August1991

Kennedy created the Peace Corps. Trudeau Snr did the same with OFY. They both wanted to duplicate their Trust Fund life.

Note to people who fly economy to Cuba: Your CO2 emissions are about the same as if you drove the same distance in a car alone. Many people have no car, but they fly.

Note to Quebecers: Norway produces neither cars, nor jets. And it's not part of the EU. Norway, as Parizeau wished, has its own currency. ===== In Norway, a kwh is about 4X the price in Quebec. Norwegians do not waste their resource at home - they sell it abroad,

Quebec produces Bombardier Challenger Jets that rich people use to travel. Ontario produces ICE (internal combustion engines - based on gasoline) cars.

Additives? Gimme a break. ==== Here's your tell kids: Have you ever noticed that grocery stores have TWO very separate cheese sections? -One section -close to margarine- is for the standard Canadian 400g Cheddar/Brick/Mozzarella. -Another section in the store -closer to the deli- is for the high-end Oka, Brie.

Coward? Barquentine, I have not read through this thread. ====== Mackenzie King lost a seat, and then ran in the same election, to become PM. Mulroney lost, then ran in Nova Scotia, and won in Quebec. Pickersgill was parachuted. Welcome to Canadian politics. ===== What strikes me about Poilievre is that he's like Nixon (or Clinton). He comes back.

Why did they disagree? Both were federalists. In general, we Canadians get along.

Canada has a GDP of some 2 trillion. 90 billion? Is that a rounding number? My daughter owes 2 thousand on her MasterCard. ==== What do these numbers mean?

Disagree. Strongly. We Canadians have been involved in too many wars abroad. But amongst ourselves, we get along. We Canadians have a long history and despite our differences: French, English, Catholic, Protestant, we get along.

Disagree. Still laughing. === Urban Montrealers are not Quebec. Canada is a remarkable country.

We Canadians get along. Nous autres, malgré tout, on s'entend.

Chretien famously told Bush Jnr that we're not sending any troups to Iraq. Trudeau Snr famously, as PM, went to Red China before Kissinger.

What would have Poilievre done any different?

Shady, I agree. It is not clear what this budget is doing - except that there are no tax increases. ===== Trump? Biden? Clinton? Bush? No one can win an election against Santa Claus. ====== Remember 2008? We Canadians are solid - except we live aside gamblers.

Why are urban people so leftist? ==== I know the city of New York as a tourist. (I had an aunt who married a New Yorker from Brooklyn, but they moved to Long Island.) Years ago, I recall flying into JFK from Frankfurt (AMS?) and the two young women beside me. First time to America. I explained that foreigners only care about Manhatten, below Central Park. I showed them the map, suggested that they walk. And I gave these kids Gershwin in their Walkman.

OTOH, The US is the only successful federal state/regime without a consumption tax, a VAT, a GST. To solve America's HUGE federal deficit problems - and rising, America needs a federal consumption tax. Trump is the kind of guy to impose it.

This ain't gonna happen. The GST is a hated tax, making trade easy is hard and getting people to get along is what makes Canada great. It is proof that Trudeau Snr and Mulroney were great Canadians.

Disagree. Carney is a wise, careful bureaucrat. I have wondered how Poilievre would have dealt with Trump.

Here, I strongly disagree. ===== We live in the post 1990s world. The Soviet Union no longer exists. Communism is no longer an ideological threat - except in western universities, parts of South America and American cities.

AG: Better helicopters, agreed. But do we need 5 zillion helicopters?

You miss my point. Americans nowadays believe that technology will protect them.

Please explain. WTF? Imagine the incentives! ==== In Canada, I declare an income. The federal takes a cut. The province takes a cut. Municipal? The city has a property tax. I cannot reduce any of these taxes with the tax I pay to the other level of government. Imagine: Quebec government says that you can reduce your federal tax with taxes paid to Revenu-Québec.

Pay for what? We defeated the Soviets/Communists. Who are we fighting now? Let's get these guys to stop fighting, get along.

Sadly, that's what Carney is. At least Trudeau Jnr was a Canadian.