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Here, I am simply copying from the quoted text in my post, which is directly above yours. It also mentions "economic diversification" too including the Hibernia oil field.

Is the bill being introduced under the existing monopoly and, if so, does that bill exclude "any kind, type, class or grade of wheat or barley, or wheat or barley produced in any area in Canada" from the monopoly?

That is a 1-3 ratio between direct and indirect jobs. The Cod Fishery collapse caused the loss of 40,000 jobs, a number I read often. Using the 1-3 that is 40k jobs + 120k undirect. Collapse of the Northern Cod Fishery On a national economic scale the impact was minimal and the Canadian economy kept chugging along. No national disaster, no apocalypse, no wholesale destruction of our country. It was a blip and we all helped out our Atlantic cousins until they got back on their feet.

In your defence, hockey requires the participant to learn how to skate, learn how to use an gaming implement and then coordinate the two. The big ball sports don't require that sort of difficulty and are easier to play.

Yes, they are "communist boards."

If the team you are cheering for scores a goal, do you celebrate that?

Or any other issue. A conciliatory and consensus-seeking government is a good one. There doesn't seem to be that sort of ethic with the CPC to any great degree, if any, and they come off believing that their small majority is synonymous with unanimous consent. And of course, this simply is not true.

Seriously? When was the last time you saw a soccer player "covering a 100+ meter field for up to 120 minutes?" It is pretty rare that it is any more that midfielders. And at that, for 90 minutes mostly. And they ain't running all the time either. That being said, to be a top flight soccer player you have to be super-fit. Then again, it would be more interesting if they played a best of three during a week or two week period. The World Cup are on, what, 5-6 day schedule and the Premier League is weekly. They could do it.

And let's not forget the outrage a few weeks ago when a couple of NDP MPs went to Washington to make a beef about the Keystone pipeline. Why... how DARE they! Bound for U.S., NDP critics vow to tell ‘whole story’ on Alberta oil

That's interesting. I have never heard of a public school boxing program in Canada and I went to a few of them in ON and QC. I always thought boxing was a private club thing.

Had they said 'Angry Birds' I would have paid attention and actually sympathized with Baldwin.

Plus, they can't play as many games in soccer because the game is much harder to play than hockey. If they had a best of seven series for the Euro, all the players would die.

Is that what I am doing?

ZING!

Not quite, it's distasteful coming from an uncouth and slovenly mind such as Doug Ford's appears to be. He has and endless bucket of dumb at his disposal and he appears to have his hands in it often. Now, back to those statistics, so UFC has way higher injury rate than hockey, don't you agree?

Sometimes I wonder...

Except it is government sponsored agencies telling the government to drop the policy. That is a key point that you have glossed over there. I can see what you are trying to do...

What an utterly nonsensical rant. How they hell do YOU know they don't "put much thought into what they're doing or saying?" Just because you disagree? They can go wherever they want, whenever they want and protest shitty Canadian government policies in any forum they wish. It's the global village gramps, if you don't like it, move to a shack in Montana and start writing out your manifesto. Example?

For one, it isn't my study and, for two, unless you read it fully and come back with specific criticisms, you look rather blunty.

More contempt for democracy from the CPC.

Does it really matter?

For gawdsakes, do you even have a clue? Is that would you were expecting? MMA riots in schools?

One person's iron fisted dictatorship is another person's safe and comfy "homeland." (well except for the Aboriginals) But, of course, the present government isn't a dictatorship and any suggesting of that is in jest I am sure. But the iron fisted part, well, the jury is still out on that. Is it a sign of the times? This deeply rooted, cynical brand of social politics? First you make the public afraid, then you make them safe, then you get re-elected. Repeate step 1. The Stephen Harper Government - Making all of our dooms comes true.

Yes, but timing is everything. That and the public's collective willingness to endure. Or perceive they are enduring since the whole icebergs/sinking ships thing could turn out to be simple metaphor.