August1991

Newfoundlanders are risk takers, they look for the place to fish. Get rich. They fundamentally don't understand that Churchill Falls is not about finding fish. It is about borrowing money, engineering, building dams.

Our federal PM, whether Carney or Poilievre, is facing a problem with Trump, MAGA. And another problem with the future PQ governement of PSPP. ===== Mulroney and Trudeau Snr faced both. Laurier lost an election on reciprocity.

These lumber duties/quotas make some Canadians richer - at the expense of Americans. Trump is correct. We Canadians are hypocrites. We "Canadians" favour free trade - if it benefits some of us.

Thibodeau has zero chance. For many reasons, large urban elections vote "left". ==== Rabourin and Sauve divided the vote. Soraya Ferreda, a federal Liberal, will be Montreal's next mayor.

Like Smallwood, there's always the dream of a better deal. ===== People have survived for 1000 years on Iceland. Icelanders have a sustainable community. People have survived for 300 years on the island of Newfoundland. Around the world, people know the Newfoundland accent.

Chrissy, You make my point. When struggling, put in a marker. (BTW, AI can't do that.) McCartney like Bacharach could imagine melodies. Mozart could imagine such melodies across many instruments. George Martin was the fifth beatle. Lennon could write words, like Pushkin. ====== Cobain? And which Gershwin?

Since the 1980s, Quebec no longer makes cars. Since the 1970s, Canada doesn't make TVs, stereos.

Disagree. Lennon advised McCartney to substitute fake words until the good lyrics arrived. ==== Imagine if Mozart had met Pushkin.

Strongly disagree. Newfoundlanders foolishly, typically believe that they "own" gold. ===== Ownership belongs to the person who can borrow, make it happen.

And of all places, Labrador. Newfoundlanders never gave a f*ck about Labrador - except the coast.

What is the value of Churchill Falls? -the water falling -the technology to bring the electricity to market -the reputation to borrow the money to make it happen === Too many Nflders think that Churchill Falls is the water falling.

Sinclair had several daughters. One of them supposedly asked, "Why did he pick the crazy one?"

Nowadays. In the 1960s, Pierre Trudeau was a Catholic, a French-Canadian, a Quebecer. But he was a federalist. He knew that to win votes in English-Canada, he had to date an American starlet: Barbra Streisand

Trust me. When he spoke English, his supposed French accent was a play. And when Pierre Trudeau spoke French, he was no Quebecer. ===== I raised my kids to speak like him, in public: international French. My wife raised them to speak a different French.

Huh? I know the cost of cheese in Canada.

Let me try to explain: Trudeau Jnr can speak English/French in a bland way; he has no accent in English or French. But when Trudeau Snr spoke, I always listened. ==== Somerset Maugham, a misogyne, famously said: "I know a woman who can speak seven languages fluently. Unfortunately, she can't say anything intelligent in any one of the them."

Agreed. Charest has no accent in either language. By grammar, Trudeau Snr mastered both languages well. Levesque made mistakes in English, never in French. ==== But both Trudeau Snr and Levesque used language in ways that were original, new. English Canadians all know of the Trudeau Snr, "Just watch me!".

Newfoundlanders are like the guys in Iceland, crazy risk takers. Hogan got a good deal - but Nlders want more, push the envelope.

This forum is proof. We disagree but get along. I reckon this forum - like Canada - could survive with automatic translation.

Disagree. This is an arena, a forum, where anonymous posters disagree - yet get along.

I agree.

Gimme a break. The lumber scheme is like our dairy scheme.

carepov is an AI poster. Ignore.

Some foreigners living abroad are described as "expats" Other foreigners living abroad are "immigrants". What's the difference? Americans living in the Philippines are referred to as "expats" (expatriates)? But Filipinos living in the US are referred to as "immigrants"? Choose your country: what's the difference between an expat and an immigrant/emigrant?

Disagree. Carney was ambitious, wanted to be PM, top dog. Young, he married a woman to help him to win. Trump was competitive. In any game, he just wanted to be first.