eyeball Posted March 9 Report Posted March 9 2 minutes ago, Goddess said: If everyone thinks like you "No one else is voting for Conservatives so I won't either" then yes, the Conservatives will never get in. If they do it'll hopefully be with a minority. I have zero use for majorities myself. I'd much rather see cooperative Parliaments and legislatures. 1 Quote I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh fanatical criminal
CdnFox Posted March 9 Report Posted March 9 3 hours ago, eyeball said: You people have been moaning and filling your diapers over commies and Marxists infiltrating every level of government and indoctrinating Canadians for a solid 50 years now - we accomplished all this without having to fire a single shot or face anything of the kind from you in resistance. How's that working out for the Americans right now that there's a pendulum swing? How do you think it'll work out in Canada when the inevitable time comes here? 1 1 Quote "That which doesn't kill me... Had better start running."
Goddess Posted March 9 Report Posted March 9 L. Wayne Matheson: The Bureaucratic Deep Freeze: Are We Talking Ourselves to Death? Running a modern government sometimes feels like watching five people hold a meeting about a shovel while the snow keeps piling up outside. Everyone agrees the driveway needs clearing. Nobody actually picks up the shovel. Look at the gridlock creeping through modern Canadian institutions. Our institutions no longer reward solving problems. They reward managing the process around the problem. The old approach to a problem was blunt and direct. See a fire, grab a hose. The newer institutional approach looks very different. See a fire, schedule a meeting. Draft a report on the social drivers of combustion. Commission a consultant to examine the emotional effects of flames on the community. Release a statement acknowledging people’s concerns about heat. For a process-driven institution, the discussion itself becomes the accomplishment. The meeting counts as the work. Look around Canada and ask yourself if that description feels uncomfortably familiar. This used to be a country that built things. Railways. Dams. Energy projects. Entire cities carved out of forest and prairie. Today we hold consultations about the possibility of maybe building something later, provided the environmental assessment, regulatory review, indigenous consultation, climate alignment report, and equity audit all land perfectly on the same square inch of bureaucratic paper. The ArriveCan app is the perfect little parable of this mindset. In a sane world it should have been a simple coding job. A small team builds it in a weekend. Done. Instead it turned into a $60-million bureaucratic circus. A tiny firm received the contract, subcontracted it to others, who subcontracted it again, until the whole thing looked like a bureaucratic version of Russian nesting dolls. No one owned the result. Everyone owned a piece of the process. Money disappeared. Responsibility disappeared. The paperwork thrived. Helen Andrews argues that when institutions drift toward heavy process culture, empathy and safety become the dominant currencies. Risk becomes taboo. Decision becomes dangerous. So the system replaces action with consultation and courage with compliance. You could see this clearly during the pandemic. The task should have been straightforward: protect the vulnerable, keep the country functioning, and manage risk like adults. Instead we pursued the fantasy of zero risk. Whole sectors of society were frozen while officials held press conferences filled with soothing language and carefully calibrated concern. Safety theatre replaced problem solving. Watch a federal press conference today and you can almost feel the language doing gymnastics to avoid decisive statements. Everything becomes a study, a framework, a consultation, a dialogue. Meanwhile real problems sit outside the meeting room waiting for someone to act. Homeless encampments grow. Infrastructure projects stall. Housing shortages intensify. Yet the policy response often looks like another working group, another task force, another carefully moderated conversation about “lived experience.” Talking expands. Solutions shrink. It feels a bit like sitting at a red light in Winnipeg in February. Engine running. Gas burning. Wheels not moving. The radio cheerfully announces that officials are launching a new study into traffic congestion. The uncomfortable question here is not whether Adam Carolla’s terminology offends polite society. The real question is whether the diagnosis contains a grain of truth. Have our institutions drifted so far into consensus-seeking, risk-avoiding process that we have forgotten how to simply do the job? 1 Quote "There are two different types of people in the world - those who want to know and those who want to believe." ~~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~~
eyeball Posted March 9 Report Posted March 9 3 minutes ago, CdnFox said: How's that working out for the Americans right now that there's a pendulum swing? It's looking like a wrecking ball aimed at Republicans. 5 minutes ago, CdnFox said: How do you think it'll work out in Canada when the inevitable time comes here? From where I'm sitting, much like it has since I started voting over 45 years ago. 1 Quote I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh fanatical criminal
Legato Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 2 hours ago, eyeball said: The chances of everyone voting Conservative are slim to none. If that's the case how do you explain the three ridings on Vancouver Island that flipped from NDP to Conservative? 3? Wow, that's earth shattering. 1 Quote
eyeball Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 1 hour ago, Legato said: 3? Wow, that's earth shattering. That was merely your head imploding. Do you want to take another stab at explaining how all those little NDP "brains" didn't do exactly what the CBC told them? 1 Quote I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh fanatical criminal
Reg Volk Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 2 minutes ago, eyeball said: That was merely your head imploding. Do you want to take another stab at explaining how all those little NDP "brains" didn't do exactly what the CBC told them? They did exactly what the CBC told them. As DUMB as the Elbows Up !diots are in this country, the NDP voters in Canada are even freaking dumber. And they hate Jews for some reason. When did that happen??? 1 Quote As Democrat and Liberal governments fall, Republicans and Conservatives come to the rescue.
eyeball Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 1 minute ago, Reg Volk said: They did exactly what the CBC told them Now you're switching gears and saying the CBC told three ridings of Dippers to vote Conservative? Maybe you meant to back-peddle but fùcked your story up even worse. 1 Quote I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh fanatical criminal
Reg Volk Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 13 minutes ago, eyeball said: Now you're switching gears and saying the CBC told three ridings of Dippers to vote Conservative? Maybe you meant to back-peddle but fùcked your story up even worse. I don't know what this babbling nonsense means. Just typical Leftist garbage that is destroying this country. For shame. 1 Quote As Democrat and Liberal governments fall, Republicans and Conservatives come to the rescue.
CdnFox Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 4 hours ago, eyeball said: It's looking like a wrecking ball aimed at Republicans. Based on the polling right now it looks like trump will survive the midterms. Soooo... not so sure about that. Quote From where I'm sitting, much like it has since I started voting over 45 years ago. well you never were terribly observant were you 1 Quote "That which doesn't kill me... Had better start running."
Reg Volk Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 1 Quote As Democrat and Liberal governments fall, Republicans and Conservatives come to the rescue.
Reg Volk Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 1 Quote As Democrat and Liberal governments fall, Republicans and Conservatives come to the rescue.
eyeball Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 32 minutes ago, Reg Volk said: I don't know what this babbling nonsense means. You didn't know you were just babbling nonsense when you said the CBC told the Dippers to vote Liberal? What changed your mind? 1 Quote I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh fanatical criminal
eyeball Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 37 minutes ago, CdnFox said: Based on the polling right now it looks like trump will survive the midterms. Soooo... not so sure about that. Sure you're not. LMAO! 37 minutes ago, CdnFox said: well you never were terribly observant were you I had more important things to do than stare at the bleedingly obvious. 1 Quote I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh fanatical criminal
Legato Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 9 hours ago, eyeball said: That was merely your head imploding. Do you want to take another stab at explaining how all those little NDP "brains" didn't do exactly what the CBC told them? but they did.....3 did not, wow, batman did it without robin. 1 1 Quote
ExFlyer Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 9 hours ago, Reg Volk said: Quote You are entitled to your opinion, but you are not entitled to tell me what mine should be.
ironstone Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 Liberals hire new PBO to replace the outgoing Jason Jaques who was very good at his job. Too good in fact. The position will now be taken over by one Annette Ryan...who Carney knows because they went to Oxford together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5e8F1flHrY Don't be surprised if the PBO reports get a lot 'friendlier' from now on. 2 1 Quote Beware the Brookfield industrial complex...
ironstone Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 Did he say anything in this short video that doesn't make perfect sense? Quote Beware the Brookfield industrial complex...
ExFlyer Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 (edited) 20 minutes ago, ironstone said: Did he say anything in this short video that doesn't make perfect sense? Is PP aware of the reality of port facilities??? Is he aware there are no pipelines to the East Coast ports? Are all complainatives really so uninformed of what is true and untrue?? AI Overview Major Canadian ports are currently operating at or approaching maximum capacity, driven by high trade volumes and a push for diversification, resulting in significant expansion projects across the country . Key Capacity and Expansion Trends: West Coast: The Port of Vancouver, Canada's largest, is operating at high levels and seeking to add 70% more capacity by the mid-2030s to handle an additional 2.4 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) annually. Prince Rupert is expanding to add 400,000 TEUs in capacity to its current 1.6 million. East Coast & St. Lawrence: The Port of Montreal is building a new container terminal in Contrecoeur with a maximum annual capacity of 1.15 million containers. The Port of Saint John is expanding its capacity by over 60%, and the Port of Halifax is enhancing capabilities to handle ultra-class container vessels. The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says a record amount of cargo flowed through its terminals last year as shippers sought to grow overseas markets far from an increasingly protectionist United States. Freight volumes at the Port of Vancouver rose eight per cent to 170.4 million tonnes in 2025, according to the port authority. The boost was driven by surging exports of grain, crude oil and potash as well as higher container and auto trade, all of which reached record levels. A bumper crop allowed wheat shipments to push bulk grain exports to a record high, with western Canadian wheat reaching 35 countries last year in regions ranging from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/port-vancouver-2025-cargo-volumes-9.7121516 Edited March 10 by ExFlyer Quote You are entitled to your opinion, but you are not entitled to tell me what mine should be.
eyeball Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 2 hours ago, Legato said: but they did.....3 did not, How? Not succumbing to CBC brainwashing defies the most cherished tenet of right wing thinking. Quote I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh fanatical criminal
Legato Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 3 minutes ago, ExFlyer said: Is PP aware of the reality of port facilities??? Is he aware there are no pipelines to the East Coast ports? Are all complainatives really so uninformed of what is true and untrue?? AI Overview Major Canadian ports are currently operating at or approaching maximum capacity, driven by high trade volumes and a push for diversification, resulting in significant expansion projects across the country . Key Capacity and Expansion Trends: West Coast: The Port of Vancouver, Canada's largest, is operating at high levels and seeking to add 70% more capacity by the mid-2030s to handle an additional 2.4 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) annually. Prince Rupert is expanding to add 400,000 TEUs in capacity to its current 1.6 million. East Coast & St. Lawrence: The Port of Montreal is building a new container terminal in Contrecoeur with a maximum annual capacity of 1.15 million containers. The Port of Saint John is expanding its capacity by over 60%, and the Port of Halifax is enhancing capabilities to handle ultra-class container vessels. The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says a record amount of cargo flowed through its terminals last year as shippers sought to grow overseas markets far from an increasingly protectionist United States. Freight volumes at the Port of Vancouver rose eight per cent to 170.4 million tonnes in 2025, according to the port authority. The boost was driven by surging exports of grain, crude oil and potash as well as higher container and auto trade, all of which reached record levels. A bumper crop allowed wheat shipments to push bulk grain exports to a record high, with western Canadian wheat reaching 35 countries last year in regions ranging from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/port-vancouver-2025-cargo-volumes-9.7121516 The above nonsense aside, what is it that Poilievre said that's not true? 1 Quote
Legato Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 3 minutes ago, eyeball said: How? Not succumbing to CBC brainwashing defies the most cherished tenet of right wing thinking. Again, the very large number of 3. Which means that the CBC bought shares in Proctor & Gamble. Quote
ExFlyer Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 5 minutes ago, Legato said: The above nonsense aside, what is it that Poilievre said that's not true? Nonsense??/ Which part is untrue??? Quote You are entitled to your opinion, but you are not entitled to tell me what mine should be.
Legato Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 Just now, ExFlyer said: Nonsense??/ Which part is untrue??? None, and has eff all to do with what Poilievre said. You know that. So why the knee jerk response. 1 Quote
LinkSoul60 Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 21 minutes ago, ExFlyer said: Is PP aware of the reality of port facilities??? No, he's only aware that Justin Trudeau was PM for 10 years and Carney is PM now. Otherwise, he's not aware of much at all... 1 Quote
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