Bryan

The same multi-million dollar industry that's responsible for Miley Cyrus are also responsible for Justin Beiber. Where's he from again? Neither of their music is my cup of tea, but it would be false to claim the quality of the product is not the major factor. You can push anything you want, but if people don't like it, it won't sell. In the case of how Miley made it, millions of kids try out to be the next Disney star, very few have the skills to even make it as a supporting character on one of those shows, nevermind to headline, and to parlay that into a successful post-Disney career. Disney TRIES to push almost all of their "pop-tarts" (almost all of them record albums and have music videos that play every day on those channels). The thing is, only the ones that actually have talent get any sort of mainstream success. You and I may not like Miley's music, but there is no denying that she is a VERY good singer.

Culture cannot be protected or promoted. If it needs any sort of intervention, then it's NOT culture, it's fake. Culture is what happens anyway. It's what people see/do/make because they want to, not because it's what the government told them/paid them to make. If it needs to be protected, that by itself means it's not worth being protected. People DO watch Canadian content, often without even realizing it. Many Canadian production companies sell their shows to US networks.

I'd much rather see no funding or control of CanCon, and let the quality material stand on its own. If it's good, people will watch it. If it's not, they won't.

Without question, it does need a lot more of it.

Safari on a Mac here, no issues at all. Works perfectly.

I travel to the US often enough that I use the US service legitimately (they don't let Canadian accounts access the Canadian site when they are out of the country). The US site doesn't offer any advantage that compels me to want a VPN.

Long term too. When people realize that they will get hurt if they step out of line, they eventually stop. Singapore has nearly non-existent minor crimes because the penalty is a severe public beating with a bamboo cane. It works. It's the same for spankings. You don't even have to actually do it, the kids just have to know that you're not bluffing when you say that you will do it if they don't stop (whatever) right now. If they know that you won't really do it? No, the threat doesn't work.

It completely depends on the kid. Many do not need to ever be hit, they can be trained, they will listen to reason, etc. Some however, absolutely will not understand why they have to correct their behavior, and no amount of coercion will change that. For those kids, it's a question of finding the consequences that are just severe enough, that they don't think it's worth it anymore. For a certain subset of those people, violence is the thing that finally gets their attention enough to correct the behaviour.

Looks like this model did not work. The owner found customers didn't like it, http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Vancouver+Island+restaurateur+regretfully+ends+policy/10140961/story.html?__federated=1 ...and it was costing him too much money: http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/09/16/hotels-tip-the-housekeeper-campaign-draws-ire-from-a-public-suffering-tipping-fatigue/

Russians.

The PBO is full of it. It costs a lot, because the staffing levels need to be kept at a level that allows for those people to routinely not be at work, and not actually be missed. Taxpayers are paying for salaries and benefits for people who would not even be needed if the other employees actually had realisitc work expectations.

I wonder if the people who claim to be upset by the signing of this FIPA deal are even aware that previous prime ministers have signed us on to DOZENS of them.

Yes, there is a lot of junk food out there. Don't eat that. What was the problem again?

This is a lot more of the story than people are giving credit. Sky high prices in the hottest markets drive the averages up in a way that makes it look like they are telling a story that does not apply in the rest of the country. The avg price in Manitoba is $265k.

Quite the opposite. I'm saying they are better informed than you are about what's going on over there.

Bob is almost as confused as you are. There are no cuts at all. None. Only increases. All of the money earmarked for 2017 will also be earmarked for 2018, with an additional 3-4% added on top of that. At no time does the amount of money being transferred get smaller.

See, you SAY you understand, but you clearly are still very confused.

Come on. You did so: You now understand that is not true, which is good. But don't claim you never said it.

Yes, the rate of increase slows, that's correct. The actual dollar amount of money each year is still more than the last.

You're saying the same thing I am now, which is a marked difference from your position just a few pages back when you said this: So at least we are in agreement now, Harper is not cutting any funding for healthcare. He's still increasing it, just not as much as some would like. More is still more.

The rate of increase slows down. but it still continues to increase. More is still more. What is the part that you are not understanding?

You absolutely do. In 2018, you get all of the money you got in 2017, plus an additional 3%. In 2019, you get all of the money you got in 2018, plus another additional 3%.

You still keep the previous increase, and you get more on top of that.

You're starting to get it. The rate of increase is being reduced. Think of it this way. If last year you got a $1/hr raise, then this year you got a 50 cent raise, your pay is still going up in both circumstances. It's still $1.50 more than it was two years ago. Understand now?

It wasn't on the table at the time, because they were giving the BCTF time to be reasonable. Since they're not being reasonable, and the kids need to go to school, it time to change tactics. It doesn't have to be back to work legislation, it could just as easily be replacement workers -- you know, people who actually want the job.