Bryan

Add this to the file of activist judges that should be fired outright. The police were executing a search warrant for illegal firearms. The guy was found waiving around a loaded illegal firearm. If anything, three years is too lenient.

If you ever did the same, your words might actually have meaning. Still waiting for proof of the multi-trillion dollar trust funds.

You can't be serious. That was prior to confederation. 1849 was wild west. Large segments of the populations had little to no rights, many couldn't vote. Mob did rule because it was practically the only recourse. Today we live in a civilized democracy. You absolutely can change what you don't like about your government. And doing so by getting involved is the only acceptable method. Take a look at the G20 footage to see how an uprising like that would be dealt with today. Nobody would just let it happen--you'd get beaten and hauled off without due process, without any respect given to your "rights". Byron Sonne is still in jail, and he's lost everything, and he didn't even actually DO anything, he just had possession of some questionable materials like a potato gun. That was Ontario. Try an uprising in Alberta, and some one is just going to shoot you and everyone around will conveniently miss seeing who did it.

You were talking about angry mobs and burning Parliament. That is a serious leap from civil disobedience.

GM's been in financial trouble several times since the 70's. They did have a good stretch in the late 80's thanks to the outsourcing and cutbacks though.

GM was not still turning a profit. They were in serious financial trouble. It was that outsourcing that turned things around for them.

No it can't. Getting off your asses and running in and voting in elections are the only justified actions as a civil remedy for failing government. You get the governance you deserve.

There's a lot to hang Bob Rae on if he does run in an election as the Liberal leader, but I don't think that Rae Days are one of them. Back when I was a public employee, we had a similar thing in Manitoba that we called Filmon Fridays. Most people thought it was great. You got a long weekend every second week, and the lost pay was averaged over the full pay period so you barely noticed it. One of the few things I ever saw where good fiscal policy was also a net benefit to the public employee.

Yeah, with public sector unions it's you and me whose ability to pay is completely disregarded.

An uprising being likened to the Arab Spring? Canadian Criminal Code Part II, 'Offences against Public Order'. http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-c-46/latest/rsc-1985-c-c-46.html#sec46

It's also a threat of sedition. Put him in prison, let's see his negotiating skills then.

GM was in serious financial trouble when Smith took the helm. It's specifically because of the outsourcing, and downsizing that he was able to restore profitability to the company.

We'll get ourselves around Havana now that we know where we want to go, but I'll probably take your advice when we go to Santa Clara and/or Trinidad. Cubana's planes are newer than Sunwing's! You can book the flight right at the hotel through your vacation provider.

There are plenty of programs available for those types of things. Jobs in the area is a sorry excuse. Make a job. Or Move. People do it all the time. His debts are not my problem, I didn't rack them up. BS. Michigan is a perfect example of greedy unions forcing the companies to have no choice but to outsource the work because the local cost was beyond what the market and the business could bear. You'd prefer that we not have any safety net for people who lose their jobs... even when they were the ones who chased those jobs out of town? I do agree that it's not fair that taxpayers are on the hook for the jobs the workers themselves destroyed. That's what we do in our society though. We help even the self-destructive people.

Very cool. We took the overnight guided bus tour to Havana. It;s not an ideal way to see what you want, because they have their own itinerary. We got to see a Tropicana show which was awesome, but we had to go to a lot of things I was not interested in and had no time left to see many of the things I considered a priority. I can't complain about the price though... the hotel paid for it! This time we'll have to fly to Havana from CSM, but I'm not taking a tour. We'll go where we want when we want. That's very cool. This will be my first time in the Jardines Del Rey area. I can't wait... four more sleeps!

Sure you can, lots of people do. Besides that, you can just opt to get a different job, or to go into business for yourself. Yes.

Nice. We stayed at the Blau Varadero in 2010. Loved it. Lots of great excursion options from Varadero too.

There are other choices. You could even opt not to have cable, they can't force you to pay for something you don't want. Shouldn't business owners be afforded the same right?

You too! We're going to Cayo Santa Maria this year. You?

I get my cable from Shaw and/or MTS. No contracts with either too. I'm free to move on to another provider if I don't like their terms. Plenty of other non-cable viewing options these days too.

I'm aware of those laws, and I find them deeply offensive. Threatening to walk off the job and expecting not to be fired for it is not good faith. Holding taxpayers hostage is not good faith.

In business, if your contract is up, and you don't like the terms of the new offer, you don't have the right to hold the other business hostage. They can just move on without you if they see fit. Why? It works.

There really isn't much in terms of visible security on the resorts. They aren't closed compounds. The safety is largely just because Cuba is a very safe place. Even walking around in Centro Havana, you are safer than the inner city in a Canadian or American metropolitan centre. The article seems to imply that people don't generally venture off the resorts. That has not been my experience. Most people make a point of seeing the country where and when they can. Havana can be tough depending on where you're staying (if you have to take another flight and spend hundreds of dollars more to do it, you might balk at that), but spending a day or two in whatever the next closest city is, that's pretty much standard. Our first trip we spent a week in Varadero and two days in Havana. The second time it was a week in Santa Lucia, and one day in Camaguey, plus other short excursions to smaller towns. That's pretty typical from what I saw. I'm going back on friday! My third trip since 2010. Two weeks on a tropical island!

That's exactly my point, why is that legal? If your contract is up, and you don't like my offer, I should be free to give it to anyone else who does find it acceptable. Why should it, it's my company. I can open or close the doors whenever I see fit.

So I can fire you for going on strike then? Or for organizing a union in the first place?