Aristides

Looks like the unvaccinated depending on the vaccinated to protect them with herd immunity are going to be disappointed.

So the people of Taiwan and Ukraine get no say. Why would anyone else trust the West or NATO in future? If I lived in one of the Baltic States I sure wouldn't. Why would Russia or China honour any guarantee in future? China guaranteed not to mess with Hong Kong for 50 years. How is that working out?

Just drove past the CO-OP and because of the long weekend, gas went from $1.44 to $1.55 overnight. Government didn't do that.

There is probably some gouging going on but it is hard to tell how much because of complications in the system. Oil companies have tailored refinery capacity to demand so when there are glitches the supply system or big changes in demand there are big price swings. Politicians didn't get rid of the refineries, oil companies did. Why spend a bunch more on refineries just to flood the market, make your products cheaper and reduce your profits? The lower mainland used to have four refineries, now it has one and BC only refines 48% of what it uses, the rest is shipped from Alberta and the US. The US is also experiencing its highest gas prices in seven years. While the difference in gas prices is usually quite high, because of US tax structures the price of diesel us usually much closer, sometimes even cheaper in Canada than some US states. Oil is priced in USD so when our dollar drops, we pay more for oil and also gas that is not refined in Canada. GST also compounds things because it is charged on the after tax price of the gas. When it comes to gas and diesel, it is a tax on a tax.

The Canadian Coast Guard is Dept. of Fisheries. Not military at all. Not even police.

The only thing taxed higher than gasoline in the GVRD is booze. That probably goes for most of Canada.

Taxes, nothing to do with the metric system. Gas taxes in the GVRD are about 70 cents a litre. Also, there is only one large refinery left in BC. BC refines less than 50% of what it uses the rest comes from Alberta and the US.

Canucks is a misnomer, there are hardly any Canadians on the team. They just traded for an American and a Swede, then drafted a Belarusian, a Finn and two Swedes.

I agree, they are woefully underarmed, not warships at all.

Can it do 45 knots in ice? It's and apples and oranges comparison but I agree who builds it is more important than what they are building and how much it costs to our governments.

It's a coastal patrol corvette, the Type 26 frigate displaces 15 times as much.

To encourage them to get vaccinated and make it easy for them to do so. He never said anything about forcing anyone to do anything. He also didn't say anything about sending "federal officers" to do it.

Bullshit. He never said anything about forcing people to be vaccinated.

CPAC conference this month.

Duh.

The same people who laud Trump for Warp Speed cheer when Biden doesn't meet vaccination targets. Jackasses all, sucking up the Trump Kool Aid like there is no tomorrow.

Now frantically trying to dig their way out of a hole they dug by themselves. Can't kill off the base. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/republicans-vaccination-message-1.6114162

People who aren't double vaxed are being required to provde a negative test for many things. So yes they do. So provide proof of vaccination or proof you don't have it with a negative test. Your choice.

Proof of vaccination has nothing to do with your health status, it doesn’t say anything about your state of health. It is a crime for someone who is HIV positive to not inform someone of their status before having sexual relations.

Only if another country will let you in.

In BC, ballots are only sent to registered voters. Each ballot is accounted for and the voter must provide their date of birth and signature when voting. Mass fraud would be just about impossible. A: A fraudster would have to get ahold of a bunch of genuine ballots. B: They would have to know the DoB of each voter C. None of those voters would have complained about not getting a ballot. No one claimed voting was fraudulent during the 2016 election. There were a lot of claims about foreign influence which have since been confirmed

You obviously don’t know how mail in ballots work.

If revenue was shared by the national teams of all sports all the players would be paying to play, men and women. How much revenue do you think the national table tennis team generates?

You don't seem to understand the difference between pro leagues and national teams.