fellowtraveller

Oh, forgot one option: just let the collective agreemnt expire, then nobody is 'bound'. Then dump retail and let the private sector do it.

which does not cover circumstances where the LCBO simply abandons the retail side of the business, sells the buildings(whuich is the only real thing of value if they retain the wholesale side)m, and starts taking business license applications for the retail sale of alcohol. It doesn't matter anyway, the govt can simply change the Act with legislation if they choose to do so. The sale or dissolution of retail operations is administrative detail, what is missing is first the common sense and secondly the courage to do it. It is unlikely this is high on the agenda for McGuinty anyway. I'm just saying your objections are bogus, more ideology interfering with an easy business decision. Why haven' they enacted controls on who can sell bread in Ontario. Surely it is a dangerous product that only civil servants can handle responsibly?

Professionals run campaigns for parties everywhere, is that some kind of news to you? Morton would actually have done much better with better advice, his Prolife, anti-woman stance would have been best kept in the closet with his pictures of crossdressers until after he won. Same for the proud and vocal advocacy from many pulpits, that ultimately cost him plenty of votes but more importantly it rallied people who usually are apathetic.

It has not been on CBC radio news. Odd that, the story was on many, many times when charges were laid.

What proof do I have that Morton is a grotesque social Neanderthal and hardcore evengelical Christian, backed by the worst of the nutcase churches who tried a George Bush lookalike campaign to get their man in as Premier? The public record. It is why he lost the leadership campaign, the only reason that Stelmach swept the last ballot when it looked like the preferential system was going to stop Dinning and give it to this odious, disgusting human being. ..... many Albertans who were cardcarrying members of other parties, many Albertans who had never voted on anything came out, paid their $5 and made sure this creep Morton didn't win. It was one of Albertas finest hours, and if Morton ends up as Premier it will guarantee a loss for whatever Party he leads.

So Chrysler, GM and untold others can trim or eliminate operations in Ontario at will, but LCBO cannot? How interesting. How unlikely. It simply takes a level of spine that Mr McGuinty does not have.

Yes, the PM should be the most popular person. It should be a tossup then between Sidney Crosby and Celine Dion. They both live in the USA, but that shouldn't stop them from running as Liberal leader. Personally, I'll take Sid, The Goat Faced Devil is a bit scary.

Sure it does, or at least it does for the LCBO retail operations. They can try and sign up the employees at new owners locations, but there won't be any govt employees left at them. . All the AB store employees were union members, nothing except political will and lack of spine prevents the govt of Ontario from making the entire operation redundant.

Yes, I did, and it is summmarized in two simple, easy to undertsand words: Calgary crybabies. For the first time in 30 years, you are not in charge of everything, and this is the reaction. But, your fascist evangelical swine Morton will never win in this province. Never. Rememeber that, and conduct yourself accordingly.

Was it Adscam that convinced you to vote for them now?

Because you have the conditions - three of which are a large, long established doper community, easy to obtain social services, and a relatively mild climate. Change all those, and you'll have fewer junkies coming your way. There won't be fewer junkies overall, they will just move because they are addcits. There won't be fewer junkies, they'll just move to wherever those conditions are possible or partly possible. Victoria perhaps? This talk of 'neocons' is laughable. It is how children, retarded children at that, pigeonhole people they disagree with or think they do. By the standards of this board I am a consrvative. I support universal access to health care, public education, abortion on demand, and this Insite facility. Go ahead, call me Hitler. The reason to support Insite is that the clean injection conditions will help some folks stay alive long enough to get to rehab eventually. If you oppose the idea of drug rehab, you have to consider the actual cost of keeping junkies with AIDS and Hep C alive, when those diseases may be avoided easily at Insite.

baloney. Vancouver has been a prime doper town since at least the 1960s. The reasons over time include a very generous access to welfare and social services, easy access to all drugs because the doper community is large, and a forgiving climate that lets you often sleep rough without freezing to death. Insite would make zero difference to any of those if they closed tomorrow. I support Insite for one simple reason: you cannot get a dead person into rehab, and everybody deserves a shot at help in my Canada.. I believe that Insite also keeps many more people avoiding very expensive illnesses that we all pay for. The feds are in a quandary, because Insite allows conduct violating drug laws offered nowhere else. Nearly everybody walking in is in violation of the Criminal Code. I agree that the operation of the clinic is a provincial responsibility, but the feds also have a duty to enforce the law. It is a pickle.

neither did I(see above) , so man up.

Translation: both guys from Calgary lost.

You were wrong. You have to undertsand what happened at the last leadership election, the Calagry Cabal that has run Alberta forever got got with their willies hanging out, it was a big big surprise that their hired man Jim Dinning lost. Two things happened really: 1) the corporate huckster lost and 2) the fascist evangelical swine Morton also got specifically and decisively slapped downbeaten by many ordinary people who joined the PC party for a day and voted for Ed Stelmach. Stelmach owes as much to (non-PC) Albertans of horror at the though of Morton in control than they were at the thought of Farmer Ed at the helm of the tractor. Stelmach has one massive defect: he is not from corporate Calagry. None of this has ssat well at all with the Calagry Cabal and this is their reaction. That is why the non-defection of Morton is important, the WRA would have much more credibility with him.

there you have it. Time for Toady and Nicky to apologize, though their limited character likely won't permit it. I liked Harper making a spectacle of his personal donation to the Red Cross, since it was accompanied by a government promise to match any funds given by inidividuals. You have to be an utter arsehole to think that is partisan, since the net result will be an increase in donations that will end up in Haiti.

Yes, it would be much better if Harper did not donate his aircraft to the relief effort. That would be much better. I wouldn't be surprised if Harper had arranged this earthquake, the scientists labouring in the bowels of the NRC are his puppets. Yep, we all know how well equipped our military was to respond to events quickly when the Liberals ran the show. It really , really pisses you off when the country does something well, doesn't it? If the Olympics should go well, you'll be upset with Harper for showing his face at a hockey game and demand to see a receipt for his ticket, won't you. Partisan pettiness nows no bounds.

also recommedn this movie. It was both funny and informative about a subject I knew absolutely nothing about: hair care for black women in America. I have a new respect for Chris Rock, this flick has an edgeI also liked District 9, the ending left me thinking the Prawns shall return and They Will Not Be Happy. Neither D( or Star Trek was the best sci-fi movie of 2009, that honour goes to Moon. Actually, that was one of the best of the year , period.

yep, and do not forget the warm post coital glow of the Olympics.....he'll present a budget in early March and Layton/Iggy will wank on as usual about how they hate it, then one or the other or both will vote for it - as usual. If they don't and force an election, they will both be looking for jobs after they hand Harper a minority. Harper loves the Toads of this country..... Harper is starting to remind me tactically of Ralph Klein, who was always grossly underestimated by those who hated him and used that to great advantage. Unlike Toad though, I credit Jack and Mikey with having enough sense not to act when they cannot win. So far, though both have nearly pushed the election button a few times but came to their senses.

Facts are facts, skippy. Four years as minority now, and counting. And four years when the Opposition could dump themn in a heartbeat, and have chosen not to do so. The Opposiiton won't and cannot force an election in March, they'd be creamed. Nope, Jack and Iggy will spend the year shouting at Harper, then voting with him. As usual.

Speaking of stupid, you don't understand this game at all. JOurnalists don't have shows and then don't have jobs if they ask their guests very difficult questions, because then other guests refuse to come on the show and get embarassed. No guests, no viewers, no show. That is why interviewers are almost always tossing up softball after softball. If Peter Mansbridge interviewed Hitler, he'd ask him about this painting and love of dogs. A young master at this is George Stromwhatever, who tosses up easy questions but does it with body language that makes him appear to be aggressive. It helps that the one mildly awkward question is preced and succeeded by relentless sucking up. Excellent technique. And they come back to his show and so do their celebrity friends.

and they did it by cutting back on transfers to provinces for basic services, and by gutting the military. I can see how you'd fall for that dog and pony show. I didn't. I really doubt that there will be an election no matter what is in the budget or how badly Harper wants one. The country will have just finished an orgy of back-patting and nationalism after the Olympics. The economy will likely still be showing signs of a slow economic recovery. The Opposiiton just does not have any traction from such 'scandals' as Afghan detainees or prorogation. Try as they might, the Opposition just can't anybody except their own suppporters to care about either, and that own support is halfhearted at best. But they have bigger problems, much bigger. Ignatieff is looking more and more like a bust for the Liberals. Jack Layton is invisible in the media. But most of all and worst of all is the reality that Stephen Harper has been PM for nearly four years now and has yet to be caught eating a baby on camera. Canadians are more comfortable with him than ever. They are usedf to having him as PM and the fear gewnerated by the Liberals has abated. The Opposiiton has had unlimited opportunity and plenty oif time and two elections to dump him- and have not chosen to do so. All it takes is a moment of unanimity, a quick vote of confidence, and the country is rid of Stevie. It has not happened, all Opposition parties have supported him at crucial times, and that does not help their chances of replacing him. The optics on that are brutal for the loyal Opposition, who have mostly been loyal to Harper himself.

Your bigotry is bottomless. Thank you for identifying yourself so clearly, so often.

Dream on. The Calgary wing is throwing toys from their pram, the same thing they have been doing since their boy Jim Dinning lost the leadership. And the Wildrose just got a major, major kick in the crotch...... Farmer Ed reorganized cabinetand the fascist evangelical swine Ted Morton not only did not cross the floor as had been prayed for by the Calgary PC mafia and WRA, he got promoted and has said he is sticking with Ed. It's over. Oh the WRA will gain a couple of seats, but it is over.

those aren't the main reasons at all, they are side benefits. Reduction of risk, reduction of cost, return on investment..... like that. Workers only get paid less if the marketplace deems that their services are worth less. What does a cashier or shelf stocker make at Safeway in Ontario? That is the comparator, because that is the level of skill involved.