August1991

In 2016, the US polls were accurate. But the US has an electoral collage.

Trump is dividing us. Divide and conquer!

Curious? https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/04/17/5-questions-pour-mieux-comprendre-la-decote-du-quebec

Norway has a similar fund. https://www.nbim.no/

In recent news, Quebec government bonds were reduced from AA+ to AA- Hydro-Quebec bonds were already AA-. (IMHO, Hydro-Quebec bonds are less risky than Quebec bonds but that's another story.... ) ===== And I'm not certain of this S&P rating scheme anyway. Look what happened in 2008. ========= The Quebec society has a huge Caisse. All things considers, this state pension scheme "borrows" at low rates based on the guarantee of taxes and then invests on world markets at higher rates. It is leveraged. This is a potential Ponzi sceme.

As economists say, there's a lot of money sitting on the table. In the past, it was in classified ads.

Betsy, jw? Uh, how did you vote? Note to others: The remarkable feature of Canada is that we vote outside of our clan, we cross lines.

Betsy, About 30% of people who file income tax forms, pay no tax. IOW, about 1/3 of people don't listen to talk of tax cuts. For them, this talk is meaningless. They love government spending; they don't pay!

Disagree. I paid 50 cents for a good read, an editor who would choose. Good intriguing writers. Nowadays, a Google algorithim sends me crap.

Years ago, I bought the Globe and Le Devoir for 50 cents or so. (In Quebec City!) I enjoyed my morning read, argument. Richard Needham. Claude Ryan. ====== Nowadays, I don't know what to read. There is so much! -I would be willing to pay 50 cents each day for a trustworthy editor.

Trump is dividing us. Divide and conquer.

If the federal Liberals win even a minority, it will be entirely through seats in southern Ontario, urban Anglo-Quebec and the Maritimes. But what of Canada? Canada is a large, difficult country to manage. We get along. ===== I think Trump wants the federal Liberals to win and provoke Alberta/Sask/Upper BC separation.

Agreed. This 2025 federal election will be decided in suburban Toronto. ===== But here's my broader thought: Without Alberta and Quebec, Ontario is just another Michigan - and Toronto another Detroit.

Pierre Trudeau famously said that language is like breath - how we speak.

In the past, the 1700s, a person changing religion was as important as nowadays a person changing one's gender.

In America, people with blue eyes have higher incomes - check the stats. Language? Accent? It is hard for a Canadian to become PM with brown eyes. Diefenbaker had blue eyes. ===== Correlation is not causation.

For a larger understanding of this history, I recommend watching the PBS videos about James Hill: https://www.pbs.org/video/episode-1-xpovlk/ Hill was born in Ontario.

If Canadians want to live in Halifax, or Calgary or suburban Toronto: they should be free to do so, respecting local laws. Federal state pension contributions/receipts should be equivalent/transferable across Canada. Like established federal state health care schemes. Canada is a federal state with two federal official languages. Canada has no official cultural. ===== Herbie, Canada works. Why?

Disagree. Missed chance. ==== All numbers. I saw no passion for this country.

The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution restrict what the State can do. They protect the minority (an individual) against the tyranny of the majority (the State). Our Canadian Charter of Rights does the same. In theory, the premise of both is that an individual cannot physically change: language, sex, skin colour, religion, opinion. But what happens in a future society where technology/customs allow individuals to change sex, religion, language, skin colour?

In Canada, for better or worse, people like Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris are still around in parliament to argue. Diefenbaker, Churchill.

In 2016, everyone thought that Clinton would win. All the polls predicted her win. She lost. In 2025, everyone thinks Carney will win. All the polls predict it. I think he will win, but maybe only a minority.

Carney is a technocrat. From Singh or even Blanchet, I was expecting a Mulroney-style response: "You don't speak for Canada!" A huge loss for Poilievre. As Mulroney once said: "You could have refused.... " ====== You fish where there are fish.

Carney is not a tall man. He is visibly shorter than Singh.

If she has blue eyes, she's electable.