August1991

Largely agree. 1. I suspect Japan spends zillions on MRI machines because a) they're older, b) they once had money 2. I suspect America spends zillions on health care because a) they invent stuff, b) they litigate health care

True, Newfoundlanders fished on the Labrador coast. As the Portuguese fished on the Grand Banks. ==== Is Newfoundland part of Portugal?

Strongly disagree. The island of Newfoundland is not Labrador.

Comedy? In Canada, we have the idea that we have some else - maybe we're Catholic. Whenever I have been in America, I realised that you Americans have no one else.

https://www.journaldequebec.com/2026/03/16/christine-frechette-prete-a-reevaluer-lexploration-des-gaz-de-schiste-au-quebec IME, Quebec women are practical, smart. Les Québécois sont normands, indépendants - leurs femmes en premiers.

In Canada, we generally show "government identification" when voting. Our federal/provincial votes are a simple X. We choose the candidate. ==== But I reckon that our Canadian census forms are similar to your US election votes. Endless choices.

1. Act of aggression? I strongly disagree. Eastern Ukraine is largely Russian-speaking. 2. Western Ukraine? It was once Polish-speaking. ======= I am with Trudeau Snr. I do not want the West Island to become a Danzig.

I'm fat but I'm not 85 stone -fergawdsakes. We sell milk in Canada in litres. But we still butter by the pound. ===== I recommend that we sell butter by 250g -or better, by 400g.

Newfoundland and Iceland? Island people.

Agreed. Butter at 400g would look European - and appear to lower the price for a pound. ==== BTW: All foreigners are excluded from dairy sales in Canada.

In Montreal, it is around Cdn $1.85 per litre. Mon voisin blame Trump. === We Canadans/Quebecers have a lot of hydro-electricity (and oil). Higher world prices for energy make us richer.

Huh? Butter at 400g (instead of 454g) would allow domestic milk producers to look European. And exclude Americans.

This famous quote of Trudeau Snr is remarkable. He defined private, and the state. Heck, as he looked out: a federal state.

Poilievre's message must be his wife. He gets along. ==== Trudeau Jnr, federal Liberals, are flakes.

I recommend that we move to the metric system. 250g or 500g. 400g is possibly a good measure - close to 454g. We now use 2 litres for milk.

Laval is like New Jersey. And Montreal is the Big Easy north. Off Island is like fly-over Trump country.

As a Canadian taxpayer, I want nothing to do with this idea of submarines, airplanes...

Fair enough. Explain to this Canadian.

In Canada, at present, we have a federal parliament with 343 seats. To me, a Canadian, a majority means more seats. In 2024, our current federal Liberal Party only won 169 seats. Do the numbers.

User, your answer confused me. It did not answer my question. Why does a filibuster require 60 votes? To oppose the bill, must the Democrats in the Senate speak for days? (Like Jimmy Stewart.... )

Breakfast? Years ago, I lived in a city where I could stop in a bar late at night and talk freely. For me, this forum is the sad remnant of an old world.

Moonbox: Have you read the biography of Xi Jinping? In American terms, he is Bush Jnr - if 41 had lived through Political Correctness. ==== Or what about Vladimir Putin? America in the 1970s: its defeat in Vietnam 1975, Carter. Putin is simply Germany after 1918. Or Reagan in 1980.

Disagree. Sortof. The people of Iceland have survived for centuries because they resolved differences, uh, peacefully. The people of Newfoundland have survived because of trade.

Podcast? The Fifth Column. First time. Will not subscribe. ==== 1) I hate this podcast's hokey laughing/guys together. (It reminds me of Montreal morning radio.) 2) They did not let Christie finish his thoughts. 3) They did ask the critical questions - but I reckon that Christie only answered because he was willing to spill. 3a) IOW, They did not get Christie to divulge anything that Christie had not planned to say. ==== Christie may have been a DA but Jean Charest is a better player. IMHO.

John Maynard Keynes, a rich Brit, predicted a future of leisure. Woody Allen, a rich American, described life as distraction.