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Incorrect. They are paid what the value of their services warrants. That is not overpayment, it is market value. They do not have control though. When demand spikes and wages soar, workers flood to the guild and/or industry finds ways to get a new supply of labour. If industry finds it simply cannot operate profitably with expensive labour, the doors close and the jobs go elsewhere. Of course. Hello Ontario. . Of course it does. Teachers unions in my province both license new teachers and are responsible for disciplining teachers. Not only do they therefore influence supply, they are well aware of how to control their own employers. All it would take to change these realities would be a small measure of spine from politicians , but that would be a lot to expect from pols. Cops and firemen are in similar situations, they are well aware of how to manage their masters. We are the fools for allowing it and paying for it.

Sony used to be reliable, high quality merchandise that people would pay a premium to own. That advantage has been gone for many years. They try to sell average products for far too much. Buh-bye.

Selma. It was pretty good. The pressure on him was immense as a leader. It presented MLK as a man with some of the frailties of any man. The pressure on him was immense as a leader.

People in society are paid according to supply and demand, except in public sector union situations. We have seen plenty of evidence recently in Canada to see what happens with private sector union operations. if they cannot compete on all aspects of costs including pay and benefits with overseas workers, the operation folds and moves out of Canada. Non union private sector workers have always had to operate on a supply/demand basis, with some exceptions like Trudeaus disastrous attempt at wage/price controls, or during major wars when the govt intervened. But public sector unions including teachers, fire, police and often general purpose civil servants have mastered the manipulation of politicians. There is little or no incentive for politicians to battle their own staff, it usually generates more votes to simply cave in and overpay.

Watched Gone Girl last night. I'd give it 6.5 out of 10. It has some interesting twists and plot turns, but the ending was incoherent to somebody who has not read the book. Like me. I tried to read the book, but gave up 40 pages in because it was boring.

I did not know that. Nor did my parents and their many friends who spent decades of winters in the US thinking it was six months.

Buy local! Shut down the Internet!

And how did the Current host treat him? In the past they would actively and obviously hate anybody like him. Last crisis, which was about 1993 and oil was <$20 barrel, a newly elected Klein whacked expenses hard. Prentice luckily has either course open to him- he can afford(politically and economcially) to raise taxes, cut costs or do both. He'll do both I think. There have been musings about a sales tax, inlcduing from Prentice lately, but I think he will first and foremost abandon the flat tax for the standard progressive tax. That alone would balance the budget with $40 oil.

Yeah, we would have been much better off to back all those industrial jobs in China, I mean Ontario. It's a real shame that nobody will pay $70k per year plus benefits to work a semi skilled job anymore. Blame Harper for that too. I think Harper and anybody else with a smidgen of brain matter would back anything in this country that can support the plump social contract that is under threat. We can start by building or expediting some infrastructure right now to get oil and gas to market elsewhere. Or we can wring our hands about the latest corporation to note that operating costs in Ontario are not remotely close to multiple locations across the globe. You pick em. Oh, and every party will be fighting hard for seats in the GTA. Obviously.

I don't think the Sun has much influence on voters. There is very little content of any kind in the average Sun paper, and I really wonder how many of its readers vote. It is laughable that the Sun had any influence at all in the shift of manufacturing jobs to China and Mexico, a shift that affected all First World countries including Canada. Oh, maybe you mean that Harper is in the employ of the Illuminati and controls all the world economies. Sinister. In what section of your colon do you store these fantasies? I'd also suggest central Canada itself had far more to do with the shift from manufacturing to commodities as the basis for our economy. Was it Alberta or Harper that overpaid assembly line workers in ON for long enough for them to believe that their work was worth it? Or neither? Now you can explain how political power can be shifted West when there are so many more MPs in central canada? I'll make some popcorn and settle in while you figure that out.

Harper with a majority does exactly and precisely what every majority government has done since 1867: bulldoze their legislative assembly through. I'd submit he is less successful than his predecessors in this since he has a far more activist Supreme Court than others have had. Ironically, it is mostly a Court that he has appointed. Chretien paid no attention at all to the Offical Opposition, why would he ?

WE already have pipelines to both coasts. The problem has been getting bitumen into them. Or oil. Or LNG. I think what will have to happen is a bit of time and a major haircut to our social contract to get the sheep to look up from their grazing.

Condo agreements? I'm talking about bylaws that are part of the land title and apply to all owners. If you bought the place, you agreed.

Postmedia publishes many papers across Canada(inclucing the Post) . Our local versions most common columnist is Michael Den Tandt. He has been a relentless cheerleader for Trudeau for years, it is far and away his most popular column topic: Harper bad, Trudeau good. Is that right wing?

But The Sun chain is an anomaly: a newspaper for people who cannot read.

I'll try again, and had no idea I was so unclear. Is there anything in my life or yours that is not biased? My definition of a vanity movie is one that is undertaken by an artist specifically to further their career, to attract attention, to move them to the next level in their business. They are typically done by actors at the level where Johansson is now: near the top but not at the top. That's why Redfords effort is not a vanity movie for me, he has nothing to move to as an actor and zero need to promote himself. .....to select roles that are intended to focus almost entirely on them. SJ is at the level where she can control what she works on, and in 2014 she chose movies that focused on her.

I think this was the first movie I recall where Mathew McConaughey played a role that was not mostly about a prettyboy with his shirt off. It's dark and good. He has gone on to play some really great parts in the last few years. Saw Inherent Vice on the weekend. I would have to call it a major disappointment. I think it was a comedy. 21/2 hours of WTF?

No they- the state of Alaska- didn't build anything The pipeline in Alaska was built by a consortium of international oil companies using Japanese steel/pipe.

It is Albertas resource until they sell it, in the ground. You sound like you want AB to nationalize oil production. Look, if you're some kinda commie about oil, Venezuela needs you badly.

My post was purely sarcastic. Renney has a dream job now, you couldn't pry him out of it. Kreuger would be back in a heartbeat if he could get another head coach gig in the NHL. The soccer thing is an aberration from his lifetime behind a bench. He is a smart guy though and would not come back to Edmonton. Don't be sucked in by the Oilers getting a few points. Coming soon to a rink near you: the departure of Petry and probably Schultz. More bold moves.

Are those the same Canadians who really want to invest plenty and risk much in Keystone XL, but seem to be running into crazy NIMBYism in Johnny Foreigner?

First part correct, second part not correct. And the NHL brass counts on the second part to grow the brand. Anyway, Gawd Bless the Leafs and their march to glory.

Agreed on the need for building infrastructure , but not so much for the reasons you mention. There is no purpose to adding more refining capacity, the feed from Equalization East pipeline for example will help use excess capacity in NB. What would be required and I would support is upgraders to turn bitumeninto synthetic crude, and increase value. Like the US, multinational corporations in Canada are owned by anybody who wants to buy them. Would you like to see Canada nationalize US oil interests here? Royalties are not particualrly low, not when the multiple layers of tax are included. And oil is almost always refined much closer to where they are consumed. Refineries don't produce the same products at all of them, they are tailored both to what product is input, and what is needed locally as output.

The situation in the Nebraska court has nothing at all to do with a federal approval or rejection of Keystone. The processes are independent, except of course when you are a President intent on not publicly committing for as long as possible. He used the Nebraska courts as a foil for a while, but has since made it clear he will not approve Keystone XL. Oh well, it will have to wait for the next guy in the Oval Office, in two years. The pipeline itself takes about 2 years to build, for a total of four years before the bitumen flows. But wait, why not prebuild the whole thing, except for the single section of pipe that actually crosses the US Border? Why not build the entire thing right now on both sides of the border? There is no State Dept or Obama approval required for a domestic line, and much of the routing and engineering groundwork is already done on both sides of the border. Just cut the final piece, set it aside right on the 49th parallel, and install it in the afternoon after the inauguration ceremony in January 2017. In the meantime, the US should prepare itself for a tsunami of rail cars full of nasty oil rolling through many towns and cities. I

A certain gent called Gomeshi is counting on that