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Awww, don't you just hate yourself when you cannot respond intelligently?? If and when you can respond to the question..."How is it not as bad back then as it is now?? " then c'mon back LOL

Nothing surreptitious about the post or the facts...not blaming either...only putting things into perspective. Food inflation was bad, or as bad back then as it is now.

Oh sorry? LOL So, this is for you: "Just saying that food costs were an issue back then too...as they are now. One thing is and was certain...inflation has moved everything up. No governments were or are immune."

How stoopid are you not to know the answer to the question?? Seriously. LOL

Not. at all ...just saying food costs were an issue back then too...as they are now. One thing is and was certain...inflation has moved everything up. No governments were or are immune.

How is it not as bad back then as it is now??

So, what about "All industrialist carbon taxes are all income tax write offs for the companies. If those companies choose to increase prices because of it as a business expense..they get to keep the tax refunds for themselves." is it that you don't agree with?

All industrialist carbon taxes are all income tax write offs for the companies. If those companies choose to increase prices because of it as a business expense..they get to keep the tax refunds for themselves.

Actually it was Harper that made trade difficult with anyone but China. Prime Minister Stephen Harper pursued a strategic economic partnership with China, culminating in the 2012–2014 ratification of the "Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement" (FIPA) and various natural resource agreements. While emphasizing trade over human rights concerns, Harper aimed to diversify markets for Canadian resources. Under Trudeau, Canada became the only G7 nation with free trade agreements with all other G7 members. Key deals include the CETA (EU), CPTPP (Pacific countries), and the CUSMA/USMCA (USA/Mexico). Trudeau's government has made significant, ongoing efforts to diversify Canadian trade, driven by the desire to reduce dependency on the U.S. market. Key actions include launching the Indo-Pacific Strategy, signing the CPTPP (Trans-Pacific partnership), and signing the CETA agreement with the EU Carney eliminated all federally imposed inter-provincial trade barriers. The barriers that exist now are all provincial ones. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has eliminated federal-level interprovincial trade barriers through the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act (effective Jan 1, 2026), but significant provincial-level barriers remain. So, it is between the provinces barriers to eliminate. Carney is in now way trying to replace American Trade, he is supplementing , at best, any trade we may lose as a result of American actions and trying to establish new ones.

"During the Harper years (2006–2015), food prices saw volatility due to the 2008 global financial crisis and 2014 droughts. Key issues included rising meat prices, increased food concentration (three companies controlling 60% of sales), and high food costs in Northern communities despite subsidies. Overall, food prices trended upward during this period"

What no one seems to want to admit is that the businesses and truckers etc that are affected by the industrial carbon tax, while they add to the cost of things, also get to write off all of it on their income taxes as a business expense.

No one ever claimed that we can or will ever fully offset reduced trade with the US. Nor it will be sufficient. What is being done is that our trade has to be diversified. What is being said and is a fact is that our trade and partnership with the US will never be the same as before and we need to look elsewhere, and that is what is being done.

And who put us in a position of having to look for trading partners. Oh, Trump you say??? So, we went shopping for the best deals we could get elsewhere. Playing the high moral ground game is hypocritical. We want to sell out products, agriculture and resources...to whomever will buy them. We also want the cheapest product we can get so we buy from many countries that do not meet our moral standard...and we have been doing that for a very long time. "Stephen Harper was in favour of trading with China, prioritizing economic ties, resource exports, and investment through initiatives like the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA), signed in 2012. Despite initially taking a harder stance on human rights, his government pursued closer commercial ties, including a currency deal and nuclear cooperation."

Or maybe the sign of cultist are the people that after 11 years and 4 attempts and 3 leaders still "cling to their leader's irrational dogma in the face of all logic and reason"? Seems the liberal leaders, one lasting 10 years and one only in it for the first time and just starting are gathering steam? Considering the Canadian public say he is the best PM ever and way ahead of the one you are so admiring? So, in the end, after all your anti Carney and anti Liberal banter, the choice of the Canadian voting public in the past 11 years was Liberal and the Liberals will be there for another 3+ and now the Canadian voters are happy with Carney and the Liberal

Well, if "trying to make an intellectual-sounding insult against Poilievre" pisses you off, you perhaps have to ask yourself why? Maybe there is no real alternative to the despised Liberals? Canadians had 4 opportunities to make choices in the past decades and the conservatives failed to convince they are the ones to rule each time ...regardless of your rants against the liberals. Seems to me the conservatives are the Buffalo Bills of Canadian politics...4 times in a row for the trophy only to lose each time??? Is it the coaching? The players or what? Some here are like Buffalo fans...whine, cry, claim they were fowled but yet still they keep losing. It will be 14+ years since the first loss to get another chance. Gotta ask yourself why...what is wrong with you? What does not go viral on social media these days? LOL

Well, in my opinion, yes and no. I think our politics here in Canada have become very American. Either left or right. The Progressive Conservative party used to be moderate but in the past decade or so have become very negative and out more for them than for Canada. The Liberals have always been somewhat left but have tried to become Canadian The NDP was, at best, always socialist and seems now, the the new leader seems to wants to take them to the severe socialist side. And you are so right, social media and its guaranteed anonymity has made politics almost a full contact sport. Politeness is gone and attacking anyone they do not agree with is the norm. There is no political debate anymore...it is all insults and demeaning attitude.

Avi Lewis, is from a very long line of uber left wing political family. Out of curiosity I listened to his acceptance speech and it sounded to me like NDP from decades ago that demanded and promised everything for free. The NDP that had no concept of where the government money came from nor how to budget nor how to plan. I thunk they will get more seats in the next election because there are areas (BC and Manitoba) that are mores socialist than others areas. Getting wiped out to only six seat is devastating ...(not as devastating as Mulroneys fall to only 2 seats) but the NDP will gain by making unrealistic promises;

NDP cultists??? On this forum? I have never read any of them. The only cultists here are the PP groupies. The ones that emphatically stand behind a 2 time LOSER and his partys 4 time LOSERS. Sticking with such LOSERS is a true sign of a cultist LOL

LOSER!!!! Pedophile LOSER!! LOSER retort from LOSER pedophile poster LOL

The way budgets used to work is that you had to spend it before end of fiscal year. That stopped a number of years ago. Committed funds and contracts are now honoured for procurement and to the end of contract. The buys and proposals are not spending in "a short time". They are commitments and will be spent when the progress payments and milestones and delivery is me. That is in the Capital budget and in the Acquisition budget, not operational budget (which can still be recovered if not spent. As for the pistol issue "Canadian military's replacement of its obsolete Browning Hi-Power pistols was held up for over a decade due to protracted procurement processes, complaints from competing manufacturers regarding the tender requirements, and concerns over the suitability of replacing them with a weapon requiring a specific, and sometimes questioned, holster system." Early attempts to modernize were stalled by issues around mandatory manufacturing in Canada at Colt Canada. Later, in 2021, the competition was paused after a competitor (reportedly Glock) complained to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal that the selection process was designed to favor competitors like SIG Sauer.

Army Guy does not need you to speak for him... He can do that himself and does it well. Why have a pedophile LOSER like you speak for anyone??? LOL

C'mon Army Guy...you were in...you know how long it takes to get military equipment. You cannot be like confux and think there is a weapons store and you buy it off the shelf. You put out requirements, you let producers bid, you contract the winning bidder then, and only then will they build what you want. Awww you the ultimate the LOSER keeps trying and...as always, FAILS.

So sad you try to disprove your paedophiliac LOSER ways and still remain a LOSER LOL LOL LOL

Well as opposed to the 3000 invited complaintive members to vote for PP, at least the NDP allowed all its member to vote and 70,934 voted.

So sad you try to disprove your paedophiliac LOSER ways and still remain a LOSER LOL LOL LOL