Guard spending was already happening under Trudeau but not being counted by NATO for bureaucratic reasons because it was not in Dept of National Defence FACT 3) Therefore: Canada was actually already closer to 2% under Trudeau than you gave him credit for and Carney was smart to simply reorganize the administration so we could get full credit for what we were already doing Furthermore you actually ignore and deny the BILLIONS of new dollars actually spent or committed to When they announce something new you say announcements don’t count because they haven’t handed the money over yet When they hand the money over for a previous announcement you say it doesn’t count because it was previously announced You find an excuse because you’re not intellectually honest To repeat ad nauseum: There IS new military spending but there is ALSO ongoing existing spending for things like Coast Guard that are legitimate defence expenditures but weren’t previously being counted because they weren’t organized under DND. It’s not cheating or trickery to do as the US and all our allies do and move these functions to DND There is new spending AND there is ongoing spending that newly qualifies, BOTH things are true and are perfectly fine and normal. You have to escape your child-like “either/or”mentality and be able to consider things intelligently like an adult But then again if you were capable of that you probably wouldn’t be so hyper partisan and living on this site to begin with. Of course you use a fictional example for your fictional argument To repeat again: NATO, not Carney, defines what does and doesn’t count as defence spending. NATO agrees we are now spending 2% case closed. if Carney or Trudeau could just label anything they please as defence spending they would have done it a decade ago and not bothered with things like restructuring the coast guard in order to qualify Get it? As I have EXPLAINED to your ADHD-addled brain MULTIPLE TIMES: NATO has rules The rules say you can only count Coast Guard if it’s part of the department of national defense and has a security mandate Neither of those things were true until Carney changed that by moving it from Department of Fisheries and Oceans to Department of National Defence and giving it a security mandate So once again on this topic YOU are wrong and while you are a liar general here you’re just stupid a usual. LMAO nope. Look if you want to step up to the plate, strike out and then complain that sun was in your eyes or the unp is biased yeah we all know that’s how internet trolls operate but you don’t get strike out and then claim you hit the greatest gland slam in history. When Fox was spouting his gibberish about storing “cans of gasoline” to somehow generate more electricity during peak demand that was stupid. Then when you decided for whatever reason to jump in and try to rescue him by hilariously claiming that the pipeline to the gas plants only supplies some baseload amount that needs to be supplemented with the stored gas peak demand that was really stupid too. And unnecessary for you. I mean if all the arguments for you to jump into and make stuff up that was really a bad choice. And I called you out for it. The trees is the same thing: I explained it a hundred times and explained why your claims failed and you just kept repeating the same arguments. All of this is because people like you and fox and the other nutjobs on this site are internet rage-bait addicts who operate primarily on your “system 1” brain, which processes emotion and have low activity on your “system 2” brain, which is the part of your brain that handles logic and reasoning. System 2 can not function properly when System 1 is lit up like a xmas tree. So ppl like you who live on this website 24/7 are internet dopamine addict and can’t be that and be fully rational at the same time. So when you brag about people “running away” from threads while you foam and troll on here 24/7/365 and “win” arguments just by outlasting them, it’s not the own you think it is. In reality we are just psychologically well adjusted people with full and rewarding lives in the real world while you’re just another right wing internet clown who spends too much time online, which only serves to radicalize you even further.

They weren’t holding the strait hostage until Trump attacked them. And the Trump administration has explicitly stated they don’t believe in the concept of international law and that that the natural order of things is that countries are free to do whatever they are powerful enough to get away with. It seems that for now Iran is powerful enough to get away with closing the strait, thanks to Trump’s incompetence. And Iran was not left alone to do as they pleased they have been heavily sanctioned and they have paid a price for it. Sure there are limits to what sanctions can achieve especially when China and Russia are supporting them but clearly there are limits to what US hard power can achieve as so far it has only made things worse not better.

It’s not “as we see now” it’s “as everyone except the know-nothings in the Trump administration have understood for decades” You keep speaking of the Trump administration as if they are competent and honourable people They are not. They have no clue what they are doing and there’s no reason to believe that joining their ongoing shitshow is going to improve anything, it just sucks us into their quagmire and makes us pay the price for their incompetence with iur blood and treasure. To suggest that we put our people at risk and under the command of such clearly unqualified, dishonourable and untrustworthy scumbags is ridiculous. Furthermore this would can gain favours is also ridiculous. As we have already seen, you can bend over backwards trying to please them and give them the shirt off you back it doesn’t earn favours they just see that as weakness and it makes you a target for more bullying. Trump has now threatened or imposed tariffs on Europe THREE TIMES after supposedly “reaching a deal” with them, for various reasons. You can’t negotiate with a madman. And “not enforcing international law” comment is a joke. The Trump admin has explicitly stated that they don’t even believe in the concept of international law

Inflation: Trump and Putin have WORSE inflation than Canada due to their policies. FACT. In Russia inflation has been double digits since he started his ill-fated war and US inflation is driven by Trump ill-fated trade wars and Iran War. FACT. STUPIDITY: Trump and Putin both appoint incompetent and unqualified cronies to senior positions based on their loyalty and fealty to them personally. FACT. Trump and Putin supporters overwhelmingly tend to have lower levels of education and are less informed of general topics in general . FACT. Suicide: this could mean anything but consider: 1.2 MILLION Russian casualties and counting in Ukraine, no end in sight, as the economy continues to limp along on life support FACT running primarily on unsustainable government military spending and Chinese financial support. FACT America under Trump has become more divided, unstable and unpredictable, demographics and economic indicators continue to slide in the direction with none of the improvements he promised taking effect while debt skyrockets

Another of your ridiculous posts which is not just false but opposite-of-reality. It is Republicans who are constantly obsessed with the idea of a “great man” who is their messiah. Look at how they worship Trump as a sort od superhuman. Look at how they tried to claim Bush Jr. was “one of the country’s greatest “geniuses” amd tried to nominate both those clowns for Nobel prizes! American politics is nothing BUT sizzle, the steak was eaten by the rich back in the 80’s. And the mew conservatism is right wing populisma mob of internet rage-bait addicts and uninformed know-nothings emoting all over the place and posting in social media without even a casual interest in dispassionate discussion of facts or policy analysis …the definition of all sizzle no steak.

Those are literally the features of the Trump regime Also the Putin regime.

Ain’t it funny how Big Oil always seems to make ridiculous profits at everyone else’s expense when the Republicans run things? Ain’t it funny how the super-rich always seem to make ridiculous profits at everyone else’s expense when the Republicans run things?

The Oil Shock Is Causing a $45 Billion Rupture in the Economy A wartime price surge is slamming consumers while boosting investors “The largest oil disruption in history is widening a divide in the economy. Americans have cumulatively spent about $45 billion more on gasoline and diesel during the war with Iran than they did during the same period a year ago, according to an analysis of OPIS pricing data and federal demand figures. The surging costs are eating an outsize share of low- and middle-income consumers’ paychecks, darkening their outlook relative to the well-off.” “At the same time, investors in oil-and-gas companies are watching their portfolios swell. Big energy returns bolstered a blockbuster corporate-earnings season and added momentum to the artificial-intelligence-led rally that has pushed the stock market to records. While higher inflation and borrowing costs have added stress on less-affluent Americans, many economists believe high earners will continue powering the U.S. ahead. ” President Trump campaigned on cutting Americans’ energy costs in half. Now, as higher prices contribute to sagging poll numbers and some of the lowest consumer-sentiment readings on record, he has argued that the oil shock is benefiting the energy-rich U.S. in the form of record exports. ““The question is, of course, who is the U.S.?” said Isabella Weber, an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. “If we look at the different income groups in the United States, it’s really the richest of the rich who benefit from this. The majority of people hardly have any benefit from it and are in fact carrying a much larger cost burden.” ” Excerpt From “The Oil Shock Is Causing a $45 Billion Rupture in the Economy” David Uberti The Wall Street Journal https://apple.news/AvF_BN9dlRq-dX_2mTnHNVQ This material may be protected by copyright.

Uh no not entirely. Go back and re-read the OP. We are the fastest growing economy in G7 aside from US and unlike the US our economy is growing faster than inflation. Our unemployment is NOT at record highs it is lower than it was when Harper left office (and BTW it was at record LOWS under Trudeau prior to COVID, matching the best rate ever achieved under Harper). What are we “underperforming” exactly? If we are doing better than our peer countries then we are not underperforming. Biden didn’t do that to that US economy. There were a couple of little global events called COVID and the supply chain crisis Meanwhile the current global economic crisis is 100% entirely caused by Trump and is pummelling the US economy and yet you can’t seem to assign blame just like you couldn’t assign blame for the massive economic crisis under Bush. It seems every time Republicans control both branches of government there’s a major economic crisis. Funny how you will blame a Democrat for global events that are largely beyond their control simply because “it happened on their watch” while absolving republicans for crises that happened on their watch and that often they directly caused

Who cares what the US rate is, US is in a league of its own and their growth snall being driven by the AI bubble. Yes 1.2% while under the current economic attack by the most powerful nation on earth that is also triggering a global economic crisis is good. It’s the best in the G7. That line includes manufactured coal and petroleum products in “factory sales” eg motor oil. However note there was still growth without that factor: ” Sales of transportation equipment rose 6 per cent to $11.4-billion, helped by a 15-per-cent gain in the motor vehicle industry group as auto production picked up in the month. Excluding the petroleum and coal product subsector, total manufacturing sales rose 0.7 per cent in March. In real terms, total manufacturing sales gained one per cent in March.”

Bullshit. America has the exact same age problem PLUS a far less educated population generally mmkay? The article shows we are getting that infusion of capital. And we already have market access to USA not to mention the rest of the world

Canada has become most attractive market for infrastructure investors, global survey finds Canada tops the list of the most attractive countries for investing in infrastructure for the first time in a survey of major global investors, suggesting Ottawa’s push to boost the country’s profile is attracting attention. Canada ranks ahead of the United States, Mexico, Germany and several European and Nordic countries in the latest semi-annual survey by the Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA). The country’s outlook “improved materially,” according to the survey results, signalling that investors are responding well to the federal government’s plan to launch major projects that can improve Canada’s economic growth and productivity over time. The U.S. slipped to third place in the ranking, behind second-place Germany, thanks to rising concerns over its war in Iran, an uptick in inflation in March and uncertainty over the outcome of midterm elections later this year. …https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canada-top-market-global-infrastructure-investment/

Some bright spots in the economy to cut through the doomsayers hype And yes we still have a trade surplus with the US Canada Factory Sales Climb 3% in March to Highest Level in More Than a Year Manufacturing shipments increased 3% from the month before to a seasonally adjusted C$73.57 billion, the highest level since the start of 2025 “OTTAWA—Canadian manufacturing activity continued to rebound in March, with a spike in energy prices driving factory sales to their highest level in more than a year. Manufacturing shipments increased 3% from the month before to a seasonally adjusted 73.57 billion Canadian dollars, the equivalent of about US$53.67 billion, Statistics Canada said Friday. That marked the highest level since the start of 2025, before manufacturers were hit with uncertainty and softer demand in the wake of the Trump administration’s tariffs.” … “There are signs Canada’s economy has again found its footing, albeit with growth expected to remain constrained by concerns over U.S. trade policy and tariffs and as businesses and households contend with the jump in energy costs due to the war in Iran. The Bank of Canada projects the economy expanded about 1.5% in annualized terms in the first quarter, and estimates it will match that pace in the second quarter, following a modest contraction in the final three months of 2025.” … “Sales of transportation equipment rose 6% to about C$11.4 billion in March. That was buoyed by a second month of strong motor-vehicle activity as auto production increased following the completion of retooling at a major auto manufacturer and the addition of a new production shift in another motor-vehicle assembly plant. Exports of motor vehicles and parts increased 5.4% in March, though even with that gain, sales of motor vehicles on a quarterly basis were down 13.6%. Canadian production of aerospace products and parts hit its highest level on record, rising 5.2% from a month earlier, as the industry continues to benefit from strong global demand for commercial and business aircraft, aircraft parts and maintenance services. Inventory levels held by factories increased 1.3% in March and were up 3.2% on the same month last year, the agency said. New orders jumped 4.7% for the month, and unfilled orders—the stock of orders that will contribute to future sales if they aren’t canceled—increased 2.4%.” Excerpt From “Canada Factory Sales Climb 3% in March to Highest Level in More Than a Year” Robb M. Stewart The Wall Street Journal https://apple.news/A7NLGmRpXSweXkhXeAJL_qg This material may be protected by copyright. Canada posts merchandise trade surplus for March, first since September 2025 “Canada posted its first merchandise trade surplus since September as increased shipments of gold and higher oil prices drove exports to their highest level in more than a year. Statistics Canada said Tuesday the country posted a merchandise trade surplus of $1.8 billion in March compared with a deficit of $5.1 billion in February. … “Excluding metal and non-metallic mineral products and of energy products, exports rose 1.1 per cent in March. Meanwhile, total imports fell 1.6 per cent to $71.0 billion in March as imports of consumer goods fell 3.9 per cent to $13.3 billion. Imports of aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts also dropped 12.8 per cent in March after rising 13 per cent in February. In volume terms, total exports edged down 0.3 per cent, while import volumes fell 2.0 per cent. Regionally, Canada's trade surplus with the United States increased to $7.1 billion March compared with $2.9 billion in February as exports of oil and passenger cars and light trucks rose. Excerpt From “Canada posts merchandise trade surplus for March, first since September 2025” The Canadian Press https://apple.news/AU90EoeU6SOOb4XWMDqarCw This material may be protected by copyright. Airbus wins $19bn order in Canada’s biggest ever aircraft deal AirAsia orders 150 A220-300 airliners in big boost for Canadian manufacturing Airbus has won an order for 150 new A220-300 aircraft in a “$19bn deal” with budget carrier Air Asia, that is a major boost for the planemaker’s Canadian manufacturing base. “This is a $19bn deal which can grow to $38bn,” said Tony Fernandes, the founder and CEO of AirAsia, a Malaysian low-cost airline based near Kuala Lumpur. Under the terms of the deal AirAsia will buy 150 A220-300 jets, which seat up to 160 passengers. Fernandes added that if Airbus were to decide to launch a larger or stretch version of the A220, the A220-500, which has 185 seats, he would buy another 150 jets. … Under the terms of the deal AirAsia will buy 150 A220-300 jets, which seat up to 160 passengers. Fernandes added that if Airbus were to decide to launch a larger or stretch version of the A220, the A220-500, which has 185 seats, he would buy another 150 jets. “That’s the aircraft we really want,” he said at the announcement at Airbus’s facility in Mirabel, Quebec, where the A220-300 planes are assembled. “If they build that aircraft, AirAsia will buy another 150 of these aircraft as well.” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the deal, which is Canada’s biggest ever commercial aircraft order, shows Ottawa’s efforts to generate new global trade deals in an attempt to reduce its reliance on the US are paying off. “You are choosing the best at exactly the right time,” Carney told Fernandes. “I generally don’t like bankers but (Carney) he’s the first banker I like, especially from Goldman Sachs,” Fernandes joked, after praising the Canadian leader’s speech at Davos calling for an alliance of middle powers. “This deal brings two great middle powers together, ASEAN (Asia’s regional trade bloc) and Canada,” he added. https://www.ft.com/content/19c4dab7-0141-4c40-9d2f-180ff33cdd63?syn-25a6b1a6=1 Canadian manufacturing just saw largest monthly growth in 3 years: StatCan Canada’s economy managed slight growth after it shrunk in the last quarter of 2025, with February seeing a 0.2 per cent increase in GDP and a modest increase of 0.1 per cent in January, Statistics Canada said. Based on current estimates, Statistics Canada is projecting that Canada’s annualized GDP growth for the first quarter of 2026 will be 1.7 per cent. The Bank of Canada projects the economy will expand 1.2 per cent in 2026, 1.6 per cent in 2027, and 1.7 per cent in 2028, “as growth in exports and business investment gradually resumes.” The official final estimate for quarterly GDP growth will be released next month. Canada’s tariff-hit manufacturing sector led the growth in February, rising by 1.8 per cent. This was the largest growth for the sector since January 2023 and was driven by a 3.6 per cent increase in durable-goods manufacturing. https://globalnews.ca/news/11823847/canada-economy-manufacturing-data-statistics-canada/ IMF sees Canada's fiscal position as strongest in G7 'Sometimes I find Canadians don’t actually realize how good they have it,' said IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department head The International Monetary Fund lauded Canada’s fiscal position relative to its peers as Prime Minister Mark Carneyprepares to give an update on his government’s finances. “Across the Group of Seven, Canada’s probably in the strongest position fiscally,” Nigel Chalk, director of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department, said in an interview in Washington. https://financialpost.com/news/economy/imf-sees-canadas-finances-strongest-in-g7 Market Outlook: Canada foreign direct investment hits highest since 2007 Key Takeaways Foreign direct investment into Canada reached $96.8 billion in 2025, the highest annual inflow since 2007. Mergers and acquisitions were the main driver of inflows, with activity concentrated in trade, transportation and financial management sectors. U.S. investment remained the largest contributor, while the United Kingdom emerged as the largest non-U.S. investor. Many U.K. transactions involved acquisitions of Canadian software firms, highlighting growing foreign interest in the country’s tech sector. Canadian direct investment abroad slowed sharply in 2025, particularly into the United States, as trade uncertainty weighed on long-term capital decisions. https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/market-outlook/2026/03/12/market-outlook-canada-foreign-direct-investment-hits-highest-since-2007/

I didn’t change the subject gato claimed poverty is worse in France than USA and I called BS on that.

They are smaller and there are fewer of them A while back I stumbled across the conservative American’s YT channel which is actually an entertaining and politically incorrect take on cities and relocation and real estate, they drive around cities look a t real estate prices talk about various pros and cons including the bad neighbourhoods and talking to “bums and weirdos” with plenty of right wing commentary spiced throughout They did a roadtrip to Canada last year. He doesn’t understand why Trump tariffs are all over the news (this was last year right at the start of the trade war) and thinks it’s “media brainwashing” so I know you’ll like the content. But more importantly he can’t get over how little poverty there is, how few fat people there are and how the “bad”neighbourhoods and tent cities he was told to check out aren’t that bad compared to USA.

You mean this the part where your shameless bullshit, false claims and false equivalencies goes into high gear. Like who? Name one. And the Alberta secessionists are NOT members of an opposition party they are unelected private citizens advocating for the destruction of Canada which Trump met in PRIVATE. Hilarious you would say this is the same as Canadians taking out US ads denouncing tariffs against Canada. Sitting French President Charles DeGaule was kicked out of Canada for declaring “Vive le Quebec Libre” during a state visit in Montreal. This is worse than that. I am not talking about election interference I am talking about White House officials secretly meeting with Alberta separatists in order to bring about Alberta secession for Trump’s benefit, and publicly endorsing them to boot. Rob Ford died over 10 years ago, what province do you live in?

You honestly can’t tell the difference between a random person commenting on the internet and the president of the United States all but endorsing a secessionist movement? You honestly can’t tell the difference between and add protesting tariffs and a president openly supporting a secessionist movement as a deliberate hostile attempt to destroy Canada? Canadians gave a legitimate right to protest tariffs against Canada amd take their case to the American people. What is the legitimate purpose of Trump taking offensive action against Canada to promote separatism?