August1991

Meech Lake 1995 According to the ever predictable CBC's Andrew Coyne and so-called Quebec expert Chantal Hebert: "Let's see." ==== Disagree. Carney did not win a clear majority. The PQ will win in 2026. Alberta will hold a referendum. (It will lose - but the vote will be higher than Quebec's 1980). Think: In 1980, 40% of people in Quebec wanted a sovereign state.

I saw Mulroney in caucus. In his office, among cabinet ministers. In public, in private, he was a master. I saw Chretien in private and random crowds. He was remarkable. Chretien liked meeting people, kids in particular.

Correct. Razor-thin majority. ==== Have you read Crosbie's book No Holds Barred? In 1971 or so, he wanted to defeat Smallwood - a member from Labrador had the deciding vote. Such is politics. Carney is forced to do such deals now.

Short - on what side? ===== How males/females go about choosing mates is intriguing. Guppies (fresh water fish), females tend to be large. The males are smaller. Walruses? Males are large - and have a harem of females. (Other male walruses are gay.) Bees? A large queen with a zillion worker males. (The exception.) Even trees are male/female - ask a biologist. And how does a female tree get a male tree to phone back? True - some species procreate without sex - they self-recreate , and some change sex. ==== Is the difference between X/Y, X/X? No. Here's my simple conclusion kids: Whatever the species, the female shows up with more. The male has less to lose. This is in fact the definition of sex/gender or whatever kids call it nowadays.

Whenever anyone asks why women can't get elected, I answer: tell me. Life is difficult. It is difficult to get to the top of the slippery slope.

Patents - intellectual property. Apple owns the hardware phone environment. Google owns the software phone environment. With Surface, Microsoft now owns both - when content creators are not using phones.

True. I tend to agree. And the Mac hardware build is better. ====== But I can use Visual Studio. And I can control my environment.

I understand why women chose Trudeau Jnr. The name. (His father was short but had striking blue eyes - an obviously smart man. Any woman would have been attracted.) What does Carney have that Trump doesn't?

Unhoused? 'Takes a Trump' Herbie, let's consider this, uh, humour. ******** There's a broader problem.

1. Once a year or so, I have to drive through Toronto. This 407 is a Godsend. I happily drive through the photo and pay the bill when it arrives. 2. I wish for such in Montreal.

I agree. But Donald Trump is also ambitious. ===== Women vote for Carney - not Trump. Why?

I have always thought that a US President without partisan Senate support is a goner. And a Canadian federal PM without caucus support is a loser.

Here, I very strongly disagree. ==== When the Berlin Wall fell, we defeated communism. Ordinary people were free. Russia is not a threat. China is not a threat. Ordinary Russians and ordinary Chinese can now travel abroad.

Uh? Afghanistan? ===== NATO was created to oppose the Soviet Union, you know: Communism. In 1991, Reagan won. Heck, in 1989, the wall fell.

Carney has a razor-thin majority - dependent on the NPD (look at the members) or BQ. For votes, he needs a good whip. Unlike Mulroney or Chretien, Carney is not a good caucus leader.

Europeans: Numerous wars killing people. Americans: We get along - except for a Civil War.

Strongly disagree. Europe has been sliced and diced. It is America - North America - that has been largely peaceful. As a Canadian, I could not hope for a better neighbour. ===== To have world peace, we must avoid a 1914 disaster.

AG, you prove the OP's point. ====== 1. When we buy stuff, we can't buy other stuff - or we borrow. 2. Why are we buying stuff?

If I were Russian, I would insist on more. NATO must dissolve. Disappear. ===== To avoid a Summer 1914 disaster, we need a new structure of peace among the elites. Since the early 1990s, we haven't had it.

Our CBC/Radio-Canada is a bubble. Your PBS opened my mind.

In Fall 2026, the CAQ will not win re-election. I suspect that it will be a PQ majority. (The Liberals have no chance... ) Alberta? If anything, some people now prefer a referendum. And we have a federal government with a very, very ambitious clueless PM - but a bare minority. Hmmm.

Dunno. Carney is very, very ambitious. Poilievre is just ambitious.

If Mark Carney was a stock/share, I would not buy him. Buffet warned about this. But many Canadians just did - women in particular.

Disagree. The Economist once argued free trade.

LOL! Mark Carney worked at Goldman Sachs, he graduated from Harvard, he married a British woman... He is very ambitious.