fellowtraveller

I suggest that First Nations have learned something from their participation in the MacKenzie Valley debacle. After dicking around for a couple opf decades, when the approvals for the project came about a few years ago the people with the money- which surprisingly to some was not the govt or First Nations- said 'no thanks, we have moved on'. It is quite likely something similar will happen in BC, and soon. There are options using existing rights-of-way.

Unlikely, since the companies that own the product at the wellhead also own unused refining capacity eleswhere, and the markets for the refined product are elsewhere too. Yep, and it means that because the enviro crew are going to block and/or delay both the Keystone and Gateway routes there will be a big surge in the amount of oil moving through Burrard Inlet and the Lower Mainland. What will not happen is that oil companies with mega-billuions invested in the oil sands will not find a way to market.I think we need another way to market that has nothing to do with the USA. Gateway or Trans-Canada, either will do.

A reason that Albertans in general support cutting subsidy to the CBC is the ongoing example of CKUA It is an excellent province-wide network supported by listener subscription and heavily supported in turn by the arts community. It is the direction that CBC should be headed. It is an example of listeners and supporters putting their money where their mouths are- unlike CBC.

fellowtraveller, on 12 November 2011 - 09:28 PM, said: Most of the Christians I know are from sects like United, Lutheran, Methodist, Catholic and they are not conservative or Conservatives. How do they feel about atheists who ask inconvenient questions at opportune times? Is there ever an opportune time for an inconvenient question, or what you perceive as incovenient? I reckon most would just shrug and say ' don't know, don't care about not knowing'. It is the nature of faith.

They will very soon be insisting we get only bank debit cards with Visa and Mastercard logos. The cost of getting screwed daily by your bank is about to go up sharply in Canada. I was in the US this year and a few places refused my standard Canadian debit card because it did not have a Visa or Mastercard logo. I gave up and used my credit card. Our low cost Interac system is going to be gone soon, count on it.

Most of the Christians I know are from sects like United, Lutheran, Methodist, Catholic and they are not conservative or Conservatives.

that isn't how the oil export business works? I beg to differ. Note that the federal govt gains taxes and royalties from oil production too. Should feel the impact in a couple of years. The pressure to get the all-Canadian Gateway pipeline to Kitimat built ASAP is going to get ramped up plenty.

That means less money leaves Alberta for the benefit of everybody else in Canada. Oh well.

Point of order: it is an affront to common sense and decency to mention 'Quebec' and 'save some money for tax payers' in the same sentence. I know it would never be said in polite company in Quebec.

That may have been true 20 years ago, but it is increasingly untrue.In France for example, school leavers are not even included in unemployment statistics. The official unemployment rate is 9.5, in reality it is much higher and the younger people are hardest hit. There are no career type jobs, or very few. Casual work, which is easy to get in Canada, is much more difficult there because of labour laws. Grads are encoraged to go on to grad school at govt expense and many do , there are no jobs. Don't see many here yet because they have degrees but zero work experience, no money, no contacts and no real desire to leave their families and friends. I have seen a bunch of new arrivals in the last couple of years from UK, all economic refugees. The economy is not good at all there.

[quoteNo. The court will/can/may direct Penn to pay if all lose. Lawyers are not going to sue just Sandusky because his pocket is too short. Lawyers will first say..."Who has the money?" "what do the other defendants have?" ....'Nothing, ok include Penn State on every claim" They were employees of the school, the school may have (likely but 12 yrs ago? Who knows) Sexaul Harassment/Assault insurance to cover damages , at least partly.It will depend on the reporting clause of the insurance. ] Nope. You are correct when you say "Lawyers will first say..."Who has the money?" " The very first lawyers to say that are the Penn State lawyers, who will be well paid and formidable. You can see their first act already, which is to try and separate the school itself from some liability by making emplyees into both former employees and co-defendants. They will acknowledge they were employees since they cannot deny it, but will also claim that the trusteees had no knowledge, that none of was their fault and that as soon as they learned of the issue(which will be November 2011) they acted by firing everybody. Lawyers will of course sue Sandusky because they cannot tar Penn state until they tar Sandusky first and foremost.

You cannot compare EU countries to Canadas provinces.A major, major difference is that Canadian provinces are united by a national fiscal policy, and the EU is not.

There are an increasing number of Brits here, or so it seems from personal experience. In the last year or so I have met Brit engineers, nurses, medical technologists, engineering technologists, tradspeople and one that surprised me: police. They are ideal immigrants: motivated, breeding age, educated, skilled and looking to work.

That is not how it works. When the pool of defendants is widended, and the $50 million dollar judgement is apportioned between them, the court does not necessarily address the ability to pay....... So if Penn Sate is corporately assessed 25% of the liability, they can certainly pay that and thereby save themselves $37.5 million. They are not obliged to pay other defendantws shares. And that is one reason they have fired everybody and will now hunker down into full prevent defence. They have far less fear of any wrongful dismissal lawsuits than they do of lawsuits from victims. It is all about the money for Penn State and NCAA, always has been. Rotten, rotten, rotten.

I am not advocating anything about the Catholic Church, it is not the topic of the OP. The school has already acted to protect its revneue stream. That is clearly what they care about, and the evidnce for that is their corporate knowledge of abuse for about 13 years and complete failure to protect the children involved. Now - in a tactic beloved by potential defendants- they have fired everybody and thereby widened the pool of defendants in the avalanche of lawsuits yet to come.

Since MB is doing so great, I expect they will be declining that extra federal cash any day now. In any case, with that boom they will now be able to afford to pay workers a decent wage, which will increase federal taxes generated, which will reduce their longterm dependence on other provinces hard work. I know that the legions of proud Manitobawnaians look forward to this proud moment of independence.

Because the alleged crimes extend far beyond an employee or ex-employee. At least three levels of management- including Saint Joe- knew there was somehting really sick happening and efectively failed to act. This group failure contributed to the ongouig rape of children.That's why. What is really pukemaking is that it was done in defence of a revenue source for the school. Rotten to the core.

Your union reps are part of the judicial system in Canada? How unusual.

That is going to change soon enough, and I look forward to your approval and applause for Harper when the layoff notices arrive in Ottawa/Hull.

PennState should shut down their football programs immediately. Of course, they have their Brand to protect, one that makes them oceans of cash, so it won't happen. Nobody there and nobody in NCAA gives a shit about the children raped under their noses and with their knowledge. Disgusting stuff

Relentless prosperity can have that effect.

they are not that small, the larger ones here are quite big and they have merged with many other credit unions. You don't have to be from a particular group to join CUs here, anybody can join.

Banks in my part of Canada have gone full circle. In the 90s they closed branches and cut hours, now they are building branches and expanding hours.The thing I dislike about credit unions is the actual doing of business. For mortgage approvals they are glacially slow, which renders them more or less uselsss for business dealings. The reason they are so slow is that their lending staff are generally useless at what they do and signing authorities are reserved for the top. I'm not talking about high risk stuff, which they don';t generaly do for any price, but ordinary stuff

That was a decade ago, when all those sad poor bastards fled blighted Ontario as economic migrants seeling a better life in the West. Now they cheer for the Oilers. They have fully assimilated in The Promised Land.

Nah, neither of those guys will be leader. I think it might be James Moore. He is young, bilingual, articulate, 11 yeasrs a MP and Minister and a progressive on social issues. The Tories will want somebody that is smack in the middle of the political spectrum and Moore pushes that button and several others.