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Another non travelling person making uninformed comments. I have been inside the CC150 Polaris and CC-144 Challenger and can assure you that is not a rock star or Trumps plane style. They are both very "functional" and not luxurious. I can assure you that business travel is no fun, even if in business class. Oh and that was the GG with an entourage that had the huge catering bill. Your company pays for your business travel too. Work is where the work is. Not all is in an office. Clearly not a business traveller either

Who and where and what are you talking about?

The amount of time flying is not fun. Clearly you do not have to travel in your employment. You do not know how many personal days he gets and they are probably a lot fewer than you. He also puts in a lot more hours than you ever would. As for the photographers, they video was from the bungee jump company. Listen to PP??? That is a laugh. I am not a liberal but I do defend anyone against stupidity and you clearly need a reality check.

Time for you to learn about logging and logging practices. I can assure you they are as efficient as they can be. https://www.woodbusiness.ca/how-technology-is-transforming-bcs-forest-industry-5248/ https://biv.com/article/2014/05/canadian-forestry-companies-leaner-more-efficient When you start a topic, find out what it is actually about not some imaginary bubble in your brain.

In BC: "There are about 11.1 million hectares of old growth forest in B.C. which make up about 20% of B.C.'s publicly managed forest areas." https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/managing-our-forest-resources/old-growth-forests/old-growth-values "The province says there are currently 13.7 million hectares of old growth in British Columbia, and 10 million of those hectares are protected or not economical to harvest" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/old-growth-trees-british-columbia-1.6045289 In Canada "Canada is often singled out at the international level for not preserving sufficient old forests, even though more than 40% of our primary forests remain largely intact." https://www.fao.org/3/xii/0042-b1.htm

You clearly know nothing about the lumber business. Yes, trees are cut. Not all trees are good enough for construction lumber. As I have said, lots of trash trees and slash that is cut an left on the forest floor when getting to and cutting the useful trees. So yes, trees are cut to make pellets but they are most likely those trash trees and slash. I lived on Vancouver Island for 12 years and flew over BC forests for 15 years. I know exactly what logging is and what it does and the landscape after the clear cut has been done. I am actually glad to know that all the slash and trash trees are being put to use instead of lying there rotting. Just too bad ....you don't understand.

How is celebrating a birthday with his son an antic? I am not a Trudeau fan but, he cannot even have a personal family day without recourse. The Bungee company should be blamed for posting the video.

There is "good wood" and "bad wood" in the forest. There are a number of species that are of no use to the lumber trades. These are cut and often just left on the forest floor. Now, they can be used for pellets. A cutting/timber license is like a mining claim. It is sometimes used and sometimes not. Sometimes used by the owner or leased to someone else. Drax sawmills cut and sell lumber to builders and use the sawdust , chips and bark for pellets. The sawmills are a business unto themselves. Drax is an international conglomerate and is responsible to it's shareholders. The make pellets to use in energy production in the UK and use scraps, sawdust, bark and unusable and junk trees to make those pellets. Better that is used to make energy than being used for mulch or bedding. Taxpayers? A commercial business doing commercial business. Tree waste can be waste or a "Drax pellet" Not sure what point you are trying to make with this thread, let alone with these posts. Just another anti corporation rant?

We did what we were told to do, always. They also disbanded the Airborne and cut people. I was speaking primarily of Air Force personnel but the Military in its entirety was way down on people in the 90's. I know what you mean but, as I explained a while ago, the DND and Military are quite separate. The DND provides advice and support to the Minister of national Defence bu the Military, under separate command structure and management does the implementation of the DND tasking. I know it sounds like the same but it really is different and you had to have worked in the NDHQ environment to get the picture. The DND people and Military people do not always play well together LOL

I think the term "green" is loosely interpreted as sustainable. Meaning we can grow more trees. On the West coast, there is a moratorium on old growth. Northern Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlottes (or whatever they are called now) had old growth logging but is was stopped (last I heard was first nations were tasked to determine which and where and how much of old growth forest areas to protect)). The OP's initial comment is made without much research. In fact "60% of the pellets burned by Drax that year were imported from the Southeastern US, 22% from Canada and 11% from the Baltic States." Pellets are generally made from lumber processing byproducts and low quality wood. So, maybe that is also where they claim "green"? Using sawdust and bark to make pellets?

I joined in 19xx and they were desperate for personnel then as well. A few years later, they got so many that they called "golden handshake" (I cannot remember the acronym and real name) to get rid of a lot of personnel, primarily older members. A bunch of my mentors and trainers took the offer. We have been complaining about being short of personnel for decades. Lack of current equipment has also been a plague on the military for as long as I can remember. What I can say proudly is that regardless of shortages and old equipment, the Canadian Military has always done an exemplary job at whatever it has been told to do. We done a lot of good shit with a few good people and a lot of bad stuff.

To be a bit more correct, Drax, the power company in the UK also gets it's wood pellets form US sources. Canada has become a resource supplier and material buyer. Our primary industry/business is the service industry.

That is my point. We haven't built or made anything for years, we just sell our resources.

Canada has nothing to trade or sell except it's resources. All, or most, manufacturing has moved out of the country as it is no longer economical to make things here. We even have to import workers to feed ourselves because Canadians do not want to work on farms. This is not a government (now and back then) issue, it is a Canadian mentality (superiority?) issue.

Sorry, I meant Iran. Sanctions began in 2006 and they include all Iranian agencies. https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales/sanctions/iran.aspx?lang=eng

Ha. Historically challenged but it's OK for you westie, you are challenged at most factual events.

Oh westie, westie, westie ....you cannot accept reality. A CONSERVATIVE is a CONSERVATIVE, no matter how you dress them or when you dressed them. LOL A LIBERAL is a LIBERAL, no matter how you dress them either. Both CONSERVATIVES and LIBERALS participated fully and willingly in Residential School systems. Whether they were todays CONSERVATIVES or yesterdays CONSERVATIVE or yesterdays LIBERALs or todays LIBERALs. So sad to be you and such a shame you are unwilling to learn from your past CONSERVATIVE indiscretions. Maybe that is why you lost 3 elections in a row. Forgetting your past only means you have not learned anything. LOL

Angry? At what? Why? LOL I only pointed out your flawed beliefs and really, that makes me happy. Fact is, since first Canadian Prime Minister, a CONSERVATIVE to the last CONSERVATIVE Prime Minister and every Prime Minister in between, CONSERVATIVE and LIBERAL, they all supported and accommodated Residential Schools and the genocide that was the within that system. And that, is a fact and that, does make me angry. So, be disgusted at your own party and all Canadian governments since the beginning, all parties.

Give it up clown... J A Macdonald was a CONSERVATIVE...period. Look it up. https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/socstud/foundation_gr6/blms/6-1-3m.pdf Who the F cares what they call themselves or what they decided to call the party now, a CONSERVATIVE is a CONSERVATIVE now and then. The CONSERVATIVE Prime Minster began Residential Schools and they have supported it throughout Canadian history right up to the last CONSERVATIVE guy...Harper until he was forced to change it to avoid more political embarrassment.. Like it or not, those are the facts.

He has a point. First, being called settlers is a bit of an oxymoron. the natives either capitulated or outright lost their territory. All defeated peoples lost their right to the land and they lost. Now, they get it back plus, plus , plus. No other peoples in world history that were defeated got as much as our natives. Not going to get into an argument about this but it has to be looked at from a realistic point and not the touchy feely politically correct angle. Countries and people throughout history were invaded/over run/captured and the winner took all.

Who give a shit about LPOC. The CONSERVATIVES allowed the same shit to go on. John A Macdonald, the CONSERVATIVE Prime Minister started the residential school system. The deflection comes from you...trying to hide who stared the problem. LOL Nice try westie LOL

Sanctions have been imposed on Iraq for a long time. "regime elements"??? Canada is so poorly regarded nowadays, they cannot pressure anybody to do anything.

The CPC LOL. Conservatives are conservatives, no matter what they call themselves now. No hiding behind "todays" conservatives moniker. John A Macdonald was the first of them and they have been the same ever since.

Stop with your fantasy, the conservative party has been around since day 1. You can dress it up with a new skirt but it is and was and always will be the conservative party. Just as the liberals have have changed their undies since day 1 but are still the liberals. The NDP are hangar ons federally. As for the average person and no say on policy, that is true no matter who sits on the throne.

Sorry ,maybe I did not express myself properly. You said "I was a kid, I was called 'nigger' by my friends. So what!" My intent was that you did not try and get money for being called names or whatever else. You just said "so what" whereas most of our natives are in it for the money, at every opportunity.