Bryan

There's no evidence that this is anything of the sort. IF, if, if..... While I admit that I am a partisan conservative, that doesn't mean I have sworn allegiance to this party with the word conservative in its name, nor does it mean that I'm unable to find fault in this government. I have expressed issues that I disagree with the CPC many times on this forum. In fact, I disagree with the Prime Minister right now for taking such a stern approach to the issue, and reading his caucus the riot act over it. And he has run the most accountable government we've had in my lifetime by a huge margin. It's precisely because of his open accountability that people are able to see all this info, warts and all. They're the ones who brought us the federal accountability act, they're the ones who created the PBO. These things are a pain in the ass, and they knew that going in, but they went forward with them anyway because it's the right thing to do. Going to Peru shows leadership. Statesmanship. He's going about the business of continuously strengthening our economy, instead of getting involved in this childish bullshit media stunt.

That's crazy talk. This is less than nothing compared to any other leader that's come before.

I'm just not seeing it. Of all the scandalettes the media and opposition have tried to paint Harper with, this one seems to be the most petty of all of them.

All speculations on your part. I agree, we definitely need to find out what the Liberals did with that money.

Scandals? If the worst you can tar him with is a senator's expenses discrepancy where the disputed amount was promptly repaid, and those involved quickly resigned, I'd say he's doing damn good compared to those who came before him.

I taught my daughter to sing "God save the Queen" this weekend -- does that count?

If it was clear that it was Ford in the video, why won't anyone buy it? $100,000 doesn't seem like much in comparison to the lengths Ford's opponents have gone to defame him.

True. We don't have a Florida (let alone a Hawaii). If we want a break from winter, there's no way around it, we need a passport. See, we DO need Turks & Caicos to join us!

I hear that. I was in San Antonio in October, and in my mind it was obvious that we were going to take at least a day trip to Mexico. In the minds of the local Texans I was with, that was crazy talk. Some of them had lived an hour from the Mexican border their whole lives and never even considered going across. My wife and I went anyway, and we had a great time. The food was awesome, the beer was cold, and the people were very friendly. Is that the same mentality most Americans take when it comes to vacations too? Do they mostly stick to places that are at least U.S. territories (if not US proper)? For us, it rarely occurs to us to NOT travel to another country. Summers in Minnesota, winters in Cuba is our usual pattern.

You still have to carry the stuff back across the border, so whatever is due will still get paid (unless you "smuggle" it). It's actually more likely that you won't get charged those fees when getting something mailed to Canada than it is when carrying across. The biggest issue when it comes to shipping cross border is the method you use. NEVER send anything from the US to Canada using UPS. They are really bad for adding their own outrageous brokerage fees that have nothing to do with taxes or customs. If you use the post office, not only do they not charge those fees, more often than not they don't charge any taxes or duty either. You think a Nexus card is political? I don't think very many Canadians would think it was. It's just the smart way to go if you travel to the US more than a couple times a year. Gas is an issue for sure. The price difference is HUGE. Going down and coming back, it's de rigeur to try to hold off as long as you can to maximize the savings. And it's economics for American border towns more than anything else. Cross-border shopping Canadians are a critical component of their local economy. If Canadians stay home, it hurts them a lot.

Vlogging a mundane shopping trip like that is not all that common. Routine day trips to the US for no other reason than to shop though, are VERY common. My wife and her friends do at least 6 of those year, often more. Having a US postal address or using a drop ship service is VERY common too. The biggest reason is a lot of American companies refuse to send their products to Canada. The stores here don't carry them, and you're not allowed to order them. So if there's something in the US you like, you either need to come down to a store in the US to buy it, or get it sent to a US address, then go pick it up. Price is also a huge issue. Many of the American companies that do sell in Canada, charge significantly more. So much more, that often even after the cost of the trip, the items still end up costing much less.

It's the opposite. CBC is for people who have no capacity to think for themselves. They're Fox News for lefties.

I'm reading this right now: Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection by John Sarnohttp://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0446557684/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It sounds like a bunch of woo woo, my BS detector is going overboard. BUT I haven't had much help for my back pain through mainstream medical care, so I'm willing to try anything.

I hope it drops lower than that too. The strong CDN Dollar is great when shopping in the US, but bad when getting paid in US funds. All of my clients are in the US, and all of my pricing is in US funds. I miss the days when I could charge less than my competition, yet actually end up with more after exchange.

There has been a lot of good news from the feds for everyone, economically speaking -- especially for younger families with children. There have been loads of tax reductions (tax-free ceiling raised, loads of tax credits, TFSEs, many outright reductions as well). My tax bill is over $3000 less than it was under the previous govt. It was even more than that up until recently, but my kids are too old for some of the credits now. At the very least, the ads should change. At first glance they appear to be reruns of the same ads from 3 yrs ago (some people think they are). Calling it all "Canada's Economic Action Plan" makes it sound like it's one continuous program. I see no problem making fresh announcements with each new budget e.g.: "The 2013 Federal Budget: what's in it for you?" kind of thing.

They've run their course, especially since the lefty-media has turned them into a meme, but they served a useful purpose. The ads are about promoting confidence in our economy. They (were) a good investment.

I don't think Sun would have blinked if CTV or Global had such a book. It's the spending of tax dollars to compete with private entities that is galling. While I tend to agree with those who think the time ot just end the CBC has come, I do think that at the very least they have to decide if they are a public broadcaster or a private one, and stick with that choice. Either they compete with other broadcasters (and get no public money), or they stick with public funding and stop competing.

From the linked article: More fake outrage from the opposition.

Q: How can you tell if your psychic is a fraud? A: If she tells you she's psychic.

He's not a woman. He's a man.

Sounds exactly like the managers at both of the public sector unionized jobs I've worked at. I've never seen anything like that at a non-union job. We're all on the same team, trying to do the same job, no need for adversarial positions.

Exactly. Notice the Spec hid behind the old "couldn't be reached for comment" trick. Translation: "the other viewpoint would ruin the narrative we've decided to take, so were not going to even try to get it".

Mine too. The non-union jobs I've worked ALWAYS had better working conditions, and better employee-management relations. I would never work for a union shop again.

HIS side of the story, not credible. He already has an established pattern as a habitual liar.

Even that is giving far too much consideration. Neither should have any right to be treated as the other. If they want to lie to people, that's on them.