AngusThermopyle

I was going to mention that it does contain more dept for the rest of us. The free drugs thing is small potatoes, under 25 years of age. How about they give them to seniors instead? They're the ones who really need that.

No one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition. I know I never do.

We'll start off with a skit that would be considered horrendously racist now days. Honestly, it's pretty darn funny, especially the curry part.

Wearing turbans is common among Sikhs, including women, who refer to it as a Dastar. In certain other faith communities, the headgear also serves as a religious observance, including among Shia Muslims, who regard turban-wearing as Sunnah Mu'akkadah (confirmed tradition). Educate yourself dude.

Yes and no. The vast majority of South America lies below the Equator. As you know the Equator designates the equidistant point between the North and South poles. So, given that 90+% of South America lies below the Equator it can be seen that for practical purposes the Equator separates them and the designation of South America makes perfect and logical sense. Yes in the sense that the Panama Canal is the man made designation for the separation of them.

Okay, so I hear this humans replaced with robots thing quite a bit. The fact is that robots can do some jobs, improve efficiency, but they still can't replace humans. To try to do so would be extremely cost prohibitive. Where I'm working now we make parts for Honda, GM, Chev, Tesla, etc. We downsized our milling department, not because of robots but because of model and design changes. Since then I've moved to the weld department, the line I'm on consists of three weld cells where we make Civic rear subframes. It takes 23 separate parts to make a subframe and three people to work the cells. You need humans to load each cell, one person loads cell 5 then another loads cells 10 and 15. Humans are required to load these weld jigs for a number of reasons, among them diagnosing and correcting faults and errors that occur frequently. Once loaded robot welders weld the child parts into incomplete sub sections. Once welded handler robots move these sub parts from the first cell to the jig in the next which is loaded prior to the part move. Finally at the end of the line the subframe emerges where an inspector/reworker both inspects and reworks the bad welds the robots have made. Every part made has bad welds that need to be corrected, not everyone can be a reworker and it takes time to train them, even longer for them to become good. So as you can see, even in a plant that makes extensive use of robots humans are still essential. In fact we're desperate for people, we just can't get enough for our requirements. In fact, if you guys know anyone who's looking for a good paying job with benefits, send em our way. we always need more people.

So in your opinion, even though it's still illegal, that makes it okay? A lot of people have also gotten away with theft and murder, does that principle also apply to those crimes?

The point of the story would appear to be that his father used his status and former position to make the whole thing disappear. It's not a matter of charges being dropped, it's a matter of using influence in a corrupt manner. In short it stinks but is also pretty typical of Pierre Trudeau.

Here is where we disagree. In my opinion he is a violent offender. It simply can't be argued in this day and age that he just made a mistake. Unless he's a simpleton of the first order he deliberately made a conscious decision that he knew could very well place others at risk, yet still he decided to do what he did. Sure, 30 years in prison won't bring those lives back, but on the other hand it is hardly just that he ended those multiple lives and only suffers the loss of a few years of his in return. Given that he wont be in a max security institution it's hardly an extreme sentence by any measure. I was always raised to take responsibility for my actions, to own what is mine. This whole situation smacks of the opposite of that philosophy. Anyway now were veering into thread drift so perhaps we should just agree to disagree on this issue.

Pleading guilty and being remorseful are standard court room tactics and mean nothing in reality. Besides which, who gives a rats ass anyway, those kids and their grandfather will still be needlessly dead. He was pissed drunk and knowingly drove, not the first time he'd done it either. He deserves no sympathy or consideration. His stupid selfishness ended those lives and a few years in prison will not change that fact.

Are you saying we should be extremely profane when talking about Trudeau?

It's not a justice system though, it's a legal system. Do you really think Marco Muzzo getting ten years was justice? Especially when one considers the fact that he'll probably be out far sooner than ten years. It should also be considered that this sentence is one of the harshest handed down in Canada for this offense. That's not a justice system, that's a legal system rolling right ahead. http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/marco-muzzo-gets-10-years-in-jail-for-drunk-driving-crash-that-killed-three-newmarket-kids-and-their-grandfather

Some more info on this plan. It appears that streamlining won't be enough to do it, if they ever actually intended to do so at all. In fact it will cost another 50 million a year. Given the Ontario Liberals track record it seems entirely possible this figure could be far higher than that. Of course this will also necesitate an increase in government employee's. The article doesn't state that but does any sane individual doubt it. Yay! Another Liberal boondoggle! http://www.torontosun.com/2017/04/25/wynnes-plan-sounds-like-welfare

I didn't have time to read this before I left for work. Interesting, and it does answer some of the questions I had, but the big one "where will the money come from?" is still unanswered as they apparently don't know either. This will be a mess, a very costly one, of that I have no doubt. As I said earlier it appears to be nothing more than vote buying. One really interesting fact mentioned in the article is our debt. I was under the impression we were around 310 billion in debt, I didn't realize we'd already hit the 320 billion mark, but then again, what's 10 billion among friends?

I wondered about that myself. Personally I do now, and have known people in the past who would just view this as a windfall. A way to buy more booze and drugs. Even thinking about it briefly I can see major pitfalls arising with this project. That doesn't even get to the meat of the subject, which will be cost. How much will this cost tax payers? Given the fact that Ontario is in dismal financial shape how will we afford this? Especially if it becomes full fledged across the entirety of Ontario.

The Ontario Liberals have announced the trial of a basic guaranteed income in three Ontario Cities. Recipients will receive a guaranteed income of just under $17,000 a year for a single person. If they find employment they'll keep this income but it will be reduced by 50% of what they earn. Personally I have mixed feelings about this, it could theoretically be a good thing but in reality I think it will end in disaster. I also find it interesting that the timing of this project is pretty fortunate given an election next year and Wynne sporting record low levels of support (10% at last count). The optics would appear to show a cynical exercise in vote buying and nothing more. The three cities to receive this gift will be Hamilton, Lindsay and Thunder Bay. http://www.torontosun.com/2017/04/24/three-ontario-cities-to-test-basic-income-pilot-project

I like the adds. The ones I see are Kijiji listings of vintage dirt bikes. That's right up my alley.

You believe that watching people slaughter each other would be fun. There really is nothing I can say that would adequately display the depth of disgust I feel about your idea of fun.

In fact it is not hypocrisy as I'm not asking you to prove anything. I am asking you to provide some substantiating data that would tend to validate your outlandish claims. The fact that you refuse to do so simply shows that you have nothing but made up claims with no basis in reality.

How convenient. Make claims and then when questioned on them just say it's off topic and refuse to answer. Good enough, your non answer tells me all I need to know.

Sorry but you're just spouting made up none sense. I've done a search and didn't come up with anything on child brides/forced marriages in Canada except among immigrants, including those from Turkey. There are a few among Christian immigrants though, however these are in the minority and Canada is actively working to eliminate this practice. The following article looks at this specific subject and gives an idea about the numbers. I'm sure there are more cases that aren't known about. As you can see this is not a problem that is native to Canada but rather imported from other places. Interestingly the majority of cases are among Muslims. If you wish to answer please do so with credible information, or remove yourself from the forum forever. Thank you. https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2013/09/20/forced_marriages_a_hidden_problem_in_canada.html