ExFlyer

Well, glad your life burning in the fire of your own making, here in Canada which you hate so much. revanchist away (?)

Still help you pack. Why stay if it is everything you hate and we will not miss you at all LOL

I will help you pack

How do they keep you off their ski hills and your boat off their lakes? They bring their money and help your economy.

I agree with your paragraph 1 but, your anti tourism rant is nonsense. To even assume people working in tourism jobs can be working in STEM is well, presumptuous. The service industry is an industry that has more employees than any other in this Country. Tourism, in this Country and others is also a way of teaching and informing and yes, showing off the best of a Country. As for getting away from people, well, in all of Canada's 10 million square kilometres, I think there are places that you can hide

Yeah OK. LOL Like you Eh? Narrow minded and singular view.

Huh? I am having a discussion. Making points and counter points and being devils advocate on the situation you can not see past your own biases. Sad you are such a narrow minded person and cannot see alternatives or others opinions.

I am not calling it anything. The official statement is calling it a freeze. The media, which so many including you despise, but wen it suit narratives, you use them:) Emotions come into play when something is done that rankles the beliefs and desires a person wants. Owning guns is such a thing for some, a minority by the way. The government is responding to public outrage and the general public seem pleased with what they are doing. As for owning or being able to purchase hand gun, well, if you own them now, you are fine but if you want to buy one, you may have to wait for a while, (till this event runs it's course). Just to be devils advocate, there is really no reason to own one and if you say for personal protection, that is really a stretch. For sport is also not really valid. I am completely unsure what you mean with "Want this to be a level playing field"? What playing field is the government supposed to be playing in? In the field of public opinion?? I will say again, I am not pro or anti gun.

I travel internationally (US earlier this year and Europe next month) so need to be current on what is required. I am not liberal and do not care for the present government but, I do understand that this government is no better or worse than many others in the world and we live by government requirements of the countries we visit. If you ever left your enclosure and off facebook and youtube, you may realize what is actually going on in the world Your hate of liberals has you completely out of touch of what is going on in the world. Your blinders need to come off. LOL

To what?? Cost of living is constantly going up. Like I said before, no one owes anyone a house.

yes

Not at all, just showing that the whining from some here that Canada is doing stupid things is moot. Canada is not alone in it's COVID requirements

There are other countries that have travel restrictions and requirements to enter the country. https://ottawa.citynews.ca/local-news/more-than-40-countries-still-require-travellers-to-have-covid-19-travel-insurance-5463269?utm_source=SND&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=AutoPilot https://hellosafe.ca/en/travel-insurance/summer-map-2022?utm_source=citynews ottawa&utm_campaign=citynews ottawa%3A outbound&utm_medium=referral

Lets just keep it real. A freeze on handguns, not an outright ban. The buy back is for assault style weapons, not all rifles or long guns and certainly not from registered owners although , under the old law, you can turn in any weapons you wish. "gun control legislation the federal government tabled Monday includes a national freeze on the purchase, sale, importation and transfer of handguns in Canada. The government also is pledging to start buying back thousands of banned assault-style weapons before the end of the year. While the proposal falls short of a full ban on handguns, it would effectively limit their number in Canada. "In other words, we're capping the market for handguns," I understand the emotions involved but, emotions sometimes leads to misinterpretations. Also, I am not pro or anti guns but am pro factual information.

All the doom-saying in your past few posts yet, whomever you support did not have enough to even put up a good fight and get enough supporters out. Like the last time, the provincial liberals whined and whined but bottom line is, the voters spoke. All the conservatives on this forum should be jumping for joy

Don't be pissed at me. I only said that the proposal is to freeze handgun sales. I am not sure the government is "seizing" long guns. No one is coming to your house and taking your registered guns away. I believe that it is a voluntary thing to turn in your guns. I also believe it has always been there but is just being advertised again. I am not pro nor anti gun. And no, I do not own any weapons. I am a city boy and do not hunt. I am quite familiar with them and have used them in my Military career. Crime is crime and with the resources available, they do what they can. Friends and relatives in the law enforcement game always say that whatever they do, the judicial and legal system undoes. Criminals have rights you know LOL And yes, the Canadian population is very much in favour of and demanding social programs.

I agree but in the eyes of the general public, gun control will too and they are happy the government is doing that. Firstly, no one is taking any guns away. That is over dramatic and false. Secondly, if the guns were in fact taken, how would that hurt anyone except the pocketbook of the owner? Thirdly, freezing the sales of handguns was never intended to prevent illegal gun crimes. We all know illegal guns come from somewhere. The question is where. (lots of assumptions but who knows) As I said "Having said all that, I do think the actions of the government is a way over reaction due to American incidents and we here in Canada do not have this problem severe enough for this type law but, the general Canadian public is very pleased with this action."

REIT's are Canadian. the link is not specifically Canadian. Rental costs go up, but so do ownership costs. Do landlords absorb those or take a loss? I am only trying to say that housing cost sand rental costs are very different world wide as they are in Canada too. We seem to concentrate on the 3 major cities when speaking of housing and rentals without taking into account that the cost of operation in those major cities is also skewed. Nationalist, above has some very good points. And look what he accomplished. It was certainly not easy and certainly nothing guaranteed or given to him. When I was "growing up" in the housing world, we only had one income and it was difficult, very difficult. The norm today is dual incomes, major vacations, very often 2 cars and lots of stuff. I did not have any of that and we were very house poor for a long time. Not saying we were a total transitory group back then but, we did move to where we could afford to live. (do not want to open up that debate but we did what we had to). We, or the government, do not owe a house to anyone.

None of what you posted makes sense. How does "restrict and/or banning guns leading to more crime not less" that happen? Please provide some data on that statement. There is none because that is BS. "law abiding victims of criminals will be less able to defend themselves? Please tell me/us how many people have defended themselves with a hand gun in Canada? "negative feedback loop"? What the H is that?? The problem is crime, regardless of weapon choice. I already said that. What kind of rectal pluck is "freezing handgun sales to law-abiding citizens increases the amount of crimes committed with handguns by criminals"? Where did you get that information and data? A criminal will get what they need regardless of any law, making handguns difficult to get for everyone will also make it difficult for criminals. So, where will criminals get their guns? Go to a store and buy them? Oh wait, they can't. Steal them? From who? The store or the people that have them. Police do what they can. What else do you suggest they do?? What logic are trying to imply here?? There are approx 1 million handguns in Canada but I cannot find out if that includes police weapons. Here is some gun data, by a gun lobby. Quite interesting. https://thegunblog.ca/facts-stats/ Having said all that, I do think the actions of the government is a way over reaction due to American incidents and we here in Canada do not have this problem severe enough for this type law but, the general Canadian public is very pleased with this action.

1. What government policy? The big issues for housing development is municipal requirements and red tape. 2a. All 3? What federal and what provincial? 2b. We tax profit made on sales and incomes. 2c. Yes, exactly like this. Perspectives. I could not afford a house back then either and the government knew this and did AHOP to help folks buy homes. It failed because many (if not most) took the money, lived in the house for a while and then sold the house for profit. Then the crash and peol lost their homes. then interest hikes and no one could afford a home and many again, lost their homes .So yes, housing in general was the issue and difficult. 3. I am very aware of the rental issues in major cities. In my city I have friends and relatives that rent (for one reason or another) and the biggest problem is upkeep. While there is not "rent control" the landlords cannot increase rents to cover costs because the tenants always (or very often) appeal and the province seems to be in favour of tenants. So, as a result, no one builds rentals and that only makes existing rentals go up in price. On top of that, if a developer wants to build rentals, they are forced to make upwards to 30% of the units low income. You know and I know that a low income unit in a high rise costs as much to build as a regular one therefore to recoup, the regular ones have to be higher rent. 4. No, I do not think so. it is perhaps more difficult in major cities but, that is where people want to live and that alone drives up prices. Popular place cost more. 5. Please do. Thing is housing costs are high all over and for some reason home ownership seems to be almost a right here and it is not and should not be.

Firstly, it is a freezing of hand gun sales. Not banning ownership. Why is that stupid and counterproductive? Other than for fun, what use are handguns for the public? Implements/weapons used in crimes by criminals, be they guns, knives, swords, bats, or whatever, were a problem back then, are now and will be the future. Eradicating crime is impossible. Getting rid of gangs is also impossible (regardless of some here insisting it can be done). Enforcing crimes is what is needed but when social activists keep insisting some crimes are a social and/or health issue and not a crime, well then we have a society problem and our system of justice buckles to social pressures. Also, when trying to enforce crimes, without public assistance and testimony, the charges and judgment goes away. Not sure what "cycle" you are referencing. "Canadians fiending on that negative feedback loop like a junkie", do not know what that means.

Right. The topic is gun banning (and it is not a ban but a freeze in handgun purchases). The arguments I read are about "legal" owners and how their rights are affected. My point is that everything was legal, then made illegal and can bemade legal again. Most things that are illegal now are as a result of actions and issues previously and laws are made.

Used to be a news cycle was 24 hours but nowadays with social media, a cycle (I refuse to call social media chatter news) it can be 15 minutes. As for monkeypox, it is quite amusing it is getting so much notoriety as worldwide there are 800 cases. That is the less than the amount of cases most major cities had of covid in a day. I agree with the conspiracy theorists on this one, monkeypox is a blip on the radar. No need to panic.

Everything was "legal" at one time or another. Opium and heroin was legal until 1929 then is wasn't. Cocaine was legal and even used in drinks until it was not. Alcohol was legal then illegal in 1918 until 1920 then legal again You could use your phone in your car until it was made illegal. Drinking and driving was legal until 1921 but it was impossible to convict until acceptance of Breathalyzer in 1969 And many other legal activities made illegal by various levels of authority or government. My point is that what is legal today can easily be illegal tomorrow.

Shhh, don't tell the pro trucker convoyists that, they get into a deflection frenzy when proven wrong LOL