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I wonder what prompted the justice minister to move on this.
Because she wants, on behalf of the LIberal government, to prepare all Canadians, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation race or creed to get ready to take it up the wrong'un.
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But it is a political reality that the U.S. will protect American interests first. Obama did this very thing with a Buy America program.
Yep to both.
That is exactly what Trump ran on, protectionism of American jobs and Canada is going to be right there at the top of easy targets. And I have no doubt he will act on what he promised to do, and that is a bad thing for Canada. Today, post election, the value of the $US dropped relative to the Euro, pound and yuan, It gained value against two others: the $CDN and the peso...... Not a coincidence.
Obama did a superb job of preparing his country to ramp up oil and gas exports over the last few years, and much of the shale production has proven to be lower cost than the Saudis had hoped- and it is by nature very scalable. He built a lot of pipelines domestically too. In the meantime, our energy sector is embarking on another few years of 'consultation'.
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4 hours ago, Argus said:
Uhm, you do realize that the vast majority of what those branch plants in Canada produce is sold in Canada, right? That's why they're HERE. If Trump orders them to bring the jobs home they will lose their markets since Canada will slap huge tariffs on anything they produce and try to ship here. The auto industry agreement, which was a percusor to NAFTA, had in mind sharing the jobs based in large part on consumption. If Ford, GM and Chrysler close their Canadian plants the Cdn government will impose huge taxes on imports from the US and leave the market to Honda, Hyundai, Toyota and Volkswagen, who will simply take over those empty plants and re-hire the workers.
Other US owned operations include energy and mining industries, and service industries. What are you going to do, order them to do the work from the US? I'm sure Starbucks would get a lot of customers giving them a slip and telling them to head to the nearest US border town for their coffee, and Wal-Mart would have buses to take them across the border. Of course, they'd face a 500% tariff on return....
On the other hand, it's this kind of ignorant, knee-jerk sort of proposal that people are afraid a bonehead like Trump might make.
Well, no. Much of the product made in Ontario is made by US subsidiaries and exported to the US, and forms a critical part of our export revenue stream.
That is about to get smoked, again.
Our manufacturing position, when faced for the first time with a hostile and singular customer, is in deep doodoo now.
Forget the energy industry. The US does not want or need natural gas or oil from us, they have plenty of domestic production. That is why they pay a discounted price right now for Western Canadian oil. President Obama did a bangup job of preparing the USA to extract and export oil and gas, while elaving us in the dust. As a reward for sitting back and not making a fuss or offering any kind of competition globally, he provided dinner for Mr Trudeau and his entire family, all at no cost.
Why do you think that Trump is going to make any proposals to Canada? I don't think you or others appreciate our postion in a negotiation where we need them a whole lot more than they need us. The benevolent Uncle Sam is gone, he has morphed into Donald Trump, who is most definitely not interested in our welfare. He can and will unilaterally affect that welfare without any qualms. And like Putin and his strongarm stuff, his constituency will love him for it. That's exactly what they voted for in his heartland.
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Very small. A solar array that could be mounted on a small car couldn't put out anywhere near the 240V that is required to charge a Nissan Leaf in 8 hours.
How many kwh does that require, for a full charge?
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I didn't say Trump was going to 'save American jobs'. Surely you can come up with a better deflection than that!
No, he is going to take Canadian jobs, it won't be difficult, and it will be immensely popular in his heartland.
Oh, and speaking of Kool Aid, that brand is owned by Kraft Heinz Corp, HQ in Illinois. Their Canadian subsidiary is Kraft Canada, which whacked 2500 CDN jobs just last year. You can expect more of the same soon, though next time the push to get those jobs back to where they belong will have the Big Dog pushing the next round. KoolAid will still be available.
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1 minute ago, BC_chick said:
I didn't. As much as I dislike her, I would've preferred a Clinton presidency.
But as unpopular of a thing this may be to say, there is a tiny teeny weenie part of me that thought the Democratic Party totally deserves this big egg on their face.
The egg is at least equally on the face of the Republicans. Trump is only nominally the Republican President. What is different from past winners is that this one has few friends and fewer debts within the party hierarchy.
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Yes, all those warm blankies really turned the tide.
and the advice from the Canadian advisors to the Kurds: "go kill ISIS soldiers". Now that is wise and invaluable, and who else would have come up with that but our training people?
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6 minutes ago, The_Squid said:
They will deal with Trump like every other progressive leader in the West will deal with Trump... try not to get screwed too badly for the next 4 years.
If you think joining Trump at the hip would be good for Canada, then Leitch is your man...
LOL. I don't think Team Justin is going to do too well. The Donald won't be swayed by Freeland crying, Dion wimping or Trudeau having better hair. And here you are fixated on trivialities like Con leadership outliers, instead of the crushing effect of jonb loos that is likely imminent. Could we see $100 billion deficits soon? If not, why not?
Nobody is as obvious a target for instant repatriation of jobs as our industrial heartland. I don't think Diversity is going to offset much of that.
I do expect that the PMO is cranking up the fog machine to shroud the real issue, the only issue: the economy. Lets talk about weed and immigrants instead- you know, the big important stuff!
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2 hours ago, The_Squid said:
Look for more Russian aggression in the Baltics... Trump will weaken NATO and not stand with their allies.
Agreed. The Donald took his cues on this from Justin Trudeau. After the terror attacks on Paris, the French President begged his allies to help destroy ISIS. The response of our newly elected PM-his first act as PM- was to promise to withdraw our aircraft from the region. He set the new standard for not standing with our allies. Once again, Canada is a world leader. Ironically, until then, it was France that had always been the global leader in the manufacture and deployment of white flags on the battlefield.
The French, US and other air support for non-NATO ground troops in Iraq/Syria is proving decisive. ISIL has lost all subsequent battles, their logistics are severely degraded, and they are basically in full retreat- since that push from France that happened while Canada walked away..
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EE reportedly wants $125 million over five years. Boston will pay that in a heartbeat, and more.
Will the Jays?
His price in March 2016 was likely $20M per year for three or maybe four years.
Man, that is some quality management.
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2 hours ago, The_Squid said:
If CPC voters think their leader should get along well with the American president, then Kellie Leitch is the one to select to lead the party.
http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/kellie-leitch-latches-on-to-trump-victory/
How do you think our actual leader- Trudeau- will do with Trump? He has the killer team of Dion and Freeland as point persons after all. Do you see Justin and Sophie getting another free meal at the White House?.
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Fortunately, Trump won't be in charge of much, other than as a general overseer.
QuoteAll in all, I see little good coming out of this presidency for Canada,
Trump will be fully in charge, and won't waste any time setting the tone and direction. I also believe he will do exactly what he said he would do about bringing jobs back to the USA, and it may well be devastating for Canadas economy.
If I was Trump.... for example... I would instruct US corporations with branch plants in the USA to immediately repatriate those jobs, and sweeten taxes or incentives to those that comply, while penalizing corps that drag their heels.Many jobs were already lost in ON, that is going to accelerate. The economic gain or loss to the US Treasury doesn't really matter, Trump would gain immense political capital with this sort of thing, it was a central plank of his successful campaign. . The Rust Belt would love him. I actually think we will be singled out a a country for this repatriation . What can we do about it? Nothing, really. Mexico is a tougher nut because unlike us they are a less expensive place to operate.
I don't see any way to stop this. I do not intend to buy any property in Ontario soon.
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22 hours ago, WestCoastRunner said:
I don't understand the hatred toward the label activists. If it weren't for activists we wouldn't have the communities that we live in today and the rights extended to everyone or the access to unspoiled wilderness or children's rights or .......
the access to unspoiled wilderness
oxymoron alert!
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What are you looking for? Just zombie kills every week?
I give the wriiers credit for finally making zombie kills just another day at the office. They used to be an existential threat, now everybody justs slaps them like gnats. Once in a while, the zombies eat somebody, ho hum.
What I want is what I said: stop repeating the story lines over and over and over and reach a conclusion,. Soon. Before you bore everybody to tears, not just me.
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On 11/5/2016 at 0:28 PM, Michael Hardner said:
I think the wire did have a season-to-season arc. Very definitely so, with regards to McNulty.
I think this is the article:
http://theamericanreader.com/the-cosmology-of-serialized-television/
As for your Soprano's question - I think so but it doesn't mention it explicitly in the article.
Yes, there was continuity between the seasons, but each also stood alone. The stories all based in Baltimore but each season had a different focus- and a few of the same characters in roles that shifted in prominence. You could start with Season 3, Episode 1 of The Wire and enjoy and understand what was going on. That is not really possible with, for example, Game of Thrones or Walking Dead.
3 hours ago, Boges said:What? There's source material to work on with how Walking Dead is being told. The Graphic Novel is being followed by the show, with some changes with characters and timelines. They didn't just introduce Negan or the Saviours just cuz, he's part of the story's narrative. Same with the idea that there are more communities that are trying to rebuild civilization. It's sort of like saying they should end Game of Thrones because they have to keep inventing stuff to keep it interesting.
AMC isn't going to end the most popular show in cable's history because Kirkman's storytelling isn't to a handful of people's liking. When they veer off the source material dramatically, that's actually when the show gets worse.
I didn't ask AMC to cancel, but I would like them to get on with it. It is getting repetitive and tedious after 7 years, and there are too many same old same old side journeys that are boring. Carol and the Tiger King, here we go again, another community that looks a lot like the last one. Or last several. . I don't care if Tegan is in the graphic novels, I am one of the 99% of Walking Dead fans who have not and will likely never read the Novels. Get on with it.
QuoteHe or it created the sentience of Mauve.
It is more that he programmed the sentience.....and now Maeve knows the true score, and knows how to adjust Host attributes including her own. She has now grown from fuzzy headed dream world to being a strategist with some serious tools. I expect she will now start dialing up some useful attributes in other Hosts, building an army. She'll start with an override of the Prime Directive, whereby Hosts cannot harm Guests or other humans......And Teddy might well be the pointy end of that stick, a fearsome killing machine.
I am starting to wonder if Bernard might be a Host.
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On 10/27/2016 at 9:12 PM, bcsapper said:
They are the best people for the job, given who the PM is. I think that's the point of the OP.
Agreed. Their job is to rubber stamp whatever legislation the PMO puts in front of them. I think this pack of muppets will pretend to consider it for a while. I don't know how that represents an upgrade from the old system, where they didn't pretend.
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What is very puzzling is why Monsef simply does not state the truth about where she was born, when she learned that fact, and details of her journeys to Iran. The chances are very high that all will be forgiven, since the worst thing is the immigration fraud was not of her doing- at least not initially. It seems pretty clear she has been lying, and that her mother filed a fraudulent application. This might put her mother in jeopardy, but that is outside her control unless ..... she does or has done something to interfere with that from her position as a Cabinet MInister.
Or is there something worse lurking, and why isn't the PM insisting on full and complete public disclosure of all facts?.
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1 hour ago, GostHacked said:
There is no shame in using the proper pronoun to describe a man. I do have other pronouns I use for him (wait is using 'him' is also offensive?) but they would get me a suspension. I don't like him.
GostHacked deserves criminal charges, not a suspension. "I"(twice), "him"(thrice), "they", "me". Jesus wept.
Overthere is severely traumatized and may not recover..
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The Wire is a serial within each season, but not from season to season. Many of the same actors, but each season can and does stand on its own. That is IMO a strong point. Very long episodic serials tend to lose viewers over time because people lose track of the plot or tire of it. They are not replaced by new viewers because the new people have no idea what anything means.
Which actor died? Tonys mother?
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1 hour ago, Smallc said:
A psychiatrist is a doctor. A medical doctor.
No cites or links provided.
Has a psychiatrist ever provided a cure other than making people comfortably numb? At best.
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On 11/2/2016 at 0:16 PM, Smallc said:
Psychiatrists are doctors (hard science) that prescribe medicine, not counselors. You're thinking of psychologists.
We will need numerous cites and links to demonstrate that psychiatry is 'hard science'.
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On 10/31/2016 at 8:53 PM, The_Squid said:
Harper refused to appoint Senators..... until he appointed a whole bunch of political bagmen and hacks as Senators. Awesome defence of Harper...
He made a process that is better than any other process that has ever been used to appoint Senators. Is it "reform"? I think so.... it doesn't go as far as I would like, but it is better than anything we've had.
Ummmm... hello.....Harper left 25 empty Senate chairs for Trudeau to fill with Independent Senators Who Always Vote Liberal by Sheerest Coincidence Who Could Have Guessed?.
In another astonishing coincidence, the new Senators will barely have time to settle into the daily slog in their new careers of stealing per diems before Trudeau will require them to
immediately pass as and when instructed by Peter Hardercarefully consider his legislation to pass ranked ballots as 'electoral reform'. Next spring. -
1 hour ago, GostHacked said:
Some seem confused by the term 'Woman of the year.' He may have done great work for women, but he is not one.
Shame on you for using a judgemental pronoun like 'he'. Twice.
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17 hours ago, Michael Hardner said:
I agree. The scale of this is daunting. I'm just afraid that we'll end up with another JJ Abrams untethered story. I caught onto this trait of his and it makes it hard to watch this type of work. The writers of the past worked out their stories to remove plot loops. It doesn't work that way anymore.
That is always a fear, that the network won't know when to let it go. Many times the writers and producers will keep going as long as somebody keeps buying it, like Law and Order. But Law and Order was not serial, and any time an actor got too uppity(expensive), they just wrote them out. It is happening now with Walking Dead, which is already a season or two past making any sense. Now they have introduced yet another community of weirdos into a sagging thread. Please, end it.
Mad Men did not let it drag on too long, and even the mighty Game of Thrones appears to be staggering towards an epic punch line. I'm not saying Westworld has come anywhere near approaching the need to conclude, but I do hope they recognize it before they must.
The series that set the bar for me for bad management was Lost. By the end of about season 2 I realized that there were something like 200 people on the crashed plane, and we were going to see the back story of every freaking one. I was done then.
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Filled their major holes? I've been away for a while, did many trades get made?
Morales is strictly a DH, he has only played about 20 games total in the field the last 2 years for a reason. Last couple years, the Jays have had the luxury of having a great hitter like EE at the plate, and he was decent in the field. . That option is gone. The jays still need: an everyday first basemen(since the Jays inexplicably signed the very unreliable hitting Smoak for 2+ years), a backup catcher(and Martin faded badly in the crunch), a whole lot of bullpenpitchers, somebody to replace Michael Saunders, another somebody to replace Bautista and maybe a starting second baseman unless Travis finds a way to play more than a few weeks at a time.