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A little relief at the pumps for a while.
TreeBeard replied to John Johnston's topic in Provincial Politics in Canada
Nationalize oil and gas. It would be hard to invent a more destructive ritual of national self-punishment. Year after year, we hand oil companies gigantic tracts of pristine land. They skin them of entire ecosystems. They vacuum billions of dollars out of the country. Their oversized power, sunk into lobbying and litigation, upends government law-making. And Canada’s return? The exploitation of the tar sands provides just two percent of our GDP. It has gutted manufacturing jobs and made a mockery of our emissions targets. And now that oil prices are crashing – as resource commodities predictably do – it is putting a vicious squeeze on government spending. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2014/dec/03/want-a-green-energy-future-nationalize-canadas-oil-industry -
How do you pay for health care?
TreeBeard replied to August1991's topic in Provincial Politics in Canada
You say government is the problem, but the solution is more government subsidized care. -
Regulations are choking Canada's economy
TreeBeard replied to I am Groot's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
Every article based on any objective measures will point to American trade policy/tariffs being the main reason for the downturn in Canada’s economy. It’s going to be painful for years to come. To claim otherwise is delusional. As if we can tweak some red tape and Canada will be back on the economic track that it had been. Pure rightwing fantasy. -
What happened to the deaf person? How do you know that it wasn’t legitimate? The family is making an accusation, but there’s no evidence. Are you in favour of capital punishment? I would say closer to 75% of media are lying rightwing rags. Even that CTV article only contains accusations and no evidence. It’s media rage-bait.
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building Chinese cars here in Canada....
TreeBeard replied to Army Guy's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
I think a lot of the Con partisans absolutely lost their $hit after the Libs won another election. They saw their party up 20 pts and thought this was it and when the rug was pulled out, their heads exploded and they’re still in a rage. They hate the Libs more than they like Canada, so now Canada itself doesn’t deserve to be defended by these people. -
Toronto-Quebec City High-Speed Rail
TreeBeard replied to 500channelsurfer's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
USA isn’t known for their advanced transportation infrastructure. In fact, they’re a dismal example of how transportation should be built. -
Toronto-Quebec City High-Speed Rail
TreeBeard replied to 500channelsurfer's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
No one said we care what they “think”. I explained why they are one of the investment partners. But it makes sense not to fill up airports with short runs that should be serviced by train. -
Toronto-Quebec City High-Speed Rail
TreeBeard replied to 500channelsurfer's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
This is why Air Canada is one of the investment partners in this. They don’t want to do short domestic flights as it doesn’t make as much business sense. They don’t want airports operating at full capacity for less profitable short runs.
