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  2. Montreal: People sleeping on the sidewalk

    in Local Politics in Canada

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    1 hour ago, August1991 said:

    Money for a dog. spray paint, tattoo - you're not poor.

    The issue is not poverty.

     

    Ridiculous statement. A tattoo costs a fraction of rent. 

    Strikes me that you probably don't know what rent is these days? 

    I moderate local Facebook groups and they are filled with people who say they're getting evicted, and are looking for a room at an impossibly low rate. They didn't think about the housing market until they were forced to.

    Could you afford $1200 rent with $1800/month pay?

    People are strikingly unaware of what's happening.

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  3. Why do we need mass immigration again?

    in Federal Politics in Canada

    Posted

    8 hours ago, DUI_Offender said:

    Michael, the North American birth rate has been declining since 1825.  It's the way it is, Michael. It's just the way it is...

    It's disingenuous to not mention the pill as the single major killer of population growth in the west, is my point.

    Within a generation, immigration was increased and became a social issue...

  4. I Need to Ask Millennials--Why Are your Kids so Awful?

    in Moral & Ethical Issues

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    1 hour ago, Perspektiv said:

     

    "This isn't a racial issue. An age issue. Some parents are just not taking the time to raise their kids properly".

     

    A recent Economist podcast quoted a study saying mom's are spending 50% more time parenting than 60 years ago and that's with having more employment today.  Fathers are spending even more than that as an increase.

    Screens are a way to give everyone a break... but there's a huge cost.

  5. I Need to Ask Millennials--Why Are your Kids so Awful?

    in Moral & Ethical Issues

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Army Guy said:

    ... have not given much thought to what tech is doing to our little people, or how it is changing our education priorities...just a thought...

    This is getting a huge amount of attention right now from public health and educators.  And as a parent of two children in a family where all are addicted to our screens, in a community where everyone talks about this... it's perhaps the biggest issue in my life.

    ...

    I don't have any answers yet.

     

  6. I Need to Ask Millennials--Why Are your Kids so Awful?

    in Moral & Ethical Issues

    Posted

    10 minutes ago, Army Guy said:

     

    I'm surprise at Michaels response he has said he has friends that are teachers... 

    I get that. The thing is, I'm highly suspicious of trying to weigh the Valor of a generation. It seems like a no-win game. 

    They've been doing it since my dad was born, seriously. 

    There are too many factors to consider. I will of course allow that technology and the pandemic have had huge impacts, only that we don't know what they are. 

    And this is not a political topic for me either

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  13. Harris called out for being communist by WaPo

    in Federal Politics in the United States

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    16 minutes ago, CouchPotato said:

    I think he is trans-political. He identifies as a conservative.

    The dialogue usually goes like this:

    "Trudeau is a Marxist"

    Me: "What are your reasons for saying that?"

    "Ok, then, YOU'RE A MARXIST YOU MARXIST"

    I've explained my beliefs in our nation's institutions make me defacto conservative but a lot of people on here can't stand the idea of discussion.

     

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  14. Trucker's Convoy

    in Federal Politics in Canada

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    14 minutes ago, Dougie93 said:

     

    butt that's only because they were getting too close to holding public officials responsible

     

    Well Doug Ford continued his streak of unaccountability when he did zero to stop the Ambassador Bridge blockade.

    This from a party that murdered an Indian because he was protesting in a park.

    You expect too much.

  16. Harris called out for being communist by WaPo

    in Federal Politics in the United States

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Nationalist said:

    In Kamala's case, that place would be...where? Cuba?

    Given the Democratic Party association with massive retail outfits, I wouldn't worry too much that they're planning to nationalize grocery chains.

    In fact they're trying to keep two major chains from merging.

    https://reason.com/2024/08/17/harris-joins-the-ftcs-food-fight-against-kroger-albertsons-merger/

    One first has to decide where you stand on monopolies vs freedom to do business.

  17. Trucker's Convoy

    in Federal Politics in Canada

    Posted

    15 hours ago, ExFlyer said:

     You have no basis for your accusations and cannot back up anything you claim.

    In the interest of good faith, I will help out Zeitgeist by contributing a valid question I saw posed: why did public health leaders discount the importance of masks early on.

    To my mind, I would conclude that this was indeed dishonest and done for the purpose of preventing a run on masks, which were in short supply for health workers.

    Understandable? Sure.

    Forgivable? Well, that can be rightly argued either way.

  20. Trucker's Convoy

    in Federal Politics in Canada

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    @Zeitgeist a good analogy is 9/11.. a topic which formed my opinions on the public sphere to a large degree.

    Again, the criticisms were largely tied to nefarious motives rather than a failure of vision prior to the event and tactical errors on the day of.

    After awhile, I stopped reading criticisms because they were rehashing the same thing again and again.

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  21. Trucker's Convoy

    in Federal Politics in Canada

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    14 hours ago, Zeitgeist said:

    How can you be so uncritical?  It’s crystal clear that Fauci benefited from big pharma which has also worked hand in glove with governments to suppress legitimate criticism of vaccines and anti-covid measures.  If you can’t see that basic reality and the critical importance of the questions raised about what the hell was happening throughout the pandemic, I don’t know how you can expect to be taken seriously.  We saw the greatest suppression of our rights in our lifetimes and it lasted two and a half years, resulted in a form of martial law in Canada, and raised important questions about the transparency of our government and healthcare.  Your dismissal of any thoughtful critique of what happened by reducing it to Chuds or other Trudeauesque rhetoric demonstrates why we have culture wars.

    I'm open to reading criticism but the dividing line is ... what was the underlying motive for actions taken.

    Almost every critical thread I have read has been hyperbolic in that area.  If it's about incompetence then that's fair comment, however we were also dealing with extraordinary circumstances.

     

  24. Majority of Canadians agree media’s reliance on gov funding impedes impartial reporting. (so what's the answer?)

    in Federal Politics in Canada

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    13 minutes ago, Five of swords said:

    Biased reporting is a product of the identitly of the people who control the media. It has nothing to do with who funds them.

    🤔 What an odd assertion.  WHO FUNDS MEDIA has nothing to do with WHO CONTROLS MEDIA.

     

    Is there a particular group that controls media then?  Maybe, to your mind, a people or religion... perhaps known to have dwelled in the desert at some point?

     

    Curious 🤔

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